Girl Listen with Candice Simmons

Listen as author, motivational speaker, philanthropist, and surviovor Secily Wilson dish about what it takes when you are chasing your dreams and get thrown a curve ball. This episode is packed with the "P" word so you don't want to miss it. 

Ladies....lets encourage each other to chase our dreams with fierceness. Listen as I chat with Kathie Johnson on how she accomplished her dreams in-spite of everything coming at her....and guess what you can do the same because in her words she needed to run her race. 

Sometimes we are waiting for permission to lead ourselves...well guess you don't need permission advocate for yourself but just in case if you still want it....I give you permission to engage...take off and BE YOU!

The death of Chadwick Boseman has taught me some valuable lessons:

1. LIVE life in-spite of....
2. If you have a passion chase it in spite of....

We can be a many of things but we should never be too of anything to chase our dreams and to live our life loving, enjoying and experiencing....

Alright Stiletto Ninjas....lets have a fun little fun with this one...I know I am not alone ladies. We have all been there..trying not to look like mom. Trying to look like the young, sexy, carefree selves we were before the kids right...but guess what we are moms and we look amazing either way!

Girl......IT happened....but guess what its only Round 1!!!!! 

Girl Listen...I have a confession I have not always actively engaged in my community. I get it...sometimes its easy to say #notmyproblem but in the words of Dr. King "an injustice to one is an injustice to all." So over the past few years and even more recently I am called to be better...do better!!! Now is not the time that we can be complacent or comfortable. So in this episode I am exploring the topic how can YOU let your voice be heard through VOTING.....Listen to my childhood best friend....now Black Girl Rocks...Nadia Chandler Hardy, Assistance City Manager at the City of Dallas share why YES your vote does matter. 

The old saying, " be you because everyone else is taken" is harder than you think. Did you know that 79% of African American women, 67% of women of color, and 66% of women, cover or hide parts of their true-self? That means we as women believe that we must pretend to be someone we are not......listen to myself and Lisa Medley, an Executive Leadership Coach share our own experiences and how you can begin to embrace all of your story....because your TRUE story will command a deeper respect!

In the midst of managing all that life already throws at us, and in the cloud of COVID-19, the last few days has reminded us of a bigger pandemic we face everyday...hatred...racism and prejudice. As an African American woman, wife, mom, and sister, these recent events are a terrible reminder that we still have a long way to go in this country because we must understand that this is not an isolated incident. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery's death and Amy Cooper's rant for the most of us ..... was the moment we said enough is enough! This issue has plagued our communities for decades but for the first time it showed up in every American's living room...and now we are all grieving, angry, mad, hurt.....but I challenge you to allow your emotions to brew to a catalyst of change. Silence is not an option so I think we as women can start to open the doors of communication so we can use our voice and be heard, so we can use our ears and listen so together we can stand for justice!!! Because enough is enough!!