Harmonize Your Life: Conversation on Self-Care for Women of Color

Cheryl B. Johns’ latest book, Seven Transforming Gifts of Menopause: An Unexpected Spiritual Journey goes far beyond hot flashes and gets to the very heart of the midlife journey. Cheryl comes alongside readers as a wise spiritual guide, pastor and theologian identifying seven key developmental "tasks" of menopause and gives practical ways women can embrace each one. Join me with Cheryl as she encourages women to view this stage of life as a remarkable physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation.

Sheila L. Agnew McCoy is a certified personal trainer who specializes in senior fitness, women’s fitness and corrective exercise which is a specialized training in human movement assessment to correct body imbalances. Join me in conversation with Sheila regarding fitness for women fifty-plus. Sheila will inspire and motivate all who listen to regain lost confidence in their athletic abilities with practical advice that will improve your strength, toning, stability and focus on living a better quality of life.

Many women experience the struggles of becoming consistent in fitness and self-care. As a single mother, higher education professional, college professor, and church leader, Stephanie Allen is certainly one who can relate. Listen as Stephanie shares transparently about her wellness journey, past and current struggles with consistency, turning points and how her participation in the Harmonize Your Life Women's Self-Care Network has shifted her mindset and motivated her to become consistent in exercising, walking, and prioritizing health, wellness, and self-care.

Deborah A. Woods, RN is a transformational life coach, minister, mother, and grandmother. Listen as she shares her journey through health, wellness, grief, and widowhood after 38 years of marriage. Deborah shares how she found the courage to keep going and inspire other widows because of the relationships and support she found in My Sister's Keeper Foundation for Women and the Harmonize Your Life Women's Self-Care Network. Get ready to be encouraged, inspired, cry and laugh in this conversation with me and Coach Deborah.

Tammy Smith is the CEO of S.T.A.R Coaching & Counseling Services in Columbus. OH. She is a compassionate counselor, minister, and mental health professional. Join me in an empowering conversation with Tammy about her self-care journey, weight-loss and the non-scale wins she has gained because of her connection with the Harmonize Your Life Women's Self-Care Network. This conversation will inspire you to prioritize fitness, self-care, mental health, holistic living, and the investment of "Becoming a Better You."

Rev. Melodie Powell Boone, CEO of Liberty Coaching and Consulting and founder of the Sacred Conclave, is an inspiring coach, entrepreneur, and minister who empowers leaders to initiate change that leads to personal and professional success. Join us in an empowering conversation about the importance of our mindset in achieving success in our fitness, self-care, health and well goals. Melodie shares candidly about her struggles with weight loss, exercise, food, and water, and how her overall health has improved with mind-set changes she has embraced because of her engagement in the self-care network.

Aisha F. Thompkins, M.S. is an EEO and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Practitioner with over seventeen (17) years of combined HR experience in both Public and Private Sectors. Join us in conversation about the social oppression, abuse, and racial discrimination that has historically characterized the connection between hair, identity formation and employment for black women. Listen as we share candidly about our natural hair journey and how we overcame the internal and social pressures related to adopting hairstyles that complement our natural curl patterns. This conversation will free women of color to become comfortable in traditionally black hairstyles with the confidence of knowing, You Are Not Your Hair.

Pastor Joyce Gilmer is an author, itinerate preacher, keynote speaker, ministry, and marketplace coach. She is the visionary leader of the Kingdom Sisters Network and Founder of the Kingdom BuildHers ClubTM on Clubhouse. Listen as Pastor Joyce and I engage in a transparent conversation about the significance of self-care and practical strategies for ministerial leaders. Pastor Joyce wraps up our conversation with a powerful prayer of hope and healing for all who will listen and view this podcast episode.

Terri Crook is an international motivational speaker that has transformed the lives of women by empowering them to get their second win(d). Listen as she shares the game plan taken from her book, It’s Only Halftime You’re Still in the Game. Terri inspires women to overcome common struggles related to aging, career changes and retirement, encouraging women to get off the bench and get back in the game!

Rev. Dr. Jessica K. Ingram is the Episcopal Supervisor for the First Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and author The Journey Inward, Still on the Journey and A Journey in the Experience of Prayer: A Guide for the Pilgrim Traveler. Join us in a conversation about the role of spiritual formation in self-care. Rev. Jessica shares candidly from her personal and episcopal experiences and leaves us with 7 Spiritual Disciplines we should practice maintaining our spiritual health amid varied responsibilities at home, work, ministry, business, and life in general.