It was a pleasure speaking with these two educated sisters. They have a very connected bond and they are doing what they were called to do in this world. Dr. Elizabeth Rainwater and Dr. Latonya Rainwater are two Atlanta-based entrepreneurs, preachers, and educators. They have a background in psychology and spent years mentoring students in graduate school. They also have a background in ministry that stems from childhood and family roots. Their passion for education is a big part of their journey, which turned into teaching ESL to students in China online for an education center in Florida. In teaching ESL, Dr. Elizabeth, and Dr. Latonya witnessed firsthand just how important it is to not only make certain that students are learning the material taught, but that they are maintaining and expanding on it. While teaching it was clear that every student had different learning styles and that the curriculum needed altering to fit their educational needs. It was not intuition, but it was a tug on the heart, which led both educators and doctors to design their own educational and inspirational products as ELRSHOP. The name ELRSHOP stems from the first initial of Dr. Elizabeth and Dr. Latonya’s name giving their online shop a special and unique meaning. In the ELRSHOP, you can find affirmation cards, coloring books, math workbooks, a spelling book, a grammar workbook and more. Age is no factor and there is something for everyone. All proceeds earned from each sale helps support their ministry and mission work worldwide. Any way that they can educate and spread the gospel to people is a step in the right direction and helps them fulfill their purpose in life. Currently Dr. Elizabeth Rainwater and Dr. Latonya Rainwater work with Emerge Ministries by helping with steering, planning, education, and training staff for City Wide Crusade Festivals. You can visit ELRSHOP at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ELRShop If you would like donate:

Donations to ELRSHOP’s ministry and missions work can be sent to:

P.O. Box number is 5601, Alpharetta, GA, 30023

If anyone wants to show support by donating you can send it to the address above and place either Elizabeth Rainwater or Latonya Rainwater on it when sending. To connect through social media platforms

YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, TikTok, LinkedIn

you can go to ELRSHOP

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Everyone has their own belief in religion. I spoke with Dr. David Elcott because he has his own beliefs and he wanted to be heard. He has being doing research and Keepin It Real was interested in the research and wanted to know more about it. David Elcott has spent the last thirty years at the intersection of community building, the search for a theory of cross-boundary engagement, and interfaith and ethnic organizing and activism. Trained in political psychology and Middle East affairs at Columbia University and Judaic studies at the American Jewish University, Dr. Elcott is the Taub Professor of Practice in Public Service and Leadership at the Wagner School of Public Service at NYU and faculty director of the Advocacy and Political Action specialization at Wagner. Over the past twelve years, Dr. Elcott has worked to build a robust training program of community organizing and advocacy campaigns housed at Wagner to effectively address the pressing domestic and international issues we faceDr. Elcott was formally the Vice-President of the National Center for Learning and Leadership, a think-tank tasked with training community leaders to rethink the nature of contemporary community and civic obligation. As Interreligious Affairs Director of the American Jewish Committee and as the Executive Director of the Israel Policy Forum, David has addressed a wide array of public policy issues, building interfaith and interethnic coalitions to address Middle East peace, immigration reform, civil liberties and criminal justice reform. He has mediated conflicts between and among religious communities in the U.S. and around the world, finding collaborations and solutions on issues as diverse as posthumous Mormon Baptisms, financing the World Lutheran Federation’s hospital in Jerusalem, the conflicts over The Passion of the Christ, and Israeli-Palestinian issues with many members of the National Council of Churches and the Catholic Church while working with Israelis and Palestinians on non-violent activism. For decades, he also has engaged German and Jewish religious and political leaders on reconciliation including ongoing work with the Evangelical Church of the Rhineland (where he keynoted at their annual plenum) and meetings with political and academic leaders such as Joschka Fischer and Angela Merkel. He led a major immigration action at the Arizona-Mexican border and helped organize national demonstrations for immigration reform.

His present research is focused in a number of inter-related areas: Launched with Ford Foundation grants, Dr. Elcott addresses how religious leaders can constructively affect civil discourse and democracy, searching for pathways for positive religious involvement in civic affairs. He has published studies on how Christians across the political spectrum translate faith into policy and politics. With colleagues, he is exploring the intersections of social identity, teamwork, marginalization and grit. With past grants from the Meyerhoff and Taub Foundations, he seeks to mobilize the Baby-Boomer cohort for enhanced civic engagement and encore professional and volunteer careers in public service. He has written A Sacred Journey: The Jewish Quest for a Perfect World and numerous articles and monographs on religion and politics, power and war, minority civic engagement, and cross-cultural pluralism. He has represented the Jewish community in interfaith settings in Europe, South America and Asia. David book "In Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy," David Elcott, C. Colt Anderson, Tobias Cremer, and Volker Haarmann present a pragmatic and modernist exploration of how religion engages in the public square. Elcott and his co-authors are concerned about the ways religious identity is being used to foster the exclusion of individuals and communities from citizenship, political representation. If you want to know more follow David Elcott. Thank you for listening & supporting the podcast. Book your interview.

Keepin It Real w/Caramel Podcast had a very deep conversation with LaTeka Starnes aka IAMLATEKASC. LaTeka is in this world saving lives. She loves helping people to let give them a confirmation that someone do care. As long as LaTeka can touch one person in this world, she is happy and her goal has been accomplished. LaTeka is resilient and a loyal, hard worker; realizing who she was and gave her the notion to join the Navy, serving 8 years and participating in 3 deployments. During this time of military life, Lateka faced intense military sexual trauma. Unimaginable, with this being one of the places she should have been protected and safe. LaTeka still copes with the dilemma of this experience every day. LaTeka is reaching out to help women who have gone through similar situations that she has been through when she was in the military system.

LaTeka has been mentally abused and emotionally tortured; as a leader, LaTeka was broken and emotionally dismantled with all the trauma she has been through in the life of the military world. She has been pushed over the edge.

After years of consistently healing, LaTeka has become an Author, Advocate, Trauma Recovery Coach, Speaker, Phlebotomist, Esthetician & Published Model. Saving women worldwide with her passion for building businesses, IAMLATEKASC, Invostix Testing, Herbal Euphoria Skyn & Body LLC

IAMLATEKASC is virtuous, and she is as transparent as they come. LaTeka has made a quality skin-care brand that has saved her life and others. This alone makes her excellent when it comes to helping others. The most intriguing and inspirational healing that LaTeka offers is through her unique self-healing technique with her organic-based products. LaTeka knows how to help someone feel rejuvenated strategically. Physically feeling good about oneself can definitely start the process while guiding you when you're ''PICKING UP THE PIECES''. Which is one of the many books that this great author has written, as well as " Manifesting Greatness," "Living With PTSD," and " Adjust Your Crown."

After Speaking to this remarkable IAMLATEKASC, Lateka has a story that can save any man or woman's life! If you want to follow LaTeka on social media, you can find her at IAMLATEKASC or FOR BOOKING MEDIA & PRESS contact ExQuisite PR Firm LLC-

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A little blooper is the beginning, but everytime I speak with Comedian Curtis E. I have a great time. Curtis E. is a funny guy. Curtis E was raised in Virginia and now he is living in Central Florida. Comedian Curtis E. likes to use various mediums to express the numerous swirling thoughts in his often frantic mind. When Curtis E. does his stand-up, he performs through music, skits, commentary, or even dance. Curtis E. does his best to make people laugh at him regardless, they laugh with the good, the bad, and the ugly of life or his life, as well as make his random thoughts and awkward existence as entertaining as possible. There is no topic that is off limits, and rest assured, if Curis E. is talking about something, he will find a way to talk about it and in a way you probably haven’t heard yet. Curtis E. can be cynical, caring, reserved, animated, educated, foolish always give you a great show. Curtis E. is an enigma of a person and a performer who you will know very soon. Curtis E. has an upcoming show on January 14, 2023 called the Mi-Talent Live Show and he will be performing with other great comedians, poets, music artists, etc. Curtis E. is ready to show his talent. If you want contact or connect with this hilarious comedian, follow Curtis E. on all of his social media at Curtis E. Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast. If you want to be heard email [email protected] or follow me on Instagram @mscaramellucas

My phone interview with Ethan Feldman today, November 4, 2022 was great. He knows what he wants and where he wants to go.

Ethan Feldman is a stand up comedian living in Central Florida. Ethan grew up in NYC. He has a beautiful wife and family that supports him 100 percent. Ethan didn't get his driver's license until he was 21. Ethan has an identical twin brother, and they both have cats (brothers who think alike). Ethan has done improv and theater in the past and he loved it. Ethan has performed in the 2017 Conshy Comedy Festival, the 2017 Finger Lakes Comedy Festival, the 2018 Maumee, Mary & Joseph Comedy Festival, the 2018 Portland Maine Comedy Festival, the 2018 Turnpike Comedy Festival, and the 2018 Standup Roundup Comedy Festival. Ethan has been on BravoTV.com on an episode of the web series "Bake Amends" the episode has been on Amazon Prime. Ethan continues his comedy path and he has been on Sirius XM Raw Dog Channel 99. He does comedy shows all over and Ethan has an upcoming show on January 14, 2023 called the Mi-Talent Live Show and he will be performing with other great comedians, poets, music artists, etc. There are so many great upcoming shows for Ethan, please stay tuned. If you want to see Ethan or book Ethan for upcoming events go to his website at www.ethanfeldman.me and you will be able to follow him on his social media by going to his website. Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast. If you want to be heard email [email protected] or follow me on Instagram @mscaramellucas

Keepin It Real telephone conversation with Tori Samuel aka SLIMMWIT2M'S was so fun. She is a funny entrepreneur and she is ready to show the world what she can bring to the table. Tori Samuel is 39 years old. She is a wife and a mother of 4. Slimm is from Ocala, Florida. She has only been doing standup comedy for one year and she is moving forward in her career. Slimm has won the 2022 Punchline Kang Comedy Festival, which she will be the Headliner on the Punchline Kang on the Paradise Cruise sailing to Jamaica and Cayman Islands in April. The cruise will be April 17th to 22nd of 2023. Slimm has an upcoming show on January 14 ,2023 called the Mi-Talent Live Show and she will be performing with other funny comedians and various artists that will be singing, poetry, etc. Slimm is very excited for the Mi-Talent Live Show. Slimm has done comedy shows at Mad Caps Comedy Club in New Syrmna Beach Florida, Comedy Club in Winter Haven, Florida and she performed in Elizabethtown, Kentucky at an all female comedy show. Comedy is Slimm's passion in life and she uses her own life and testimony to bring laughter to people that may need a laugh for that moment. Slimm drops nuggets of wisdom and she loves the feeling when someone tells her that they were having a horrific day and she made them laugh till they cried or until their stomach hurts. Slimm thank God everyday and gives him credit for EVERYTHING that she have and will accomplish. Slimm wants people know that she is a country girl with a big heart and she loves to have fun and gives God all the glory. God has blown her mind by opening doors to continue her passion. Comedy is not all Slimm does. She writes poetry so much more. She is an serial entrepreneur and she is doing what makes her happy. You can find Slimm on Instagram and Facebook at SLIMMWIT2MS Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast. If you want to be heard email [email protected] or follow me on Instagram @mscaramellucas

The conversation I had with Heather Samarin was very informative and helpful for small businesses and well established businesses. Heather and her business partner/close friend Vidya Dinamani are helping people all over the world. Heather Samarin is the co-founder of Product Rebels and has over 17 years of experience in design, development, and management of customer experiences. She has held multiple product executive roles for successful companies like Intuit and her business partner Vidya Dinamani is the co-founder of Product Rebels where she exercises her passion for coaching product leaders and teams. She has over 18 years of experience specializing in strategy, innovation, product development, design and management. She has help multiple executive roles at leading companies including Intuit and Mitchell International. Driven to create a better way to bring new products and features to market, product management experts Vidya Dinamani and Heather Samarin developed an easy-to-implement framework to help product teams get better at creating delightful experiences that drive growth. Groundwork is a philosophy and methodology for product leaders and product teams that focus on three Pillars—Convergent Problem Statement, Actionable Persona, Individualized Needs—and three Practices—Developing Hypotheses, Conducting Scrappy Research, Getting Commitment—that together center your efforts around the most impactful problems, prioritize the right customer needs, enable durable decisions and creates customer-driven organizations that consistently develop products people actually want.

Product Rebels was forged through decades of experience in product management and product leadership roles. Why do they call themselves Product Rebels? because the best product leaders represent the voice of the customer. They are obsessed with the problem the customer faces, the impact decisions may have on them, and the pain points they experience. And sometimes, being that voice of the customer in your company can feel like rowing up stream…without a paddle. Sometimes you feel you have to fight to get that voice heard. This can make you feel like a rebel within your organization. If you want to know about product rebels go to https://productrebels.com/about-us/ That is not all..Heather and Vidya wrote a book.

GROUNDWORK: GET BETTER AT MAKING BETTER PRODUCTS-From their book, you will develop a product management framework, called the Groundwork Method ™ that provides the blueprint to establish these foundations and addresses the major causes that lead to unhappy customers and poor product performance.

Heather and Vidya has now coached hundreds of product managers on this framework and have evolved it and the way they coach are based on their feedback.

You can find Groundwork at https://www.amazon.com/Groundwork-Get-Better-Making-Products/dp/0578776324?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=e849daf1-3a8b-4984-801a-a5b8dbade3f7 or Product Rebels at Publisher: ‎ Product Rebels (November 2, 2020) Language: ‎ English-Paperback: ‎ 216 pages- (ISBN-10: ‎ 0578776324) (ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0578776323) Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast. If you want to be heard email [email protected] or follow me on Instagram @mscaramellucas

I had a fun and exciting conversation with Ashley. Ashley is very passionate dedicated to her craft. Ashley Weckesser is an Edmonton, AB-based composer and interdisciplinary artist working in the fields of music and sound, visual art and theater. An early-

career artist, her instrumental and graphic score works have premiered at the University of Alberta’s Convocation Hall through the University’s Experimental

Improvisation Ensemble (“XiMe”), Contemporary Music Ensemble and

Edmonton's Ultraviolet Ensemble. A recent graduate from the University of Alberta, she has studied composition with Dr. Mark Hannesson and Dr. Scott

Smallwood. Her current interests involve music design for video games and film, producing animated graphic scores, working with advanced music software

such as Max/MSP, and the visual arts. Her works have won awards for best video game audio design, multiple university scholarships and recently her animated graphic score, A Composer’s Nightmare, has been featured in the

Toronto 4th Multicultural Film Festival 2021. Ashley’s primary goal in her works is emotional storytelling that

ignites passion. Music cannot effectively impact listeners without having a story and without having emotion. Ashley has taken a new interest in musical compositions that are designed to explore the impact of music on the conscious and subconscious emotional reactions of both the performers and listeners. Her goals are to

design music in both the film and video game industries, as well as live performances (taking multiple forms), that turn the active listener into a participant; creating their own personal story and subsequently emoting on a

transcendent level. "Ashley believes that music and sound have the ability to connect people, thoughts and emotions. Music and Sound allows people to tell engaging stories with lasting effect. It is the bridge by which people can cross into the land of their subconscious and transcend their self-awareness; as it inspires.” Ashley's newest album of transcendent meditation tracks soon to be released by Canada’s own music and sound. FEEL is just one of many meditation tracks that Ashley have been creating over the months.

The short clip is a small tease of the album. Ashley has released this track this month, November 2022. Her music, photography, graphic scores, and more can be viewed at https://www.aweckesser.com or you can find Ashley on social media at Ashley Weckesser. Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast. If you want to be heard email [email protected] or follow me on Instagram @mscaramellucas

It was a pleasure speaking with Dr. Phillip Hearn. It really feels good to hear, he was a fan of my podcast. Dr. Phillip Hearn is an phenomenal person. He has been through so much in his life that he made a way to become the person he is today. Dr. Phillip Hearn, a real estate investor, author and entrepreneur who made his first real estate investment purchase at age 17. Despite his rough home life throughout childhood, Phil found mentors who inspired ambition, wisdom and exuberance which Phil has harvested to catapult a life of success.

“Life Mottos for Success” is a tell all road map of Dr. Hearn’s wisdom for success. He currently booking speaking opportunities for the 2022 and 2023 year. Dr. Phillip Hearn Ed.D. is a results-driven Senior Executive, Consultant, and Board Member with more than 15 years of success in the telecom, construction, professional services, and farming industries. Leveraging extensive experience with expansion, & financing, Phillip is a valuable asset for companies, particularly in real estate, seeking guidance on growth opportunities & process improvement. His broad areas of expertise include research and learning, networking, account management, talent management, and customer service. You Want to Make Your Dreams a Reality? This Book “Life Mottos for Success” is Here to Help You Do Just That!

Everyone has hopes & dreams but, so often, they're unfocused and vague. You want that successful job, but you're unsure what to go for. You have an unfulfilled ambition, but you're uncertain if you can ever accomplish it. Many people, sadly, reach the end of their lives and wonder why they didn't gain what they truly wanted. Sometimes, they don't even know what that ambition was. Perhaps they were held back by the opinions of others or by their environment. Often they were held back by themselves.

We can all understand what that's like. But we can be liberated from those traps. Even if you come from a place of economic and emotional difficulty and deprivation, you can still succeed. This book will provide straightforward attitudes and a thinking process that can deal with those problems. It doesn't require money, genius, or influence. Just a disciplined mind and a positive attitude. This book focuses on a series of specially chosen inspirational ideas. It analyses them in detail, shows their significance, and demonstrates how effective they can be. With this framework, you can eliminate exhausted habits of thought and boost your confidence and abilities. All of it is backed up by one man's story of hard-earned life experience and professional success. You can find the key to your own prosperity in these pages.

Here is what you will discover:

- Powerful mottos that will energize and motivate you.

- Personal encouragement and inspiration from a successful and prosperous man of business.

- Practical and simple-to-follow guidelines that will banish depressive thoughts and replace them with happiness and optimism.

- Strategies to cope with the negativity of a difficult background and toxic relationships.

- Wise and sensible advice from a man who has faced adversity and overcome it.

If you feel lost and confused in a chaotic world, this book can bring stability and focus to your life. You find more information on Phillipspeaks.com midamericancapitalholdings.com and LinkedIn @drphilliphearn Thank you for listening and supporting. If you want to be heard email [email protected] with bio.

Danielle and I had a deep conversation about her husband who is a thrill-seeker. We spoke about her mental and emotional feelings about her husband who does extremely dangerous things and a risk taker. Danielle Kaplan is a speech-language pathologist and movement specialist. She grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa and holds a master’s degree in Speech Pathology. She and her husband Steve emigrated to Canada, where she spent twenty years working in acute teaching hospitals, in Neurology, Neurosurgery, and spinal injury. Danielle gained a certification in Pilates and then went on to train further in movement while achieving her Personal Training certification (CanfitPro), Ballet Barre for fitness training and then received her Rehab Exercise Specialization Certification. The mother of two, she lives with her husband Steve and their two fur babies in Toronto, Ontario. I Married A Thrill-Seeker is her first book. When Danielle Kaplan's husband Steve decides to take one last road trip on his BMW R1200GS Enduro, from Toronto, Ontario to near Fairbanks, Alaska, his life changes in an instant. The treacherous stretch of road between Carmacks and Watson Lake in the Yukon called the Campbell Highway was incredibly dangerous in the rain. Steve hit a pothole and crashed-and what follows is a true testament of luck, love, and incredible fortitude as his injuries leave him with a less than one percent survival rate. In this honest, open memoir Danielle Kaplan explores the toll Steve's trip took on her family, his accident and her husband's incredibly long recovery took on her family. As a former speech pathologist, Danielle becomes her husband's greatest ally-fighting by his side the entire time, through every step forward and step back, as Steve regains his health after the tragic accident.

From the moment Steve leaves the driveway until the night of the fateful call, Danielle has mixed feelings about the trip. And from the months they spend in the hospital to her husband's eventual recovery, she reveals her truthful, mixed emotions about everything from the life saving measures used to keep him alive to the unbearable decisions she had to make about their family. This heartfelt, raw story contains the essence of the human spirit, and is filled with both determination and love. ABOUT RE:BOOKS:

re:books is a broad commercial independent publishing house based in Toronto, founded by Canadian bestselling author Rebecca Eckler. We believe “what's good is read and what’s read is good.” — “re:books will publish stories that Danielle personally like to devour. Danielle is thrilled to announce the launch of the independent publishing house, re:books, where they publish and celebrate female authors across all genres,” says Eckler. RE:Books is committed to supporting women in writing the book Eckler believes is in each of them. RE:Books is committed to deliver interesting topics to readers and writers alike and to actually help female authors get published. Call it a Canadian success giving back or simply following her passion for all things books, knowing Eckler, RE:Books Publishing House may be the most excited endeavour including the most talked about titles in Canadian publishing. For more information on RE:Books:

Website: www.books.ca

or more information about Danielle Kaplan go to www.imarriedathrillseeker.com you will find all of her social media on the website. Thank you for listening and supporting, if you would like to be the next interview email [email protected] along with your bio.