LeadHERship Podcast

“Remove that cloud from you and just enjoyed your children, and this would probably be an amazing year for them”

The after-effects of this COVID crisis are here hunting us with no exemption, and one of it is homeschooling our children. If you’re a mom like me who has little to zero ideas of how to homeschool your children and about to go crazy,  then this episode is dedicated just for you!

I have invited over a dear friend of mine, Raquel Ramirez, a rockstar entrepreneur mom who’s now on the 5th year, slaying on homeschooling her children on this talk about the reality of homeschool. Raquel brought with their fun-filled homeschooling journey, the challenges she went through, her tips and tricks in handling your children, and everything you need to know about teaching your kids at home.

Highlights (5 or more important topics):

• Raquel on homeschooling her children; the challenges, changes and amazingly fun learning experience throughout the years 
• The importance of knowing your children and adapting to their differences in figuring out the different dynamics of teaching
• Costs and approach in choosing curriculums for your children
• Making them understand that you are a team, a family in imposing schedules
• Motivating your child; keeping you child’s attention and doing with multiple children
• Introducing your child to entrepreneurship by enhancing and exposing them to their favorite skill or hobbies
• Finding support with your community by reaching out and giving back to them
• Raquels inspiring and motivating message for all struggling moms out there

Social Links:

Instagram: @raquelmramirez

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVuEln8X2c-pxZczNwXrokQ

I am here to serve you, and I can't wait for you to share with me how I can serve you better. Tag me @meredith_franklin in your social media post or tag @leadhershippodcast and share with us what is the greatest thing that holds you back from stepping into your greatness!

“My eyes opened up to the fact that this is real, this is relevant, this is happening right in our front yards”

Children are a bundle of joy, innocent God-given gifts to every family, and the hope of our nation’s future. As of the moment, we might be safe at home with our kids, enjoying a lovely day under the sun with precious smiles from ear to ear, but are you aware that 800,000 children go missing every year and that is roughly 2000 children per day. These children are experiencing the opposite of what our children are enjoying right now. They are maltreated, sold, and harvested for organs.

Herewith us today are two good friends of mine, Alex and Jen on this awakening and alarming conversation about child trafficking and putting an end to these immoral and unlawful crimes.

In this time of crisis, we are called to be the soldiers of the weak, the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the innocent. Never be afraid to fight for the helpless, donate and light the torch of hope for millions of missing children that it might enlighten their path to their way home.

Ephesians 5:11- “Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.”

Commonly used codewords by predators that you should be aware of:

• #hotdog- young boy
• #pizza- young girl
• #cheesepizza- little girl (infant)
• #pasta- little boy (infant)
• #icecream- male prostitute
• #walnut- a person of color
• #map- semen
• #sauce- orgy

Stop using these hashtags especially when posting photos of your children online:

• #pottytraining #bathtime #nekedkids #kidsbathtime #bikinikids #pottyseat #toddlerbikini #toilettraining #nakedchild #pottypants #kidsshower

8 Ways a predator will approach its prey and how you can protect them (38:03)

1. A predator might pay special attention to a child and make him or her feel special.
2. A predator might isolate your child by involving him or her in a fun activity that requires them to be alone.
3. A predator might touch your child in the presence of you so that he or she thinks that you’re comfortable with her being touched or him being touched. 
4. Keep in mind that the first physical contact between a predator in his or her victim is often non-sexual and designed to desensitize the child.
5. A predator might take advantage of your child’s natural curiosity about sex by telling dirty jokes showing him or her pornography by playing sexual games.
6. A predator may offer to play games, buy treats for young children.
7. A predator might present him or herself as a sympathetic listener when parents, friends, and others disappoint a child.
8. A predator might eventually treat the child victim as a co-conspirator in the relationship.

Links:

• The Ted Gunderson Files; Educate Yourself: https://educate-yourself.org/tg/
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: https://www.missingkids.org/
• Operation Underground Railroad: https://ourrescue.org/

Apps Mentioned:

• Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/jenbayer/guided-meditations/soaking-in-the-savior
• Bark- Parental Controls: https://www.bark.us/

Books Mentioned:

The Talk: 7 Lessons to Introduce Your Child to Biblical Sexuality

Changes: 7 Biblical Lessons to Make Sense of Puberty

Relationships: 11 Lessons to Give Kids a Greater Understanding of Biblical Sexuality

*All books mentioned are up and available on Amazon

Speak up, tell your story, and enlighten the persons in power by writing to the Senators and Congressmen. Head on to GovTrack.us- Tracking the United States Congress: https://www.govtrack.us/

I am here to serve you, and I can't wait for you to share with me how I can serve you better. Tag me @meredith_franklin in your social media post or tag @leadhershippodcast and share with us what is the greatest thing that holds you back from stepping into your greatness!

America is one great nation divided by inequality and race, contradicting its independent name, "United."

Today my friend Kristy Millen joined us in the podcast to chat this sensitive topic about racism. Kristy is a fearless, beautiful woman of color who will share her personal life experience dealing with racism. 

Now is the right time to stand up for them. Keeping silent in this time of other's needs isn't the right option. Never be afraid of voicing out for others, they need our support and voice to speak out the truth. Imagine if all the people who believe and fight for what is right would stand up for them? Support them and empower them? That might end the long history of racism in this world.

Highlights:

• Racism encounters that people are getting used to and treating it as "normal" when, in fact, it's not.
• Educating the children of the TRUTH about the country's racism history 
• Kristy's origin story of how she and her family came to America
• A black woman's death in the hands of a white man; The Death of her sister Monique that unveiled the ugliness of the justice system for black people
• The importance of educating your kids in their early years about racism
• Exercising your rights to vote and understanding how the constitution works
• The huge impact and contribution of the black community to the American economy
• Christy's beautiful and empowering message for all of us.

Movies Mentioned:

• Netflix: Just Mercy

Speak up, pray for them, and stand with them, sign the petitions, vote wisely.

I am here to serve you, and I can't wait for you to share with me how I can serve you better. Tag me @meredith_franklin in your social media post or tag @leadhershippodcast and share with us what is the greatest thing that holds you back from stepping into your greatness!

"It's important that you're finding people around you who are better than you, more successful than you, more positive than you, smarter than you because then you will level up yourself”

Surrounding yourself with fruitful people that not only energizes you but also radiate that positive energy that influences you to become better and successful. That's why it is very important for you to carefully choose people whom you will associate yourself with.

Grab this opportunity to contemplate. Do these people in my life right now contribute to constructing my way to success? Do they push me for greatness or pull me down to the ground? 

Join me as we unravel the answers to your questions and continue paving your way to success without regrets and what-ifs. 

I am here to serve you, and I can't wait for you to share with me how I can serve you better. Tag me @meredith_franklin in your social media post or tag @leadhershippodcast and share with us what is the greatest thing that holds you back from stepping into your greatness!

Having faith in yourself, working for it and trusting God's plans are the key ingredients of achieving goals in life, whether that’s for your family or business, it should be a clear picture of what exactly you want to happen

I’m going to show you how powerful and amazing having a vision and together let’s unlock the possibilities and construct that bridge to success.

Highlights:

• The power of vision casting; leaving the things you don’t want at the same time attracting the new things you want to happen in your life
• Speaking boldly and being specific with what you really want
• Knocking on doors for them to be open
• And SO much more!

So I want you to do this exercise with me and be amazingly surprised by how powerful our minds are to attract certain things in our life. Don’t forget to share your “whoa” moments with me,I would love to hear them!

I am here to serve you, and I can't wait for you to share with me how I can serve you better. Tag me @meredith_franklin in your social media post or tag @leadhershippodcast and share with us what is the greatest thing that holds you back from stepping into your greatness!

 “I want to be heard, I want people to listen and I want you to empathize and I want you to stand with me”

In God’s eyes, we are all his beautiful and amazing children. We are created and born equal, but how could we humans, cannot look at each other as God looks at us?

Coinciding with the recent event that occurred on the 25th of May which has gone viral and gave rise to thousands of individual to stand up and fight for their rights, I am very blessed and honored to have with me a dear friend of mine, a beautiful woman of color, wife and mom of four, Joslynn Flowers on a truthful and open conversation about racism.

Luke 15: Let us all take this time to pause and think, how could we, as part of the 99 sheep save that one missing and endangered sheep?

Highlights:

• The unforgivable inhumane racism experiences that Joslynn had to go through because of her color and how she handled every situation accordingly
• Realizing on how privileged I am with my skin color and how we can be a part of the solution in resolving racism
• Media’s huge contribution on this event and how it misleads the people on thinking about the current situation
• Why rioting, breaking others property and chaotic protest isn’t the solution in seeking justice for the black lives
• Understanding that all lives matter but not all lives are at stake right now
• Why it is very important to have an organic conversation about races with your children early at home and how you shape them so they could bring out the message to everyone that all colors are born equal.
• Opening a simple conversation, lending an ear, uplifting and encouraging persons of color around you, that they are not alone in this battle and you are fighting with them.

Speak up, pray for them, and stand with them, sign the petitions, vote wisely.

Links:

•  If you think you have trouble deep within, come and visit Joslynn at https://lifewithflowers.blog/ as she welcomes you to have an open dialogue with her. You can also check Joslynn on her social media account: @joslynns, open your heart and soul, let that desperate yelping voice be free.

IG Handles (Guest and Mentioned):

•       @joslynns
•       @todrick

Books Mentioned:

• Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation by Latasha Morrison
• The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation by Miles McPherson
• A Kids Book About Racism: by Jelani Memory

Find it  at:  https://ohjoy.blogs.com/

• Race Cars: A Children's Book About White Privilege by Jenny Devenny

Movies Mentioned:

•       13th: Netflix
•       See You Yesterday: Netflix
•       When They See Us: Netflix
•       The Hate You Give: Hulu
•       The Help: Netflix
•       Remember The Titans: Netflix
•       To Kill A Mockingbird
•       The Color of Friendship

Podcasts Mentioned:

• Push Black: https://www.pushblack.us/black-history-year-podcast

IG @wearepushblack

• 1619 Podcast: https://www.nytimes.com/column/1619-project
• Code Switch:  https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch

IG @nprcodeswitch

• The Diversity Gap: https://www.thediversitygap.com/

IG @thediversitygap

I am here to serve you, and I can't wait for you to share with me how can I serve you better. Tag me @meredith_franklin in your social media post or tag @leadhershippodcast and share with us what is the greatest thing that holds you back from stepping into your greatness!

Social media has been a vital part of our business and daily lives. But little did we know how much time and life it took from us.

In this episode, I am sharing the real behind-the-scene of what it looks like without social media. I'll share the different facets of my journey and the realizations that struck me of how much freedom and happiness I could gain without it.

Highlights

• Valuable things that we can possibly lose from social media
• Why personal connection and relationship is still the "Queen" to business growth
• The importance of being a good example for your children
• How being off social media could lead to more clarity, connection, focus and direction with your life and your business
• Things you should know and do first before you take off from social media

Social media is a game-changer to generation and has changed millions of lives globally. It has helped businesses and personal lives not connect across the globe but grow personally and spiritually. But indeed anything "too much" is destructive.

So I want to challenge you #leadhers to take at least a 15 days break from social media. Journal your everyday journey and allow God to have space in your heart. Allow God to work in you; give you wisdom on the things that matter most in your life. Allow God to show you the direction and connection that you need.

Excruciating pains and incredible traumatic experience. All moms go through a lot when giving birth, join me as we learn about our options on what's best for us and our babies during and after our pregnancy.

Being pregnant in the middle of coronavirus could be a little worrisome and risky for both the mom and the baby. And so today, a good friend of mine, Amanda Latham joins us on the podcast to educate us on the difference between hospital birth and home birth. She answers all our questions about the natural and better way of giving birth, prenatal & postnatal care, and why you have all that it takes to deliver your little one to the world.

Highlights:

• The key factors that affect your child's health that can be corrected during childbirth.
• Exploring your options and trusting your body about what it needs
• The difference between a Doula and a Midwife and what are their roles and responsibilities during and after your pregnancy
• Finding support for Postpartum Depression and Lactation
• Are Placenta pills really considered "happy" pills?
• Truths about Vitamin K and Antibiotics and how it causes deaths to newborns

Follow Amanda and her fun-filled birthing and support adventures on Instagram: @amanda_latham

I am here to serve you, and I can't wait for you to share with me how can I serve you better. Tag me @meredith_franklin in your social media post or tag @leadhershippodcast and share with us what is the greatest thing that holds you back from stepping into your greatness!

"There's gonna be more millionaire made because of this pandemic."

Hey #LeadHers, we are back! This crisis is a weird and strange time for ALL of us, but there are some remarkable and positive things happening from this. I'm excited to see all the people who decide and choose during this pandemic to make a positive pivot and become successful because of it.

Tune in as we talk about how you can shift and pivot your gifts, reach more people, and monetize it.

Highlights:

• Shutting and blocking the negative energy
• Guarding your focus on the things you can control
• Surrendering to God all the things that are out of our control
• How to stay productive while the things you love and
• enjoy the time of the pandemic
• Shifting your gifts and make it work for you in this crisis

I believe in you #leadHers, and this is a perfect time for you to flourish, to grow your skills and gifts, and share it with the world to make a more significant impact.

So get your mindset right, open your heart, and ask God to open new doors for you. You can do it!

This episode is EPIC! Natasha Hemmingway joins us on the podcast today, and she filled up the environment with SO much wisdom, enlightenment, and super actionable tips to step up in your business.

Natasha is a Speaker, Sales Coach and she helps female entrepreneurs sell with heart and not hustle to master their authentic sales process.

She shares how she took her hands off the wheel and Surrendered it all to God. Because when you start to let God do all the work and trust in His will, everything will fall into the right place.

Matthew 11:28 says," Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. "

Highlights

• How to develop faith over fear and knowing your worth
• Listening to God's voice and surrendering to His will
• Identifying REAL fear from FALSE fear and making choices out of our TRUTH
• Sharing your gifts to honor and impact other people
• How to be unapologetically confident
• How to sell yourself or your business and hustle the right way to have a thriving business
• Operating in what you do and believing in what you do
• (6)Six reasons why people aren't buying from us
• Don't de-value yourself

When we start to let God step into our life and take the lead, we will begin to understand and identify all these FALSE fear in our head that blocks our way and limits us to understand our worth and our freedom fully. When you start deciding that you'll be going to root yourself in our truth and stop believing your lies, and you understand that it's normal to have fear, but it's more important to move through the fear so you can step into your call. It will change your life and other people's life because your calling is not about you. It's beyond that. It's the people that you impacted when you stepped into that and said 'yes' to it.

So I hope you guys enjoyed this episode. I want to know what you learned and what your biggest takeaways were. Tag me @meredith_franklin on Instagram or @leadhershippodcast. I am so thrilled to hear your thoughts in this episode.

Connect with Natasha

https://natashahemmingway.com/

@natashahemmingwa