Minding My BLACK Business

As Entrepreneurs we have a responsibility not only to our businesses but to our communities. We have the power to influence the political and financial landscape in our neighborhoods. Blair explains how she's lead the charge to advocate, educate, and nourish her Black community.

Blair Durham serves as Co-President of Black BRAND, Hampton Roads Regional Black Chamber of Commerce where she leads the charge in identifying and implementing solutions for closing the wealth gap, raising the next generation of entrepreneurs, and empowering the community to embrace the concept of common unity. Her social justice passion was birthed during her undergraduate career at Virginia Tech where she studied social justice while helping to build a platform for the same. Blair is a wife and homeschooling mother of two who enjoys gardening and other outdoor activities in her spare time.

Special Guest: Blair Durham

Website: http://blackbrand.biz/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackbrandbiz/

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What if all entrepreneurs approached working with their customers as if this was a lifelong relationship? Imagine the ways in which Entrepreneurs would even handle the first phone call with each customer differently. When our clients feel connected they often return to us for repeat business. Krystal shares how this happens for her.

Krystal Diane is a photographer and her job is to tell your story in a visual way. This allows her to show what is unfolding before her eyes. She would rather document your story, than create a pose. It makes her heart glad when she knows that she is capturing a moment that will be shared with generations to come. Her passion for people and photography has taught her that every moment is special and deserves to be treasured. That same passion allows her to approach your life event, whether it's a new arrival, an engagement, or your wedding, with a unique and artistic view. Little details are important, and she captures the candid moments that make your event yours.

Special Guest:

Krystal Diane

Website: https://www.krysdianephotography.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krysdianephoto/?hl=en

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/krysdianephoto

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When is the last time you evaluated your community? Some of us are dealing with unhealthy relationships and suffering in silence. Dr. Jones teaches us how to determine if our current support is inadequate and how to find support that best meets our needs.

Dr. Natalie Jones, PsyD, LPCC is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a Post-Doctoral Psychologist. She currently has a private practice called Lifetime Counseling and Consulting in Oakland, CA where she specializes in working with women who have been in emotionally and psychologically abusive relationships with narcissists, as well as with individuals who were previously incarcerated for various crimes. Dr. Jones also works for the California Dept of Corrections and specializes in providing individual/group counseling and assessments to prison inmates who have committed various offenses, with a specialization in working with sex offenders.

Dr. Jones has a podcast called A Date With Darkness Podcast, which specializes in providing education and tips from healing from narcissistic relationships. Dr. Jones received her Master's in Clinical Counseling Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, IL, and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Jones has also written blogs for the Mind Journal and PsychCentral.

Special Guest: Dr. Natalie Jones

Website: https://www.drnataliejones.com https://www.adatewithdarkness.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.nataliejones/

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drnataliejones/

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dr_NatalieJones

https://twitter.com/ADateWDarkness

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mindingmyblkbiz

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Website: www.mindingmyblackbusiness.com

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Some of us have been drawn to entrepreneurship early on in life. On this episode we get the wisdom of an Entrepreneur who has followed her passion while receiving the full support of her community. Janay shares how she leans on her community throughout her entrepreneurial journey.

Janay Brown is a rising Senior at Old Dominion University studying Marketing. She has always had a passion for innovation and food, so she decided to combine the two and came up with a unique business - Full Belly Delights, LLC. She wanted the company to represent the beauty of handcrafted treats and ensure that she stays in the gourmet lane as she did it. Janay feels it's a wonderful feeling seeing people enjoy the creations you've put your heart, soul, love, and time into. As the CEO and owner of her business, she promises to ensure that she listens to her customers' needs and wants and capture that in each bite of all the products she produces.

Special Guest: Janay Brown

Website: https://www.fullbellydelights.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FullBellyDelightsLLC/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullbellydelights/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fb_delights?lang=en

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/fullbellydelights/pins/

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Website: www.mindingmyblackbusiness.com

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For Entrepreneurs, burnout is not only burdensome it can negatively impact our business bottom line. Do you have a solid strategy to address your burnout? Lesley shares how her passion lead to a business that helps therapists manage and overcome burnout.

Lesley Lanier Smith is a practicing Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas. She has been licensed since 2014 and working in community mental health since 2003. In 2017 Leslie started the Balance Box, due to an absence of information for students and interns outside of what is learned in agency or a practicum setting. She believes that with rise of conflict and emotions amongst our society, while the need for helpers and healers grow, we are not immune to the injustices of the world today.

Special Guest: Leslie Lanier Smith

Website: https://thebalancebox.net/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ubalancebox

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usawabalancebox/

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What is your relationship with the body you inhabit? Most of us have a relationship with our bodies but lack a meaningful connection with our bodies. Ivy explains how a positive and nurturing relationship with our body can translate a more fulfilling life.

Ivy Felicia is a Certified Holistic Wellness Coach and Body Image Expert with a gift for helping people of all body types to embrace body peace and self-love at any stage of life. Her Body Relationship Coaching work is centered on her personal experiences with barriers to body love, and more than a decade of social and professional involvement in the emotional wellness and health education movements.

Special Guest: Ivy Felicia

Website: http://www.memybodyandlove.com/

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Family, I bet you've never met a Black female beekeeper. As Black Entrepreneurs we can find ourselves in industries that we don't traditionally occupy and yet we flourish. Judith shares how she has been successful in doing so all while taking care of her community and herself.

Judith's love of agriculture began at six years old. As a little girl, she always wanted a little red tractor. She wasn't raised on a farm but our family had hogs, a small cotton field beside our home. As a teenager, she worked with family members on the farm priming tobacco. On her journey in life, she continued to come back to agriculture, living on the land.

In 2003, she began to work for a nonprofit that provided resources for minority farmers and landowners. She worked as the project manager helping farmers get their produce in markets. She educated youth on agriculture-related careers and to create school gardens. While working with the nonprofit she noticed they had a beehive. She inquired about how bees make honey. She attended beekeeping school and continue to learn about bees from her mentor John Alston. She fell in love with bees and agriculture. As she continues to grow in her business, Hampton Roads Honey, she shares her love for bees and agriculture with schools, networking groups, and businesses in the form of honey products, agri-related workshops, and online classes. Her goal is to bring FUN BACK INTO AGRICULTURE.

Special Guest: Judith Alston

Website: https://hamptonroadshoney.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hampton-Roads-Honey-1713205018925841/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hamptonroadshoney/

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No one should approach entrepreneurship without wisdom and connection from others. This episode I get the wisdom of a local entrepreneur who has been in business for 22 years, and is seen as a staple of our community. Brett teaches us what he's learned and continues to learn in how to build a sustainable business that positively impacts your community.

Brett Hewitt's life's journey was changed when a stranger walked up to him and handed him a book to read, Visions for a Black Man by Dr. Na'im Akbar. While Brett was volunteering in a mentorship program, he realized how important it was for us to learn our history and culture and be proud of who we are and later he became a public speaker at local schools, prisons and churches.

While traveling to bookstores throughout the United States, Brett couldn't find literature that pertained to the Black struggle, the large bookstore chains, who had Black literature sections, would put it way back in the back. He thought it was a disservice. Those observations provided the spark for his business, Positive Vibes, which he started in 1992 by selling books from the trunk of his car. In July 1996, he opened his first brick and mortar store in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Through word of mouth, and plenty of community support, he's proudly celebrating 22 years in business.

Special Guest:

Brett Hewitt

Website: https://www.positivevibesva.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PositiveVibesVA/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/positivevibesva/

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Entrepreneurship can be filled with loneliness and isolation. In our journey to build our businesses and brands we can neglect our need to be in relationship with others. Kimberly teaches us ways to address this and how we can remain productive while being connected.

Kimberly A. Ferguson is an entrepreneur, author, learning & development consultant, career coach, trainer/speaker, certified educator, the host of StrategicMinds.tv, and a regular contributor for Jacque Howard's Trenton365 Show on Stellar Award Winning Radio Station, WIMG. A Forbes.com contributor, Kimberly was a 2016 BOSS Influencer, and was recently named Official Mentor for The Mentor Program powered by Sage North America. She has more than 19 years of combined experience in the areas of learning and development, education, marketing, and leadership and has worked public, private, startup, nonprofit companies, as well as in secondary and higher education. Through her business, Excel Service Consulting, LLC (K-Ferg Training), Kimberly speaks, trains, consults, and provides customized employee and leadership development solutions and coaching for countless organizations.

Special Guest: Kimberly Ferguson

Website: http://www.kfergspeaks.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kfergspeaks

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kfergspeaks/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kfergspeaks/

Online Show: https://www.strategicminds.tv/

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kfergspeaks

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For those who have ever been curious about how therapists train, take a listen. The road to becoming a licensed mental health professional can be filled with bumps and hurdles. Deseray and I discuss the training involved to provide quality mental health services and she shares her journey.

Deseray is a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern in the state of Florida, on her journey towards full licensure. She's a mother, pain to purpose pusher, and entrepreneur! After having a former clinical supervisor go MIA without signing off on her clinical hours, Deseray was forced to restart her supervision process, delaying her time to become a fully licensed clinician! From this experience, she created Supervision Support. Her company connects professionals seeking supervision with supervisors who are ethically grounded and are willing to mentor, guide, and develop new clinicians who are on their way to becoming fully licensed. Her hope is that what happened to her never happens again and she can build a community of mental health professionals who are passionate, honest, and committed to bettering the field.

Special Guest: Deseray Hamilton

Website: https://www.supervisionsupport.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/supervisionsupport/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supervisionsupport/

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