Money Making Conversations Master Class

I have one of stars of the OWN series "Ladies Who List: Atlanta," Real estate closing Attorney, Tiffani Hawes, answering callers questions about purchasing a home in today's market. She breaks down what to look for when closing on a new home as well as reveals beneficial financial planning tips to prepare for home buying.

Topics Covered

Home buying factors.

Purpose of closing attorney

Terms of the lender

Importance of HBCU's

More on Tiffany Hawes

Tiffani R. Hawes graduated from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School in December 2013.Prior and during law school Mrs. Hawes worked as a real estate paralegal for more than eight years.During this time, Mrs. Hawes gained the knowledge and skills necessary to open The Hawes Law Firm, LLC, which specializes in real estate closings.Mrs. Hawes has dedicated her real estate closing practice to bringing a celebratory and fun closing experience for all parties apart of the closing transaction. Why have a boring closing when you can be educated and celebrated at the same time. A mother of two boysand one girl, Mrs. Hawes and her husband are both very active in their local community.When not serving clients, Mrs. Hawes enjoys screaming on the sideline at her children’s sport games.

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My dear friend Celebrity Chef Jernard Wells, returns to speak on his most recent season of New Soul Kitchen Remix and the shows new direction towards a healthy food living. We discuss our cooking do and don'ts, my new garden, and the benefit of growing your own food.

Topics Covered

Bridging the gap between great food and healthy living.

Making quick meals

How to tend to your home garden

More on Celebrity Chef Jernard Wells

Jernard Wells is an Award Winning TV Host/Celebrity Chef/Bestselling Cookbook Author best known from numerous Food Network & Cooking Channel shows. He is the host of "New Soul Kitchen" on CLEO TV and is a co-host on "The Best Things I Ever Ate" on Cooking Channel. Wells has worked with Tyler Perry, NBA star Brandon Ingram, Lady Antebellum and Ricky Bell & Michael Bivins of New Edition/BBD. He has been featured on "Today Show", PEOPLE, "Steve Harvey Morning Show", ESSENCE, “Pickler & Ben”, "Home & Family", Lifetime & HLN to name a few. The James Beard House Honored Chef is affectionately called "The Family Chef" because he loves using food to promote positive family images. He and his wife of 20 years have 9 children. He is the author of 6 books.

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My dear friend Celebrity Chef Jernard Wells, returns to speak on his most recent season of New Soul Kitchen Remix and the shows new direction towards a healthy food living. We discuss our cooking do and don'ts, my new garden, and the benefit of growing your own food. I also have one of stars of "Ladies Who List Atlanta," Real estate closing attorney Tiffani Hawes answering callers questions about purchasing a home in today's market.

Topics Covered

Bridging the gap between great food and healthy living.

Making quick meals

Home buying factors.

Purpose of closing attorney

Terms of the lender

Importance of HBCU's

More on Tiffany Hawes

Tiffani R. Hawes graduated from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School in December 2013.Prior and during law school Mrs. Hawes worked as a real estate paralegal for more than eight years.During this time, Mrs. Hawes gained the knowledge and skills necessary to open The Hawes Law Firm, LLC, which specializes in real estate closings.Mrs. Hawes has dedicated her real estate closing practice to bringing a celebratory and fun closing experience for all parties apart of the closing transaction. Why have a boring closing when you can be educated and celebrated at the same time. A mother of two boysand one girl, Mrs. Hawes and her husband are both very active in their local community.When not serving clients, Mrs. Hawes enjoys screaming on the sideline at her children’s sport games.

More on Celebrity Chef Jernard Wells

Jernard Wells is an Award Winning TV Host/Celebrity Chef/Bestselling Cookbook Author best known from numerous Food Network & Cooking Channel shows. He is the host of "New Soul Kitchen" on CLEO TV and is a co-host on "The Best Things I Ever Ate" on Cooking Channel. Wells has worked with Tyler Perry, NBA star Brandon Ingram, Lady Antebellum and Ricky Bell & Michael Bivins of New Edition/BBD. He has been featured on "Today Show", PEOPLE, "Steve Harvey Morning Show", ESSENCE, “Pickler & Ben”, "Home & Family", Lifetime & HLN to name a few. The James Beard House Honored Chef is affectionately called "The Family Chef" because he loves using food to promote positive family images. He and his wife of 20 years have 9 children. He is the author of 6 books.

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Sisters and founders of Jolie Noire fashion line featured in Target, Christian singer, Keyondra Lockett & Celebrity Fashion Designer, Kim Lockett reveal how their journey from having the dream to seeing their product in stores. 

Topics Covered

Tell us about Jolie Noire. How did it start? What does the brand represent? 

What is the most rewarding part of being the founders of Jolie Noire?

What the Jolie Noire design process?

More on Keyondra & Kim Lockett

The Christian singer/songwriter, billboard #1 chart-topping, and two-time Stellar Award nominee, Keyondra Lockett and her Atlanta based celebrity fashion stylist sister, Kim Lockett are the founders of Jolie Noire, a luxury, essential ware brand that recently launched in Target stores nationwide. The premium brand was created in 2019 to celebrate Black diversity and inclusion while offering stylish, high fashion essential wear for both women and men. Its wearable, size inclusive (XS-6XL) collection includes tops, bottoms, matching sets and accessories, custom designed in-house by the duo.

More of Jolie Noire

Jolie Noire, “Pretty Black” in French, is a luxury essential-wear brand for women and men that is built on the belief that Black is beautiful. Founded by Atlanta-based blood sisters Keyondra and Kim Lockett, Jolie Noire is an effort to level the playing field, and change the meaning, emotions, and values associated with black. Color is something that doesn't come pre labeled, we label it... At Jolie Noire, we choose to believe that black, like other colors, is beautiful! For more information, visit https://joliexnoire.com/

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As an multi-faceted award winning entertainment industry veteran, Shaun Robinson, with her experience of success in all formats of media provides insight into what it takes to get to the top of you industry as well as how to pivot into new markets and industries.

Topics Covered

Building then redirecting your brand.

Trust and faith in your intuition.

Finding your voice.

Getting past the noise and no's.

More on Shaun Robinson

Emmy Award-winning journalist, television host, author, producer, actress, philanthropist and girls’ empowerment activist Shaun Robinson is a true role model. 

Shaun has won the respect and admiration of millions of daily television viewers throughout her career, including her work as host of the entertainment show, Access Hollywood. 

Shaun has interviewed Hollywood’s biggest stars and covered the red carpets and hosted the official pre-shows for the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Emmy Awards and Grammy’s. 

Coming from a strong background in television news, Shaun has contributed reports to NBC Nightly News, Today, MSNBC and CNN. 

Shaun is also familiar to millions of dedicated fans as host and executive producer of the worldwide mega-hit series 90 Day Fiance’s Tell All Reunion on TLC - the series airing in 168 countries and territories. The Tell All Reunion show rated the Number #1 show in America.* Shaun is also host and executive producer of the new 90 Day Bares All talk/variety show on Discovery Plus. 

"This Detroit native is shining on both sides of the camera"

Shaun Robinson has new projects in the works

More on A Seven Deadly Sins Series

Shaun is the executive producer of two new Lifetime original movies, Wrath (which premiered on April 16) and Greed (premiering on April 23) – the next two installments of the network’s Seven Deadly Sins Movie Anthology. Shaun made her debut last year (2021) as a movie executive producer with Lust and Envy, which began the anthology.

Wrath: A Seven Deadly Sins Story premiered on Lifetime. It stars Michelle Williams (of Destiny’s Child fame), Tina Knowles-Lawson (Beyonce’s mom), Romeo Miller (who many remember as Lil’ Romeo) and Antonio Cupo.

"WRATH" trailer

Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story stars Monique Coleman, LisaRaye McCoy, Eric Benet and Nathan Witte.

"GREED" trailer

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Executive producer Shaun Robinson returns to discuss the next installment of her Seven the Sins Series featured on. Lifetime original movies, "Wrath: A Seven Deadly Sins Story" and "Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story." Sisters and founders of Jolie Noire fashion line featured in Target, Keyondra & Kim Lockett reveal how their journey from having the dream to seeing there product in stores.

Topics Covered

Shaun Robinson hosted Access Hollywood for more than 10 years.

Troubles transitioning from in front of the camera to behind the scenes.

The S.H.A.U.N. Foundation for Girls, which nurtures and supports under-served and underrepresented girls and young women in the areas of Stem, Health, Arts, Unity, Neighborhoods.

Tell us about Jolie Noire. How did it start? What does the brand represent?

What is the most rewarding part of being the founders of Jolie Noire?

What the Jolie Noire design process?

More On Shaun Robinson

Emmy Award-winning journalist, television host, author, producer, actress, philanthropist and girls’ empowerment activist Shaun Robinson is a true role model. 

Shaun has won the respect and admiration of millions of daily television viewers throughout her career, including her work as host of the entertainment show, Access Hollywood. 

Shaun has interviewed Hollywood’s biggest stars and covered the red carpets and hosted the official pre-shows for the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Emmy Awards and Grammy’s. 

Coming from a strong background in television news, Shaun has contributed reports to NBC Nightly News, Today, MSNBC and CNN. 

Shaun is also familiar to millions of dedicated fans as host and executive producer of the worldwide mega-hit series 90 Day Fiance’s Tell All Reunion on TLC - the series airing in 168 countries and territories. The Tell All Reunion show rated the Number #1 show in America.* Shaun is also host and executive producer of the new 90 Day Bares All talk/variety show on Discovery Plus. 

More on Keyondra & Kim Lockett

The Christian singer/songwriter, billboard #1 chart-topping, and two-time Stellar Award nominee, Keyondra Lockett and her Atlanta based celebrity fashion stylist sister, Kim Lockett are the founders of Jolie Noire, a luxury, essential ware brand that recently launched in Target stores nationwide. The premium brand was created in 2019 to celebrate Black diversity and inclusion while offering stylish, high fashion essential wear for both women and men. Its wearable, size inclusive (XS-6XL) collection includes tops, bottoms, matching sets and accessories, custom designed in-house by the duo.

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Sonia Balfour-Fears is a Financial Advisor and Global Sports & Entertainment Director with Morgan Stanley. She founded the Fears Group, which was Merrill Lynch’s first and only African American mother-daughter wealth management team. Her daughters Rhea and Ayanna join her as we discuss the purpose of The Fears Group, and how they plan on impacting they community.

Topics Covered

1 year anniversary at Morgan Stanley.

Teamed with my daughter and have a 2nd daughter joining the team.

Educate people about finances, establishing a financial plan and investing in the capital markets to achieve their goals.

How can you close the Black wealth gap?

Increasing Diversity in investments.

How to begin investing in Hot Stocks

More on The Fears Group

The Fears Group is a family practice that strives to help our clients establish a strong financial foundation and build wealth for future generations. With over 57 years of experience in the financial services industry, we take pride in educating our clients and helping them navigate the nuances behind financial decisions. 

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In this episode of Money Making Conversations the legendary Regina Taylor drops in to discuss her newest role in the the Anthology series on Showtime "The First Lady." She discusses the respect she has for the character she is playing and how she relates to past roles. We speak on the HBO limited series "Lovecraft Country" and "I'll Fly Away" the series that awarded her a a Golden Globe.

More On Regina Taylor

Taylor’s first film was the made-for-TV movie Crisis at Central High, starring Joanne Woodward, in which she portrayed Minniejean Brown, one of the first Black students to integrate the Arkansas school system. Taylor next garnered praise for her role as Mrs. Carter, a drug-addicted mother in 1989's Lean on Me, alongside Morgan Freeman. Other film roles include Spike Lee’s Clockers, Saturday Church and Losing Isaiah.

More recently, Taylor was seen in the mind-bending Lovecraft Country (Jordan Peele, J. J. Abrams, Mischa Greene); The Wonder Years (Saladin K. Patterson, Lee Daniels, Marc Valez, Fred Savage); Red Line (Ava DuVernay); All Day and a Night (Joe Robert Cole, Jeffrey Wright, Ashton Sanders); Blue Bloods (Tom Selleck); Black List; and Dig.

In yet another tribute to the actress, the Dallas Independent School District is rebuilding L. G. Pinkston High School, where Taylor was a student, and naming the new Fine Arts Department for Regina Taylor.

More On The First Lady

In addition to Taylor, the new anthology drama stars Oscar®, Emmy® and Tony winner Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom), as former first lady Michelle Obama, Oscar and Emmy nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit) as Betty Ford and Emmy and Screen Actors Guild winner Gillian Anderson (The Crown) as Eleanor Roosevelt.

“Michelle Obama has always credited her mother as being an inspirational role model,” Taylor said. “Her mother and father were absolute pillars of strength, encouraging her to pursue her dreams, let no one deter her and to not get in her own way. It was crucial for Michelle Obama, as the first Black woman in the White House, to bring along her essential source of strength – her mother, Marian Robinson.”

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This week on Money Making Conversations I am joined by the amazing Regina Taylor to discuss her role in the anthology series the "The First Lady" as the mother of Michelle Obama. We revisit all of Regina's great roles including "Lean On Me," "I'll Fly Away," and "Lovecraft Country" and how she has excelled in playing real individuals. Sonia Balfours-Fears returns with her daughters Ayanna and Rhea. Together they sounded The Fears Group at Morgan Stanley financial planning family practice.

Topics Covered

Owning your Acting Voice

Embodying Real Life Characters

Pressure and Responsibility as an Actor

Being a Black Woman in the Financial Industry

Journey from Meryl Lynch to Morgan Stanley

Creating

Building trust as Financial Advisor

More on "The First Lady"

In addition to Taylor, the new anthology drama stars Oscar®, Emmy® and Tony winner Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom), as former first lady Michelle Obama, Oscar and Emmy nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit) as Betty Ford and Emmy and Screen Actors Guild winner Gillian Anderson (The Crown) as Eleanor Roosevelt.

“Michelle Obama has always credited her mother as being an inspirational role model,” Taylor said. “Her mother and father were absolute pillars of strength, encouraging her to pursue her dreams, let no one deter her and to not get in her own way. It was crucial for Michelle Obama, as the first Black woman in the White House, to bring along her essential source of strength – her mother, Marian Robinson.”

More on The Fears Group

The Fears Group is a family practice that strives to help our clients establish a strong financial foundation and build wealth for future generations. With over 57 years of experience in the financial services industry, we take pride in educating our clients and helping them navigate the nuances behind financial decisions. 

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On this episode of Money Making Conversations Master Class I am joined by luxury celebrity fashion designer, Morehouse graduate & founder of the Morehouse Polo Team, Miguel Wilson. We discuss transition from a corporate career to a creative career.

Topics Covered

Going from a corporate career to a creative career as a fashion designer

How Miguel Wilson's love for polo influenced his career as a luxury good provider

How to identify what was missing in your target market. Finding support from community as a black designer

Co-founder of the Morehouse Polo Team, the first-ever HBCU polo team.

More on Miguel Wilson

An international menswear designer, Miguel Wilson is recognized as an authority on men’s fashion and an expert on weddings, particularly when it comes to groomswear.

He is the founder/CEO of the Miguel Wilson Collection, a boutique formal wear design business for men, and one of the only menswear designers that specifically carries a Wedding Collection for grooms and groomsmen.

For over 20 years, the Washington D.C. native designed suits, sportcoats, trousers, shirts and accessories for men with a long client list that includes celebrities and other high-profile people including Bishop TD Jakes, Pastor Jamal Bryant, Hollywood producer Will Packer, rappers 2 Chainz and Waka Flocka, and Real Housewives of Atlanta husbands Peter Thomas, Todd Tucker, and Michael Sterling, just to name a few.

He currently maintains four locations in Atlanta, Washington D.C., Miami, and New York City, while also traveling around the world to accommodate his clients and providing his services virtually.

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