More Than Graphics Podcast

Ready, set, MANIFEST! Danielle and Cicely have a JAMMED PACKED GEMS episode with best selling author, content creator and tv/radio personality Shonda Brown.

Shonda Brown White is passionate about encouraging and empowering women through life and love real talk. This divine purpose has led to her to write and publish books including the bestselling Don’t Be A Wife To A Boyfriend: 10 Lessons I Learned When I Was Single. She's been featured and interviewed on several platforms and shows including: The Rickey Smiley Show, ESSENCE, ABC36 and a plethora of radio outlets and podcasts. For years, she penned dope and inspiring pieces as a content contributor for the nationally recognized website xoNecole.com. In addition to enjoying and living life with her husband of 12 years, she also enjoys producing content, seeking new adventures, and hosting her show, Wives Wine Down.  

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Our Manifest episode is definitely helping us kick off summer right! Meet distinguished podcaster and veteran mom, Jennifer Reed.

Jennifer is a mother of a little girl, a wife for the second time and a caregiver to her Navy veteran husband. Listed as a top 50 mom podcaster in Podcast Magazine in May 2020 she is current 2020 Elizabeth Dole Fellow for the state of Arkansas and now a Mom Empowerment Coach. Jennifer wants to be a woman who sheds the light on women and moms going through different seasons of life and making the normal struggles we all go through normal and not something to be ashamed or embarrassed about AKA hot mess momma life. Jennifer is also a big supporter of childhood ADHD, domestic violence survivors, and caregivers for veterans.

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Meredith Reese, Chief Integrated Behavioral Health Officer has been with Vista Maria since July 2003. In her current role, she is responsible for the integration of mental health and physical health services on campus serving all youth in care. Meredith holds a certification in Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care-Pediatric Track and has twenty years of extensive knowledge in areas of mental health, trauma, and adolescent development. 

In 2020, she was awarded one of Crain’s Notable Women in Health.  Meredith holds a Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy from Western Kentucky University and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. In addition, she is a featured speaker, presenter, and trainer relating to human trafficking, and trauma. Meredith is an active member and Board Member of the Michigan Human Trafficking Taskforce. Meredith raises awareness to stand against human trafficking through community advocacy and presentations. In 2014, Meredith was the recipient of the Department of Health and Human Services –Best Practice Award for her work and dedication to the anti-trafficking movement.  

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Our episode on RENEW will completely REVIVE with the energy we're bringing! Join us as Danielle chats with award winning, best selling author and founder of CrownYourself.com Kimberly Spencer. 

Kimberly Spencer is an award-winning high performance, trauma-informed coach and trainer, Amazon best-selling co-author, international motivational speaker, and the founder of CrownYourself.com, helping visionary leaders transform their self-limiting stories,  build their empire, stand out fearlessly, and make the income and the impact they deserve.  From her entrepreneurial beginnings at five selling bags of glitter-water to her neighbors, to becoming an award-winning screenwriter, certified Pilates instructor, Miss Congeniality, and six-time WEGO Health Activist Award nominee, Kimberly is proof that it's better to make your own mold than to conform to someone else's. She's also the former executive of a national e-commerce startup and was the owner of the private Pilates studio, Fitness with Kim in Los Angeles, CA. Her journey into the world of mompreneurship with her husband was featured in the 2017 Netflix docuseries, Being Dad. 

Her work has been featured on The CW, ESPN, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and NPR, and in Thrive Global, CNBC, and Forbes.  

Follow Kimberly & Crown Yourself Enterprises online: 

Website: https://crownyourself.com 

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/realkimspencer 

Instagram: https://instagram.com/kimberly.spencer 

Linked In:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyspencer-crownyourself/ 

Company Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crown-yourself-enterprises

Our Bonus Episode features Genie Dawkins, founder of The Parenting Cipher.  Genie Dawkins is a single mother of four (two grown and two school-aged) and has over 19 years of being a parent advocate of special needs children. Additionally, she is an international speaker, best-selling author, Host of The Parenting Cipher podcast, and Parent Confidence Strategist.  Each of Genie’s children has various diagnoses of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and ADHD. Despite this, she has successfully enrolled them in top tier private schools; three of them with partial scholarships and her youngest’s tuition is federally funded. In 2019, she and her youngest sons traveled to Dubai, London, and Paris, with various challenges and limited resources but with determination to expand her children’s worldview and not limit them because of their individual diagnosis.  As an educational advocacy specialist, Genie’s mission is to help parents achieve a balanced life and overcoming inevitable challenges both at school and home in a way that empowers parents and children.

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Website: www.The ParentingCipher.com

Join Danielle and Cicely as they interview femme artisans at the Bluegrass Creative Market April 11, 2021 at the Shriners Temple on Southland Drive in Lexington KY. 

Please note this event is RECORDED LIVE onsite so quality is not as high but there words and stories are certainly heard. 

SHOW NOTES:

01:40:84 - Meryum Designs

04:10:71 - Worker Bee Sewing Co

08:33:38 - Local Lex Market

12:05:83 - Idly Wild Crafts

13:51:72 - Rayann's Popcorn

16:28:16 - Katie Nelson Fine Art

Our special guest for April is none other than professional speaker, writer and consultant, Tanya Torp.

Tanya Torp is an agent for social change and has spent her career engaging in community-based initiatives as convener, speaker, trainer, writer, and consultant.

Additionally, Tanya manages her consultant business as a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator in the following areas: strategic planning for nonprofits, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, volunteer management, community liaising, and youth empowerment. Finally, Tanya is an Associate Pastor at Embrace United Methodist Church. Her ministry passions are discipleship, leadership development, intercessory prayer, women's ministry, and worship ministry.

Currently, Tanya is editing her forthcoming book on the topic of radical hospitality.

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Or BONUS guest on 'possibilities' is Bevin Morgan, Financial Wellness Coach who has paid off over $200K in debt to become debt free. She is a real estate investor and self-proclaimed personal finance nerd. She specializes in helping Black female entrepreneurs and creators gain confidence in their financial futures with a touch of "woo woo!"Bevin is a Financial Trainer at The Financial Gym.

She is on a personal mission to help bridge the racial wealth gap in this country. Black families hold less than 10% the average wealth of white families. Instilling financial confidence in Black women is one small step she’s taking to help change that.

Bevin also very recently celebrated her birthday this month! Happy Belated Birthday Bevin and welcome to the show!

Join us for the live watch party THIS THURSDAY at 7:30pm.

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IG:@bevinmorgan 

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March brings POSSIBILITIES and for #WomensHistoryMonth Deneen L. Garrett elevates the Voices of Women of Color through Diversity, Equity & Inclusion + Talent Development and Podcasting. She is the Creator and Host of the An Intimate Conversation with Women of Color Podcast and we're thrilled that she could share her story to inspire you to be open to possibilities!

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Show Notes:

Get ready for this gem-packed BONUS FEBRUARY episode with Ted Talk Alum, Mike Veny. 

Our next guest managed to overcome a lifetime of mental health challenges to become a professional drummer and a Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist. He’s the author of the best selling book, Transforming Stigma: How to Become a Mental Wellness Superhero. His advocacy work has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS news. 

As a 2017 PM360 ELITE Award Winner, our next guest was recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the healthcare industry.  He is also a writer for Corporate Wellness Magazine, Health Central, and delivered a TED-X Talk, titled Mental Illness is an Asset. 

He’s worked with a variety of companies including Microsoft, CVS Health, T-Mobile, Heineken, Salesforce, United Auto Workers - General Motors, and The Wounded Warrior Project.  In his spare time, he enjoys weight training, meditating for 20 minutes, twice a day, and eating a good bone-in ribeye steak cooked medium rare. He lives in New York City and is ADDICTED to buying luggage, along while watching YouTube videos on how to pack a suitcase. 

His packing checklist for business trips is one of his most prized possessions.  Helping us with chatting all things self care and self love today is Mike Veny.

Show Notes: 

Escape activities vs self care

Self care Structured achieves to grow and love yourself

Love is a verb

If you’re not doing self care you’re selfish.

Dr Stephen Covey - make a keep a promise to yourself

Therapy is an opportunity for growth.

Good therapy - directory of therapists

Therapyincolor.org / the safe space/place app

Monica Lewinsky - shame held her hostage, she began to talk about it and got to take her power back

Habits are difficult to do and undo

Self care/self love practice: start small, prioritize. FORCE it into your calendar!

metal/phys/spiritual/social-emotional

The miracle morning life SAVERS - done in the morning

What am I feeling? Where is it located? And what do i need right now?

All emotions are good emotions. It’s important to sit with your emotions.

Anger, grief and fear = best emotions, needed for success

Fear when dealt with becomes vision/courage

Grief when dealt with becomes joy

Anger when dealt with becomes passion/leadership/decisiveness

Danielle - how can I make this better for the next person?

Book: The Power of the Positive No