Nurah Speaks

This week I welcome fashion designer, Dr. Nicole Muhammad, to the podcast. Nicole is the founder and CEO of Sew Elevated, a modest fashion brand. She is also a clinical psychologist by education and training.

In this episode, Nicole explains the psychology of fashion and how fashion affects our thoughts and feelings about ourselves and how what we wear impacts others.

This is a very sober and thoughtful conversation with Nicole explaining her intention to use fashion to elevate women’s ideas about fashion and their ideas about themselves.

Visit sewelevated.com and follow Nicole on social media @SewElevated on Instagram and Facebook. You can email her at [email protected].

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Sellout is a term often tossed about to neutralize the adoration of someone who has made significant achievements in life. Our low expectations and limiting beliefs are causing us to be traitors to our own promise!

•What about those from among us who are recruiting our children to illicit lifestyles for personal profit?

•What about entertainers getting rich promoting killing and drug abuse?

•What about those influential adults who enable the delinquency of our youth and interrupt their promise?

Let's rethink what we hear and give definition to the word, "sellout!"

If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to [email protected].  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link.

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Chabree Muhammad is back on the podcast sharing her perspectives on educating the Black child. Hers is a perspective not heard in the mainstream so this is a great opportunity to introduce an unorthodox voice.

Chabree understands the science of education and why conventional education misses the mark with our children. As you listen to this episode, have a pen and pad nearby to take notes and re-listen to this once or twice for anything you might have missed.

And please, be sure to share this episode with anyone you know involved in the development of our children. The gems Chabree shares in this discussion are impactful and her ideas are universally applicable in any arena our children enter.

To learn more about Your Educational Consultants and Services, Inc. visit yecservices.com. You can contact Chabree Muhammad by calling 856-966-1722 or by emailing her at [email protected].

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We are so frequently accosted in these ‘living while black’ incidents wherein someone calls the police on us as we engage in normal, non-criminal activities in our own communities, sometimes in our own homes. And nearly as often during these incidents, the accused begins explaining his occupation, salary or education as a means to suggest why the accusation is a complete implausibility.

But I say, “We have to stop explaining ourselves!”

Neither our income, our educational attainments, the cars we drive, nor the size of our homes should dictate the level of respect to which we are entitled. We are qualified for respect by our very personhood, by the breadth of life within our bodies. And if someone chooses to respect us based on some false qualifier such as our degree, membership or salary-they are in fact not respecting us at all. And neither are we in having such an expectation.

I am passionate about this issue as listeners will hear in this episode. We cannot continue to waste time and energy pleading for something that others refuse to give us. In fact, what we ask of others, we should give to ourselves.

If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to [email protected].  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link.

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With unchecked vanity, leaders or would-be leaders may appear bullying, arrogant, selfish and insecure. Too much is required of a good leader to allow pride to interrupt progress.

A remedy for vanity ‘gone wild’ may include being reminded of the bigger picture, getting attuned to the needs of others and being grateful for the opportunity to serve.

Being in the mind of the greater good can alleviate the stumbling block of conceit.

If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to [email protected].  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link.

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This week’s guest is Vallrie Dorsey an attorney, entrepreneur and a newly minted host of the podcast, ‘When We Get Out.’ Vall’s podcast will discuss the challenges facing our second chancers as they re-enter society, search for employment, re-connect with friends and family and more. The podcast will feature ex-offenders, advocates, attorneys, judges and the family of ex-offenders.

Vall’s extensive knowledge and interest in this area stems from her experience as a criminal defense attorney, a juvenile prosecutor and the partner of an ex-offender. ‘When We Get Out’ launches this month so be sure to follow Vall on Instagram @whenweget.out and @valldorsey. You can also connect with Vall at www.valldorsey.com to learn more about her professional coaching services.

If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to [email protected].  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link.

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This episode will help listeners navigate their career, social and familial circles by identifying into which categories those around us fit. ‘Friends, Foes and Phonies’ highlights the features of each of these people and explains why knowing them is a protection for us.

How do you deal with foes and phonies? Have you learned that someone you thought was a friend actually is a foe or phony? I am curious about your experiences. You can share with me by emailing me at [email protected].

If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to [email protected].  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link.

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Without order, there is chaos. And our diminished self consciousness and self control has damaging impacts on our community.

If we do not restore restraint and discipline to our language and behavior, how can we grow? How can our families be successful?

And how will our communities improve?

If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to [email protected].  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link.

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I am excited to welcome Kimme Carlos to the podcast.

Kimme is the Founder and Executive Director of the Urban Mental Health Alliance: Advocating for Healthy Minds in Urban Communities. She is a a certified instructor for Mental Health First Aid and author of the published book The Window of Grace: Living in Recovery through Christian Faith.

I asked Kimme to be a guest on Nurah Speaks to discuss her work with the Urban Mental Health Alliance because she understands how to have a conversation about mental health in a culturally credible way. She also recognizes the intersection of social injustice and mental health concerns.

As a listener, I guarantee you will come to understand mental health in a way that you hadn’t before.

Kimme is a consultant, speaker and facilitator of programs on mental health, addiction & recovery and wellness & self-care. She has received numerous awards for her nonprofit and volunteer work.

Follow Kimme on Facebook @KimmeCarlos, on IG @KimmeCarlos and visit her website KimmeCarlos.com.

Please be sure to keep up with Urban Mental Health Alliance on Facebook @UrbanMentalHealthAlliance and stay up to date on their schedule by visiting UrbanMentalHealthAlliance.org.

If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to [email protected].  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link.

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We treat our ‘smart’ devices in many ways as a retreat from the world around us. But what happens when we spend more time distracted in our escape than we do our reality?

In episode 89, I share five key areas of our lives affected when we are distracted by our smart devices.

What has been your experiences? I look forward to your feedback and observations.

If you would like to engage with the Nurah Speaks podcast, submit your listener questions to [email protected].  Listeners can also learn more about Nurah by visiting her website: NurahSpeaks.com or reading her blog by clicking this link.

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