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Our memories serve as time stamps of life's joyful moments and challenging triumphs. Today's guest Dorian Jackson shares how a memory from the age of four made her a proponent for change, personal integrity, and living on purpose. 
 In today's episode, Dorian shares how the Lord's whisper prepared her for her second career in the political realm. The memory of a prophetic word at the age of 17 shifted her awareness and motivated her to be a voice for the people with a strong message of equal opportunities and community awareness. 
 I hope your takeaway from Dorian's episode provokes you to be intentional in your life's purpose and choices as you too may one day be led to be a voice for the voiceless.

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www.jackson4weho.poliengine.com
IG: dorian4weho

"If you want to make God laugh, man plans." Oh, how often have I heard that saying? I'm a planner. I love creating to-do lists and checking them off once accomplished, but life has a way of stopping me dead in my tracks. Sometimes it's someone else's emergency or work or the weather. Either way, I've learned how important it is to stop and pay attention to the change. I connect everything to a lesson and the Lord. I've noticed, more often than not, that protection followed that change of plans. I couldn't see it right away, sometimes it's taken years but oh the power of patience and stillness. The gift of learning to listen to the spoken and unspoken has probably saved my life. So if you find yourself with a shift in your daily routine or an unexpected pivot of plans, rest in the fact that that hiccup could be a redirection that's covered in blessings.

Life has a way of making you wait. Sometimes we have to wait to hear difficult news or fantastic news. Sometimes we have to wait our turn in line to purchase something or be refused an opportunity. Either way, waiting can be hard. What I'm learning in my own waiting spaces is that the discomfort serves a purpose. It's not always comfortable, welcomed, or presently rewarding...but the gifts that will follow, the life lessons and relationships, the quiet talks, and occasional reassurances keep me focused and faithful to God's word. This part of the journey is the section my flesh would omit but my character is built in. If you find yourself in the waiting room, rest assured that you're in good company for it's the place of preparation.

Life gets loud and time keeps on ticking. It's in those moments that I run to catch it or try to hold on for dear life all while feeling it's slipping away. The control of all situations I crave reminds me that that is a false belief. I will run myself down before I get quiet so I can hear the Lord. Don't let this be you. The gift of stillness is rejuvenation and restoration. It's a true reminder that we don't walk alone or exist in our own strength. Lean into the quiet and rest in the peace that surrounds you in the loudest of spaces....and sometimes the loudest space is your mind. Gift yourself the time to be still. Nothing that's attached to you will miss you.

Life's rejection is God's protection. I say this often. I remind myself that the Lord is all-seeing and all-knowing and there are times when I want things like relationships, jobs, and connections and the outcome doesn't match my prayer.  I then remind myself that Jesus said no for a reason that's beyond my vision or comprehension. I trust his choice and thank him for what's to come in his perfect time. The gift of aging is wisdom and life experience. I'm learning daily to wait, trust, and thank him in the in-between. 

Moving around the world and having to adjust isn't for the faint of heart but change and challenge can strengthen a muscle.  Elizabeth Narciso is a New York-based actor, writer, and filmmaker who enjoys life, laughter, and dancing to the beat of her own drum. In this episode, my guest shares her journey in the business of show in front of and behind the scenes. The gifts she's learned along the way lean into self-worth, femininity, confidence, and trust. 
  I hope this episode helps you find your definition of success and what makes your heart smile.



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www.elizabethnarciso.com

I've been purging. It wasn't planned. It was in God's time and through his direction. It's been challenging, cathartic, painful, and peaceful. So many seasons, reasons, people, and times have brought me to this place. So many prayers for more clarity, the now and the wait have had to happen to get me here and now I see the reason for many things and still have unanswered questions for others. What I've learned is that what I need will always arrive and what no longer serves me will flow freely away and make room for my next answered prayer, in God's timing. I just have to trust it. Are you listening, welcoming, and making yourself available to release and receive? If not, what's stopping you besides you? You are a moment's thought away from an answered prayer if you just trust the process and allow the Lord to work in, around, and through you for the betterment of you. Remove your idea of what should be and allow the Lord to clean  house. You deserve the more you seek.

A Mom, Businesswoman, motivator, and fearbuster with a wealth of knowledge describe my guest today. Meet Jewell Love. She's a woman who shows up for herself and others by enriching the minds of people about finance, success, and beauty. At the age of 19, she started the ground plan for her first business, Pai'Bella, named after her first child Paisley. She has continued to be a trendsetter, entrepreneur, and gifter of wealth development and management.
 In this episode, I hope you are reminded of your power, passions, and purpose. I hope you fearless or fearfully lean into your gifts that the Lord wants you to share with others and be unstoppable.
 
 Want to Connect:
Jewell’s Financial Services https://form.jotform.com/Jewell_Love/financialspecialist
IG @jewelllove_
Beauty Line www.paibella.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076564481144&mibextid=LQQJ4d

Ask and ye shall receive. Those are biblical words recited often but your faith and belief that it's possible is the bravery that manifests such a request. Now, God's timing or ways are not ours but his answers are always better. 
 Meet my podcast guest Rolanda Eatmon. She's a true testament to this. In this episode, Rolanda shares her journey of faith, family, and a barbecue business through perseverance and patience. She reminds us that we can have it all...if we open our horizon to how and when we are to get it. 
 I hope your takeaway from this episode is that an ask from the Lord merits a guaranteed answer.



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King of Kings Barbecue food truck
www.kingofkingsbbq.com
Memphis, TN
901-338-6732

My motto is"My life is an exclamation point!" 95% of the time, that's true. I'm bubbly, fun-loving, and silly. I can also be straightforward, silent, and distant. All of those beautiful traits can exist consistently in one human. I know this very well! The challenge comes when I hit roadblocks and the weight of the world compounds and I find myself leaning into things I can't control versus releasing them and trusting the Lord. Suddenly, I have a problem for every solution, my days are long and my temper is short. It's in those instances that I'm reminded to lean into my joy. The deep belly seed of comfort, security, and safety. We all have it. We were born with it, placed there by the Lord so whenever you find the dark cloud hovering, remember to tap into your supply of joy. It's there on the easy days and the challenging ones, we just have to be intentional about receiving it.