Cheryl Johnson has toiled relentlesslyin the trenches for 26 years helping Detroit’s homeless population as the ExecutiveDirector of COTS.  Astonishingly, thereare over 16,000 homeless in the streets of Detroit, in which 1/3 are children. The30 year old non-profit provides 200 units of permanent housing, a temporary andtransitional housing for families and individuals.

Ms. Johnson states, “I noticed that thechildren of our former clients were staying at the shelter with their children.Every generation should improve on another. We must break the cycle ofpoverty.”

She sought to obtain the training andskills she needed to create a holistic approach to help homeless families outof poverty. Cheryl became a certified life coach and attended the HarvardBusiness School Executive Education in Non-profit Management program.  

The Passport to Self-Sufficiency™ theory ofchange was birthed as a result of her training. The program provides resources such as housing, education and training,financial literacy, health and well-being and employment and job training toend the malice cycle of poverty among families.

Despite her hard work to support other families,Cheryl cherishes the relationships with her four children and husband. Shestates, “I wake up every morning being grateful. I am clear about one thing, mymission is to eradicate poverty wherever it is in the world.”  To find out more information about COTS visit www.cotsdetroit.org.

Takeaways from the interview include:

·                 As a leader seek to serveothers

·                 Listen to the heart of yourclients and learn from them

·                 Be grateful for what youhave

·                 Seek to improve the livesof each generation in your family

·                 Think about how yourcurrent narrative is blocking you from being your best you

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Transformation is never an easy process. Dr. Nicole Farmer personifies the pain staking process that turned her life around. Nicole has gone from public assistance to entrerpreneurship. In 2006, she was the first African American women to own a Tuffy’s Auto Repair franchise. She eventually had to close the shop, but as a result of her experience she branched our to help others.

Dr. Farmer launched Life Line Business Consulting Services to help women successfully maneuver through the start-up and development stages of operating a business. The firm has worked with over 100 female entrepreneurs and help over 50 obtain funding for their companies.  In 2015, she launched a national women’s business conference in Atlanta, Oakland, California and Richmond, Virginia along with publishing an e-book, 9 Power Principles to Bring Your Dreams to Reality.  

Visit the website at www.lifelinenetwork.com and contact the office at 313 965-3155. You can follow her on twitter at 

The key takeaways from the episode include: 

1.       Align your passion with your skill set to create your business 

2.       Understand your vision and create a vision board to see it on paper 

3.       God gives us all the ability to obtain wealth through our God-given vision 

4.       We can do anything if we tap into God’s power and believe

Dr. Farmer left us with the scripture in Habakkuk 2:2, “And the Lord answered me, and said Write the vision and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.” (KJV)  She states, “God wants to fill your house with glory. Your latter will be greater than the former.”

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Angeline Lawrence is an author, speaker and blogger. She co-authored Resilience: Living Life by Design and will publish her second book, Positioned4Power: The Working Woman’s Guide to Thriving in Life in spring of 2016. Check out her weekly blog posts, Words to L.I.V.E. by – (Live in Victory and Expectation) Visit her website at https://www.angelinelawrence.com/blog. 

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HeartHealth Part 3:

Foods toHeal Your Body

CathyRodgers,

HolisticHealth Coach

Our bodies serve as the temple of the Holy Spirit. Presentingit as a living sacrifice unto God is a part of our service as Christians. (Romans12:1) We are careful of the actions we take in our bodies, but not asdiscriminating about what we eat. In the last part of our Heart Health series,I interview Cathy Rodgers, a Holistic Health Coach and founder of Cathy Chats.

Ms. Rodgers left her corporate job to be an entrepreneur.However, when her blood pressure, cholesterol and weight started to challengeher health she had to make drastic changes in her diet. Losing 45 poundsinspired Cathy to continue educating herself and others. Now aholistic health coach, Cathy educates busy men and women toward betternutrition and weight loss.    

She is a recent graduate of the Digestive Intensive Trainingat the Holistic Nutrition Lab and a former student at Georgia SouthernUniversity.  She is also the author of A Life Course of Miracles andPrayer.  

We discuss the three pillars of clean diets and what isneeded to improve our immune system. Cathy blogs about her health journeyand offers tips and recipes at CathyChats.com. You can sign up to receive a freeconsultation at her website.

Key points fromthe show include:

·        Lookclosely at the foods you eat for sodium and high fructose corn syrup

·        Consumea lot of green leafy vegetables, tomatoes and avocados.

·        Followthe 80/20 rule to eat healthy 80% of the time

·        Takesupplements to give your body what it needs to heal

·        Purchasevitamins that are of pharmaceutical grade standards prepared in FDA approved     facilities.

·        Reduceyour sugar intake to guard your heart against stroke, pre-diabetes and chronic   inflammation.

·        Alwaysexercise and drink plenty of water

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