I hope your holiday season is filled with wonder and loving success! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah or Kwanzaa, may you feel blessed and share good cheer with those you cherish and the global family!

Taking a look back at the year you have made it through can be an eye-opening  experience. It gives us a chance to realize just how far we've come in 12 months, and put some perspective on where we want to go moving forward. There's usually a lot of introspection and resolutions floating around at year's end. I no longer resolve to do better or more at the end of the year, just to have the focus and action dissolve before the end of the new year's first month.  I now look at the lessons I learned and how I want to put them in action for my next steps in success. I keep working on releasing myself from fear and doubt and surrendering to the Creator's plan for me.

Give yourself grace, and join me in looking at the ways you want to show up and show out in the coming year. I'm talking about some success tools you can use to make it happen on your own terms. I'm sharing some of my journey through transformative change in 2023 with you and how Sister Chat with Deb Be - Living Success Fully came to be, despite dealing with procrastination and the fear of failure and success.  Let's get into to it!

This episode's "A Whole Word" is a quote from award-winning author, renowned rest coach and meditation teacher, Octavia Raheem. Queen Octavia writes in Gather:
When I put down what is not mine to carry, I AM free.
Free to call in peace with each breath.
Free to be at home wherever I AM.
Free to walk a path of profound liberation with each step I take.

This episode's Declaration: I AM in control. I've got this. I will complete my mission. Repeat as is or adapt its positive energy to suit you. Remember to keep your Declaration in the present tense.

• May your heart be ever-expanding with the capacity to love and be loved
• May your vibrations be in alignment for the powerful present and glorious future in your experience
• May you embrace living success fully now and forevermore!

The choice and power to manifest your success fully is yours. Trust yourself!

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Enjoy all that we learn in this honored Elder's presence! Iya Tahirah Abu Bakr is an 84-year-old renowned Elder, an initiated Priestess in the Yoruba tradition, and the founder of the St. Croix Council of Elders. Iya Tahirah is also a healer, teacher, storyteller, diviner, shamanic practitioner, grandmother, and great-grandmother. In our conversation, she shared the wisdom and demonstrated that the practice of elderhood is not about age or position; it is about community, commitment and self-awareness.

Iya's love for humanity manifests through the importance she places on relationships with ourselves, the natural world, the food we eat, and especially our connections to each other. She holds space for our healing as individuals and our local and global communities.

In the amazing novel, Firekeeper's Daughter, author Angeline Boulley wrote, "I'm reminded that our Elders are our greatest resource, embodying our culture and community. Their stories connect us to our language, medicines, land, clans, songs, and traditions. They are a bridge between the Before and the Now, guiding those of us who will carry on in the Future." Iya's connections to the physical and spiritual worlds, her leadership and guidance in communal healing is connected to her ongoing evolution as an elder and citizen of the planet.  Listen to her stories in parts one and two of our interview; hear how Iya is living success fully and successfully on her own terms.

Learn more about Iya's work and the services she offers to individuals and community groups at iyatahirah.com

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Iya Tahirah Abu Bakr is an 84-year-old renowned Elder, an initiated Priestess in the Yoruba tradition, and the founder of the St. Croix Council of Elders. Iya Tahirah is also a healer, teacher, storyteller, diviner, shamanic practitioner, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

In part two of our interview with Iya Tahirah, we dive deeply into her calling to educate around healthy and sustainable ways to nourish our mind/body/spirit.

Iya says, "when I change what's in me, I'm able to change the world around me." She leads us to embrace the power of self-love and self-healing, and the importance of defining love in ways that serve us and of fostering healthy communities. Let's get to it!

Visit Iya's website, iyatahirah.com, for more information on her work and the services, teachings and trainings she offers individuals and community groups.

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Thank you for joining me for some sister love!

I'm on social if you want to see how it all began for me on those YouTube streets or listen to my original poetry on SoundCloud. Say hi, share your thoughts on an episode, send a personal message with questions or suggestions for upcoming episode topics for the podcast. I have no affiliation, implied or otherwise, with the public figures mentioned or quoted in any episodes. My only association is as a fan and sharing their wisdom.

Thank you for joining me for a successful journey. Walk good!

SoundCloud: Deb.Be.
YouTube: @sistervisionnetwork

Thanks again. Blessings.

Sensitive Content: This episode contains personal experiences and poetry related to domestic violence that may be disturbing, upsetting or triggering. Take care of yourself.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Beyond this month, let's keep that spotlight shining brightly to end this crime and support healing and transformative justice for victims and survivors, wherever they are in their experience. Stay cultivating healthy relationships with ourselves, with our families and friends, and in our circles and communities all the time!

In this episode, I share some of my personal experience with DV and my continuing journey to self-love and healing successfully. Getting the help we need to deal with our experiences, learning who we are and loving in healthy ways are forms of self-care, and self-care is community care.

Our heart's capacity for love is ever-expanding, unlimited, and self-love is at the center of  building a healthy outlook and creating well-being. Allow your heart space to be filled with healthy love for yourself and there will be enough overflow to give and receive in your relationships with others.

In this episode, you are getting some treats! I'm sharing a very special poem,
The Typical Controller Lost Control Today, by the gifted poet, Flavia Logie, Esq.,  and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence's Universal Prayer, which I read and promote annually for DVAM.  Visit VAWnet.org to get printable copies in a number of languages. 

I honor the strength and courage of victims and survivors of DV. I believe that everyone knows at least one person who has been involved in an abusive intimate relationship or experienced family violence. Everyone deserves healthy relationships, building on self-love and self-awareness, the importance of boundaries and knowing that love shouldn't hurt. Help is available, wherever you are, if you're involved in a toxic or unhealthy relationship or know someone who might be: 

• Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline for resources wherever you are in the U.S., at 800.799.7233 or text START to 88788
• In the U.S. Virgin Islands, on St. Croix, contact the Women's Coalition of St. Croix, or the Family Resource Center for St. Thomas, St. John or Water Island, for 24-hour crisis intervention via their hotlines: call WCSC at 340.773.9272 , or FRCUSVI at 340.776.7867. In an emergency, please dial 911. 

Help is always available when you need it. Be kind to yourself and stay safe.

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I'm on social if you want to see how it all began for me on those YouTube streets or listen to my original poetry on SoundCloud. Say hi, share your thoughts on an episode, send a personal message with questions or suggestions for upcoming episode topics for the podcast. I have no affiliation, implied or otherwise, with the public figures mentioned or quoted in any episodes. My only association is as a fan and sharing their wisdom.

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Thanks again. Blessings.

In this episode, Reverend Doctor Nicole Charles, CEO of Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment, goes deeply into how she supports growth and healing in the workplace as the guiding force for her staff members, how she learns as she teaches and the importance of encouraging individual and collective excellence in action.   

This episode's Declaration: I AM leading by example; I put love into all of my interactions. I AM safe and ready to grow. Work this affirmation into your success self-talk! Repeat as is or adapt its positive energy to suit you. Remember to keep your declarations in the present tense, speaking this as often as you like to build that belief in your power to create blessings on your life!

P.S. - Reverend Dr. Charles' success story continues to grow to higher heights! She will be opening her spiritual center in April 2024. Visit Edgar Cayce's  A.R.E.'s website to learn more about Rev. Dr. Charles and the organization's mission.

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Thank you for joining me for some sister love!

I'm on social if you want to see how it all began for me on those YouTube streets or listen to my original poetry on SoundCloud. Say hi, share your thoughts on an episode, send a personal message with questions or suggestions for upcoming episode topics for the podcast. I have no affiliation, implied or otherwise, with the public figures mentioned or quoted in any episodes. My only association is as a fan and sharing their wisdom.

Thank you for joining me for a successful journey. Walk good!

SoundCloud: Deb.Be.
YouTube: @sistervisionnetwork

Thanks again. Blessings.

The importance of community as we build successful lives is the focus of this episode, the third and final installment of our interview, Working Success, with Reverend Dr. Nicole Charles, CEO of Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc.  (A.R.E.). Let's get into it as she shares the wisdom on her "soul work," and how our individual thriving is tied to the well-being of our collectives.

This episode's Declaration: I AM bringing peace, harmony and right action into my successful life. As I succeed, my communities succeed. Repeat it as is or adapt its positive energy to suit you. Remember, keep your Declaration in the present tense.

Thank you for joining us for this inspiring three-part discussion on Sister Chat with Deb. Be - Living Success Fully. If you missed part one or two of Working Success, with Dr. Nicole Charles, check out episodes two and three of the podcast for our conversations on self-awareness and spiritual leadership, respectively.

Excitement! Here's a wonderful updates on what's coming from the amazing Rev. Dr. Nicole Charles. She will be launching her spiritual center in April 2024! 

Visit Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. to find out more about Nickie's leadership as their CEO, and in fulfilling their mission.

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I'm on social if you want to see how it all began for me on those YouTube streets or listen to my original poetry on SoundCloud. Say hi, share your thoughts on an episode, send a personal message with questions or suggestions for upcoming episode topics for the podcast. I have no affiliation, implied or otherwise, with the public figures mentioned or quoted in any episodes. My only association is as a fan and sharing their wisdom.

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Welcome back, lovely people. I'm so excited to have you listen to our first Sister Chat interview, Working Success, with Reverend Dr. Nicole Charles, CEO of Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.)! Nickie, as I call her, is my friend of many years. I met her as a slam poet, "spitting her gift," in a gathering of women and totally blowing our minds. I felt compelled to speak with this force of nature, and we became fast friends. 

Nicole is a multi-talented, brilliantly intelligent, highly spiritual sister, with an interesting "herstory." Our three-part discussion starts with this episode, focused on self-awareness and a personal journey to defining success on her own terms. True leaders are dynamic--always learning as much, if not more, than they teach and guiding by example. Rev. Dr. Charles shines the spotlight on:

• how becoming a great leader is tied to transformative change
• growth and the roadblocks that make it possible
• allowing success and embracing deservability 

Dr. Charles' success story is full of valuable lessons.  She shares some intriguing nuggets on how she got to this "enlightened" space. You are in for a treat, with three episodes for our discussion with Dr. Charles. Check out part two,  where we dive deeply into her evolution and spiritual leadership. Don't miss part three, which is all about the connection between spirituality, "soul work" and community.

This episode's Declaration: I AM stepping into my success. I keep dreaming, growing and winning! Repeat as is or adapt its positive energy to suit you, Remember to keep your Declaration in the present tense.

P.S. - Nickie's success story continues to grow to higher heights! She will be opening her spiritual center in April 2024. Visit Edgar Cayce's  A.R.E.'s website to learn more about Rev. Dr. Charles and the organization's mission.

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I'm on social if you want to see how it all began for me on those YouTube streets or listen to my original poetry on SoundCloud. Say hi, share your thoughts on an episode, send a personal message with questions or suggestions for upcoming episode topics for the podcast. I have no affiliation, implied or otherwise, with the public figures mentioned or quoted in any episodes. My only association is as a fan and sharing their wisdom.

Thank you for joining me for a successful journey. Walk good!

SoundCloud: Deb.Be.
YouTube: @sistervisionnetwork

Thanks again. Blessings.

Welcome, superstar! Our best case scenario is the one to go with, in this thing called life. So I went with that premise and launched a podcast! You'll hear "why me?" and why living success fully is the way to go, in this, my very first episode.

I've felt fear and doubt about what's next, and no bueno! We only get one chance at this life. And we can embrace transformative change as often as we want to, so let's get into it. Decide to make your middle years the cornerstone for living your best life and becoming more of your best self successfully!

At the end of each episode I will leave you with two inspiring gems, A Whole Word, and a Declaration (formerly known as an Affirmation/Confirmation). 

This episode's Declaration: I AM embracing my own power now. Repeat it as is or adapt its positive energy to suit you. Remember to keep your Declaration in the present tense.

Thank you for joining me for some sister love!

I'm on social if you want to see how it all began for me on those YouTube streets or listen to my original poetry on SoundCloud. Say hi, share your thoughts on an episode, send a personal message with questions or suggestions for upcoming episode topics for the podcast. I have no affiliation, implied or otherwise, with the public figures mentioned or quoted in any episodes. My only association is as a fan and sharing their wisdom.

Thank you for joining me for a successful journey. Walk good!

SoundCloud: Deb.Be.
YouTube: @sistervisionnetwork

Thanks again. Blessings.