Streamin' With a Purpose

In this episode of Streamin' With a Purpose, we're talking to Karena Calhoun. Karena is a North Carolina native currently doing life with her best friend and husband in Virginia.  She’s a Certified Mindset and Life Coach guiding women through unveiling their authentic selves, discovering their purpose, and crushing their goals!  Karena offers a range of programs and services - from individual and group coaching to webinars and summits.  Karena is also an international podcast host. Karena tells us that we all have a purpose and have the capacity to live up to it. She says your purpose is why you are here, so can you really pour out your purpose on a part-time basis? 

Connect with Karena at linktree/coachkarina. 

In this episode of Streamin' With a Purpose, Sylvia reflects on lessons learned from the month of November.  If you missed an episode in November, get a streamlined version right here. Hear lessons from guests, Tracee Fisher, Beth Griffith, Eleanor Ward, and Damon Cunningham. 

If you would like to share your story in an episode of Streamin' With a Purpose, schedule your interview here.

In this episode of 'Streamin With a Purpose,' we're talking with Damon Cunningham. Damon aka damednydc was born and raised in New York and is now a proud resident and host of the Two Mics Up podcast coming to you live and direct from the DMV area (DC/Maryland/Virginia).

Damon believes in working hard daily to help educate, empower and positively impact people within our community.  These beliefs and values are the core and foundation of the Two Mics Up platform, where he and his co-host, Lisa, work to incorporate one of these values in each episode. They look to highlight small businesses, organizations, or individuals working hard to leave a positive lasting impact on our communities through their services or products.

Connect with Damon on his website at https://www.twomicsup.com/; email at [email protected]; and Instagram at @damednydc. 

In this episode of Streamin' With a Purpose, we talk to Eleanor Ward. Eleanor Ward is an international inspirational speaker, author, and fresh start coach for women to start their lives anew. She is committed to empowering and equipping women with the tools to start over after trauma or devastating loss to take their lives back. Eleanor specializes in grief management training and teaching women how to take their lives back after great trauma. She believes that mindset shift, self-talk, coupled with guidance, training and personal coaching sessions will put you on a fresh start for your life. Eleanor owns Bigger Fish To Fry Coaching, a life coaching boutique that offers classes, webinars, monthly fresh start tribe memberships and of course, traditional life coaching.

Eleanor tells us the importance of understanding the difference between knowing our worth and knowing our purpose. She also tells us it's important for us to know our limitations, and she shares that the greatest part of our purpose is taking action.

You can connect with Eleanor on her website or @biggerfishtofrycoaching on Instagram.

On this episode of Streamin' With a Purpose, we meet Beth Griffith. Beth Griffith, GIP™ is a servant leader with a demonstrated history of working in the renewable energy industry, nonprofit organizations, training, project management, team building, and public speaking. She is an internationally certified Green Infrastructure Practitioner and one of the few Afro-Latina women with this designation. Her passion is teaching, community organizing, and giving back. Beth has seven years of experience in the energy sector. She has taught workshops at Suffolk University about entrepreneurship for women of color, co-hosted webinars showcasing the benefits of owning a business, and makes appearances on the Black Community Information Center’s Drumbeat Radio show.

Beth is successful in all of this as she openly struggles through depression. Hear Beth's story as she deals with the challenges in her life, but still strongly advocates on behalf of people of color who can be gravely impacted by the neglect of renewable energy sources that affect our daily lives. Hear more about how this industry deeply impacts people of color.

Beth also shares a boatload of helpful resources for entrepreneurs.

You can connect with Beth by email and on LinkedIn. 

On this episode of Streamin' With a Purpose, we meet Tracee Fisher. Tracee is an educator,  entrepreneur,  veteran, wife and mother.  Originally from Tennessee, Tracee served in the USArmy and has been married for 25 years.  She is now a co-owner of Chalk N' More with her husband as well as completing a Doctoral Degree in Education.  Owning an educational store has become part of her journey as an educator.  Tracee says that teaching is her passion and what she knows God designed her to do.

Listen to Tracee's story to learn how she went from teaching with no desire to be a business owner, to a full-blown business owner with her husband.

Feel free to reach out to Tracee at [email protected]. You can find the store on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ChalkNMore/ 

In this episode of Streamin' With a Purpose, Sylvia reflects on lessons learned from the month, highlights The Purpose to Prosperity Virtual Summit with visionary Pamela Lockley, and gives us reflections for the month of October and who's to come in November.

Note: the Purpose to Prosperity Virtual Summit is November 11 - 13, 2021. More information can be found at www.ptpsummit.com.

Pamela Lockley is the Founder and CEO of Passion+Purpose=Prosperity, a Change Agent fulfilling her purpose to help others discover and refine their unlimited God-given potential. Faith in God and his word is her driving force and foundation upon which she lives. Pamela believes that God has created us with unique gifts designed to equip us to reach our intended purpose and assignments in life. As a coach and facilitator, Pamela is passionate about assisting powerful women to turn their core skills and unique gifts into profitable online businesses.

Pamela leverages her business acumen and entrepreneurial success to empower and inspire women to own their power and leverage their core skills as a springboard to building a life without limits all while achieving financial and time freedom. With the time freedom that Pamela has created for herself, she travels, spends time with family, and enjoys living the life of her dreams...." without limits."

Pamela accredits her newfound success to the day she got laid off from the corporate world. 

Pamela believes that Dreaming Big is the start of every big accomplishment. "Your life won't go where your mind will not take it."

In this interview, Pamela shares how the layoff from her corporate job took her to where she was meant to be. 

You can reach out to Pamela by email at [email protected].

On this episode of Streamin' With a Purpose, we meet Samantha Minor. Samantha is a mom of seven, a Florida realtor, she owns an online boutique that caters to women and promotes self-care, and she has a podcast, A Minor Mom Makeover. On her podcast, Samantha shares insight on what it's like to be a mom, still pursue your dreams, take time for yourself, and not feel guilty or worry about being judged. It's taken many years for her to feel comfortable in her own skin and discover her purpose, but she now knows that her purpose is to help women all over the world feel good about themselves. In today's podcast episode, Samantha reminds us that when it comes to our purpose, we have to do it afraid. Take a listen.

You can find Samantha at her podcast, A Minor Mom Makeover, and on Instagram at #samanthajademinor. 

In this episode of Streamin' With a Purpose, we meet Andrea Rose Butler who says her pain is her gift to the world. Whatever you go through, just keep moving. Find your purpose in whatever you go through. 

Andrea is a native of Jamaica, West Indies and Army veteran who served her adopted country both on foreign and domestic soil. She is a survivor of child abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, and breast cancer. Andrea has taken the things that have happened to her in life and turned them into building blocks for the meaning and message that she brings to the women she encounters, providing hope and healing through a relationship with Christ Jesus. She is a Licensed Minister of the Gospel, and author of the following books: “Single Parents in Pursuit of God: Thriving in a Barren Place,” "Becoming a Woman God Can Use: Lessons from God’s Female Board of Directors," "Reflections from a Thirsting Soul," "The Writer’s Toolkit for Beginners," "The Incredible Journey: Shattered but I’m Not Broken," "Renewing Your Dreams: Living Purposefully at Any Age," and "Just for Me: The Power of God's Promises." Andrea is also a conference speaker and lyricist. She is the founder and president of The Becoming Woman’s Network, LLC, which reaches out to women around the world via the Internet to inspire them to reach their God-given destiny and purpose, as well as The Becoming Woman’s conference and Life on Purpose workshops. She is the co-founder of The Becoming Woman’s Foundation, a 501c3 organization whose vision is to provide the much-needed care and resources primarily to young ladies, aged 16-25, who are transitioning out of the foster care system and/or living in underserved communities.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Her goal is to create a bridge between the women they serve and the resources & services they need and to empower them to become independent and self-sufficient adults who will have a positive impact on their communities.⠀

To learn more about The Becoming Woman Foundation, please visit our website at www.bwnfoundation.org. You can email her at [email protected].⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

If you're an extreme introvert or have experienced extreme pain in your life, you will be inspired by Andrea's story. Take a listen to how she blesses others through her pain.