This week will mark one year of the podcast, and 55 episodes in! In this episode I talk lessons learned, and what's to come in new episodes! Thanks for making my first year a successful one! (Music credit: Jersey Anniversary kia_bhn malcolm b)

While we’re all vacationing and staycationing be sure to binge on past episodes, or at least go back and (re)enjoy the top five most downloaded episodes of the first year! Listed below:

#5 - Celebrity Hairstylist Shirley Gordon is Living Out Loud After Loss, Pt. 1 (Tied for 5th most downloaded)

#5 - Change After Weight Gain and Weight Loss (Tied for 5th most downloaded)

#4 - I Moved to Mexico for my Mental, Emotional and Financial Wellness

#3 - The Male POV: Dating After Divorce, Separation and Longterm Relationships

#2 - Holiday Blues: What do the lonely do at Christmas? Featuring Bravo TV’s Dr. Ken

#1 -  Changed Ever After: Life After Divorce or Separation

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We’re celebrating Juneteenth with more black excellence! Jazmine Henley-Brown knows where all the bodies are buried! As an executive producer she wears a lot of logistical hats, including booking and rubbing elbows with major celebrity talent! In part 2 of our conversation she tells us how her love for reality TV and pop culture informs her professional acumen, and how she never gets star-struck! She also gives some incredibly JUICY details on how creatives can get their own shows produced–from ideation to production.

You can find and follow Jazmine on Instagram @jhenleybrown and https://bio.site/jhenleybrown. 

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As Juneteenth approaches, let’s pause to celebrate black excellence! Fittingly, for this episode and my Juneteenth episode I have the pleasure of chatting with Executive Producer, Jazmine Henley-Brown! Jazmine serves as the EP of podcasts with Sony Music on “It’s Giving Fashion” hosted by RuPaul’s Drag Race frontrunner, Shea Coulee! And is the former executive producer for Reality with The King, with Carlos King–RHOA producer, and creator of the Love and Marriage and Belle Collective franchises–and the More Sauce podcast label at SiriusXM, where she oversaw existing shows by our favs in reality TV Porsha Williams and Tamar Braxton. Her reality is my guilty pleasure; I looove reality shows, and her podcasts are an extension of my favorite moments and celebrities in reality TV!

You can find and follow Jazmine on Instagram @jhenleybrown and https://bio.site/jhenleybrown. 

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WARNING: This episode discusses several triggering themes such as rape and suicide. Shaun Flores is a former high fashion model whose world changed when he began experiencing repetitive unwanted thoughts, alongside months of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. That period led to a surprising diagnosis of OCD. Now Shaun Flores is a 3x TEDx speaker, a mental health and OCD advocate with the International OCD Foundation. Today we talk about OCD and mental health matters co-existing with grief, and the intricacies of treatments like psychodynamic versus cognitive-behavioral therapy for OCD. This is the perfect conversation to wedge between Mental Health Awareness month and shifting our attention to black men; black fathers and sons. 

While he says that OCD was the worse thing that ever happened to him, now Shaun is determined to be "the worst thing to happen to OCD".

You can find and follow Shaun on Instagram and across social media @theshaunflores. 

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And now, part 2 of my conversation with legendary celebrity hair stylist, Shirley Gordon. I’d reached out to Shirley to continue my series of conversations for the “Get You Outta My Hair campaign effort”. I use the intimate stylist/client relationship to convey the relief that comes with expression of feelings and emotions to a confidant, and to encourage grief support. Shirley shares her grief story as she had to live out loud as the bold and audacious stylist, while battling depression after losing one sister, then leaning on her faith to grieve another sister in a healthy way.

You can find and follow Shirley on Instagram @shirleyghautehair. 

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I am truly in the company of a legend on this episode–the legendary celebrity hair stylist, Shirley Gordon! I’d reached out to Shirley to continue my series of conversations for the "Get You Outta My Hair" campaign collaboration with stylists. Together, we are using the intimate stylist/client relationship to convey the relief that comes with expression of feelings and emotions to a confidant, and to encourage grief support.

This conversation with Shirley is timely in so many ways–May is mental health awareness month, and May marks one year since Shirley lost her sister and brother-in-law in a very public car accident here in the DMV area, made national when it was amplified on the Real Housewives of Potomac. This is a relatable and victorious story for her community and my listeners.

You can find and follow Shirley on Instagram @shirleyghautehair. 

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It’s been a few weeks since my sessions with LaKeya and Annette, and today we have updates! Today we find out how LaKeya’s group exercise with her children went, and we hear from Annette on how she felt after writing her release letter. Hopefully you remember them both–from episodes back in March. If you haven’t already listened, pause and go back to those episodes–titled, I hate when people say I’m strong”, and “My kids and I lost my husband and his father just months apart”.

Speaking of getting all caught up… Get caught up on the episodes with visuals! Remember, my YouTube channel is home to select episodes of the podcast. Most recently, Tiffany “Lady T” Watson’s episode was released. If you haven’t already watched, head on over to YouTube.com/@itsmarceiacork to watch episode visuals and be sure to subscribe to the channel while you’re there–and maybe even share an episode with a friend.

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In part 2 of my conversation with Lady T, she tells us how she finally brings the charm to the Charm City and surrounding areas on FOX45’s BMORE Lifestyle segments, "Spillin' The Tea w/Lady T" and "Lemme Tell You”. She tells us how she pitched herself to the powers that be and moved from behind the assignment desk to in front of the camera. And she’s just getting started! We’ll also hear how she credits her mom for being the force that catapulted her success even as she deals with losing her; Lady T gets personal about losing her #1 fan--and the conflicted feelings of her greatest successes without her mom here to cheer them on. This is a beautiful story as Mother’s Day approaches.

You can find and follow Lady T on Instagram @myfairladyt and on her website at myfairladyt.net. And watch the visuals of our full conversation--now available on my YouTube channel! Be sure to follow the channel to relive this and past conversations. Go to youtube.com/@itsmarceiacork!

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How do you push on in your entertainment career after losing your #1 fan? In part one of our conversation, Emmy-nominated TV host and FOX45’s BMore Lifestyle personality, “Lady T”, talks about the not-so-glamorous side of the entertainment industry and being a media personality–before becoming the face of the infamous Popeyes chicken sandwich, and one of the most recognized TMZ LIVE guest contributors! 

You can find and follow Lady T on Instagram @myfairladyt and on her website at myfairladyt.net. 

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May is Mental Health Awareness month. As it approaches I want to amplify the content of some of my favorite mental health and wellness authorities and podcasts in place of a few regular episodes. These podcasts extend our conversations, and expand our knowledge of the topics and ideas I and my guests introduce here.

Meet social media’s favorite self-aware narcissist, Lee Hammock, known on all his platforms as @mentalhealness. He hosts a podcast called, The Narcissists’ Code. This episode features excerpts from episodes 559 and 702 of his podcast–on the happiness that narcissists are after in a relationship, and whether their partners can realistically supply it.

Follow Lee Hammock across all platforms at @mentalhealness.

Watch episodes of The Narcissists’ Code podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@MentalHealness

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