In this episode, I want to celebrate Giving Tuesday by highlighting some of my favorite community-centered, culture-rooted, and purpose-driven nonprofit organizations. These groups are doing transformative work, from empowering young women, to preserving the Gullah Geechee story, to protecting our land, our farmers, and our future:

We are catching up with Kersha Burton - a woman whose story and spirit embody so much of what Dayclean Devotion Queen stands for!

Find her products and more details at: https://www.kershastouch.com/shop

Welcome back to The Dayclean Devotion Queen Podcast — where we celebrate creativity, culture, and conscious living. Today, I’m starting something for the holiday season — The DDQ’s Favorite Things List! These are craftswomen and artisans whose products I’ve personally experienced and absolutely adore. They represent healing and heritage, legacy and generational wealth building:

Skin Care & Self-Care

Fashion, Artistry & Everyday Elegance

Grounding & Reflection

Happy Ancestors Day QueenSiS! We had the pleasure of visiting with Kathryn Thompson in her beautiful Reiki Room to discuss energy and spirits and healing.

You can purchase some of Kathryn's candles at this link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheUCLife?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Check out the full episode for this week on Ancestor Day!

Now, I know some of y’all are like, “Najmah, how is using a dayplanner a celebration?” Butstick with me okay? Because I’ve learned the hard way that planning is not just a work task or management strategy – planning is an act of self-love. It’s a way of honoring your time, your peace, and your purpose. Listen for more details!

In this episode, I’m reflecting on two incredible women in my family who shaped me, inspired me, and continue to guide me in ways I’m still discovering.

I share that my Aunt Josephine had a podcast before podcasts were cool - here is a link to the channel she started in 2014 at youtube.com/@josieb4460 (“Enjoy and Love Your Life’s Journey").

Hermina Glass-Hill is a writer, historian, preservationist and sustainability advocate who has worked for more than two decades on environmental justice and human rights.  She is the founder and executive director of the Susie King Taylor Women’s Institute & Ecology Center in Midway, Georgia, having moved there in 2018 from Atlanta to anchor its work in Susie King Taylor’s birthplace. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in History (with a minor in African American Studies) from Spelman College, and a Master of Arts in Heritage Conservation / Heritage Preservation from Georgia State University. 

Hermina is widely recognized as the foremost and preeminent scholar in the United States on Susie King Taylor, the Civil War nurse and memoirist; she began her research into Taylor’s life in 2009 while working as associate director at Kennesaw State University’s Center for the Study of the Civil War Era. In 2019 Hermina received Georgia’s Governor’s Award for Arts and Humanities for her work preserving African American/Gullah Geechee history and culture. Her forthcoming epic on Susie King Taylor is highly anticipated in academic and public history circles.

Connect with QueenSiS Hermina at these links:

https://www.susiekingtaylorinstitute.org/

https://www.facebook.com/susiekingtaylor

Hey QueenSiS, its Najmah, your Dayclean Devotion Queen, welcoming you back to autumn and back to the DDQ Podcast. We’ve just about wrapped up powerful third season, all centered on Creativity and today, I want to take a little time to reflect on the wisdom our guests have shared, and the practices that I personally have carried with me.

This season was all about creation, not the hustle kind, but the soul kind. About re-imagining, resting, resetting, and allowing our creative selves to breathe. Listen for some of my highlights from each episode of season 3.

Richmond, VA office for The Bair Foundation. She has been employed with numerous companies but when she sawthe opportunity with this organization, she knew that this is where God wanted and needed her to be. She has been with The Bair Foundation for a year and a half and is working to bring more awareness to fostering.

Learn more about her work at ⁠https://www.bair.org/services/family-services/