The Femme Focus Podcast

Teka Johnson is on a mission to help people access their inner greatness so that they may live fulfilling lives. For more than twelve years, Teka has passionately worked to empower youth and women through personal and professional development, education, advocacy, and counseling.

She is a believer in the power of living and sharing your story for wholeness and healing. First for yourself, but also for others. Teka is the CEO and Founder of Soul Empower Wellness, LLC. Her therapy private practice is designed for empowering individuals to shift their mindset, practice new habits, and create a healthy and whole life.

Teka also enjoys writing for her personal blog HeyTeka.com. She wholeheartedly shares that she “is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker by education and training, but a Soul Practitioner by purpose”. What’s a Soul Practitioner? It’s Teka’s divinely created purpose to see you, create space for you, and help you walk as an empowered and purposeful individual, clear and certain of your God given worthiness.

✨Blog: www.heyteka.com

✨Instagram: www.instagram.com/hey.teka/

✨Website: www.soulempoweredwellness.com

✨SEW Instagram: www.instagram.com/soulempoweredwellness/

📌Discussion Points:

• Teka's journey to wholeness

• What wholeness IS and is NOT

• Soul Empowered Wellness, LLC

Happy Listening! 🙂

Janelle of The Nurse Note is a Registered Nurse with a Master of Public Health. She received her Master’s Degree in Public Health from The University of Toledo, and Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. She holds a certification in HIV/STI Counseling and Testing.

Janelle is also a writer, and speaker who is based in Atlanta, Georgia. She began my career in Public Health where I educated clients about chronic diseases, HIV, and maternal and child health. She transitioned into nursing working for one of the Best Children’s Hospital in the country. There she counseled girls and young women about birth control options, led discussions about sex and safer sex practices, and provided counseling and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. She’s even held a speculum or two during a well-woman exam!

Her story has been featured in Voyage ATL Trailblazer Series and Shoutout ATL. Janelle has been fortunate to have collaborated with some great companies and organizations including The Honey Pot, TheBody, HPV Hub, Nixit, Ruby Cup, and Med IQ, among many others.

✨Blog: http://thenursenote.com

✨Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thenursenote

📌Discussion Points:

• 7 Amazing Facts About Your Vagina

⇢ Article: http://thenursenote.com/7-amazing-facts-about-your-vagina/

• "WAP" Facts & Myths

Happy Listening! 🙂

📌Discussion Points:

Learning to “check-in” with ourselves can be a valuable means for personal growth and self-awareness. Introspection. So, how do we do it with ourselves?

• 3-Steps towards Mindfulness: Notice, Identify and Acknowledge

✨ Website: https://www.thefemmefocus.com

✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_femmefocus

✨Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefemmefocus

Happy Listening! 🙂

Trap Therapist was founded in April 2018 by Dylesia Barner, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) from the projects in Portsmouth, VA. She created the organization to provide a platform for mental health therapists from urban, low-income backgrounds to share their stories, connect with other "trap therapists," and market their services to potential clients, also from marginalized communities.

The inspiration behind Trap Therapist was born from Dylesia’s desire to effectively break mental health stigma in marginalized populations, a task she believes goes beyond being a therapist of color. Trap Therapist confronts the reality that all minority therapists haven’t experienced life below the poverty level or lived in environments rich with violence and crime. It further reveals that there are safe spaces for clients who have such experiences to unpack and move beyond their muddled emotions, manipulative thoughts, and direct/witnessed traumas because there are therapists with not only clinical training but real life understanding.

Currently, Trap Therapist offers statement apparel, cultural competency trainings for mental health professionals, a podcast, and a directory featuring licensed private practice clinicians who also identify as trap therapists.

✨ Website: https://www.traptherapist.com

✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/traptherapist/?hl=en

✨Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trapandheal/

✨ Trap Therapist Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-671895525

📌Discussion Points:

• COVID-19 Initial Thoughts vs. Thoughts once "Ish Got Real!"

• Hysteria Begets Hysteria

⇢ Compassion

⇢ Recognizing the EVERYDAY Reality of Low In-Come Populations

• Social Distancing from Social Media

• 5 Tips on Maintaining our Mental Health in Times of Crisis & Chaos

• Local Resources

• TeleHealth Options

Happy Listening! 🙂

Dr. Raé N. Lundy is a licensed clinical psychologist, mental health activist, TEDx Speaker, and the Associate Vice President for Student Health, Counseling, and Wellness at Wiley College. Her mission is to improve psychological health and wellbeing within communities of color by engaging in honest conversations about self-care, fostering healing dialogue, and reducing mental health stigma.

Dr. Lundy has received several grants including the Rising Young Scholars Award from the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education. She serves on several boards most prominently Stand Up Speak Out, a national nonprofit created to support survivors of sexual trauma.

✨ Website: https://www.theselfcaredoc.com

✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theselfcaredoc

✨ TedXWileyCollege Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg6mhJz-Ka0

📌Discussion Points:

• Intentional Happiness:

⇢ What Does it Mean

⇢ How Does One Become Intentional With Their Happiness

• Combating Negative Internal Dialogue:

⇢ Mindfulness

⇢ Identifying Emotions & What Triggered That Emotion

• Defining Happiness For Yourself

• Self Reflection: "How To Start a Simple Contemplative Routine"

⇢ https://www.higheredjobs.com/Articles/articleDisplay.cfm?ID=2097

• TedXWileyCollege: "It's Always Ok To CRI"

⇢ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg6mhJz-Ka0

• Passive Self-Care vs. Active Self-Care

Happy Listening! 🙂

Hi Femmes!

It's the last day of 2017 and I wanted to upload a final podcast episode for this year. In this episode I wrap up my successes and shortcomings during this year when it comes to professional and personal matters. I also give a little insight to what I'm aiming for in 2018 and my theme going forward.

Discussion Points:

Thought for 2017

Successes: Personal & Professional

Shortcomings: Personal & Professional

Thank you to everyone who has listened, viewed, taken the time to read, and supported The Femme Focus in any kind of way during 2017. You are greatly appreciated. THANK YOU!

So I have a question for you femmes: You do know that it's okay to start over...right? Or that everything doesn't have to be done so perfectly within the first month of a New Year...right? I hope so! I titled this podcast, "Drive Slow Homie" as a reminder to everyone who is taking 2017 on at full speed. More power to you, BUT, take your time to smell the roses; and make some mistakes along the way. Just because your pace may be slower than others, doesn't mean you aren't making progress!

Discussion Points:

2016 Wrap Up

Goals for 2017:

Personal & Professional

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Happy Listening!

♥Xo

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Hi Femmes!

We often attribute happiness to things...people...and places. We rarely think about it solely based on ourselves. It's the choices we make that hinder that happiness. This podcast is for those who are tired of going in circles and tired of making the same mistakes. I decided to title this podcast "Wanna Be Happy" because a lot of times in life there are many things that are out of our control, but happiness is one thing that we possess every single bit of power OVER.

Discussion Points:

Get out of your own way!

Understand WHO you are

Understand the parts of you that you don't like

Live in your TRUTH

Are you addicted to the pain?

Doing things over and over that consistently bring u pain

Allowing others to come and go as they please

Making decisions that don't have our best interest in mind

If you keep on giving your heart for people to tear apart, the healing will never start.

Happy Listening!!

♥Xo

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This podcast is titled, "You Gots To Chill," because sometimes, we have to recognize when that is exactly what we need to do. Take the time to really let a dream manifest itself before presenting it to the world. Be precise, proactive, and persistent in what it is you desire to do. But remember, just because the world doesn't know what's taking place behind the scenes, doesn't mean it isn't happening.

Discussion Points:

Pace Yourself:

Rome wasn't built in a day

Improper execution causes anxiety and frustration

Work on it in phases

Think Of ALL Your Other Priorities:

Don't put previous dreams and desires on the back burner

Finish what you started and then move to the next

Fulfillment often occurs in future tense

The Idea Is YOURS: What God has for you it is for you!

Keep it in your 'dream bank'

A dream deferred is STILL a dream

As we do with life's journey, trust the process of a dream

Have the time to put in to what you put out.

Happy Listening!!

♥Xo,

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I decided to call this Podcast, "Started From The Bottom." Why? Well, you'll just have to listen to find out! In this episode I am certainly being more transparent about my education and where it has taken me in my career path.

Discussion Points:

My Educational Background

Educational history

Job history

The effects of moving from one sector to another

Overqualified and Overeducated

Humbling moment(s)

Do it to the FULLEST

Show yourself approved

Title Means NOTHING

'Step Stools' to success

Stay focused on your goal(s)

It's only temporary

Go into it gracefully, thankfully, and in a manner that shows your purpose.

Happy Listening!

♥Xo

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