Ouuu Finally! The LIVE podcast is up! The Queen Series Podcast was on the red carpet at the 37th annual Harry Jerome Awards - an event recognized as the most prestigious national awards gala in the Afro-Canadian community.  Host Elayna Christine sat down with Trailblazer Award recipient, Paulette Senior, CEO of the Canadian Women's Foundation to discuss the importance of leadership and how she attained success by looking inward. Also listen as Elayna discusses how she manifested a chat with one of her biggest inspirations, Karlyn Percil, CEO of Sister Talk and the creator of the Success Planner. 

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Shukura Clarke is a passionate entrepreneur with big dreams and even more ideas. Last Summer, she created Issa Sisterhood, a podcast all about the black experience for women of color in Toronto. After completing her first season with her co-hosts, she decided to hit the pause button on the project --a decision that proved to be a very difficult one, and one that she labels as a "failure."

Host Elayna Christine and Shukura sit down to unpack what happened, and talk about how she's kept the entrepreneurial spirit alive despite her choice to pump the breaks on her latest endeavor. 

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Unlearning is learning to think, behave, or perceive differently, when there are already  beliefs, behaviors, or assumptions in place (that get in the way), at either the individual or the  organizational level. The unlearning process can be a very difficult one especially when said behaviors are passed down generationally. Queen, researcher, activist, artist Jen Katshunga sits down with Elayna Christine to explain the victories and difficulties she's had throughout her unlearning process and how it has ultimately led to her own healing and growth.

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In this special episode, @ElaynaChrisitine sits down with Sonia Aimy, singer/songwriter, and the Executive Director of the African Women Acting to dissect the art of making music from the spirit and to discuss the upcoming African Women Acting Festival. The 4th edition of the AWA Festival 2019 presented by the African Women Acting organization celebrates the late legendary Miriam Makeba by highlighting this year’s theme and attraction in her honor “Tribute to Miriam Makeba”. The annual festival returns on Saturday May 11th from 2:00pm-10:00pm inside the Centre for Social Innovation Annex (CSI Annex), located at 720 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON. The bi-annual festival recognizes talented, hard-working African women, who have demonstrated tremendous effort in pursuing their artistic visions, careers and social/political activism.

Workshop Registration: [email protected] or contact Yeti Adeyemi 647-741-9150 

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Affirmations work wonders for self-confidence, self motivation, and manifestations. As 

we increasingly familiarize ourselves with the power of the tongue, we often seek guidance from 

others to help us develop what we want to affirm in our lives. While this is a great start to 

building from within, it can also be one that is a complicated and confusing process. Further, it 

begs the question: How do I develop my own affirmations and what are the potential results? 

Queen Shakira and Elayna sit down to talk about the process of how we create both positive 

and negative affirmations and provide real life examples on the victories and failures that came 

as a result.

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Being your own boss sounds great --flexible hours, extended lunch breaks, and optimum work life balance, but it comes with its fair deal of challenges --profit margins, return on investment, and a great deal of trial and error. Regardless of the risk and reward, the biggest challenge to becoming your own boss is overcoming the fear to start. Host Elayna sits down with CEO / Founder of LaidLashes, Danielle Spencer, to discuss how she built up the courage to quit and pursue her dream of being an Entrepreneur.

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