The Yard of Greatness Podcast with June Allen

I'm sharing the platform with Sista Tamar Nwafor, a wife, mother and multiple business owner who fled Jamaica in 1999 from domestic violence and sexual abuse. With a mother unable to protect her, she became involved in drugs and gang violence, but this power house made a commitment to heal and is now serving the community by sharing her experience, strength and expertise to help others.

We're continuing the conversation with the 7 Keys To Black Empowerment. Our 6th key is about respecting the process. Healing is a commitment to loving yourself one day at a time, to realign your wholeness. There is no quick fix or motivational fluff that is going to absolve you of the responsibility of doing the internal work. If you're brave enough, the rewards are endless!

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We are continuing the conversation to find the 7 Keys To Black Empowerment. Our 5th key is all about setting boundaries. If we don't know what does and does not work for us, we make ourselves vulnerable to be abuse. In this session June explores the difference between social, external and internal  boundaries. he also shares how practicing them must be the foundation for our personal empowerment.

The conversation continues about the 7 Keys To Black Empowerment. The 4th key is to understand your wound. How do you manage your pain? Are you avoiding the responsibility of your own healing by blaming others or obsessing about the white man. This session is all about the importance of staying in your own lane and being laser focused on what is in our control. I also share why the black woman's healing must be a priority!

In today's episode, I'm continuing the conversation about the 7 keys to black empowerment to share the 3rd key which is to study our enemy. We must understand racism. This session will teach you WHAT racism is through the work of Mr Neely Fuller, and WHY racism is here through the work of Dr Francis Cress Welsing.

This episode is part #2 of 'The Seven Keys to Black Empowerment.' The second key is TOOLS. 

Emotional sobriety is our ability to feel and cope with our emotions. This helps us to respond instead of reacting to our environment. When we're sober we can make better choices for ourselves, our family and community.

In today's podcast June share’s how to achieve emotional sobriety with her 3 step system to build your emotional literacy and empower yourself psychologically.

This episode is part #1 of 'The Seven Keys to Black Empowerment.' The first key is TRUTH. If we're going to live an authentic, blackalicious life we must be willing to tell the truth about who and where we are. So why do we lie and HOW can we begin to speak our unapologetic the truth?

This week June share's why telling the truth is hard for black people under the system of racism and within our relationships.

In today's show, June shares the space with Faith Agugu. A compassionate holistic counselor and healer who's generous with her wisdom on how we can use mindfulness as a powerful 'secret weapon' for wellness and personal empowerment.

They also chat about the white washing of mindfulness, the spirituality of melanin, loving your inner child, recovery and so much more!

Healing from racism through personal empowerment and the 12 steps of recovery.

In this session, June share's 10 tools to manage black pain. When we're triggered by all the racist aggression, we deny, avoid and stuff down the emotions in order to cope with the abuse and feelings of powerlessness.

A crucial part of our healing requires us to honor our black pain. It's essential to find healthy, sober ways to listen to what the pain is trying to tell us, and transform it into behaviours which restore our sense of balance.

Today, June shares 15 powerful reasons why black self love is an important practice to dismantle the system of white supremacy.