What Happens In This House Stays In This House

REPLAY: The first very key sign that someone is walking in their destiny, is to see passion. Passion and purpose are close cousins.  Alignment with destiny means alignment with the areas you are most passionate about. This could be a hobby, a cause, a world issue that you see needs correcting, anger or grief you feel, excitement or drive you to feel towards something or someone. What's in Your Hand? What do you want to change and are you walking in your destiny?

It is the One Year Anniversary of the "What Happens In This House Stays In This House" podcast.  This podcast features a conversation about the Malcolm X Speech called "The Ballot or The Bullet." The discussion includes politics, religion, voting & more. We will talk about how this speech compares to today's society.  You Don't Want To Miss It!!

The first very key sign that someone is walking in their destiny, is to see passion. Passion and purpose are close cousins.  Alignment with destiny means alignment with the areas you are most passionate about. This could be a hobby, a cause, a world issue that you see needs correcting, anger or grief you feel, excitement or drive you to feel towards something or someone. What's in Your Hand? What do you want to change and are you walking in your destiny.

Happy one-year anniversary!

What Happens in This House Stays In This House Host team Up with The SPAA Academy as a host.  Featured guest Dr. Michael V. Wilkins, Sr is the Founder and CEO of the SPAA Theater &Performing Arts & SPAA International.  He is the author of the best-selling books "Mississippi Mindset" and "The American Mindset." The SPAA is a not-for-profit "Speakers, Publishers & Authors Association" a membership organization founded in 2007, by a group of nationally acclaimed Professional Speakers, Publishers & Authors.  

Coping with the loss of someone or something you love is one of life’s biggest challenges. You may associate grieving with the death of a loved one—which is often the cause of the most intense type of grief—but any loss can cause grief, including divorce or relationship breakup, loss of health, a miscarriage, a pet, a dream, and friendship. 

Whatever your loss, it’s personal to you, so don’t feel ashamed about how you feel, or believe that it’s somehow only appropriate to grieve for a certain thing. Whatever the cause of your grief, though, there are healthy ways to cope with the pain that, in time, can ease your sadness and help you come to terms with your loss, find new meaning, and eventually move on with your life.  Let's talk about it!

Please listen to this week's podcast.  I was the special guest for The SPAA Authors Academy Podcast.

Tammy Montgomery-Dozi’er is an award-winning Author (SPAA’s Author of the Year 2016), Professional Speaker, Director, Singer, and Actress. She is the winner of the 2020 writing contest.  Tammy writes books that deal with real-life issues; such as obesity, self-esteem and mental health. Her books are "Addicted to Pain" a realistic solution for taking your tragedies and transforming them into triumphs. “From F.A.D.S. (False Allegiance To Destructive Stuff ) To Freedom and  SPAA collaboration books “The Power With-in” and “The Seeds of Truth”. 
Please listen as she discusses her struggles of writing her truth and learning to be her authentic self. 

As a child, I recall there were many youth programs and activities in the neighborhood. Whether it was a teacher, neighbor, pastor, or coach, having the one-on-one support of a caring adult who is not a parent can have  positive, life-changing outcomes. Many  mentoring programs have focused their efforts on working with young people with risk factors, like poverty or neighborhood violence. The results of these programs have benefited youth in many ways. Let's talk about the impact of mentoring our youth!

Most people don’t assign the same level of importance to a mental health checkup as they would some kind of physical checkup. One big reason for this is that while practically everyone feels comfortable about seeing their family doctor at least annually, there is a certain negative connotation associated with visiting a psychologist or psychiatrist to assess mental health. Yet our emotional well-being is just as important as our physical health, and by identifying early signs of such conditions as depression or anxiety, The most serious versions of these can usually be avoided.  Let's do a Mental Health heck-in: The Pandemic One Year Later

When our lives go spinning out of control, it’s often the result of a loss of personal power. Losing touch with our hopes, courage, and confidence can go a long way in undermining our happiness. This occurs when we sacrifice pieces of ourselves in return for the validation of others. The only validation in the world that matters is our own. We are the only ones who have the ability to find value and worth in ourselves and our lives. Stop giving your personal power away to other people. Only you can take it back and reclaim it as your own.

With all that takes place in our lives, it can sometimes be easy to overlook the fact that we're part of something greater than ourselves, the greater good.  Because of our tendency to forget this, we might make decisions in our lives that don't reflect that responsibility that comes with this belonging. 

Contributing to the greater good doesn't have to be all about self-sacrifice.   When you serve the greater cause you also serve your greater good. There is nothing that you cannot do for your highest good that will not benefit the good of all.