What's Your Legacy?

Yvette has an inspiring conversation with Shawna Wells, the President and Founder of 7 Gen Legacy and podcast host of Legacy, Lyrics and Life.

Shawna has spent nearly 20 years as an executive coach and Legacy Architect guiding leaders, families, and communities toward living intentionally and creating the future they want to leave behind. She's a pro at helping anyone align their daily actions with the impact they want to make for generations to come. She's also the founder of B is for Black Brilliance, a children's book and organization celebrating Black creativity.

Yvette has a vibrant and informative conversation with David Edey who shares Yvette's passion for protecting people's legacy. David is a Certified Executor Advisor (CEA) who has worked in the financial planning industry in Montreal, Canada for more than 35 years, specializing in estate and legacy planning. He is the author of Executor Help, How to Settle an Estate, Pick an Executor and Avoid Family Fights and host of the Executor Help Podcast: Stories of Life, Death and Legacy.

Yvette speaks with Wynne Alexander, an award-winning civil rights author, filmmaker and investigative journalist with extensive broadcast expertise and contributions in public affairs. Wynne shares her extensive work with the preservation of the legacy of WDAS, a nationally known Philadelphia radio station that helped to launch the civil rights movement.

Yvette talks with Alex Husted, CIO and co-founder of Helpsy, which is a company addressing the environmental problem of textile waste. Alex explains how textile waste is as huge of a problem to our environment as plastics. Helpsy is helping to address this environmental problem through clothing recycling.

Yvette's discussion with Sam Farmer explores the advancement (and in some cases the not so advancement) in the treatment and understanding of the autism spectrum. In Sam's book, A Long Walk Down a Winding Road - Small Steps, Challenges, & Triumphs Through an Autistic Lens, he addresses his late diagnosis of being autistic and provides self-help guidance to those in the autism community.

Yvette recently met B. Monet at the showing of the documentary Black Girls at the Middleburg Virginia Film Festival. B. Monet was the director of the documentary which Yvette describes as a piercing view into life of the selected black women represented in the film.

B. Monet is a distinguished writer and director who obtained her B.A. in English from Spelman College and an MFA in Film and Television with a concentration in writing and directing from New York University. B. Monet shared with Yvette her commitment to showcasing underrepresented people in film, media, and television.

Yvette talks with Julie Cardoso, CEO and founder of Universal Ultrasound Diagnostics. Julie shares how the ability to examine veins and arteries in the legs, arms, neck, abdomen and heart through ultrasound helps to address the existence and care of cardiovascular disease. In her discussion with Yvette and in her current business, Julie demonstrates her passion for direct patient care.

Learn more about Universal Ultrasound Diagnostics: https://uudvt.com

Yvette's conversation with Sonya Denise, a Philadelphia-based author, speaker, and ordained minister, explores touchstones for inspiration and for overcoming adversity. Sonya's new book, Resilient Reflections: Letters to Our Younger Selves, is a deeply personal and inspirational guide to embracing life's challenges and rising stronger than ever. Sonya offers readers a roadmap to discovering their inner strength and purpose.