What's Your Legacy?

Yvette discusses live (versus online) matchmaking with Alessandra Conti. Alessandra is the CEO of the personal matchmaking firm Matchmakers In The City, based in Beverly Hills. Alessandra shares with Yvette her love for helping individuals find their match, soulmate. Alessandra is a frequent media guest and the go-to on-air Celebrity Matchmaker and Dating Expert for NBC's Access Hollywood, Bravo's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, a Matchmaker behind 2 seasons of MTV's, Are You The One, and CBS's Face The Truth.

Yvette talks with Debbie Sardone who from humble beginnings created a cleaning job into a seven-million-dollar cleaning empire. After Debbie built one of the country's largest maid services in the Dallas area, she began training other cleaning business owners to build and grow their own independent cleaning companies. Debbie also shares with Yvette her passion in helping others with her non-profit, Cleaning For A Reason, which has provided free house cleaning services to over 50,000 families with cancer.

Yvette talks with Sharon Marley, the daughter of the legendary reggae artist Bob Marley. Sharon talks about her life in Jamaica and the musical legacy of her family. For over two decades, Sharon crisscrossed the globe with her brothers and sister as part of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. They earned three Grammy Awards and an NAACP Award. Sharon's name is etched into the very soul of music.

Yvette talks with entrepreneur, author and Netflix series "Mind Your Manners" host, Sara Jane Ho. Sara's international background and global perspective led her to open the first etiquette school in China, write "Mind Your Manners" titled after her Netflix series, and launch a new intimate wellness brand inspired by traditional Chinese medicine. Sara's ingenuity is inspirational.

Yvette has a conversation about binge eating with Dr. Nina Savelle-Rocklin, a renowned author, podcast host, and one of the nation's leading psychoanalysts. Dr. Savelle-Rocklin's signature message, "It's not what you're eating, it's what's eating 'at' you," has resonated with hundreds of thousands of listeners from around the globe. She is the founder of The Binge Cure Method and she guides emotional eaters to create lasting food freedom so they can take back control of their lives and feel good in their bodies.

Yvette talks with Arkansas-born musician Kris Allen who in 2019 celebrated the 10th anniversary of his American Idol win by releasing "10," an album of reimagined acoustic versions of some of his most beloved songs. In 2024, his album, "Pole Vaulter", featured the imaginative songwriting and stunning vocals that put Kris on the map. Kris shares with Yvette some of the inspirations for his most introspective work.

In 2024, Yvette toured South Africa. During that time, she spoked with many South Africans about their legacy. This episode is a prior interview before Yvette's opportunity to visit South Africa.

Yvette revisits the legacy of apartheid in South Africa with a white South African, Nico de Klerk. What initiatives can help change the devastating impact of apartheid and support a move for actual equality for all South Africans? The similarities between apartheid in South Africa and slavery in the United States can serve as guideposts for positive advancements for both nations.

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In 2024, Yvette toured South Africa. During that time, she spoked with many South Africans about their legacy. This episode is a prior interview before Yvette's opportunity to visit South Africa.

Yvette explores the legacy of apartheid in South African with a white South African, Nico de Klerk, and a black South African, Jabu Zwane, who have had a friendship spanning decades. Nico has written a book, No Fit: My 1700 Mile Walk from Apartheid, and Jabu is the founder of the Mindset Development Institute and serves as a global speaker and coach.

During Yvette's travel to Johannesburg (Roodepoort), South Africa, she meets with Gail Johnson, founder and director of Nkosi's Haven. Nkosi's Haven is named after Nkosi Johnson, who was born with AIDS and during his short lifetime became an advocate and international spokesperson for the care of individuals with AIDS without discrimination. Nkosi's Haven is a place offering shelter, care and support to HIV/AIDS infected mothers, their children and orphaned children with AIDS.

During Yvette's travel to Pretoria (Sunnyside), South Africa, she meets with Lucie Elskie, a chief administrator with PEN (Participate, Envision and Navigate) a South African non-profit. PEN has been addressing many social issues in South Africa. Lucie shares with Yvette the specific social need in South Africa for affordable pre-schools. Yvette has previously interviewed Nancy Schongalla, the founder of ASAP (Adopt a South African Pre-School). This American non-profit now partners with PEN to help make a difference in the education of preschoolers with educational toys.