You've Got This Sis

We have a special guest today.  Francoise Bonaparte Carroll, aka. Fran.  She is a rockstar.  She is a woman of strength and power.  She is a serial entrepreneur.  She is a wife, a mother, a friend, a sis.  

Fran touches on her many businesses, endeavors, as well as her desire for social justice and the place she found in serving and leading her Atlanta community in the Black Lives Matter movement by creating a safe space for young children to be advocates. 

Find Fran on Facebook at, Francoise Bonaparte Carroll and instagram @fbcarroll 

How are hesitation, fear and resilience connected? Today we're discussing how our hesitations, born of fear, can eventually help us become more resilient. Celebrate your mistakes, and the subsequent joy of progress.

Don't let the habit of comparing yourself with another woman, friend or family member make you think that your gifts and talents are any less amazing than theirs. Let's celebrate our differences and appreciate the myriad of skills and gifts we all have! 

Let's focus on our own unique skills, gifts and talents.  Everyone has something...something pretty amazing, it's time we see it as that. 

Show notes: "One of the great tragedies of life, it seems to me, is when a person classifies himself as someone who has no talents or gifts. When, in disgust or discouragement, we allow ourselves to reach depressive levels of despair because of our demeaning self-appraisal, it is a sad day for us and a sad day in the eyes of God. For us to conclude that we have no gifts when we judge ourselves by stature, intelligence, grade-point average, wealth, power, position, or external appearance is not only unfair but unreasonable."

•  Marvin J. Ashton, Gifts of the Spirit

Superpower List (not all inclusive):

The ability to make friends, to smile, to be empathetic, to be spontaneous, the ability to comfort, to listen, to cry, to recognize truth, to ponder, to articulate thoughts, to be cheerful, optimistic, confident, to be courageous, curious, creative, dedicated, determined, generous, helpful, hardworking, honest, humble, the ability to be organized, peaceful, punctual, calm, tolerant, skeptical, loyal, adaptable, being a finisher, having "mom" power, taking naps.  All of these are unique gifts that lie within us, we encourage you to be open and to discover and seek your superpowers.  

Trio and Alicia

We're discussing the 5 stages - we're calling them our 5 S's - of discovering our potential:

1-Slump

2-Seeking

3-Still

4-Surprise

5-Squash

Ever wonder what the car ride was really like?  Well, here it is.  This is where it all began. 

"Helping others understand their true identity and purpose is one of the greatest gifts we can give." 

-Douglas D. Holmes