She SPEAKSSS: Recent Episodes
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She Shares Personal Experiences to Advance the Knowledge for Self, Scholarship, and Success. This is the podcast that will challenge you to embrace you as an imperfect and infallible masterpiece, and give you the plug on leveling up academically and professionally.
Ellise Antoinette Smith is from Detroit, Michigan, with a research focus on the experiences of bodies that identify as fat. With an interdisciplinary focus, Smith uses photography (#VisualActivism), podcasting, spoken word poetry, and social media as a catalyst to center these narratives.
As doctoral student in the Urban Education Studies program at IUPUI, Smith dedicates her scholarship to creating celebratory spaces for the marginalized identities that she holds using frameworks such as Black Feminist Thought, Sense of Belonging, Intersectionality, and Critical Race Theory. She aims to ensure the work and narratives around bigger bodies are included in academia while challenging the dominant ideologies around body image acceptance.
Smith centers her work within the sector of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as she pulls from her experiences working with first-generation, low-income students, racial equity, and eradicating injustices for underrepresented populations.
IG: @fatnessfiction and @plussizemagic
Facebook: @fatnessfiction
www.fatnessfiction.com
In 2013 Tiffany started a positive body image blog entitled "The Diary Of A Curvy Girl". Her mission for the blog was to encourage other plus size women to embrace who they are as beautiful queens, and to remember the number on the scale is just a number and they can be fabulous at any size! in 2014 Tiffany won the title as Miss Kurvie Upstate NY a plus size pageant based out of Rochester NY. In her year of reign she accomplished many goals, starting a mentoring program and ultimately entering a national pageant, to which she was crowned Miss Rochester Plus America 2016. Continuing her pageant journey at the Miss Plus America national pageant Tiffany competed as Miss Empire State Plus America and is the First Runner Up for the Miss Plus America Title. Since then Tiffany has been published in several online articles with her blog, she's also hosted a few self esteem workshops, and hopes to bring awareness to depression and suicide from her recent battle. She takes a realistic transparent approach to being an influencer because for her she doesn’t want to unreachable or unrepeatable. Tiffany is committed to the betterment of the next generation of young ladies and women, by helping them realize their true self worth and to start thinking like the Queens they are meant to be!
Ig-@thediaryofacurvygirl
FB-The Diary of a Curvy Girl
Tiktok- @diaryofacurvygirl
Welcome Kim Guess to the show!
My pain motivates me. I lost my husband in 2019 to ALS, he was only 41 years old. My business was birthed because I needed something to focus on and something to help pay the bills that were now all my responsibility. I have a 9 year old son that keeps me motivated daily, and all the women that I serve inspire me. I help women of all ethnicities achieve their weight loss goals through dance fitness, by dealing with self esteem issues 1st. I also do a Hip Hop Dance Fitness Mentorship Program for teenage girls & abused women. I feel that I impact my community because of the transparency of who I am and what I've gone through. I was able to create a safe space for all women to be themselves without judgment, we laugh, cry, support and uplift one another. I do my best to help other women create and start their own business & to find their purpose. In all aspects of life we have to adapt, so through loss I survived, through pain & grief I survived, through depression & anxiety I survived , through heartache/weight gain/money problems I survived. Everything I've been through in my life is an example that there is BETTER on the other side of pain.
Facebook: Kim Guess & Guess Who’s Dancing Fitness
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Goddess BlendZ
Great designs, whether personal spaces or commercial properties, begin with a comprehensive understanding of clients’ needs and expectations. Porscha’s ability to develop client relationships based on respect, trust, and confidence has been the key to her success as a designer. Skilled at creating beautiful designs under a variety of budgets, styles, timeframes, and requirements, Porscha guides her clients through every phase of the design process. She remains committed to cultivating valued relationships and helping clients reach the best version of their overall vision.
Porscha moved to Lexington, KY in September 2016, where she embraced her entrepreneurial spirit, founding P. L. Coney Designs. Her mission is to assist both residential and commercial clients in creating timeless spaces. Whether classic or contemporary, across a vast range of styles, Porscha balances colors, textures, and lighting to create a space that reflects her clients’ personalities and suits their design needs. Working in collaboration with architects and builders to execute her vision, she takes each project very personally.
Porscha earned an Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Cincinnati. In her spare time, Porscha enjoys spending time with her husband, Caesar, and two children, London Victoria and Braxton Alexander, thrifting, brunching, as well as traveling worldwide for experiences and inspiration.
Instagram handles:
www.instagram.com/porschalynette
www.instagram.com/plconeydesigns
Website:
http://plconeydesigns.com
Creative, frugal fashionista, digital media enthusiast, maximizer, mentor, and mom. Kiah Arnold has always had a passion for telling visual stories, including stories told through clothing. Her favorite quote, “Fortune favors the bold,” fuels her desire to be bold in all aspects of life.
Ms. Arnold is the CEO and founder of E11even Keez Media + Creative, a creative consultant agency, specializing in creative direction, brand and marketing strategy, and content creation. She is also the principal stylist of Hollywood Keez Style, the wardrobe consulting sector of the E11even Keez brand. Her goal is to help businesses and individuals tell better brand stories, increase their reach, and promote boldness in outer appearance.
She was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky where bourbon, basketball, betting on thoroughbreds, and anything bluegrass rules. She is an alumnus of Eastern Kentucky University where she majored in Broadcasting and Electronic Media. She also obtained a filmmaking certificate from Bluegrass Community and Technical College.
Kiah is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and the Lexington Urban League Young Professionals. She is the mother to one son, Trayvon, and has a dog named Clark Griswold. Her personal motto, which she strives to live out daily is, “Defying the odds, one stereotype at a time.”
Instagram:
@holl1woodkeez_style
@e11evenkeez
@keez_creation
www.kiaharnold.com/mediakit
Welcome Samantha Johnson to the podcast, Powerhouses! IG handle: www.instagram.com/samanhattanpr
DaMaris B. Hill is the author of Breath Better Spent: Living Black Girlhood (2022), A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland (2019) -a 2020 NAACP Image Award finalist for Outstanding Literary Work, The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland (2016), \Vi-zə-bəl\ \Teks-chərs(Visible Textures) (2015). Similar to her creative work, Hill’s scholarly research is interdisciplinary. Hill is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Kentucky. http://damarishill.com Order your copy of a Breath Better Spent here
Welcome back powerhouses. This episode is all about Desire and Decisions. You cannot do either without some quiet time. Take a listen and leave us a review!
Hey Powerhouse! This episode is all about YOU getting into the presence of God and setting the VISION for your life. There are two more episodes up to help you effectively set your sights on 2021.
Step 1: Create a space for a moment of thought.
Step 2: Release your worries.
Step 3: Meditating: that’s you listening for God
Okay PowerHouse! It's always your season, so let's act and think like it is!
Because you know it's always your season:
- Knowing that there is an appointed time for everything should help take the edge of rush off.
- Knowing there’s a season to everything, should help you mentally plan for things to go in a cycle.
- You are never not winning, as long as you don’t quit.
Scripture References:
Romans 8:28
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Before you step into the role of leadership, be sure to have:
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Self-Awareness (know your strengths and weaknesses)
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Believe in success for yourself!
Strengths Based Leadership
This week episode talks about three reasons why most people don't like to speak up, and your two reasons why you are qualified to speak. You have PERSPECTIVE and PURPOSE!
Share your story of how you spoke up this week using the hashtage #ispeakforthishouse and follow us on IG @she.speaksss
Why you are authorized to speak for your house:
- You have knowledge. Whatever you know is valuable. Put some respect on the things you’ve seen and experienced. That counts. And you decide how high people need to count to have access to you.
- Your future is established in the present. The things you decide to do now are always a step in connection to your goal or your purpose
- You don’t have time to wait for someone else to do it. We see people do it time and time again: waiting on someone else to make a move. Stop waiting for them and sense the move on your own.
- Believe it or not, there are people depending on you. You aren’t aware of how many people are watching and feeling your energy. That’s why you are required to speak for your house.
- Its your spiritual mandate. The great commission charges us to go to nation to nation and teach and baptize people in the name of Jesus Christ. You can’t teach without a message. And a message has words, and your voice gives it volume.
IG @coachteasiaa
IG @she.speaksss
You shared your email, and now here's my personal truth.
I've been in thirst trap.
And the come up, is real.
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This week is on self-development:
- Self-awareness builds confidence.
- Identify your areas to grow (what)
- Mentally Prepare for the execution process (connect to your why)
- Now build a strategy
- SMART GOALS!
The curve ball: don't let GUILT stop you from growing!
Question for the week: If your life were the script you've been dreaming of, how would your character read? #buildyournarrative
Follow me on IG, Facebook, and Twitter @coachteasiaa
- How do you receive love? Love Language quiz
I don't feel love when... 16 personalities quiz
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How do you show or give love? (Love language quiz will help you learn this answer!)
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What kind of love do you want? Create your narrative!
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Commitment!
Taccarra and Kenyon Martin Follow them on IG (@askthemartins)
Lady in Waiting book
This episode covers 4 questions to ask yourself when contemplating your passion and your major in college.
Then... there's brief historical lesson about NPHC/D9/America around 1900 and the evolution of the "college system" and the "college man/woman".
Read more about W.E.B. DuBois and Howard University
IG: coachteasiaa or email me at info.rootedthinking@gmail.com
National Center for Educational Statistics
I struggle with hearing people "trying" to do something while I support people who "do" things. Ever noticed how tryingto do something doesn't send a strong message like doingsomething does? Here's what I've come to understand:
- Trying only makes sense afteryou have started doing the work
- Trying should signify process... in route to... moving towards
- Trying often communicates a passive attitude verses an active one....
Our faith=success! Faith without worksis dead, so WORK YOUR FAITH! James 2:14-16
Stop giving yourself subtle permission to underachieve... Powerhouses don't underachieve!
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Here's Bishop TD Jakes' sermon I mentioned!
Okay Powerhouses! This is our year to "sparkle"! Let's start off the year right with getting our mentality in the correct space!
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Communication! It leads to clear understanding of self and others.
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Clean up and out your self talk
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Clean up and clean out your schedule and habits! Establish some new ones.
Side Hustle Pro Podcast
Ben Tankard, "The Full Tank Life"
So you are ready to start living your best life... but you don't know where to begin? Here's where you can start. There's three tips I noted about being successful for you to consider and try out. Your challenge this week is to write on my IG page and let me know how it went!
@coach.teasia.a
Hey Powerhouses! It's been a while, so this episode is a check in from me to you! I have updates to share about my education, spiritual walk, and plans for next year. Take a listen!
Check out this sermon on Striding over striving
Be sure to follow me on IG @coach.teasia.a
Stay great!
So this month has been "shifty". I have never seen so many changes happen at once, and I noticed a couple of things when I was flying back from my last trip! This episode is about how I caught myself being better to me: Self Awareness!
Follow @ku_kingdomunited to hear us singing in LA!
Be sure to follow me, too! @coach.teasia.a
This week we will chat about why it's important to know yourself! Your self-awareness will give you your values, boundaries (and priorities), and how you will maintain your development. Keep growing and glowing, sis. You got this.
This episode was produced from a fresh wind I caught from a short visit in Connecticut. I picture is worth a thousand words, and this episode is the word that I caught while I was away.
@coach.teasia.a
@she.speaksss
Finding your purpose is a challenge for some people, but the biggest challenge for most people is finding their purpose and connecting their goals to their purpose. Listen to learn how your goals should be connected to your core which helps you define your purpose, and how to maintain your understanding of your purpose.
iamshesheismeproject@gmail.com
www.instagram.com/coach.teasia.a
Have you figured out why we set goals? It is so important to know why goal setting is important, and what goal setting can do for your life. I have created my own definition of failure and success to help me keep my own boundaries for growth. In this episode, I share 7 steps to creating your goals for yourself.
Understanding the Meaning to your existence, Dr. Myles Monroe
Have you learned how to like the person you claim you love, and I do mean, YOU? Let's talk about what it means to treat yourself with kindness and why it's important to do so.
Advance Magazine
Video from Dr. Kristin Neff on Self-Compassion
Love Languages Quiz
Have you stopped to think about things that have stopped you from being limitless? Here are three things that will stop you from moving in the strength and wisdom of being a PowerHouse.
AND! Here's the FIRST two steps in moving in the PowerHouse mindset!
In honor of a great conversation with some dynamic people and my favorite movie, this podcast is dedicated to Mean Girls. As a PowerHouse, it's your job to operate beyond the limits. Here's three rules of thumb to follow as you lead a limitless week!
IG: @coach.teasia.a
In the PowerHouse series, we are going to look a little closer at Self-development! Are you a Boss, or a Basic PowerHouse? Here's five things a Boss and five things a Basic PowerHouse does or should be doing. Where do you fall?
Okay! So what do I mean when I call you a PowerHouse? Let's talk about it for real! Did I mention it's a Bible based blessing I'm speaking towards you?
You can do all things through Christ who gives you strength!
God Conversations-Facebook Page
Download the Affirmation Statement Here:PowerHouse Affirmation Statement
IG: @coach.teasia.a
IG: @she.speaksss
"I think I can; I think I can", but then, some how you don't. If you have been dealing with knowing that you can accomplish something but mysteriously don't do it, I have a hunch that you may be secretly dealing with this! Many successful people do, so don't feel alone. Get ready to change your thoughts and words towards yourself, though! You are a PowerHouse!
IG: @coach.teasia.a
IG: @she.speaksss
This last stereotype is up for discussion! Let's unpack why Black women aren't expected to be married, have children, and to not have any morals... who said so, and why are we living out someone else's negative thoughts?
Mammy, Sapphire, and Jezebel: Historical images of Black women and their implications for psychotherapy Dr. Carolyn M. West, 1995
IG: @coach.teasia.a/@she.speaksss
If "it takes a village to raise a child", is it bad to hold a high value to being a member of that village? This episode will dive into the reclaiming experience Black women have had in being a member and building community. Is building a community a bad thing, though? What has psychologist gathered information about Black women, and how are they speaking about how we relate to things beyond ourselves?
Mammy, Sapphire, and Jezebel: Historical images of Black women and their implications for psychotherapy Dr. West, 1995.
IG: coach.teasia.a
IG: she.speaksss
email: iamshesheismeproject@gmail.com
There's a long standing belief that Black women are angry, but have you ever considered why they are? Where did this mainstreamed idea come from? And, why are Black women still angry? Join me for this conversation about why America hasn't given Black women room to feel, and strategies for feeling your way back to being your whole and happy self.
7 Days and 7 Ways to Your Prayers and Praise
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy
Mammy, Sapphire, and Jezebel: Historical Images of Black Women and their Implications for Psychotherapy*By Carolyn M. West, 1995
THE 'ANGRY BLACK WOMAN' MAKES REAL WOMEN ANGRY (data for how America still perceives Black women)
In this episode of She S.P.E.A.K.S.S.S., we dive into apologies that you shouldn't be giving: doing you! Learn why you shouldn't apologize for being you, plus hear a snippet of my book, 7 Days 7 Ways to Your Prayers and Praise.
Have you ever thought about what makes you think about yourself the way you do? Let's think about the way(s) you have engaged with your understanding of who you are, who some of the most respected Psychologists in identity development, and how I reconcile my sense of self considering some of my traumas around school.
Erik Erikson- Psychosocial Development
Ruthellen Josselson (Women Identity Development)
Adolescent Development (Marcia's 4 stages that make plain sense)
This is the first podcast! In Episode 1, I talk about what you can expect, and what you won't get here! Let's start talking.