Frankly Speaking with Tyra G: Recent Episodes
Tyra Garlington
Some particular words to establish our common thought space today are offered by noted Karmic astrologer Dora Jones, and I quote:
“Each of us comes into life with a promise, a gift, a passion, and a deep, heartfelt desire.
The promise is not just a concept; it’s a journey of self-discovery. It’s what you have come to life to master, overcome, resolve, or heal some aspect of your consciousness. As you face your life’s experiences, you can fulfill this promise. Your responses to your experiences determine whether you fulfill or break the promise you have made to yourself.
The gift is not just a talent; it’s a unique expression of yourself. It is the cornerstone of self-determination and self-actualization. The gift constitutes your talents and abilities, the unique things you do as only you can do them. The gift is enhanced or diminished by how you do what you do and how you share the things you do naturally or well with others.
Passion represents those things you pursue for sheer joy, making you feel alive, meaningful, valuable, and worthy. Most of us are frightened away from or talked out of our passion, making us think it is inappropriate or useless.
Heartfelt desire is what you most want to experience in life. Some want love, others wish for acceptance, and most want both. However, it can be difficult not to lose our identity or integrity in pursuit of heartfelt desire.
You may only have been aware of your life’s true meaning and purpose today. So, put this message on your mirror as a daily reminder.
This week, my guests walk individually and collectively in their self-discovered promises, gifts, passions, and heartfelt desires. Together, their stories combine history, mystery, and hope. Because of their specific areas of expertise, they are producing this show as a team, as only they can, so I will become a part of the listening audience.
Meet Dr. Tyler Nolting, who will further introduce himself and the team.
“If man is to survive, he will have learned to take delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life’s exciting variety, not something to fear.”
“A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or turns his back on it and starts to wither away.”
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but take a special delight in ideas and differences in life forms. […] If we cannot learn to enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our kind here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity almost certainly out there.”
― Gene Roddenberry
My guest this week on Frankly Speaking with Tyra G’ is Christopher Derrick, one of the writers on Picard, The Eighth Main series set in the Star Trek universe, and a current writer on The Equalizer television series. Christopher creatively walks us into how AI will reshape stories in entertainment, how living outside your comfort zone can positively impact your creative abilities, and other insights for “consumers” of Hollywood entertainment.
Take a listen, learn stuff, and be inspired. Then share
Iyanla Vanzant, Life Coach, and Author offers the following in her 2000 book Until Today.
“Shhhh! Don’t tell that story again. Do not talk about how so many bad people wronged you. Please do not talk about him, her, or them unless it will make you feel better right now. Hush! Don’t utter another syllable about the pain and losses that have left you broken unless you are ready to recover right now. Stop! Dragging yourself back there, reminding yourself about how bad it was for you then unless it is relevant to what you are doing right now. Each time you think about talk about, or remember then, you put that energy squarely in the middle of your life right now.
“You must acknowledge how you feel about everything you have experienced. However, it would be best not to tell the story in a manner that makes you feel bad right now. Tell me what you learned! Tell me how you have healed! If you look at your story, there is probably a great deal you can use right now to move forward.
Join me and Dr. Bernadette Anderson as we look behind and beyond these words into a path of Healing, Health, and Happiness. You may learn something new about something old.
Take a listen. Be inspired, and share.
Susan V. Bosak of the Legacy Project suggests,
“Legacy is about life and living. It's about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future. It is an interconnection across time, with a need for those who have come before us and a responsibility to those who come after us.
A legacy may take many forms – children, grandchildren, a business, an ideal, a book, a community, a home, or some of ourselves. How many of us live so that our legacy reflects all we genuinely hold, most near and dear? How many of us are living with integrity and courage?
Molecules don't connect the world. Stories, traditions, memories, hopes, and dreams connect it. The legacies connect us passed down from those who came before us and the legacies we passed down to those who come after us.
For children, legacy means learning from the past. It separates the timeless from the transient. We need to tell them our life stories, our choices, and how we made our decisions.
For adults, legacy means hoping for the future. It means developing and passing on a timeless part of yourself. We feel valued and valuable no matter how old we get.
For both young and old, the power of legacy enables us to live fully in the present. You understand that you are part of a larger community that must remember its history to build its future."
This week, our story begins with someone who did not have shoes to wear until he signed up to be in the army. However, what he did have was a dream and determination. We hear his story through the words of his son, Bruce Wesley of Wesley Sheos, in the Hyde Park Community of Chicago. For over 70 years, the Wesley family has nurtured this dream until it awakened to win a National Independent Retail Shoe Store Award. The journey in between has been filled with life lessons, overcoming racism, natural disasters, determination, creativity, and faith.
Today, Wesley's is a family-owned shoe store providing an individual shopping experience to all who visit. From measuring a child's first shoe to helping you find comfort and style, we have everything you need to take your best step. This week, we celebrate the Wesley's Shoes legacy with its second-generation owner, Mr. Bruce Wesley.
Be inspired! I was.
If by chance no one has told you that they love you today. I would be honored to be the first to say, I love you today! I love you because you are and have been so willing to grow. And my how you have grown! You have grown from struggling to searching. From “trying to” to “learning how to” . You’ve grown from fear to having faith, to demonstrating your courage. You have grown in many ways, consistently demonstrating your willingness and courage to take the next step —the step toward knowing more about yourself. That is exactly why I love you—you are profoundly divine.
There is more of you waiting to unfold. There is more about the world you desire to understand. There are more people coming into your life, and you are gaining more about yourself through your experiences with them. Yes, there is so much more!
My guest today is energy, possibilities, and promise. Hear about her creative journey from high school theatre to college and now to New York City. Welcome Chelsea Townsend to Frankly Speaking with Tyra G. You will smile a lot.
Are you a fan of Star Trek? Do you watch The Equalizer?
You will love this week's Frankly Speaking conversation if you answer yes to either of these questions! Once upon a time, Christopher Derrick's father told him, "If you see someone doing something you want to do, you can do it." And so he did. However, for Christopher, it was a process, not an event, a journey, not a destination. Christopher shares his journey from his graduation in finance at the Univesity of Michigan to his present position as Executive Story Editor on the television show The Equalizer.
Christopher is evidence of the validity of the Karmic astrologer Dora Jones's message: “Each of us comes into life with a promise, a gift, a passion, and a deep heartfelt desire.”
The promise is what you have come to life to master. You have promised to overcome, resolve or heal some aspect of your consciousness. As you face your life experiences, you are allowed to fulfill this promise.
The gift is what you have come to give to life. It is the cornerstone of self-determination and self-actualization. The gift constitutes your talents and your abilities. the special things you do as only you can do them.
Passion represents those things you pursue for sheer joy- those you do that make you feel alive, meaningful, valuable, and worthy. Most of us are frightened away from or talked out of our passion. We are made to feel it is inappropriate or useless.
The heartfelt desire is the thing you most want to experience in life. Some want love. Others want acceptance. Most of us want both. We face difficulty not losing our identity or integrity in pursuing heartfelt desires.
Until today, you may not have been aware of your life's true meaning and purpose. For today, ask the Holy Spirit, your guardians, angels, and guides to reveal how each element is represented in your life.
Put this message on your mirror as a daily reminder.
“Today, I am devoted to pursuing a deeper meaning and a more divine expression in my life! “I will separate what happens to me from who I was created to be.
Take a listen. Be inspired!
Today I share once more words that awaken from the life coach and author in her 2000 book, Until Today. And I quote:
“Life will work for me when I realize …the experience of my faith keeps my faith alive.
You must have faith and experience to live life fully. You must believe that everything you expect from life is possible. You must have faith that no matter what life brings to you, you will be able to handle it. You must have confidence that your faith will eventually lead to good experiences.
Experience teaches you that your faith is paying off. Once you have had an experience, you know that you know. When you see, you become more fruitful. Once you have an experience, you want more and better or different experiences. The difference between faith and experience is this: One you must work on, the other works on you.
Join Dr. Amile Exume as he explores the role of the Divine in his life. He continues to provide service to others above self, in spite of a medical condition that defies all odds. He lives in constant wonderment declaring, WOW! God did this for me?
Be inspired!
This month, Frankly Speaking, focuses again on phenomenal women and how we embrace and manage our universal experiences, rainbows and clouds, courage, and resolve. We are a journey, not a destination; our life is a process, not an event. Even still, we are motion, loving, serving, nurturing, encouraging, and empowering. We are love, and love does. And yes, sometimes… sometimes we get stuck between our no longer the familiar, the habits, and our not yet, who we were created to be, and we may ask, “Am I enough?”
By the way, the correct answer is a resounding YES!
“Society, with its structures, expectations, and divisions, has fostered certain ideas about women that are not always flattering. Many people believe that strong women are not feminine and that assertive women cannot be trusted. My all-time favorite is that women who exhibit any degree of clarity about who they are and what they want are dangerous. Do not forget that a bossy woman is domineering, making her the B word. We won’t bother to mention the myths that women are not as smart as men or cannot handle money. The point is that some people believe these things about women, and some are women!
Labels define. Often, labels set up expectations. Labels prescribe how much, how little, and sometimes how long a thing can be used. Labels are descriptive. Labels are protective. And labels can be removed. It just may be that the time has come to take the labels off women. It is probably more accurate to say it is time for women to take the labels off themselves.
Share and enjoy Catherine Ahearn’s story of ignoring the labels and becoming a successful entrepreneur. There are stories along the way that will grab your heart. Thank you, Catherine!
This month, Frankly Speaking, is focusing on phenomenal women and how we embrace and manage our universal experiences, rainbows and clouds, courage, and resolve. We are a journey, not a destination; our life is a process, not an event. Even still, we are motion, loving, serving, nurturing, encouraging, and empowering. We are love, and love does.
And yes, sometimes… sometimes we get stuck between our no longer the familiar, the habits, and our not yet, who we were created to be, and we may ask, “Am I enough?”
By the way, the right answer is a resounding YES!
Author Ilyanla Vanzant says, “A society with its structures, expectations, and divisions has fostered certain ideas about women that are not always flattering. Many people believe that strong women are not feminine and that assertive women cannot be trusted. My all-time favorite is that women who exhibit any degree of clarity about who they are and what they want are dangerous. Do not forget that a bossy woman is domineering, making her the B word. We won’t bother to mention the myths that women are not as smart as men or cannot handle money. The point is that some people believe these things about women, and some are women!”
For any of you who follow me, you know in my manifest, I commit to encouraging and empowering women to walk in their worthiness. Frankly Speaking, is changing the script one story at a time.
My guest this week is doing the work by saying yes to the power within her, empathically listening to others’ silence, and giving when others are unable to ask. She is paying the dues, and gracefully managing the rewards.
Welcome, Ms. Louise Molton to the Frankly Speaking table.
Today has become a testing time and a time of self-evaluation. This is also a time to recognize that we are a journey, not a destination. This is a time to elevate voices of hope and reimagine what is essential. This is a time to remember who we are today; what we can do comes with a price. And we must remember those who paid for it when we could not or did not ask. Sometimes we need help remembering that their struggle was real.
“Until today, you may have misunderstood death. You may have been grieving or mourning the loss of a loved one, believing they were forever gone from your life. Today, be a living reflection of the dreams and love you shared with someone who has passed on.
“People never really die. They leave their bodies. They end their physical existence to continue their spiritual journey in another form, on another plane. A person who has entered the realm of reality that we call death is never beyond your love. Death is not a cold, dark, or frightening experience. It is an essential part of life that teaches us to believe in what we cannot see. Once you have loved someone, your love will keep them alive”. –Author Iyanla Vanzant.
This week we will visit a place where life is resuscitated through memory. We will meet members of the Board of the Mt. Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society, whose mission it is to emphasize the influence and contribution of African American regarding the history, education, development, growth, and culture of the Clarkesville, Tennessee area. During my first conversation with board members, I was impressed that their volunteer commitment was born from a servant’s heart. They recognize and honor those who do not have a voice to remind us that their struggle was real.
Be inspired!
Noted Karmic astrologer Dora Jones believes “Each of us comes into life with a promise, a gift, a passion, and a deep heartfelt desire.”
The promise is what you have come to life to master. You have promised to overcome, resolve, or heal some aspect of your consciousness. As you face your life experiences, you are allowed to fulfill this promise. Your responses to your experiences determine whether you fulfill or break the promise you have made to yourself.
The gift is what you have come to give to life. It is the cornerstone of self-determination and self-actualization. The gift constitutes your talents and abilities, the special things you do as only you can do them. The gift is enhanced or diminished by how you do what you do and how you share the things you do naturally or well with others.
Passion represents those things you pursue sheer joy- those things you do that make you feel alive and meaningful, valuable, and worthy.
Dr. Mamie Parker left her small Southern town inspired by, and I quote, ” Momma and Marvin.” Her many experiences and degrees have accommodated her promise, passion, and gifts. On the way, she exceeded all expectations as a woman of color in her field. She has been a biologist and senior executive in the federal government as the FWS Chief of Staff, Assistant Director of Habitat Conservation, and Head of Fisheries in this country. Dr.Mamie is known for her public speaking throughout the environmental community. She is currently the district commissioner for the Department of Wildlife Resources.
Take a listen, be inspired, and find truth in the fact that impossible is merely a word to describe the degree of difficulty.
In the words of life coach and award-winning author Iyanla Vanzant in her book Until Today, written in 2000.
“Society, with its structures, expectations, and divisions, has fostered certain ideas about women that are not always flattering. Many people believe that strong women are not feminine and that assertive women cannot be trusted. My all-time favorite is that women who exhibit any degree of clarity about who they are and what they want are dangerous. We won’t bother to mention the myths that women are not as smart as men or cannot handle money. The point is that some people believe these things about women, and some are women!
Labels define. Often, labels set up expectations. Labels prescribe how much, how little, and sometimes how long a thing can be used. In order for a woman to realize that she is more than a mother, more than a wife, more than what she earns or what she does to earn a living, she must know her own worth. It means she must test herself and her limits. A woman must learn to describe herself and establish her own expectations. A woman must encourage herself. She must support and nurture herself. She must be willing to be disliked. She must be willing to violate the descriptions and confines placed on her.
Until today you may have placed defining, confining labels of unworthiness on women. For today, think of women as people; think of women as human beings and doing. They are the divine energy of God.”
My guest is doing the work today, paying the dues, and gracefully managing the rewards.
Meet Ms. Felicity Smith, a phenomenal woman with a servant’s heart. The first time I met her, she was like a breath of fresh air. Her story will amaze and encourage and excite anyone who has ever felt left out, left behind, or left over. But let me let her connect with you personally.
Enjoy the podcast.
This month we celebrate the Phenomenal Women who walk into this space through many doors. They authentically share their stories, often vulnerably pay forward what they have learned, and celebrate each other. Thank you, ladies!
Life is always listening to the silent requests of your heart and mind. Life is always surveying the landscape of your heart, gathering the bits and pieces of the emotions buried there. Life is always monitoring the activity of your tongue, checking for ruins and sacred elements. Life knows that your mind, heart, and mouth will produce the requests of your consciousness even when you are most aware of it.
Author Iyanla Vanzant believes you may not have realized that life is answering your requests until today. You may not have believed that you have the power and the right to ask life for more than you already have right now. Just for today, be devoted to creating a life of positive, joyful requests. Create them first in your mind. Next, create them in your heart. Then speak to them into existence. Be sure to remember what you have created.
Meet Africa Bell Kathuria and Michele Sandiford, two phenomenal women who have accessed their power within. They asked questions of life, made decisions, first in their minds, then in their hearts, and then spoke their dream into existence. They have found a positive, successful, and joyful path they call Zebra Ears podcast through their creative collaboration focusing on early childhood development.
Wait until you find out why Zebra Ears. I was fascinated!
Today, we are living in an ongoing season of uncertainty and unrest. We have all been touched by a fresh sense of fragility in ourselves and our social systems. This is a testing time. This is a time to accept that empathy is unlimited. This is a time to realize that you are doing better than you think. This is a time to elevate voices of hope. This is the time to reimagine what is essential. This is a time for believers to remember the author of Genesis is also the author of Revelation. He is still in the miracle business. This is a time to be encouraged. This is a time to serve.
However, on occasion, in order to survive, in order to serve, we are challenged to encourage ourselves. Sometimes we must silence the voice that says, “If” or “if only.” The voice that says, “Am I enough to do what I was created to do?’ And the answer to this question is a resounding YES! However, in those moments, we must dig deep, renew, and reposition ourselves to give away the gifts and talents that accompany our creation.
Who you are, where you are, and what you know define your value. How much you believe in who you are, serve where you are, and use what you know can make a big difference in who you become, where you go, and what you do when you get to the next place.
My guests today, Rotarians Meesh Peters and Sam Marigu, are committed to walking in their worthiness while delivering service above self in African villages. As you receive their stories about creating family beyond borders, I know you will be inspired.
In her own words,
“We had music growing up, 78RPM’s that evolved into 45RPM’s and, always, the radio. The radio in my day, Black and white, played everything. Gospel Spirituals, even some opera when Leontyne Price came along. You could listen to R & B late at night or you could go to the other station and listen to popular music. There was also jazz if the wind was right. I feel so sorry for the kids who only hear one kind of music. Where do your dreams come from?
My dream was not to publish or to even be a writer: my dream was to discover something no one else had thought of. I guess that’s why I’m a poet. We put things together in ways no one else does.”
She did not go unappreciated as revealed in a few recognitions below.
- Seven NAACP Image Awards: for Love Poems; Blues: For All the Changes; Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea; Acolytes; Hip Hop Speaks to Children; 100 Best African American Poems; Bicycles.
- Named one of Oprah Winfrey’s 25 Living Legends
- Phi Beta Kappa
- State Historical markers in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Lincoln Heights, Ohio
- The Tennessee Governor’s Award in the Arts
- Tennessee Governor’s Award In the Humanities
- Virginia Governor’s Award for the Arts
- Woman of the Year, Ebony Magazine
- Woman of the Year, Ladies Home Journal
- Woman of the Year, Mademoiselle Magazine
This show is a replay of an NPR On Being with Krista Tippett Nikki Giovanni interview. You will love her authenticity, her humor, and her resolve. Grab your favorite beverage, put your feet up, and exhale. Then, click below.
Do you go the extra mile? Do you do more Than what is expected? Do you expect the best? These questions pertain to your relationship with the world and how you treat yourself. Do you go the extra mile when it comes to you, or do you think that the least is enough for you?
Some people believe that struggle, servitude, and sacrifice are the best they can hope for. They look for ways and reasons to be okay with the things they believe are not okay with your lives. Other people believe they must constantly beon the giving end. These are people who give until it hurts. These people have not learned how to go the extra mile to explore what may be possible.
Going the extra mile means taking what you have and looking for ways to expand it— you believe in your ability to make it happen. Going the extra mile means doing just a little more than is expected, being just a little more than is expected, and having just a little more than you expected. It means moving beyond limiting beliefs and restrictive behaviors and being willing to have more than you have right now. Going the extra mile does not mean that you have prideful ambitions. It means that you want to feel better about yourself. You want to know that you can surpass your own expectations. You want to push your mind to the limits. It can be quite a rewarding experience!
This week we meet someone who has explored the best of all possibilities in herself and put those into action by continuing an amazing giving legacy.
Be inspired!
The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. That September, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson, and the prominent minister Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by black Americans and other peoples of African descent.
By the late 1960s, thanks in part to the Civil Rights Movement and a growing awareness of black identity, Negro History Week had evolved into Black History Month on many college campuses.
President Gerald R. Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, calling upon the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”
Since then, every American president has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a specific theme. The Black History Month 2023 theme, “Black Resistance,” explores how “African Americans have resisted historical and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial massacres, and police killings.”
Today in the United States, we hear terms like diversity, equity, and inclusion as goals for our society now and in the future. However, before those words were a part of our United States lexicon, brave, determined black Americans were willing to die to be recognized as worthy of fighting for any rights. The question I leave you with today is how would you grade their success?
Listen to three stories that were born, lived, and survived in a military setting. Colonel Arthur Nick Nicholson, Retired and current president and executive director of the Mt. Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society, is joining me at the Frankly Speaking table this week.
Learn more about the Society here. https://www.facebook.com/mtolivechps/ and https://mtolivechps.weebly.com
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When I walk daily, I intentionally “unplug”. There is nothing on my body to indicate how many steps I have taken during my four-mile walk. I listen to the birds singing and ducks honking as they make love to spring. I notice new flowers in bloom. I am at peace. Yet sometimes, today, for instance, unwanted thoughts insert themselves as a result of something I heard on the news. Today it was the concept of “Othering.” I wouldn’t say I like it and I like even less the fact that it is being intentionally used in this season’s political lexicon. It is not good news. When do we begin to respond to differences as negative rather than positive?
What if we all could see and be seen as equal to – unique, not as part of a collective group – be addressed and spoken about, by our name – be encouraged to be ourselves – be given enough time to be culturally competent… be given the time and opportunity to understand – to be listened to, and understood.”
What if we learned to be together, even though we are not the same? What possibilities would we uncover?
Seated at the table today is Ambreen Rizvi, a phenomenal woman who is also passionate about Inclusion and Diversity. Take a listen. Grade yourself.
Over the past three years, Frankly Speaking with Tyra G has been intentionally curating thematic stories across generations, cultures, and genres.
We are learning from and paying tribute to servant leaders, game-changing entrepreneurs, innovative organizations, planting seeds that yield precious harvests, and all who live “despite “rather than “because of.” These leaders and organizations have chosen SERVICE to heal themselves and the nation. Service as a way of lighting up the darkness.
Tonight, we are hearing one voice out of 1.4 million members of a 117-year-old international organization called Rotary. Rotary has continued to grow itself into a position of global power, embodying its guiding principle of Service Above Self. Guided by values of diversity, inclusion, and equity, Rotary globally:
- Promotes peace,
- Fights disease,
- Provides clean water, sanitation, and hygiene,
- Saves mothers and children,
- Supports education,
- Grows local economies,
- Protects the environment and responds to disasters.
My storyteller today provides district leadership within this global organization that, since 1905, has provided friendship, fellowship, comfort, resources in turbulent times, and so much more.
Meet my guest, Ms. Rene Laws, Rotary 7610 District Governor Elect.
Listen to her story and be inspired. I was.
“Jimmy, Ana’s boyfriend, says, “You’re not fat. You’re beautiful.” She is both. “Real Women Have Curves” doesn’t argue that Ana is beautiful on the “inside,” like the Gwyneth Paltrow character in “Shallow Hal,” but that she is beautiful inside and out–love handles, big boobs, round cheeks, and all. “Turn the lights on,” she shyly tells Jimmy. “I want you to see me. See, this is what I look like.” Ana has learned to accept herself. It is more than her mother can do.
There have been several movies recently about the second generation of children of immigrants–Indian, Filipino, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese–and they follow broad outlines borrowed from life. The parents try to enforce the conditions of their homeland on the kids, who are becoming Americanized at blinding speed. While Carmen is insisting on her daughter’s virginity, Ana is buying condoms. She insists on a view of her life that is not her parents’. That includes college.
For young women depressed because they don’t look like skinny models, this film is a breath of common sense and fresh air. “Real Women Have Curves” is a reminder of how rarely the women in the movies are real. After the almost excruciating attention paid to the world-class beauties in a movie like “White Oleander” (a film in which the more the women suffered, the better they looked), how refreshing to see America Ferrera light up the room with a smile from the heart.” — Roger Ebert, movie critic
The universal themes of intergenerational family expectations, the road to self-worthiness, courage, and love delivered a healthy dose of hope, no matter what your mirror shows you.
I loved it!
There is a moment in Steven Spielberg‘s “The Color Purple” when a woman named Celie smiles and smiles and smiles. That was the moment when I knew this movie was going to be as good as it seemed and was going to keep the promise it made by daring to tell Celie’s story. It is not a story that would seem easily suited to the movies.
The film is based on the novel by Alice Walker, who told Celie’s story through a series of letters, some never sent, many never received, most addressed to God. The letters are her way of maintaining sanity in a world where few others ever cared to listen to her. The turning point in the book, and the movie, comes after Celie’s husband brings home the fancy woman he has been crazy about for years – a pathetic, alcoholic juke-joint singer named Shug Avery, who has been ravaged by life yet still has an indestructible beauty.”–Roger Ebert, Movie Critic
Grab your favorite snack, sit back, and listen to movie clips wrapped in authentic conversations and new perspectives. Be entertained.
My goal in November is to share varied war stories across the spectrum of age, gender, and race to include family impact and cultural legacies. I am celebrating veterans and active-duty military who keep us and have kept us out of constant harm’s way, often at high costs. We are reminded that war is a part of human history.
The Vietnam war was my coming-of-age war. I became immersed in and confused by the concurrent war at home about the necessity of US involvement while at the same time grieving over school friends who paid the ultimate price.
There were so many bold and untold stories. Today “s stories are told by women who decided to make history instead of reading about it. The Voices of Women in Vietnam is a replay of a weekly National Public Radio show called With Good Reason.
When I first heard this show, it was such a heart tug that I knew I had to share. It includes stories from wives, widows, nurses, and librarians who took off their white lace gloves and struggled culturally, socially, intellectually, and physically to build a foundation for our continued gender-based struggles today.
So, brew a cup of tea, get comfortable, and be transformed by a story 28 years later after a short break. This show is dedicated to all women, your children, and your children’s children.
Journalist and author Isabel Allende reminds us that “We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, war, and necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome.”
My goal is to provide information about, and exposure to, a diverse set of perspectives about war experiences that breed transformational leadership. We explore the impact on their family, necessary services provided, and social, cultural, and political cohorts.
In this podcast, you hear about transformational leadership from an African American man, a veteran officer from the Vietnam war. His authentic story will help us better understand war from a racial and cultural lens of the ’60s as well as how his life looks and works for him today. He is joined in the studio by his wife, teammate, and friend!
Stay close!
Do you go the extra mile? Do you do more than what is expected? Do you expect the best? These questions pertain not only to your relationship with the world but also to how you treat yourself. Do you go the extra mile when it comes to you, or do you think that the least is enough for you?
Going the extra mile means taking what you have and looking for ways to expand it— you believe in your ability to make it happen. Going the extra mile means doing just a little more than is expected, being just a little more than is expected, and having just a little more than even you expected. It means moving beyond limiting beliefs, and restrictive behaviors, and being willing to have more than you have right now. Going the extra mile does not mean that you have prideful ambitions. It means that you want to feel better about yourself. You want to know that you can surpass your own expectations. You want to push your mind to the limits. It can be quite a rewarding experience!
My guest today has explored the best of all possibilities for herself and put those into action by continuing a giving legacy. Welcome Brig-Gen Sandra Gregory, USAF, Ret. to Frankly Speaking with Tyra G.
Be inspired!
This month’s theme is: Thank you for your Service, Then and Now.
I am passionate about celebrating veterans and active-duty military who continually help us sustain and maintain our quality of life, often at the greatest of costs.
We hear stories through various lenses this November and December, including wars fought, age, gender, race, family impact, and cultural and social legacies.
Our stories have included Mary Jessie Herrera, a 100-pound, 20-year-old Military Policewoman who wore an M16 and a 9 mm sidearm in IRAQ as accessories. We have heard informative heart-to-heart stories from women who decided to serve in the Vietnam War as nurses, librarians, and social support personnel, as well as some unusual consequences of their choices. We cried during with stories from wives of Prisoners of War and military widows.
Today we are time-traveling as well: first, backward to WWII to meet some extraordinary heroes whose stories have often been left untold. Then we will fast forward into the 21st century to meet Pilot and Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron Leader Bill Shepard.
The best part of today’s show is discovering how these stories are connected. And for many of our intergenerational and international audiences, these stories may be a surprise.
To start our journey, I will quote an account published in the Franklin Roosevelt Library titled: Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
Take a listen and be inspired.
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”– Camus…documenting my liberation.
“Adrienne Maree Brown grows healing ideas in public through her multi-genre writing, her music, and her podcasts. Informed by 25 years of movement facilitation, somatics, Octavia E Butler scholarship, and her work as a doula, Adrienne has nurtured Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, Radical Imagination, and Transformative Justice as ideas and practices for transformation. She is the author/editor of seven published texts and the founder of the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute, where she is now the writer-in-residence.”-Adrienne Maree Brown
Adrienne is brilliant in a fresh, non-threatening, and insightful way. She wants us as a community to commit to not canceling us. She believes we are in a time of unstoppable change and describes the difficulty individuals have with change. She believes that when it looks like everything is falling apart, that is when everything is possible. She wants us to understand that failure is not when something ends because sometimes, it’s time, and that end is vital. We live in cycles, not perpetuity. Most importantly, What a time to be alive!
I had to share this podcast. Consider it my special gift. Be motivated to…
“America is an idea. It is a culture of tolerance. All different colors and religions can live in coexistence. All can contribute positively. This idea must be a leader in the world. This idea must be preserved. If anything happened to this idea, it would be very bad for the rest of the world.”—Zaheer Iqbal, immigrant from Pakistan
Author Margery Leveen Sher sets the stage for our conversation in the following words. “This book tells some of the continuing stories of immigrants to our country. The American Dream is not dead, and it is certainly not a myth. It is a vision that millions of people work toward every day. It is a vision that gives hope to people around the world who are suffering persecution. The American Dream vision is not something to be cynical about: it is a vision for which to fight and push for everyone who is starting anew as an American immigrant, as well as those who have suffered persistent poverty in this country.”
Meet a few determined, undefeatable, and amazing immigrants through their personal stories. Be inspired! I certainty was.
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A legacy may take many forms – children, grandchildren, a business, an ideal, a book, a community, a home, or some piece of ourselves. How many of us live so that our legacy reflects all that we genuinely hold most near and dear? How many of us are living with integrity and courage?
The world isn't connected by molecules. It's joined by stories, traditions, memories, hopes, and dreams. We are bound by the legacies passed down from those who came before us and the gifts we pass down to those who come after us.
Legacy is an interconnection across time, with a need for those who have come before us and a responsibility to those who come after us.
His father's legacy, now deceased, left the belief not to fear hard work and sacrifice for others. His mother’s legacy was to teach him respect for himself first and pushed him to challenge life’s realities at an early age. Because she planted the seed of excellence and possibility in his mind, he believes he is the man he has become.
And so, he has become a legacy in his own right as a leader, author, entrepreneur, and inspiring messenger about the process of leadership, accountability, and professionalism.
Take a listen and be inspired!
A legacy may take many forms – children, grandchildren, a business, an ideal, a book, a community, a home, or some piece of ourselves. How many of us live so that our legacy reflects all that we genuinely hold most near and dear? How many of us are living with integrity and courage?
The world isn't connected by molecules. It's joined by stories, traditions, memories, hopes, and dreams. We are bound by the legacies passed down from those who came before us and the gifts we pass down to those who come after us.
Legacy is an interconnection across time, with a need for those who have come before us and a responsibility to those who come after us.
His father's legacy, now deceased, left the belief not to fear hard work and sacrifice for others. His mother’s legacy was to teach him respect for himself first and pushed him to challenge life’s realities at an early age. Because she planted the seed of excellence and possibility in his mind, he believes he is the man he has become.
And so, he has become a legacy in his own right as a leader, author, entrepreneur, and inspiring messenger about the process of leadership, accountability, and professionalism.
Take a listen and be inspired!
The drive to do what you’re good at is instinct. It is what you were created to do. Human instinct in action is pure joy. It’s like a work of art in motion. Your instinct will draw you to the unique expression of your gifts. You can only be fruitful out of your own understanding of and connection with what is in your core. It is the urging inside you that tells you to make your move now, to reach out now, to hold back until later, or to never give up. Instinct must merge with a purpose to give you a life that fulfills your destiny. And all gifts must be given a place of expression in order for Destiny to unfold. And no matter how gifted you are, you need a place of expression. That place is Destiny.
Hatched many moons ago, Caroline Zarinelli was soon given the name “Carrie Canary with the Red Red Shoes” for her zestful love of singing, dancing, and signature red Keds. As time passed, the little whippersnapper began writing and directing neighborhood musicals (in the back lot behind her house) which led directly to her do-not-pass-go-or-collect-$200-drumroll-please...degree in Theatre! After decades in the school house and studying what is now called "Arts Integration" at Harvard’s Project Zero, Boston Arts Academy, Opening Minds Through the Arts, and Arts Integration Solutions, Mrs. Z has returned to her cottage to create, coach, host Cottage Kids, and produce Blanket Theatre shows. This evening, you are invited to sample a few of the creative gifts that are embodied in Caroline's destiny.
Take a listen and let me know what you think.
The drive to do what you’re good at is instinct. It is what you were created to do. Human instinct in action is pure joy. It’s like a work of art in motion. Your instinct will draw you to the unique expression of your gifts. You can only be fruitful out of your own understanding of and connection with what is in your core. It is the urging inside you that tells you to make your move now, to reach out now, to hold back until later, or to never give up. Instinct must merge with a purpose to give you a life that fulfills your destiny. And all gifts must be given a place of expression in order for Destiny to unfold. And no matter how gifted you are, you need a place of expression. That place is Destiny.
Hatched many moons ago, Caroline Zarinelli was soon given the name “Carrie Canary with the Red Red Shoes” for her zestful love of singing, dancing, and signature red Keds. As time passed, the little whippersnapper began writing and directing neighborhood musicals (in the back lot behind her house) which led directly to her do-not-pass-go-or-collect-$200-drumroll-please...degree in Theatre! After decades in the school house and studying what is now called "Arts Integration" at Harvard’s Project Zero, Boston Arts Academy, Opening Minds Through the Arts, and Arts Integration Solutions, Mrs. Z has returned to her cottage to create, coach, host Cottage Kids, and produce Blanket Theatre shows. This evening, you are invited to sample a few of the creative gifts that are embodied in Caroline's destiny.
Take a listen and let me know what you think.
There is always more.
"If by chance no one has told you that they love you today, I would be honored to be the first t say, I love you today. I love you because you are and have been so willing to grow. And my how you have grown. You have grown from struggling to searching. From trying to do something to learning how to do it. You have grown from fear to having faith, to demonstrating your courage. You have grown in many ways, consistently demonstrating your willingness and courage to take the next step -- the step toward the profound and divine wisdom buried within yourself. The step toward knowing more about yourself." --Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today 2000.
Take a listen and learn about this week's phenomenal woman, Lezlie Revelle Zucker. She not only knew there was more, but she also pursued more. The results presented themselves in her becoming an award-winning playwright, author, and singer-songwriter.
Let me know how you enjoyed her talent.
There is always more.
"If by chance no one has told you that they love you today, I would be honored to be the first t say, I love you today. I love you because you are and have been so willing to grow. And my how you have grown. You have grown from struggling to searching. From trying to do something to learning how to do it. You have grown from fear to having faith, to demonstrating your courage. You have grown in many ways, consistently demonstrating your willingness and courage to take the next step -- the step toward the profound and divine wisdom buried within yourself. The step toward knowing more about yourself." --Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today 2000.
Take a listen and learn about this week's phenomenal woman, Lezlie Revelle Zucker. She not only knew there was more, but she also pursued more. The results presented themselves in her becoming an award-winning playwright, author, and singer-songwriter.
Let me know how you enjoyed her talent.
According to one estimate, nearly 570,000 people nationwide were homeless on a night in 2019.
It is estimated that over 3,000 people sleep outside every night in Seattle.
By Associated Press, Wire Service Content April 10, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.
Man Sentenced 4 Years for Poisoning 8 California Homeless People, By Associated Press, Wire Service Content April 9, 2021, at 9:48 p.m.
No Address, No ID, and Struggling to Get Their Stimulus Checks.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It is easy to walk past the homeless, to disregard the guy lying on the street, or ignore the woman standing at an intersection holding a handwritten sign with a plea for help.
It’s harder to look away when you’ve seen their eyes.
Look past lines drawn by hard living or the still-soft skin of someone young but struggling to break the cycle of dependency or abuse.
Their eyes hint at lost promise or offer a glimmer of hope. Some are haunting, some placid. Others troubled or masking troubles. Some are warm and tender, others tough and anxious.
Have YOU ever looked into the eyes of someone who is homeless? Maybe not the eyes, but have you ever stopped to consider who was homeless.
Tom Barnett, Director of Fairfax County Office to Prevent and End Homelessness looks beyond the apparent, into housing policies, procedures, and practices.
The office to Prevent and End Homelessness, part of Fairfax County’s Department of Housing and Community Development, manages and coordinates services to help people experiencing homelessness regain housing stability, including street outreach, emergency shelters, hypothermia prevention, and supportive housing. The agency also serves as the lead for the Continuum of Care and collaborates with other county agencies, nonprofits, faith and business communities, and those with lived experience of homelessness to achieve the vision that every person in the community can access and maintain safe and affordable housing.
Take a listen below and learn.
According to one estimate, nearly 570,000 people nationwide were homeless on a night in 2019.
It is estimated that over 3,000 people sleep outside every night in Seattle.
By Associated Press, Wire Service Content April 10, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.
Man Sentenced 4 Years for Poisoning 8 California Homeless People, By Associated Press, Wire Service Content April 9, 2021, at 9:48 p.m.
No Address, No ID, and Struggling to Get Their Stimulus Checks.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It is easy to walk past the homeless, to disregard the guy lying on the street, or ignore the woman standing at an intersection holding a handwritten sign with a plea for help.
It’s harder to look away when you’ve seen their eyes.
Look past lines drawn by hard living or the still-soft skin of someone young but struggling to break the cycle of dependency or abuse.
Their eyes hint at lost promise or offer a glimmer of hope. Some are haunting, some placid. Others troubled or masking troubles. Some are warm and tender, others tough and anxious.
Have YOU ever looked into the eyes of someone who is homeless? Maybe not the eyes, but have you ever stopped to consider who was homeless.
Tom Barnett, Director of Fairfax County Office to Prevent and End Homelessness looks beyond the apparent, into housing policies, procedures, and practices.
The office to Prevent and End Homelessness, part of Fairfax County’s Department of Housing and Community Development, manages and coordinates services to help people experiencing homelessness regain housing stability, including street outreach, emergency shelters, hypothermia prevention, and supportive housing. The agency also serves as the lead for the Continuum of Care and collaborates with other county agencies, nonprofits, faith and business communities, and those with lived experience of homelessness to achieve the vision that every person in the community can access and maintain safe and affordable housing.
Take a listen below and learn.
This month Frankly Speaking is focusing once again on phenomenal women and how we embrace and manage our universal experiences, our rainbows and clouds, and our courage and resolve.
We are a journey, not a destination, a process, not an event. Even when we are still, we are motion, loving, serving, nurturing, encouraging, and empowering. We are love and love does. But sometimes, sometimes we get stuck between our no longer the familiar, the habits and our not yet, who we were created to be, and we may ask the question: “Am I enough?”
By the way, the right answer is a resounding YES!
In order for a woman to realize that she is more than a mother, more than a wife, more than what she earns, or what she does to earn a living, she must know her own worth. It means she must test herself and her limits. A woman must learn to describe herself and establish her own expectations for herself. A woman must encourage herself. She must support and nurture herself. She must be willing to be disliked. She must be willing to violate the descriptions and confines placed on her.
This week's conversation provides an example of one woman who has figured out how to walk in her worthiness as wife, mother of three very busy girls, four pets, and managing physician of her neonatology practice.
Her story feels comfortable and joy filled in the telling and yet reality informs us there must be challenges. Yet she has found a healthy way to separate her circumstances from who she is. Listen and be inspired. It feels like you are having coffee with a friend.
This month Frankly Speaking is focusing once again on phenomenal women and how we embrace and manage our universal experiences, our rainbows and clouds, and our courage and resolve.
We are a journey, not a destination, a process, not an event. Even when we are still, we are motion, loving, serving, nurturing, encouraging, and empowering. We are love and love does. But sometimes, sometimes we get stuck between our no longer the familiar, the habits and our not yet, who we were created to be, and we may ask the question: “Am I enough?”
By the way, the right answer is a resounding YES!
In order for a woman to realize that she is more than a mother, more than a wife, more than what she earns, or what she does to earn a living, she must know her own worth. It means she must test herself and her limits. A woman must learn to describe herself and establish her own expectations for herself. A woman must encourage herself. She must support and nurture herself. She must be willing to be disliked. She must be willing to violate the descriptions and confines placed on her.
This week's conversation provides an example of one woman who has figured out how to walk in her worthiness as wife, mother of three very busy girls, four pets, and managing physician of her neonatology practice.
Her story feels comfortable and joy filled in the telling and yet reality informs us there must be challenges. Yet she has found a healthy way to separate her circumstances from who she is. Listen and be inspired. It feels like you are having coffee with a friend.
I want to open the door to a common thought space with some quotes from people who have walked into dark places and come up with dark solutions or who have loved others who have done so. I don’t know anyone who wakes up and say, “I want to be a criminal, I want to be homeless, or I want to be an addict. And yet sometimes the unlikely happens…
Anonymous from Birmingham Alabama says:
“I'm a good person. I'm a contributing member of society. I'm educated. I have a good job, make good money, have wonderful relationships with my loved ones. I'm so completely average. The only thing that sets me apart from that other young business professional that seems to have it all is that I'm addicted to opiates. And the problem is that I tell myself every day it's not a problem because I am able to carry my life on in a normal way...
I'm not a typical addict. I don't steal, lie to borrow money, I don't manipulate people, I don't engage in promiscuous activity...since it's not ruining my life in the way of major money, legal, or relationship issues I tell myself that it's not ruining my life. I'm delusional.”
Britany from Takoma says:
“I wish that people understood that heroin/opioid addiction has no face. It spares no soul, and once it has you in its tight grips, you'll spend your life fighting out of its hell hole. Opiate withdrawal relieves you of all morale and ethical codes you thought you once lived by and transforms you into a hollow shell of the human spirit you were born with. This drug was beyond a shadow of a doubt the scariest most difficult drug I've ever had to quit.”
Margie who lost her son in 2010, when he was 22
While I am a mother who lost her son to an opioid overdose, it does not define me, or my family. My son still matters, even though most people cannot bring themselves to even say his name, or recall his memory. I am forever missing my son, Mitchell, and he is my inspiration to wake up and live, every single day.
We are survivors of one of the worst wars in America. We cry every day. We cry for those that will die today, tomorrow, next week, next month and on and on. We cry for their families, and with their families. We are losing beautiful, creative, and loving people, every 19 minutes, and over 120 people a day. It seems like no one cares, that there is no outrage. This is a silent killer, and not enough noise is being made about this modern-day scourge in America.
That they never intended for this to happen to them. That they wish they never would have started. They feel pretty bad about themselves already without judgment from everyone else. They were still good, caring people. Addiction just completely overtook them. Walk into the Fairfax County Virginia opioid crisis with our guide, Lucy Caldwell, Former Fairfax County Poice Spokesperson and current Director of Communications at Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board.
Take a listen. Learn things. Share.
Meet Patrick.
"Patrick has autism and an intellectual disability. Until 2008, Patrick lived with his biological mother in Texas. She worked hard to ensure that Patrick had every opportunity to achieve his fullest potential. She socialized Patrick, taught him manners, and gave him basic skills. Sadly, after so many years of her life dedicated to the care and growth of her son, Patrick's mother was tragically killed in an automobile accident. Patrick's grandparents brought him to West Virginia following their daughter's untimely death. While they were in good health, they were elderly and began looking for housing and care options that would be in Patrick's best interest. His aunt became his legal guardian and the entire family came together to make sure he had a safe and happy place to live with caregivers who were specially trained to care for him based on his disability"1
This story is not always the case. Intellectual disability affects about 1% of the population, and of those, about 85% have a mild intellectual disability. Males are more likely than females to be diagnosed with intellectual disability. Our guest this evening is professionally, and emotionally dedicated to improving the quality of life for this population.
Listen, learn, and share.
https://sfcp.cedwvu.org/personal-stories/
Meet Patrick.
"Patrick has autism and an intellectual disability. Until 2008, Patrick lived with his biological mother in Texas. She worked hard to ensure that Patrick had every opportunity to achieve his fullest potential. She socialized Patrick, taught him manners, and gave him basic skills. Sadly, after so many years of her life dedicated to the care and growth of her son, Patrick's mother was tragically killed in an automobile accident. Patrick's grandparents brought him to West Virginia following their daughter's untimely death. While they were in good health, they were elderly and began looking for housing and care options that would be in Patrick's best interest. His aunt became his legal guardian and the entire family came together to make sure he had a safe and happy place to live with caregivers who were specially trained to care for him based on his disability"1
This story is not always the case. Intellectual disability affects about 1% of the population, and of those, about 85% have a mild intellectual disability. Males are more likely than females to be diagnosed with intellectual disability. Our guest this evening is professionally, and emotionally dedicated to improving the quality of life for this population.
Listen, learn, and share.
https://sfcp.cedwvu.org/personal-stories/
From an outsider’s perspective, it looked like “Santiago” was simply a rebellious kid. At Second Story for Teens in Crisis, however, counselors worked on getting to know him and learning why he was acting out. He opened up and the counselors were there for him, helping him rewrite the narrative for his future.
When Timothy began attending Second Story's Safe Youth Project he was struggling in school. The program coordinator worked to tutor him in the subjects he found especially challenging, and at the end of the school year he won an award for his hard work and progress!
When Marley was kicked out of her home she was almost relieved -- it was her escape from years of abuse. She quickly faced new challenges on her own, though: poverty, anxiety, and homelessness. Now, Marley is a high school graduate. Learn how Second Story helped her get there.
When “Robert” graduated from Second Story for Homeless Youth he felt grateful for the counseling, guidance and help to find a stable place to live. But something stood out even more: he was grateful to know that Second Story staff believed in him, something he hadn’t felt before from the people in his life.
Second Story transforms the lives of children, youth and their families by providing safe havens and opportunities for them to grow and thrive. Second Story transforms the lives of children and youth, helping them stay safe, make positive decisions, achieve educational success, and overcome personal crises.
My guest, Abigail Brougher, Second Story Communications Director, shares the power of Second Story through a podcast with one of the many success stories. Stay close and be inspired.
Radio Guest Asa Nero
" Service is about you. Service is about giving what you have to offer without expecting recognition or reward. It is about doing what needs to be done. It means giving 100 percent of your attention to what you are doing as long as you are able to do it without causing yourself harm. Give what you have to offer without expectation. Give with love. Give in Joy. More you cannot do. Less you must not do if it is your intention to be of service." some words borrowed from life coach Iyanla Vanzant.
Listen to how Gen Z's brother and sister, Asa and Naomi Nero, are actualizing their version of service by saying "YES" to the power within them. You will be amazed and also understand they are the harvest of a faith-fill family who planted them in love.
Asa and Naomi are not new to the Frankly Speaking table. I have followed them since high school. Their gift during this visit was to be their own producers.
And so they did. It was marvelous! Enjoy and share.
Radio Guest Naomi Nero
Iylanla Vanzant says in her, Until today, published in 2000, " When you are the light, you cannot complain about the darkness. The only thing you can do is shine. You must shine brightly in everything you do, and everywhere you go. That is your job. When you are light, you must realize that without the darkness, you would have no meaning.
Until today you may have believed that the light must come to you. You may have complained about the darkness around you and how it seems that you are the only one trying to make the darkness brighter. Just for today, be devoted to being the light. Give of yourself without the expectation of receiving light or recognition or rewards in return."
Meet my young guest, Ms. Lauren Pittman, who is devoted to shining her light without complaining about the darkness.
Be inspired; I was. Share.
No one told her she couldn't, so she lives in a world of possibilities. Student extraordinaire, musician, dancer, competitive athlete, and faith-based servant leader, Gen Z Naomi Nero decided to become a game-changer. Using her Master’s Honor thesis as her launch pad, she leaves the University of Chicago to continue her research in a five-year Doctorate Program at Georgetown University in Northern Virginia.
In this episode, Naomi unpacks her thesis Title: Psychopathy, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Violent Crime in Male and Female Inmates. Naomi helps us understand the impact of not considering gender differences when designing criminal justice rehabilitation programs.
Fueled by family and faith, one feels she believes she cannot fail. Naomi possesses that quality that is not earned or purchased, yet its value is irreplaceable…wonder. Listen to the end and be treated to one of her other gifts.
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Be inspired.
"An entrepreneur herself and leading expert on people 50 years and older, Kerry Hannon draws powerful lessons from the mid-life entrepreneurs she profiles. Her enthusiasm about the opportunities is inspiring, her cautions are practical and refreshing, and her insights into later life entrepreneurship ars spot-on. I love this book." -Chris Farrell, author of Purpose and Paycheck.
Beyond being a nationally recognized expert and strategist on career transitions, personal finance, and retirement, I enjoyed learning about Kerry's family and life experiences that helped to inform the WHO and WHY she is today. Horses play an exciting role. Listen, get more innovative, and be inspired.
Legacy is about life and living. It's about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future. A legacy may take many forms – children, grandchildren, a business, an idea, a book, a community, a home, some piece of ourselves. Our legacy naturally intrigues us. It's perfectly understandable that we would want to know how the world will remember us after we're gone. How many of us will be surprised? How many of us are living our lives so that our legacy reflects all that we truly hold most near and dear? How many of us are living with integrity and courage?
Leaving a legacy is a human need. It is in part selfish – we want to feel immortal. The idea of leaving something behind that will "live forever" is appealing. We also want to feel like we matter in the vast sea of humanity. By connecting with those at the beginning of their lives, we do complete a full circle in life's journey and leave some of our "selves" – our experiences, ideas, values, and personal example – in the minds and hearts of others. But leaving a legacy also has an altruistic component. If we don't leave a positive legacy, what kind of society are we building? What kind of world are we leaving behind? What are we passing on to our children and grandchildren?
The world isn't connected by molecules. It's connected by stories, traditions, memories, hopes, and dreams. We are connected by the legacies passed down from those who came before us and the legacies we pass down to those who come after us.
Be inspired by my guest, poet, artist, educator, and creator of The Urban Legend Series, Mr. Paris White. His gifts will make your heart will smile.
Life coach Iyanla Vanzant says in her 2000 book Until Today, "Listen Carefully as if someone were whispering into your soul. There is something you must know. It is very important, no, it is imperative that you receive these words into the deepest core of your being. These words are essential to your very existence. They will feed, nurture, and nourish you. They will support, assist, and guide you. When all else fails, these words will give you the strength and courage you need to weather the storm and walk through the fire. These are simple words, yet they are very powerful. If you can accept them in the spirit in which they are given, you will be blessed. Receive these words --LIFE LOVES YOU!
Life loves you enough to live like you, to breathe through you, to express itself through you. Life loves you so much, it does everything in its power to stay in you, to be with you, and allow you to depend on it. Life is, at this very moment, totally and absolutely in love with you! Life wants to look like you, and live as you because it respects and honors all that you are.
When life sees you coming, it gets excited It can hardly contain itself! Life is ready to fill you up, spill over through you and experience the best it has to offer you, as you are. If you were to ask life what it is about you that makes you so loveable, the answer would be simple. You are alive! That is all it takes to make you love, loving, and loveable. Now, isn’t it good to know that you are loved?"
Be inspired by Ms. Linda Mann, my guest tonight, a retired nurse, current artist extraordinaire, and resilience influencer. Your heart will smile.
"Little girls learn a lot from the women they grow up around, whether they are related or not. Older women are like midwives who assist in the birth of a young woman's consciousness. It is not just what they do. It's who they are and how they demonstrate who they are that provides young women with "womanhood training." Young women and girls learn about themselves and what it means to be a woman by watching older women in their lives. They watch how and what (and if) they cook. They care what they wear, how they carry themselves, and how they treat each other.
Whether they realize it or not, whether they intend to or not, older women, the "womanhood midwives," teach younger women what to expect from life. Some things are taught overtly, but the most important lessons are taught covertly. The words and actions of older women lead younger women to expect life to be peaceful or stressful, complicated or uncomplicated, honorable or dishonorable. Only a woman can teach another woman what it means to be a woman."[1]
Today, in Washington D.C., motivated, successful women are reaching out to inspire the next generation through a mentoring organization called the High Tea Society. Director, Mariessa Terrell, Esq, shares the power of the village as a change agent of positivity by providing love, positive attitudes, and alternatives to those living at risk.
BE INSPIRED!
1] Iyanla Vanzant, Yesterday I Cried (Simon &Schuster, New York 1999), 88
WHAT IF your family has fallen out of balance as you were navigating life and crisis was your new rhythm? WHAT IF you and your family are experiencing food insecurity or a lack of clothing and shelter? WHAT IF you are an expectant mother considering adoption for your baby and need both medical care and guidance in the decision-making process and placement? WHAT IF you are a New American or a refugee in need of assistance to learn English, apply for citizenship, or housing?
WHERE CAN YOU GO? WHAT CAN YOU DO?
The Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington (CCDA), a non-profit social service agency, exists in perpetual response mode, serving the poor, the lonely, and the vulnerable in 21 counties in Northern Virginia. They continually transform in a positive way the lives they serve.
Join in my conversation with President and Chief Operating Officer, Stephen Carattini to be inspired, and learn things.
Per the U.S. Bureau of Census, 1300 new stepfamilies are formed each day. Forty percent of families in the U.S. are blended with at least one partner having a child from a previous relationship before marriage. The number of kids living in blended families has been stable for nearly thirty years. Children of Hispanic, Black, and white backgrounds are equally likely to live in this type of family. A little over a generation.
You will increase your chances of successfully bonding with your new stepchildren by thinking about what they need. Age, gender, and personality are not irrelevant, but all children have some basic needs and want that once met, can help you establish a rewarding new relationship.
My guest at the Frankly Speaking table today is, like all of you, a phenomenal woman. She is like many of you a wife, a mother, entrepreneur, coach, inspirational speaker, and author. She is raising two young authors who recently had their first book signing at Barnes and Nobles. She has abundant faith, a can-do attitude, and a commitment to service. She will walk us into a space that Frankly Speaking has not intentionally explored as a topic before.
Take a listen, learn things, and be inspired.
I don’t know if you have noticed in the past few years how many podcasts, self-help books, and talk shows have focused on surviving uncertainty, unrest, feelings of powerlessness, and sustaining and maintaining relationships.
The term self-care has increased its presence in our vernacular, rustling its importance, but only present in authentic conversations and relationships. According to Google Trends, the number of searches for “self-care” has doubled since 2015.
The World Health Organization says that self-care is being mindful of your own needs, so you are better able to support the people you care about. When you take care of yourself and are not stressed, you are better able to meet the needs of others.
Seems simple enough right? Well not so much. You need to be intentional to be successful.
I recently stumbled upon one of the most refreshing, authentic, and vulnerable podcast conversations about self-care with a generational twist.
And you know I had to share!
Sit back, listen, learn, and be inspired.
Join a conversation about self-care as viewed through the lens of millennials. It is a rebroadcast of NPR’s On Being with Krista Tippett, featuring Writer and Teacher Alex Elle. I love the reflections of how self-care can be dressed in personal vulnerability yet accessorized by a servant’s heart to serve others.
Tell me what you think. Tyra@tyragarlington.com
There is a saying I read somewhere that stated, "if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together." This journey called life seems necessarily codependent.
What if you believed the most outstanding service you could offer in life is to be a light on the path? Your affirmation might say,
"Today, I am devoted to shining the light of compassionate support and service on those who may be in need."
Since 1947, when it first opened its doors as an adoption and children's service agency, Catholic Charities has served the needs of the vulnerable, regardless of their faith, on behalf of the Catholic Church in the northern part of Virginia.
I welcome to the table Mr. Ron Riggins, Chairman of the Board of Catholic Charities, with an extraordinary servant's heart to first add his personal story to the Frankly Speaking Human Library and then excite us with the "why" and the core values that embody and empower Catholic Charoites of Arlington. Hear how they serve and transform men, women, and their families, who come for assistance.
Listen and be surprised, inspired, and perhaps get involved.
The ideas that many parents want their children to embrace - ideas such as cooperation, kindness, or honesty - may be the most challenging concepts for parents to get across. In a flicker, youngsters spot a lecture coming and are quick to mentally retreat, leaving behind a black expression that nearly every parent recognizes with a sigh.
Fortunately, "in their own back yard," parents already have a strategy that is fully capable of effectively delivering these messages to ready and open ears. I invite you to rediscover a secret weapon that you have always had - and youngsters have always responded to - the Story.
An Ancient Treasure.”[1]
Remember being a child? Everything was alive. Everything had a heart and soul and books had pictures.
Each and every adult is a former eight-year-old, wide open with yearning and possibility; understanding exactly how troubled the adults around you are, even if they think they are hiding it from you; almost unbearably alert to the world’s wonders and its dangers all at once. And that’s the reason you should listen to this conversation with Kate DiCamillo, even if you’ve never heard of her bounty of books beloved by teachers, parents, and former children who’ve grown up reading her. [1]
Take a listen, remember, and be inspired.
[1] https://onbeing.org/programs/kate-dicamillo-for-the-eight-year-old-in-you/
[1] https://storiestogrowby.org/the-power-of-storytelling-stories-hold-magic-and-values-for-dren/
Women's History Month is celebrating veterans and active-duty military who keep us and have kept us out of constant harm’s way, often at great costs. Considering this is the year after the 101st year anniversary of WWI, we are reminded that war is a part of human history. My goal is to share diverse war stories across the spectrum of age, gender, and race to include family impact and cultural legacies.
The Vietnam war was my coming-of-age war. I became immersed in and confused by the concurrent war at home, about the necessity of US involvement, while at the same time grieving over school friends who paid the ultimate price.
There were so many bold and untold stories. Today’s story although, history is her story. We will hear women who decided to make history instead of reading about it. The Voices of Women in Vietnam is a replay of a weekly National Public Radio show called With Good Reason.
When I first heard this show, it was such a heart tug I knew I had to share. It includes in their own voices, stories from wives, widows, nurses, librarians who took off their white lace gloves and struggled culturally, socially, intellectually, and physically to build a foundation for our continued gender-based struggles today.
So, brew a cup of tea, get comfortable and click below. This show is dedicated to all women, your children, and your children’s children.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, then and now.
We begin Women’s History and Appreciation Month celebrating phenomenal women who walk into this space through many doors. They willingly share their stories authentically and often vulnerably in order to pay forward what they have learned and to celebrate each other. Thank you, ladies!
Irish author C.S. Lewis says,
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You Too? I thought I was the only one.”
As a result of the women who have agreed to join me at the table, many friendships, although virtual will be forged.
Author and life coach Iyanla Vanzant says, “Life will accommodate you in any way that you choose. Life is always listening to the silent requests of your heart and mind. Life is always surveying the landscape of your heart, gathering the bits and pieces of the emotions buried there. Life is always monitoring the activity of your tongue, checking for ruins and sacred elements. Life knows that your mind, heart, and mouth will produce the requests of your consciousness even when you are most aware of it.
Until today, you may not have realized that life is answering your requests. You may not have believed that you have the power and the right to ask life for more than you already have right now. Just for today, be devoted to creating a life of positive, joyful requests. Create them first in your mind. Next create them in your heart. Then speak to them into existence. Be sure to remember what you have created. If it does not show up, check your counter requests.
Repeat after me, Today I am devoted to creating and requesting what I truly desire to experience in life."
I met today’s guests a few years ago, each on a separate occasion where their stories were shared, inspired, and begged for more.
Please welcome Ms. Kari Galloway and Ms. Helenia Bragg to the Frankly Speaking table. Their stories embody lessons not taught in school and affirm the belief that what happens to you is not who you are.
Click below and be inspired.
Women’s History Month in the United States grew out of a weeklong celebration of women’s contributions to culture, history, and the society organized by the school district of Sonoma, California, in 1978. Presentations were given at dozens of schools, hundreds of students participated in a “Real Woman” essay contest and a parade was held in downtown Santa Rosa.
Did you know? To coincide with Women's History Month 2011, the White House issued a 50-year progress report on the status of women in the United States. It found that younger women are now more likely than their male counterparts to hold a college degree and that the number of men and women in the labor force has nearly equalized.
A few years later, the idea had caught on within communities, school districts, and organizations across the country. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first presidential proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as National Women’s History Week. The U.S. Congress followed suit the next year, passing a resolution establishing a national celebration. Six years later, the National Women’s History Project successfully petitioned Congress to expand the event to the entire month of March.[1]
“The 19th Amendment had first been introduced in Congress in 1871. But Congress's unwillingness to pass it meant women could only vote in states that had passed woman’s suffrage laws. By 1919 that had come to include 27 states, but not New Hampshire. Granite state women would have to wait for the state of Tennessee to become the 36th state to pass the 19th Amendment before they could vote for President in 1920.”[1]And there is so much more to do!
Join me in a fascinating, energizing, educational, and empowering discussion about how African American women participated in the battle to the ballot box for all women. Enjoy a personal preamble tribute to the “Notorious” Ruth Bader Ginsburg including some in her own voice.
[1] https://www.nhhumanities.org/news/unfinished-business-right-vote-and-19th-amendment
{!} [1] https://www.history.com/topics/women'holidays
My question: What took us so long? Click below and get an idea/
First Corinthians 13: 4-8 says “Love is patient and kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. ... Love never ends”.
Wikipedia says, "Love is considered to be a positive and negative: with its virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection, as "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another"; and its vice representing human moral flaw, akin to vanity, selfishness, and egotism,
Author Glennon Doyle Melton expresses love as a message from God, and I quote:
“When you were born, I put a piece of me in you. Like an indestructible, brilliant diamond. I placed a part of me inside of you. It is love. Love is perfect, and it is untouchable. No one can take it. It is the deepest, purest part of you, that part that will someday return to me. You are Love. You cannot be tarnished by anything you’ve done or that has been done to you. Everyone carries this piece of me, and I am a part of you, and you are a part of each other. The essence of each of you is LOVE.
Congressman John Lewis speaks of love in action. Take a listen and be blessed.
The mission of the Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron is to educate people of all ages about the Tuskegee Airmen so their strength of character and ability to triumph over adversity may serve as a means to inspire others to rise above obstacles in their own lives and achieve their goals. Woven throughout their outreach program, the group's Six Guiding Principles – Aim High, Believe In Yourself, Use Your Brain, Be Ready To Go, Never Quit and Expect to Win – were developed alongside documented original Tuskegee Airmen to inspire students to rise above their own obstacles.
PRESS RELEASE – "Minneapolis, Minn. – October 13, 2016 – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron, America’s tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, today announced that Bill Shepard has been promoted to Squadron Leader. Shepard has been an outstanding volunteer and advocate for the organization since 2009, piloting the Squadron’s P-51C Mustang around the country and speaking to thousands about the importance of the history and legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen."
A wonderful walk back into history with a Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron pilot committed to keeping the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen of WWII alive.
So, come fly with me... it's an awesome journey!
Did you know?
The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909, the centennial anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln?
In the decades that followed, mayors of cities across the country began issuing yearly proclamations recognizing Negro History Week. By the late 1960s, thanks in part to the civil rights movement and a growing awareness of black identity, Negro History Week had evolved into Black History Month on many college campuses.
President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, calling upon the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”
Each year beginning on February 1, an entire month of events are planned nationwide honoring the contributions of African Americans.
Beginning in the early 20th century, a growing number of black industrial leaders and black entrepreneurs emerged as their families relocated from farms to cities, and from the South to the more industrialized Northeast and Midwest.
Along with the emergence of new music genres -- like ragtime, blues, and jazz --, the Harlem Renaissance in New York City also signaled a blossoming of the visual and literary arts. The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s.
The Movement also included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States affected by the African-American Great Migration, of which Harlem was the largest. The Harlem Renaissance was considered to be a rebirth of African-American arts.[ Though it was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, many black writers from African and Caribbean colonies who lived in Paris were also influenced by the Harlem Renaissance.
Well into the century, blacks continued to break the color barrier in sports, business, and politics and have recently challenged the traditional bastions of wealth and power at the local, state, and national levels.
This week FRANKLY SPEAKING is celebrating a kaleidoscope of African Americans who have made and are making deposits into our rich history.
Click below and be inspired.
Life will accommodate you in any way that you choose. Life is always listening to the silent requests of your heart and mind. Life is always surveying the landscape of your heart, gathering the bits and pieces of the emotions buried there. Life can be an open book through which you can learn about great mysteries and wonders. Or life can be a mysterious and frightening pit through which you fear to tread. Or life can be a basket into which you can place your treasures, in which you carry abundant blessings.
Until today, you may not have realized that life is answering your requests. You may not have believed that you have the power and the right to ask life for more than you already have right now. Just for today, be devoted to creating a life of positive, joyful requests. Create them first in your mind. Next, create them in your heart. Then speak to them into existence. Be sure to remember what you have created.
Be inspired by the creative, strategic, positive, and hopeful journey of Cape Cod entrepreneur Sandy Wycoff as she takes us along on her journey to discovering her why and living her worth. Her belief is that change is necessary and she shares lessons learned as a daughter, sister, theatre major, teacher, wife, mother, and successful entrepreneur.
It's a fun ride. Take a listen.
JAIL is event-driven, choice involved, power stripping, and a visible shift.
However, inside each inmate's jail cell is the power of transformation. Transformation is process-driven, choice involved, and resides internally.
Opportunities, Alternatives & Resources (OAR) is missioned to rebuild lives and create a safer community with options, alternatives, and resources for justice-involved individuals and their families.
OAR is a local non-profit restorative justice organization providing human services since 1971. Its history has its roots in the highest principles of human rights and the most practical applications of a community's enlightened self-interest and citizen action. Its origins can be traced to a 1968 prison strike at the State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia. Several local churches convened a conference on Churches and the Correctional System in response. Following that effort, Jay Worrall, Jr. founded the OAR movement, which stood for Offender Aid and Restoration. His vision of citizen visitors helping jail inmates formed the original premise for the creation of OAR organizations around the country.
My conversation with Brandon Cosby, Director of Development at OAR, is story-rich, informative, and hopeful. He answers questions you may not have known to ask about this space and its residents.
You will want to know more.
Here in the United States, we began to see evidence of the unprecedented challenge to our health care systems and economy and wonder if our democracy would be strong enough to withstand the attacks on our constitution.
Globally our world has been challenged in a way it had not been for over 100 years. An invisible enemy has invaded our privacy, routines, expectations, and hopes. Some of you, like me, have felt mental and emotional uncertainty and unrest. Everything that could be shaken is now shaking, where noise, angry noise, drowns laughter and love.
And yet, a look behind this external emotionally challenging landscape, perhaps peeking through the changing of seasons, lives for some an internal emotional, steady effort to maintain and sustain their lives with a part of them missing. A child.
The courageous conversation we are sharing today demands that you listen with your heart and spirit. It is not designed to entertain; however, it will hopefully educate, empower, and encourage you to know that your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Be inspired by the authenticity of the David Owens family from Chatham, Massachusetts, as they share their story of loss, grief, and hope.
To create our common thought space for this show, I ask one of my favorite questions, “What if?” Those two words are pregnant with possibilities. So, what if you believed the most outstanding service you could offer in life is to be a light on the path?
What if your life becomes a shining symbol for others. What if you let everything you do be of service to someone. What if you stand tall in the knowledge of who you are. What if you stand proudly during tough times.
Your affirmation might say, “Today, I am devoted to shining the light of compassionate support and service on those who may be in need.”
Joining us at the table is a charming, articulate, and selfless young woman who exists to serve, protect, and empower others in need. Please meet Ms. Ambreen Rizvi, CEO and Founder of Brigade of Mercy…Compassion Without Borders and so much more.
Listen, and be inspired.
What’s so special about celebrating the New Year?
"Why does the start of the new year carry such special symbolism? And why is its celebration so common around the world, as it has been for at least as long as there have been calendars? Behavior this universal must surely be tied to something basic in the human animal, something profoundly meaningful and important, given all the energy and resources we invest not just in the celebration but also in our efforts to make good on a fresh set of resolutions, even though we mostly fail to keep them.
It’s fascinating to realize that the special ways that people note this unique passage of one day into the next are probably all manifestations of the human animal’s fundamental imperative for survival. "[1]
So, how have survival issues recently forced their way into our hearts, our minds, our spirits? How are we managing?
Join Tyra G and explore some personal survival tips and techniques.
[1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-risky-is-it-really/201312/why-we-really-celebrate-new-years-day
A 2018 blog written by musicians who declare they believe in music says,
“Music is simply a very special language that everyone understands. There is no feeling that cannot be described and transported through music. It preserves memories for eternity, turns dreams into reality. It caresses the soul or screams unmistakably. Music conquers fear, dries tears, gives courage and strength. It is the safe and expressive home of our emotions – with all facets between joy and pain, irrepressible lust for life, and thoughtfulness.
Music can turn enemies into friends and cross borders. It can ensure that the injustices of this world are heard and seen and unite generations, nations, and cultures in an incomparable way. It can raise its voice, put its finger directly into the wound of grievances and take people into its protective arms.
Feel these words come alive as my guest, vocalist Mr. Everett Green, and the Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra provide a special soundtrack of the season. Be inspired!
Author Kahlil Gibran in his 1962 book The Prophet says,
"And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. And he said: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness. For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable." Be invited in and enjoy the multidimensional, contemporary, loving, and joyful conversation between a father and daughter. Mr. Jay Little and teenage daughter Gia, reflect on the joy, uncertainty, unrest, and hopefulness facing young people today. Listen beyond their words and be inspired.
Author and coach Iyanla Vanzant, in her 2000 book, Until Today, suggests,
"If you are waiting for something to happen that will make you happy, you are killing off your joy. Joy comes through you. Happiness comes to you. If you seek your joy within, you will be happy, no matter what happens. It is easy to believe in more than what you can see when you know you will be protected, guided, and blessed. If you only believe what you can see around you, you may miss the blessings right under your nose. If you have and hold love in your heart, you will always know what to do and what to say. If you measure out how much love to give, you will undoubtedly meet people and situations who have a reflective measure of love for you. Nothing can happen for you in the outside world until you create the energy to attract it to and through your inside world."
Join Deb Beroset at the Frankly Speaking table as she reveals her recipe for Tapping into Joy! Deb's "cosmic" job description includes helping others reconnect with that vibrant, magical essence of themselves and get it fully expressed in life. She is the Founder and CEO of MOXIE CREATIVE & CONSULTING, INC.
Take a listen and be inspired.
Susan Taylor, Essence Magazine Editor-in-Chief said in her 1993 book, In the Spirit:
"There is a wisdom that is as much a part of our being as our flesh and blood and bones. Intuition, the deepest knowing. It is alive in us as children as simple faith in our feelings. But as we grow up and the outer world begins to matter more, the channel to intuition narrows. Western culture stifles intuition, dismissing what can’t be explained logically and scientifically, and discouraging reflection and feeling. It offers no real answers to how life should be lived. But life is more than the physical, biological, and mechanical---more than what we can see and prove.
Intuition is a higher form of mind than rational thinking. It’s the synthesis of the heart, mind, and soul working to expand awareness and understanding, Intuition is the wisdom of the spirit within us, coaxing us to be fair, to do the right thing to embrace change as a natural and essential part of life. Intuition is the voice within that is forever pressing us to stretch ourselves, to take risks, to keep loving and giving birth to a new self.
Trusting the inner voice is a particular struggle for women".
Jaleh Moslehi, Chairperson of the Board, for The Center for Improving Women's Lives (CIWL), engages us in an intuitive, inspirational, and educational conversation about how CIWL has become a lighthouse for women embodied in this struggle.
Click below and learn things.
My thoughts are agitated when I look at our nation today, the one for which we are leaving a legacy. What will it look like?
I think of the young girl in middle school who wants so much to escape the personal assaults she finds on social media. I think of the young man addicted to violent video games. I think of parents who see their child as lazy and distant; not understanding those behaviors could be a sign of depression. I think of the teacher who has so many children in her classroom that she cannot adequately address their multiple intelligences.
Then I think what if you could positively impact and improve the quality of life of some disenfranchised young person and delete the negative stories they are telling themselves? What would you do?
Many guests at the Frankly Speaking Table have shared their expertise, commitment, and compassion to and for young people who have been left behind, leftover, or left out. However, this week my guest looks at this tender space through the lens of a developmental psychologist, an innovative, mission-focused, and solutions-oriented leader and who brings experience designing and strengthening child, youth, and family-focused initiatives.
Be surprised as Dr. Suzanne Le Menestrel reveals what and how current behavioral and psychological research describes the challenges our next generation faces today. Of particular interest is how she highlights bullying myths.
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Ever stop to think about the lighthouses in your life? You know the ones… folks who especially encouraged you to keep on going when you had decided to stop; who gave when you couldn’t ask, who dried the track of your tears… and who said, “Yes you can!” They have magical timing…some stay for a season, or some stay many seasons. Some live in a surprising comment they left behind. Memories of them are tattooed on your heart. And sometimes, that memory of them feels like a do-over of their impact on your life. They planted seeds for you to harvest immediately or later in your life.
Be that someone. Be a lighthouse. Let your life be a shining symbol for others. Let everything you do be of service to someone. Stand tall in the knowledge of who you are. Stand proudly during tough times. Be aware that who you are and what you must offer can be a beacon to some lost soul.
Rene Gorman and Michelle Galliano are my guest today and serve as a lighthouse to young girls by committing to the message in the name of their organization, She Believes in Me.
Be inspired.
So, what if you believed the greatest service you could offer in life is to be a light on the path?
Samaritan House fosters personal safety, growth, and self-sufficiency in adults and their children through freedom from sexual and domestic violence, human trafficking, and homelessness. Since 1984, Samaritan House has provided emergency and permanent housing, support services, and community outreach to victims of violence and homeless families in the Hampton Roads region.
Clients receive support through case management, counseling, victim advocacy, nutrition assistance, transportation, access to medical care, and vocational training. Our children’s program works with youth to establish healthy relationships, build self-confidence and break the cycles of violence. 65% of the clients we serve are children.
Be inspired by the stories included in this courageous conversation with Courtney Pierce, Samaritan House Anti-Trafficking Outreach and Service Coordinator.
Brene Brown defines a leader as someone who “takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who dares to develop that potential.”
She invites leadership to dare to be brave leaders by leading with wholehearted leadership and self-awareness by embracing vulnerability and courage cultures. (Oct 30, 2018)
To build courage in teams and organizations, daring leaders must cultivate a culture in which brave work, tough conversations, and whole hearts exist. In other words, courage is how leaders behave and show up in difficult situations, which ultimately strengthens care and connection between leaders and their team members.[1]
Sustainable leadership is when leaders of organizations (often CEOs) manage with the environment, society, and long-term sustainable development goals in mind. Oftentimes, it’s referred to as PPP, or the triple bottom line: people, planet, profit.
Without a shift in the mindset of leaders, social and environmental responsibility is hard to enforce. Through sustainable leadership, the changes necessary for creating a better world with equality for all are much more likely to occur.[2]
Our conversation today is with leadership Training specialist Jay Little, who shares his leadership views that incorporate the needs of those who are being led and those leading. Listen and consider.
[1] https://risepeople.com/blog/daring-leadership-in-the-workplace/
[2] https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/0-reasons-the-world-needs-sustainable-leadership/
This week we visit the land of Generation Z also known as iGen, also known as Centennials, also known as Nexters featuring Aiden Hayes, Paige Jackson, and Michelle Jackson.
This conversation expands our appreciation of who young people are becoming as a result of the stories they have been told and the ones they are telling themselves. We listen to how stories impact their behavior, their thoughts, and their dreams,
DJ KHALED, music industry megaproducer and recording artist reminds Gen Z as well as all of us in his book The Keys, and I quote:
“We the Best" means exactly what it says. I didn’t say I’m the best. That’s an important distinction; I said we. That means me, Fan Luv, my team, and everybody who’s got love and positive energy. Let me ask you this: If somebody came up to you and asked, “Are you, the beat writer, chef, producer, director? What would you say? If you don’t declare that you’re the best, I’m disappointed. You are supposed to say that you are the best because let me tell you, you are the best. You need to own it with confidence and conviction. Say it to yourself first a thousand times, and then say it to others a thousand more. For real, Is somebody better than you? Nah. "We the Best". You have to speak your success into existence because absolutely no one else will do it for you.
That’s why I started my first label, I called it "We the Best". Were we the best yet? That’s up for debate. But did we have the drive and the passion and the necessary dedication to be the best? Without a doubt, Muhammad Ali, rest in peace, said, “I am the greatest, I said that before I knew I was.” DJ said, make your life about fulfilling your vision and dream big.” End Quote
Let’s listen, be inspired, and get smarter.
Consider this:
“On any given night, approximately 41,000 unaccompanied youth ages 13-25 experience homelessness.
The average age a teen enters the sex trade in the US is 12 to 14 years old. Many victims are runaway girls who were sexually abused as children.
Many "latchkey" children experience stressful and even dangerous situations without ready access to adult guidance and support. It is estimated that as many as 10 million American children care for themselves before or after school. Many latchkey kids begin their self-care responsibilities The US teen birth rate (births per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19 years) has been declining since 1991.at about 8 years of age.
Youth drug abuse is a high-profile public health concern, with at least 1-in-8 teenagers abusing an illicit substance in the last year. Drug use among 8th graders increased 61% between 2016 and 2020. By 12th grade, 62% of teenagers have abused alcohol.”[1]
Often young people face life's challenges with little or no support. They are often victims of social media bullying, where their self-esteem can drain away. We can look into their eyes, but can we hear their silent screams? Young brains are supposedly not fully developed until age 26.
Second Story transforms the lives of children, youth, and their families by providing safe havens and opportunities for them to grow and thrive. Their programs provide support at critical turning points in their lives. Founded in 1972 as “Alternative House” in Fairfax County, Virginia, Second Story helps children and youth stay safe, make positive decisions, achieve educational success, and overcome personal crises.
Take a listen to my guest Benn, Vice president of residential Services, get smarter, and subscribe.
[1] Composite sources are Youth Underground, CDC, Drug abuse Statistics, NCJC.gov, and the Washington Times.
This week we visit the land of Gen Z aka IGen, aka Centennials, aka Nexters…
Generation Z is the youngest, most ethnically diverse, the largest generation in American history, comprising 27% of the US population. Current Population: 23 million and growing rapidly.
Gen Z is described as a maker generation, a far more pragmatic and practical generation who must architect and build the future we are all trying to imagine living in. The world doesn't need more foundational layers, it needs a generation to create. There is a belief that the best way to predict the future is to build it.
And Gen Z has been described as BUILDERS and human justice warriors. They are living out loud. Their gifts are bridges. And remember bridges go 2 ways. So, our gifts become our tickets across the bridges into one another’s lives.
Their growth is a very profound experience. It can be beautiful and ugly, empowering and confining, thought-provoking and mind-boggling, pleasant and unpleasant, all at the same time.
Writer Howard Thurman says, “don’t ask what the world needs, ask what makes you come alive, and then go do it.”
Today we have a wonderful ambassador from the I generation, who is living out loud, sharing his gifts and talents internationally. I have been looking forward to sharing him with you. Mr. Nyliek Brooks, an 18-year-old, international soccer player shares authentically and vulnerably his story of the hard choices of his journey so far.
Chocolate is an excellent metaphor for life. It's rich, full of energy, and joyful to the senses. It also represents some of the struggles in life: guilt, complexity, and unrelenting desire for more. Midnight is the transition from one day to the next, a point in time. Today, Frankly Speaking with Tyra G invites all listeners to Chocolate after Midnight.
Each time we share Chocolate after Midnight, we walk out of judgment and into a space of acceptance. We walk out of fear and into a place where "impossible" is merely a word to describe the degree of difficulty. Here we don't have to be a stranger to the wonder of dreams. We don't have to be perfect, but we do have to be present. And we must have the willingness to be surprised and say "YES" to the power within us.
As a result, we can write a new chapter in the storybook of our lives, alone or with others. Most importantly, we will find new ways to treat ourselves like someone we love! We will become MAGIC!
Join the conversation with Ms. Deb Beroset, Founder and CEO of Moxie Creative & Consulting, Inc. By the end of our visit, you will be inspired, and in the words of my guest, "moved you toward that which makes you come alive!"
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Dr. Inger Anderson, Executive Director of the UN Environmental Programme addressed the UN in 2020 with the following words:
"That we even need to utter the phrase “Sustaining All life on Earth” at all should ring alarm bells.
We have long assumed that nature will provide for us no matter what. For too long we have seen the living world as an endless, inexhaustible resource for us to tap.
But the veil is falling. Human activities are pushing the natural world’s limits to breaking point, placing the well-being of all life on earth, including our own, in grave peril.
The warning signs are all around. Forests destroyed by wildfires, glaciers melting at alarming speeds, the mass extinction of species, the dying of coral reefs. The very ecosystems that feed and water us – that are so essential to life on earth – are collapsing as the natural world unravels around us.
Beneath the surface of our seas and oceans there are profoundly unsettling changes taking place.
Global heating is causing the world’s oceans to warm at an alarming rate. These changes are disrupting one of the world’s most important food baskets, which provides one-fifth of the world’s population with its supply of protein.
We are quite literally suffocating our oceans.
To change course will require a revolution in perspective. The natural world must inspire more than just awe. We must return to a time when we understood how the living world sustains humanity. And we must begin to see the natural world as deeply interconnected web of living systems.
The beauty of this understanding is that the same is true in reverse. By tackling the damage done to one part of the system we can begin to reverse the damage done elsewhere.
This is the work. We are in the business of arresting the destruction of the natural world so that we can, “Sustain all life on Earth”, including our own. We need to set targets that are ambitious, implementable, inclusive, measurable, and financeable.
Dr. Tom Hays expands this conversation with a systems perspective of earth's sustainability. Click below, listen and become smarter.
What happens when you hear or read the words “climate change”? Are you curious? Do you think about your, or your children’s life or lifestyle? Do you feel threatened? Or do you wonder what’s the big deal? Or do you deny that climate change exists?
The following information is not meant to scare but to raise awareness of our planet’s condition. That is why it is a part of the series titled a courageous conversation.
Consider this:
The changes in climate to date have little parallel in human history. The last decade is quite likely the hottest the planet has been in 125,000 years. The world’s glaciers are melting and receding at a rate “unprecedented in at least the last 2,000 years.” Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide have not been this high in at least 2 million years.
Ocean levels have risen 8 inches on average over the past century, and the rate of increase has doubled since 2006. Heatwaves have become significantly hotter since 1950 and last longer in much of the world. Wildfire weather has worsened across large swaths of the globe. Bursts of extreme heat in the ocean — which can kill fish, seabirds, and coral reefs — have doubled in frequency since the 1980s.
Any of this sound familiar and or concerning to you?
Today we are going to dig deeper into Climate change to understand better how it intersects with our ability to respond to the pandemic, education, and politics. We will also take a listen to how to find equity of solar energy as an alternative.
I will play an episode from one of my favorite podcast platforms, Living on Earth produced by PRX at the University of Massachusetts.
Let’s takes this opportunity to get smarter. Click below.
This story deserved a rewind.
We all have times or seasons when it requires courage to make it from one moment to the next; to take the next step or to say the next word. And sometimes we let fear, shame, and guilt demonize our potential to overcome.
What we discovered is that the ability to have a courageous conversation is often a process, a journey, not an event. It doesn’t always happen when it logically should; sometimes you have to grow into it. And sometimes courageous conversations happen in and stay in our heads... or our hearts. Sometimes our courageous conversations are dressed in silence.
To create a common thought space, please listen to the words of Ms. Susan Burton author of Becoming Ms. Burton From Prison to Recovery, leading the fight for incarcerated women.
Susan Burton knows just how hard it is to get back on track after being released from prison. It's an experience she lived through six times, once for each of the prison terms she served.
"One of the things about incarceration is that you're deprived. You lose all of your identity and then its given back one day and you're ill-equipped to actually embrace it and work it," Burton says. "Each time I left prison I left with the resolve to get my life together, to get a job, to get back on track. And each time the task became more and more and more daunting."
Click below and be inspired by a conversation with Ms. Helenia Bragg who beat the odds and transformed herself from Convict to Star Citizen. She is truly amazing.
This month’s theme, "Stories We Grew up with," expands our appreciation of who we have become due to the stories we have been told and the ones we have told ourselves growing up. We look at how these stories have impacted our thoughts, our dreams; ultimately, I believe everyone has a story and is a story.
Author Richard Kearney says in his book On Stories, "telling stories is as basic to human beings as eating. More so, in fact, for a while, food makes us live; stories are what make our lives worth living."
Isak Dinesen says, “To be a person is to have a story to tell. —"
Author David Denborough, Ph.D. writes, “Who we are and what we do are influenced by the stories that we tell ourselves. There are many different events in our lives, but only some of them get formed into the storylines of our identities. Whatever storyline we have about our lives makes a difference in who we are and how we act.”[1]
Be inspired by listening to Ashwani Jain answer the question, what story do you tell yourself when the White House Calls? And how his answer changed the trajectory of his life. Click below.
[1] https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-power-of-our-personal-stories/
Legacy is about life and living. It's about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future.
The world isn't connected only by molecules. It's connected by stories, traditions, memories, hopes, and dreams. We are connected by the legacies passed down from those who came before us and the legacies we will pass down to those who come after us.
English writer Dorothy Sayers, "Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward, we must believe in age."
Today I have two guests that present legacy through different lenses. They are mother and daughter. manager and musician, and teacher and student. Additionally, they are building a legacy together across cultures and miles.
Click below and be inspired by Karen and Cheyenne Harris,
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 says,
“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built, or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way, so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.
Dara Horn says. “Every person has a legacy. You may not know what your impact is, and it may not be something that you can write on your tombstone, but every person has an impact on this world.”
Brett Eldredge says. “A legacy for me is a piece of the soundtrack of someone's life.”
I believe in living your legacy.
Listen to a conversation with father and son Courtney and Asa Nero and experience legacy in the making. Click below and be inspired.
Researchers have found that sex traffickers often target children and youth with a history of maltreatment, sexual abuse, low self-esteem, and minimal social support. About 10,000 children a year suffer the horrors of commercial sexual exploitation in the United States. Each victim on average is forced to have sex more than five times a day. Yet the buyers who fuel the child sex trade are seldom held accountable. Most just blend back into their families, jobs, and neighborhoods.
My guest at the table today is a wonderful resource to educate us about the human trafficking space. Beyond that, she is also an expert and advocate in the world of Foster Care. And yes, there is a relationship between foster care and human trafficking. I am grateful for her expertise and her willingness to share the table today. Meet Ms. Anne Basham, CEO of Anti Trafficking International!
No one can tell her story better than she can, so let’s listen and learn things:
When Tonya was 13, she met Eddie (a pseudonym) at the apartment she lived in with her mother in the Dallas, Texas, area. His estranged wife was the property manager. Tonya was classmates with Eddie’s stepdaughter, so the two would often see each other at the apartment and in the local grocery store. It was there that the two first exchanged numbers. “It was a casual relationship at first. You could see there was a mutual connection. I thought he was cute,” Tonya recalled. “I could tell he was really flirtatious with me. We would talk and flirt a lot, but it was not much more than that until we met again when I was 15.” Things began to change one night when Tonya ran into Eddie at a bar. Tonya was a runaway, so she eventually moved in with Eddie, and the two began a relationship. Tonya would cook, clean, and look after Eddie’s kids from time to time. However, when the two were at a party filled with alcohol and drugs relationship took a turn. “He approached me and told me in so many words, ‘I want you to have sex with this guy for money,’” Tonya said. “I was very uncomfortable, and I kept saying no, I didn’t want to do it. He kept telling me, ‘If you love me, you’ll do this. It’s just one thing. Just try it.’” After nearly 30 more minutes of constant pressure, Tonya agreed to have sex with the man. What she thought would be a one-time thing became an everyday routine for the next few weeks. Night after night and bar after bar, Tonya would go out with Eddie while he advertised her to potential “suitors.” Tonya thought she loved him. She felt she could deal with the physical toll the trafficking took on her body. It turned out that the hardest part to deal with was the emotional and psychological effects.
Human trafficking is a topic we don’t talk about at dinner, and maybe if we are parents or caregivers to children, we should. About 10,000 children a year suffer the horrors of commercial sexual exploitation in the United States. Each victim, on average, is forced to have sex more than five times a day. Yet, the buyers who fuel the child sex trade are seldom held accountable. Most blend back into their families, jobs, and neighborhoods.
Click below, listen and earn things.
“Millennials, they are the most threatening and exciting generation since the baby boomers brought about social revolution, not because they're trying to take over the Establishment but because they're growing up without one. The Industrial Revolution made individuals far more powerful--they could move to a city, start a business, read, and form organizations. The information revolution has further empowered individuals by handing them the technology to compete against huge organizations: hackers vs. corporations, bloggers vs. newspapers, terrorists vs. nation-states, YouTube directors vs. studios, app-makers vs. entire industries. Millennials don't need us. That's why we're scared of them."
Lindsey Pollack says in her March 2018 blog.
“When I talk to people about my work with the multigenerational workplace, I hear a lot of preconceived notions about millennials. Unfortunately, most of it is negative and based more on cliché than fact."
Click below to hear a conversation that will help you erase a millennial cliche or two. Meet Sherrita Watkins, millennial, manager, and masterful storyteller. Enjoy!
Dollar-for-dollar, human trafficking in America is far worse than it is overseas. It is a market that is growing exponentially, putting $975 million in the pockets of human traffickers every year.
Every 2.5 hours, a child is taken by human traffickers. Seven years is the average lifespan of a child victim once taken. Ninety-six percent of trafficking victims are female. Every trafficked child is purchased for sex 5.4 times a day.
Human traffickers use any tool available to them to connect with potential victims. Contrary to popular belief, these predators rarely kidnap victims but rather employ psychological manipulation to get what they want, such as social media, video gaming consoles, and chat rooms. The traffickers often search for specific characteristics that make a victim the most vulnerable. This includes emotional neediness, low self-confidence, and economic stress.
While looking for their role in a victim's life, traffickers work to obtain the trust from the victim through casual conversations over weeks and sometimes over months. Traffickers also send their current victims to interact with potential victims to gain trust. These girls essentially act as scouts for the trafficker.
The traffickers utilize the information they gathered to fill a role in the victim's life. Through gifts, love, friendship, drugs, or alcohol, traffickers force the victims into a dependent relationship. With their new role in the victim's life, traffickers wedge themselves between the victim and those closest to them--their friends and family.
This week’s story is a courageous conversation with the mother of a human trafficking victim who was blessed to retrieve her daughter from today’s current slave trade.
Click below and learn things. Listen with your heart.
I can remember when an application was for filling out for employment, and a program was a TV show. Memory was something you lose with age, and a CD was a bank account.
I love intergenerational conversations about then and now, perhaps because I believe life is a process, not an event, a journey, not a destination. However, we also know that events shape values, shape behavior, and trends change over time.
This week we hear from another group of Voices from the Future”. Voices that expand our appreciation that who they have become result from the events, stories they have been told, and the ones they have told themselves. They confirm these stories have impacted their behavior, thoughts, and dreams.
We welcome to the table three members of the Millennial generation. Millennials can be described as those young people who reached adulthood in the 21st century. They present as family-centric, achievement-oriented, team-oriented, crave attention, and are prone to job-hopping.
Among other things in this episode, they explain why they do not believe in voice mail, why bullying and its impact are a matter of perspective, and why social media is valuable and dangerous.
Listen and learn things. Click below.
It is what it is, but it is not what it seems to be.
During this past season, perhaps some of you have felt mental and emotional uncertainty and unrest. It seems that everything that could be shaken was shaking, where noise, angry noise, appears to be drowning out laughter and love.
I am describing what I felt from an adult perspective, someone who has known challenge and loss and fear, and somehow with the help of faith and time and supportive friends, I recovered, I healed. I was blessed.
But what about the children, the next generations? How do we love them through this season of storms to the other side of through? How do we listen beyond their words and hear their needs? Just because they can connect and share with the world instantly doesn't mean they are doing it any better.
This week, Frankly Speaking with Tyra G presents a compilation of courageous conversations by teens about teens who live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They authentically discuss addiction, perfection, fear, race, phones, and teen life in general. They discover that the places they go to make themselves feel better don't always make them get better. Finally, they talk heart to heart and spirit to spirit. They give sage advice to each other and their parents.
Take a listen and learn things.
Click below.
Question:
Who fights to recognize the power of our stories, reward creators, and allows the industry to produce, distribute, and protect creative content that audiences love?
Answer:
The Motion Picture Association; the leading advocate of the film, television, and streaming industry around the world. Their members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and Warner Brothers. "Free speech empowers creators to entertain and inform, to challenge and inspire. Copyright ensures creators can benefit from their works and protects against piracy. Combined, these fundamental rights enable creators to thrive and bring great stories to global audiences. Combined, these fundamental rights enable creators to thrive and bring great stories to global audiences.”[1]
Meet Karyn A. Temple, Motion Picture Association Senior Executive Vice President, and Global Counsel. One of the world’s leading authorities on copyright, Ms. Temple will oversee all of the Association’s legal affairs and content protection efforts around the world. Listen below and learn things about Karyn's professional journey.
[1] https://www.motionpictures.org/what-we-do/
The recent challenging cultural and societal circumstances have forced my heart to turn to our future and ask the question, “What About the Children…and those who love them”. The children are both our future and our now. What they see us do, what they hear us say, shapes who they become.
To give the question a platform, Frankly Speaking, has been highlighting stories where young people speak for themselves through their testimonies, their gifts, conversations with peers, siblings, and parents. The outcome has created a dramatic landscape that is entertaining, creative, courageous, and inspiring. I title these stories "Voices from the Future." I have also included stories that inform the development of legacies and family traditions. This week’s podcast is one example.
I often say everyone has a story. I have expanded my thought as I grow in life's lessons that everyone is a story. But today, with me in the studio, is more than one story and more like a human library. A family, mother, father, and four of their children. Each a dynamic story, each with unique gifts, and together, WOW! Today showcases intergenerational love, spirit, and fun! It’s a family affair.
Frankly Speaking, enters the land of Script Hop 101… yes, I said Script Hop, not Hip Hop. Meet the Praise Warriors!
Click below and be inspired.
The challenge for all of us today is to be a lighthouse in the next generation's lives.
In this season of intense uncertainty and unrest, be on the lookout for lost souls. Be alert to those who may be in need and have nowhere to go or no way to get there. Be sensitive to children who find themselves left out, leftover, or left behind. Be a lighthouse to a child. Show children protection and guidance. You don’t have to say much; just let the child know you are there should the need arise.
Roselyn V. Baker-Black, affectionately known as Dr. Roz, has committed her professional life to support, encourage, and empower children and families facing personal, cultural, and societal challenges. Through her nonprofit, school guidance counselors, and teachers, she pursues transforming strategies to improve their quality of life.
She has shared her opinions in several appearances on the Dr. Oz Show, Huffington Post, NBC4, Howard University’s WHUR 96.3. Currently, she is an expert Psychologist on TV ONE’s new Series For My Woman.
Have a child? Know a child? Listen below and learn.
What comes to mind when you hear the words, " compassion without borders"? For global citizen, civic leader, local non-profit CEO, mother, and president of Tysons Rotary Club, Ambreen Rizvi, it is her life’s strategy.
Ambreen embodies Rotary International’s motto, Service Above Self. She is a woman of action who has the gift of intellect, a servants’ heart, and determination to get the job done. Both Rotary International and Ambreen are examples of how a person living in Northern Virginia can make a huge impact globally through service.
Ambreen’s story began in Pakistan, continued in Paris, and exciting new chapters are being written here in the United States. Service has become a generational legacy in her children as well.
Share both the challenges and blessings of leadership as a woman and a woman of color through Ambreen’s lens. The conversation is both personal and universal.
Click below and be inspired.
Meet Grand Prize Winner of C-SPAN’s 2021 StudentCam Documentary Competition. Theo Poulin, 9th grade, Williamsville South High School, Williamsville, NY. Theo created the winning documentary title: "Trust Fall”.
“In a year truly like no other, we received documentaries from over 2,300 students representing 43 states and Washington, DC, Singapore, and Pakistan. Students were asked to create a 5-6-minute-long video exploring the issue they most want the president and new Congress to address in 2021.” [1]
Hear Theo’s story about his passion for film making which began in the 5th grade. You will be encouraged that our future is securely planted with Theo’s brand of leadership, fairness, creativity, and commitment to a purpose-filled life.
But wait, there is more! The Poulin family has planted yet another star in younger brother Ezra. Eight-year-old Ezra has vitality, imagination, and enthusiasm beyond his years. Theo and Ezra pay special tribute to one another as they engage in an authentic and often funny “brother to brother” conversation.
If your heart needs a smile, take a listen below.
[1] http://www.studentcam.org/winners21.htm?fbclid=IwAR2f7TLBf77ERGEu2KHd03lEDHeA0Mlq6kx0V1s4ssqQMhbdn-ppCPF64mI
It’s March, National Women’s History Month when we intentionally recognize the ongoing great contributions women have made to our nation.
Frankly Speaking with Tyra G is celebrating this month with a twist. We are looking at phenomenal women and how we embrace and manage our universal experiences, our rainbows and clouds, and our courage and resolve.
We are a journey, not a destination; a process, not an event. Even when we are still, we are motion; loving, serving, nurturing, encouraging, and empowering. We are love and love does. But sometimes, sometimes we get stuck between our no longer the familiar, the habits and our not yet, who we were created to be, and we may ask the question: “Am I enough?”
By the way, the right answer is a resounding YES!
Our theme this month is: You are more than who you’ve become.
Across generations, three women of color celebrate Michele Obama and her bestseller, Becoming. Join Emma Allen, Denise Fayne, and Jamella Smith in an authentic and vulnerable discussion about how self-compassion, self-improvement, and self-worthiness, are critical to becoming the person you were created to be.
Patricia is a symbol of Rotary’s transforming commitment to diversity and inclusion. Women join the senior leadership ranks. It has been a process, not an event.
Consider some of the journey's highlights:
1987 On 4 May, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Rotary clubs may not exclude women from membership on the basis of gender. Rotary issues a policy statement that any Rotary club in the United States can admit qualified women into membership.
Sylvia Whitlock, of the Rotary Club of Duarte, California, becomes the first female Rotary club president.
1989 At its first meeting after the 1987 U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Council on Legislation votes to eliminate the requirement in the RI Constitution that membership in Rotary clubs be limited to men. Women are welcomed into Rotary clubs around the world.
2005 Carolyn E. Jones begins her term as the first woman appointed as trustee of The Rotary Foundation.
2008 Catherine Noyer-Riveau begins her term as the first woman elected to the RI Board of Directors.
2013 Anne L. Matthews begins her term as the first woman to serve as RI vice president.
2020 In October, Jennifer E. Jones becomes president-nominee, the first woman to be nominated to be Rotary International President. Her term as president will begin on 1 July 2022.
Lest we forget,
“Who you are surrounded by often determines who you become.” - Vicky Saunders (Founder, SheEO)
Click below and hear Patricia’s vision for District 7610 next year.
In 1930, Rotary Founder Paul Harris said, "The world is a changing place, and Rotary MUST change with it." And it has.
Maya Angelou said, “If you don’t like something, change it. If you cannot change it, change your attitude.” And we have.
Frances Hesselbein said, "Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed – the Culture reflects the realities of people working together every day.” And it has.
Change is an external alteration. Transformation is an internal process. Both are necessary to sustain Rotary's mission, Service Above Self. To deal with both concepts simultaneously, an organization must have committed and empowering leadership.
Meet Harry Henderson Jr. 2020-2021District Governor for Rotary District 7610, a perfect leader for such a time as this.
During his term as President of his Club, Harry established a vibrant and innovative path for Club Membership growth. In total, Bailey's Crossroads Virginia Rotary Club grew by over 20 members during his term and received over 18 club and individual awards that year.
In 2016 and 2017, he became the Membership Development Director for the district, presenting innovative ways for clubs to enhance their membership options.
Since 2008 and the birth of his daughter, Harry has been an advocate for disability issues and individuals with disabilities. In 2014, Harry was appointed by the Governor to the Commonwealth of Virginia's State Independent Living Council (SILC). In 2017, Harry was appointed by Fairfax County School Board Member Sandy Evans to the Fairfax County Public School's Committee for Assistance for Students with Disabilities.
The two proudest distinctions that Harry claims are that he is married to the love of his life, Catherin Henderson, and is a proud father to his daughter, Jackie.
Harry has turned every personal and professional test into a testimony.
Click below and feel Harry’s leadership energy, commitment, and creativity.
"It’s true that, depending upon which community to ultimately decide to call a second home, you might just be the only medical professional available to meet the needs of multitudes. The more remote the community in a developing country, the less likely it is to have a Western-trained medical professional. You are likely to be very welcomed in your new community, but you should also expect to be viewed as an outsider and treated as such until you’ve established yourself and proven your abilities. You’ll need to work with the community’s healers and find common ground in the provision of patient care. Once you’ve proven your worth, you should expect to be working around the clock. "
The above is an advertisement from Gap Medics. However, it did not take an advertisement for Dr. Sarh A. John to begin serving the underserved. After a life-changing traumatic health crisis and years of restoration, she felt she had no other choice but to share her medical talents differently. Join the conversation and hear her compelling story on the Frankly Speaking with Tyra G podcast. Click below and be inspired.
I echo the words of author and coach Iyanla Vanzant in her 2000 book, Until Today for her view of service.
And I quote:
“The greatest service I can offer is standing confidently in my power.
It does not serve you or the world for you to behave as if you are powerless. You can think yourself into and out of any situation with which you are confronted. You have the ability to speak for yourself. You can defend yourself!
Promote yourself. Encourage yourself. Teach yourself! Correct yourself. That is power. You have a heart. Through it, you can experience love, grief, compassion, empathy, joy, peace, and an entire realm of emotions that let you know that you are alive.
While you are alive, you can create, destroy and rebuild something as insignificant as a Lego house or something as significant as the capital of a state. You can create another life! Through that life, you have the opportunity to share words of compassion, to express feelings of love, to know the joys of sharing, and to experience the wonderment of seeing life grow before your eyes. That is powerful! You are powerful!"
Meet a woman who has for years lived to serve. Her service is her power. Her power has been felt on several continents. Her passion fuels her power to improve the quality of life for children with special needs. Meet Rotary International member and ambassador, Meesh Peters.
Author Ms. Iyanla Vanzant says, "Life loves you enough to live like you, to breathe through you, to express itself as you. Life loves you so much; it does everything in its power to stay in you, to be with you, and allow you to depend on it. Life is, at this very moment, totally and absolutely in love with you! Life wants to look like you, live like you, be like you, live as you because it respects and honors that you are.
When life sees you coming, it gets exciting! It can hardly contain itself! Life is ready to fill you up, spillover through you, and experience the best it has to offer you as you. If you were to ask life what it is about you that makes you so loveable, the answer would be simple. You are alive! That is all it takes to make you loved, loving, and loveable. Now isn’t it good to know you are loved?
Until today, you may not have realized just how much life loves you. You may have believed that life was not on your side. But Just for today, be devoted to honoring, cherishing, and enjoying life’s love for you. Sit silently and ask life to fill you with its love.
My guest today, and phenomenal woman is grace personified. She is also the oldest living competitive bodybuilder, an African American extraordinaire. Her record lives in the Guinness Book of World Records. I will introduce to some and present to others Ms. Ernestine Shepherd. She knows that life loves her.
Stay close now.
Rotary creates environments of peace. “Many people use the end of one year to reflect on things they would like to accomplish in the coming year. What better resolution than to sow the seeds of peace in 2021?
Peace underscores much of the work that Rotary members do in improving their communities around the world. Rotary’s peacebuilding initiatives seek to create environments where lasting peace is possible. We do this by continually investing in sustainable and measurable peace programs throughout our communities and across the globe; by creating an extensive network of peacebuilders and community leaders dedicated to peace and conflict prevention; and by providing Rotarians with several avenues in which they can actively participate in peacebuilding processes within their communities.
We believe that if Rotarians and concerned citizens mobilize locally to create peace, change can happen globally.”[1]
Meet Ralph Menzel, President of the Rotary EClub of Global Peacebuilders of Virginia. Feel his energy and commitment to taking action to address the underlying causes of conflict, including poverty, discrimination, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources.
As inspiring as Ralph’s commitment to peace is the story of his journey into the Rotary family which began in Germany. You will want to take a listen. Click below.
[1] https://blog.rotary.org/2020/12/28/top-10-ways-to-be-a-peacebuilder-in-the-new-year/?clid=IwAR1Xb8WUDdkDEXJSQsl3lGZEqEcWTHmCf_uz4ZOJcO4ex_r6kQjCh2HN4HY
Where did you get your last drink of water? Did you question its purity?
“844 million people around the world don’t have access to clean water: that’s more than 1 of every 10 people around the world.”[1]
Clean water, sanitation, and hygiene education are necessities for a healthy environment and a productive life. When people have access to clean water and sanitation, waterborne diseases decrease, children, stay healthier and attend school more regularly, and mothers can spend less time carrying water and more time helping their families.
Join the informative conversation as Rotarian Bob Jansen updates us on the Rotary District 7610 Zambia Strategic Water Alliance. Rotary collaborates with the local community to develop natural, cultural, and financial assets so that projects will last. To ensure sustainability, Rotary provides resources about ongoing maintenance and repair of wells and latrines, as well as hygiene training.
Click below and be inspired.
[1] https://www.worldvision.org/clean-water-news-stories/what-you-need-to-know-about-global-water-crisis
Frankly Speaking with Tyra G is determined to find and tell stories about individuals and organizations who shine light into the darkness of our current season of uncertainty and unrest.
Meet and be inspired by Naomi and Asa Nero, two strong "Voices From the Future", a generation also known as Generation Z. They describe their unplanned transitions forced by the pandemic through the lens of hope, wisdom, faith, and fun packaged in authenticity.
They creatively co-produced this podcast, allowing me to be a relaxed consumer of their talent as a member of the audience. They unwrapped and performed a special musical gift at the end of the podcast. Asa arranged a Nat King Cole standard, "Smile" featuring a vocal by Naomi and a solo by their dad Courtney Nero.
Click below and feel your heart smile.
How do YOU spell Legacy?
Ray Bradbury believes, “Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built, or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way, so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you are there. It does not matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something like you after taking your hands away. ― “
I step boldly into the belief that one can be a living legacy. To me, it is called a purposed filled life. In fact, what if we were continuously motivated to step beyond our own gifts of imperfections and vulnerabilities to empower, encourage, celebrate, educate others who share the air we breathe. What if we internalize the reality that love does and well as love is?
This quote punctuates my thoughts perfectly: Peter Strople’s says, “Legacy is not leaving something for people. It is leaving something in people. —"
Meet Tommi Crump, a fourteen-year-old who has become a living legacy to those with whom she connects. She empowers and educates from a value-based platform to include kindness and generosity and joy. She inspires a younger generation she refuses to leave behind.
Click below, listen, and be blessed by a voice from the future., Ms. Tommi Crump.
Women’s History Month: You are More Than Who You’ve Become with Sherrell Moore-Tucker
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Black History Month: More than a Memoir with Liza Martin
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Women’s History Month: You are More Than Who You’ve Become with Emma Allen, Jamella Smith and Denise Fayne
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Women’s History Month: You are More Than Who You’ve Become with Anne Duffy
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Black History Month: More than a Memoir with Liza Price
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Chocolates after Midnight with Jaleh Moslehi
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Chocolates after Midnight with Tamera Johnson
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Chocolates after Midnight with Emma Allen and April Weldon
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Thank You for your Service Then and Now: Lasting Memories
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Thank You for Your Service Then and Now: Veterans Christmas Show
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Thank you for your Service Bill Shepard: Commemorative Air Force Red Tails Pilot and Squadron Leader
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Thank You for Your Service Hershel Holiday Sr.: War is a family Affair
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Thank You for Your Service, Then and Now with Sandra Gregory
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Thank You for Your Service, Then and Now with George Bodie
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Thank you for your service Warren Christopher: From Career Soldier to Champion of the People Podcast format of Tyra Garlington's weekly radio show, Frankly Speaking with Tyra G.
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All Things Considered with Sherrell Moore Tucker: Sisters Who Meditate, Mind, Body, Spirit.
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All Things Considered with Sakinah Hoyte: How do you Spell Homelessness?
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Guest: Elliott Alpher
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All things Considered: Dennis Foutz, Traveling Guru
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All Things Considered: with Anita Washington, Family is NOT Everything
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All Things Considered: Victor Angry, A is for Angry
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All things Considered: Laura Mayer and Liz Barnes, Suicide is a Community Problem
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Bold and Untold with Michelle Thaller NASA Dancing with the Stars
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Bold and Untold with Laura Mayer PRS CrisisLink Suicide Prevention Podcast format of Tyra Garlington's weekly radio show, Frankly Speaking with Tyra G.
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Bold and Untold with Lindsey Vajpey: Insight Memory Care
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Bold and Untold with Ambreen Rizvi: I Am The Woman I Want To Be
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Courageous Conversations with Deepa Patel: Trauma and Hope
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This is Us with Wendy Ward: Becoming Me
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Courageous Conversations with Lucy Caldwell: Public Health in Crisis
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Courageous Conversations with Meesh Peters: Special Needs Children
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Courageous Conversations with Deepa Patel: Trauma and Hope
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Courageous Conversations with Deepa Patel: Trauma and Hope
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Courageous Conversations with Omatete Kamonya: Foster Care
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This is us with Kimberly Frazier: Enjoying Life on Purpose
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Courageous Conversations with Kari Galloway: Repositioning for Reentry
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This is Us with Massah Smith: The Gift is in the Giving
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Courageous Conversations with Dean Kline, Fairfax County Director of the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness: How do You Spell Homelessness?
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Courageous Conversations with Susan Evans: Mother of a Human Trafficking Victim
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Courageous Conversations with Rev. Jabaria Dent: How Faith Impacts Teen Sex, Love and Relationships.
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Courageous Conversations with Meesh Peters and Jessica Ittayem: Human Trafficking, The best Defense is the Best Offense.
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Courageous Conversations with Helenia Bragg: Running to a New Life: From Inmate to Model Citizen and Mentor
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Caregiving for Seniors with Developmental Disability
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With Dr. Lucille Joy.
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With Tiffany Smith Anoa'i
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With Erni Shepherd Podcast format of Tyra Garlington's weekly radio show, Frankly Speaking with Tyra G.
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With Hannah, Sam, and Ryan. Podcast format of Tyra Garlington's weekly radio show, Frankly Speaking with Tyra G.
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With Eduardo Brito.
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With Patricia Cooper. Podcast format of Tyra Garlington's weekly radio show, Frankly Speaking with Tyra G.
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With Naomi Nero, Asa Nero, Rhyann Clark and Cody Clark
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With Patricia Cooper.
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With Karen and Cheyenne Harris.
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With Ruth Bell.
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With Mr. Courtney Nero and Son Asa.
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With Blessing Nwosu and Medina Williams.
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Guest: Chelsea Townsend
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Guest: Brigadier General Sandra Gregory, USAF, Retired
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Guest: Ms. Hanna Kebbede
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Guest: Jade Leedham
Broadcast on 12/09/17 on Radio Fairfax www.radiofairfax.com
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Guest: Elliott Alpher
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Guest: Dr Gloria Ivey Crowe
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Guest: Suzan Hart
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Guest: Ingrid Parris Hicklin
Broadcast on 10/28/17 on Radio Fairfax www.radiofairfax.com
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Guest: Ambreen Rizvi
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Guest: Ilinda Reese
Broadcast on 10/14/17 on Radio Fairfax www.radiofairfax.com
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Guest: Denise Fayne
Broadcast on 10/7/17 on Radio Fairfax www.radiofairfax.com
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Guest: Amelia Townsend
Broadcast on 9/30/17 on Radio Fairfax www.radiofairfax.com
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Guest: Robyn McCoy
Broadcast on 9/23/17 on Radio Fairfax www.radiofairfax.com
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Guest: Jaleh Moslehi
Broadcast on 9/16/17 on Radio Fairfax www.radiofairfax.com
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Guest: Lethia Owens
Broadcast on 9/9/17 on Radio Fairfax www.radiofairfax.com
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Guest: Lethia Owens
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