Living Strong: The Flip Side of Adversity

Metamorphosis: Finding Your Passion

God’s interruptions are often invitations to something more significant. Don’t miss out on the blessing of participating in God’s plan because it doesn’t look like what you planned.
Sooooo, last night with 30 seconds to go I had to decide “Do I take the easy out and cancel or Do I step into an interruption and test out what God has put in me for such a time as this.”
I chose to step - terrified but determined. Why would you do something so scary????? Because I NEVER want to walk away from a moment saying, “What if”?
Life threw me curve ball and the Girlfriend Gathering Crew said “Batter Up!” and we hit a home run!!!

Who I Choose to be, is the New Me!

Rick Warren has a quote, “We are the product of our past but we don’t have to be a prisoner to it.” Regardless of what has happened to us we don’t have to be shackled to it and allow it to define us. But let’s be honest life can be overwhelming; and even when we are confident and competent in our abilities and skills to achieve success with joy and gratitude, we can still attest to the reality that sometimes, life still gets hard. And if we don’t stay alert to what we believe to be true, we can become chained to lies, tricks, and skeems designed to distort our value and worth in the middle of our story- sabotaging the potential for our ending.
Letting go of our chains (thoughts/hurts/ lies/ narratives) is essential to becoming everything God has called us to be. Sometimes, letting go is difficult because we don’t physically see the chains, so we deny them or ignore them because they are too difficult to acknowledge or confront.
In the title for our show Zohnette Sligh shares an expression “who I choose to be”...choice denotes that there are alternatives for our paths. Join us for a conversation of how creativity, adventure and vulnerability can unlock chains and open doorways to purpose and true identity.

It’s Time to Learn About the Metaverse

How a chance opportunity at work led to creating a business around a new skill, a platform to keep people connected, and an entirely new way to do event planning in the Metaverse. Meta...What??? Yes, the metaverse - the internet’s next frontier and seen as a significant business and financial opportunity for the tech industry and other sectors. Brickrose Exchange owner, Bianca Jackson, brings people together, one gathering at a time. All while sharing innovative approaches to save struggling minority- owned businesses through innovation, cutting edge technology, and a virtual reality.
Meta (formerly known as Facebook): Investing $10 Billion to transition from a social media company to a Metaverse company. Dominating SEO with a name change and endless Metaverse content. Opportunity, accelerated business, and growth is not limited to the big companies.
What would it feel like to have your business explode with new sales? If this pandemic has taught us anything, it has been to approach the ordinary with innovation, and Bianca Jackson educates entrepreneurs, business owners, and vendors about massive opportunity for their business. BE THE 1ST IN YOUR INDUSTRY IN THE METAVERSE!!!

Surviving Out Loud

What does the word survive actually mean? We can use it so freely, a form of exaggerative humor, such as surviving a long meeting or “I survived” after a difficult exam or even a hot summer day.
Yet to someone who moves from a place of having been victimized, to claim the term survivor is significant and honorable—this word holds much meaning and heavy weight. The definition of survive is to continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship. A survivor is a person who survives, especially a person remaining alive after an event in which others have died.
If we stop and think about what we have survived, I imagine we would have many stories of different forms of survivorship. I am a survivor of a near death experience. I am a survivor of cancer. I am a survivor of domestic abuse. I am a survivor of a stroke. I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. I am a survivor of sex trafficking.
In this show segment we will explore the idea of surviving out loud and what it looks like to live beyond a hardship loudly enough to be heard.
Dr. Heather Evans will share about some of her work with survivors in the USA and beyond from survivors of human sex trafficking and other forms of trauma, to survivors of genocide in the country of Rwanda. Through data from a research study of sex trafficking survivors, we will explore themes of post traumatic growth and evidences of how survivors from horrific, unspeakable forms of trauma can grow beyond survival.

Cute Curvy Confident: Losing Weight by Feeling Great

Daryll Wharton's highest weight was 674 pounds. She prayed for God to let her die but didn't want to embarrass her husband by having her super morbid obese body carried out of their house by a team of people. Her weight saved her as well as made her want to die. After losing over 400 pounds, she is a Certified Life and Health Coach specializing in Weight loss Mindset Transformation. Using what she now calls her signature method, she utilizes gratitude, affirmations, meditation, vision boards, reciting, body awareness, journaling, visualization, and conscious breathing to continue her weight loss and improve her wellness. Now she has the pleasure of teaching others her signature method to push past where they keep stopping on their quest to be happy, healthy, and fit while feeling amazing at the same time!

The Phoenix Rising- Finding Purpose From The Ashes

Ashley Jackson is a wife, caregiver, author of Lost Travel Found, and event planner. After Ashley's husband was diagnosed with a rare cancer in stage 4, then beat that cancer with a 35% chance of survival, Ashley came to know her purpose in life.
Timeless Dream Events was born out of her pain and its mission and vision is to provide terminally ill people and their family members with a “timeless dream event” that will celebrate life and love. She plans various events, at minimal notice due to each unique and sensitive situation. Ashley has been humbled by being able to turn her own pain into being a blessing to others.
Join us in this powerful and timely conversation and unpack the answers to building purpose from trials on the Flipside of caregiver fatigue and loss of identity in someone else’s pain. Gain answers to…
How to get out of burnout?
At what point is it necessary to take care of yourself?
How can you reinvent you on the Flipside of trauma (yours and others)?
The fatigue is real. The desire to give up can be a weight. BUT, you are not alone. Feel seen. Know you can be heard. Join us on the Flipside of Adversity.

Honoring Our Divinity

Why is the study of your history so important? Studying history helps us understand and grapple with complex questions and dilemmas by examining how the past has shaped (and continues to shape) relationships, connections, and passion. There's more to history than dates and times... it tells the story of lives, purpose, and drive. Join us in a conversation with Principal Aliya Catanch Bradley, a wife, mother, daughter, and activist. As women, we carry the energy of our mother, the power of our present, and the support for future generations. When we understand who we are and who's we are, at all times, there is power in every step. Stepping out of our history with clarity and the strength to stand in today with power in order to reshape destiny for others. Principal Bradley is determined to leave the world better than she found it, she will continue to use the energy and inspiration of her ancestors to keep pushing forward.

R.E.S.E.T.

So many times, we run ourselves into the ground going, doing, and living in ways that could be harmful to our bodies, minds, and hearts. But when we take the time to unplug from the world and plug into God, we’re able to hear clearly as He continues to order or steps. We’re able to align our hearts and minds with the plans He has for our lives and what He wants us to do in this season. Join us for a talk about R.E.S.E.T. (Releasing Every Situation Encourages Transformation) and the importance of taking time to allow yourself to breathe and hear from God.

Kalm Khaos

Have you felt robbed from life by anxiety and worry. Kyla Neil has walked that exhausted path and built a brand on the other side of the adversity that the road buddy of depression can lead you on. Her story, products, and business created through Kalm Konfidence have taken her on a journey of realizing that she does not need to control it all, that she can stop being frazzled, and she is not too feeble to press forward. Listen to the flip side of her thoughts, beliefs, and emotions that have now led to counseling services and purpose for teens and adults to work through their life challenges, instead of being overtaken by them. It's time to Kalm the Khaos! Join us.

The Flip Side of Adversity is Faith

Webster's defines faith as a strong belief, complete trust, or confidence in someone or something. As we move through life our experiences often shape what we begin to believe about ourselves, our world, and our place in it. Our guest, Renee Chenault- Fattah, shares how flipping the faith she had in her own story has led her through the flip side of adversity. Changing her belief and confidence in the story she told herself about herself has led to advocacy, social equity, and legacy for others.