How to Deal with Holiday Stress: Three Black Moms

On the first Saturday of every month, we are here to answer your questions on the Success Strategies show.    

Whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's or Kwanzaa, you will most likely be dealing with holiday stress.  

This episode was so much fun to do!  The Three Black Moms are sisters - literally, as they have the same parents.  Their focus is on family and the warmth of their connection shines through. 

Three Black Moms dish the dirt on how to find a balance between doing what needs to be done, and staying relaxed and calm.  And what happens when children are in the mix?  

Go here to listen. 

Go here to watch on YouTube.  

Or go here to watch on Facebook. 

Go here for some great holiday gift ideas.  

What are your top tips for dealing with holiday stress?  Please comment below and please share this with your networks.  Thanks!  

The Global Peace Summit with Naimah Latif

I am delighted to invite you to The Global Peace Summit with Naimah Latif, owner and Executive Producer of The Female Solution, which will be held this weekend. We will be live on Blogtalk Radio, on Facebook and on Zoom - see below for details including the full schedule.

The presenters on The Female Solution - including me - will speak during the weekend, sharing thoughts about practical methods for achieving and maintaining global peace. I will be speaking about Nonviolent Communication (NVC) on Friday at 10 a.m. Central Time/4 p.m. UK time.

The full schedule is below. Please join us for as much of the programming as you can, and please share this with your networks.

As we are still reeling from the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and so many others, never was there more of a need for the Global Peace Summit.

For more about the Global Peace Summit, see:  How Can We Create aPeaceful World? Part 5. For more information, check out The Female Solution on Facebook.  

We will be live on Zoom (with segments heard on Blogtalk Radio on Soul Purpose Healing, It’s My House, and The Female Solution Radio show.)

Friday, August 28, 2020 9 am-2 pm Central Time / 3 pm-8 pm UK time

Zoom Meeting ID: 853 2272 7205 Passcode: 200663Okk

Saturday August 29, 2020 9 am-2 pm Central Time / 3 pm-8 pm UK time

Zoom Meeting ID: 853 5219 9959 Passcode: 040656

This two-day international meeting of the minds will feature presenters from all around the world sharing programs that provide for the health, interests, rights and needs of the people.  Many organizations whose members envision a world of peaceful coexistence through cooperation and mutual respect have demonstrated great success with initiatives that provide solutions to the challenges we face.  This gathering is for the purpose of sharing these solutions so that each of our local successes can spread to the global community. The format is as follows:

Each half hour segment will feature three presenters that give a five minute synopsis of their program, their successes, the challenges they overcame and their website and contact information. In the next 10 minutes, members of the audience may ask a one-minute question or make a one-minute statement regarding the information presented.

Watch us live on Zoom or listen live on Blogtalk Radio and call in and comment:

Friday, August 28th

9-10 am Central / 3-4 pm BST

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-female-solution

515-605-9325

10am -12 noon Central / 4 pm-6 pm BST

http://www.soulpurposehealing

215-383-5863

12 noon to 2 pm / 6 pm-8 pm BST

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/solarlandlord

619-768-2945

Saturday August 29th 2020

9 am-11 am Central / 3 pm-5 pm BST

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/solarlandlord

619-768-2945

11 am-2 pm Central / 5 pm-8 pm BST

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-female-solution,

515-605-9325 

 

The program is as follows:

Friday, August 28, 2020

9:00 Introduction of Presenters for the Day

9:30 Energy Healing: The Mind, Body, Spirit Connection

10:00 Non-Violent Communication: The Foundation For Peace (with Zhana)

10:30 How To Discipline Children Without Hitting Them

11:00 Peace Schools: Teaching Values in The Classroom

11:30 Cooperative Farming, Urban Gardening

12:00 Avoid Hospitals With Healthy Food Prepared At Home

12:30 Humanity First: Helping Our Neighbors

1:00 Housing Cooperatives, Tiny Houses

1:30 Solar Energy, Own Your Own Power

2:00 Closing

Saturday August  29, 2020

9:00 Introduction of Presenters For the Day

9:30 Bitcoin: A New Global Currency Empowering People

10:00 The Pan African Connection: Doing Business Overseas

10:30 Ending Conflict Through Interfaith Communications

11:00 Declaration of Peace, Cessation of War (DPCW)

11:30 Ethics In Elections: How To Protect Your Vote

12:00 Creating A Culture of Gender Equality

12:30 Redefining Manhood: Bringing Fathers Back Home

1:00 After Incarceration: Transforming New Citizens

1:30 Security With The Right Spirit: Police Officers Who Pray

2:00 Closing

For more information, check out The Female Solution on Facebook.  

Please submit your blog post to The Blogging Carnival for Nonviolence. 

 

Want to Be on My Radio Show?

When people come to your town, they are looking for YOUR business.  You need to be where you can be found.  So I am compiling an International Directory of Black-Owned Businesses.  

I shall be presenting a series of radio broadcasts to talk about the importance of international networking for Black-owned businesses.  Click here to listen to the first show.  

Would you like to be a guest on one of my shows?  If so, click here to contact me with details of your business. 

The Directory will be downloadable.  With a one-time payment of $50/£30, your business can be listed forever.  So when tourists and visitors arrive in your town, or are making plans to visit your town, they can find your business.  

You will have to agree to include a link to the Directory on your website.  So thousands of websites all over the world will link to the Directory - and people can find your business.  

To book your listing, or for more details, click here to contact us or click here to contact us. 

We look forward to doing business with you.  

 

Heroic Black Women

Check out this great video from Brother T. of London Black History Walks: Heroic Black Women.

Click here for more about London Black History Walks. They put on some awesome events every month.

Click here for the What U Need to Know radio show. This month, we will be looking at Black History Month (which, for us, is every month). Saturday 12th Feb, 2 p.m. EST, 7 p.m. UK time.

Click here for my two Black history quizzes. I will be adding more.

Enjoy Black History Month - every month!

Our True Power

Our true power lies within. Check out my article: Positive Change and Transformation.

We talked about this recently on the What U Need to Know radio show. Click here to listen.

Have a great day!

Our Panel of Experts

We had a great show on Saturday's What You Need to Know. If you missed it, Click here to listen to the recording.

We had a very impressive panel of experts, and we will continue to work together to offer you help, advice and support.

There was so much wisdom coming from our guests.

We were joined by:

T. Murray, author of the Stuck on Stupid books. Click here for her website.

Karen Shablin - Have you been laid off from your job? Check out Loving Your Layoff by Karen Shablin. Click here for her website.

Nadia Mathews, author of How I Let Her Steal My Husband

Terry Carter, founder of the Travertine Spa Collection and author of the forthcoming book How I Changed Careers. Click here for his website.

Dr. Veronica Glass, author of Use Your Buckets - 12 Life Lessons for Success

Theron J. Jackson, author of Never Be Nothing. Click here for his website. He was once told by a Black woman teacher he would "never be nothing".

Dr. Joyce Morley-Ball, author of Seeds for the Harvest of a Lifetime. Click here for her website.

Lisa Sims, author of Stretching a Dollar to Make Thousands, a guide for entrepreneurs.

And of course, my co-presenter, Joan Gosier, author of Cotton Pickin' Paycheck. She will be interviewing our guests on her blog at Overground Railroad.

We have so many strategies and resources available to us to make the most of our potential and achieve our unlimnited possibilities.

Here's to your success!

Happy New Year! Radio Show

On tonight's show on What U Need to Know, we are talking New Year's resolutions.

Click here to listen to What U Need to Know at 2 p.m. EST, 7 p..m. UK time.

I hope you will join us. If you miss the broadcast, you can still listen to the recording.

Click here to listen to What U Need to Know

We aim to help you sort out your

money
work/career
relationships
health

So join us then!
What U Need to Know

See also: How to Manifest What You Want.

Here's to your success!

Do Black Consumers Buy Black? Tomorrow (Saturday)

Ujamaa, or Co-Operative Economics, is one of the principles of Kwanzaa.

This month, as Kwanzaa and the holiday season approach, What U Need to Know asks, Do Black Consumers Buy Black?

Click here to listen or to join us in the chatroom. The show starts at 2 p.m. EST, 7 p.m. UK time:

I hope you will join us.

Plus click here to downlod the free Black Holiday Gifts Guide. With gifts that reflect African American history and culture - books, music and more - plus crafts, activities, and recipes for Kwanzaa and the holiday season

Wordpower Literature Festival 2010

Centerprise Bookshop is holding events throughout the month of October as part of the Wordpower International Black Literature Festival. We will be interviewing Emmanuel Amevor from Centerprise today on my radio show, What U Need to Know, at 7 p.m. UK time, 2 p.m. EDT. Click here to listen .

If you miss the live broadcast, click here to listen to the recording

We will be broadcasting live from the NAACP march on Washington for Jobs, Justice and Education.

Our other guest will be Jamaican writer Yvonne Archer, author of Life According to Maas Roy. I hope you will join us.

Click here for more BHM events.

Black Spitfire Pilots

The recent massive media coverage of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain gave the impression that it was an all-white affair. The fact is that not only were there Black and Asian Spitfire and Hurricane pilots but there was an extensive African/Caribbean civilian population resident in Britain throughout the war which is to say before the 1948 arrival of the Windrush.

To read more, see London Black History Walks.

For the Black History Month UK edition of What U Need to Know on Saturday 2nd October, join us for the broadcast at What U Need to Know.

Reminder: Education - What U Need to Know Tomorrow (Saturday)

As September means back to school for many people, we are looking at education. What can Black parents do to ensure their children get the best from the education system? And what kinds of educational resources are available?

This show is presented by two sistas across the Atlantic - my colleague, Joan E. Gosier of HBCU Kidz, author of Cotton Pickin' Paycheck, and myself.

Click here to listen.

Click here for more details and to listen to recordings of previous shows.

To join us, phone 001 (347) 637-1099 or login to the chatroom.

Click here for my Amazon Author Profile.

Wyclef Jean for President of Haiti + What U Need to Know

This week, Wyclef Jean announced his plans to run for President of Haiti in the forthcoming election.

He has outlined his plans to support farming in the impoverished nation which was hit by a devastating earthquake early this year.

He plans to encourage people to move out of the capital of Port au Prince and take up farming. Click here to read more.

We will be discussing African Remembrance Day, which celebrates the Haitian Revolution, on the What U Need to Know radio show tonight.

This is the third show in our series on Freedom, Independence and Liberation.

Haiti's problems date back to the time of the revolution, which was seen as a major threat to slavery by the European powers including Britain, Spain and France. Toussaint L'Ouverture's government signed a treaty agreeing to pay reparations to Napoleon for freeing themselves from slavery. These reparations crippled the country economically for the next 200 years. For more information, see Two Films about Haiti.

Click here to join us for What U Need to Know. If you miss the live broadcast, you can still listen to the recording here.

African Remembrance - The Haitian Revolution

African Remembrance Day celebrates the Haitian Revolution. Click here to join us for our radio show What U Need to Know tomorrow, Saturday 7th August at 2 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. UK time.

What is the significance of the Haitian Revolution? What does this mean in relation to the recent Haitian earthquake and the history of Haiti? Please feel free to phone in at 001 (347) 637-1099 or join us in the chatroom.

This is the third show in our series on Freedom, Independence and Liberation.

If you miss the show, click here to listen to the recording.

For more about the history of Haiti, see Two Films about Haiti.

New Radio Show - History, Heritage and Healing - What U Need to KNow

Please join us for my new radio show, What U Need to Know, which I am co-presenting with Joan E. Gosier, author of Cotton Pickin' Paycheck.

This show focuses on history, heritage and healing for people of African heritage.

The first show is tomorrow, Saturday 5th June at 2 p.m. EDT, 7 p.m. UK time.

We will be discussing Juneteenth. This is the first of three shows looking at independence, freedom and liberation.

What is Juneteenth about, and what is the significance of this celebration? Do you celebrate Juneteenth? Please feel free to phone in at (001) (347) 637-1099 or join us in the chatroom to add your questions and comments.

We will be joined by guests from the African Cultural Arts Council of the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Orange County, CA.

I hope you will join us. Click here to listen.

If you miss the live broadcast, you can listen to the recording here:

What U Need to Know.

I'm on the Radio Friday 2nd October

I will be on Loretta N. Green's radio show this coming Friday, 2nd of October. I hope you will join us. Click here to listen to the show. The phone-in number is 001 (347) 838-9818 or you can join us in the chatroom.

I will also be on Diana Broomfield's show again on Saturday 17th October. Click here to listen in.

On my previous visit to Diana's show, we had a very lively and spirited discussion. We spoke about President Obama, affirmative action and lots more. Click here to listen to the recording of that show.

See also, Superior African Weapons.

Williams Wimbledon Final

It was obvious that the Williams sisters had answered the same questions over and over again. They knew what to expect.

“Your father’s not here. He said he could not bear to watch.”

“He’s done his job,” Venus repeated patiently.

“How does it feel to be playing against your sister?” “How will your game differ from when you play another opponent?” And variations on the theme.

The girls from Compton had grown into professional tennis champions. Theirs was the only family on earth where winning Wimbledon twice could be seen as a problem. And the only one in which two siblings would face each other at the final.

Like 2003, I felt SO emotional watching them take their places on the court. They both exuded so much confidence and self-assurance. And they played brilliant tennis.

On winning her FIFTH Wimbledon Championship, Venus immediately commended her sister Serena for her excellent game. She also thanked her other sisters for their support.

So what’s next? A Black man in the White House?

As the author of Black Success Stories and Success Strategies for Black People, I am very aware of the power of positive role models, and the psychological effects they can have.

However, at the moment, I am even more interested in the practical effects of a person in a leadership position, such as Senator Barack Obama.

If Obama is elected, what effect will this have on your day-to-day life? I want to hear your views. Join my Obama phone-in on Tuesday 8th July. Click here for details.

See also, Jay-Z's 99 Problems.

Jay-Z's 99 Problems

Wow! This has been an amazing week.

The Victoria and Albert Museum is exhibiting a retrospective on Mary Wilson and the Supremes.

The Wimbledon final was between Venus and Serena Williams. Last time they payed each other in the final, I was SO emotional. They are both champions. Each has won Wimbledon more than once. And we knew that, whoever took home the trophy, it would be a Williams.

And Jay-Z was the headliner at the Glastonbury Festival.

This was very controversial because one of the Gallagher brothers stated publicly that Jay-Z should not be the headliner. Glastonbury is for indies, not for rappers.

I am not a fan of rap. For one thing, I can’t even understand what they are saying most of the time. Must be my age. And nobody forces me to listen to it. Nor am I a fan of indie music, for that matter.

Got home last night and switched on the box. “Glastonbury, the Best Bits” was on. When Jay-Z stepped out on that stage, his band was playing and he was strumming his guitar. Not even singing. But the crowd recognised the chords, and they were singing,

“Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you”.

The Oasis hit, “Wonderwall”.

Jay-Z can’t sing to save his life, but he went out on that stage and he gave it his best shot. He did it to make a point. And he made it. And it was GOOD.

Then he went into “99 Problems” and the crowd just chanted right along with him. This is as it should be. Music is music. It’s not meant to be cordoned off into ghettos.

But I can’t see the Gallaghers being able to perform one of Jay-Z’s numbers.

Apparently, the crowd were chanting “hoes, hoes, hoes”. I do not approve of women being referred to as “bitches” and “hoes”. It is disrespectful and demeaning. (Mind you, having read the lyrics, he says that that is not what he means.)

Jay-Z, I don’t know if you are irreplaceable. That’s not my call. But when you stepped out on that stage, you were bloody brilliant.

So what’s next? A Black man in the White House? And if Obama is elected, what effect will this have on your day-to-day life? I want to hear your views. Join my Obama phone-in on Tuesday 8^th Click here for details.

Obama and Mental Health

I saw this online the other day.

One effect of Senator Obama’s achievement the potential it has to impact positively on our mental health.

Positive role models give us a sense of what we are capable of achieving.

As people of African heritage, we have been force-fed negative images of ourselves for many generations.

We have internalised this negativity and we have passed it down, parent to child, over the course of many generations. This is part of what is known as “Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome”.

We are a very damaged people and we need to do a lot of healing, individually and collectively.

We don’t know if Senator Obama is going to win the Presidential election yet. Even if he does, we don’t know what kind of President he will be.

Sen. Obama’s nomination may well have positive reverberations for African people all over the world – and, in fact, for all people, regardless of racial or cultural background or heritage.

But someone does not have to win the Democratic Presidential nomination in order to be a positive role model.

And anytime a person of African heritage achieves a goal or accomplishes some success, that person becomes a positive role model. This is why I have collected Black Success Stories. This is why I publish More Black Success. And this is why I celebrate Black success on my "Success Strategies" radio show.

Since the dawn of time, human beings have shared stories as a way of communicating important lessons. People have used stories to teach important truths, and to learn those truths.

Stories of African achievement contribute to our sense of wellbeing and positive self-esteem.

We all need to see positive reflections of ourselves. As people of African heritage, still recovering from the effects of enslavement and colonization, we particularly need to be reflected positively. This is a crucial part of our healing process. It is down to each and every one of us to continue to foster, promote and support this healing process, from which we can all benefit.

We live in amazing times. These are times of great potential for transformation. Anything is possible. The sky’s the limit. The time is now.