Shannon Seeley is a Licensed  Massage Therapist of 12 years she has wide ranging experience from deep tissue clientele all the way to offering touch therapy at Group homes on Sunday mornings. Shannon is a mother of two school aged children , a wife and a friend to many. She started #momlifeunfiltered on Facebook in 2018 looking to help women feel supported and empowered during what could be an isolating period of time. She is my social media specialist and a dear friend of mine. We discuss:Benefits of Massage and Touch Therapy Bringing Healing to othersGratitude to teachers, family, and children of the worldSpiritual [...]

Pearletta Lamey is the Director of Stat-Pro Healthcare Solutions, a CPR training business a CLIA waived Laboratory and a state approved pandemic provider for Connecticut where we offer mobile and onsite covid vaccinations and testing. With over 14 years of Healthcare background, my passion is to provide direct patient care, especially for maternity patients. Pearletta was a Certified Registered Midwife in Jamaica for over 7 years before migrating to the US. After settling here, she restarted my Healthcare journey by becoming a CNA in 2015 and then graduated Lincoln Technical Institute in 2016 as a LPN. She went back to school (Goodwin [...]

Rebecca Loveless, MA is a Structured Word Inquiry Coach. She is a passionate educator, who works with students, teachers, and other literacy professionals to help all children learn to read and write with confidence and joy. She is a lover of words, etymology, and storytelling, and she can explain the reason for many crazy spellings of English words. She also engages with a rich and varied spiritual practice, which fueled bringing her entrepreneurial visions to life. She coaches for the Sacred Wealth Code program, encouraging other visionary women to step forward into their unique brilliance.Rebecca holds a bachelor's degree in [...]

In this episode, I am replaying the answers given by guests at the Round Table to the question "Who is a Woman of Power and Grace?Each guest speaks her own unvarnished truth and the words from these powerful women present opportunities for us to absorb the different expressions, attributes, and understanding into our psyche. From this platform, we would be able to engage, accelerate our growth/transformation and subsequently be a channel of blessings to others. The goal is to allow us the space and freedom to declare confidently that we are women of power and grace.Episode 1: Prema Lee Gurreri [...]

Andrea is the CEO of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority in Connecticut . She Served as president and CEO of Harc, Inc. — supporting people with intellectual and related disabilities and their families.Former Director of Program Operations at Lawyers for Children America, Inc.,Ten- year career at Chubb Insurance in Operations, leading large-scale implementationsCommunity Engagement:Immediate Past President of the Connecticut Bar Foundation Former Board chair of Village for Families and Children Former Board member of Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance Current Vice-Chair, Board of the YWCA, Hartford RegionRecognitions Hartford Business Journal’s ‘Forty Under Forty, and Five New Leaders to [...]

Such an appropriate title for these times!Patricia Campanile, M.H.S.A. is a certified global Edgewalker facilitator, business, executive, and life coach and successful trainer, speaker, workshop and retreat leader. For over 30 years she has worked across industry lines with women, leaders, entrepreneurs, not for profit, corporations and national organizations in “REINVENTING SUCCESS FROM THE INSIDE OUT”. Patricia’s passion is inspiring and guiding women in “Reclaiming Their Wholeness” by accessing and contributing their hearts, spirit and full potential to influence others, take an evolutionary leap and impact positive change in their lives, work, communities and the world. Her coaching and presentations to national women’s organizations included starting and leading Women [...]

Dr. Dorothy Martin-Neville is an Executive Leadership Coach, an international speaker and author of eight books. She addresses the issues that exist for all of us who are trying to please everyone, who are striving to be near-perfect, or who are the over-achievers. In working with Executive Women, Dorothy has seen how powerful women have unique ways of doing self-betrayal, in giving their power away. We talk about mindset, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, relationships, leadership, women's empowerment and the courage to living a life of our dreams. She notes: "The grace comes when we lovingly transform ourselves.... and claim our presence."https://www.askdrdorothy.com/YouTubehttps://youtu.be/k-JKACkbaOAStand with [...]

Ms. Sonia Santavenere is a beautician and she is the owner of The Main Switch in Middletown and Norwalk, Connecticut. (http://www.mainswitchsalonct.com/)Sonia says, "When you look good, you feel good." This is the philosophy at The Main Switch Beauty Salon where owner, she delights her guests with dazzling hair styles and an exceptional salon experience. She places emphasis on ambience, creativity, accommodation, and empowerment.She empowers women from behind the chair and has an annual celebration, "Girls, Let's Talk," where women meet to share their experiences, wisdom and love.YouTube Video:https://youtu.be/SkeYLuZxJKI

Quatina (Tina) Frazer is my first guest from Generation X!She is a Community Leader, Author, Mother and she holds a Master's Degree in Liberal Studies. Tina exemplifies courage, determination, decency and dignity in everything she does. She has overcome a lot as in many women's stories and this conversation should bring hope and optimism to all our endeavors. She sings James Cleveland's I don't Feel No Ways Tired, and it is deeply moving. ACHIEVEMENTS Wesleyan - Earned Cardinal Achievement Award 2018 and 2020 in recognition of extraordinaryinitiative.Author of “Built by Love, Kept by Grace: Beauty Out of Ashes” on Amazon.com [...]

Dr. Atim Eneida George's credentials:Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Black Studies Research (CBSR), UC Santa BarbaraConducted an in-depth qualitative interdisciplinary study entitled Black Mothers Matter, https://www.cbsr.ucsb.edu/research-projects/intersectional-justice leading to the production of book chapter, Respect—Making Your Mess, Your Message: What I Learned About Courageous Truth-telling from Gender-based Violence (to be published in 2021).Executive Director, Global Center for Creative Leaders (GCCL), Lanham, MDGlobal Center for Creative Leaders, a non-profit Organisation committed to developing leadership capacities of clients and stakeholders through delivery of innovative training and development activities and servicesDeputy Director, Rangel Program in International Affairs, Howard UniversityVisiting Fellow & Public Diplomat-in-Residence, University of [...]