TheDianaAndPatriciaShow

In this fast paced program veteran sale consultant and networking guru Adrian Miller will share best practices and top tips on how to get the most from your networking time and dollars. Think you're heard it all before. Not so. Learn why most people NEVER get the best return on their networking investment.  Networking more is NOT the answer; networking smarter is.  Adrian Miller is President of Adrian Miller Sales Training and Founder of Adrian's Network. She's also the author of "The Blatant Truth" 50 Ways to Sales Success" and her byline appears in many business publications an websites.    

Alice Randall is the author of The Wind Done Gone, Pushkin and the Queen of Spades, Rebel Yell, and Ada's Rules. Born in Detroit she grew up in Washington, D.C.. As a Harvard undergraduate majoring in English she studied with Julia Child as well as Harry Levin, Alan Heimert, and Nathan Huggins. After graduation Randall headed south to Music City where she founded Midsummer Music with the idea she would create a new way to fund novel writing and a community of powerful storytellers. On her way to The Wind Done Gone she became the first black woman in history to write a number one country song; wrote a video of the year; worked on multiple Johnny Cash videos and wrote and produced the pilot for a primetime drama about ex-wives of country stars that aired on CBS. She has written with or published some of the greatest songwriters of the era including Steve Earle, Matraca Berg, Bobby Braddock, and Mark Sanders. Four novels later, the award winning songwriter with over twenty recorded songs to her credit and frequent contributor to Elle magazine, is Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University. She teaches courses on Country Lyric in American Culture, Creative Writing, and Soul Food as text and in text. Randall lives near the University with her husband, a ninth generation Nashvillian who practices green law. Her daughter graduated from Harvard and is now teaching and writing in the Mississippi Delta. After twenty-four years hard at it Randall has come to the conclusion motherhood is the most creative calling of all and health disparity is the dominant civil rights issue of the first quarter of the 21st century. Please check out: http://www.adasrules.com  

Women Who Influence hosts, Patricia and Diana will talk about the Recent Study going viral on the net "Obesity in Black women Leaked to Childhood Abuse".  Join the dscussion on http://urbanfitandfab.com.  Our featured guest is Amy Tippins who founded RockScar Love Designs (RSL) in 2010 with the mission to help others embrace their scars and the life lessons that come from them. As an 18 year liver transplant recipient, Amy saw the unlimited possibilities society had to pay it forward if they could embrace their scars as an opportunity to do something amazing.  

     Denise Flemming is a Chicago, lL native. She began her training at Hull House Theatre on the north side of Chicago. After completing her B.A. at Spelman College, Atlanta, Ms. Flemming created WINTERKILL for her Master Fine Arts degree from the University  of Southern California. WINTERKILL has been performed at The Soho Playhouse, The  Museum of The City of New York, Producers Club, Dwyer Cultural Center. Also, Harlem Hospital, Center for GLBT, La Guardia Performing Arts Center.  In addition at Ladyfest South, Atlanta, Georgia: Exit Theatre, San Francisco: Minnesota Fringe, Minneapolis.   Ms. Flemming writes and performs about those issues that “BOTHER” her. She admits “the role of a performing artist is to give an audience a reflection of where we are in society. I give you a chance to look at “ourselves” so you as the audience can get a good look at where we are in humanity, so that the audience can arrive at their oww  truthfulness.

Women Who Influence creators Patricia Rivera and Diana McCray will discuss 5 Key Areas to focus on for Self-Care. Taking care of yourself includes wellness, lifestyle, moving, healthy eating and self-love.  Its time to be your best friend and take care of yourself the way you take care of people you love.   Women are the caregivers for their families, children and parents but when it comes to  their health,  they are the last one on the to do list. Diana and Patricia will discuss 5 wellness steps you can put on your to do list and implement right away.  Ladies its time to listen to your body and take action. Learn how a Self-Care plan needs to be part of your personl and business life. Its time to become a healthy business woman.