Podcast appearances and mentions of monique davis

In this episode of NLN Nursing Edge Unscripted, host Kellie Bryant from the National League for Nursing's Center for Innovation in Education Excellence is joined by Sabrina Beroz, Monique Davis, and Jasline Moreno. The episode explores the Maryland Clinical Simulation Resource Consortium (MCSRC), a statewide initiative supporting simulation-based nursing education through funding, training, and equipment. Originating in 2015 with a $3.1 million grant, the consortium has expanded to include 30 nursing programs, standardized simulation tools, and professional development pathways for educators. The discussion highlights the importance of needs assessments, stakeholder buy-in, and continuous evaluation in sustaining and growing the initiative. Future plans include immersive virtual reality, objective structured teaching encounters (OSTEs) for faculty evaluation, and endorsement programs to enhance simulation education. MCSRC is a model for other states seeking to establish similar simulation consortia.Learn more about the Maryland Clinical Simulation Resource Consortium by visiting their website: www.montgomerycollege.edu/MCSRC. Dedicated to excellence in nursing, the National League for Nursing is the leading organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education. Find past episodes of the NLN Nursing EDge podcast online. Get instant updates by following the NLN on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. For more information, visit NLN.org.

Monique Davis decided to take matters into her own hands and trust in God. She began using scripture to change her mindset, emotional state and ultimately her career and business. Monique Davis

She outworked and outshined others around her with creativity and hard work. Monique Davis leveraged her experience recruiting models to break into the recruiting world. She's now the founder of Fresh Talent Sources, a sourcing and training firm that helps startups and small to medium-sized businesses get the best candidates to help their establishments thrive. Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.- LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/JonaedIqbalND Connect with us on social media!- LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeLinkedIn- Facebook: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeFB- Instagram: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeIG- Twitter: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeTW- TikTok: https://bit.ly/3qfUD2V Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, drop us a review on Apple Podcast and/or subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nodegree. Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Today on Two Mics Up Business Corner with Damon Cunningham, he will be speaking with Monique Davis Dotson of LifeWave X39. Monique is a top earner in the company and she'll be sharing her journey to success. Monique will also be discussing the benefits of the LifeWave X39 products and how they can help you improve your health and wellness and so much more! Watch this great conversation and don't forget to subscribe to Two Mics Up. Featuring: Monique Davis-Dotson Distributor: LifeWaveX39, Podcaster, Yogi Email: moniquedavisdotson@gmail.com Web lifewave.com/moniquedotson --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twomicsup/support

Parenting & Trauma with Monique Davis | The Marshal Gillen Show #139In this episode I'm joined by Parent & Child Communication expert Monique Davis talking about trauma, how it affects us as adults, and how we're passing it down to our kids unconsciously!If you're a parent... this episode is for you!Want to learn how to launch, grow, and monetize a speaking business around your story and expertise?Visit https://www.TopPaidSpeaker.com to learn how!SUBSCRIBE to the channel https://youtube.com/marshalgillen

Habitat for Humanity is a volunteer based organization building affordable homes. With a vision for a world where everyone has a decent place to live, Habitat OC has built over 200 homes in Orange County for the families with good credit and work but are unable to purchase homes. Here is Monique Davis, President of the organization sharing her views about Habitat OC and its work so far. Host: Rajeshwari Kalyanam

In this episode, Liandra talks with Monique Davis about parenting teenagers, the importance of consistency as a parent, communicating boundaries, what is and isn't worth battling, worrying about social media, and raising teenagers to become adults. Listen in!Connect with Monique: https://linktr.ee/gladiatrixcoaching?mibextid=uc01c0Thank you for listening to this episode of From The Ashes: Reclaiming YOU

This time on Code WACK! What would you do if you were faced with thousands of dollars of medical debt? Would you file for bankruptcy or let the debt go to collections? What help is out there for people facing such difficult dilemmas? Would Medicare for All protect patients from the hassles and financial burdens that face ill patients today? To find out, we spoke with Monique Davis, a nonprofit executive in Southern California, who, during midlife, faced an unexpected diagnosis with a rare and potentially deadly disease. This is the second of two episodes featuring Monique's harrowing story.

This time on Code WACK! What would you do if you were faced with thousands of dollars of medical debt? Would you file for bankruptcy or let the debt go to collections? What help is out there for people facing such difficult dilemmas? Would Medicare for All protect patients from the hassles and financial burdens that face ill patients today? To find out, we spoke with Monique Davis, a nonprofit executive in Southern California, who, during midlife, faced an unexpected diagnosis with a rare and potentially deadly disease. This is the second of two episodes featuring Monique's harrowing story. Check out the Show Notes and Transcript for background info and more!

This time on Code WACK! What would you do if you were faced with thousands of dollars of medical debt? Would you file for bankruptcy or let the debt go to collections? What help is out there for people facing such difficult dilemmas? Would Medicare for All protect patients from the hassles and financial burdens that face ill patients today?  To find out, we spoke with Monique Davis, a nonprofit executive in Southern California, who, during midlife, faced an unexpected diagnosis with a rare and potentially deadly disease. This is the second of two episodes featuring Monique's harrowing story.  Check out the Show Notes and Transcript for background info and more!

Can you count on your health insurance when you need it? What if you and your spouse are "double-covered?" What are your options when medical debt is dragging you down? And if you can't pay, what happens after you get well and start looking for a new job? To find out, we spoke with Monique Davis, a nonprofit executive in Southern California, who, during midlife, faced an unexpected diagnosis with a rare and potentially deadly disease. How did her HMO respond when claims for chemotherapy, medical equipment, multiple ambulance rides and a stem cell transplant came rolling in? Monique says her survival is a miracle and her treatments were arduous. . . Did dealing with the claims really have to be so hard?

Can you count on your health insurance when you need it? What if you and your spouse are "double-covered?" What are your options when medical debt is dragging you down? And if you can't pay, what happens after you get well and start looking for a new job? To find out, we spoke with Monique Davis, a nonprofit executive in Southern California, who, during midlife, faced an unexpected diagnosis with a rare and potentially deadly disease. How did her HMO respond when claims for chemotherapy, medical equipment, multiple ambulance rides and a stem cell transplant came rolling in? Monique says her survival is a miracle and her treatments were arduous. . . Did dealing with the claims really have to be so hard? Check out the Show Notes and Transcript for background info and more!

Can you count on your health insurance when you need it? What if you and your spouse are "double-covered?" What are your options when medical debt is dragging you down?  And if you can't pay, what happens after you get well and start looking for a new job? To find out, we spoke with Monique Davis, a nonprofit executive in Southern California, who, during midlife, faced an unexpected diagnosis with a rare and potentially deadly disease. How did her HMO respond when claims for chemotherapy, medical equipment, multiple ambulance rides and a stem cell transplant came rolling in?   Monique says her survival is a miracle and her treatments were arduous. . . Did dealing with the claims really have to be so hard? Check out the Show Notes and Transcript for background info and more!

This episode of the NLN Nursing EDge Unscripted Surface track features guest Dr. Monique Davis.

Elizabeth Cantu and Monique Davis  Wrapping up the conversation regarding the Radonda Vaught trial, what it means for nurses moving forward. Setting Boundaries in the workplace and using your voice when it matters.  Nurse suicide, when to reach out for help, and why it is important for your mental wellbeing.  Please if you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts call 911 or get to the nearest emergency room or call the suicide hotline at 1-800-273-8255 Remember you are not alone and people want to help you live a happy fulfilling life.    www.invidacoaching.com #radondavaught #nurses #medicationerror  

Monique Davis is a Talent Success consultant specializing in team dynamics, recruiting and training. After nearly a decade in corporate […]

Monique is a mother of 5, a registered ER nurse, real estate developer, and coach. After she lost her son Jake to suicide in 14' she began a journey of healing and self-discovery that would lead her to a deep understanding of vulnerability as a superpower and armor as a tool used to keep the world out. She has worked tirelessly with her own children and many others helping them to drop the armor and connect through vulnerability. After many years of working with teens, Monique has now started to work with parents and teens together to help bridge the gap in connection that those often difficult teen years bring about. Reach out @ Monique@gladiatrixcoaching.com See our services https://www.gladiatrixcoaching.com/  

Monique currently works as the Managing Director for the Center for Art and Public Exchange (CAPE) at the Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) and also serves at the Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer. CAPE is a Kellogg funded initiative that uses artwork, exhibitions,  engagement with artists, and programming as a vehicle to have conversations about race and equity.  Monique is responsible for creating brave spaces  that expand visitor's perspectives and reveal our shared humanity.  Monique is deeply committed to the belief that art has the power to transform and inform us. Monique is a CPA, and a graduate of Howard University.  Prior to her tenure at the Museum, Monique served as the Senior Program Manager for Parents for Public Schools of Jackson.  Her primary responsibility was teaching parents how to be effective advocates for their children.  This was accomplished by creating workshops that helped parents navigate bureaucratic, and often dehumanizing systems. Her career has been a winding path that has resulted in her owning and operating a restaurant, advocating for homeless veterans at the federal level, and creating safe spaces for nursing mothers.

Monique Davis Dotson takes a moment to encourage and share the importance of being thankful we are still here.

Join Succeed Intentionally with Monique Davis presents LightWerk! Season 1: Episode 1 focuses on a young woman who had some dark and angry times that she blamed God for but this story will blow your mind because there is always light after darkness. Song: Chimes Artist: Engelwood, Jeff Kaale Stem Distributions LLC. (on behalf of Engelwood); Ultra Publishing, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., LatinAutorPerf, Abramus Digital, and 7 Music Rights Societies --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/succeedintentionally/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/succeedintentionally/support

You can find the full transcript and related images here. Link to Bio and more info about Suzanne:Suzanne Thomas You can learn more about Inclusion in Art using the following links:https://inclusioninart.com/https://www.instagram.com/inclusioninart/https://twitter.com/inclusioninarthttps://www.facebook.com/InclusionInArtOK/ Organizations and Galleries mentioned.Oklahoma Visual Arts CoalitionThe Art HallLittle D Gallery in Paseo Artists MentionedAlbert BostickBryon Perdue Additional References:Opal's Greenwood OasisIllustrated by Skip Hall, one of the founders of Inclusion in Art.If you enjoyed this episode, you will likely enjoy our previous episode: Building Community Equity Through Art - with Monique Davis.  

From a troubled teenager herself to now using those real-life experiences to help other teenagers brought home by her kids, Monique explains her passion for guiding them through the Fog such as high school or rough home situations. CONNECT WITH MONIQUE:Instagram: instagram.com/monique_c_davis/Facebook: facebook.com/monique.davis.969Join the FIRE THROUGH FOG Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/firethroughfogFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firethroughfog

This season we talked about embracing your unique identity, success, trauma, making it happen by any means necessary, unlearning, consistency, healthy self-love, fearlessly blooming + so much more!⁣ If you haven't already listened to all — ALL — of the episodes, you're in for a treat. This Season Finale episode is a LIVE recording with guests from episodes 14-25.  ↘️⬇️↙️⁣⁣ EPISODE 14 | On Embracing My Unique Identity + Discovering My Purpose In this episode, I talk about my journey as a 1st generation immigrant. Immigrating to Miami, Florida from the Virgin Islands was the beginning of my identity struggles. My new life made me feel out of place, different and uncertain of belonging. Over time I learned to embrace what seemed to be an unconventional West Indian upbringing, get comfortable with my unique identity + discover my purpose to THRIVE.  Connect with me: WWW.SHABREEEWUSI.COM instagram.com/shabreeewusi Facebook.com/shabreeewusi Twitter.com/shabreeewusi   EPISODE 15 | On Challenging the Status Quo + Redefining Motherhood Elisha McGhee is a self-proclaimed master of intentional planning, manages many roles while obtaining the ultimate ‘balance' as a wife, a mom, career woman and an entrepreneur, as Owner of Page Eleven Paper Goods & Co-Owner of The Penny Lounge.  Page Eleven, a stationery brand providing guidance to an intentional lifestyle with products ranging from Yearly Planners, Daily Notepads and Journals to help you maintain a path where purpose meets intent.  In this episode Elisha McGhee shares her journey of motherhood, marriage, and building a successful business while remaining true to her personal identity. Here's how you connect with Elisha: Facebook.com/pageelevenpapergoods Instagram.com/pageelevenpapergoods http://www.pageelevenpapergoods.com   EPISODE 16 | On Using Your Trauma as a Apparatus to Blossom + Heal Jhiree Davis-Jones is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and owns the counseling practice, Cherry Blossom Healing, in Paramus, NJ. Mrs.Jones, is an Entrepreneur, Author, and National Board-Certified Counselor with a passion to help individuals experience peace, joy and fulfillment. Mrs. Jones is the CEO and Founder of the Rise Beyond Your Circumstance initiative which awards a scholarship to (2) high achieving Paterson high school seniors. She is also the CEO and Founder of a self-care conference, titled Invest in You. In this Episode Jhiree shares her journey through motherhood and how she's used her trauma as an apparatus to blossom + heal.  Here's how you can connect with Jhiree: https://twitter.com/jhireeL https://instagram.com/invest_in_you1st https://www.authorjhiree.com   EPISODE 17 | On “Making IIt Happen' By Any Means Necessary It is said that your pain births your purpose. That statement would be true for Miami native, Lory Wallace, who discovered her love for makeup in the midst of an abusive relationship. Unlike most women Lory, used cosmetics to hide the naked truth from those around her.  Lory founded Pulse Beauty -- a cosmetic line that's dedicated to the inexperienced beginner, freelance and professional make-up artists. Pulse Beauty (and symbolic symbol) is a representation that means, “The day that I truly let go of things that no longer served me is when I truly started to live.” In this Episode, Lory shares her journey through motherhood and how she “made it happen” by any means necessary.  Here's how you can connect with Lory: Facebook Twitter Instagram https://www.pulsebeauty.net   EPISODE 18 | On Shifting, Unlearning + Growing Into Your Identity Tasha Glover is a wife of 11 years and a homeschooling Mom of 3 kiddos. Her mandate is to restore originality and creativity back to the body of believers.  She accomplishes this in the marketplace through strategy, leading experiences, mentoring, and teaching.  Tasha's heart is to usher entrepreneurs into their own original experiences and encounters with Holy Spirit so they understand they can hear God, believe what they hear, and have a clear mandate and strategy to reach their destiny. She believes Godly wisdom is the key to building with God in life and business. Tasha is also a Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur Certified as a Business Strategist and she leads a team of spirit-led creatives over at Tech with Tasha, a Spirit-led branding and digital marketing company. In this Episode, Tasha shares how she's unlearning, shifting + growing Into her identity. ⁣ Here's how you can connect with Tasha: Facebook Twitter Instagram http://www.tashaglover.com   EPISODE 19 | On Confidence, Consistency + Healthy Self-Love Nkechi Ajaeroh, like many moms out there, wears many hats - she is a mother and a military spouse. She is also a food writer, recipe developer, food/wellness blogger, and health coach.  Kechi started her blog, nkechiajaeroh.com in 2018, because she wanted to leave a legacy that will empower her kids to eat and live healthier. Kechi firmly believes that "healthy" does not equal "bland," so she loves creating easy, healthy, and flavorful meals for busy families! Kechi has a Master's degree in Public Health, loves the outdoors, and likes learning about new cultures. In this Episode, Nkechi shares how she's unlearning, shifting + growing Into her identity. ⁣⁣ Here's how you can connect with Nkechi: Facebook Instagram Youtube https://www.cookhealthywithkechi.com   EPISODE 20 | On Fearlessly Blooming into your Destiny Monique Davis is the author of The Fearless Woman book. She is a growing intellectual force of fierceness and charisma.  She is a multi-tasking mother of two beautiful children and proud military wife of sixteen years. She has held many positions of leadership and prides herself on using her personal platform and experiences to encourage, empower and inspire countless women around the world, far beyond my resume. In this Episode, Monique shares how she's fearlessly blooming into her destiny. ⁣⁣ Here's how you connect with Monique: Facebook Instagram http://www.moniquemonaedavis.com   EPISODE 21 | On Staying Focused, Radical Obedience + Being a Good Neighbor Sommar Theodore is the founder + Neighborhood Watch Leader of Jesus Be Knowin'. A faith-based apparel + accessory brand created to remind people that God is always in control. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Sommar's love for Christ was cultivated by her grandmother from the time she was born. She has served God through various ministries at her home church and is excited to serve him through JBK during this season of her life. Currently, Sommar resides in Maryland with her husband and their handsome son. Whether you follow Jesus Be Knowin' on social media, wear our apparel or share our message with the ones you love, you are a member of our community, the #JBKgang. We affectionately call the members of our community, Neighbor. Make sure to always be a good one. In this Episode, Sommar shares about staying focused, radical obedience + being a good neighbor. ⁣ Here's how you can connect with Sommar: Facebook Jesus Be Knowin on Instagram Sommar Theodar on Instagram www.jesusbeknowin.com   EPISODE 22 | On Choosing to Be Your Full Self + Stepping Into Your Identity  Iffy Ibekwe activates intentional women so they can take agency over their lives and build impactful legacies. As the principal attorney at Ibekwe Law, PLLC, Iffy Ibekwe believes that every woman deserves to make decisions that affect her with wills, trusts, and other estate planning documents. Emboldening women is Iffy's calling, and she's also passionate about speaking about entrepreneurship and supporting other women lawyers who desire to practice estate planning law. In this Episode, Iffy talked about choosing to be your full self + stepping into your identity. ⁣⁣ Here's how you can connect with Iffy: Facebook Instagram www.iffyibekwe.com   EPISODE 23 | On Breaking Cycles, Healing + Living a Forgiveness Lifestyle Tuniscia O is the CEO and Founder of Blending Our Love, Inc.™️, and the Creator of the Forgiveness Lifestyle Movement and the A Time to Heal Motherhood Global Movement. She's a global keynote speaker, corporate trainer, media specialist, and forgiveness coach to c-suite  and entrepreneurial moms. Her book Empowered Stepmother: Grow, Glow, and Thrive Harmoniously in Your Blended Family is a #1 Amazon bestseller. In addition, she hosts the Tea with Tuniscia O Show, where she interviews celebrities, influencers, and business owners who share secrets to success for keeping a positive mindset to accomplish goals amid all adversities.  Her movement is to empower billions of mothers worldwide to identify and release emotional blocks using forgiveness, healing and growth techniques.  In this Episode, Tuniscia shares about breaking cycles, healing + living a forgiveness lifestyle. ⁣⁣ Here's how you can connect with Tuniscia: Facebook Instagram   EPISODE 24 | On Strength, Freedom + Discovering Who You Are Teresa Strong Myrick is a former police officer, victim advocate and child & family counselor. She is currently a Certified Transformational Results Coach ,  Best Selling Author, and founder of the MyT Strong Network,  LLC. The mission is to serve adult survivors of childhood traumas such as homicide, domestic violence and sexual molestation.  She has experienced the results of unresolved inner hurt on many levels -personally and professionally.   Teresa is passionate about eradicating the cycle of hurt that leads to to self abuse, the abuse of others and/or being abused.  In this episode Teresa⁣ shares about strength, freedom + discovering who you are. ⁣ Here's how you can connect with Teresa: Facebook Instagram www.mytstrongetwork.com   and SHE Thrives is a podcast that helps Millennial mothers check their MIC + THRIVE. MIC Check = adjusting your mindset, setting your intention, seeking clarity + ultimately living your best life + THRIVING.  The podcast is hosted by ShaBree Henry Ewusi. SHE is an Author, Speaker + Certified Coach. The and SHE Thrives podcast was created with truth, transparency + sisterhood in mind.  Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and  Soundcloud.    Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://andshethrives.libsyn.com/rss   Links mentioned in this episode: If you enjoyed today's show and want to be texted the link for the next episodes text the word “PODCAST” to (973) 210-4470 or click here: https://my.community.com/shabreeewusi For daily affirmations via text, text the word “AFFIRMATIONS' to (973) 210-4470 or click here: https://my.community.com/shabreeewusi If you're a woman and you'd like to join a supportive community founded on truth, transparency + sisterhood join us on facebook by searching and SHE Thrives. https://www.facebook.com/groups/539995406344571/   Need a resource to help with mindset? Click here to download my FREE MIC Check workbook: https://www.shabreeewusi.com/shop/miccheck   Social Media Info WWW.SHABREEEWUSI.COM instagram.com/shabreeewusi Facebook.com/shabreeewusi Twitter.com/shabreeewusi   Remember, you have everything that you need, take what you have and make it what you want. #LetsTHRIVE   

Risha Ferdinand is a Business Growth Strategist with 15 years of work experience in Finance and Accounting of which she has been an Entrepreneur for 11 years.  Risha left the corporate world in 2018 to start her own family legacy. She is the CEO of Strategic Business Management Agency (SBMA), the Co-Founder of an Online Retail Store, a Lecturer, and an International Speaker.  Risha holds a Business Administration Degree from the University of Hertfordshire. Mrs. Ferdinand is known for her outstanding global summit, the Direc-HER Business Summit held back in 2020. That summit had international celebrity entrepreneurs and icons as guest speaks, such as Mrs. Colleen Otero of the CEO Chicks Brand, TEDx Speaker and Singapore’s #1 Influencer Ms. Suria Sparks, Mrs. Monique Davis, the Success Coach, and Mrs. Golda Lee Bruce, an International Development Storyteller, just to name a few. Risha has the gift to translate the language of the number into business language so that entrepreneurs would have a greater understanding of their business performance before crafting strategic profit-growth strategies. Mrs. Ferdinand sells profit growth strategies to female-led businesses in both Product and Service Industries, which want to generate $30K in profits in the next 90days. Biography: Strategic Business Management AgencyStrategic Business Management Agency (SBMA) was incorporated in 2018. This agency provides business consultancy services to small and medium-sized entities across the globe. Services being offered are:Business Coaching for product and services-based businessesOperations Management Services such as Virtual Assistants Team, Social Media Management, Video Edits, and Copywriting.Project Management Services for event launch, product launch, and course launchSBMA hosts a number of workshops and courses to empower entrepreneurs to build successful legacies. Support the show (https://linktr.ee/exposuremagazine)

Join Christine & guest co-host JoVantreis Tolliver as they talk about Spiritual Wellness and welcome special guest Dr. Anna Gatmon from the Expansive Community. This week's resources and references: Living a Spiritual Life in a Material World: 4 Keys to Fulfillment and Balance Anna Gatmon Brene Brown Shealo Glo Stillpoint   THE IMPERFECT SHOW NOTES To help make this podcast more accessible to those who are hearing impaired or those who like to read rather than listen to podcasts, we'd love to offer polished show notes. However, Women Connected in Wisdom is still a startup with limited resources. So we're not there yet. What we can offer now is these imperfect show notes via the Otter.ai service. The transcription is far from perfect. But hopefully it's close enough - even with the errors - to give those who aren't able or inclined to learn from audio interviews a way to participate. Women Connected in Wisdom Podcast 4/14/2021 Anna Gatmon Speakers: Christine Gautreaux, JoVantreis Russell “Dr. JoVeezy,” Anna Gatmon, P.hd. Christine Gautreaux 0:14 Hello, hello Hello my friend. Hello my friend greetings are in for a treat today. Um, today I am joined by a guest co host, Joe vantrease Russell, Dr. Joe vz, who was our actually our first guest for our first official podcast on women connected in wisdom. And I am so excited that you are here today, Joe, though Am I oh my gosh, what an honor and to be sitting in for my amazing sister with the amazing women connected in wisdom I'm missing and call in our friend Shannon's name today. She is well for our listeners, she is just taking today to celebrate her sweethearts, birthday. And with the events of the world and how black men are currently in danger in our country. She's like, I'm not taking a moment to miss celebrating his birthday. So we want to give a special shout out. Shout out to Pharaoh and Happy Happy birthday. And I hope y'all are having a blast. Whatever adventure y'all are on today. So JoVantreis Russell "Dr. JoVeezy" 1:38 And let me just say happy birthday Pharaoh because, um, he is a really good homie of mine. And it's like really amazing to just see their relationship blossom and just their connection and everything. I just feel honored to be a part of the journey. Introduce them, right? Yes. History, that's awesome. So you get the credit? Yes, let me just say I think I might, I'm not gonna speak too soon. But I might have a little gifting in that area, because this is the second couple in two years that I've hooked up. And the relationship is blossom like Tasha and Rubin. Shout out to them. They're married, and they met at one of my events. Christine Gautreaux 2:30 I love that you call that up. Oh, that is awesome. Yeah. All right, let's do intro so we're official for those of us that are listening for the first time or live. I am Christine Gautreaux, a white social justice advocate and international speaker, coach and published author who helps you upgrade yourself in community care. JoVantreis Russell "Dr. JoVeezy" 2:55 My name is Joe ventry is Russell aka Dr. Joe vz. I am God sweetheart. I am a wife. I'm a mother and artists, and community engagement advocate. Christine Gautreaux 3:07 Together we are women connected in wisdom podcast, a podcast grounded in the eight dimensions of wellness. And we love it when people join us and we have our special guest today we have a special co host for weekly intentional conversations about how to be wise in business relationships and wellness. So I am so delighted to be together today. For those of you all for our listeners that don't know, um, Joe vantrease and I have been friends now, three or four years. I think it's four years, right? We met at Gwinnett. County, one on one and it community engagement program and became fast friends and we're like we need to do some work in the world together. And we created I had been doing manifesting. I've been doing mastermind groups for a while and I was like Joe, would you do this with me? And she was like Absolutely. So we have a Monday manifesting mastermind that has been going now for over two years. Yeah, yeah, three years. You are the one that introduced me to shaman. So Anna Gatmon 12:24 for your, for your community. Um, what is your definition of spiritual wellness, so beyond the fact that it's really hard to have one definition, but let me go to the highest level. Spirituality is this being aware and experiencing the sacredness of our life, the sacredness, the divinity and the sacredness of life. So when you talk about meaning and purpose, it's we're elevating the work we do or the hobbies we have, or the volunteer we do to bring meaning to it, we're expanding that and we're making it more sacred. So it's sacredness and everything that we do. And we do live in a sacred, wondrous universe. And when we expand our consciousness to that, we begin to perceive the sacredness, wow, we, we we get direct flow, energy flow from the universe vitality. And that's why spiritual wellness is so important, whether its meaning and purpose in your life, whether it's kindness to other human beings, whatever it is, right? Whether it's meditation, massage, you know, on all the levels, physical material, spiritual, emotional, social, whenever you expand into the sacredness, you are in, you are in direct flow with more vital energy. And you're in the spiritual realm, in the sacred, spiritual realm. So that's my short, long I clinician, when you were saying that what bubbled up for me is a picture of my friend, Joe vantrease, when she was nine months pregnant, and she was playing the drums and she put this picture, was it a picture was a video Joe, like, it was a little bit of both. I think I had a picture in a clip. It was magical and like, because you, you're just meeting Joe today, but she is an incredible drummer. And it's one of her and when you were saying that definition, and I was thinking about the sacred that is what popped up to me Joe is that picture of you with Ezra in your belly and you drumming and like sharing your gifts? On on more levels? One in that moment? Yeah. Yeah. By the time in life. So I do have an exercise at the end. So So give me time for it just so people can have that but I want to share something that happened. Cuz we had like a pre session just to get to know each other before and to see how it works. And I made a self deprecating comment, which I regretted the whole week. But I learned a really important lesson and I want to share it because it speaks to, to spiritual wellness, but to where we are in the world. And I realize how important representation is. Because in that meeting, we were to African American women and to European American women, okay. Unknown Speaker 1:35 Joe, we should introduce ourselves. Unknown Speaker 1:57 History. Unknown Speaker 2:22 That's right. Thank you, Matt Unknown Speaker 2:24 at your LP release. Unknown Speaker 4:23 this circle just comes around and around. It is delightful. Unknown Speaker 4:28 I love it. I love it. It's been such a such a pleasure and honor. Just even being in the space and sharing love through every season of life. You've got to have your girls. And this is a good way. It's quite a powerful tribe, I must say. Unknown Speaker 4:44 Well, and our newest member is your baby estra who is now six months old, right? Unknown Speaker 4:52 Yes. Unknown Speaker 4:53 Yo, let me tell you every Monday she's on the call and she brings wisdom And she talks to us and she lets her voice be heard she has since she was a teeny tiny baby. I mean, she's only six months old now. But still, from the moment she could make sounds, she lets us hear her voice and it is so delightful. Well, how is your week? My friend? How's it going? You are coming to us from Jackson, Mississippi today, right? Unknown Speaker 5:21 Yes, I am reporting live from Jackson, Mississippi. This is actually my hometown. I was born raised and educated. And I actually went to Jackson State University here too. And this was sort of an impromptu trip, you know what I mean? We didn't plan or expect to come under these circumstances. But this is life. This is you know, this is a part of life, but my grandmother is actually in the hospital, she's sick. And you know, just to be transparent. Um, she is battling with pancreatic cancer right now we firmed like, two days ago, actually. And so we are in the process. This is stage one, however, we do want to move quickly. So we're just listening to her being in tune with what she wants. With her. Unknown Speaker 6:12 Oh, you cut out for a second chance, though, for her, Unknown Speaker 6:15 um, Unknown Speaker 6:17 caretaker for her. And so this is, this is quite the journey. But Unknown Speaker 6:26 I'm so glad that you could go home and be with her and be in that role. We are losing your audio a little bit. So I'm going to wait till you come back. And while we're waiting for you to come back, I am going to give the definition of spiritual wellness and what we are talking about is that, Oh, there you are. I lost you for a minute. So the definition of spiritual wellness that we are talking about today and we're going to expand on with our awesome guest is spiritual wellness allows us to be in tune with our spiritual selves. This realm of wellness lets us find meaning in life events and define our individual purpose. It can be defined through various factors including religious faith, values, ethics and morals regardless of whether you believe in a particular religious faith, there is always something to be learned about how you see yourself in the world. And why is this important? We've talked about at times on women connecting the wisdom podcast, but spiritual wellness not only allows you to seek meaning and purpose in human existence, but it also allows you to appreciate your life experiences for what they are. When you find meaning in your life experiences, you will be able to develop a harmony with your inner self and outside world in much simpler terms. It it grants you balance, it is the thing that helps you to to live a meaningful life. Unknown Speaker 7:58 Yeah, you made it back. Yes. Sorry about that. Unknown Speaker 8:03 That's what happens when you're a road warrior and taking care of family. Unknown Speaker 8:11 So glad to be back. I don't know what happened. But I'm, I'm back. Unknown Speaker 8:15 worries, no worries. I was just given the definition of spiritual wellness that we're playing with today. And before we introduce our guests, and you know, your living it, being in Jackson taking care of family going home, I need to give a shout out to my friends, Monique Davis and Jackson and Wendy Shanna fell two artists activist, to a my two of my people from alternate routes who I adore. And so anytime I think Jackson, I think Joe vantrease, Mooney, and indie like those. And I think it's a great place to start between here in Texas, because that's when I go home. Like it's a great place to stop and say hey, so, yeah, Unknown Speaker 9:00 yes, yes. Unknown Speaker 9:01 I'm sorry for the reason that you had to go home, but I'm glad you get to be there with her. Unknown Speaker 9:07 I am too. And that definition really resonates with me so deeply. Because I'm being in a spiritual journey. And it's all about really surrendering what you believe to be right at a certain time and Lord knows, like, I have had to digest this lesson so many times. But when I surrender is it's truly when you really have peace about everything that's going on because there's so many uncontrollables but one thing you do have control over is being able to surrender and have peace and so that's really where I am spiritually. So that definition is like Whoo. Oh my gosh, it's like a plate soulful for me. Unknown Speaker 9:49 Right? Um, I love how they talk about it brings balance. And I know for me like when I lead with my spiritual practices, when I started My day, you know, outside and I love. I've said it on the podcast before and folks that know me like my favorite place to start the day is in my Labyrinth, singing my prayers. And when I start and I get out of habit sometimes because of weather or schedules or things like that, but it's such a difference when I start my day that way, like it helps me to be imbalanced with my overall wellness. So I can't wait to bring on our guest and see what she has to say about this topic. Are you ready, Joe? Unknown Speaker 10:33 I am so ready. Unknown Speaker 10:36 It is a friend of mine. So what I always say about this when we bring on friends is I always read their official bio, so I don't completely muck it up. Because you know, when you infringe on somebody for years, you can say all kinds of things about him, but you may get it wrong. Her official bio, and that way our listeners know the truth. Here we go. Anna Gottman, PhD is a visionary educator and spiritual innovator. She comes from an eclectic background that spans the US Israel, Sweden and France. Her rich life experience includes careers as a fashion model, founder of an alternative elementary school counselor, speaker and author. She is the creator of the expansive community, a membership for changemakers who are committed to creating spiritual material abundance in all areas of their life. And in the lives of the people they live, work and play with. Anna holds a doctorate degree in transformative learning from the California Institute of integral studies and lives with her family in Sonoma County in California. And I am so excited to welcome to the podcast today. My friend and colleague, Anna Gottman, Unknown Speaker 11:54 the miracles of technology, I appear I disappear. Hello, thanks for having me on your show. I'm so excited to be here. At this time, at this time in the history of the US also what we're going through and talking about spiritual wellness. Unknown Speaker 12:11 Right. Unknown Speaker 12:13 Anna, for you, I know you heard the definition, which we've talked about before comes from an academic setting, which I know you're in your background, but you expand Unknown Speaker 15:30 And I could feel the course was different, it was different than if I'm just with white people. And so I made it self deprecating comments in a white women doing some self care, you know, I regret doing anything self deprecating. This is not what it's about. But the meaning and, and the question of what spiritual wellness is changes, when there's representation that's different than just my own kind, and whatever my own kind is whiteness in this conversation. And so my question is, I do have an exercise, which I'd like to do, which is an individual self, you know, to tap into spiritual wellness, but I want to ask, have a conversation, what the spiritual wellness look like, with what we're going through? It's like, it's a different I, I have different answers for for myself, when I think of this young, innocent man, who's gone and seeing his parents, it's just it's devastating spiritual wellness looks different around that. So I'm curious to hear what it means. Like When, when, when anybody sits at the table, I mean, that's expansive, too, right? Everybody gets a sacred space at the table, versus I'm sitting just with white people, and we're thinking about self care, it becomes very personal. But the rest of the world is left out of the conversation. Unknown Speaker 17:04 You know, what comes up? For me, um, as you're speaking, thank you for saying that, because it's such a great question to kind of facilitate a conversation around unity, because that's the word that comes up for me is what does unity look like? And in this country, you know, I can speak, you know, for my experience, as a black woman, I have at times felt unequipped and lacking balance in some in some ways, and also feeling like, I'm playing catch up, so to speak, and I'm, my, not my knowledge, but but more so opportunity. And it's not, it's not like I'm trying to say, Hey, you know, more people have opportunities than I do, or things like that. But it's, it's, it's reality. Um, when I, my tank is not as full as the next person, then they're more likely to receive the opportunity than than I am, or even something as simple as, you know, your reputation, not reputation, but your experience and your historical experience with dealing with police officers. If I've had a terrible track record with police officers, and the treatment that I received, it will be hard for me to even receive a gift when a police officer is actually trying to is actually being a stand up human being and a person is genuinely trying to show me kindness, you know, I might miss out on that opportunity. because historically, I have been not, it's not been a good, good experience. So I think about that, in terms of being spiritually lacking, or, or having my spiritual tank not be full. And, and, you know, it comes to the point where you have to be even taught how to receive a gift, especially in the divine in the spiritual, you have to be taught and not you know, personally, I have things where I, I'm definitely getting that lesson of knowing how to receive, but when you come from an area where it's hasn't been, or hasn't been so, so freely given spiritual nourishment. It's hard to even recognize, you know what I mean? Unknown Speaker 19:15 Yeah, of course. I mean, yeah, it's like you. I mean, even, you know, the law of attraction. I mean, they all talk about it, right? If you're not prepared, if you knew, you're not going to see when it's coming your way. And if you're wounded, if you've been abused, you don't see kindness, because you're always suspecting right. And so here, it's systemically, you're part of this and so yeah, it totally makes sense. And I think the thing that's important for me here is the difference between personal spiritual wellness and collective spiritual wellness. That's what I fell in the session. We had it was so powerful. It was like, wow, this is a different conversation. Right? Unknown Speaker 20:07 Well, and that's why we started this podcast. And because we were having some of these conversations that are manifesting Monday, it seems like we need to be talking about this with the whole world. Yeah, we are a group of diverse women that comes together and bring, we bring our different life experiences, different gender, we're different generations, different races, different faiths, in this group that meet, and we're really lucky in the place that we live, we're in one of the most diverse counties, not only in Georgia, but in the country, and in Gwinnett County. And so we really started talking about unity. And we talked about the wisdom that every single one of us brings in it doesn't, you know, we're from different educational backgrounds, we're from different play. You know, it's, it's just that piece is fascinating. And I wanted to share with y'all today, I was on a zoom call with a brand new contact. She was a colleague that was put in touch with me. And she is an incredible activist and artist in Virginia, African American woman. And we were having a conversation. And I want to share this, because I think it's valuable, especially for our white listeners. And we just were talking about resources, we were talking about ways we could collaborate we were talking about. And she shared with me that with what's going on in our country right now, she had several white friends reach out to her and say, I'm basically wanting her to teach them, like how do we deal with this, and she's like, Yo, I'm in pain, I am in physical pain right now. I'm not in a place to do that with you. And so, you know, it's one of the things I know is a white social justice advocate as white people, we want to talk to other white people. And, and not not dip into our friends of color, self care, and their wellness in times of crisis, that because it can be detrimental to their wellness. And the other thing that she shared with me towards the end of the call, which was so powerful, what she said to me, Christine, she said, You, she said I was so excited to meet with you, when I saw the work you did in the world, I could tell we do a lot of the same work. And she said, but in the back of my mind, I thought, Oh, it's another white woman who's going to ask to be connected to the black community. And she said, You didn't ask me for a thing. You just offered resources, and said, What can we create together? And she said, I don't think I've ever had a white woman do that before. And it was a powerful moment and a reminder and a call, especially with our sisters of color to, for us to be mindful of that. Like, what are we asking of each other? You know, what are we asking of each other? into especially I think in times of crisis, then yeah, that's Unknown Speaker 23:16 Yeah. So I, I want to bring that the spiritual is often so devoid of race or, or ethnicity, right? But it's not devoid of religion, you know, you're Christian or Jewish or you're a Muslim, but it's devoid of, of, of, of ethnicity, right, and race. And so a very well known statement, for example, is unity within diversity. Right. And again, it brings us to sacredness, we are different on the diversity level, the richness is the diversity. But the Unity comes in the sacredness. That's where the unity is. It's not about being unified. And it's not about being completely different. It's like there's diversity is on the material plane, what we bring the gifts that we bring in on the sacred level on the spiritual level. That's where we share unity. And so I'm saying this because it's important to expand our definition of all these very well known spiritual statements. Okay? If you believe in unity within diversity, will Can you expand your definition of unity and your definition of diversity? If practicing loving kindness is something that you practice, can you expand that beyond and deal with the edge of where it feels like I can go so far, these people, if it's age, or it's disability, or its skin color, whatever it is for you, we all have Have an edge where we're uncomfortable, where we go, Oh, well, this is new to me, this is unfamiliar, stay there and explore there. Because in that energy, if you don't do it, there is pent up energy that is depleting you and depleting us as humanity. But if you stay on that edge, and you say, Can I expand loving kindness, to the unfamiliar to the unknown to stuff that I was taught as a child in school, from where I come from, wherever you have it, you start to open the energy, when that open, when that energy is released, you are going to feel revitalized, regenerated, I mean, you're just going to because suddenly, you are not in fear, you are in love, and you've expanded your felt sense of sacred loving kindness. So that is a really important action to do today, in these times, right? Unknown Speaker 25:59 Absolutely. This, oh my gosh, this is so amazing. Um, because what I'm thinking about, because you mentioned expression of gifts, and I think about in this country, there are so many gifts that are left being under appreciated because of our value system and and a value system, honestly, that shouldn't exist, because who are we to put value on what gifts matter? And what gifts do not matter? And so that feels like to me, I mean, you know, some folks believing, you know, in afterlife, but I believe that it's getting closer to heaven on earth, seeing everybody be in their full expression and and be received with compassion and grace. Yeah. And you know, even in this season of life that I'm in now, just like, our family is coming together, we're recognizing what each one of us brings to the table. And the is it easy? No, because all of us have our own conditioning and value system. But bringing it to an example for this country. Everybody's had a whole entire different upbringing. You know, even beyond races, even beyond color, and ethnicity, we have just had total different backgrounds and upbringing. So our value system comes from how we were raised, but it has to shift and become flexible in order to adapt to this space that you talked about. Because, you know, how else will we have the flexibility to express ourselves to the fullest degree and, and receive that compassion and grace? To do so? Yeah, Unknown Speaker 27:35 I love that. And it. So I love the fact that what you're talking about on that edge, too, is a place of vulnerability. You know, one of my teachers, Bernie brown talks about vulnerability, being the birthplace of creativity and really all that's amazing. And I think about when you when you say that about it being sacred. So you know, vulnerability is the birthplace of sacredness, like you talked about Joe vantrease. About about surrender, right. And then I wanted to lift up and roses comment in in Facebook, she said, that is a really good description and are open to the uncomfortable and unknown. Unknown Speaker 28:20 Hey, and rose, I know her Unknown Speaker 28:21 right. Unknown Speaker 28:25 to join us today and are listening live. Unknown Speaker 28:28 Yeah. So can I just share so that people have something you know, because we're talking and people are enriched by us, but I want people to also have something they can do. We're all we're depleted and exhausted. And if we have spiritual resources and tools, then we know how to to create, you know, the flow, but when we don't, then we're just depleted because it's exhausting. Unknown Speaker 28:52 Right? Yes, please share. Unknown Speaker 28:55 So I created this exercise, you might know a similar kind of exercise, but I created it out of a place where I was told many times you live in a bubble, because because I live in it in a conscious community. And and I, I have a utopian view of the world. That's what I'm here to show what's possible. what's possible to how can we live in this wondrous world? planet wonders, humanity, ingenuity, I mean, there's so much creativity and beauty and wonder on our planet, and how can we live like this? And I'm often told you live in a bubble. And I found an answer for it. And I created the exercise in the answer that I say I don't live in a bubble. I live in an in a field that I create for myself. And I expand that field so that when I interact with people, they get a whiff of that field that I create. It's not a closed bubble that's unrealistic or utopian. It is an energy field is a field of intelligence of consciousness that I create. And you are welcome to join into the field. And I am. So this is the exercise that I create based on it. And you can pick any quality that you want to do that you want to work with, let's say you want to have more inner peace, or you want to experience more joy, or you want to have loving kindness or anything, it can really be creativity, whatever you want to. And basically you imagine, you know, this bubble, but it's more like it's a translucent kind of a field. And you can make it as you know, just whatever, just a bit bigger than yourself, however you are comfortable in it kind of it's flowing. So when you move, it moves with you, this, this field moves with you. And so what you want is to fill that field with, let's say, loving kindness, okay? Let's do that. And so you just imagine yourself experiencing loving kindness, you can always pick a time where you experience loving kindness towards yourself, or when you express it, or you saw a child or you saw a pet, or you saw a movie, and you experienced loving kindness. And you just feel this, you imagine you fill yourself with loving kindness. And again, you could do inner peace, if that's better for you. And you just feel this and you can decide what color is it, it's translucent, so it protects you. But it also anyone who walks into your field, suddenly is in the field of loving kindness, or in the field of caring for your brothers and sisters, or inner peace. And you walk around in the world so that when you go to the store, imagine yourself wobbling like this with this field of loving kindness, it's going to change your interactions with people, it's going to change your field because now it's not like you're being attacked, maybe, or violated or just aggressed by the news, you have this field that's protecting you, that's maybe a meter or whatever a meter is like a yard or something around you. And anyone who comes into your field gets to enjoy that and experience that. And that's how we change the world. One of the ways by creating a field and inviting people into it and protecting ourselves with this field and, and sharing that with the world. So that's an exercise that's going to fill you with vitality with tranquility, it will leave the world a bit outside because you have the field and you get to design your experience. And you get to design the field that you want to live in and that you want to create. So I hope it's helpful for people. I mean, I didn't do the full meditation, I more explained it. But you know, we don't have time for that. I think so. Unknown Speaker 33:08 I love that, Anna, thank you. I have when you were doing that I had this image, I have this picture, I'll have to I'll have to go back and find it. It's on Facebook somewhere. But there was a you know, it was when the when the apps first came out where you could do photo apps, and you could put filters over. And I have a picture of me in a bubble. It's it's this translucent bubble. And so it was easy for me to visualize because I have a picture of it. And I love that like and and I did have to giggle at the wobbling around. Unknown Speaker 33:44 I literally close my eyes. And I just want to say the color of my bubble is pink. Because I envisioned a heart shaped bubble. I mean, as you can see, I'm really into pink now anyway, but you know, pink has been a coat color. And even Um, I don't know if I have my stone now. But I also have a stone that's pink, that symbolizes compassion and compassion for yourself and healing. And there's a couple other definitions of it too. But it's a theme for me, you know, pink sort of symbolizes loving yourself as well as others in that bubble. I feel. You know, you mentioned someone answering. I love that because that means that any space you walk into, you know, you're transforming that space to vibrate in that same wave of love that you're vibrating. I love that. Oh my gosh, like that is amazing. Unknown Speaker 34:42 Joe vantrease that's how I know that you walk in the world. Like you have a new visualization with it, my friend. That's how you walk in the world from the moment I've met you, right. So we're adding we're adding the pink bubble but you already got this Unknown Speaker 35:00 Thank you, my friend. Well, no. Unknown Speaker 35:03 I mean, I think there's a lot of peace, as you said is that anyone who enters that field gets to so it's not like you're trying to be in here. It's like, you experiment. And that's, that's social activism that's being an activist for for a better world, right. Unknown Speaker 35:21 I love it. social activism for love. Unknown Speaker 35:27 Right? I love this. I think, since the last time we met, it was the golden rule day, it was the international Golden Rule day about, you know, treat each other as you want to be treated. It was it that is the golden rule that's in every major religion. And I think about that, when we when we talk about this about spiritual wellness, and how do we treat ourselves? How do we treat each other? You know, what kind of a world do we want to create? Unknown Speaker 36:02 You know, it's interesting, that's saying, because I know what it means. But actually, what happens is what the reality is because there's so much self hatred, so much self hatred, that we end that quote, we give our neighbors colors have different wavelengths. So what does they say here? So it totally makes sense to me with the colorful bubbles around us. Mine is happy, Sunny yellow right now. But you, you know, it's like, love thy neighbor like yourself, and we so don't love ourselves. We still don't love ourselves that how can we love our neighbor? That's it. Unknown Speaker 36:47 That's it. Unknown Speaker 36:49 I think you're right on. And that we got to start with that self care and self love and self healing and expand it. So I even like that with your visualization. Right? You're starting with your bubble, and you're expanding it, you're bringing it out? Yeah. Yeah. Powerful. Unknown Speaker 37:06 That's a great, that's a great description of loving yourself first. Because you do like this. That's perfect, Christine, how you put it. It's your bubble, and you're expanding it. And that's a perfect visualization for loving yourself first and expanding that love. Because we can't give from an empty cup, we have to give from overflow. So our bubble is literally overflowing, to be able to be light of your way Unknown Speaker 37:33 to describe it. I love that so well. foot, exactly. So the bubble, the more you're an overflow. Otherwise, you're just trying to have some inner peace right here. And it's really hard because you feel that you're kind of attacked and assaulted all day, right by the news and people and events. But if you make yourself bigger, and if you believe in this, your aura is bigger anyway. But you know, it becomes an interconnected world also write rather than a separate world of individuality, which harbors fear because we're all alone in this huge universe. And we're scared and we need to defend ourselves when it's us, against them and then against us. Whereas if you're a feel that's walking around, it's interdependent. It's interconnected. Suddenly, we're in a field of I'm not alone. There's love and being loved and being cared for I care for others, please enter my field. Suddenly, we're in a consciousness of love and interconnection and not in the consciousness of fear and separation. And it's a consciousness of ference and separation, that that creates the violence, right, that the racism and the violence so we can all be activists, what what, but by creating a field, Unknown Speaker 38:49 where those words, and I think about the beloved community from Dr. Martin, Martin Luther King, Jr. Because you know, Joe vantrease, and I live in Atlanta. So, you know, we're all we're talking about the beloved community, and it doesn't mean that it's always, always perfect or always peaceful, like, but that we are interconnected, and that we are loving each other. Yeah. And I think that is really needed. Yeah, crucial. Unknown Speaker 39:20 Yeah. So, I mean, the thing of if I can say, I know, I don't know if we're supposed to end or not, but I teach a class called the psychology of power, privilege and culture. And I also in my graduate school, when I was 30 years old, 35. That was a long time ago. We did a lot of, of, of racial work within the cohort. And so also in the class that that I'm facilitating now, and it is so interesting, how many times white students feel that at the bottom of it all. They feel worthless, they feel they have nothing to offer. They don't have community they don't have. So they don't have an immense feeling to so whatever we're talking about men, women, or we're talking white, black, it's like, at the bottom of it all. It's like a feeling like there's nothing there. And so if we keep if we keep the power of the status quo, going to project that out. But if we're going to change the power structure, then I have to face that I feel empty inside I because I don't belong to any group. I'm just white Christian. Okay, so Christian, maybe, I mean, not me, but I'm saying like white Christians, because that's the most dominant or predominant one. But and white people don't feel like they're part of a group. So they don't feel that they belong, and they envy, the belonging. It's so interesting to see that how much self hatred there is, even here, it's hard to be compassion for it when you're on the receiving end of the abuse and the systemic racism. But it's also so fascinating to see it again and again and again. Unknown Speaker 41:11 But you know, that goes back to the value system again, like, you know, your expectations of what you what you expect, well, your expectations of reward, and how you're operating in life, like if I'm operating in my purpose, and my purpose is to raise my child. And but the world around me sees that that is not the value, you know, to raise my child and I might have insecurities if I'm not all the way secure, and that this is my purpose and what I should be doing so you know, it, I guess I'm speaking to, you know, when you do not belong to a group, there's a less chance for you to be affirmed that your purpose matters. Yeah. And, and, and that is that is that is the reason that community is so essential. Because you could you could be walking in insecure path, you know, operating on your insecurities, as opposed to walking in what your purpose is, and being secure in that. Unknown Speaker 42:07 Right? Yeah. I also think about when you talk about the self hatred, especially for white people right now, I think about rasma mannequins work, my grandmother hate my grandmother's hands, and how he talks about racialized trauma is not just an people of colors, bodies, it's also in white people's bodies, that it's been patched in generationally. And until we look at it, and do forgiveness work, and really look at some of this stuff. That is where some of that roots of self hatred and self loathing is, is because some of us are born with it. And so that's that piece of really looking at owning who we are, what land we're connected to, who our people and if we can't be with our like, then creating the group that that we do resonate with and that and then fill in our buckets up. So y'all, this has been a really, really powerful conversation Unknown Speaker 43:09 deep, really deep. transcends it. Definitely. Oh, Unknown Speaker 43:14 Anna, before we let you go, I realized in your bio, you didn't give us the name of your book. So I would love to know the name of your book and where they can find it. Unknown Speaker 43:26 Okay, so my book is called Living a spiritual life in the material world, fortune, fulfillment and balance. And my whole all of my expensive teachings, which I've developed much further and working on my second book since this book, but it's all about spiritual material unity, and spiritual material balance. And you can get it on Amazon. That's another conversation for another podcast. Unknown Speaker 43:57 a whole nother Unknown Speaker 43:59 conversation. Unknown Speaker 44:02 You can find it on my website which is on a gap mn.talk.com a double in a g@mon.com and you'll find my book there there's a book page you can get a free bonus of a workbook to accompany when you read the book when you purchase it. So that's Unknown Speaker 44:21 it, and we'll make sure and we put it in the show notes but you had said so generously that you wanted to offer our listeners a special special gifts if you want to tell our listeners about that. And I will also put a link to that in our show notes. Unknown Speaker 44:36 So that is that is a 30 minute complimentary, oyc complimentary call. Where we will talk about where you're at where you want to be, what you're dealing with and see if working together is something that is the right thing for you. If I can support you in it. in any way, but the 30 minutes is the 30 minutes and we get to talk communicate and see what what can benefit you. Unknown Speaker 45:09 I love that. And will you tell one last thing I keep saying I'm gonna let you go. But one Unknown Speaker 45:13 last thing, I joined this, so I'm happy to stay. Unknown Speaker 45:18 tell folks about your mighty network community, Unknown Speaker 45:21 huh. Unknown Speaker 45:22 So my mighty networks community is really slow to grow really, really slow to grow, I have to own that. So, but I'm working on it. So that's the expansive community, expansive community. And that is really a place for us together to practice being in this expansive state, in different areas of our life around our purpose and calling around manifesting around relationships around self care, and developing our intuition, which is also about expanding into larger field of information. So it's all it's practicing, being expansive, and getting the guidance needed to live more whole life. So as a result of that, and so. Yeah. Unknown Speaker 46:14 Show Notes. Go ahead. Joe. Unknown Speaker 46:15 Do we have time for one last question? It's kind of Okay, so my question is, you know, I'm all about call to actions. So, as we wrap up, this was a very deep, powerful conversation. What is first thing is, what is your favorite daily spiritual practice, something that you cannot go without doing every day, even if it's not at the same time? And the second part is, what is one actionable item that someone who is very, maybe very fearful of entering they they're, they're feeling convicted to go ahead and make take some action, but they're feeling fearful, that they're not equipped? What is something that they can act on immediately to him to walk into a space that they don't typically walk in, but they know they need to in order to open up their social portal? Unknown Speaker 47:10 Well, I'll answer the first one. The second one, first is the exercise that this field that you create is a great tool. Because if you're uncomfortable about anything, and you create these field with joy, or security, or comfort, I mean, really any word that you want to, and then you expand it a bit to this translucent bubble, you walk into the situation from an expanded state, and more spacious state, your heart is more spacious, you feel more safe, you feel more secure. And you will, as a result, you will have thoughts that are different, more spacious, more loving, you'll have more creative solutions. So the results that you'll get will be different. So this is really expanding into any quality that you want to is the way to go. And then listen attentively to what the universe tells you. What What does it feel like to be in this expansive state? That is, that is the the, I think, a really good exercise. That's a generic one, you get to fill in the quality you want to, and you bring it into any situation. So that's the second one. And what's my favorite? practice? I mean, there's so many times in the day that I, I mean, I look for the sacredness and things. And so, you know, I mean, we might not have time for this, but my iPhone is sacred. And I did a TEDx talk about that, because, you know, it's, it's this material icon, but it has ingenuity, it has efficiency, it has connection, it has community, it has transformation, it has health, it has all these potentials. How can it just be a material icon when it has all these beautiful qualities that can transform our world and transform our life. So I, what I do is I look, you know, I'll eat my lunch, and I'm eating with a fork. And I'll say there's wisdom in this fork. So I just expand my perspective, because a fork is created in a very specific way that allows you to pick something up as spoon is enough. So there's wisdom in there. It's not just a material thing. So I look for the sacredness for the spiritual quality hidden in our material world and I do it you know, walking, driving, whatever I do, and that it gives me resource because if I suddenly see wisdom, in in in my fork or my spoon, which may seem like such a trivial thing, suddenly I'm connected to wisdom, in the middle of my day and in the middle of my lunch, so You can always tap into these spiritual resources. Unknown Speaker 50:05 I love that. Thanks so much for coming and talking to us today. It's Unknown Speaker 50:10 such a pleasure and so rich and so wonderful. And I really hope your listeners take in, there's so much to, for us to expand the definition of spiritual wellness and spirit and spiritual well being. Unknown Speaker 50:23 And feeling we will have you back especially when she has done and keep this conversation going. Because I think there's more to talk about. And we'll make sure our listeners know how to find you. So they can check out all your awesome resources. And we are just so grateful to know you and to be connected to you. Unknown Speaker 50:43 Thanks for having me on. And thanks for the learnings that I got. But by preparing for this, it's been wonderful. Really, Unknown Speaker 50:50 we're so glad. Well, thanks. Unknown Speaker 50:52 It's been a pleasure to meet you. Nice to see you hear Christine in this context. Unknown Speaker 50:59 Wow, my friend. Unknown Speaker 51:01 That was that that is powerful, a lot to unpack. Unknown Speaker 51:07 Right? That's more than a 45 minute conversation, we're gonna be talking about this one for a little bit. Unknown Speaker 51:14 Oh, I feel like, yeah, this is a conversation that honestly, in some form can be had every day, you know, speaking about the dimensions of wellness, it, you know, the spiritual part of it, it exists in all of them. So, you know, that's, that's, that's how I feel. So Unknown Speaker 51:35 what was something that stuck out to you from the conversation? Unknown Speaker 51:39 Um, oh, my goodness, what immediately, um, what sticks out for me, is the concept of, of knowing of loving yourself and knowing how important that is, in order to expand that. And the example that she used was so sobering. And I feel like it can be sobering for anyone, the any, any person of any ethnicity or background, the example she used when speaking about the college students, who felt that they didn't belong to a group, and they totally devalue their contribution as a human being. And, and that being like, a really strong form of self hate. That's a really intense example. But it's sobering because, you know, if you feel a way about yourself, that is not valued. It's really, really difficult to recognize and identify values and other people. And if our if a huge percentage of our population thinks that way. Oh, my gosh, right. You thought I mean, that's scary. Unknown Speaker 52:37 Right? That has to be a shift. It also hurts my heart when she's teaching in college. And these are the young ones, you know, I know, like, and that's, yeah, and it's I know, I've had clients that have felt that way and done a lot of work in community where I know it to be true. And it's, it is, you know, people want to be loved and connected. Right. And, and Maslow's hierarchy of law, they want to survive. Yeah. Right. So then we bring into all the dimensions of what's going on in our country, but that love and collect connection and belonging, right. Unknown Speaker 53:16 Mm hmm. Unknown Speaker 53:18 And yeah, it was really powerful for me that the talking about and I know we talk about this often in our Monday groups and on the podcast, but the talking about, you know, refilling our buckets and loving ourselves so we can make a difference in the world. And that, that it's not selfish, that it's, it's vital. Yeah, we do that. of our time. So before we go, I want to give a shout out to our sponsor, shallow glow. Shallow glow is a company founder founded by Shannon Mitchell, and it is an organic shea butter company that uses I can't do it as well as she does, because you know, it's her baby. But y'all is the best shea butter, oil and just some yummy self care products Unknown Speaker 54:16 is that yes, I'm Unknown Speaker 54:18 good about because they keep they've kept me hydrated all winter long. And as a guard. I use it every time I come in from the outside and my hands have looked better than they've looked in years. So that's my product endorsement. What do you say about Halo? Unknown Speaker 54:36 Listen, I was just you know, I was just thinking I use the miss the lemongrass mist on my face every night. After I use a diffuser when I take them take a bath. So if you're ever looking for, in other words, some items to put in your self care kit, say Logo Items would be the perfect items to include in that kit. Because when I tell you that it's a whole regimen at night for me, I take a bath. I use my diffuser oils. I put on my shake sailo glow mist on my face, I give myself a facial massage. Like I'm telling you like this. If you're looking for an extra step that's even more practical to start to self care and make the change. Start with it. Unknown Speaker 55:22 Right? We can actually we can find the sacred in Shayla Glo talking about spiritual wellness weekend for sure, find the sacred in this because it is some of our favorites. But we will be back next week Live at Five on Facebook and YouTube. You can find our recordings of all our podcasts on all the major podcasts. we'd love it if you go to Apple podcasts and give us a like and subscribe or any of the major podcast platforms. And my friend Joe vantrease. Thank you so much for being here today. And I know that it was big shoes to fill with Shannon being out this week. And we're gonna say it like we say it every week. You want to take it you want to take the are out here. Unknown Speaker 56:11 Be well be wise and be whole and we'll see you next week. Unknown Speaker 56:18 Thanks for you. Unknown Speaker 56:19 Thank you Transcribed by https://otter.ai      

Monique Davis is the author of The Fearless Woman book. She is a growing intellectual force of fierceness and charisma.  She is a multi-tasking mother of two beautiful children and proud military wife of sixteen years. She has held many positions of leadership and prides herself on using her personal platform and experiences to encourage, empower and inspire countless women around the world, far beyond my resume. Here's how you connect with Monique: Facebook Instagram http://www.moniquemonaedavis.com    and SHE Thrives is a podcast that helps Millennial mothers check their MIC + THRIVE. MIC Check = adjusting your mindset, setting your intention, seeking clarity + ultimately living your best life + THRIVING.  The podcast is hosted by ShaBree Henry Ewusi. SHE is an Author, Speaker + Certified Coach. The and SHE Thrives podcast was created with truth, transparency + sisterhood in mind.  Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and  Soundcloud.  Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://andshethrives.libsyn.com/rss   Links mentioned in this episode: If you enjoyed today's show and want to be texted the link for the next episodes text the word “PODCAST” to (973) 210-4470 or click here: https://my.community.com/shabreeewusi For daily affirmations via text, text the word “AFFIRMATIONS' to (973) 210-4470 or click here: https://my.community.com/shabreeewusi If you're a woman and you'd like to join a supportive community founded on truth, transparency + sisterhood join us on facebook by searching and SHE Thrives. https://www.facebook.com/groups/539995406344571/ Need a resource to help with mindset? Click here to download my FREE MIC Check workbook: https://www.shabreeewusi.com/shop/miccheck Social Media Info: WWW.SHABREEEWUSI.COM instagram.com/shabreeewusi Facebook.com/shabreeewusi Twitter.com/shabreeewusi Remember, you have everything that you need, take what you have and make it what you want. #LetsTHRIVE

Monique Davis is a Career & Business Strategist, Speaker, Author, Minister and when she is not running her businesses she is a wife, and mother. Monique Davis broke records in the telecommunication staffing industry through her placements with TE Connectivity prior to it being acquired. She has worked with the best of them and has an outstanding track record to prove it. Her leadership team has a track record of hiring hundreds of stellar talent for companies like Windstream, AT&T, CHR Solutions, & Delta Air Lines just to name a few. Monique Davis Links Https://TheMoniqueDavis.com Https://Bit.ly/BARRegistration

Monique Davis takes us down the path of intentional recruiting, ie. working with the intent to discover great candidates that exceed the scope of the submission requirement.Here's what happens:Brian fink impersonates Ryan LearyRyan Leary buys a mattress in a boxWe commit to practicing active listening in 2021and then we dig deep into being Intentional as a Recruiter...Candidate EngagementRequisition LoadIdentifying Hiring Manager CuesCodeSignal Tech Screen: A better way to evaluate your candidate skills fairly and consistently.

In this week's episode, I speak with Monique who is the founder of Spotlight Body. A self-care e-commerce store that specializes in unique and luxury soaps.  Spotlight Body is made for women just like Monique: inundated with obligations from every side, craving a moment of Me Time. Her company's tagline sums up the vibe perfectly: whether it's a minute long hand wash or an hour-long bath, indulge in a moment that's just for you. Listen on to find out how Monique has been able to create a successful e-commerce lifestyle business. --------------- Hey Offbeat Family, I really your listening to this episode. I would love to hear more from you and what you think of the podcast. Contact me: hello@theoffbeatlife.com Show credits: Audio Engineer: Ben Smith - Vagabond Podcast Productions

In this conversation Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer at the Center for Art  and Public Exchange at the Mississippi Museum of Art Monique Davis and I discuss how art can be used to build bridges in our communities as well as be used as a tool to dismantle White Supremacy. When Whiteness is the yardstick by which all is measured it takes a reckoning to establish a new way of measuring what is good, fair, considered to be success, and beauty. Monique and I talk about looking at art through a new lens, a lens that doesn't immediately center European art.We also talk about how to engage the local community in events that are designed to bring awareness to the inequities that exist in our world while encouraging conversations that begin to bridge the divides between us.Mississippi may seem like an unlikely place for this to be happening but listen to Monique and you may decide that it's the perfect place and a great model for conversations in other venues, maybe even one in your city or town. For a written transcript of this episode click here.

On this month's Augmented Humanity, we talk with Jon Voss and Monique Davis about the future of museums. Jon is a founding member of Shift Collective, a non-profit consulting and design group focused on community-driven design for social change. Shift Collective creates equity-based programs and tools to help organizations better engage with and reflect their local communities. Monique is chair and president of the Shift Collective board as well as Managing Director of the Center for Art & Public Exchange at the Mississippi Museum of Art. CAPE seeks to use original artworks, exhibitions, programs, and artist engagement to increase understanding and inspire new narratives in contemporary Mississippi.

On this month's Augmented Humanity, we talk with Jon Voss and Monique Davis about the future of museums. Jon is a founding member of Shift Collective, a non-profit consulting and design group focused on community-driven design for social change. Shift Collective creates equity-based programs and tools to help organizations better engage with and reflect their local communities. Monique is chair and president of the Shift Collective board as well as Managing Director of the Center for Art & Public Exchange at the Mississippi Museum of Art. CAPE seeks to use original artworks, exhibitions, programs, and artist engagement to increase understanding and inspire new narratives in contemporary Mississippi.

This month's Augmented Humanity, we talk with Jon Voss and Monique Davis about the future of museums. Jon is a founding member of Shift Collective, a non-profit consulting and design group focused on community-driven design for social change. Shift Collective creates equity-based programs and tools to help organizations better engage with and reflect their local communities. Monique is chair and president of the Shift Collective board as well as Managing Director of the Center for Art & Public Exchange at the Mississippi Museum of Art. CAPE seeks to use original artworks, exhibitions, programs, and artist engagement to increase understanding and inspire new narratives in contemporary Mississippi.

This month's Augmented Humanity, we talk with Jon Voss and Monique Davis about the future of museums. Jon is a founding member of Shift Collective, a non-profit consulting and design group focused on community-driven design for social change. Shift Collective creates equity-based programs and tools to help organizations better engage with and reflect their local communities. Monique is chair and president of the Shift Collective board as well as Managing Director of the Center for Art & Public Exchange at the Mississippi Museum of Art. CAPE seeks to use original artworks, exhibitions, programs, and artist engagement to increase understanding and inspire new narratives in contemporary Mississippi.

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Jonaed Iqbal: [00:00:00] Welcome to the 18th episode of the notary podcast is your host,  Jonaed Iqbal. Today's guest is Monique Davis, the founder of Fresh Talent Sources, a training and sourcing company. Monique started her career recruiting models for a talent agency. Despite not having a degree, she was able to leverage her experience and break into the recruiting world.The rest is history. Listen to how Monique outwork and outshine others around her with creativity and hard work. Subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/nodegree. Every contribution is appreciated. This show is impossible without you. Let's get this show started.Welcome to another episode of the NoDegree Podcast. Today we have an amazing guest, Monique Davis. Monique, can you introduce yourself? Monique Davis: [00:00:54] Hey guys, how are you? Yep. I am Monique Davis, career strategist and founder of Fresh Talent Sources. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:01:01] So what is Fresh Talent Sources? What do you do? Monique Davis: [00:01:04] Good question. Uh, Fresh Talent Sources, we are a sourcing and training firm. So what does that mean? When companies are startups, small businesses to medium sized businesses that need almost like an HR team. Or talent acquisition team to help them get the candidates that are necessary to help their business thrive. They bring us in. We typically do orders from telecom, cybersecurity, and HR.Those are like our top three. Areas. And, um, the training piece is actually where we come in and we train those junior level recruiters or junior level sourcers on how to identify candidates and some really innovative ways. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:01:51] Let's take it back to the beginning. What were you doing in high school and what'd you want to be and how'd you sort of get to this path?Monique Davis: [00:01:58] Okay. So that's a good question as well. So for me, you know, when I was in high school, I-- I consider myself out of the box, right? I didn't think like the people that were around me. My initial thought was I was going to be a news anchor. I was going to tell the news to individuals, and then when I kind of, you know, got a chance to understand that.I went to the WSB TV here in Atlanta, the studio here, and I said, you know what? This may not be for me. This is still me being in high school, and I decided that I wanted to deal in. In pre-law and that wasn't for me there. So I did go to college for a couple of years and it was just a lot of the same types of things I was learning in high school, but just like on a higher level. In terms of like the algebra stuff and just, I just felt like I was never getting into the real deal of what I want it to be, the core. Ultimately, I decided to get a job. I worked for a company that, um, dealt with identifying models instead of candidates. It was models. I'm identifying them to be a part of their agency and subsequently their training program.And so. That's kind of, that's the start of my journey of eventually getting into recruiting. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:03:21] Okay, so you were identifying models. These are models who are, what, videos, photo shoots, magazines, what type?Monique Davis: [00:03:26] Everything, everything. Everything he Elite-- The Elite Bounder is like one of the top modeling agencies ever. They had a company called John Casablancas, who is the owner of Elite.That's how I got my start with working with their corporation. And. Figuring out, you know, strategies, ways, scripts on how to speak to individuals, how to get their attention, all of that stuff. So all the hustle kind of came from that when I worked for their company. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:03:58] What did you learn from that job? What skills were really -- And you know, you can take as long as you want to answer that question.Monique Davis: [00:04:05] Man, yeah. I don't think we have enough time, but I'll stick to some core pieces. So first and foremost, organization, I learned how to organize my time, manage my time wisely, put schedules together-- Together, coordinate. Well, I wanted to speak to who was a priority, who was a warm prospect, who was a cold prospect.Um, I learned the art of business development. I learned the art of networking. I learned the art of follow up. You know, a lot of salespeople are good to sell you stuff, but they never follow up on anything. So I learned how, following up with essential to closing the deal, I learned that a lot of business deals are not even closed at a business office. Typically they're closed at dinner or they're closed at a lunch or breakfast, you know? But those are the just kind of transferable skills that I ended up learning in that environment. I learned the competitive nature of sales and, and how people can be really crazy. When it came down to get in the sale right? And so I learned how to maneuver with certain personality types. And that's what kinda got me into personalities and, and studying personalities and, and how your behavior plays a really big part on the types of positions and roles you should be in, man. But those are just like the core areas I can think of.And then identifying candidates. So now, of course, since then I've worked with a lot of the big boys from Delta airlines to Tyco electronics to, you know, a lot of big boys. But prior to even getting into actual recruiting for corporations, dealing with this agency, I was able to figure out ways to identify candidates that were not just the normal ways.So meaning at that time, what was being like my space. Was big and, and, um, going out and going to the mall was a big thing too, to find that talent. But I would go one step above. I would research the schools, the Ge- geography, the area that I was in. I would research the schools and identify places that people that have, that was my target audience.Where they would actually be. So I learned customer segmentation there as well. It was literally, it was literally the foundation of me. It was the foundation of me and who I am in, in every other job that I had. After that, I was able to speak so clearly and concise to those types of skillsets because I had dealt with it.Firsthand and I learned how to manage money because I used to make a lot of it at an early age.Jonaed Iqbal: [00:06:51] Yeah. And I see a lot of people, they'll make the money and then they essentially make nothing because they squander it for years. And then it's tough, especially as you're, you grow older, you have more expenses, things come up and you want to grow. How long were you at that agency? Monique Davis: [00:07:07] Oh gosh. I was there for almost four years. Yeah. Basically my college, the time that I was supposed to be in college. Yeah. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:07:20] You felt that it was definitely a great foundation?Monique Davis: [00:07:23] Absolutely. Without, I have no doubt whatsoever that this was like a perfect foundation for me to get into all the wonderful things that I ended up kind of delving into as I, uh, when I left that place. Yeah. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:07:38] I know you've had several jobs after that. Was there any time where. You know, the lack of college degree sort of said, "Hey, you have to like prove yourself" or you had to jump through hoops. Did that ever happen to you? Monique Davis: [00:07:51] You know what, I'll say this, I've always had a really strong work ethic, like really, really strong. Initially coming on board, I can remember one company in particular, it was a telecom company that I worked with, Tyco Electronics. So when I first came the head of talent acquisition, he was like, okay, you got a little experience here with this, but you know, we're really looking for a rock star and blah, blah, blah, and this and that.I started to get more assertive in the interview. I said, well, tell me some of the KPOs like what are the, what are the key performance objectives for this role? What is it that, let's move the whole job description out of the way. Okay, tell me what it is that you need this person to achieve in this position.Who will they interact with? Who will they connect with? And he was just like, okay, well let me tell you. And so he began to tell me, and you know, kind of just really give me some realistic job previews. And every situation, everything that, every objective. I gave him an example, a strong example of what I had already done.That was the exact thing that he was looking for. Needless to say, we were only slated to meet for 30 minutes. I ended up taking up two hours of his time and right when I was leaving the building, he made me be offered now because of the lack of degree, he made me an hourly rate offer that was not really what I wanted, but I took it anyway because I just felt like--Like I can prove myself. You know, I was eager. I was hungry. Six months in, I became talent acquisition manager. Got like over-- Honestly, I went from making $50,000 a year to make almost a hundred thousand dollars a year. He made everybody just come to me. He's like, look, she knows what she's doing. Just go to Monique, and he stayed the global talent acquisition, head of Tyco electronics connectivity and Marietta.That's kind of how it happened. I know that. The hiring-- The HR people, and you know, he had a team of people telling me, telling him, no, she's not ready for a management role. She's not ready for this. She only has this on her, you know, this is her, this is her information here. Like this is her resume. Like, what is this?Like a modeling agency as she did, you know, and then I did some freelance recruiting for a smaller recruiting firm. I actually did it for free commission-based. I say free cause I didn't get an hourly, but it was commission based. And so that was all my experience and they were like, uh, yeah, I don't think so. But I came in and I kicked butt. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:10:27] You kicked everyone's butt right?Monique Davis: [00:10:28] I kick everyone's butt and that's how it, that's how it happened. Literally like step by step. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:10:36] Now, how long did it, once you started being in the role of, right, initially they had this perception of you. Okay, where she came from, this model, she dealt with these people. That's not a real job or whatever. How long did it take you to sort of win people over when they were like, you know what, he made the right decision.Monique Davis: [00:10:55] Yeah. I think it was month three. My 90 day, I guess probationary period. By that time I had already made, probably, I don't, I can't even remember the number.  Let's just say 20 you know, I had already made like 20 hires and they were, and they, these were hard. Telecom is not the easiest type of position to fill, you know. I had already made like almost 20 hires and I was very, very assertive and very professional. One of the things in that environment, it was like one of those business casual environments.So one day you'll see somebody with like some jeans on and you know, no one really kind of stepped it up and I stepped it up every day. I dress for the job that I desire, not the job that I had. Right. I came. With the, uh, management feel to me. Does that make sense? Like, I didn't come in like, "Oh, I'm just a regular old specialist here."You know, I came like, "no, I'm about to run this place. Okay." And I never got into. Like those gossipy, you know, HR can be a little gossipy. So I never got into those gossipy circles. I never got into, you know, just getting too familiar with my colleagues. I like, I had a professional fund exchange, but it was just like I wouldn't let myself, because I always felt like one day I'm going to be managing you guys. And so my mindset was always: management, leadership, servant leadership. That was my thing. And so I think that that third month when I was making these hires, their numbers were going up. They introduced me to a BPO team, was a-- is a business process outsourcing team and headed by this, this great guy, this director guy, he's so awesome.And uh, and I remember him bringing me in. I was the only minority. I was the youngest person there. Okay. And he would bring me into these meetings and they would say what they, what they wanted to say about what their, what their need of and how this is going to be so hard to do that. And I would say, "If you don't mind, if I interject..." and I would speak my opinion, I would say, "well, I honestly, with these numbers, here's how we can do it. Here's the strategy, here's what you can expect in the first quarter. Here's what...", and I already had my, I had my numbers. I had, I was a, I was just a stickler for having strong work ethic. And I think that that impressed them so much that leadership began to come to me. Instead of going directly to my boss first, they would come directly to me and ask me for things.And because they saw my knowledge, I stepped up in areas where I knew I was supposed to step up. And I think that's so vital to being able to, um, take off of the, the whole, I don't want to say stigma, but just like the look of no degree. You're not smart or you don't, you don't have the business savvy you, you absolutely can have it.Because I know plenty of people now that have master's degrees are stuck working at Dillard's and Nordstrom's because they can't find something. Right. If there's nothing wrong with Dillard's or Nordstrom, but if that's not where you want to be, it could be. It could be. It could be something wrong with that.So yeah, I definitely, definitely say within the- the first three months they began to recognize that I wasn't one to play with. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:14:12] And then once the how to change. So now before they were like, all right, that's Monique. She thinks she's going to run the place. But how did it change? Like how they treat you? What was it before? What was it after? Like once they start respecting you now, did they ask you more questions? Did they sort of look at you different or what. Monique Davis: [00:14:27] Yeah, absolutely. Um, they definitely started to include me. I mean, I was going to lunches in North Dakota. I mean, I was flying out places now. I was presenting my ideas, you know, I was actually being heard.I was collaborating with the HR team. A lot of people get confused with talent acquisition and HR were like, we're sisters. Or maybe like step sisters, I don't know. But we're, we're, we're connected, but we're not like, we're very different, you know? So the HR team started to respect me. As a matter of fact, the HR manager would start to come directly to me and say, "Hey, I'd like your input on, you know, this, this situation or that.." or whatever.And we just started to collaborate more. I started to make myself more available. It just kind of happened organically. I honestly, it just was one of those things where they saw how many people respected me. As a matter of fact, one of the directors of that team, I was mentioning the BPO team, they wrote a letter. Because at one point they were, they did not know if, if my job was a job that needed to-- Since they had a global person, they were like, "well, what do we need a talent acquisition manager for?"And he wrote a letter. He gave them the numbers, my numbers, and he was like, she has. She has brought us from zero to 8 million by the people that she's bringing in to work for our outsourcing projects, for our clients, like sprint and Windstream, et cetera. And they were like, "What?!". And so that is, it was like the proof was in the pudding, you know what I mean?And that is how I was able to, I guess, kind of get their validation because the other directors were validating me. They didn't do it on their own. HR didn't do it on their own, and they still, they were stuck in that mentality of, "Oh, no degree." You know, they were stuck in that, but my proof was here and the numbers, and when you make money for a company, they never forget you. They never, they never forget you. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:16:28] So let's go back to the modeling agency. So you did very well at that job. Who are people who don't do well at that job? Because I could imagine there's some people who sort of get stuck in that industry or they make some key mistakes. Monique Davis: [00:16:41] At the beginning, when I first started, I think the people that, because it was high turnover and you know it's sales, right?So it was really high turnover. Ultimately they want you to feel like, make it feel like it's a talent agency, but really it's sales. One of the individuals that kind of make-- that was let go was because she got comfortable. And every day, and I, and maybe that's the workaholic in me, but, but every day I live like this is, "I got to eat." Like I don't have any money in my bank account. And that's how I live my life. And so if you don't have at hunger in any business development role, in any type of recruiting or marketing role, you can never get complacent. You can never just feel like, "Oh, I can just. Post somewhere and wait for people to come to me", in terms of job opportunities, et cetera.You got to be very proactive and strategic in your approach, and so if you're, if you are not about the strategy, if you're not about the hustle and really the grit. If that's not your personality, that you shouldn't be in a business development position, period. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:17:50] When you were the talent manager, what came next? How long did you stay at that job and then what came next and when did you realize it was sort of time for a change? Monique Davis: [00:17:57] Oh man. So as talent acquisition manager, let me just say, I loved that job. I have yet to find, I'm an entrepreneur now, but from that timeframe all the way up to now, I've never found a position that was that much--that was that fulfilling. Right? So what happened was they had another company that came in and acquired my teamJonaed Iqbal: [00:18:19] Oh man... I hear this already-Monique Davis: [00:18:21] And I was sick. I was so sick. And the company that came in, Oh my gosh, they were, they were very conservative, very conservative. They were impressed by my numbers, but they didn't understand my value. And so when they, when, when it came down down, they were like firing people left and right. I'm talking about like chopping block city.That's where we lived. And I was just like, well, I need to get started looking for another position. And so. I remember that team that did that. The team that was left, I remember the director and he's like, "Hey, listen, I'm putting in my notice". And he told me, and I was like, "Oh God, if he leaves, he's my biggest supporter. Like, what am I going to do? I'm out." And he goes, "I just want you to know that wherever I go, I really, really, really want to talk to you. Like. Just know that." And he was very kind of vague and how he said it, he didn't really give me a lot of information. I was like, "Oh, okay. Whatever that means." It came down to Chapman city time for me and I met with the VP and the HR manager and they go, "well, we don't want to let you go cause we see what you can do, but we want to cut your. You know, because of your education and because of this, we want to cut you down to about 65,000 a year." And I was like, [laughing] I just bust out laughing. And I was like, "are you serious?" And I was like "okay, all right." I said, "let me take some time and think about it." What I did, I took some time. I thought about it. I knew I wasn't going to stay, but I wanted to make sure I secured the bag before I left that one.So I was already plotting my exit strategy. And then, you know, as I'm doing that, I had a girlfriend who worked at a staffing agency. And she's like, "Oh, come over here. I can train you to be my manager. Like one of my managers, you know, one of my leads or whatever," and I'm like, "okay, cool. Let's"- Oh assistant manager, I'm sorry.And I was like, "okay, cool. Ah staffing is not really my thing, but all right." I gave them my notice, told them I was going over to the staffing company. And they were like, "Oh my gosh, we're just so upset that you're leaving." And I'm like, uh, you, "tried to cut my pay like 35,000 bucks. And so there was--"Jonaed Iqbal: [00:20:43] You should be upset! You're the one-Monique Davis: [00:20:45] I'm the one who's been hurt. And so they were like, "well, can you, well, okay, well, okay." And so, so what I said was, "well, how about this? How about I find my replacement. How about I find my replacement through a staffing agency, let's, let's through the company that I'm actually going to be going to." So not only did I leave on good terms, but I actually got the business, like I ended up that my first hire was me transitioning out of those.Jonaed Iqbal: [00:21:12] Wow! You're a hustlerMonique Davis: [00:21:15] I'm a hustler. I'm a hustler. So, so that was my first thing. And the staffing agency was something very temporary. I stayed there for a couple of months. And then their HR team reached out to me and they were like, the company that he was at now it's another telecom company, and they reached out to me like, "we've heard great things about you. We basically, we want to hire you. You don't even have to go through the whole process. We want you, because Chuck saying he can't do it without you." Right. And I was like, "Oh wow. Yeah."It didn't take long. We negotiated a really great deal, really great benefits package. 401, everything was like on point bonus.Everything's signed on. Everything was A1. I came on board and I worked with them for goodness. I feel like it was about a year. I was with CHR. It was good time. It was a little slower than I was used to. I did work remote. I did have to fly out a lot to some of their locations up North and like. You know, Fargo, and, uh, North Dakota area and stuff like that.But what ended up happening was they ended up outsourcing the recruiting side to, uh, to a place in India. And so not only did I get like chopped because they wanted to cut down on pricing, there on such stuff, but I had to train my replacement because the Indian outsourcing team didn't. They still, they got, they grasp the concept, but they still weren't like really understanding how to communicate effectively.And so I was giving him tips. I was creating guides for these people. Okay. And I, they were like kicking me out of the door. But I did that out of the, just the goodness of the, the integrity of my name. Right. Because there were other people that were like, I'm not training them. And that wasn't me. So, so that's, that's how I ended up leaving CHR, left CHR, and got introduced to Delta.Honestly, the rest is history because with after Delta. I stayed with them, made a name for myself, you know, he came senior IT recruiter over there. I noticed that there was not a lot of room for growth. The position that was above me. It was a very-- So I was with, I was with a subsidiary of Delta, which is called DGS.So this is a subsidiary and the environment was, it just, it just wasn't a, an environment where you, where relationships are fostered and people are trained and developed and grown. Right. It was more like a worker bee type of environment. Right. There was some people that got on the chopping block. Of course, I wasn't in that number, but I just realized that.It was my time to start to do my own thing because just my thought process, it just wasn't aligned with how they were going about how they want it to do to do business. And, um, I just thought, you know what? This is probably not going to be a good fit for me. I'm probably, I'm, I was there for like four years and I was like, okay, it's time for me to just do my own thing.And I, and I decided with my career strategy coaching that I was doing on the side anyway. Um, that I would go full force with that left there and began to really go hard with my Fresh Talent Sources initiative and went first from just career coaching. Well, first it went from just staffing and then just career coaching.And then I said, wait, "I'm going to just do, I'm going to do everything." And so it's, it's ever evolving my company, but now we're at a really comfortable place where we have a methodology called the Right Fit. Because I think it's so important that companies have the right fit in their organization, and there's certain behavior triggers and personality types that you can, that you're able to figure out or find the best person for your position.So that's what leads us here, leads us to this point. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:25:05] When you started it. Right? Cause usually what I've seen is it's never, it's always different when you start. Right? It's never how you expect, it's, it's there's a whole lot of things. Or when you started, what were some things that happened that were sort of you did not expect?Monique Davis: [00:25:19] I thought that I was going to just get business after business after business. I really did because that's me. And I'm hustling, I'm reaching out, I'm talking, I'm going to play some like what is going on? And I just didn't get the work like that. I did get a lot of career coaching clients and I'm thinking, okay, but I'm supposed to be doing staffing.Like that's where the bread and butter is. I wasn't getting this type of clients that I really, really wanted to get in that first year. I left in June, 2018 and that first year was horrific. But I ended up doing a lot of split partnerships. I learned a lot about that. Um, I learned about the barter and exchange system because at first I was like, "Oh yeah, I can pay for everything."And then my savings started to dwindle down and I'm like, "Oh God. Oh God, it's really dwindling down. I'm not replacing it with anything." And that was scary. And you know, I thank God for my husband because he was, the financial backbone or else I'd probably be be on the streets or something. But-- Because it was a lot, it was just, it's just the thing is you really feel like you feel invincible when you start your business.You just feel like people are just going to come because of who you are. You're like, I'm just going to get business, but it doesn't necessarily work like that. You really have to make the right connections and be a part of the right associations. Um, there are all types of membership groups that you need to be a part of, associations, alliances that you need to, to research and figure out for your specific industry.And learn the art of collaboration. I feel like when I learned the art of collaboration is when money and more clients started to come to me. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:27:04] What type of collaborations, if you don't mind sharing? Sure. So even what we're doing now, like this is a collaboration, right? So, so collaborations can consist of anything from this.Monique Davis: [00:27:15] Uh, to last-- uh, when was it this year? What does issue 20, 20? I'm trying to think. Uh, yeah. So earlier this year, or either late last year, I had an event and I partnered with another staffing company, was actually a, um, a full IT staffing company. Now I do IT as well. But I love Telekom and HR. Those are my babies.I love to recruit that. I love cybersecurity as well, but I love telecom and HR. And so I collaborated with her on this event. We had a very successful event. I had was just telling individuals about social media in employer branding and how to do like, you know, social media, how to break down, we'll be getting influencers, et cetera, et cetera.So, we had this really great collaboration happen. From that lead to my client that will be happening in March, you know, just sign the paperwork, you know, signing all that information and it's gonna. It's, it's about to happen. But that collaboration, we validated each other. We trusted each other, you know what I mean?Like, you know, I have, she felt like the owner of the founders, she felt like I had her best interest at heart because I wanted to bring her in on something that, you know, could be really great. If we continue to do it. And so, um, things like that, you know, that, that, that type of collaboration, you know, finding someone who's a competitor but not a competitor, like someone who's in your space but not really in your space, you know?And so they have their own group of people that they may not be able to satisfy. You know, there's certain, um. Job orders that she can't really satisfy because of her-- her team is not as big, you know, and she, she needs someone to help out. It's things like that, you know, um, reaching out to those small, like National Association of Professional Women.I've collaborated with them. You know, my, my thing was, let me do, I did a presentation on the art of networking. I did that for free. And then of course, at the end. Yeah. I was like, "okay, let's buy some of my books." Okay. And so they bought some of my books and some of them set, scheduled some, um, consultation sessions with me on how to grow their business, um, from a talent acquisition perspective.And so, yeah, it's just like, there's so many ways to collaborate. We could go on and on and on about collaboration, but you just have to do it, period. Be with someone that's not yourself, don't go by yourself. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:29:44] What are some collaborations that sort of didn't work out or they weren't what you expected and sort of what now going forward, how can you identify them more easily?Monique Davis: [00:29:54] Okay. One collaboration, and I don't want to say that it didn't work out. I'm going to, I'm trying to say this the right way. So, so for me, I'm all about, when I talk about career readiness right. I'm all about the whole person. I'm not just about the skillset that you have. I'm about your personality. I'm about your appearance, how you look, right?Everything. I had an idea to do this like social media, brandy, like talent, career branding type of event, and in collaboration with a beauty company, a very well known group, Beauty company, and they even let me use their, their corporate offices at Nordstrom. It was really beautiful, really beautiful, really nice.Got some people to come on board. The thing about it was. It just wasn't set up properly. Okay. So for instance, in the registration, we, I didn't go into strong enough detail about what monies would go to their beauty supplies that they were going to have for the guests and what was going to be kind of my re up for what I put in to the event.Right. Because when you make, when you have events, and conferences and things like that, you don't make any money like that. You don't really make any money. So it's really branding. Right. And so I was just like trying to figure, so we didn't really go into detail. And so some things kind of got muddy. When it was time to like cash those coins.Okay. My biggest regret is not having that part in the contract. Not like it was kind of like glazed over. We didn't go into detail. We had communicated verbally and I thought, "Hey, your word is bond. My word is bond. Let's just get the contract together to say that we're doing this great event and leave it at that."And then I just went, I didn't do my due diligence. And so that was the biggest problem and it made me say, "hmmm, I don't want to do anything like that again because it didn't necessarily work out to my favor. Okay. "Jonaed Iqbal: [00:32:04] Well, I guess it was a good learning experience going forward It was Monique Davis: [00:32:07] a great learning experience and it was so beautiful, by the way. It was like a really beautiful event. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:32:12] Those are the best when it's like, look, it didn't work out how you wanted, but it's still a good learning experiences. Nothing really negative. So I'm going to ask you this because this is going to be more personal to you, that you are a minority woman without a degree. So your experience is very different, right? From some other demographics and some other, you know, just like a male. So what are some things where. It was, you know, that was specific to you being a minority woman and how'd you overcome that? Monique Davis: [00:32:36] So that's an everyday thing. However, I don't make it an everyday thing. You can have the discernment, you can have the feeling that they're treating you a little different."Oh, that's good for you." You're like, "Good for me. What does that mean?" And so, and so you have to kind of ignore those comp, those backwards compliments. Right? And you have to show improve. For me, it was about not giving it any energy, you know what I mean? Like I would be in rooms filled with just baby boomer, white males, and be the only, I traveled with them and, and I had, and I thought nothing of it.I, you know, I, they were like, "Hey, we're going out for beers or whatever and you know, we'll see you tomorrow." I'm like, "Hey, you didn't invite me." And they're like, "Oh, okay." I'm like, "yeah, let me go get my purse." I made them accept me, and I think that's why even till this day, a lot of them still reach out to me and say, "Hey, just checking in. I have this client that may need your services, et cetera, et cetera," because I didn't. I didn't hold on to trying to be the black girl or the minority girl or person of color or the girl in general. Okay. I didn't try to hold onto that. I just was my fabulous self because when I went out, I want it to be fabulous and I was still my confident itself.I think a lot of times we can feel the feeling, but choose the behavior. And so I could feel like there was sometimes it was just uneasiness, like they didn't know how to react to me. It wasn't like they were racist or anything. It was just that they just didn't know how to move with me, and I would just make it very easy for them.Like, "Hey, let's go. Come on guys. Let's go. What are you, are you guys going hunting? Okay, take me with you. I don't believe in it, but I'll just see what you guys are doing. Maybe I can save some beers or something" like I would, I just had a different type of a mindset on that whole minority thing. I just didn't accept it.I knew who I was. I walked boldly in it. I was proud of it, but I still wouldn't accept that you're going to treat me differently. I'm going to make you respect me. I'm going to do above and beyond what I should be doing. And it's gonna. It's gonna make you eat your words. If you do have a negative thing to say about me, Jonaed Iqbal: [00:34:58] You feel that just being assertive and owning yourself and knowing like, this is who I am. You got to accept me. I work hard and I got the job done. Monique Davis: [00:35:08] Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's layman's terms, like that's the easiest way to break it down. That's exactly how my thought process was. I just did it. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:35:18] If you were starting over, how would you go about it? Monique Davis: [00:35:21] That's such a good question. Because my husband now, he's all about education.Okay. So he's, we're polar opposites. He's big on education and, um, and me, um, I like being educated. You know what I mean? I like being trained on things and learning things and reading books, but you know, just that traditional education I'm just not for it. So he always asked if you could do it over, would you go back?Would you go to school, would you finish college? And I go, I don't think so because my life has been this really great crate. Like a lot of the ways that I've been able to see my strongest parts of myself is when I felt that weakness. That inferiority. Right. When I felt that feeling, man, I'm not, it made me step up so strongly. I didn't feel entitled doing it over. I would do it. I would do it over. The only thing that I would change would be, I don't think when I first came down to when I paint, when I left the agency that I got this little gig at the staffing agency. Initially I left the job. I left this job, and I left it because one of the girls got on my nerves.And so when I think back in retrospect. I really wish that I never left that staffing firm position. It was like, it was my, it was like, I was so young. I was a recruiting coordinator. I wasn't a recruiter, but she was, we had gotten into like this really good friendship and I don't know, she was just getting on my nerves and I just did like working with her and I'm like, I gotta get up outta here.Cause she's like, and you know, with staffing it's like normally like what, four or five people at the desk, you got a branch manager and then you have the recruiting coordinator. So it's a very intimate environment. And so you have to see them every day. You have to. Somewhat have lunch with him every day.It's just like, it was too much for me and I was so young and just like, I don't want to deal with her. I don't even want to see her face, and so I would change that. That's the only thing in my career that I feel like I would change is to. Never does leave a position based on a temporary feeling Jonaed Iqbal: [00:37:37] You would have just tried to work it out, had a conversation, something like that.Monique Davis: [00:37:41] I wish that the mature Monique now, Oh yeah. I would have killed that job. I would have gained more experience on a lot of different things in staffing. I still gained it, but it was just like I didn't have to leave. I could have left on different terms. As a matter of fact, I remember the branch manager saying to me, "I don't feel like it's your time to leave. I feel like you're going to do some great things. I feel like you could run this place." She was telling me that as a recruiting coordinator and I was just like, nah, I'm good. I was being so stubborn, so spoiled. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:38:14] It happens, so what's in the future for you? Monique Davis: [00:38:17] What's in the future? Telecom is on the rise. It's been quiet.Telecom has been really quiet, so I've been getting a lot of different jobs with like a different, like service technicians and, um, cybersecurity opportunities and stuff like that. But I see. My baby coming back. Telecom is coming back. It's in terms of like having that, that high volume, real need for them. And so I see more contracts coming my way. I've had a lot of great meetings with some really great to medium size companies that that need help. I see getting more into that, I see more speaking engagements for, for me, because I love to speak. If you can't tell, and, um.Jonaed Iqbal: [00:38:57] I can tell.Monique Davis: [00:38:59] And I love to train. And so I do a lot of trainings, and so I'm hoping to get involved more with more educational institutes. Like I just did this past with Georgia tech or two weeks ago with Georgia tech going out and speaking to their cybersecurity cohorts about reverse sourcing and how to source backwards. So I do want to get more involved with, with career strategies. With job search, take me dealing with sourcing, but from a reverse pers- perspective for the job seeker, not for, for the client, right.So I want to do more of those things. So that's my play. That's what I see in 2020 for me. What do you speak on? I have this really great series called "How to make Mondays great again." It's like. All my trials and errors of what I didn't do to make my Mondays great. I learned when I figured out how to combat the Monday blues, it helped me with so much clarity in my job.So teaching individuals that. I talk about, I love social media. I think it's one of the most slept on tools for businesses and for marketing and everything. I do a lot of talks about influencer marketing because I myself am an influencer as well. Um, got into that and I like it and you know, get free stuff.Hey, who doesn't like that? Uh, so, so doing that, I talk about that and the holistic part of me talks about career identity and the Right Fit Methodology that I was telling you about my company, Fresh Talent Sources, we live off of that. That's our mantra. We find the right fit for your business and culture. Talking about the personality traits from DISC and how to really, really hire based on behavior and performance versus skills and this raggedy job description. So I talk about all of those things. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:40:56] So how would someone get in touch with you? So I want to reach out. I am on Instagram as @theMoniqueDavis. I'm on Twitter as career coach, Mo Davis, I think or CareerCoachMo and I'm on LinkedIn, just Monique Davis. You can email me Monique@F as in Frank, T as in Tom sources. So ftsources.com Yeah, do everything. But call me. I, I don't do a lot of calls, but you can email me. Email. Okay, cool. So if you want to reach out to Monique, I'm going to put all those things in the show notes.Thank you so much for your time. Thank you for sharing the stories. It was a wonderful story and like I said, we'll be doing some collaborating in the future. Monique Davis: [00:41:38] Sounds good. Thank you so much. I appreciate you and thank you so, so much for having this platform. I told you that the reason why I was even interested in it was because of your title. NoDegree, and I was like, "Hey, that's me." And embracing, having people embrace that no degree does not mean no education, you know? No training. It just means that you didn't follow the traditional route, and so I just really appreciate your podcast and what it represents. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:42:06] Thank you. I just want to say you are no degree, right? You are the type of stories I want to give out and so thank you. This ws a perfect episode. Monique Davis: [00:42:13] Awesome. Thank you. Have a good one. Jonaed Iqbal: [00:42:16] You too. Another great episode. Thank you for listening. Hopefully this information is valuable and you learned a lot. Stay tuned for the next episode. This show is sponsored by you. NoDegree wants to remain free from influence so that we can talk about this topics without bias. 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In this episode, I chat with Monique Davis, Entrepreneur, Illustrator, Author, and Managing Director for the Center for Art and Public Exchange at the Mississippi Museum of Art and the Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer from DC. We talk her decision to move to Jackson, her many hats, and she gives advice to transplants. Follow Monique: https://www.instagram.com/moniquetheillustrator/ Visit the Mississippi Museum of Art: https://www.msmuseumart.org Give me $$$: cash.app/$ashleedtkelly Shop, earn, and get cash back while shopping online using this link: go.ebat.es/JXNTRA2 Equipment, production, and music by Small World Studio: www.smallworldstudioproductions.com (504) 265-7534 smallworldstudioproductions@gmail.com www.instagram.com/smallworldstudioproductions/ Shop my merch: teespring.com/stores/jxn-transplants Follow Jxn Transplants on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @jxntransplants. If you have something nice to say or want me to answer your questions on the podcast, email me at jxntransplants@gmail.com. Read my blog and follow me: notanotherashlee.com/ www.facebook.com/notanotherashlee/ twitter.com/notanothrashlee www.instagram.com/notanotherashlee/

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Lizzy and Monique invited me to visit the MS Museum of Art and talk about some of their current and upcoming art exhibitions. There were some great things to see and we talked about it all here on this episode of Real Mississippi!

Art can elicit strong emotions, but what happens when a museum contemplates installing a work that is expected to scrape at the scabs of historic wounds? This is the story of what happened at the Mississippi Museum of Art after deciding to install a work entitled, "White Gold" by William Sayre. The immersive exhibit evokes being in a cotton field. Listen to this interview with the museum's Executive Director, Betsy Bradley, and Monique Davis, Managing Director of the Center for Art and Public Exchange as they tell the story of internal soul searching, staff preparation and community conversations in advance of and during the exhibit. This episode was recorded at the 2019 Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit | South + Appalachia. Subscribe to our newsletter for updates.    Like our podcasts? You'll love our webinars. Register now!

Can art change the way we interact with one another, build community equity? Our interview with Monique Davis from the Mississippi Museum of Art's Center for Art and Public Exchange (CAPE) will open our minds to what art can do in our lives and for our communities. Full Length Text of Interview **If you're interested in exploring some of the artists and references from our talk, check out these links. ** Learn more about CAPE: https://www.museumcape.org Titus Kaphar: https://kapharstudio.com https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1015/ https://www.ted.com/talks/titus_kaphar_can_art_amend_history Alternate Roots: https://alternateroots.org Adrienne Maree Brown: Emergent Strategy Georgia O'Keefe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe Frida Kahlo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo Shirley Chisholm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm Barbara Jordan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Jordan Dorothy Height: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Height Rumi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi

Monique Davis shares some tips and tricks for you to succeed in your professional and business life! One quote that stands out “Value yourself and charge what you’re worth” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/succeedintentionally/support

Listen in with Monique Davis as she interviews Tyra Baruti, Author of Pray Plan Profit, Tedx Speaker, & powerful business woman that went from 0$ to a Six Figure income. Best Tyra Quotes: "where there is wisdom, there's wealth" "if you don't know it, pay for it... you can't google my success.. you have to work for it.. if you don't know something invest in someone who does..." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/succeedintentionally/support

Home life is the life that most don't want to open up about or share their "dirty little secrets". Whether it's hoarding, clutter, or uncleanliness, it can keep you stuck and not moving forward. But what if I told you that a little cleaning and decluttering could cause you to succeed in your business?? Don't believe it? Listen to this podcast episode as Monique Davis shares on how being intentional in the home led to having more clients and family success. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/succeedintentionally/support

Self Sabotage has a way of lingering around in so many areas of our lives. It can muddy up our thinking, vision, and our finances. You might think that you have it under control because the only person that can hear your negative talk about yourself is YOU. However, your decisions with this blurred view of yourself can be the bottleneck that stopping your blessings from flowing for your career or business! In episode 2, The 1st power is Self-success and all about "Self Care". Monique Davis is laying out the founding POWERS of Intentional Success that can help you or your business SUCCEED. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/succeedintentionally/support

Melody Moody Thortis talks to Monique Davis, the new director of the Center for Art and Public Exchange at the Mississippi Museum of Art. The Center’s mission is to use original artworks, exhibitions, programs, and engagements with artists to increase understanding and inspire new narratives in contemporary Mississippi. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Persistence Helps Achieve Strength Enhancing Success ‘E Phases' is a mentoring program designed specifically with the thought of inner-city youth in mind.  Founder, CEO Katheryn Clark-Thompson, wife, mother, counselor, and advocate desires to assist the youth of today achieve and maximize the potential within themselves.  Clark-Thompson counsels and advocates for young men and women daily in the crisis intervention arena.  After pacing for 14 years to complete a higher education, obtaining a Doctorate in Religious Counseling from Gospel Ministries Outreach Theological Institute, she is now focused on giving men, women and youth access to knowledge and tools required to achieve. On all levels the focus is locating the potential and realizing through acquired knowledge the purpose. Monique Davis, E Phases Program Director, graduate of Texas Southern University with a Bachelor in Social Work stands to teach the benefit of hard work and dedication.  Currently, as a Youth Advocate and Community Living Specialist, Davis has over 2,500 hours of helping at-risk youth and community development projects.   Level One Fitness' Owner, CEO, Certified Personal Trainer, Mentor, Life Coach Kentavious Jones.  ‘Level One Fitness' Youth Sports Development Head Coach Jones, earned a B.A. in Communications from Texas Sothern University.  Jones was an intern of the Sports Information and Community Development Program at Texas Southern University. Together, the founding program trio of Clark-Thompson, Davis and Jones anticipate watching inner-city youth take on the six ‘E Phases' and celebrate with each mentee as they graduate from E Phase to E Phase.  ‘E Phases' will celebrate with youth on each achieved phase and individual goals. 

Youth in Action Houston Summer Camp  E Phases' is a mentoring program designed specifically with the thought of inner-city youth in mind. Founder, CEO Katheryn Clark-Thompson, wife, mother, counselor, and advocate desires to assist the youth of today achieve and maximize the potential within themselves. Clark-Thompson counsels and advocates for young men and women daily in the crisis intervention arena. After pacing for 14 years to complete a higher education, obtaining a Doctorate in Religious Counseling from Gospel Ministries Outreach Theological Institute, she is now focused on giving men, women and youth access to knowledge and tools required to achieve. On all levels the focus is locating the potential and realizing through acquired knowledge the purpose. Monique Davis, E Phases Program Director, graduate of Texas Southern University with a Bachelor in Social Work stands to teach the benefit of hard work and dedication. Currently, as a Youth Advocate and Community Living Specialist, Davis has over 2,500 hours of helping at-risk youth and community development projects. Having the resources to achieve scholastically, mentally and emotionally, Davis has a heart for the inner-city youth wanting to assist them achieve more to be more. ‘E Phases' has joined forces with ‘Level One Fitness' Owner, CEO, Certified Personal Trainer, Mentor, Life Coach Kentavious Jones.  Every Youth Saved, the Community is Served Fruit from the Tree most Watered an Nurtured. 

When we think of successful people, astronauts are often fairly high on the list. Chris Hadfield flew on two space shuttles and commanded the international space station. Here’s here today to share wisdom from his success that will help all of us us, right here on Earth.   Guest: Astronaut Chris Hadfield Author of the New York Times Bestseller: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going To Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything* “So many people in life, maybe without even acknowledging it to themselves, let fear dictate a lot of their decision-making.” -Chris Hadfield Some keys to balancing sweating the small stuff and avoiding micromanagement Visualize it going perfectly Visualize failure before it has happened What’s the most likely 10 things to go wrong? Let’s simulate them and figure out how we will react to them Then run the simulation again to find the best plan and change behavior Aim to be a zero Begin by soaking up what’s going on and seeing what’s happening Recognize the necessity to become educated and understand the subtleties of the environment How to be successful at work and have a personal and private life that is successful and balanced Clearly understand what people are trying to accomplish in a family Make nobody’s sense of self worth dependent on anyone else’s identity The good intentions of the day are always often sacrificed on the altar of reality How successful people deal with the “what’s next?” question “If I had ever said to myself that the only part about this job that I like, or that is worthwhile, or that is satisfying -- is spaceflight, then I would have hated my life.” -Chris Hadfield What really matters is what I am doing today Question: How will you define success today? Feedback On this topic: http://coachingforleaders.com/149 Comments, questions, or feedback: http://coachingforleaders.com/feedback Thank you to Andy Winckler, Jeff Planty, Scott Symonds, Don Matteson, Aimee Montgomery Wilson, Laura Lee Lentner, Ala Adas, Kevin Buckley, Shaylynn Edwards, Laura Kalisky, Matin Mulligan, Steven Burciaga, Kunjal Gandhi, Jeremy Caine, Monique Davis, Madelien Delfos, Andrew Elliott, Russell Green, Erica Washington, Vickie Echols, and Chris Tse for joining the weekly update. Receive the 10 Leadership Books That Will Help You Get Better Results From Others, including 2 books that I rely on weekly. You can join also at http://coachingforleaders.com/subscribe Thank you to Danny Boi for the kind review on Stitcher. If you've been listening to the show for a bit, please consider leaving a written rearview on iTunes or Stitcher - and thank you in advance!

When we think of successful people, astronauts are often fairly high on the list. Chris Hadfield flew on two space shuttles and commanded the international space station. Here’s here today to share wisdom from his success that will help all of us us, right here on Earth.   Guest: Astronaut Chris Hadfield Author of the New York Times Bestseller: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going To Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything* “So many people in life, maybe without even acknowledging it to themselves, let fear dictate a lot of their decision-making.” -Chris Hadfield Some keys to balancing sweating the small stuff and avoiding micromanagement Visualize it going perfectly Visualize failure before it has happened What’s the most likely 10 things to go wrong? Let’s simulate them and figure out how we will react to them Then run the simulation again to find the best plan and change behavior Aim to be a zero Begin by soaking up what’s going on and seeing what’s happening Recognize the necessity to become educated and understand the subtleties of the environment How to be successful at work and have a personal and private life that is successful and balanced Clearly understand what people are trying to accomplish in a family Make nobody’s sense of self worth dependent on anyone else’s identity The good intentions of the day are always often sacrificed on the altar of reality How successful people deal with the “what’s next?” question “If I had ever said to myself that the only part about this job that I like, or that is worthwhile, or that is satisfying -- is spaceflight, then I would have hated my life.” -Chris Hadfield What really matters is what I am doing today Question: How will you define success today? Feedback On this topic: http://coachingforleaders.com/149 Comments, questions, or feedback: http://coachingforleaders.com/feedback Thank you to Andy Winckler, Jeff Planty, Scott Symonds, Don Matteson, Aimee Montgomery Wilson, Laura Lee Lentner, Ala Adas, Kevin Buckley, Shaylynn Edwards, Laura Kalisky, Matin Mulligan, Steven Burciaga, Kunjal Gandhi, Jeremy Caine, Monique Davis, Madelien Delfos, Andrew Elliott, Russell Green, Erica Washington, Vickie Echols, and Chris Tse for joining the weekly update. Receive the 10 Leadership Books That Will Help You Get Better Results From Others, including 2 books that I rely on weekly. You can join also at http://coachingforleaders.com/subscribe Thank you to Danny Boi for the kind review on Stitcher. If you've been listening to the show for a bit, please consider leaving a written rearview on iTunes or Stitcher - and thank you in advance!

Monique Davis, Gov. Perry and other attacks on atheism; cults, religious freedom and coming "out" as an atheist