Dr. P On The Pod

Pernessa C. Seele

Podcast by The Balm In Gilead, Inc.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    #273 Rest as Resistance: Reimagining Strength for Black Women Today

    Dr. Shayla Walker is a licensed clinical social worker, professor, workshop facilitator, and public speaker. With bachelor and master degrees in social work (BSW and MSW) and a PhD in Transformative Social Change, she brings over a decade of experience addressing mental health, belonging, racial justice, and restorative healing. Known for blending scholarship with authentic lived experience, Dr. Walker delivers engaging, relatable, and transformative experiences for higher education institutions, nonprofits, state agencies, conferences, and corporate DEI initiatives.

    28 min

  2. 19 MAR

    #272 The Hot Pink Shoes: A Story of Grief, Legacy and Bouncing Back!

    Maya Dionne is a bestselling author, widow coach, and CEO/Founder of Purpose2Platform LLC and Widows DO Bounce Back LLC. With over 20 years of experience in IT and writing, she blends technology, creative strategy, and behavioral psychology to empower writers in building their platforms in one business; and helping widows create lives they truly love in the other. Through Purpose2Platform, Maya helps aspiring authors take their books from concept to bestseller, offering coaching, project management, and marketing services. Her work has been featured on national widowhood advocacy stages like Camp Widow, she has accomplished 5 bestselling books as a solo and collaborative author, and she has written for major publications such as Parents and Bumble. Maya has also been featured on FOX, WUSA9, The CW, and CBS, sharing her message with widows worldwide. As a coach at Finding #NextYOU, she provides transformational support for widows, helping them heal with intention, rediscover their purpose, and move forward with strength. Maya's passion lies in unlocking potential —whether for a writer or a widow—and providing them with the tools they need to thrive. Maya can be found on Instagram as @thebouncebackwidow and reached on her website at www.mayadionne.com.

    33 min

  3. 12 MAR

    #271 Women Who Soar: Legacy, Purpose, and the Power of Pathmakers

    Sharvette Mitchell, CEO of Mitchell Productions, is more than a business leader and marketing consultant; she’s THE PLATFORM BUILDER®. Her vision, ingenuity, and extensive 25-year background in corporate America at Capital One Bank, coupled with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Virginia Commonwealth University, have crystallized her reputation as a foremost authority in the marketing landscape. Sharvette’s unique approach, encapsulated in her trademarked framework THE PLATFORM BUILDER®, has become a beacon for small businesses seeking to amplify their brand. Sharvette has been featured in publications such as Yahoo! Finance, AARP, Huffington Post, HOPE for Women Magazine, CBNation and Sista Sense Magazine. She has authored seven book collaborations. Since 2008, her radio show “The Sharvette Mitchell Radio Show” has produced over 770+ episodes and has been a platform for marketing insights, powerful conversations, and interviews, resonating with listeners and viewers across multiple audio and live-streaming platforms.

    29 min

  4. 5 MAR

    #270 Beyond the Diagnosis: Survivor, Advocate, Changemaker

    CiNease Freeman is a Richmond, Virginia-based colorectal cancer survivor and advocate, diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer in June 2022 at the age of 28. She is active in raising awareness, particularly around the rise of young-onset colorectal cancer, and is featured in national campaigns.

    28 min

  5. 26 FEB

    #269 38 Years of Prayer, Legacy and Love – Celebrating the 38th National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS

    Dr. Cary L. Goodman has a sincere passion to empower faith communities to operate at their fullest capacity in areas of health promotion, advocacy programs, outreach and development. For over 18 years, he has been dedicated to establishing and expanding health programs across the United States by building the capacity to address health disparities that greatly impact congregations and the communities they serve by strategically leveraging faith-based and community partnership to impact sustainability.  Currently, Cary serves as the Faith Based Program & Engagement Consultant for The Balm In Gilead, Inc. where he works diligently at the intersection of faith and public health nationally to address the burden of various diseases the impact African American communities. A highly skilled strategist and national speaker adept at leading relationship building and engagement opportunities, he has forged various faith based and public health community partnerships and coalitions.  An ordained minister, Cary deems himself a “connector” where he focuses on the significance of outreach and engagement, establishing coalitions, collaborating, and relationship building in order to increase accessibility and sustainability to strengthen congregations and communities.

    40 min

  6. 19 FEB

    #268 Legacy & Liberation: Stories from the Black Panther Party

    Elmer Dixon, a longtime activist for racial justice, grew up a witness to the Civil Rights Movement and marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Seattle, WA in the 60s. He was one of the founders of Seattle's chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968. Only 17 at the time, he helped to shape a new world, a new place, a new country, where all people were respected, regardless of color and position in life. Now Dixon runs his own business in Seattle and . is a diversity trainer who speaks about his experiences with the Black Panther Party. He is the author of Die Standing: From Black Panther Revolutionary to Global Diversity Consultant; a memoir that can help instruct today's social justice activists on how to organize the community based on the successful strategies of the Black Panther Party to achieve change in a continued climate of police brutality, institutional racism, and vast socioeconomic discrepancies for Black and Brown people.

    42 min

  7. 12 FEB

    #267 A Long Walk: A Teacher’s School Integration Legacy

    Edna Elaine Glover is a retired schoolteacher from South Carolina School Districts. Teaching social studies to high school students, her career spanned 30 years. Ms. Glover grew up in the era of segregated schools and the Jim Crow South. She was among the few African American teachers that were hired to teach in integrated schools post segregation. Ms. Glover received a Bachelor of Arts from South Carolina State University and a master’s degree in education from The Citadel in Charleston. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. Recently, she has taken up quilting as a treasured journey of preserving her mother’s legacy.

    37 min

  8. 5 FEB

    #266 A Sacred 100 Years: Honoring the Impact of Negro History Week

    Miyoshi Juergensen, PhD (she/her/hers) is an educator, scholar, and practitioner whose work centers Black educational history, teacher leadership, and equity-driven school and community improvement. A former classroom teacher and district leader, Dr. Juergensen brings more than two decades of experience in education and a deep commitment to understanding how Black educators have historically built, sustained, and visioned caring and consequential schools and communities under conditions of constraint. Currently, she serves as an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Juergensen’s research explores Black teacher leadership in segregated and marginalized schooling contexts, the intellectual histories of Black educators in the U.S. South, and how these traditions inform contemporary improvement efforts in schools, particularly those serving historically underserved communities. For her, Black History Month lasts 365 days, as she emphasizes that Black history is not a celebratory add-on, but foundational knowledge that continues to shape educational practice, leadership, and collective possibility.

    41 min
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  • Creator
    Pernessa C. Seele
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    279
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Dr. P On The Pod
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