Well Black Sis Podcast Mellany Paynter, Creator of Well Black Sis
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- Health & Fitness
A weekly podcast series helping you put your wellness FIRST. Through our conversations in this space, you'll learn how Black women like you are putting wellness first in their lives and striving emotionally, financially, physically everyday. Learn why wellness matters, how it affects your daily life, the benefits of being well, and how to define wellness for yourself. Make wellness your style statement! That's our mantra!
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20: A Chat With Myself About Grief And Loss A Decade Later
In this episode - the closing out of Season 2 - I speak about my journey through grief after my Mom passed a decade ago, and share the things I would have told myself about the grief/loss journey knowing what I know now.
Episode Highlights:
- Time is the ultimate healer
- Dealing with the people around you
- Is there a right or wrong way to grieve?
- What you will learn during your grief journey
- Explore my book - Dancing At the Crossroad - https://bit.ly/purchaseDATC
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19: How Kara Stevens Helps Black Women Heal Their Relationship With Money
In this episode, I speak with Kara Stevens, a financial educator and founder of The Frugal Feminista, a community she developed to help 6-figure Black women step into their financial confidence, demolish their debt, and set themselves up to achieve financial ease.
In this episode we talk about how she clawed her way out of student loans and consumer debt worth $65K, what she learned on that journey and her realization that she had unhealthy beliefs about money.
Episode Highlights:
- How self-worth and money relate
- Practical things to do to get yourself out of debt
- How her book helps readers
- She answers rapid fire questions sent in by community members
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18: How to Not Struggle As a Caregiver To Your Loved One with Rosalind "Roz" Jones
In this episode, I speak with Rosalind "Roz" Jones, a compassionate, innovative health care industry leader. Through her extensive medical experience, she realized an urgent need for quality health care in her area. She is a caregiver advocate assisting families and individuals in transition to become a caregiver for their loved one, and today we are speaking with her about caregiving and how not to struggle through it.
In this episode, we talk about how she helps families alleviate the pressures of caring, caregiver legal rights, things you need to have in place as a caregiver, caregivers rights and responsibilities, caregiver burnout.
Episode Highlights:
- Get Lifted book
- The Caregiver Cafe podcast
- Jacksonville’s Best Caregivers
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17: Answering The Call To Live in Your Higher Purpose with Dr. Shanté Holley
This week on the podcast I speak to Dr. Shante Holley, a Christian creative offering a Faith Forward approach to personal wellness, branding, and marketing through her podcasts, online courses, and coaching programs. As a professor and podcaster, Dr. Shanté equips people with the tools, confidence, and faith to turn their ideas into ACTION. Her podcasts, Whole & Complete and Believing Bigger are globally ranked in the top 1 & 1.5% of podcasts.
I found Dr. Shante to be inspirational, captivating, funny, and she has a way with words. She’s very easy going, and you feel like you're having a sit-down with your fave aunty. In this episode, Dr. Shante shares how she was called to be who she is today, how she turned her unhealthy life around, opens up new perspectives on living life, recognizing your purpose, and best of all she brought out her tambourine!
Episode Highlights:
Walking in your calling
Having regrets
Our greatest downfall in our approach to life
Burnout
Becoming the expert of you
The intersection of faith and wellness
The meaning of wealth - Having enough
People-pleasing
Book - The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist
Her new e-book - Aging Backwards
Whole & Complete podcast
Believing Bigger podcast
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16: How Melodie Stewart Uses Style to Make Her Welcome In Any Room
My guest this week is Melodie Stewart, a style enthusiast, thrifter, a lover of sunglasses and fashion frames and an introvert with extrovert tendencies. She inspires others to look fantabulous on a budget and hopes to encourage you to step a little outside of the box.
In this episode, she talks about her foray into styling people for a living, shares her styling tips, and how she uses fashion to give her confidence to be in any room. She also delivers some sage advice on colors.
Episode Highlights:
- Styling celebrity goals - Janelle Monae and Solange
- Wearing bright colors
- Rules to dressing in your 40s.
- One thing you should be buying for spring/summer
- Shopaccessory.com
- Motivation to move
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15: Coach Laura Gethers Shares How She Helps Couples Save Their Marriage
In this episode I speak with Coach Laura Gethers, conflict resolution expert, author, speaker, and founder of Love Harder Marriage Coaching. Laura has a desire to equip couples with the tools they need so their relationships can succeed.
We discuss why marriage is not be the goal, what she sees most among couples that lead to their failed relationships with their spouses/partners, and the unique technique she uses to help them regain trust and open dialogue in their relationships.
Episode Highlights:
– How to have a healthy marriage
– Boxing as a Coaching tool
– Help for singles and couples
– Communication is key
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