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Mensimah's Round Table: Conversations with Women of Power and Grace is a community of women who are open to sharing stories of self-love, self-healing, self-understanding and transformation to benefit and empower other women. We will have conversations on the simple how to's to cultivate and hold wisdom, leverage our integrity and dignity--all the tools that lift us up to our place of power and grace. Benefits: • Getting in tune with our innate gifts and beauty– Being the best mother, teache ...
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My goal is to share some personal experiences with you in this episode. I have, in almost every episode, underscored the importance of having a spiritual practice and I feel it is pertinent to share a personal journey I experienced with you because it showcases how our world could expand when we open ourselves up to spiritual intelligence. It guide…
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I have talked about distractions in the past and the many different ways that we get distracted from our paths and journeys of love. If you think about it, and all the people you know in your life, destructive criticisms come from just a handful of people, yet they seem so “loud,” it can make you feel like everyone else is against you. After a whil…
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This episode is a meditation for self-love. It is important to allow the natural love for ourselves to be expressed, and we must make a concerted effort to reveal it’s beauty very often throughout each day of our lives. Our ability to breathe at will, in all different kinds of ways, is a gift. Our breath changes, as needed to the demand of exciting…
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In my readings recently, I came across simple wisdom for women desiring greatness and I find it pertinent to share. We all desire greatness in some shape or form. Knowing some of these simple steps can clear the path to achieving our ultimate goals. I talk about being unpredictable as one of the steps so I urge you to listen to the end and pull all…
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I was just up Santa Fe New Mexico and we were surrounded by snow capped mountains and it was just spectacular! And the beauty of all around just made me gasp. Just made me say ah! And then I thought we are always surrounded by such beauty and how many times do we stop and notice? Or stop and look, or to take it all in; give it some thought or love …
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We can all agree that we can have multiple personalities that are a direct result of our life experiences and the roles we play. We may have experienced some woundedness on this journey we call life. Oftentimes, we are not able to give a step by step detail of how we got through some of those experiences. The fact that we are alive today is proof t…
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I am immensely grateful because our tribe of women of power and grace, will always be open to reaching a hand to someone else who needs our insight so they may step fully into the goddess energy in and around us. In working with reflective questions, we must remember that every question takes us on a quest—a quest for truth, for authenticity, and f…
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This week, our conversation is about reflection and developing a reflective routine to enhance our inner work and growth. I integrate the first two of four archetypal ways that support our true nature--the way of the warrior, the way of the healer. You will find reflective processes in all spiritual traditions, and they are intended to be a means o…
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We have all heard about the importance of forgiveness and the role it plays in our healing, spiritual development and growth. This is a topic you will encounter in every spiritual practice or avenue you embark on. When we feel wronged by another, we tend to hold the pain, disappointment or wounded- ness in our bodies, hearts and minds for a long, l…
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Our conversation on keeping life simple in 2023 continues, and our first focus is on how to curb distractions in our lives--people and things that interfere with our peace of mind, and move us away from our inner perspectives and quietude. We are all on a spiritual journey, whether we acknowledge it, know it or not. We all are presented equal oppor…
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We just entered a new year, and our cultural or societal tradition is to come up with goals, and a long list of things we want to accomplish or change in this year. Creating a vision for ourselves requires an inward look, and as a practical experience unfolds, we may have to embrace ourselves in the midst of uncertainty and find our truth. We women…
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We are heading into the new year and I want to share some thoughts on doing the inner work and how it leads to new journeys and paths. I use the number 7 (seven) to demonstrate the universal themes in our reality that shapes our spiritual and material growth. We live in a universe that is in a continuous creation mode, and we are in vibration mode …
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Our topic this week is about universal healing principles. There are several universal healing principles and processes that are easily recognized across cultures, and I want to discuss how we can integrate a few of them to sustain health and well-being. I share thoughts on recognizing Humor, Music, Self Esteem, Nature, and the Supernatural as form…
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Hello my dear Friends, This episode's focus is on the Seven Rites of Passage or the Seven Universal Rites of Passage, which is taking place all the time in our lives. They occur in both inner and outer levels and we have to manage the changes occurring, letting go as new self emerges. The seven rites are: Birth - entering into a new life, born out …
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Acknowledging the Feminine Face of the Divine This episode is about facilitating women’s empowerment groups with the sole goal of bringing women together to share our experiences and find the commonalities in our stories, as well as support each other in the challenges we face. As a facilitator, I can attest to the growth we all experience at the e…
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We have a saying in many communities in Africa that says that "if you can talk, you can sing; and if you can walk, you can dance." This episode's focus in on Embodying Praise through dancing, and movement. It is one of my favorite sayings because it tells us that we have been gifted with an instrument of great Spirit to experience life. When we los…
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In this episode, I talk about celebrating life in the moment. When you listen to the news, especially these days, you can’t help but feel gloomy. You are told the world is coming to an end and everything in our experience is atrocious. But then you look again, and there are beautiful moments all day long that we can celebrate, with our families, fr…
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Spiritual Practice connects us to our Source and sustains us through our challenges. Let us Journey on, putting one foot in front of the other! I love poetry! So I chose love and poetry for the theme to reflect on the various transformations we on or may still be on. It seems some of us are still going through some type of transformation, and there…
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In this episode, I am integrating what seemingly is going on in the outer world with Queen Elizabeth’s passing and Holding the Holy Vision of the Feminine conversations that we have discussed in a couple of previous episodes. And the topic I am addressing is: how are we being queens in our lives? I am in a private conversation with my soul sisters …
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Celebrating the Sacred and the Ordinary in Becoming Woman is about our first initiation into womanhood and how we felt about it. There are three stages in a woman's life--the virgin, mother and crone. The embodiment of each stage is pertinent to how we feel about ourselves in the present. We go through these rites of passage either appreciating the…
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In this episode, I discuss the Holy Vision of the Feminine Within. If we look at the conditions women continue to live all over the world, we recognize that there had been a deliberate erosion of feminine images (example the Orisha goddesses) that showcased strength as in the daughters of the ancient mothers Yemoja, Osun and Oya who came to the ear…
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My guest this week is Reverend Rita Koranteng (Mama Rita) who currently lives in Kumasi, Ghana. She started her career as a secretary working for the Ghana Denmark Association. In 2001, she attended Central University College and earned her degree in Theology. She was ordained as a minister in 2014. She got married and was blessed with a ministry i…
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I feel called to have a direct conversation with you and share inner processes that would enhance our well being. We are all on a spiritual journey, and we may ask "what is a journey?" It is a metaphor for one's life. So how are you handling life? This episode highlights the real journey and the metaphors for transformation. Are you moving into new…
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I just visited Ghana, my place of birth. It is obvious that there are stark differences between what is valued in Ghana and America—differences about wealth, health, happiness, love, success, prosperity and money. I will address these in future podcasts with guests. Living by grace is a beautiful concept because it lessens the pressure we put on ou…
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In this episode, I take a position on the recent Supreme Court decision in reversing Roe vs. Wade. My focus, however, was not to get entrenched in the political persuasions of the day, but rather to highlight a spiritual path of wisdom, which Saint Teresa of Avila, a mystical theologian used to reorganize her Order. She speaks of the dignity of eac…
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In this episode, I referenced the importance of relating to sacred images of the feminine and highlighted images of powerful women in history who could influence our dispositions, especially weary ones. If we created a sacred space, where we could commune daily with our powerful inner selves, we will realize that there is nothing we cannot do or be…
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Myrna Garcia-Bowen started her career in higher education in 1982 at Eastern CT State University. While there she held the position of Assistant to the Director of Admissions. Two years later she was promoted to Assistant Director of Admissions. Myrna was hired at Central Connecticut State University where she served as the Director of Recruitment …
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I appreciate you tuning in every two weeks to listen to the conversations with other women of power and grace. In this episode, I'd like to take the opportunity to give you a glimpse of who I am and the reasons behind what I do, and how I do it. I bear testimony of divine providence and grace. I believe that the universe endows us with gifts and re…
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Donna Hylton is a technology professional and community leader with over 30 years of experience. Donna began her technology career in college while working as a Data Center Coordinator in New York City. She has worked as an end-user database specialist, programmer, systems team leader, and information systems manager before making the transition to…
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In this episode, I share some thoughts with you about losing loved ones, especially suddenly like 9/11 or other similar situations. There's has been so much tension in our world, transitioning from Covid, as well as globally. There are several conflicts, some making the news and others not. War, in my opinion, is not waged only by physical violence…
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Shilpa Ahuja is a daughter, wife, mom, entrepreneur, and world traveler. She was born in India, raised in Oman, studied Architecture in London and got married in India, and came to the United States. She started her career in various Architectural firms where she gained a wealth of experience in commercial retail design, creating prototypical build…
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Sally's love of historic homes and decorating has made working as a licensed real estate professional a natural choice these past few years. She is licensed in the state of Rhode Island and in addition helps individuals and their families with asset management and life protection income in Rhode Island and MA. She worked as a Therapist in private p…
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Shannon Seeley is a Licensed Massage Therapist of 12 years she has wide ranging experience from deep tissue clientele all the way to offering touch therapy at Group homes on Sunday mornings. Shannon is a mother of two school aged children , a wife and a friend to many. She started #momlifeunfiltered on Facebook in 2018 looking to help women feel su…
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Pearletta Lamey is the Director of Stat-Pro Healthcare Solutions, a CPR training business a CLIA waived Laboratory and a state approved pandemic provider for Connecticut where we offer mobile and onsite covid vaccinations and testing. With over 14 years of Healthcare background, my passion is to provide direct patient care, especially for maternity…
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Rebecca Loveless, MA is a Structured Word Inquiry Coach. She is a passionate educator, who works with students, teachers, and other literacy professionals to help all children learn to read and write with confidence and joy. She is a lover of words, etymology, and storytelling, and she can explain the reason for many crazy spellings of English word…
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In this episode, I am replaying the answers given by guests at the Round Table to the question "Who is a Woman of Power and Grace? Each guest speaks her own unvarnished truth and the words from these powerful women present opportunities for us to absorb the different expressions, attributes, and understanding into our psyche. From this platform, we…
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Andrea is the CEO of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority in Connecticut . She Served as president and CEO of Harc, Inc. — supporting people with intellectual and related disabilities and their families. Former Director of Program Operations at Lawyers for Children America, Inc., Ten- year career at Chubb Insurance in Operations, l…
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Such an appropriate title for these times! Patricia Campanile, M.H.S.A. is a certified global Edgewalker facilitator, business, executive, and life coach and successful trainer, speaker, workshop and retreat leader. For over 30 years she has worked across industry lines with women, leaders, entrepreneurs, not for profit, corporations and national o…
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Dr. Dorothy Martin-Neville is an Executive Leadership Coach, an international speaker and author of eight books. She addresses the issues that exist for all of us who are trying to please everyone, who are striving to be near-perfect, or who are the over-achievers. In working with Executive Women, Dorothy has seen how powerful women have unique way…
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Ms. Sonia Santavenere is a beautician and she is the owner of The Main Switch in Middletown and Norwalk, Connecticut. (http://www.mainswitchsalonct.com/) Sonia says, "When you look good, you feel good." This is the philosophy at The Main Switch Beauty Salon where owner, she delights her guests with dazzling hair styles and an exceptional salon expe…
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Quatina (Tina) Frazer is my first guest from Generation X! She is a Community Leader, Author, Mother and she holds a Master's Degree in Liberal Studies. Tina exemplifies courage, determination, decency and dignity in everything she does. She has overcome a lot as in many women's stories and this conversation should bring hope and optimism to all ou…
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Dr. Atim Eneida George's credentials: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Black Studies Research (CBSR), UC Santa Barbara Conducted an in-depth qualitative interdisciplinary study entitled Black Mothers Matter, https://www.cbsr.ucsb.edu/research-projects/intersectional-justice leading to the production of book chapter, Respect—Making Your Mess, Your Me…
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Julienne B. Ryan is a Humorist | Keynote Storytelling Speaker |Trainer, Facilitator, Coach. She began her professional career at age five when she did TV commercials and learned important things like “the teamsters always eat first,” her social security number and how to endorse checks for bank deposit. Ryan studied psychology in college because sh…
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Dr. Cindy Sena - Martinez joins the Round Table to talk about how she uses music as a tool in her practice, and how you can do the same in your own spiritual practice. Her work primarily focuses on healing the soul as the first step to wellness. She includes music as a safe and natural method of healing, pain relief, focus, relaxation, encouragemen…
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Dr. Marianela Medrano was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and has lived in Connecticut since 1990. A poet and a writer of nonfiction and fiction, she holds a PhD in psychology. Her literary work has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines in Latin America, Europe and the United States. Her poetry has been translated into Italian an…
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The Reverend Crystal S. Paul-Watson became pastor at United Methodist Church of Hartford on August 1, 2020. She previously served as pastor both at New Milford-Edenville UMC (2014-2020) and Grace UMC (2018-2020) in Orange County, NY. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education, a Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership, and a Master…
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Kimble Greene, PhD is a bestselling author, master catalyst and trailblazer. Internationally acclaimed for her groundbreaking approach to personal transformation and evolutionary leadership - The Monarch Method™ - Kimble’s unique blend of transpersonal psychology, neuroscience, metaphysics, and epigenetics takes her clients on an enriching journey …
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Round Table Conversation with Yvonne Patricia Mcgregor. While talking about her 98-year old mother, Yvonne stated: "Her strength was in her gentleness, ... and her grace was in being non-judgmental." Absolutely beautiful! Yvonne talked about being the example so that her children could relate to her guidance. She taught them about having boundaries…
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Please checkout juicy conversation with Prema Lee Gurreri Vedic Astrologer | Consciousness Coach: Using the ancient science of Vedic Astrology and her gift of intuition, Prema guides and teaches conscious women visionaries to activate their divine gifts and align with their Sacred Wealth Code, so that they can unlock their soul blueprint for purpos…
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Welcome to Mensimah's Round Table: Conversations with Women of Power & Grace! This is your host Dr. Mensimah Shabazz, Transformational Coach, Teacher and Author. I specialize in women’s spirituality and empowerment, and I have a healing practice in Wethersfield, Connecticut. We are all going through some type of change on this life’s journey and we…
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