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This one word triggers fear, and shame, and calls for the immediate "clutching of pearls." This word when it comes to women has been frowned upon and many a nefarious attempt has been made to control it and some cultures even forbid it.

What's the word?

Pleasure.

Women experiencing pleasure makes people, even other women highly uncomfortable.

In this episode, former This Woman Knows blog contributor, Cordelia Gaffar and I reconnect and discuss her transformation and new ventures.

And yes, it has to do with women's pleasure.

You have every right to experience such!

Get your pearls ready, it's a great show.

Connect with Cordelia, aka The Ultimate Joy Goddess:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Website

It’s a phenomenon most women will experience and is unfortunately often the fodder of many jokes, TV skits, and movies.

But what’s very real and poorly researched are the changes women of a certain age endure as they enter their “second puberty” as guest Kim Bady calls it.

Perimenopause or “the change” as it’s often called is no laughing matter. Especially for Black women who not only have exasperated symptoms during postpartum, but also on the other end of the hormonal cycle.

Kim Bady, yoga instructor, and SheWellness Coach, and I have a heart-to-heart conversation on how this metamorphosis has impacted us personally and what other women need to know.

Connect with Kim!

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

This family did something amazing during the global pandemic. They created the NAACP Image Award-winning children’s program, ‘Gracie’s Corner.’

In this episode, Dr. Arlene Gordon-Hollingsworth shares her journey into content creation, finding a new niche, what it’s like to work with your spouse, and how she takes care of herself.

Dr. Gordon-Hollingsworth is a licensed psychologist in the state of Texas with close to 20 years of clinical experience who still practices today.

She and her husband, Dr. Javoris Hollingsworth have three beautiful children and produce the hit series in their home. Their daughter Gracie, the show’s star, provides all the voiceover and sings all the songs her dad writes.

Enjoy the show, everyone!

If you overspent during the holidays and want something different in 2024, Mary Ann Stenquest shares how we can without judgment or guilt make a change and improve our finances.

As a Spending Coach, Mary Ann is passionate about teaching people how to become “unshoppable” – in order to overcome the urge to spend by learning why we shop and how to stop. To stop spending at its root cause, you have to identify your Spending Type or what triggers your urge to spend. She created a free quiz to help you identify your unique Spending Type, end overspending, and develop good habits that keep you debt-free, guilt-free, and free to feel good about what you spend your money on. Take The Spending Types Quiz today!

Connect with Mary Ann:

• Money Makeunder Community
• Free Spending Types Quiz
• IG: maryann.stenquist
• Website

Today is March 14, 2024—National Kidney Day!

And it’s the perfect day and month (it is Kidney Awareness Month) to drop this special episode.

She made me wait six months before even doing this interview.

And for good reason.

She wanted to make sure she and Seth Logan (her new kidney’s name) were both good.

Today, I’m happy to share Dr. Felicia J. Scott’s journey of being diagnosed with end-stage renal failure to being on dialysis for seven and half years to kidney transplant survivor.

Enjoy this special episode!

Connect with Felicia:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• LinkedIn

Watch on YouTube!

Being a first-generation entrepreneur certainly has its challenges. You will most certainly lack a thing today’s guest calls, “intellectual capital.”

Meet Cris Wright of CatchCris—a no-nonsense, professional rebel who pushes you to release what you thought you knew, so we can all have a universal understanding of each other. Her aim is for us to stop the fuss, get on the same page, and create systemic ways to level the playing field.

Cris and I talk about some of those early lessons learned and what she’s doing to make it easier for the next first-gen entrepreneur.

Connect with Cris:

• Website: CatchCris.com
• LinkedIn

Watch on YouTube!

Family relationships can be complex and sometimes lead to great angst when the holidays roll around. Coach Andrea Rogers of Fully Alive Coaching walks us through boundary setting and other tools to get through the holidays especially if there’s a lot of teasing and bantering going on.

Be sure to share this special holiday episode!

Enjoy!

Connect with Andrea:

• Fully Alive Coaching
• Instagram
• Blow The Whistle with Coach Andrea Podcast
• Email coachandreafac@gmail.com

Mentioned Resources:

• Needra Tawwab – Set Boundaries Find Peace
• Mind Your Mental Podcast with Dr. Raquel Martin
• Deborah Tannen – Talking 9-to-5

If this podcast is about lessons learned, I invite you to listen to this week's episode on learning to lean into your intuition, or "God Channel" if you will. It's never wrong but called into question as though it has ever led us astray. Enjoy this week's mini-sode! www.ThisWomanKnows.com