Celebrating and Elevating Black Women - mind, body, soul and spirit!
Sometimes you must do a 360.
Other times, a 180 will do.
Either way, we must know when – and we have to be ready.
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Let’s start this series on the right foundation, shall we?
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Y’all know we love you, right?
Adrienne, Rachel and I love the members of The Swirl World. Celebrating Black women and the diverse men who love us is a privilege.
Our overarching missing is to see Black women live their best life. For that reason, we’re constantly striving to bring you content designed to educate, inspire and entertain you.
That’s why we had to come through with something special for the holiday season!
The Christmas season brings a dual challenge. We’re participating in the holiday while simultaneously preparing for the New Year. Thus, we often don’t take the much-needed time for personal reflection.
No worries – we’ve got you covered!
Here’s a video to tell you more:
(And let me tell you – I really, really, really, really, really, REALLY love y’all, because in this video I’m dealing with the onset of a sinus infection. My nose is red, my eyes are watery, but hey! As the Single Mom Coach Kaywanda Lamb says, “Do it anyway!”)
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Tomorrow is Day 1 – so let’s get this party started!
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The Swirl World Team is committed to sharing inspiration in 2016. Our goal is to help you stay motivated and inspired by bringing you positive, uplifting blog posts, images, videos and corresponding thoughts.
We’d love to FEATURE YOU in one of our posts! If you’d like to be featured, please send a nice, high-resolution photo to InspirationDaily@TheSwirlWorld.com. Selfies are fine – just make sure they’re not blurry and remember to send them in full size.
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We can’t get enough of Mildred and Richard Loving.
We’ve written about them before. This year, we even featured a podcast first – a slide show by our good friend, former podcast guest and fellow Swirler Williesha Morris.
The slide show commemorated her crowd funding campaign for Loving Day 2016 in Birmingham, Alabama.
We also added a Loving Day tab to our header!
Our podcast co-host Adrienne London Leach had a phone conversation with actor Will Dalton, co-star in the Loving movie.
Today, we’re pleased as punch to feature her interview with Will.
Will plays the role of Virgil, Richard Loving’s best friend.
The movie is up for some Critics’ Choice Awards.
Instagram post courtesy of Will Dalton
In the meantime, listen in as Will discusses how he landed the coveted role.
Will also shares some priceless advice from movie legend Sidney Poitier, and provides his own philosophy and approach to life.
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Our Shout Out! goes to Stepha LaFond, creator of the Modern Thriving Mama Program. When speaking of her mission, Stepha says,
“My mission is to empower women to boldly step out into the world and create the life they have always dreamed of.”
Stepha helps ambitious women who feel like they are overwhelmed juggling the demands of life, career, and family. They desire more balance and for now but fear that it will never be their reality. Together with her clients, Stepha addresses the stories that have kept them in their current patterns and works diligently to break these patterns through delegation, boundary setting and ritual development. As a result they feel more empowered and in control and are able to approach life with more ease.
To learn more about Stepha, click here. To connect with Stepha on Twitter @StephaLaFond, click here.
Want to be a guest on The Swirl World Podcast, or know someone who should?
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We receive lots of emails and messages on Facebook. Some of them are real doozies. This email was FIRE: “His White ex-girlfriend called me a gorilla!”
She called you a what?
Here’s the email, and Adrienne’s response.
Feel free to weigh in and let us know your thoughts!
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Here in The Swirl World, we’re busy setting blog and podcast goals for 2017.
One of the goals we’ve set is to bring you more posts featuring Black women entrepreneurs.
Why? Because this:
When I think of Black women and how utterly amazing we are, the song I’m Every Woman by Chaka Kahn cues in my head.
https://youtu.be/Q8xuUdI1an0
Swirling isn’t all we’re doing.
We’re pursuing higher education.
We’re starting businesses. Per Fortune and Black Enterprise magazines, Black women are entering the entrepreneurial arena in record numbers.
The number of Black women entrepreneurs is high – and we know some of you are in the number! For this reason, expect more entrepreneur-related posts in 2017.
(Stay tuned – we’re going to give you the opportunity to sign up for an exclusive list. The list will present carefully curated, entrepreneurial-related posts). Woot!
Recently our podcast Co-Host Adrienne London Leach engaged in some “tech talk” with online web designer and entrepreneur Chrissy Jackson Marquardt.
The Jamaican-born Marquardt is the married mother of 3 boys – and a Swirler!
Chrissy talks tech, and also discusses how she balances being a wife, mother of 3 and an entrepreneur.
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Chrissy is a WordPress Diva and the Website Branding Guru you wish you had in your back pocket. She helps overwhelmed entrepreneurs bust through the tech blocks that are standing in the way of their business and their bank accounts.
Her ultimate mission is to help entrepreneurs create beautiful websites that communicate, connect and convert.
To snag Chrissy’s 1 Week DIY Website Course, click HERE.
To join Chrissy’s Facebook group for entrepreneurs, click HERE.
Chrissy offers a Quick and Dirty Website Starter Kit. To grab it, click HERE.
Our shout out for this episode goes to Conversation Coach Amber Wright, MA of TalkToAmber.com. Amber says, “Getting what you want – from the boardroom to the bedroom – is all about having the right conversations.”
Talk To Amber is the place on the web for bloggers and entrepreneurs who want to step up their public speaking game. I love tuning in to Amber on Periscope – you can find her there, on Twitter and at other places on the web at @TalkToAmber.
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Alicia Fleming is this week’s Swirler of the Week, and one word comes to mind to describe her: Eclectic.
The word eclectic is defined as “deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.”
Here’s how Alicia describes herself:
“I’m a lover of languages, traveling, wine tastings, jazz and otherwise. I’m also a museum junkie – I love museums such as art museums and museums of history.
I love to go to festivals, art shows and antiquing. I love dancing.
My musical taste is very eclectic…anything from Contemporary Country, R&B, Jazz to Neo Soul. I enjoy artists ranging from Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Maroon 5 and Usher, to Boney James and Jill Scott.
I also love Romantic comedies like Valentine’s Day, It’s Complicated, Think Like A Man. I also enjoy independent movies—Grand Budapest Hotel (this was a quirky comedy—I love those too). However, I will gladly go to see an action movie like The Expendables any day!
Alicia is also a writer. She’s the author of My Soul Inside Out, a collection of poems for the soul. To connect with Alicia on Facebook, click here.
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Whether you celebrate or not, you can do this:
We’d love to feature YOU in one of our posts. If you’d like to be featured, please email a nice, high-resolution photo to InspirationDaily@TheSwirlWorld.com. Selfies are fine – just make sure they’re not blurry!
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All hail the longevity of interracial relationships between Black Women and White Men!
Research indicates BW/WM interracial relationships enjoy a sweet spot called longevity.
That’s right – when it comes to interracial marriages, BW/WM combinations last longer.
We have many examples of friends of The Swirl World we can point to (our friends Karla and Don immediately come to mind).
So, in celebration of the longevity of marriage, we salute our featured couple, Bryan and April French.
“Happy Anniversary!”
April & Bryan French, October 15, 1992
April and Bryan have 3 sons who are just as gorgeous as they are:
April and Bryan’s beautiful 2-month old granddaughter is truly a living doll!
April’s Secret Sauce
I recently had an opportunity to chat with April about spending 24 years with the love of her life. She told me about the secret sauce making her marriage successful.
Enjoy!
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April’s many talents include author and singer. She’s a published author, and her book Brown Girls Are Pretty Too can be purchased on Amazon by clicking here.
April sings under the stage name Deja Blue with a full band. To keep up with Deja Blue on Facebook, click here. She also sings with 2 other ladies in a group called Ladies of Soul. To “Like” their page on Facebook, click here.
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Let’s face it: Black women are fabulous.
And fancy!
We’re fabulous, we’re fancy, we’re all that.
And we own it.
This Black woman is so fancy, her friends call her “Miss Fanci!”
Hester says:
My name is Hester; but most call me “Miss Fanci.” I am a 37-year-old Georgia Peach from Warner Robins, Georgia, home of the former Miss America.
I am the mother of a beautiful 2-year-old baby boy blessing. I’m not his biological mother, but I was there for his birth and he has been with me ever since.
I recently completed my Masters’ degree in Human Services/Life Coaching and Military Resilience Cognate. I absolutely love helping people, especially at-risk youth. My life has been centered around helping others.
I am single and never been married. I have traditional values, with God placed at the core.
I love to laugh. I love to cook. I love city lights. I’m excited to get out there and see what the world has to offer!
Connect with Hester via email at SocialEyeCandi@hotmail.com and on Facebook by clicking here.
We love to feature singles (and couples!) in our posts. If you’d like to be featured, please email a nice, high-resolution photo to InspirationDaily@TheSwirlWorld.com. Selfies are ok – just make sure they’re not blurry.
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