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This Is My Confession: I Got In My Feelings

July 24, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

So yesterday, I got in my feelings – but not because of a guy.

(I mean, who gets in their feelings over a man, right???)

*_*

So, I did a Periscope yesterday, and I don’t mind admitting: I got in my feelings.

What’s Periscope, you ask?

Periscope is a new social media platform Twitter launched in March. ‘Scopers stream their broadcasts in real time and viewers can log on to watch via the web, Twitter notifications, or by using iOS and Android-based app on smart phones and tablets.

Just imagine Twitter and YouTube having a baby – and you have Periscope.

To learn more about this new platform, click here to check out this comprehensive, yet easy-to-read article written by Systems Expert Alaia Williams.

Anyway, got in my feelings yesterday.

Watch the replay, and I believe you’ll understand why.

Periscope video from July 23, 2015.

I’m on Periscope @ASwirlGirl. Feel free to follow me, and if you jump on one of my Scopes, be sure to holla at me in the comments. I’d love to follow you back!

A Conversation With Demita Usher – Part 2

July 15, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

Today’s podcast features Part 2 of a conversation I held on May 10 with Demita Usher, aka “Brown Betty.”

Demita was a champion of Black women’s causes, and passionate about women learning to not only enjoy, but leverage their femininity.

This episode was recorded on May 10 in anticipation of the website launch of Demita’s business centering on providing teaching and training on etiquette and manners.

Demita passed away the morning of June 14.

Part 1 of the conversation with Demita is available on iTunes, Sound Cloud, Stitcher Radio or PlayerFM.

Demita was nothing if she wasn’t passionate! I hope you’re enjoying the conversation as much as I did.

If you can’t see the podcast player, click here or here.

If you can’t see the Sound Cloud player, click here. You can also head over and listen to the show on iTunes, Stitcher Radio or PlayerFM.

Demita Usher was the Founder and Director of The Social Graces and Savoir Faire Institute of Etiquette. She taught classes for several years to adults and children alike. Demita was in the process of writing a book on Charm and Etiquette for Teens. She resided in Los Angeles, California.

Want to be a guest on the podcast, or know someone who should?

Send an email to Podcast@TheSwirlWorld.com.

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You can also follow us on Sound Cloud and listen to the show on Stitcher Radio. You can also hear us on PlayerFM!

#187| No Regrets

July 6, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

This weekend I uploaded Part 1 of my conversation with Demita Usher, aka “Brown Betty.”

She suddenly passed away on June 14 at the age of 42.

Demita’s death really shook up many of us in the interracial blogging space.

She was passionate and vibrant, and believed in living life to the fullest.

With everything happening in the world, I’ve deepened my resolve to do the same.

I intend to live my life with no excuses, which for me, guarantees that I will enjoy a life with no regrets.

I pray you’re doing the same.

You can listen to Part 1 of my final conversation with Demita on Sound Cloud, iTunes, Stitcher Radio or PlayerFM. Part 2 will be posted Wednesday.

The Swirl World Team is committed to sharing 365 days of inspiration in 2015. Our goal is to help you stay motivated and inspired by bringing you positive, uplifting images and corresponding thoughts.

We’d love to FEATURE YOU in one of our Inspiration Daily posts! If you’d like to be featured, please send a nice, clear photo to InspirationDaily@TheSwirlWorld.com.

Copyright ©2015 Michelle Matthews Calloway, ASwirlGirl™, The Swirl World™, The Swirl World Podcast™, The Swirl World Inspiration Daily™, Swirl Nation™, All rights reserved. Photo property of The Swirl World™.

#173| What A Difference A Day Makes!

June 22, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway 2 Comments

“One day spent with someone you love can change everything.”

―Mitch Albom

What a difference a day makes!

Today’s featured couple, Jeff and Toni are getting married in July. WOOT!

We’d love to FEATURE YOU in one of our Inspiration Daily posts! If you’d like to be featured, please send a nice, clear photo to InspirationDaily@TheSwirlWorld.com.

#172| Happy Father’s Day!

June 21, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway 1 Comment

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

~Henry Ward Beecher

Happy Father’s Day!

Today’s photograph features The Bayati Family!

We featured Masoud and Sylvia in Podcast Episode 68. Masoud, who is Persian and his wife Sylvia, who is African American, also have been featured on our Facebook page and in a past blog post. Their daughter, author Merieta Bayati was featured the podcast and on the blog.

We’d love to FEATURE YOU in one of our Inspiration Daily posts! If you’d like to be featured, please send a nice, clear photo to InspirationDaily@TheSwirlWorld.com.

#170| Fueled From Within

June 19, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

“I am self-propelled; fueled from within.

I appreciate people’s opinions, but I’m not attached to them.

I learned a long time ago that if I give them the power to feed me, I also give them the power to starve me.”

~Steve Maraboli

Now, more than ever, let’s dig deep and become fueled from within.

My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:2 NIV

We’d love to FEATURE YOU in one of our Inspiration Daily posts! If you’d like to be featured, please send a nice, clear photo to InspirationDaily@TheSwirlWorld.com.

#166| In Memoriam

June 15, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway 1 Comment

Demita Usher, an interracial blogger, book author and entrepreneur popularly known as “Brown Betty,” passed away suddenly yesterday morning.

She was 42.

Today’s photo of Demita was first presented on February 6, 2015 when she was featured in our Inspirational Daily post.

I was blessed to do a podcast with Demita on May 10, in anticipation of her new website launch.

Out of respect for Demita’s family during this difficult time, we will air her podcast episode after the final services.

Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.

To share an “in memoriam” message of condolence on Demita’s Facebook page, click here.

We’d love to FEATURE YOU in one of our Inspiration Daily posts! If you’d like to be featured, please send a nice, clear photo to InspirationDaily@TheSwirlWorld.com.

12 Podcasts You Should Be Listening To Right Now

June 11, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway 2 Comments

The Swirl World Podcast launched June 9, 2014.

That means It’s Our Anniversary – or in “Podspeak,” It’s Our “Podaversary!”

In Part 1 of the Anniversary Episode, I’m giving major shout outs and podcast love to 12 Podcasters whose shows I faithfully listen to and highly recommend.

So, besides ours, wanna know what podcasts you should be listening to?

See the list below, and check out Part 1 of the Anniversary episode for more background info on these talented podcasters. Woot!

CHONILLA – Sherley and Clove Roy
Behind The Brilliance – Lisa Nicole Bell (I also give a shout out to Rosetta Thurman of Happy Black Woman)
Black Girl Nerds – Jamie Broadnax (I also give a shout out to This Week In Blackness and Elon James White)
JTOL “Just Thinking Out Loud” Media – Lavinia SheBeShoNuff and her cousin, Boughetto Rising
Her Power Hustle – Michelle Y. Talbert
Live By Design Radio Network – Nancy Gathecha
Back2UsRadio – Annise Mabry
Design The Life You Want – Shimeka Williams
The Freedom Biz Podcast – Siedah Mitchum
The Productive Woman – Laura McClellan
Hand & Foot Prints–What is Your Legacy? & 15 minute CONUNDRUM – Rikki R. Jones
#SmartBrownVoices – Mike Street

If you can’t see the podcast player, click here for the direct download or here for the show’s permanent link.

You can also listen to this and other episodes on Sound Cloud.

If you can’t see the Sound Cloud player, click here. You can also head over and listen to the show on iTunes, Stitcher Radio or PlayerFM.

Want to be a guest on the podcast, or know someone who should?

Send an email to Podcast@TheSwirlWorld.com.

Be sure to “Like” The Swirl World on Facebook and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

You can also follow us on Sound Cloud and listen to the show on Stitcher Radio. You can also hear us on PlayerFM!

#161| Living The Dream

June 10, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

It’s our Podcast Anniversary Week, and we intend to celebrate the entire month.

We love the community we’ve created in The Swirl World – the members of Swirl Nation are second to none!

We’re happy and we’re living the dream, doing what we love and making a positive difference in the lives of thousands of people.

For Joseph Del Rey and his wife, today’s featured couple, living the dream means sharing their lives together: one day, one month, and one year at a time.

Joseph says, “Thirty years with the love of my life. Celebrating 27 years of marriage on June 3 2015. Just getting started. That’s my baby!!”

What does living the dream mean in your life?

We’d love to FEATURE YOU in one of our Inspiration Daily posts! If you’d like to be featured, please send a nice, clear photo to InspirationDaily@TheSwirlWorld.com.

#153| Create Something Amazing

June 2, 2015 By Michelle Matthews-Calloway Leave a Comment

I’m in a special Facebook group formed by Michelle Y. Talbert of the Her Power Hustle website and podcast.

With the onset of a new week, yesterday Michelle put forth this post:

“Happy Monday Sister Power Hustlers! I’ve found setting my intention to be really helpful for focusing and EDITING/saying no to things that don’t further our goals. That being said, what’s your intention for this week?

My response?

My intention is to create something amazing: A mini course.

What’s yours?

Aptly named “Sister Power Hustle,” of the Facebook group Michelle says, “This community was birthed out of my deep desire to help women entrepreneurs get the information we need to create and sustain our businesses. Through shared resources and networking we can go much further in business than we ever could alone.”

If you’re on Facebook and you’d like to join the Sister Power Hustle Facebook group, click here.

We’d love to FEATURE YOU in one of our Inspiration Daily posts! If you’d like to be featured, please send a nice, clear photo to InspirationDaily@TheSwirlWorld.com.

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