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Celebrating Queens Welcome Queens to the 2nd Edition of the Unstoppable Women's Empire Magazine. We are excited you have taken the time to review the magazine. Please connect with us at the upcoming Global Girls Nite Out and join our membership and facebook group. You Are Unstoppable. Thank You for being present with us!
Dr. Carmen Thomas, has been applying transformation to every area of her life since she was a young girl growing up in the projects to currently applying servant leadership, transformation and developing authentic relationships as a professional in her day career as a Chief Government Relations Officer, Founder of Unstoppable Women’s Empire and as the Founder of Transformation GEMS, a nonprofit that empower, educate, and provide resources for women to start and accelerate businesses that create systems, legacies and to become recession proof. Carmen’s Mission is to Empower and Inspire Women to Identify and Utilize their Gifts to Courageously Be Unstoppable. DR. CARMEN THOMAS unstoppablewomensempire.con
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RETIREMENT The time marking the end of one’s work or career normally filled with festivity and great celebration. recently retired from the Postal Service after a 35-year career ending it as a Customer Relations Coordinator/Communications Spokesperson for our District of over 680 Post Offices. Although a major accomplishment, I found myself apprehensive and hesitant about entering it and not excited. Coworkers were congratulating me on my next chapter, my next journey. They were more excited for me than I was. To me retirement was the conclusion of an era of mattering to a group of people, or an organization. And when you add the pandemic on top of it, there would be no celebration because of the social distancing restrictions. Shortly before I retired, I sent out an email to the Post Offices, Postmasters and my coworkers within our district. Typical farewell emails had the usual “ending one chapter/journey to begin another”. I was going to follow suit. As I started typing I was not satisfied with the status quo farewell email. I wanted something different, something that would speak more to who I was. Since the majority of my career was in the communication field, the concept of describing my career as a ‘conversation’ came to mind. So where is the celebration you may ask? It’s coming. Verbal conversations are defined as the informal interaction, exchange and dialogue of ideas and thoughts. They are punctuated with education, exhilaration, encouragement, and sometimes frustration and difficulty. These various punctuated nuances make it intriguing and interesting. After I sent out that email, I began to see my retirement differently. I saw it as a time to celebrate my contributions and participation in one conversation and beginning a new one. I could see it was marked with compassion, information, assistance, and assertiveness impacting co-workers and the public alike. These all had their specified purpose during my career, and I can look back on it with pride. I am equally excited for and celebrate my new life conversations and what I can contribute to it. I will be concentrating on my poundcake business (Breelicious LLC), writing a book, and most of all renewing my music ministry. I look forward to these conversations with joy knowing the possibilities of what I can bring to them are endless. I believe that God has equipped our lives to be an exciting conversation for all to appreciate. I encourage you to be grateful and celebrate the gifts and callings God has placed within your life that impact others to bring Him glory.
Colossians 4:6 (New Living Translation) - “Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.” Sabrina Todd, P.O. Box 26023, Lansing MI 48909 Facebook: Breelicious Bakes LLC Instagram: breelicious4u Email: breelicious4u@yahoo.com; awedbhg40@gmail.com www.unstoppablewomensempire.com
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THRIVING IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC BY ANNA MARIE PRYOR
When COVID-19 hit last March, our lives came to a standstill. Shutdown of businesses, social isolation, and mask-wearing quickly became our way of life. God’s faithfulness manifested in my life in major ways. My homebased hand-crafted jewelry business that I have operated since 2007 came to a standstill. Most of my sales were generated from participating in art festivals, craft shows, women’s conferences and other special events. In the face of all of everything going on, I was not sure if I could continue my business. I shut down my website in December 2019 because it was no longer serving its purpose. It appeared that doors were closing right at a time I was finally in a position to step into fully operating my business. I retired at the end of 2018 from a twenty two and a half year career with Ingham County and was ready to delve deeper into my jewelry business. Although I was suddenly thrust into the unknown, God had a different plan for me. It all began with a request from my daughter-in-law to make masks for my little grandsons. Those requests multiplied and increased my creativity in amazing ways! Not only did God open new doors of opportunity for my business to expand, my sales in 2020 exceeded my sales in 2019! I have thrived through this pandemic in ways beyond all that I could ask or think. I have learned more about God’s faithfulness and not to be afraid of change. I take such joy in providing my customers with quality masks embellished with crystals, their favorite sports team, superhero, scripture, personal name, or any other adornment they desire. God continues to prove he is my provider, and He works all things together for my good. (Romans 8:28)
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Sometimes it feels like the best thing we can say is "I'm still standing". I frequently call this season of our life "Chapter 2". Life has not been a fairy tale. Chapter 1 of the story was dark, lonely & terrifying. But...without falling down, there is no comeback story. Without the fear, there's no humbling. Without the dark, we don't treasure the light. Without the battle, there's no victory. Without breaking, there's no breakthrough. To get refined...we need to walk through some fire.
Following a nervous breakdown in 2014, I got stuck in a pit of despair till 2018 (depression, anxiety, suicidal & gained 120 lbs.) Yes, you read that right...4 years of being really, really lost! On the outside, everything looked amazing. Rocking my business, family intact, active in our church & community, all of the things. But inside, behind closed doors, I was fighting demons nobody saw. Living with my husband's PTSD & all it's rage, control & instability. (He's healed now, thank God). Battling toxic behaviors from our son with severe Reactive Attachment Disorder. Not being able to protect our daughters. Struggling with eating disorders, addictions, back-to-back traumas, ungrieved losses, poorly navigated transitions, financial devastation, bouts of depression & anxiety, & that decades-old lie in my head that screams "your voice doesn't matter". I managed it all...until the day I couldn't. And it all came crashing down like an tidal wave. That was chapter 1. Coming out the other side...this is our Chapter 2. It's a story of recovery, restoration & gaining wisdom. In journalism, it's often said, "If it bleeds, it leads." People are strangely drawn to drama & trauma. To me, Chapter 1, with all it's "bleeding" is not the best, or even the biggest part of the story. I only share so you understand a little of how I got to the wilderness. We all have a story, & I bet yours has some dark chapters, too. If all we do is survive, I believe we've missed the point. We're called to share the lessons. That's the backstory, friends! Installment #1 of 3. Tune back in to our next issue of UWE magazine to catch the lessons I learned along the way & hear the "rest of the story", with survival tips, God's abundant restoration... all of the things! Also, shoot me a message via email (divajtmc@yahoo.com) or text (517/861-1601), & I will be delighted to keep you IN THE LOOP as "Wisdom from the Wilderness" is launched. It's still a project "in the works"! Jen McClure is a Sales Director with Mary Kay Cosmetics & the author of "Wisdom from the Wilderness", coming soon.
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The Self Vows-Seven Vows That Will Change Your Life! Self Love & Self Care is so essential to overall balance and peace in our lives, specifically considering the climate of our nation. The pandemic has caused us to feel forced into truly slowing down, processing our present & past feelings, and ultimately questioning our purpose. With that said The Self Vows is important in navigating through the process of: • Identifying who you are versus who you desire to be • Getting unstuck & moving forward • Pivoting in crisis • Being Intentional about self care • Evolving from your past mistakes • Realizing that Self intimacy is the prelude of sharing intimacy with another • Not giving living or rental space to a mind state of “surviving” but instead a permanent residency to “living & thriving”. • Commitment to a "Do Over" every day you awake. You might be asking what are these Seven Vows, well some say that the author Michelle R. Hannah turned the traditional Vows on its head- In a change & transform your life way.....The Seven Vows are : • To have & To Hold From This Day Forward • For Better For Worst • For Richer For Poorer • In Sickness & In Health • To Love & To Cherish • To Death Do I Part • As Long As I Shall Live www.unstoppablewomensempire.com
We will highlight five of the seven vows and tips to start your self love/care journey. It’s a process to get to a point where self love/care is non- negotiable. Be patient with yourself! You deserve kindness and compassion through this journey but I will guarantee that you will fall deeply in love with self! To Have & To Hold From This Day Forward Are you stuck?.Do you blame yourself consistently for the past mistakes? Do you find yourself having a hard time moving forward? Tip: Accept what is and move forward from what was. Accept your unique flaws & quirks. Stop comparing by yourself to others, it’s a competition that you will never win. Be an expert on you! For Better For Worst Do you have a hard time with success or failure? Are you afraid to take a risk? Is it hard for you to find joy in the worst of times? Are you plagued with what ifs? This Vow is about overcoming fear, pain &b overall challenges in the best and worst of times. Tip: Fear or past pain can prevent us from leaning into success and being resilient in the worst of times. Develop a daily plan, set attainable goals for that day & be intentional about setting your expectations. For Richer For Poorer Is your mindset wealthy and healthy? Is it a poverty and negative state of mind? Do you constantly stress over money or do you relax in the fact that you have a intimate relationship with how you manage money? Tip: Pay yourself first, create a budget, hire a financial coach & forgive yourself of past financial mistakes. In Sickness and In Health Do you feed your body with foods that nurture it? Do you feed your mental with positive or negative self talk? Do you surround yourself with healthy relationships? Tip: By deleting the things that don’t serve you and nurturing the things that do, will keep you on the right path to keeping your commitment to this vow. Instead of stressing and changing your eating regimen in a day-take one thing that doesn’t serve your body out of your diet weekly & replace with something that does. Say at least one affirmation first thing in the morning to feed your mind with positivity. To Love & To Cherish Do you like yourself? Do you spend time with you self? Do you love yourself How do you value yourself? On a scale from 1 to 10 rate your self- worth? Do you feel powerless or powerful? Tip: Self Care is how you take your power back. Self care is using your voice. It’s choosing you on purpose! Pamper & massage yourself. Hug & kiss yourself. Do something daily for you that will give you pure joy & peace. It's never too late to begin your self love/care regimen. You can start today implementing the tips and if you want to truly peel back the layers and do you work, you can start The Self paced Self Vows program (eepurl.com/dGqlpn ). You are amazing!
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Quick Recipe Tip By Darshann Stevenson
I love to create fun meals with my grandchildren and here’s one of our latest creations, sloppy joe’s and taco/nachos. We started with 3lbs of ground meat (whatever your favorite ground meat is) that we added onions, celery, and green peppers and some of our favorite seasonings (steak seasoning, ground ginger, garlic powder, cumin, and pepper). Once we finished cooking our meat, we separated it for sloppy joe’s and taco meat.
Sloppy Joe's 1 packet sloppy joe seasoning packets 1 can tomato paste 11/4 cup of water Simmered through and that completed one of our dinners for the weekend.
Taco Meat
1 packet of taco seasoning (I use low sodium) ¾ cup of water Simmer and there we have it two meals and leftovers created a third and fun time spent together and more time to play on Saturday and Sunday.
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What do you really want?
Hello Beautiful. When you have a heart to heart talk with yourself and ask “what do I really want to do with my business?” What is the answer when you get specific? Does it align with the goals? Does it align with your timeline? Many of us know what we want and we know when we want it. The challenge for a large number of us is, it does not come when we want it. 😊 You’ve gone to the set your goals workshop, you read the set your goals book(s), you broke your big goals down into tasks, and you made them SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound). You’ve been working really hard, however you are not as far as you expected to me. There are many reasons, including things outside of our control. For the things you can control, you can! Claim that time for you! I encourage you to look at your 24 hours and think about what you can do differently to ensure you are doing something everyday to work towards your goals, to forward your business. Rarely do we have large blocks of time to focus on an area to build our businesses. I encourage you to ‘chunk up’ your tasks. Even if it’s only 15 minutes. In that 15 minutes, you can read some pages, you can contact one customer, one associate, you can encourage one person, you can brainstorm for your brand, you can write one paragraph or draw an outline. Look at your goals every day. Pick one task you do or work towards. Disciple is a learned skill - it takes practice and you can do it Sister! Hebrews 10:24-25 (NIV) 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Take Care and Stay Positive! Trena Brannon is a freelance artist and IT Professional living in Southeast Michigan. http://www.trenabrannonart.com/
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