Ms. Wanda's Full Circle Radio

Cut to the Chase and Cut to the Chase: Crown Edition are mental health awareness programs developed by the Greater Sacramento Urban League. Cut to the Chase is a monthly meet-up for Black men to gather and discuss the everyday challenges and issues they face. This program seeks to address and reduce the stigma surrounding Black men and therapy, and also provide culturally specific mental health resources and support uniquely tailored for men of color. Meet-ups are held in both North and South Sacramento. Cut to the Chase: Crown Edition is a monthly meet-up for Black women. Participants are invited to receive encouragement, counseling, and support in a small group setting with licensed mental health professionals. Meet-ups are held in both North and South Sacramento. Tune in to hear my conversation with Ronnie Cobb Sr Director of Partnerships for the Greater Sacramento Urban League, Bryant Howard, Owner of from Heart of the Matter Counselling, and Sharie Wilson, Owner of Dreamgirls hair salon, one of two salons that host the crown edition. For more information on the programs, contact Ronnie Cobb at rcobb@gsul.org Episode Sponsors: Tapping with Dr. Gigi Release the distractions in your life that keep you from living an authentic, whole, and complete life. If you’re struggling with depression, anxiety, people pleasing or destructive behaviors, Tapping with Dr. Gigi can help you embrace self-love and acceptance to feel better about your life. Tell her you heard it on Full Circle and receive access to her free Tapping Into Recovery workshop. Learn more at: https://tappingwithdrgigi.com/ @tappingwithdrgigi Serendipity Innovation Serendipity Innovation, a woman-owned technology firm specializing in building technology products that serve and support your business. Specializing in websites, data analytics, app creation and eCommerce, reach out to Serendipity Innovation today. Mention Full Circle for a free consultation. Contact: https://serendipityinnovation.com/

Sierra Donor Services (SDS) serves nearly three million people across Northern California and Northern Nevada. They are a team of professionals dedicated to saving and improving lives by connecting organ and tissue donations to the patients who need them. Family, did you know that one organ donor can save as many as eight lives. One tissue donor can improve the lives of 75 or more people. Dwayne Wilson is a devoted and energetic Donate Life Ambassador who had to leave his career as an NBA equipment manager when his chronic heart condition led to the need for a transplant. Luckily Wilson received a heart transplant in 2021 and has never felt better. Michael Coleman is Sierra Donor Services’ (SDS) Director of External Affairs, has a passion for sharply increasing the number of registered organ and tissue donors and ultimately eliminating the organ transplant wait list. Tune in to hear my conversation with Dwayne as he shares his inspirational story from living with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease in which the heart muscle becomes thickened, making it harder for the heart to pump blood, to transplantation. Michael joins the conversation to inform the Full Circle Family on all the good work Sierra Donor Services is doing. To learn more about Sierra Donor Services, visit their website or follow them on social media: https://sierradonor.org/ @sierradonorservices https://www.facebook.com/SierraDonorServices Learn more about organ and tissue donation, or sign up for the registry https://donatelife.net/ Special thanks to show sponsors: https://tappingwithdrgigi.com/ https://serendipityinnovation.com/

Dr. Kennedy Garcia is a Transformation Expert creating fierce female leaders and moving masses of people from surviving to thriving by equipping them to breakthrough obstacles to success and achieving their dreams. Dr. Kennedy founded Spiritual Boss Chick, a coaching platform helping individuals around the world reach their full potential and crush opportunities beyond what they once thought possible. This dynamic woman is a rare combination of Success Strategist, Ministry Leader, Philanthropist, Corporate Executive and Pageant Aficionado (with 7 titles). She was recently crowned Mrs. California International 2023. She uses this title to elevate her “Reigning Leadership” platform which amplifies the importance of women in leadership, teaches women and girls around the world how to shatter ceilings. Dr. Garcia is so passionate about seeing individuals reach their full potential that she recently created the empowering workbook "Unleash Your Breakthrough 7 Strategies to Cultivate Fierce Success” to guide users embarking on a transformative journey, teaching practical tips to create a strategic blueprint to make 2024 your year of triumph! Hear our conversation as we discuss her 3 core principles of Faith + Family + Servant Leadership are important and how she incorporates them in everything she does: her philanthropy, non-profit Dream Academy and providing scholarships for girls, and her leadership app REIGN, finding her voice at a young age and so much more!

Buy the workbook:

https://www.amazon.com/Unleash-Your-Breakthrough-Year-Strategies-ebook/dp/B0CR9YVTHH

Follow her on social media; Instagram: @spiritualbosschick Visit their website https://www.spiritualbosschick.com/ Special thanks to show sponsors: https://tappingwithdrgigi.com/ https://serendipityinnovation.com/ Episode Sponsors: Tapping with Dr. Gigi Release the distractions in your life that keep you from living an authentic, whole, and complete life. If you’re struggling with depression, anxiety, people pleasing or destructive behaviors, Tapping with Dr. Gigi can help you embrace self-love and acceptance to feel better about your life. Tell her you heard it on Full Circle and receive access to her free Tapping Into Recovery workshop. Learn more at: https://tappingwithdrgigi.com/ @tappingwithdrgigi Serendipity Innovation Serendipity Innovation, a woman-owned technology firm specializing in building technology products that serve and support your business. Specializing in websites, data analytics, app creation and eCommerce, reach out to Serendipity Innovation today. Mention Full Circle for a free consultation. Contact: https://serendipityinnovation.com/

It's always a pleasure to welcome Rev. Tammie Denyse, Co-Founder and CEO of Carrie's Touch to the Full Circle Studio. Carrie's Touch recently celebrated its 17th birthday, is a breast cancer organization on a mission to humanize the black woman and her experience with breast cancer and ultimately save more black women. Black women are surviving this disease, there's more work to be done!

Tune in to hear Rev. Tammie give us an update on all of the great work the organization has been doing since we last spoke. Their upcoming Celebration of Life tour kicks off on October 7th and goes throughout the month with celebrations, activities, conversations, and more!

Check out their event calendar, get more details and learn more about their "End the 41" online run challenge at carriestouch.org

September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, a time when I look back and reflect with much gratitude on the experience I had over 20 years ago. As I say on the show, there is someone on the other side of your story, so I wanted to end the month sharing my Thyroid Cancer story with you.

Around 76% of Black people are likely to be diagnosed with local thyroid cancer compared to 68% of White people. The 5-year relative survival rate is almost 100% for localized papillary, follicular, and medullary thyroid cancers. For localized anaplastic thyroid cancer, the 5-year relative survival rate is 39%.

Family, I hope that by sharing my story, you will a bit of draw hope, inspiration to face whatever obstacle comes your way.

This week’s episode of the Full Circle Overcomer Series featured Dr. DeAndrea Fleming. Dr. Fleming has a powerful testimony of survival and resilience. She shares her inspiring journey of losing both parents, being diagnosed with triple negative her2 positive breast cancer, having to advocate for herself when dealing with medical practitioners and treatment options, her body rejecting the reconstructive implants and more. Dr. Fleming is an ACTS of Life Expert, focusing on overcoming Adversity, Challenges, Trauma, and Stress. She is on a mission to help others. As a bonus to the Full Circle Family, Dr. Fleming is gifting listeners with The Resilience Kickstart Guide Bundle to jumpstart your transformation journey. https://gift.markofresilience.com/claim-free-guide-page Follow Dr. Fleming on social media:

Instagram: @dr_andi_fleming

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followdeandrea

***NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE*** Gwiin Correa is a luxury travel specialist passionate about helping her clients make their travel memorable. Whether extravagant or budget-friendly, Ms. Correa uses her vast experience to create one-of-a-kind travel itineraries that are planned with every detail in mind. Ms. Correa specializes in group and celebratory travel, helping you create memorable moments anywhere in the world that will last a lifetime. Tune in now to hear Gwiin’s travel philosophy, how affordable travel can be and her 10 tips for both novice and experienced travelers that can help your experience run smoothly. To learn more, schedule a consultation or book travel, visit: https://www.memorablemomentstravel.com/

September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month. Sickle cell anemia, or sickle cell disease (SCD), is the most common form of inherited blood disorder. SCD and Sickle Cell Trait impacts African Americans at disproportionate rates.  Here's some facts:

• Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) occurs among about 1 out of every 365 Black or African-American births.
• SCD occurs among about 1 out of every 16,300 Hispanic-American births.
• About 1 in 13 Black or African-American babies is born with sickle cell trait (SCT).

As you can see, this disease greatly impacts our community and at this time there is no known cure.

Hear my conversation with guest who provide first-hand experience with this devastating disease.

Lorena Belcher: Mother of a SCD Warrior. Lorena shares her story of parenting a child who is living with the disease and the impacts on her family.

Kamilah Bailey: Kamilah shares her journey living with SCD, including surpassing all of the limitations her doctors told her she would never do, like going to college out of state, having a successful career and even having a child. Won't He do it!

Ylan Hunt: Ylan is also a SCD Warrior and community health provider. Ylan shares her experiences living with SCD. In addition, Ms. Hunt has the unique opportunity as a mental health provider to bring her personal experience to help bring a cultural connection to patients.

Sickle Cell Anemia Association San Francisco (SCAASF): Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness of San Francisco (SCAASF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that came into existence in 2014 after the founder's son Kareem M. Jones passed away in 2013 from complications with sickle cell disease.

To learn more about the organization: https://www.scaasf.org/

If the rest of the Men on the Move conversations were anything like the conversation with our inaugural guest Leon Guidry, we are in for a serious treat family! What an honor to have my friend, radio veteran and host of Sacrament’s Smooth Vibe radio show as the first guest of this new series.

Listen now to hear Leon take us behind the mic and gives us a peek into his early radio career, his passion for community and drops nuggets of wisdom along the way.  Don’t wait family, tune in now to hear this powerful, heartwarming and transparent conversation with one of the best to do it!

Tune in to Sacramento’s Smooth Vibe Sundays from 12-6pm on 97.5FM KDEE and online at www.kdeefm.org/listen-live

Paméla Michelle Tate, Ph.D. is a San Francisco native and graduate of San Francisco State University. She is currently serving as the Co-Executive Director of Operations and Education of Black Women Revolt Against Domestic Violence, which is a black family violence-focused resource center serving families in San Francisco.

Ms. Tate is an author, speaker and travel enthusiast. This self-proclaimed “Queen of Self-Care” is also publisher of The Self Care Magazine.  The lady has a lot going on!  Tune in to hear the great work she is doing to advocate for domestic violence survivors, her philosophy on self-care and her passion for travel.

Learn more about: 

Black Women Revolt Against Domestic Violence

https://blackwomenrevolt.org/

The Self Care Magazine

https://www.theselfcaremagazine.com/

This conversation was FIRE!! Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. is a powerful voice for this generation and she’s making an impact through her spoken word and now her newly release children’s book “You So Black” which Theresa performed on the show, along with her spoken word piece “Black Girl Magic.”

Hear her deep love for spoken word, reigniting a chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at her college, the meaning behind the name S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. and the moment that took her from a being a known artist to a Grammy award nominee.

Theresa is not afraid to do what’s in her heart. She lives by the belief that she can have everything she wants and so far, she’s right on!

Purchase the book:

https://www.amazon.com/You-Black-Theresa-tha-N-G-B-I-R-D/dp/1665900342

Follow Theresa on Social Media

IG: @thasongbird

FB: Theresathhttps://www.facebook.com/thasongbird

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thassongbird

Honored to have hosted Sacramento native, actor and producer Danielle Mone’ Truitt on this episode of Full Circle.

Tune in to hear our conversation on how she was encouraged to consider acting while in college at CSU Sacramento, booking the television series “Rebel” on

BET and working with visionary director John Singleton, recognizing your worth, managing a busy career and motherhood, and so much more! 

This is a conversation you will share and listen to over again.

Featured guest The Authentic Coach, Gloria Bailey-Ray, author of the book “U Didn’t Get the Memo Navigating Corporate America.” This book is a guide for anyone navigating the workplace and includes commentary on important topics such as Belonging, Workplace Bullying, Networking, Microaggression in the workplace, leadership styles and more. Tune in to hear our lively discussion and get the memos you need to be successful in your journey.

Follow her on social media:

IG: @authentic_coach

FB: https://www.facebook.com/gbaileyray

Get the book https://www.gloriabaileyray.com/shop

What brings you joy? How are you incorporating joy into your life every day?

Family, I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation on Saturday’s episode of Full Circle with the co-founders of the Joyous Black Girl Movement. They created Joyous Black Girl Movement with a mission is to create collective intergenerational spaces where Black Women can have honest conversations, build community, and invest in their joy.

Tune in to hear my conversation with Kendall Dominique and Mimi Carter as we discussed what joy looks like, the need for black women to incorporate joy into our lives, giving ourselves permission to experience joy in our lives, and what expressions of joy look like. 

Join the movement!

 @joyousblackgirlmovement

https://www.facebook.com/joyousblkgirl

https://www.joyousblkgirl.com/

Family, this is one of my favorite episodes of 2023! You may want to listen over and over again! 

What a powerful conversation with Jamila McMallow, Mindset Coach and Relationship Expert who is passionate about empowering high performing, married and single Women to have fulfilling and healthy relationships with men, by healing their "Daddy" and "Mommy" issues.  Through her 4-step system, Jamila helps you identify the root of your relationship challenges, acknowledge the root issues, then RELEASE them so that you can enhance your marriage or make room for a relationship with a good man.

If you are ready to book a call, hear client testimonials or view her free trainings at https://coachjamila.com/

Work with and learn more about Coach Jamila, follow her on social media:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDzxCDLNTCxPYhkrYjGNwZA?view_as=subscriber

Instagram: @jamilamcmallow

FB: https://www.facebook.com/CoachJamilaLV

Share this episode with your friends and family and don't forget to tell Coach Jamila you heard her on Full Circle!

What a deeply powerful conversation between Shawn L. Brown and myself, it’s always a good time when we get together. The theme for the show was “Evolution” and how all of us are on an evolving journey. Shawn is a woman who has a calling in her heart and a mission lodged deep in her soul to “Unite and Change the World” so that we can all live well together, play well together, and just be.