Tribute Magazine Issue 41 April 2022

April 2022 - Spring Issue

CONTENTS 3

EDITOR'S NOTES Teresa Hawley Howard

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WOM Enterprises Domestic Violence Anthology - Available on Amazon

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FEATURING SANDI KERN Author & Nutritionist

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHTS &

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WOM ENTERPRISES WOM RADIO www.WOMEnterprises.com Publishing & Promotions

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WIBOP MAGAZINE PAGENT SPOTLIGHTS Award Winner - Teresa Hawley Howard

Celebrations

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BREAKING THE CODE OF SILENCE

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THANK YOU TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS Tribute Magazine

Editor's Notes

Teresa Hawley Howard SEEING THE WORLD FROM A HIGHER PERSPECTIVE IMAGINE THAT YOU HAD ACCESS TO ALL THE INFORMATION THERE WAS. AT ANY POINT IN TIME, YOU WOULD KNOW THE TOTAL AND COMPLETE REALITY. THERE WOULD BE NO MISSING INFORMATION. YOU WOULD SEE EVERY SITUATION CLEARLY. THERE WOULD BE NO DOUBT OR FEAR. THERE WOULD BE NOTHING MISSING OR UNKNOWN. THIS IS THE HIGHER PERSPECTIVE. NOW IMAGINE THAT YOU HAVE NO ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. WHAT IF ALL YOU KNEW NOW WAS ALL YOU WOULD EVER KNOW? WHAT IF NO NEW INFORMATION COULD COME TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE? SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY UNKNOWNS, YOU COULD NOT REALLY DISCERN THE TRUE REALITY FROM THE ILLUSION. THIS GAP IN INFORMATION WOULD GIVE RISE TO FEAR AND DOUBT. THIS LACK OF INFORMATION WOULD CREATE A LIMITED PERSPECTIVE. YOU DO NOT HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. THERE ARE MANY UNKNOWNS THAT EXIST IN YOUR REALITY. HOWEVER, YOU AND ALL OF HUMANITY HAS ACCESS TO THE INFINITE INTELLIGENCE OF THE UNIVERSE. ONE DAY YOUR SOCIETY WILL UNDERSTAND THIS MECHANISM. UNTIL THEN, YOU CAN SEEK AND FIND ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO EXPLORE REALITY AS YOU INTENDED PRIOR TO YOUR BIRTH. IT IS ALL THERE WAITING FOR YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS UNDERSTAND HOW THE FLOW OF INFORMATION WORKS. YOU MUST FIRST REALIZE THAT YOU DO NOT MANUFACTURE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS IN YOUR MIND. YOU RECEIVE THEM BY BECOMING A VIBRATIONAL MATCH TO THE INFORMATION. YOU FIND A GOOD-FEELING STATE OF BEING AND YOU COME INTO THE VIBRATIONAL RANGE OF THE IDEA. THIS IS HOW INSPIRED IDEAS FLOW TO ALL HUMANS. MOST OF THOSE BRILLIANT HUMANS WHO RECEIVE WONDERFUL NEW IDEAS BELIEVE THAT THEY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THEMSELVES. THEY DO NOT REALIZE THAT THE IDEA WAS DELIVERED TO THEM THE MOMENT THEY BECAME A MATCH TO THE IDEA.

DESIRE IS WHAT LAUNCHES YOU ON A TRAJECTORY TO BECOMING A MATCH TO EVERYTHING YOU WANT INCLUDING NEW THOUGHTS AND IDEAS. THE DESIRE IS THE ENGINE OF MANIFESTATION AND IT WILL TAKE YOU THERE AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT RESIST THE PATH YOU MUST TRAVEL. AS LONG AS YOU REMAIN A WILLING PARTICIPANT, YOU WILL RECEIVE ALL THAT YOU NEED TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO, AND THAT INCLUDES THE IDEAS AND INSPIRATION TO MOVE YOU ALONG THAT PATH. YOU NEED NOTHING OTHER THAN TO RECEIVE THE IDEAS AND THEN THE COURAGE TO ACT ON THEM. IF YOU HAVE FEAR, YOU WILL LIMIT SOME OF THE IDEAS FROM COMING TO YOU AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ACTIONS YOU MUST TAKE TO DEVELOP THOSE IDEAS. IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE LIMITING EFFECTS OF A NARROW PERSPECTIVE, YOU MUST FIND A WAY TO REDUCE THE ELEMENT OF FEAR. YOU CAN REALIZE THAT FEAR ARISES FROM A LIMITED PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE, IN THE LACK OF INFORMATION, YOU SEE THE ILLUSION OF REALITY THAT SEEMS DANGEROUS. IN TRUTH, THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR. IF YOU WERE TO SUDDENLY RECEIVE ALL THE INFORMATION REGARDING ANY SITUATION OR TOPIC, THE FEAR WOULD VANISH. THEREFORE, YOU MUST FIND A WAY TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR OWN. YOU DO THIS BY IMAGINING WHAT YOU WOULD KNOW IF YOU HAD MORE INFORMATION. YOU PERSONALLY WILL NEVER HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, SO YOU ARE LEFT WITH TWO OPTIONS. YOU CAN CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE LACK OF INFORMATION TO CAUSE YOU TO TAKE THE LIMITED PERSPECTIVE OR YOU CAN SEEK THE HIGHER PERSPECTIVE. IF YOU CHOOSE THE LIMITED PERSPECTIVE, YOU WILL CONSTANTLY BE ENGAGED IN A STATE OF FEAR. THIS IS THE OLD APPROACH TO LIFE OF VICTIMHOOD. THE INDULGENCE IN THE LIMITED PERSPECTIVE IS A FORM OF CONTROL. YOU ASSUME YOU ARE A VICTIM AND SO YOU SEEK TO PROTECT YOURSELF BY FEARING THE WORST. IN THE NEW APPROACH TO LIFE YOU RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE THE CREATOR OF YOUR REALITY AND SO YOU CHOOSE YOUR PERSPECTIVE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE LIMITING EFFECTS OF FEAR. YOU WORK ON YOUR OWN LIMITING BELIEFS. YOU ACCEPT ALL THAT EXISTS AS RIGHT FOR YOU. YOU DEFINE YOUR PERSONAL PREFERENCES AND LEAVE EVERYTHING ELSE TO EVERYONE ELSE. MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT FOLLOW YOU TO THE HIGHER PERSPECTIVE. THEY FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WHAT THEY KNOW IS TRUE. THEY DO NOT LOOK BEYOND THAT WHICH THEY BELIEVE. HOWEVER, IF LIMITING BELIEFS EXISTS, IT IS FALSE; IT DOES NOTHING OTHER THAN CREATE AN ILLUSORY VERSION OF REALITY. IT IS NOT THE TRUE REALITY. IT IS A WAY OF LOOKING AT PROBLEMS AS WRONG AND TENDING TO BE DEFEATED BY THOSE PROBLEMS. IN REALITY, THERE ARE NO REAL PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE SOLUTION TO EVERY POTENTIAL PROBLEM ALREADY EXISTS AND SOMEONE WILL BECOME A MATCH TO IT WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. THEREFORE, YOU NEVER NEED TO WORRY. WORRY AND ALL OTHER NEGATIVE EMOTIONS COME FROM SUBMITTING TO THE LIMITED PERSPECTIVE.

Featuring Author & Nutritionist Sandi Kern

BLOG SPOTLIGHT ON SANDI KERN TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF. SANDI KERN LIVES IN SW PENNSYLVANIA, WITH HER HUSBAND AND TWO SONS. SHE IS AN INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLING AUTHOR, SPEAKER, AND INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION AND FUNCTIONAL WELLNESS COACH. SHE EARNED HER CERTIFICATION FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION AND IS CURRENTLY STUDYING FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF APPLIED FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE. SHE IS DEVOTED TO SHARING HER SUCCESS IN RECOVERING FROM MULTIPLE FOOD SENSITIVITIES, GUT IMBALANCES, AND AUTOIMMUNE ILLNESSES. IN HER VIRTUAL COACHING BUSINESS “DESIRE TO BE WELL”, HER UNIQUE APPROACH TO WELLNESS COVERS MIND, BODY, AND SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION. SHE ALSO SHARES CUTTING-EDGE HEALTH INFORMATION, WAYS OF HEALING THROUGH SELF-LOVE TECHNIQUES, LIFE BALANCE, NUTRITION, AND FINDING THE “ROOT CAUSE” OF HER CLIENT’S DIS-EASE. HER CLIENTS HAVE RESOLVED MANY AUTOIMMUNE ISSUES, CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, FOOD SENSITIVITIES, AND OVERCOME EMOTIONAL OBSTACLES. HER LOVE OF HEALTHY COOKING CAME ABOUT WHILE RECOVERING FROM HER OWN LIFE-THREATENING AND DEBILITATING INFLAMMATORY HEALTH ISSUES RELATED TO FOOD SENSITIVITIES AND GUT IMBALANCE. LEARNING HOW TO COOK AND PREPARE NOURISHING FOOD FOR BOTH HERSELF AND HER FAMILY BECAME A LABOR OF LOVE AND HAS BECOME A SIGNATURE IN HER COACHING AND POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPS. WHAT INSPIRES YOU? TO SHARE MY STORY, MOVING FROM PAIN TO PURPOSE TO PASSION. THE LOVE OF MY FAMILY AND THE ABILITY TO SHARE THE MISSION OF “FOOD AS MEDICINE…FOOD AS LOVE” WITH THE WORLD! WHAT DO WANT TO LEAVE AS YOUR LEGACY? WHEN YOU LEAD WITH YOUR HEART AND SHARE LOVING, POSITIVE ENERGY INTO THE UNIVERSE, THE WORLD CHANGES! I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE FIND THEIR WELLNESS ANSWERS AND HELP TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES BY EMPOWERING THEM TO MAKE SAFE SUSTAINABLE CHANGES IN EVERY AREA OF THEIR WORLD. CONTACT INFO. 410-218-8251 SANDI KERN 155 WILMONT AVE. WASHINGTON PA. 15301 SANDI@DESIRETOBEWELL.COM DESIRETOBEWELL.COM HTTPS://LINKTR.EE/SANDIKERN.DTBW

Author Spotlight On Paulette Harper

CO-AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT ON PAULETTE HARPER TELL ME ABOUT YOU! PAULETTE HARPER IS A TWELVE-TIME BEST-SELLING, TWO-TIME AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR, CERTIFIED CREATIVE STORY COACH TO NONFICTION AUTHORS, BUSINESS COACH, AND VISIONARY AUTHOR. SHE HAS BEEN FEATURED ON CBS, ABC, THE SACRAMENTO OBSERVER, CBN, AND NBC. PAULETTE USES HER GIFTS TO EQUIP AMBITIOUS CHRISTIAN WOMEN, SPEAKERS & ENTREPRENEURS, TO WRITE, PUBLISH BOOKS, AND BE THE CATALYST FOR TRANSFORMATION IN THEIR SPHERES OF INFLUENCE. SHE IS COMMITTED TO EMPOWERING WOMEN AND EQUIPPING THEM WITH TOOLS TO UNAPOLOGETICALLY SHARE THEIR VOICES AND STORIES, AS WELL AS HELPING THEM PUSH PAST BARRIERS AND DISCOVER THEIR PURPOSE, SO THEY MAY BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES. SHE IS THE VISIONARY AUTHOR OF FIVE #1 BESTSELLING BOOK COLLABORATIONS- "ARISE FROM THE ASHES, WOMEN WHO SOAR,” “RESILIENCE IN HARD TIMES,” “FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS,” AND “THE BREAKING POINT, APRIL 2022.

PAULETTE IS ALSO THE CEO OF ELEVATE HER STORY UNIVERSITY & COACHING ACADEMY & THE FOUNDER OF WRITE NOW LITERARY VIRTUAL BOOK TOURS WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO SHARE YOUR STORY? AS AN INSPIRATIONAL AND FICTION WRITER, I WRITE TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER READERS. I WRITE BECAUSE I FEEL I HAVE A MESSAGE TO SHARE WITH READERS NOT ONLY TO ENTERTAIN READERS BUT TO HELP THEM GROW SPIRITUALLY. I LOVE TO MIX REAL-LIFE STORIES INTO MY FICTION. ALTHOUGH EACH STORY IS UNIQUE, WE EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE SAME FEELINGS, SITUATIONS, AND CHALLENGES IN LIFE, WHICH, THE READER CAN IDENTIFY. WHEN I PEN A NON-FICTION BOOK, I CAN GO DEEP INTO MY SOUL AND THE SOUL OF THE READER. MY NON-FICTION BOOKS COME FROM MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE EXPERIENCES, RESEARCH, AND BIBLICAL STUDIES. WHAT DO YOU WANT THE READERS TO GET FROM READING YOUR STORY? I TRY TO CONNECT WITH READERS IN A PLACE WHERE THE WORDS IN THE BOOK CAN LEAP OFF THE PAGES AND BRING ABOUT A SPIRITUAL CHANGE AS WELL AS SPIRITUAL GROWTH. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE INSPIRED, EMPOWERED, AND STRENGTHEN IN EVERY AREA OF THEIR LIVES AND THIS IS WHERE MY BOOKS ARE ABLE TO TOUCH THE READERS.

GIVE ME A QUOTE YOU LOVE OR LIVE BY. “I’VE UNLOCKED MY VOICE, SO I CAN HELP OTHERS DO THE SAME.”

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Author Spotlight On Toni E. Washington

THIS HUMBLE COMPILATION IS WRITTEN TO EXPRESS MY EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE THEN AND NOW, OF INNER-CITY LIFE, FROM A YOUTH & ADULT POINT OF VIEW. MY GURU THOUGHT IS: MUCH CAN BE TRANSLATED DAY TO DAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WRITTEN THE URBAN WAY. THE CODE TO IT ALL, SIMPLY “KEEP IT REAL” AS THE READER MUST CONTINUALLY FEEL. #GURUVIBIN’ THIS BOOK IS FULL OF POWERFUL AND IMPACTFUL POETRY. TONI WASHINGTON HAS ONCE AGAIN CREATED A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF WORDS AND THOUGHTS! SHE HAS POURED HER HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS BOOK. WWW.AMAZON.COM/MIRRORS-THENREFLECTIONS-TONI-WASHINGTONEBOOK/DP/B091JQJ1MX

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Author Spotlight On Norma McLauchlin

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Author Spotlight On Sherry Hicks

HAVE YOU EVER FELT ISOLATED AND ALONE? ARE YOU A PEOPLE PLEASER, RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND HOW THEY FEEL? HAVE YOU EVER JUDGED YOURSELF HARSHLY? DO YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS A VICTIM? THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOUR DYSFUNCTIONAL PAST SHAPES YOUR FUTURE. DO NOT ALLOW YOUR PAST TO HAUNT YOUR PRESENT. THE EMOTIONAL SCARS YOU CARRY INTO YOUR ADULT LIFE CAN INHIBIT YOUR ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN IN THIS STATE OF MIND LIFE SEEMS SO UNFAIR, THE HURT SEEMS SO REAL, THE SADNESS CLOUDS ANY POTENTIAL FOR CLARITY AND INSIGHT. A NEGATIVE VIEW OF LIFE SEEMS THE NORM AS YOU ASSUME THE ROLE OF THE VICTIM. IT CAN BE IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOGNIZE ANY STRENGTH WITHIN YOU. EVERY TIME YOU RECALL YOUR PAST, YOU GIVE IT LIFE AGAIN. ALL THOSE UNHEALTHY FEELINGS WILL CAUSE YOU TO SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION, AND OTHER DESTRUCTIVE ILL BEHAVIORS IF YOU DO NOT RELEASE THEM. THEY MUST BE RELEASED IN A HEALTHY WAY, WHETHER BY WRITING POETRY, OR BY SEEING A THERAPIST, THE CHOICE IS YOURS, YOU MUST LET THEM GO! THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF POEMS THAT I WROTE TO EXPRESS SOME PAINFUL POINTS IN MY LIFE. THEY ARE POEMS WRITTEN FROM A VICTIM WHO IS NOW A SURVIVOR! I AM SHARING THESE MOMENTS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE PERSONAL GROWTH AND TO HELP OTHERS TO HEAL.

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Author Spotlight On Angel Sumler

I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK ALL THE BEAUTIFUL LADIES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS BEAUTIFUL 31- DAY DEVOTIONAL. NOT ONLY DID YOU SAY YES TO YOURSELF, BUT YOU ALSO SAID YES TO HELPING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING BY SHARING HOW GOOD GOD HAS BEEN TO YOU. WE ARE HERE TO SHARE HOPE TO THE HOPELESS AND ENCOURAGE OTHER BELIEVERS THAT THE SITUATION THEY ARE IN IS NOT THE END OF THEIR STORY. GOD IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVERMORE, HE IS WAITING ON US ALWAYS TO TURN TO HIM FOR HELP IN OUR TIME OF NEED. YOU MAY BE READING THIS SAYING TO YOURSELF I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING GOING ON IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON I CAN’T SEEM TO LET GO OF SOME OF MY TRAUMATIC PAST EXPERIENCES. WELL, MY SISTER, THE PAGES IN THIS BOOK WILL ENLIGHTEN YOU, ENCOURAGE YOU, INSPIRE YOU AND HELP YOU GET SET FREE FROM THE BONDAGE THAT HAS BEEN HOLDING YOU CAPTIVE ALL THESE YEARS THROUGH THE STORIES OF COURAGEOUSNESS FROM WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD OUTSIDE THE FOUR WALLS OF THE CHURCH. GOD IS OMNIPRESENT AND OMNIPOTENT. THERE IS NOTHING THAT THE LORD CAN’T HEAL YOU FROM. NOTHING! SO, SIT BACK AND ENJOY READING AND LEARNING HOW WOMEN HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND CONTINUE TO BE ANCHORED IN THEIR FAITH REGARDLESS OF WHAT LIFE THROWS AT THEM. WWW.AMAZON.COM/31-DAY-DELIVERANCE-DEVOTIONAL-EMPOWERMENTEBOOK/DP/B0964FQSKP

Author Spotlight On Promises Huff

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR EVEN GIVING ME THE STRENGTH TO GIVE THE WORLD MY WHOLE STORY. I NEVER KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO BE IN THIS POSITION BUT I VOWED TO THE WORLD THAT I WOULD BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE, ALLOW EACH ONE OF YOU TO SEE ME PEEL MY LAYERS BACK AND AID IN HEALING THE LAND. I PRAY THAT SOMETHING THAT I SAID IN MY STORY WILL HELP YOU ALONG YOUR JOURNEY. I PRAY YOU WILL READ MY STORY AND CHOOSE TO TAKE YOUR JOURNEY TO HEALING! IT BEGINS WITH THIS BOOK AND YOU OPENING YOUR HEART AND MIND TO THE POSSIBLITY OF FEELING, DEALING AND HEALING. WWW.AMAZON.COM/FEEL-DEAL-HEAL-PROMISES-HUFF-EBOOK/DP/B09MRJSGJJ

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TERESA HAWLEY HOWARD IS AN EMPOWERMENT/WRITING COACH, PUBLISHER, SPEAKER; AND A MULTI-TIME #1 INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER, A RADIO HOST, A PODCAST HOST, AND CASA VOLUNTEER. SHE IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF ‘TRIBUTE MAGAZINE,’ SPOTLIGHTING ENTREPRENEURS AND THE FOUNDER OF ‘GLOBAL INSPIRATIONS,’ AND ‘NEW & NOTEWORTHY MAGAZINES!’ TERESA HAWLEY HOWARD IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF ‘WOMEN ON A MISSION ENTERPRISES, LLC’ AND THE RADIO HOST OF ‘WOM RADIO SHOW,’ AND THE HOST OF ‘WORDS HAVE POWER PODCAST!’SHE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF ‘WOM.’ SHE ALSO HAS A BLOG CALLED ‘AUTHORS-SPOTLIGHT’ AND SHE IS A BLOGGER AT ‘THRIVE GLOBAL!’ HER MISSION IN LIFE IS TO HELP OTHERS FIND THEIR VOICES AND STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY AND TO SHARE THEIR STORIES! SHE ALSO WANTS TO HELP THEM WALK THROUGH THEIR PAIN, LIMITATIONS, AND THEIR OWN DOUBT TO LIVE THE LIFE THEY DESERVE. SHE KNOWS THAT THEIR WORDS, STORIES, SCARS, AND THEIR PAIN CAN INSPIRE, HEAL AND GIVE HOPE TO ANOTHER PERSON; SO SHE COACHES THEM THROUGH THE WRITING AND PUBLISHING PROCESS WHILE MENTORING AND ENCOURAGING THEM ALONG THEIR PATH. THROUGH HER BUSINESS ‘WOMEN ON A MISSION,’ AND WOM RADIO SHOW AND HER WORDS HAVE POWER PODCAST SHE CONTINUES TO BE INSPIRING AND UPLIFTING, WHILE HELPING WOMEN TO LIVE THE LIFE THEY DESIRE. TERESA’S GOAL IS TO HELP 10K PEOPLE SHARE THEIR STORIES! THROUGHOUT HER INCREDIBLE JOURNEY SHE HAS LED WITH COMPASSION; SHE HAS TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY. TERESA WAS INDUCTED INTO THE WOMEN’S BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM WITH HER HEART TOUCHING ANTHOLOGY CALLED ‘FROM FEAR TO FREEDOM’ IT IS FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING TESTIMONIES FROM WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING HER GRANDDAUGHTER SKYLEE MAE, SO IT HOLDS AN EVEN MORE SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART. TERESA’S ANTHOLOGY CALLED ‘ECHOES IN THE DARKNESS’ RECEIVED AN AWARD AS WELL. ‘ECHO’S IN THE DARKNESS’ TOOK INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER AND WON AN AWARD FOR DV ADVOCACY. IT WAS ONE OF HER PROUDEST MOMENTS TO HAVE BEEN HONORED AS THE VISIONARY FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL ANTHOLOGY. IN HER ‘WOMEN OF INSPIRATION – VOLUME ONE, ANTHOLOGY’ SHE SPOTLIGHTED AMAZING WOMEN FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS AND AN INSPIRATION FOR ALL TO SEE. THIS IS A PHENOMENAL ANTHOLOGY.

HER MOST RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS TO WIN THE CROWN FOR QUEEN OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE WIBOP – WOMEN IN BUSINESS ONLINE PAGEANT, FOR ALL SHE DOES AND GIVES TO SO MANY IN DIFFERENT STATE COMMUNITIES; AS TO DATE HER CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE TOUCHED THE STATES OF CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, NORTH CAROLINA, TEXAS AND FLORIDA.

WIBOP MAGAZINE PAGEANT SPOTLIGHT JERILYN RODGERS

JERILYN ROGERS IS A WOMAN OF CONFIDENCE, A MILITARY SERVICE WOMAN, ARMY VETERAN, A PROUD MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, PROFESSIONAL FASHION AND RUNWAY MODEL, SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR, DEVELOPING MOTIVATIONAL AND INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER, AND INSPIRED TO REACH OUT AND ENCOURAGE EVERY LIFE I ENCOUNTER OR TOUCH. MY BACKGROUND OF TRAUMATIC AND DEVASTATING LOSSES HAS GIVEN ME THE WILL POWER TO REACH OUT AND HELP ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE OF HURT, WHICH IS WHY I FOUNDERED “I AM THAT DIFFERENCE.” I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WITH THE STRENGTH FROM GOD AND YOUR ENDURANCE, YOU CAN FIND A PURPOSE IN THE MIDST OF YOUR PAIN. MY BACKGROUND IN THE MILITARY HAS ALLOWED ME THE ABILITY TO BECOME A STRONG LEADER. A LEADER AND A FOLLOWER. THE MILITARY HAS GIVEN ME THE CAPABILITY TO SEE, ANALYZE, AND SOLVE PROBLEMS ALONG WITH TEACHING ME THE SKILLS TO SURVIVE AND OVERCOME. I AM A PROUD OWNER OF FEELN AMAZIN BOUTIQUE, FOUNDED IN NOVEMBER OF 2018 AND I AM THAT DIFFERENCE LLC FOUNDED IN 2019, IN THE HONOR OF MY PARENTS. I AM ALSO A CO-OWNER WITH MY DAUGHTER, JUSTICE, OF MO~DA CLOTHING LINE LAUNCHING SOON AND CO-OWNER OF VOICES 2 VICTORY WITH MY TWO SISTERS, JENNIFER AND CAMELLIA. I WAS A 2019 DELEGATE OF WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEUR PAGEANT (WBLEP) IN WHICH I HOLD THE TITLES MS. FEELN AMAZIN BOUTIQUE WBLEP 2019, VOTED MS. WBLEP 2019 COVERGIRL IN WHICH I WAS FEATHERED IN WBLEP MAGAZINE AND VOTED AND CROWNED MS. WBLEP 2019 PEOPLE’S CHOICE BOTH OF WHICH IS WBLEP 1ST EVER AND MS. WBLEP 2019 1ST RUNNER UP. IN 2020 I WAS ELECTED AND CROWNED AS ONE OF WBLEP AMBASSADORS. I WAS A 2021 DELEGATE IN WOMEN IN BUSINESS ONLINE PAGEANT (WIBOP) IN WHICH I WON AND IS CURRENTLY HOLDING THE REIGNING TITLE MS. WIBOP 2021.

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DR. OMEGA AUNTIE MOTHERSILL IS A CHAMPION OF WOMEN, AN ENGAGING SPEAKER, DIRECTOR, AUTHOR, EDUCATOR, ENTREPRENEUR, SUCCESS, IMAGE, PAGEANT AND PLUS MODEL COACH. AS A SOUGHT AFTER SPEAKER AND SUCCESS COACH, AUNTIE INSPIRES AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS TO SUCCESS. HER VAST BACKGROUND LENDS ITSELF TO HELPING WOMEN WITH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, GIRLS EMPOWERMENT, MONEY MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL SKILLS, PROPER DRESS AND IMAGE. HER BURNING DESIRE IS TO SEE EVERY WOMAN LIVING A WHOLE PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE. AUNTIE IS THE OWNER OF WBLEP - WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEUR PAGEANT, 3D PLUS MODELING COMP., ENHANCEU IMAGE & SUCCESS COACHING, PRINCESS PROGRAM PAGEANT, ULTIMATE QUEEN PAGEANT, PRINCE PROGRAM PAGEANT, WIBOP - WOMEN IN BUSINESS ONLINE PAGEANT, MIBOP - MEN IN BUSINESS ONLINE PAGEANT, MBLEP - MEN BUSINESS LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEUR PAGEANT, POLK JUNETEENTH PAGEANT (PJP), POP, REIGN ORGANIZATION, JOOSSE UNLIMITED, TEMPTY TUTU, AND THE SOY PROJECT. SHE IS CURRENTLY A RESPECTED EDUCATOR IN THE POLK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOUNDER OF THE SISTER2SISTER AND BROTHERS, TOO BOOK CLUB, W.A.R. GUN CLUB, FOUNDER OF THE BELIEVE MASTERMIND GROUP AND SPIRITUAL LEADER OF THE BELIEVE PRAYER LINE. AUNTIE IS A GRADUATE OF NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MBA PROGRAM AND A PROUD GRADUATE OF TRINITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF SOUTH FLORIDA DOCTORATE IN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, CED(HC) AND DOCTORATE IN MINISTRY, D.MIN(HC). SHE IS ALSO A HONORS GRADUATE OF THE MASTER PASTOR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (WWIC).

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Article Spotlight Sharon Gulley

ANULP Certified LIFE COACH & ULC MINISTER OF FAITH

PLANTING SEEDS & FILLING UP ON GOD’S BEST FOR YOU

THE BIBLE TELLS US ABOUT THE DANGERS OF LOOKING TO TEMPORARY DIVERSIONS TO SATISFY DEEP-SEATED NEEDS. ISAIAH 55:2 ASKS BLUNTLY, “WHY SPEND MONEY ON WHAT IS NOT FOOD? WHY WORK FOR WHAT DOES NOT SATISFY YOU? LISTEN CAREFULLY TO ME. THEN YOU WILL EAT WHAT IS GOOD. YOU WILL ENJOY THE RICHEST FOOD THERE IS.” IN OTHER WORDS, “WHY WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY FILLING YOURSELF UP ON EMPTY FOODS THAT WILL NEVER FILL YOU UP? WHY RUN YOUR-SELF RAGGED CHASING AFTER FRIVOLOUS THINGS THAT FADE AWAY? GOD IS OUR ONLY ‘TRUE SOURCE OF SATISFACTION.’ COMPARED TO WHAT HE OFFERS US, EVERYTHING ELSE IS SPIRITUAL JUNK FOOD. LIFE BECOMES MUCH CLEARER WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS CAN NEVER SATISFY THE DEEP LONGINGS OF THE HEART; WHEN YOU GRASP THIS TRUTH, YOU ARE FREED FROM THE CONSTANT DRIVE FOR INSTANT GRATIFICATION. YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY POSSESSIONS WITHOUT BEING CONTROLLED BY THEM; BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY CANNOT MEET ALL YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS IN THE LONG RUN. SO HOW DO YOU SWITCH YOUR FOCUS FROM FINDING SATISFACTION IN WORLDLY THINGS TO FINDING SATISFACTION IN GOD? CONSIDER THESE THREE STEPS THAT WILL AND CAN HELP YOU WHEN APPLIED: FIRST, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM; SOME- TIMES WE LET THE THINGS THAT GOD GIVES US TO ENJOY TO STAND IN THE WAY OF OUR ENJOYING GOD. HAVE YOU ALLOWED YOURSELF TO BE SO FILLED UP ON JUNK FOOD THAT YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM LEFT FOR GOD’S FEAST? IF YOU’RE NOT SURE, ASK GOD TO SHOW YOU WAYS IN WHICH YOU REGULARLY LOOK TO SOURCES OTHER THAN HIM FOR FULFILLMENT. WHEN YOU ASK, BE READY TO BE SURPRISED AT WHAT HE MAY REVEAL! YOU MAY REALIZE THAT SOME OTHER SEEMINGLY HARMLESS HABIT ISN’T AS HARMLESS AS YOU THOUGHT IT WAS OR IS. SECOND, RELEASE THAT PROBLEM TO GOD. ONCE YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AREAS; INVITE GOD INTO THE SITUATION TO HELP YOU CHANGE IT. ASK HIM TO SUPPRESS YOUR APPETITE FOR QUICK FIXES AND TEMPORARY HIGHS AND TO REPLACE IT WITH A HEALTHY HUNGER FOR THE LASTING FULFILLMENT ONLY ‘HE CAN GIVE.’ IN ADDITION TO ASKING FOR HIS HELP; SEEK HIM BY POSITIONING YOURSELF TO BETTER CONNECT WITH HIM. SPEND SOME EXTRA TIME IN PRAYER. YOU CAN LISTEN TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP MUSIC OR PARTICIPATE IN A NEW BIBLE STUDY. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL HELP YOU DRAW NEAR TO GOD, SO YOU CAN EXPERIENCE FULFILLMENT IN HIM AND YOU LIFE. THIRD, YOU SHOULD REMOVE YOURSELF FROM PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY START. MAKE A COMMITMENT TO AVOID THOSE SITUATIONS IN WHICH YOU ARE TEMPTED TO SEEK TEMPORARY GRATIFICATION. BREAK THE CONTROL THAT THESE HINDRANCES HAVE OVER YOU BY CONTROLLING YOUR CONTACT WITH THEM. HAVE YOU BEEN TRYING TO FIND LASTING HAPPINESS IN TEMPORARY PLEASURES? IF SO, YOU ARE EATING AN UNFULFILLING MEAL WHEN YOU COULD BE DINING ON A SPIRITUAL FEAST! BUT AS YOU LEARN TO DEPEND LESS AND LESS ON THINGS, YOU WILL FIND THE CLARITY OF SATISFACTION LIKE YOU’VE NEVER KNOWN BEFORE. THIS IS THE TIME TO PLANT POSITIVE SEEDS FORWARD AND REAP A HARVEST FULL OF FULFILLING MEALS WELL INTO YOUR AMAZING FUTURE.

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