The One with the Statue of Liberty

Welcome to Season 3 of The Remedy Podcast.  For the next few weeks, we will be talking with the entrepreneurs enrolled in our coaching and mentoring program on being "fearless" as they create their businesses.

Meet "The Remedy" hosts:

• Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
• Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
• Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist

"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between WEBB Squared "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.

This week's guest is Travis Patterson, Director of SEEDS (Self-Enhancing Education and Development Services). Not only is Travis a WEBB Squared entrepreneur, he has joined the team of WEBB Squared as our Director of Workforce Development, where he will focus on:

• assist youth and young adults with educational and training goals
• prepare youth and young adults for the workforce through job preparation, skill-building, and comprehensive guidance
• connect youth and young adults to workforce resources 

In this conversation, Travis talks about: 

• his business SEEDS, helping at-risk families transition from trauma/tradegy to self-sufficiency
• toxic masculinity and internalized racism, and how that shaped his journey to becoming a mentor for young men of color
• the roles his own mentors, teaches, and coaches played  for him when he was a young, Black man growing up in Chatham County
• lessons learned from running for office in the latest election primary

Welcome to Season 3 of The Remedy Podcast.  For the next few weeks, we will be talking with the entrepreneurs enrolled in our coaching and mentoring program on being "fearless" as they create their businesses.

Meet "The Remedy" hosts:

Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist

"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between WEBB Squared "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.

Our first guest is entrepreneur Gina Diouf, owner of Sankofa Sojourners, which provides healing journeys and excursions for the purpose of transforming racial trauma for people of African descent and their allies.

In this conversation, Gina shares: 

• her vision for Sankofa Sojourners to reverse the middle passage and return to Africa by ship
• the process and feelings of moving from a "no" mindset to saying "yes" to embrace her calling
• her work to create opportunities for healing and trauma release through travel and community.

For more information on Sankofa Sojourners, email Gina at sankofasojourners@gmail.com.
You can also see Gina's WEBB Squared video about her vision on our YouTube channel.

Links:
Sankofa Sojourners on Facebook
Sankofa Sojourners on Instagram
Wake Up Everybody

The mission and vision for WEBB Squared was born out of a weekly entrepreneurial meeting of a group we call the Commonwealth Network. We meet Thursdays at 12 pm EST via Zoom. For more information on our Commonwealth Network, please contact rinnie@webbsquared.org. 

In this episode, we take a break from our Season 3 conversation and offer a brief interlude where we, the Remedy Podcast hosts (Stephanie Terry, Rinnie Orr, and Mashallah Salaam):

• Talk about Juneteenth and the Saturday, June 18 Event at the Chatham Fairgrounds
• And we also invite you to join us for our Juneteenth Grand Opening PopUp Event for our online WEBB Boutique on June 19 at the Plant in Pittsboro.
• We talk about celebrating the amazing work we've been doing with our entrepreneurs and our fundraising campaign kick-off. 

We'll soon resume our regularly scheduled conversations. Stay tuned. 

Welcome to Season 3 of The Remedy Podcast, where we explore the notion of "Letting Go" to embrace a powerful mindset.

"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between WEBB Squared "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.

Meet "The Remedy" hosts:

• Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
• Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
• Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist

In this episode, we discuss...

• Celebrating Juneteenth
• When we stepped into the self we are now...
• Our greatest grandest vision of ourselves...
• Consciously embracing "new" identity in order to change and grow...
• We share our "Remedy Pearls"

Welcome to Season 3 of The Remedy Podcast, where we explore the notion of "Letting Go" to embrace a powerful mindset.

"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between WEBB Squared "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.

Meet "The Remedy" hosts:

• Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
• Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
• Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist

In this episode, we discuss and ponder:

• How identity changes usually come about through trial, error and pain.
• Rearranging and reorganizing our identities by consciously living our truth.
• How cultural identities can be like weeds in the garden and how hard they are to pull out.
• Stephanie shares the "a negative x a negative = a positive" clause.
• We share our new episode segment - the"Remedy Pearls."

Welcome to Season 3 of The Remedy Podcast, where we explore the notion of "Letting Go" to embrace a powerful mindset.

"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between WEBB Squared "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.

Meet "The Remedy" hosts:

• Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
• Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
• Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist.

In this episode:

• Stephanie and Rinnie examine our work together as a Black woman and White woman and our relationship to one another.
• We discuss honoring the transformational process of building a non-profit from a "blank canvas."
• We explore our thoughts around coaching our entrepreneurs, and how the "jewels are in the process, rather than the final destination itself."

Our "Take-away":
Listen to your inner voice. Follow your instincts and inner wisdom. Let yourself be surprised.

Thank you for listening...

Welcome to Season 3 of The Remedy Podcast, where we explore the notion of "Letting Go" to embrace a powerful mindset. 

"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.

Meet "The Remedy" hosts:

• Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
• Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
• Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist.

In this episode:

• We explore the notion of "letting go" and those things we need to let go of in order to embrace an empowered mindset.
• We tackle the process of forgiveness and how difficult it is to let go of feelings and emotions.
• Stephanie "steps in deep water" and questions the story of our identity in relationship to our concepts of who we say God is.
• What does mindset work have to do with our God-identity and the idea that we "are separate" from God?
• We unpack unconscious values that have guide our lives in order to consciously embrace new values for a new mindset.

Welcome to Season 2 of The Remedy Podcast, where we explore the question "What does it mean to be a human being?"

"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between WEBB Squared "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.

Meet "The Remedy" hosts:

• Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
• Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
• Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist.

In this episode:

• We reflect on our conversations on identity and mindset.
• Stephanie asks "What is it like being you?"
• Rinnie talks about the Rolling Stones and Chumbawamba
• Mashallah shares "a day in her life." She ruminates on self-care and "Walking on Sunshine"
• Stephanie sings "Upside Down" - channeling Diana Ross

We share our love and appreciation for our listeners and ask y'all to stay tuned for Season 3 - coming in April!  Peace and love!

Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/theremedypodcast)

Welcome to Season 2 of The Remedy Podcast, where we explore the question "What does it mean to be a human being?"

"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between WEBB Squared "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.

Meet "The Remedy" hosts:

• Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
• Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
• Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist.

In this episode:

• We explore the power of mentorship and coaching on shaping our identities.
• Stephanie discusses mentorship of elders and youth in indigenous African culture and how it helps individuals find their purpose.
• We talk about the deficit in purpose, identity, and place in Western culture.
• We affirm how we are going to coach and mentor Black entrepreneurs in a more holistic way to help our entrepreneurs become as power as possible.

Welcome to Season 2 of The Remedy Podcast, where we explore the question "What does it mean to be a human being?"

"The Remedy Podcast" is a joint podcast between WEBB Squared "Wealth through Entrepreneurship for Black Businesses" and Afro Future Productions.

Meet "The Remedy" hosts:

• Stephanie Terry, Executive Director of WEBB Squared
• Rinnie Orr, Associate Director of WEBB Squared
• Mashallah Salaam, Podcast Producer and Media Specialist.

In this episode:

• Stephanie talks about our powerful, entrepreneurial mindset trainings, and how our actions are more powerful when we are prepared for the circumstances that life throws at us.
• We discuss why we are starting with our mindset vs. starting from our beliefs.
• We think about how this work will be part of the "remedy" in our own healing.