Our guest on the Soulful Liberation podcast today is the inspiring Cedric Riley who is featured in the I Am Success Workbook- Youth companion guide to the Black Foster Youth Handbook.
Our guest, Cedric Riley
Cedric Riley: Resiliency Expert dedicated to community leadership and success for himself and others. He is the creator of “America’s Next Motivator!” Tv show and the founder of Motivatefosterkids.com. Riley is a marathoner, scholar and family man whose motto is “Success is a Choice!” Determined to provide a source of motivation to the youth and a breath of fresh air to their leaders, Cedric believes that his work will uplift the community domestically and nationally.
Learn more about Cedric Riley at www.soulfulliberation.com/resources
Watch America’s next motivator- https://www.facebook.com/AmericasNEXTMotivator/
Connect with him at www.motivatefosterkids.com & www.cedricriley.org
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About our hostess-
Ángela Quijada-Banks is a Holistic health coach for purpose-led professional and entrepreneurial-spirited women who struggle with chronic burnout. She is an NAACP Image Award Nominated, American author of the best-selling book, The Black Foster Youth Handbook: 50+ Lessons I learned to successfully age-out of foster care and holistically heal. She is the Founder of Soulful Liberation which started as a podcast to support young people with trauma navigate their healing journey during the pandemic and has expanded into a movement to liberate one's self and community! As a transformational speaker and artist, she has impacted thousands with her message to alchemize your pain to purpose and power. Ángela is a scholar at Legacy Holistic Health Institute studying Holistic Health and wellness. Through her everyday work with helping young people uncover their divine purpose, performing spoken word events, facilitating workshops, and political advisory to legislators across the nation, she aims to aid in a revolutionary change in the areas of holistic health, economic injustices, child welfare disparities, cultural awareness and identity within low-wealth communities of color both on a micro and macro level.
Born in Anaheim, CA her reach has spanned across the nation and in several countries. And for her, this is only the beginning of her movement to promote generational soulful liberation of self and community. Between her day-to-day adventures, Ángela enjoys traveling the world, exploring various passions such as dancing, singing, self-defense, and adrenaline rushes at amusement parks with her husband, Michael. She is lovingly called a “graceful powerhouse” by all who know her, as she authentically shares her journey with the world.
The Soulful Liberation movement- is all about alchemizing your pain to purpose and power. To explore what freedom, joy, love and the human experience is without the shackles of our past trauma, and generational cultural norms that create harm. It's about being on a journey of holistically healing so that you can go back and support someone else's journey in healing and revolutionizing oppressive systems.
Holistically heal. Be Free. Be You.
