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Daraja: Stairway to Your Higher SelfExploring MANA’s Mission, Vision, and Exciting Projects for 2024In this episode, we take a closer look at the inspiring work of the Muslim Alliance of North America (MANA), a grassroots organization dedicated to empowering Muslim communities through social justice, spiritual development, and advocacy.
MANA’s mission is to uplift underserved populations, foster unity, and drive impactful change through innovative programs and collaborative initiatives. Guided by a vision of equity, faith, and service, MANA plays a critical role in addressing the challenges faced by Muslims in America while building bridges of understanding and progress.
We’re joined by two remarkable guests: Josh...2024-12-1539 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 3, Episode 3: The Soulful Sojourn of Iman Khalid, International Educator, Author, Mother, Wife, Leader, and Abu Dhabi Ex Pat: On a Mission to Inspire Us to Have Faith in GodIman Khalid is a dynamic woman. She is a wife, mother, international educator, author, travel enthusiast, event planner, and urban grio who is literally in the middle of rewriting her life. Iman has lived in Abu Dhabi for over thirteen years and has enjoyed watching the UAE become a vibrant country. From Detroit to Abu Dhabi and beyond, Iman’s passion is teaching people how to recognize how much Allah loves them by recognizing the gifts He’s blessed them with in His creation.
Her Inspirational Message:
“What is meant for you, even if buried beneat...2023-06-2759 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 3, Episode 2: The Soulful Sojourn of Zaimah Habeeb (aka Zaimah Beloved): Vocal Artist/Singer, Songwriter, Quran Reciter, Arabic Teacher - Uses Her Voice in Multiple Ways in Remembrance of GodZaimah Habeeb joins me to discuss her love for learning and teaching Arabic, reciting the Holy Qur'an, and producing conscious music for popular culture. She shares how she has worked through feeling divided between her all of these and about reconciling the conflicting feelings she has felt in the past which made her feel she couldn't recite the Quran and sing music. She wants to use her God-given talent to inspire others to know and remember God and as an independent vocal artist, singer, and songwriter she wants to bring God-consciousness to popular culture. She has produced four albums...2023-05-231h 10
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 3, Episode 1: "Authentic Heart and Soul" Reboot — The Soulful Sojourn of Laila Qadira Yamini and Her Belief that the Quran is the "Vibranium" Society Needs"Authentic Heart and Soul" is back from hiatus and my guest, Qadira Yamini, author, certified health coach, and beautiful believer, joined me to talk about her recent book, Al-Quran, Our "Vibranium" to Fuel a Renewed Society (Kindle), and the need for a better future and a beautiful renewed society using God's message in the Quran. She is also the author of The Big Book for Glowing with Ramadan All Year Long.2023-04-1050 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 2, Episode 4: Soulful Sojourns, The Sacred Journey of Taryn L. Siddiq, Clinical Social Worker and Founder of The Muslimah Consultation GroupTaryn Siddiq joins me to talk about her work as a Clinical Social Worker and the need she has helped fulfill for Muslim women to have a safe space to talk about issues that affect their wholistic wellbeing with an emphasis on their emotional and psychological health.
Taryn recently retired from an illustrious career as a passionate Social Worker. She is the Founder of The Muslimah Connection a Nonprofit organization established 22 years ago to facilitate its main program The Muslimah Consultation Group or MCG. MCG is a vibrant confidential support group that meets monthly to provide a s...2022-01-2047 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 2, Episode 3: Soulful Sojourns, The Sacred Journey of Hajja Ayisha Jeffries Cisse, Scholar, Philanthropist, Founder & CEO of "Aging in Black"Hajja Ayisha Jeffries Cisse is a dynamic leader, global servant, and beautiful woman. She is a scholar, humanitarian philanthropist, social entrepreneur, activist, and holistic lover of God and life. She has worked as the Vice President of Global Affairs and Senior Policy Advisor on Gender Equity to the President of the African American Islamic Institute (AAII), a non-governmental international organization based in Senegal, West Africa. Their mission was to lead sustainable development to promote education, health care, the empowerment of women and children, the alleviation of poverty, and the promotion of peace. Joining AAII as a Resource Strategist, Ms. J...2021-12-3054 min
Ladies' Power Lunch PodcastLadies Power Lunch Ep. 42 - Be the Beacon with Akanke RasheedOur next Ladies' Power Lunch Anthology is called: Be The Beacon.
It is focused on the fact that the world needs a special kind of leader right now. The fact that this is no time to be hiding our light. Be The Beacon invites us to shine our light, share our vision, passion and purpose with the world and help raise the vibration of the planet one tiny spark at a time.
Akanke Rasheed is a coauthor of our upcoming anthology, Be The Beacon. You might remember her from previous episodes where she taught us how...2021-10-2826 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 2, Episode 2: Soulful Sojourns, The Sacred Journey of Sade Tuckett, US DiplomatSade Tuckett is a US Diplomat serving as a Foreign Service Officer (currently in Mexico). She joins me to talk about growing up in a very loving family and how it nurtured her confidence, creativity, compassion, and spirituality, how she fought the fight of her life to claim her authentic place in higher education and diplomacy, and how lucid visions and serendipitous events led to her spiritual path.
Here is a link to the speech Sade gave at American University, which is featured in the podcast.
Here is a description of what a Foreign Officer do...2021-10-2545 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 2, Episode 1 : Soulful Sojourns w/Dr. Maghboeba Mosavel - Her Sacred Journey of Ascension from S. Africa to the USMaghboeba is an immigrant from Capetown, South Africa who learned the value of service as a young girl in the harsh and oppressive apartheid system. Her personal sojourn has meant achieving success beyond the limitations of her upbringing and cultivating a deep desire to serve the disadvantaged and underserved influenced by the work she saw her parents do as a child to help others. 2021-09-1340 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 1 • Episode 9 • Habiba Ebrahim & Sadia Majola Rantseli - Transformational Coaches Talk About Challenges and Solutions for Working in Male-Dominated Work EnvironmentsIn this episode, I talk with Habiba Ebrahim & Sadia Majola Rantseli, South African Women who are transformational coaches and have experienced the challenges and triumphs of working in male-dominated work environments. Collectively, they have experienced great success as well as stress and burnout related to the imbalances and challenges of having to prove their worth in these often hostile and uncompromising environments. They've taken their experiences and their commitment to being spiritual women who desire to preserve the uniqueness of being a woman, feminine, confident, and successful, without compromising themselves, and have turned them into passionate businesses for helping other...2021-08-1954 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 1 • Episode 8 - Angelica Lindsey-Ali "The Village Auntie™", The Spirituality & Sacredness of Sex, & Are We Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places?On this episode, I talk with the wonderful and dynamic Angelica Lindsey-Ali—lovingly known as The Village Auntie™. She joined me to talk about the spirituality and sacredness of SEX. We talked about body positivity issues that women and surprisingly for men have when it comes to sex and intimacy and about how life is a dance with love...one in which most folks are offbeat, out-of-step, and basically dysfunctional when it comes to understanding True Love and looking for love in all the wrong places. But, where there is faith and love for God, there is hope. The future i...2021-07-3156 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 1, Episode 7 Chantal Blake - The Three Stages of Life for Women and the Spiritual Path of WomanhoodChantal Blake is a Womb Wellness Educator who is passionate about helping women deepen their knowledge and implement wholistic practices to cultivate greater self-love and self-care as it relates to taking care of their feminine nature and their womb. I met her when I participated in one of her online courses called Deeper Femininity. Having no biological children of my own, talking about motherhood and childbirth with her intrigued me and filled my heart and soul with warmth and fuzziness.
Chantal and I talk about the three stages of womanhood and the spiritual, emotional, and intellectual development tha...2021-07-2143 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 1, Episode 6 - Dr. Davia Shepherd - Bestselling Author Talks About Her New Book and Creating Success Through Strategic CollaborationsDr. Davia Shepherd is a real-life superwoman. Not only is she a best-selling author, the CHO (Chief Happiness Officer) of a dynamic women's networking organization, a fellow transformational retreat leader, and "The Queen of Collaboration", she is also a wife, mother, and a successful Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine in private practice in a small town in Connecticut. On this episode, we talk about her new book, Grow Smarter, which promotes working smarter not harder through collaborative partnerships. Of course, on "Authentic Heart and Soul" we believe EVERYTHING has a spiritual nature, and collaboration which requires working together with other hum...2021-07-1253 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 1, Episode 5 Aishah Tatum - God Has Entrusted You to Yourself, So You Are Obligated to Love Yourself!In this powerful conversation, I speak with the dynamic soul, Aishah Tatum, a holistic life and leadership coach. Aishah earned a degree in Psychology, and MBA and is pursuing her PhD in Interpersonal Psychology. She holds nothing back in telling us the spiritual truth about why we should act, eat, speak, and live like we love ourselves. Can you guess the powerful reason she says we should do these things? Listen to hear her speak the spot-on truth! 2021-07-0740 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 1, Episode 4 Manda Stack, Intutive Coach Talks About Inner Guidance and Making Decisions.On this episode we talk about listening to inner guidance, understanding intuition, and making decisions that are in alignment with our truth.2021-06-2931 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 1 • Episode 3 - Ihsan Alexander, The Importance of Remembering Our Covenant with God, How our Heart Beats to the Rhythm of God's Name, the Unity of Faiths, and MoreIn this episode we talk about the remembrance of God, our covenant with God, how our hearts beat to the name of God, the embodiment of God’s attributes, the unity of God, unified love, and ways to increase our remembrance of God. Good stuff! 2021-06-2152 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 1 • Episode 2 - Dr. Nicole Montiero: The Importance of Boundaries for Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual WellbeingIn this episode, we talk about boundaries—what they are, why we must establish them, and what happens to our spiritual and emotional wellbeing when we don't establish healthy boundaries. Dr. Nicole is a licensed psychotherapist and has worked internationally in several countries with different populations to help them recover from trauma. She is also a transformational life coach who has a boot camp related specifically to helping women understand boundaries and how to establish healthy ones so they can thrive and experience more joy.2021-06-1449 min
Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke RasheedSeason 1 • Episode 1 - Tash Mitch: Spiritual Inheritance, Intuition, Spiritual Bypassing, and Seeing Divinity in OthersIn this episode, I talk with the delightful soul Tash Mitch about being identified at a young age as an Indigo child and being holistically nurtured by her grandmother to have spiritual awareness which cultivated her self-awareness early in life. We also talk about death, intuition, and managing difficult situations by owning our truth without bypassing uncomfortable feelings.
2021-06-0847 min
The Power of Process (POP) Podcast hosted by Surayyah ImaniExploring AscensionIn this episode on The Power of Process podcast, host Surayyah Imani and special guest Akanke Rasheed explore the journey of spiritual ascension and why it’s important. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thepowerofprocess/support2021-02-0515 min
The REAL Entrepreneur ShowCandid Conversation with Akanke Rasheed Million Stars Ascension CoachAkanke Rasheed is a woman with many passions. She has a degree in Film & Television and has produced and hosted live television talk shows and short documentaries. She has completed certifications in life coaching, retreat hosting, integrative nutrition coaching, spiritual intelligence assessments, leadership development, and public speaking. She is a lifelong advocate of personal transformation, spiritual awareness, creative expression, health and wellness, and financial sovereignty for women.
In 1989, at the age of 26, she embarked on her own personal transformation journey, which completely changed her life at which time she changed her name, embraced African cultural expressions, and changed her spiritual...2021-01-2219 min
The DOPE Muslim Woman PodcastMaintaining Our Emotional Well-being During RamadanEmotional intelligence (otherwise known as emotional quotient or EQ) is the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict. Join Akanke Rasheed, as she dives into a discussion surrounding emotional well-being and spiritual and emotional intelligence.
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Activating MagicEmbracing the Beauty of Who You Are with Akanke RasheedIn episode 76, Darla is joined by Akanke Rasheed. Guys, who you are joining for this fabulous conversation today, Akanke is a Muslim woman who loves spirituality, life, sincere conversations, personal transformation, relationships, and creative expression. While she is a woman of many passions, her greatest passions are spirituality and personal growth. Akanke's self-directed conscious personal transformation started in 1989 when she risked her stable life and quit her corporate job after attending a weekend retreat, of course, and enrolling in a six month long deep dive immersion about self awareness with the hope of becoming a better version...2020-02-0542 min