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Healing Entrepreneur PodcastKatonya Trent, Author of "22 and 6 Born on 11/26"Yaa and Katonya discussed the importance of sharing personal and sensitive stories, particularly those related to childbirth and pregnancy, and the need to break the stigma surrounding difficult childbirth experiences. They also share how Katonya is gift packages for moms in the NICU unit and the rewarding aspects of Katonya's work in supporting families with premature babies. Katonya shared her experiences as a NICU mom, emphasizing the emotional and physical challenges she faced and the importance of acknowledging and expressing emotions.2025-05-0117 min
Healing Entrepreneur PodcastFrom Pain to Passion with Alethea CrimminsToday we're joined by singer, musician, and coach, Alethea Crimmins, otherwise known as The Positivity Queen! She has a new single out now. Go and support, ya'll! https://iamalethea.com/2025-04-0809 min
Healing Black Women PodcastWhen Pen & Paper Become the Path to Healing | REST CONFERENCE If you missed our Leave The REST To Black Women conference, our first session Guest Speakers, authors Tizda Ving and Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson sit down with us to share the impact of writing when it comes to healing for Black women. Avoiding Rest Guilt In 2025 & Beyond We are speaking with our panel of experts on practical integration of rest for Black Women without the guilty feeling. When Pen & Paper Become the Path to Healing Two authors are sitting down with us to share the impact of writin...2025-03-031h 00
Healing Entrepreneur PodcastWhen Motherhood Looks Different with Emelda De CoteauYaa and Emelda, two entrepreneurs and friends, discussed their personal journeys and the impact of neurodivergence on motherhood. Emelda, a certified mindfulness coach, shared her experiences as a mother to a neurodivergent child and how it led her to create the organization "When Motherhood Looks Different." The organization aims to provide support and resources for neurodivergent moms and families. Visit Emelda's Website: https://www.wmldllc.com/2025-02-2744 min
Healing Entrepreneur PodcastBlack Women & ADHDI recently discovered I have ADHD as an adult! Let's dive into the misconceptions and challenges with ADHD and how I have been thriving and overcoming! Feel free to comment in response to the journal prompts I share!2025-02-0312 min
Healing Entrepreneur PodcastThick Black Lines with Christie Cruise PhD.Today we're joined by a guest! Christie Ann Cruise, Ph.D. is an educator, author, and social justice advocate with a passion for empowering Black women and girls to speak their truths boldly and unapologetically. Her new book, Thick Black Lines, is coming out on June 28, 2024. Join us as we discuss her writing journey with this new book! Be sure to pre-order Thick Black Lines to support this amazing Black woman author! https://www.christieanncruise.com/2025-02-0336 min
Healing Entrepreneur PodcastBlack Women in Media with Andrea LewisToday we’re talking to actress, producer, and multitalented creative, Andrea Lewis. Andrea Lewis is the Executive Producer of The Black Beauty Effect on Netflix. Please go check it out, it’s phenomenal! Andrea is known for her groundbreaking roles on Degrassi and Cadet Kelly. Over the years, she has starred in and produced countless TV shows and movies, including her hit Web Series “Black Actress”. Lewis is also the founder of Jungle Wild Productions, which produces original television, film, and digital content showcasing women, people of color, and people in the LGBTQ community. We’re happy to welcome Miss Andrea L...2025-01-1742 min
Healing Entrepreneur PodcastMy Healing Entrepreneurship JourneyEpisode 1. The healing journey has so much in common with entreprenuership. Navigating life since diagnosed with Depression and Anxiety since age 17, mental health has shaped my professional experiences in so many ways. In this episode, I rewind on my healing journey and what I learned when I became an entrepreneur.2025-01-0311 min
Healing Entrepreneur PodcastIntroducing the Healing Entrepreneur Podcast!Welcome to the Healing Entrepreneur Podcast, I’m your host, Rowana Abbensetts Dobson. I started this podcast to create a guide and companion for any person who is committed to personal transformation and stepping into their authentic purpose as a creator and entrepreneur. For me, my healing has been bound so closely with my journey as a writer, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. I want to share my journey and let people know that it’s okay to struggle or go through adversity - it doesn't make you any less worthy, it’s also okay to enjoy the moment, let joy in...2025-01-0301 min
Jelly Pops Book ClubSpoken Black GirlIn this episode host Julia Washington interviews Spoken Black Girl's Editor-in-Chief Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson You can purchase Rowana's Book Here: Departure Story Join Patreon2023-12-2233 min
Pray With our FeetTalking Liberation & Creativity with Spoken Black Girl (in honor of Women's Herstory Month) Before Women’s Herstory Month comes to a close, we’re sharing our conversation about Spoken Black Girl magazine Issue 4: The Freedom Issue 2023. Mom and I chatted with Rowana Abbensetts Dobson, founder and author (Departure Story), along with contributing writers Lillie Watson, Reign, and Adrienne Prather. We delve into the multiple ways Black women claim our liberation (collective and individual), the daily challenges we’re navigating, why we must remain uncompromising in defining our freedom for ourselves and more! Check out the issue here. And connect with the poetry of Reign, “Free,” Adrienne Prather, “What...2023-03-311h 21
Books We Should've Read Podcast44. Departure Story x Rowana Abbensetts-DobsonAshley and Kelly talk Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson's "Departure Story".
This podcast is a Books We Should’ve Read production, with sound engineering and editing by About Right Media. Music produced by @Ty.MakesBeats and @DonavanGlover.
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Get Caught UP PodcastAuthor Interview - Author Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson (Spoken Black Girl)Join us as we learn more about this mental health advocate, and founder of Spoken Black Girl, a publishing & media company that promotes mental health and wellness among Black women & women of color by amplifying emerging voices. We’ll also hear more about her book, Departure Story.
Join hosts @authoruntamed and @booksandsoul1 on Wednesday, March 2nd at 9 pm EST only on the Get Caught Up Podcast
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Mother WriterFinding Your Voice as a New Mother with Rowana Abbensetts-DobsonWelcome to the newest episode of the Motherscope Podcast, today Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson is joining and we’re talking about the all-encompassing role of motherhood. Rowana is a Guyanese-American writer, mental health advocate, and founder of Spoken Black Girl, a publishing & media company that promotes mental health and wellness among Black women & women of color by amplifying emerging voices. She has so much knowledge and perspective to add to and understand the layers of motherhood. If you’re grappling with the unexpected experiences and feelings of motherhood, this episode is for you. Visit this episode's blog...2022-01-1148 min
Author Michelle D. Jackson hosts the Black Writers Workspace PodcastBWW #PenPOSSE Roundtable. Topic: Developing Successful Blogs & eNewslettersJoin host Michelle D. Jackson and panelists Reginald Williams, author of A Marginalized Voice; Alvinya Key, author of Love Or The Illusions Of Love; Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson, author of Departure Story! and writer Tenicka Missouri as they discuss steps to creating effective blogs and newsletters to help promote new and independent books.To view, post questions, or listen to the event, subscribe to the platforms below:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvLTqx4GsQWed70-zOPDZTQ(view live)--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/michelle-denise-jackson/message2021-09-191h 38
Author Michelle D. Jackson hosts the #PenPOSSE PodcastBWW #PenPOSSE Roundtable. Topic: Developing Successful Blogs & eNewslettersJoin host Michelle D. Jackson and panelists Reginald Williams, author of A Marginalized Voice; Alvinya Key, author of Love Or The Illusions Of Love; Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson, author of Departure Story! and writer Tenicka Missouri as they discuss steps to creating effective blogs and newsletters to help promote new and independent books.
To view, post questions, or listen to the event, subscribe to the platforms below:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvLTqx4GsQWed70-zOPDZTQ(view live)
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Pray With our FeetBonus Episode: Breaking Down Barriers by Telling Our Stories with Caribbean Writer Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson One of the most powerful ways we resist racism and de-center Whiteness as representative of all experiences is to tell our stories. Towards the end of June (Immigrant Heritage Month), I caught up with my good friend Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson, writer, founder of Spoken Black Girl and mental health advocate, about her debut novel: Departure Story, which highlights the Black immigrant experience through the eyes of Celestine Samuels, a young Guyanese woman immigrating to the U.S. to attend college, who is finding her voice and speaking up for what she believes in and staying rooted...2021-07-1345 min
The Intuitive Catalyst014. The power of being a voice for the voiceless with Rowana Abbensetts-DobsonIn this episode, I connect with the brilliant Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson to talk about the importance of our stories and being a voice for the voiceless. How can our healing contribute to the healing of those who come after us?Rowana Abbensetts-Dobson is a Guyanese-American writer, mental health advocate, and founder of Spoken Black Girl, a publishing & media company that promotes mental health and wellness among Black women & women of color by amplifying emerging voices. She is publishing her first book, Departure Story, in June 2021. Rowana has had fiction and poetry published in Moko Magazine, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the...2021-05-1350 minPray With our FeetCaring for Ourselves and Changing the World with writer & founder, Rowana Abbensetts, Spoken Black Girl Publishing Grab your smoothies, and join us for a great chat with Rowana Abbensetts, writer, mental health advocate and founder of Spoken Black Girl Publishing, about the power of centering wellness and self care as activists / change makers and parents. Far too often, we push these practices to the back burner, but they are essential for our well being. As a lifelong writer, Rowana has made it her mission to help women heal through telling her own story and inspiring others to do the same. Spoken Black Girl Publishing is designed for women of color to sh...2020-02-2236 minPray With our FeetMini Episode: Happy New Year, Lifting up Wellness & Activism in Upcoming Episodes! Happy New Decade! We're sharing prayers and scripture verses with you for the months ahead. And, we're also excited to launch an e-newsletter (you can sign up here)! During the next several episodes we're lifting up the intersection of wellness and social justice with some amazing guests: Rowana Abbensetts, founder of Spoken Black Girl magazine, Leilani, founder of Raglin Consulting and a Healing Retreat for Women of Color, and Kellene Diana, founder of The GREEN Heart Community; there is one active division, the GALS Division and two upcoming divisions: the GUYS DIVISION and GLOW DIVISION (for...2020-01-0509 min