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The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2:E12 Marjorie Walsh. Committing to Antiracism & Embracing A Growth MindsetBeing An Ally Doesn’t Mean Having All The Answers. It just requires a commitment to antiracism, empathy, and cultivating a growth mindset that helps them research and understand how policies and politics can affect their own and others’ everyday experiences and access to resources. Marjorie and I attended the @brynmawrschool for 7 years, but didn’t become friends until 10 years after our graduation. We connected on IG when we realized that we were both educators that loved fitness, wellness, and social justice. Over the years Marjorie has consistently shown her commitment to antiracism by speaking up about inequality, and showing up for...2020-07-171h 16

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2:E11 Dr. Tony Awojoodu. Getting Clear on What You Want & How You’re Going To Get ItIf you get clear on what you want, Dr. Tony Awojoodu can help you figure out how to get it. Dr. Tone is the Founder and CEO of Tone's Professional Advisory Solutions & Services, LLC, a proud husband, #GirlDad, healthcare strategist, serial entrepreneur, accredited investor, and high performance coach who helps high potential, impact-oriented, and unfulfilled professionals unlock their full potential so that they can change the world, build generational wealth, and live their best lives. Several years ago Tony was working on his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech on the path to becoming a professor for a top ti...2020-06-2653 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2:E10 Bei Achirimofor. Having Faith & Following Your Dreams on Purpose.How do you find joy in the midst of chaos? Bei says the secret is to walk in your purpose. You must identify your calling, gifts, talents, and follow your dreams. Despite your religious beliefs, we can choose to work towards our dreams and have faith on purpose. Not just to make a wish and close our eyes, but to put everything on the line to pursue our goals. We hope you enjoy S2: E10 of the Blooming is A Habit Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and get more tips on making yourself a priority. Please rate, subscribe, and...2020-06-1833 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2:E9 Joseph Green. Reimagining How We Can Live, Learn, Work, Play, & Grow TogetherWe are facing unprecedented times. A global pandemic and global antiracism movement to protect and celebrate black lives. @josephlmsgreen notes that the revolution has already happened and now it’s time to put in work. He urges us to use our imaginations to create the lives and world that we want to see, especially during our most challenging days. He advocates for us to believe in ourselves, no matter what, because our abilities to dream and take action are our superpowers. Please listen, share, subscribe, and rate The Blooming is A Habit Podcast. Joseph’s Top Tips To Reimagine & Redesign Your...2020-06-1252 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2:E8 Ashley Douglas. Helping Baltimore City Public Schools Thrive As They Navigate COVID-19When teachers believe in their students, they empower them to change the world. In this episode, Ashley Douglas shares success stories from teaching Kindergarten & 1st grade as a model teacher and team lead for 9 years in Baltimore City Public Schools before & after COVID-19. She shows how important it is to understand our students’ and their families’ experiences and how schools can create in school and now online programming to meet their needs. Ashley is one of the most passionate teachers and mothers that I know! Her children are amazing and her students and their parents always share stories of how she...2020-06-0558 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2:E7 Jamila Sams, MA. ED. How to Support Children and Teens During & After COVID-19What did you need from your family and school when you were growing up? What would you while going through a pandemic? To be seen, heard, have fun, and feel cared for! Jamila Sams MA.ED the Founder and CEO of Go to Ms. Sams and Advisory 4 the Culture notes that COVID-19 is teaching all of us that we need to evolve to meet our own self care needs AND the needs of our families, schools , and organizations. In order to do this we must own what’s going well & what can be improved. Then we must ask our children an...2020-05-1552 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2:E6 Jen Cort. Making Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion A Priority In Schools While Learning RemotelyHow we treat each other matters and how we advocate for each other matters. When students don’t feel included, respected, and understood, they don't feel well. Experiencing bias, racism, sexism, classism, ageism etc. can lead to feelings of isolation, fear, anxiety, depression, and anger. Educators have a responsibility to stand up for their students when they see or hear someone being mistreated, made fun of or harassed because of some part of their identity. Many educators may feel unprepared to do so due to the lack of diversity or conflict resolution training. Educational consultant and therapist, Jen Cort explains ho...2020-05-0752 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2:E5 Dr. Mark Bittle. Barriers to Healthcare in the US Before COVID-19Before the COVID-19 outbreak, 27.5 million Americans did not have health insurance. Only 60% of companies offered their employees health insurance, but even then so many Americans could not afford the premiums because they were high deductible health plans so they could not afford the out-of-pocket cost. Listen to the Blooming is A Habit Podcast S2:E5 as we interview the amazing Dr. Mark Bittle the Program Director of John Hopkins School of Public Health’s Master of Health Administration & Online Masters of Applied Science in Population Health Management as we discuss barriers to accessing healthcare in the US, more inclusive healthcare mod...2020-05-011h 05

Stuck in The Middle PodcastInclusive & Equitable Schools & Businesses with Dr. Stephanie Akoumany#SitMpodcast #DrStephanieAkoumany #Bloom Dr. Stephanie Akoumany is the Founder and CEO of Bloom, a leadership, wellness, and community- building media and education company. She is also the host of the Blooming is A Habit podcast. Stephanie is a speaker, researcher, and educator who helps schools and businesses to cultivate cultures that embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, resilience, and holistic wellness. Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/SitMpodcast Join the conversation on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SitMpodcast/ Follow our IG https://www.instagram.com/sitmpodcast/ Listen on the go on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2VkGLv2... visit us...2020-04-2050 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2:E4 Dris Villaman on Giving Yourself Permission To Thrive While QuarantinedAre You Giving Yourself Permission To Thrive While Quarantined? Want to figure out your next steps? Listen to S2:E4 of the Blooming is A Habit Podcast with Dris Villaman a health and wellness advocate, coach, educator & Zumba instructor from #WashingtonDC who currently lives in South Korea. Listen & learn how to bet on yourself, trust your intuition, align your passions with your career choices, take calculated risks, create boundaries for yourself, and cultivate a more physically, emotionally, and spiritually fit while quarantined at home. We also discuss how South Korea handled Covid-19 and what we can do in the U...2020-04-1748 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2: E3. Elyse Preston. How Yoga, Mindfulness, and Life Design Can Help You Live Your Dream LifeI’m so excited to have Elyse Preston on BIAH S2 E3 to discuss the power of yoga, meditation, healing from emotional, social, and physical trauma, life design, DEI and ending racism, and community building in Baltimore and other urban hubs around the world. Elyse is a wellness advisor, and community leader whose work focuses on centering connection as an essential ingredient for healing and social transformation. Elyse believes that when we intentionally invest in creating healthy relationships with ourselves and others, we are shifting the energetic conditions in our communities and the wider world. Elyse is particularly passionate about su...2020-04-091h 13

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2:E2 How to Improve the Health Care System & Help Youth Thrive With Rhonda Smith Wright, RNNurses help us heal physically and emotionally during times of distress. They are currently on the frontlines helping so many as the nation battles COVID-19. Before the outbreak, I interviewed Rhonda Smith Wright, RN, MSN, MHSA a clinical nursing instructor at Johns Hopkins & University of Maryland’s School of Nursing, a @brynmawrschool for girls alumna and trustee, and former @gbali co-director to learn: - how she teaches future nurses to understand the unique needs of diverse and underserved populations in Baltimore and the nation. -what personal and professional development, wellness, and community building opportunities could help physicians, nurses, and administrators th...2020-04-0359 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS2. E1. Using Creativity To Design A Life, Career, & Business You Love with Anna FitzgibbonWe are forced to bloom where we are planted in uncertain times. Before the COVID-19 outbreak began to affect our everyday lives in the US, I interviewed Outgrowth Founder Anna Fitzgibbon for S2. E1. of the Blooming is a A Habit Podcast. We discussed how to Use Creativity to Design A Life, Career, & Business of our dreams. I hope this episode helps you to actively work to define what balance means to you, redefine new normals, and create lives and careers that are fulfilling to inspire and create a new world order. Right now many of us are totally out...2020-03-2557 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS1:E7 How to Find Your Voice and Define What Success Means For You with Joseph GreenThe difference between where you are and where you want to be is work.“ Don’t let fear of hard work get in the way of you sharing your talent and story with the world. In this episode of Blooming is a Habit (BIAH) S1: E7: How to Find Your Voice and Define Success on Your Own Terms, Joseph Green, the Founder of LMS Voice https://lmsvoice.com/ and a motivational speaker, educator, and poet shares taking actions that will help you accomplish your goals and help you overcome the fear of starting a new career, business, relationship, or skill that...2019-12-101h 19

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS1: E6 How to Prepare Girls and Women for the Future with Cristina Jacobs EastonWe have all had a dream or a goal that we wanted to accomplish, but then told ourselves “that’s not for me!” “I cant possibly do that!!” In this episode of Blooming is a Habit (BIAH) S1: E6 How to Prepare Girls and Women for the Future, Cristina Jacobs Easton, the Upper School Principal at Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW) helps us remember that 1. You belong wherever you want to be. 2. You can do anything you put your mind to, but this comes with hard work, perseverance, and self reflection. 3. Success is not achieved by being fearless, but by bei...2019-12-031h 01

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS1:E5 BIAH How to Help Teens Embrace Their Skills & Inspire Their Peers with Long Reach HighDo your friends, parents, and teachers inspire you? Do you inspire your them? Think about the 5 people that you spend the most time with? Do they cheer you on? Push you to be your best self? Do they bring positive energy to your relationship? Can you learn from them? Having open minded, goal-oriented, and positive people in your life can give you the boost to accomplish any goal you set for yourself! On this BIAH Episode we are discussing how we can best help teens embrace their skills, believe in themselves, and inspire each other to be their best selves...2019-11-2628 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS1:E4 BIAH How to Cultivate Girls’ Curiosity & Confidence with STEM & Self-Care w/Tiffany N. DavisAre you willing to ASK FOR WHAT YOU DESERVE? First tap into your creativity, identify for passions, work hard, find a mentor, network, fail, come back, reap your rewards, and SHINE? Listen in! Tiffany N. Davis is a rocket scientist and young dreamer from Washington, DC reaching for the stars and beyond. https://instagram.com/tiffany_n_davis?igshid=1c55zs06pbf0s This Boeing aerospace engineer had to overcome many challenges to pursue her dreams. When we are little everyone asks us "What do you want to be when you grow up?" but too often we are not shown...2019-11-191h 01

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS1:E3 BIAH Helping Girls Thrive & Disrupting the School to Prison Pipeline with Rexanah Wyse, Esq.Black and brown girls act out in schools and at home when they feel disrespected, misunderstood, & overwhelmed by daily stressors and adverse childhood experiences. Rexanah Wyse, Esq., Founder of Empowered Strategies LLC @empowered_strategies LLC https://instagram.com/empowered_strategies?igshid=1nn5ho8wlcahi joins us for Ep 3 to share how she helps educators to understand how shaming, stigmatizing, and unfairly expelling black & brown girls’ can increase girls’ entry into the juvenile justice system, thus stifling their chances of future academic, economic, and mental wellness. You can find her blog and contact her at https://www.empoweredstrategies.org. https://podcasts.appl...2019-11-1240 min

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS1:E2 BIAH: How to Own Your Story & Create a Life, Career, & Business You Love with Donelle BooseWant life changing career & self care tips to help Black Girls & Women, Girls & Women of Color, Allies and Everyone succeed in any field, secure mentors, and create a life of their dreams. Join Soon to be Dr. Donelle Boose @histartivist https://instagram.com/histartivist?igshid=xf7l0ux66evr and owner of Story Power History LLC https://www.linkedin.com/in/donelle-boose-86508736 for this amazing conversation. The Blooming is a Habit Podcast helps women, girls, and well EVERYONE explore their passions and create a career and/or business of their dreams. We believe that everyone can offer revolutionary solutions to...2019-11-051h 10

The Blooming Is A Habit Podcast With Dr. Stephanie AkoumanyS1:E1 BIAH Food is Medicine: Healing Your Gut & Creating The Life You Want with Nicole RitterNicole Ritter is a Holistic Nutritionist, Certified Health and Life Coach. Website: https://www.mrsnicoleritter.com . IG: https://www.instagram.com/itsnicoleritter Nicole is passionate about showing women how to overcome their health challenges by getting to the root of their issues so that they may truly thrive in health and in life. She specializes in gut health and has helped her clients with issues such as IBS, bloating, constipation, psoriasis, eczema, fibromyalgia and leaky gut. She began her own health and wellness journey three years ago to find answers to her health problems. Nicole helps people naturally heal through...2019-10-2853 min

Third Space with Jen CortDr. Stephanie AkoumanyDr. Stephanie Akoumany, Founder and CEO of Bloom, helps businesses, nonprofits, and public, charter, & independent schools build communities they love through online and in-person courses, news, events, podcasts, and social media that explores Education, Play, & Wellness, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Fitness & Food As Medicine, Self-Care & Mindfulness, Tech for Change, how to Bloom & Inspire others!Dr. Akoumany will be leading a workshop entitled “Reclaiming Your Time to Thrive: Self Care and Mindfulness Strategies To Help Faculty of Color” at the 2018 NAIS People of Color Conference in Nashville, TN and is available for public speaking and guest-lecturer engagements.2018-09-1951 min