by Patricia Terrell | Jun 21, 2014 | Living Their Dream, Podcast
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Charles Murray
Steven LaBroi
Some people are blessed at a very young age with the gift of knowing their purpose in life. Since the age of 8, Charles Murray knew he had to be a filmmaker. Unfortunately this passion was fueled from witnessing his father abuse his mother and Charles wanted to take her story to the big screen. Charles’ entire focus went to writing, spending time in the library reading books on how to write scripts, learning how others were able to advance their careers, and Charles began to follow in their footsteps. Charles began writing at the age of 16 and wrote every chance he could get.
Charles finally completed the screenplay about his mother’s life in 2003. In 2013 his debut film “Things Never Said” hit the big screen. “Things Never Said” is a story about an aspiring spoken word artist using poetry to escape the pain of a violent marriage and a troubled past.
Ten (10) long years is how long it took Charles to fulfill his dream of taking his screenplay to the big screen. It was not an easy journey. Charles Murray faced many roadblocks along the way especially when it came to raising capital. However, despite the rejections, Charles refused to let his dream die or allow people to convince him that “black dramas don’t make money.” So what did Charles do?
Charles found a lifelong friend to help make his lifelong dream come true. Charles Murray and Steven LaBroi were childhood friends who kept in touch throughout their adult years. Steven answered the call when Charles asked him to invest in his dream and became the Executive Producer.
This Director and Executive Producer duo moved full steam ahead to knock down the barriers and led a grass roots effort to promote the film with tremendous success.
Things Never Said won seven awards at various film festivals. Ultimately, this dynamic duo sold the U.S. rights to Lionsgate’s Codeblack Film, a company passionate about providing an avenue for positive Black films to reach wide audiences.
To learn more, visit http://thingsneversaid.com/crew/
by Patricia Terrell | Jun 14, 2014 | Infidelity, Podcast, Relationships
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Dr. Shane Perrault, also known as “Dr. Shane” is a leading Psychologist, Author, Speaker and Founder of the African American Marriage Counseling Organization and is a highly sought after Life Coach and Speaker on issues relating to relationships, marriages and ADHD.
Dr. Shane shares his views about infidelity, what it is, why it occurs, and most importantly what happens after an affair is revealed. He talks about the three stages the hurt partner will experience after an affair is revealed.
1. Atone – Involves the reactions (emotional, physical, neurological) that will occur after learning about the affair.
2. Atune – The hurt partner reviews his or her options to stay or leave the relationship.
3. Attach – The couple reconnects to start the process of rebuilding their relationship.
Dr. Shane states that the hurt partner is the only one who should make the decision to stay or leave the relationship and the worse thing the unfaithful partner can do is try to rush the decision-making and ask them to “get over it.”
Visit Dr. Shane at http://africanamericanmarriagecounseling.com/
by Patricia Terrell | Jun 7, 2014 | Cancer, Podcast, Survival
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After having a persistent cough for two weeks Erica finally decided to see her physician. After receiving two Computerized Tomography (CAT or CT) Scans Erica’s doctor informed her that she had enlarged lymph nodes on her lungs.
As her health began to deteriorate and during a hospital stay, doctors performed another CT scan, which revealed the enlarged lymph nodes had spread from her lungs to her stomach and arm pits, strongly suggesting lymphoma. After a battery of tests, Erica was finally diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the age of 27.
What followed was a grueling ordeal that included low blood counts, shingles, resistant staph infection (MRSA), blood clots, anxiety, happy days and sad days. Within 6 months of her diagnosis, tests revealed that her lymphoma had gone into remission!
Despite the cancer going into remission, Erica still had to endure chemotherapy for another 6 months, which created nausea and painful tingling throughout her body. It seemed as if the sickness lasted until the following chemo treatment. There was a point when Erica felt like giving up, but her doctor insisted that she remain strong through the last therapy session to increase the odds that the cancer will not return.
The road to recovery was tremendously hard for Erica. However, after six months of chemotherapy, transplants, transfusions and lots and lots of prayer, as Erica puts it, “I BEAT CANCERS BUTT… by God’s grace!”
Erica founded “D’zire2Survive” to improve the quality of life of patients and their families touched by the lymphoma disease by providing education and up to date information. Erica wants to pay it forward by inspiring patients with peer to peer comfort to help them continue to fight and overcome their battle with blood cancers.
To learn more about Erica’s journey, copy and paste the following links to your browser:
Website: http://www.ericasurvived.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/beatcancersbutt
Instagram: @ericasurvived
Twitter: @ericasurvived
Lymphoma Research Foundation: www.Lymphoma.org
by Patricia Terrell | May 31, 2014 | Living Their Dream, Podcast
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Joy Sutton, The Joy Sutton Show
Joy Sutton is an award-winning journalist, motivational speaker, marketing manager and an entrepreneur with more than 15 years of media experience.
She started her career in journalism as an anchor/reporter for WDBJ Television after graduating from Howard University. She also received her Master’s from Virginia Tech in Health Promotions.
After 11 years in the news business, Joy transitioned to corporate America and took on the role of Marketing Manager for Lewis Gale Regional Health System.
Shortly after accepting her new position, she decided to take a leap of faith to pursue her childhood dream of having her own talk show and launched her own production company.
Sutton Impact Media LLC., offers positive programming and video production services including commercials and corporate videos.
The Joy Sutton Show, formerly The Hour of Joy, is now in its third season. The talk show airs Sundays at 11:30 a.m. on WDBJ and on MY19 at 6:30 p.m. You can also watch the show online at wdbj7.com/joy.
Joy says her mission in life is to bring “Joy” to the world.
Copy and paste the following link to visit with Joy: joysuttonshow.com
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the things that you did.” Mark Twain
“God can dream it bigger for you than you can dream it for yourself. There will be times in your life and in your business when the people around you will not understand the vision God had given you for your business.” Oprah Winfrey
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9
by Patricia Terrell | May 24, 2014 | Forgiveness, Podcast
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Is someone out there still waiting to receive an apology from you?
There’s so much power in the words “I apologize.” They can heal a broken heart, dry tears from crying eyes, change a frown into a smile, turn sadness into joy, and give a restless soul some peace.
So if an apology can do so much good, why is it so difficult for us to apologize?
Where did this thinking come from? Well, in the movie “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon – 1949,” John Wayne said “…Never apologize–it’s a sign of weakness.”
Well, let me tell you, it is just the opposite. Having the capacity to say I am sorry, is a sign of strength. It really takes a lot of courage to say I am sorry and refusing to apologize is the true sign of weakness.
Someone out there is waiting for you to deliver the words “I Am Sorry.” And if there’s one change you can make starting today, show how strong you really are, look for opportunities to apologize when you know that you did something wrong or whatever part you played in the situation.
Reach out to someone you’ve hurt and apologize.
Dr. Rodney Malcolm’s Bio:
Dr. Malcolm provides marriage, family, and pastoral counseling in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
Dr. Malcolm holds the following degrees:
- Doctoral Degree (Honorary) in Pastoral Counseling, 2003, Life Improvement Center, Cleburne, Texas.
- Master of Divinity (Minor: Counseling/Psychology) 1981, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
- Bachelor of Arts in Theology (Minor: Psychology): 1978, Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama.
- Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Minor: Education): 1976, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee.
