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What if you could sleep through the night and not feel guilty about it? We’re here to help you sleep well and feel great doing it. Whether you are an entrepreneur, parent, or creative. Sleep affects us all in more ways than one. Some of you have severe insomnia or suffer from depression. Either way, Aycee Brown has dealt with both and can relate to what you are going through. She was once a part of the #TeamNoSleep community due to the fact that she just couldn’t sleep at all. She suffered from insomnia since she was 14 years old and tried for so many years to just go to sleep. and at times she would cry because it truly wasn’t that easy. Aycee started to research on how she could sleep better and over the years  developed her own regimen that works. Sleep is not a luxury and that is why we’re here. We’re here to help you get some sleep. Goodnight Darling Co. Sleep Well. Naturally.

Willie Jackson is the founder & publisher of Abernathy. He’s an inclusion strategist, a technologist, and resides in New York City. Mr. Jackson currently serves as Technical Lead of Seth Godin’s altMBA program, a 4-week online workshop for high-performing individuals who want to level up and lead. Willie is a member of the Young Entrepreneur Council. He is an advisor to and has worked with several bestselling authors, entrepreneurs, consumer goods companies, and startups spanning varied industries, including fitness, travel, and law. He is a regular speaker at conferences, where he addresses topics such as Web Performance, careers, and doing the impossible.

Sam Simmons is licensed as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor who has over 25-year experience as a behavioral consultant in the areas of chemical dependency, violence abatement and historical trauma. He specializes in practical culturally sensitive trauma informed work with African American males and their families. Healing Brothers is a is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization (since 2013) that is dedicated to improve the health and wellness of African American men and their families, resulting in the larger community becoming healthier and safer. www.healingbrothers.com ~Be Safe ~Be Constructive ~Be Woke Be sure to subscribe and share the podcast with someone you care about!

Sam Simmons is licensed as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor who has over 25-year experience as a behavioral consultant in the areas of chemical dependency, violence abatement and historical trauma. He specializes in practical culturally sensitive trauma informed work with African American males and their families. Healing Brothers is a is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization (since 2013) that is dedicated to improve the health and wellness of African American men and their families, resulting in the larger community becoming healthier and safer. www.healingbrothers.com ~Be Safe ~Be Constructive ~Be Woke Be sure to subscribe and share the podcast with someone you care about!

About Jasmine Boudah Jasmine is a vision driven mother and young working professional who is eager to provide the best start for as many children as possible. As a former public school educator, she sought to empower parents living in impoverished neighborhoods similar to the ones in which she was born and raised in both Detroit and Chicago. Social justice, parent education, breastfeeding, women’s birthing education and rights, and early literacy foundations are her passions. She would like to leave the world in better shape by spreading knowledge and revolutionary love as well as working alongside community members to create the change we’ve been waiting for. Jasmine wholeheartedly believes change needs to happen systematically, but it is imperative that we work together to create the change we would like to see for future generations. Twitter: @BlackLotusMa

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York to a proud Nigerian family, Muoyo Okome has started, grown, and sold app businesses achieving 11M+ downloads across 100+ countries worldwide.   Through the Daily Spark Podcast and the Daily Spark Entrepreneur Community, founded in 2016, he reaches a growing audience of over 75,000 entrepreneurs & aspiring entrepreneurs each day, empowering them through education, inspiration & support.  Website http://dailyspark.co Itunes

Kwame is passionate about teaching business professionals how to negotiate and be more persuasive. He works with businesses and individuals to come up with tailored negotiation solutions to improve the bottom line and resolve conflict. Negotiation is one the only business skills we use every day. My goal is to share this critical skill with as many people as possible. That’s why he is a part of the American Negotiation Institute and produces “Negotiation for Entrepreneurs,” the top negotiation podcast on iTunes. The show has been downloaded over 20,000 times and has listeners in over 60 different countries. Podcast:     

On today’s episode, we look at the notion of coons. Which are individuals who practice inappropriate behavior when it comes to understanding the plight of black people in the world. Often times, coons are confused individuals who provide rhetoric that is counterproductive to empowerment, pride, and enlightenment for Black people. We’ll briefly discuss why coons are prevalent in media and how we should conduct ourselves when we have encounters with coons. SWP YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoMFgzyIZYs Brother Polite Interview – https://youtu.be/jR5ClzJ6Gpk www.wokepodcast.com Be Safe Be Constructive Be Woke #Woke #Jegna #SmartBrownVoices

Ms. Coker is working hard to push her brand to the forefront. The ColoredContent founder was a 2016 Blogalicious Perfect Pitch finalist. Most recently she launched, Startup WOC, a vlog that documents her journey as a women of color in the tech industry. Follow her on social media at @addvic_e

Escapism: The systematic process of compensating for inferior social and psychological beliefs, feelings, and status. The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy. Always attempting to smooth the pain with the half truths. Being honest is not cool today. It is not the thing to do. However, it should not be the gold standard of who we are. Honesty is a core element to the character that will be needed to survive in this world moving forward. Everything is being recorded, whether on video, audio, and written it’s all being document somewhere. Everything we do or say can come back to us in the future. Even if we do not intend for it too. This is why it is so critical to advance our thoughts, speech, and actions with every intention of keeping it real with ourselves first. Do not let escapism hold up back from being elite in your life.

We week we chat with Amanda Spann about her new ebook series, #LaunchLove. This is a series of step-by-step guides to help entrepreneurs build a buzz for their brands on a budget. She came up with the idea a few weeks after leaving corporate America. “I had a lot of startups approaching me about PR services and I found that nearly all of them either couldn’t afford PR or weren’t ready operations wise. So I figured I’d help them out by creating low cost workbooks that provide startups with tutorials on how to make your brand buzzworthy, on your own time and dime.” Amanda Spann is a formally trained publicist and infopreneur. She is the Co-founder & Marketing Director of tiphub, an impact driven innovation network for entrepreneurs in Africa and the African Diaspora and the  Founder of Alchomy App, a craft cocktail community.  The Georgetown & Florida State graduate has been honored as one

On today’s podcast we will gain concepts and strategies to addressing  significant loss. It is essential to gain a healthy understanding on loss in the process of healing. It is important to realize, that grieving and feelings of loss is natural and that, with time, one will heal. There are several stages of grief which individuals may experience. The feeling of grief maybe the purest pain one may ever know. ~Be Safe ~Be Constructive ~Be Woke RIP Mary E. Street On Oct. 10th, 2016 SmartBrownVoices host Mike Street lost his mother Mary E. Street. You can make a donation to the Mary E. Street Memorial Fund here: https://www.gofundme.com/mary-street-memorial-fund-2trzpe4

I’m Back! On this episode we chat with Mark S. Luckie about his article “How Black People Built Social Media.” Here is an excerpt: “God created black people and black people created style,” George C. Wolfe once wrote. African-Americans heavily influence everything entertainment to political discourse to the culture and conversations that fuel the internet. And yet black users on social platforms are largely ignored by the companies who build them. In an effort to drive growth, many social media companies make the mistake of exclusively courting brands and celebrities while ignoring influential black users. Vine is the latest casualty of this myopic trend. You can read the full article here: h

James Felton Keith is an engineer, ethnographer, and economics analyst. His intrigue with the culture of capitalism, distribution of value, and technological integration of the world are the primary drivers of his endeavor. Keith has held executive and consultant roles in operations, finance, engineering, energy supply, distribution, and technology for F500 and start-up enterprise in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa: award winning clients the likes of StallTalk, HP, Sapiens, Eskom, DaimlerChrysler. Keith’s philosophical perspective is a result of a series of questions that were raised on the implications of string-field-theory during his diverse and adverse life experiences; Coined Integrationalism and published by Common Ground, he makes decisions on the notion that: all things in existence are physiologically connected at the sub-atomic level His current objectives are rooted in delivering the technological and economic innovations of the world’s most affluen

Today’s podcast we take a look at the mental health struggles that black males face on a consistent basis. As we know, being a black person in an antiblack world it is stressful, traumatic, and downright depressing. Today on Twitter #YouGoodMan was treading. #YouGoodMan allowed thousands of black males and females to share their experiences Of mental health. It was an empowering exchange. Today’s episode I share some on my viewpoints on Black males and mental health as well as a little bit of my experience. Be sure to subscribe the podcast and share with somebody you care about. Be Safe! Be Constructive! Be Woke!

Level elite is an audiobook designed to help those that need help the most. This is a Self-development audiobook that is crafted for people who are classified as Black. S.E.L.F. is an acronym that stands for Survival Education for Legacy & Future. This is a united independent effort helping people get their mindsets, habits, And genius together to succeed in the face of hopelessness and adversity. The goal of this book is for everyone to gain enough insight from the concepts presented to unlock their Genius and become Elite.

  “Dynamic novel about the price of fame packed with so many laughs and so much heart, I couldn’t put it down.”– Talib Kweli, Hip-Hop Artist      Pre-Order the book here. “This modern re-telling is a hoot! The anti-hero, Scrooʝe, is nothing short of entertaining and his wild antics keep the story moving at a brisk and hilarious pace. A highly entertaining yarn…incredibly fun.”– Romantic Times “FIVE STARS! Perfectly combines Humor and Romance in a witty, charming novel about race, class and celebrity worship that readers will love.”– Hollywood Book Review NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Meet Scrooʝe.    He balls harder than Diddy.   Out Kanye’s Kanye. And drives a flashier car than 50 Cent. He is literally one of the most successful, well known artists in hip-hop history. But is he happy? “On Top Of The World (Until

I have come to the conclusion that change is the process of altering habits of culture (I will explain this further in a later blog post). Change is something that is often a part of any solution. However, I have found that Change is never defined clearly. It is like we are just supposed to know what the hell Change looks like. So, after doing some deep thinking, research, and debating, I have concluded that cultures must pivot to see the desired outcomes you want. Therefore, we must define what culture is before we try to change anything. Culture: A set of behaviors, beliefs, concepts, linguistics, experiences and expectations, which are scribed to a social (people, place, or thing) collective to meet the (direct or indirect) agreed upon wants and needs.

Sam Simmons is licensed as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor who has over 25-year experience as a behavioral consultant in the areas of chemical dependency, violence abatement and historical trauma. He specializes in practical culturally sensitive trauma informed work with African American males and their families. Healing Brothers is a is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization (since 2013) that is dedicated to improve the health and wellness of African American men and their families, resulting in the larger community becoming healthier and safer. www.healingbrothers.com Resource: http://joydegruy.com/

Nathan Hale Williams and Jennia Fredrique Aponte, Co Directors of the short film, 90 Days After ninety days of dating, Jessica and Taylor are forced to confront the realities surrounding living and loving with HIV after one of them reveals he/she is HIV positive. The film seeks to give people living with HIV hope toward finding love and intimacy while educating others.  The cast is simply amazing and includes, Teyonah Parris (Survivor’s Remorse, Mad Men & Chi-Raq) as Jessica, Pauletta Washington (Beloved, Antwone Fisher) as Gayle, Nic Few (The Chadwick Journals, Gideon’s Cross) as Taylor and Rodney Chester (Noah’s Arc) as Kyle. Follow the film On Social Media: Twitter/IG – @90DaysFilm Facebook: www.facebook.com/90