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Beach Reads Island-Style

     šŸ“øIG: @ambi_reads by Fey  šŸŽ„:   @feyugokweesq šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¾šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø šŸŒŽ:  https://linktr.ee/feyugokwe.esq Hey, man!!šŸ June may have jumped (see what I did there?šŸ˜‚), but imo every month should be #readcaribbean month—we’re a people, not just a moment. So *do* make sure to add our works to your virtual or irl bookshelf as the summer rolls on! Here’s what I wrote about one of our cool Caribbean bookstagrammers on IG (whose recs will be sure to keep your beach reads well-covered): šŸNow, what’s better for your juicy beach reads list than pages full of sweeping Caribbean imagery or winking intrigue? As you soak up summeršŸŒžinto your skin, soul✨, consider adding these #readcaribbean recommendations from another book bestie, šŸ‡¹šŸ‡¹Trini’s šŸ‡¹šŸ‡¹@ambi_reads!šŸ‘ A fierce list—also featuring šŸ‡¹šŸ‡¹Trinidadian authors. Well done!!šŸ’ƒšŸ½#caribbeanreads

šŸŽØThe Curator of CuraƧao

              šŸŽ„IG: @theonlybagirayouknow by Fey  šŸŽ„:   @feyugokweesq šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¾šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø šŸŒŽ:  https://linktr.ee/feyugokwe.esq Caribbean Heritage Month has brought with it the whirling richness that is the cultural diversity throughout the Caribbean nations/we peoples of Caribbean heritage—and our captivating, creative works. Here’s my 6/20 Instagram post on one ofšŸŒ“our amazing artists, from a seemingly magical island just off the coast of my Mum’s native South America—but also nestled in the geographical Caribbean itself:  #Art.šŸŽØIt’s mixed up in living without breathing itself, can lure & reel & haunt without hunting…and storytells histories & moments & movements without a word well-placed, or misplaced, or pinned. It’s a reality play, played out in flecks & glints & visual whispers…It is what it is what you *perceive* it is. And it is all a magic✨.  This #CaribbeanHeritageMonth, I salute the truly keen & prolific #Caribbean visual artists amongst us, like se

Caribbean Heritage Month Wines Up to Wind Down

              šŸ“øIG: @orlandospringbreakfast   by Fey  šŸŽ„:   @feyugokweesq šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¾šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø šŸŒŽ:  https://linktr.ee/feyugokwe.esq Yes, *is* true—Caribbean Heritage Month has only one-and-a-small-piece weeks of winešŸ’ƒšŸ½ remaining, so get out there and enjoy the truly šŸ”„ ongoing festivities if you’re a fellow Caribe/lover of the same. *All we* family under one palm treešŸŒ“  —no matter what your flag(s) of heritage! Here’s my 6/2 šŸŽ„Instagram post about this truly historicšŸŽ‰moon: šŸ„³Yes, man!! June, by official government proclamation, is šŸ„Caribbean Heritage Month here in the šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øStates (šŸ“øIG: @orlandospringbreakfast Follow them on IG!)! It’s time to commemorate & celebrate the dazzling contributions that people of our vast Caribbean diaspora have made, to this wondrous, welcoming nation. During the past few years, we’ve accelerated, at warp drive, our representation at all levels of society—particularly in prominent government & corporate positions. And, there’s never a shortage of u

šŸŽ™Catching Up with Wellness Influencer Livi Love

by Fey   https://linktr.ee/feyugokwe.esq But it is life, here, that often moves against our currents—breaking too bad against our vessels to turn, tip, take them down, waterlogging our navigation, making us change course. We come to this planet prepped n’ ready to sail all the big tides and reach, walk hard on, all the shifting shores—but we each, we all, hit *walls*. So the question always is, what do you do when it does that? The answer is to right that ship, luv, and snatch *all* your power back.  I caught up with the ever-amazeballs #survivor, giver, live-r that it is holistic wellness influencer, IG’s @livi.love.xo , to chat all things #up—like...the vegan crush that’s turned her kitchen into a mini-corporate food lab, the tea on the luxe salt & sound therapy trends, the mysterious & miraculous in Sedona, and the real on lessons learned in pandemic-tide. A giggle fest, Yoda session, and straight up Godsend. Enjoy & do kindly share the listen.šŸ§ššŸ½‍♀️ šŸŽ™Listen (“The Wome

šŸŽ™WOPH Podcast News šŸŽ™ LaShonda Cooks: An Urban Artist, Her HairStory & An Iconic Museum of Art

by Fey  Twitter: @pinkpurseintl So many things happen in a blink—so quick that our minds seem not to process them, like the first tiny drops misting our Afro puffs or pig/ponytails, as we toddled after school with our mothers in the rain. Not so was 2020, which dragged its feet sullenly on, from the time we found out about coronavirus-19, until and through some argue, each gloomily present pandemic day. But there were folks, in what became an epidemic storm, who lifted our spirits in quarantine with their fun and funky content creation. And they are, as my late Mum would so warmly and jubilantly say (lilting  šŸ‡¬šŸ‡¾ Guyanese accent here), “to be commend-ed!” One such is LaShonda Cooks ( www.shondasart.com , IG:  @shondasart ), whom I interviewed for the WOPH pod, after she and an extensive network of fellow artists took the global social media #DontRushChallenge (šŸŽ„Watch:  https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-uLipsg00t/?utm_medium=copy_link  )  to the canvas-side of the sandbox. (#ICYMI,  šŸŽ§ L

US Health Advisor & Senior Agent, USHealth Group, Lisa Landry

by Fey  Twitter: @ pinkpurseintl Coronavirus cases almost everywhere are alarmingly on the rise, and if you’re US-stateside, you’ve also just tuned into another rollercoaster episode of Open Enrollment—that once-a-year, mind-blowing altar-call to enroll in, re-enroll in, or change your healthcare coverage in the insurance marketplace.  WOPH has your info gap covered—especially for those of you critically-needed traveling frontline healthcare workers, hard-toiling small business owners, and working families—with US Health Advisor and Senior Agent for insurance giant, USHealth Advisors (USHealth Group), Lisa Ann Landry. Lisa explains how to receive and *maintain* healthcare coverage for yourself and anyone in your bubble, during these precarious pandemic times.  The WOPH (Women of Power Hours) podcast keeps company with the Women Influencers in our world. Host: Fey Ugokwe, Esq.; Guest: Lisa Ann Landry.  šŸŽ§Listen:  https://anchor.fm/woph/episodes/US-Health-Advisor--Senior-Agent--United-He

šŸŽ™Influencer Entrepreneur and Publisher, Rosalidia Dubon

by Fey  ( https://amzn.to/319POd5 ) She was born here, taken from here as a child, and then returned here—as if her life had no agency. And then she was forced to funnel the energies of onset culture- and gender-bullying, and her mixed feelings of loss, into becoming an educational champion for herself, and later, a bulwark for new San Francisco-area women in business. Rosalidia Dubon, a Los Angeles-to-Honduras-and-back again citizen of the world, has become a symbol of what womanhood, women’s mentorship and entrepreneurship—and single motherhood—can be.  The Women of Power Hours continues The Conversation about the epic sociocultural experiences of Women in the world.  šŸŽ§Listen:  https://lnkd.in/gtkFh8f Host: Fey Ugokwe, Esq.; Guest: Rosalidia Dubon.

Award-Winning Actor and Producer, Edna Lee Figueroa

by Fey ( https://amzn.to/319POd5 ) And then there are actors who are activist, living their truth onstage, onscreen, and in the rallying streets. Edna Lee Figueroa, a SAG-AFTRA transplant from Puerto Rico, began living the dream at home and then in the grit of the NY theatre and indie movie scene. And then her anxiety hit harder, and she uncovered a secret she’d hidden away, even from herself, and found herself in the thick of things back in Puerto Rico, advocating for change.  WOPH catches up with this tremendously courageous and accomplished returning guest, and reveals how truly communally pivotal her past few years have been. The Women of Power Hours continues The Conversation about the epic sociocultural experiences of Women in the world.  Listen: ‪ https://lnkd.in/gz77NwB Host: Fey Ugokwe, Esq.; Guest: Edna Lee Figueroa.

#TheQuarantineChronicles: Trending Urban Contemporary Artist, Akaimi Davis

by Fey  ( https://amzn.to/319POd5 ) Every artist has a secret. During our recent 2020 #Covid19Quarantine, Akaimi Davis, https://akaimidavis.com   and her fellow contemporary artists in various cities around the nation—and the globe—posted a catching #dontrush challenge video, from the belly of self-isolation in their homes. The upbeat vid highlighted the talents of independent artists and encouraged the support of their works during the tandem, globally tough economic season. But not everyone’s lives on that video read the same.  WOPH learns what self-isolation in a pandemic, under the threat of serious pre-existing conditions, was like for that vid’s San Antonio-based artist.  Listen: https://anchor.fm/woph/episodes/Trending-Urban-Artist--Akaimi-Davis-eelvd5 The Women of Power Hours continues The Conversation about the epic cultural and sociocultural experiences of Women in the world. Host: Fey Ugokwe, Esq.; Guest: Akaimi Davis.

#TheQuarantineChronicles: Trending Urban Contemporary Artist, LaShonda Cooks

by Fey (Twitter: @pinkpurseintl ) In the very recent time of our year 2020 #Covid19Quarantine, LaShonda Cooks, www.shondasart.com and her fellow contemporary artists in various cities around the nation—and the globe—posted an epic #dontrush challenge video, from the depths of self-isolation in their homes. The upbeat vid highlighted the talents of independent artists and encouraged the support of their works during the tandem, globally tough economic season. WOPH learned (šŸ“ø Post: https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-uLipsg00t/?utm_medium=copy_link ) what weeks shut away in quarantine with her kin and canvasses did to one of the video’s Dallas-based artists.  šŸŽ§Listen Here: https://anchor.fm/woph/episodes/Trending-Urban-Artist--LaShonda-Cooks-eeiefb The Women of Power Hours continues The Conversation about the epic sociocultural experiences of Women in the world.  Host: Fey Ugokwe, Esq. Guest: LaShonda Cooks

TB: Celebrity Fitness Guru/Olympian/Producer/Actor Andia Winslow

Download on iTunes Podcasts: "The Women of Power Hours"!  And, listen to the newest episode! Olympian, Celebrity Fitness Guru, Professional Golfer, and In-DemandVoiceover Actor, Andia Winslow: http://tobtr.com/11021163 The new "The Women of Power Hours" (WOPH) broadcast continues The Conversation of the rich, variegated experiences of Women worldwide, via interviews with Celebrity & Influential Women. BY PINK PURSE INTERNATIONAL: Twitter:  @pinkpurseintl Facebook:  @pinkpurseinternational Instagram:  @feyugokweesq ________________________________________________                 WWW.PORTAGROOM.CO     WWW.KICKPROOFDOOR.NET YOU'RE AN ** ACTIVELY PRACTICING **    LIFE COACH RELATIONSHIP COACH HEALTH/WELLNESS COACH   AND  YOU'RE  SICK ☝ OF  GIVING. AWAY. YOUR. SERVICES. YOU  WANT šŸ’°šŸ’° HIGH-END CLIENTS šŸ’°šŸ’° NOW . CONTACT AN  INDUSTRY LEADER   IN  CLIENT ATTRACTION  

TB: Prolific Celebrity Author (the Late) Monique Raphel High

For #WomensHistoryMonth Fey features 2 of her previous podcast guests—who have died. Listen to this epic #TBM episode of “The PPI Women of Power Hours”(iTunes): Her interview with the late, prolific #Celebrity #Author, her dear friend, Monique Raphel High:  goo.gl/zSgUGs French, Jewish, & a child refugee who fled the Nazis with her parents, Monique—a film exec's daughter  https://en.m.wikipedia.org —picked up the pen & became a force in print; screen. She spoke of her sweeping historic novels, life & passions. But, little did they know their lives would mirror each other in loss: Monique’s husband would be felled by cancer; & Fey, seeing Monique’s saga online, would live it herself in caring for her Mum—who would die within months of Monique’s husband, also from cancer. Fey visited Monique, just after her dealing with her mother's passing, not realizing it would be the last time she would see Monique alive. Both the celeb-chef L.

TB: Popular TV Host/Entertainer/Influencer, Kanika Lal: The Women of Power Hours

Download on iTunes Podcasts: "The Women of Power Hours"!  And, listen to the newest episode! Popular TV Host/Entertainer/Influencer, Kanika Lal, with reporting featured on The Hollywood Reporter, including The 71st Golden Globe Awards; The Daily Mail; Zee TV USA;  ORA TV (Larry King's digital network), AfterBuzz TV (Maria Menounos' digital network), and more; and currently host and producer of Tastemade's Snapchat and Instagram Discovery channels on food/travel/lifestyle:   http://tobtr.com/11010277 The new "The Women of Power Hours" (WOPH) broadcast continues The Conversation of the rich, variegated experiences of Women worldwide, via interviews with Celebrity & Influential Women. BY PINK PURSE INTERNATIONAL: Twitter:  @pinkpurseintl Facebook:  @pinkpurseinternational Instagram:  @feyugokweesq ______ _________________________________________                   WWW.PORTAGROOM.CO     WW