Why Struggle? Podcast W Barbara J. Faison

WEEK 18 - My Meditation Journey - Part 1 All the links are at ⁠https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison⁠⁠ Guess what y'all? It’s National Meditation Month… I get a little geeky about this because meditation has been such an important part of my life since the 90’s. I started meditating because I was struggling and tired of the struggle. Back then there was no YouTube or podcasts or any of the really cool technology that we have now. I bought Shakti Gawain’s CASSETTE TAPE called Creative Visualization which was a 30 minute program. I thought I was going to EXPLODE. Trying to sit and visualize for me was very stressful. You see, when someone walks me through a beautiful visualization practice, I don’t see a thing, just the black behind my eyelids. Lol Meditation is such a personal practice. Some people see images, others are really impacted by sounds and other people, like me, are more connected to feelings and sensations when they practice. Keep reading on https://www.barbarafaison.com/blog/ to find out more.  ⁠

All the links are at ⁠https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison⁠⁠ Week 17 - The Power of Books I have had a love affair with words since I was a child. I suspect being the daughter of a teacher and a librarian, I got it in the womb. Communicating has been my go to my whole life: writing, speaking, the performing arts. I found out that world book day was yesterday, so happy belated world book day. I don’t think it is ever too late to share how powerful books can be in our lives. My father and mother both loved to read. I grew up reading, mostly fiction, and my father read a lot of nonfiction. I began writing poetry in high school in my English class because we had to. Thank you Mrs. DeLoach! I was introduced to Nikki Giovanni by my dad and I fell in love with poetry. I found my voice and I wrote poetry through high school and college. After college I started writing short stories and submitted to publications for a few years and I decided I wanted to write a novel about a young black woman in her twenties who was in

All the links are at https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison⁠ Week 16 - Nope. Dancing Goats. Power. What do these three things have to do with each other? Come with me to find out. Working is what We people do, right? Werk. Werk. Werk. Werk. Werk. In my best Rihanna voice. I’ve had some type of business since 1999 when I self-published my book, Why Struggle? life is too short to wear tight shoes. In 2017, I left my last “full-time” corporate job after a total of 33 years working and I continued on my journey of entrepreneurship with new products and services. .... Keep reading on my blog to find out more.  My Affirm Your Life audio course includes affirmations to help you feel grounded, confident and energized, you can listen to the first lesson on my website. ⁠ All the links - https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison ⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbara-faison/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbara-faison/support

Thank you for joining me on a mindful walk. Download my affirmations to Affirm Your Life pdf with over 100 affirmations.   Barbara LIVE Session will be on Wednesdays - 4.12 & 4.19 -- 8 - 9 pm EASTERN. ALL THE LINKS - https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison   My mission my voice to heal, educate and inspire as a professional voice actor and meditation guide Check out my Patreon Page - https://bit.ly/3hhiJJe Check out my YouTube channel for more break breaks, inspiration and longer meditations - https://www.youtube.com/c/BarbaraFaison Social Media -FOLLOW ME! https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison Want to supporting my work? ☕️ BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BarbaraJFaison Love offerings accepted and appreciated Cash App - $barbarafaison Paypal, Zelle - barbarafaisonllc@gmail.com barbarafaisonllc@gmail.com to share your thoughts or to say hello. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbara-faison/message Support this podcast:

Enjoy this bedtime tale to help you get to sleep... let me know if your thoughts. All THE LINKS - ⁠ https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison⁠ Check out my Patreon Page - ⁠ https://bit.ly/3hhiJJe⁠   Check out my YouTube channel for more break breaks, inspiration and longer meditations - ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/c/BarbaraFaison⁠ Social Media -FOLLOW ME! ⁠ https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbara-faison/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barbara-faison/support

All the links are ⁠here Week 15 - A Delightful Day! As a young child I was confused about a lot of things regarding religion. it made no sense to me that there was only one way to get to what we called God. This weekend and about every 30 years there is a rare crossover of Easter, Passover and Ramadan. Guess What! Warning...THIS post is NOT GOING to BE about any of that. I am going to share how following my guidance to reach out to my friend Kym was the beginning of a delightful day. It started with this 8:50 a.m. text. Me: Are you going to Hillside today? We are trying to get there. Kym: No…gonna watch it on tv. Maybe I’ll come… either way you should stop by after. Kym lives right down the street from the church, Hillside International Truth Center, where we met over 15 years ago. You may have heard me talk about Kym before if you've been around me for awhile. Kym Kennedy is a radical forgiveness coach and spiritual teacher and awesome person. My hubby, TD, and I made it to church and really enjoyed the

UPCOMING LIVE SESSIONS Register - ⁠bit.ly/3PGeBhW⁠ BEING Present - Wherever You Are LIVE Breathing Sessions - ⁠REGISTER ⁠ LIVE Breathe with Barbara Meditation Sessions are held on the 2nd & 3rd Wednesday from 8 - 9 pm EASTERN. LIVE INSTRUCTOR LED sessions on UPCOMING SESSIONS FROM 8-9 pm EASTERN April SESSIONS ARE - 4.12 & 4.19 (Wednesdays)May SESSIONS ARE - 5.10 & 5.17 (Wednesdays)June SESSIONS ARE - 6.14 & 6.21 (Wednesdays) In these practice sessions you will practice BEING WITH YOUR BREATH & YOUR BODY. No experience is needed and the sessions are individual and DO NOT build on each other. You can join whenever your schedule allows. It really is practice. The more we get used to being with our breath, our thoughts and our body, the more we can start to calm our nervous system and train ourselves to be more present to what is happening...RIGHT NOW. These online sessions via ZOOM are designed to help you create times during your day to BE PRESENT - Wherever You Are. You will receive sp

All links - linktr.ee/barbarafaison Week 14 -  What New Things Are You Doing? How are you doing? I must say, I was energized and exhausted after last week's VO Atlanta conference where I was in person with over 800 people. That's of a lot of peopling... Yes, I do believe that is a well know made up word. My version of it is... being around people and having to be engaged. In my earlier decades, I loved being out and about so much that I would have changes of clothes in my car and I would be ready for an impromptu salsa dancing outing or meeting up with friends. You might be thinking... Barbara, you are an extrovert. Yes, that can be true and I also have become more of a selectively social extrovert. I found this happening before the pandemic. I enjoy people AND I also enjoy being alone or at home. I call this selective extrovertness, yes, another made up word. we can do that now, it's 2023!  I knew I would need to do something to get myself back into balance after 4 days of some serious peopling.

All Links - Linktr.ee/barbarafaisonLinktr.ee/barbarafaison I am a self-professed, lifelong learner and lifelong sharer.  Last Thursday I went to the 10th Annual VO Atlanta Conference to learn more about my craft.  It was exciting... it was engaging... it was LOUD.  It was my third time going since 2019 and I continue to learn more each time I go. There were over with over 900 attendees and experts and I took many conscious breaths between Thursday and Sunday.  I did take a breath break while I was there.  One of my favorite genres of voiceover is eLearning. If you have ever taken an online course, you have experienced eLearning. You may have taken a class for your job or for starting a new job, that's eLearning.  A few of the voices I've played in eLearning include being a judge, doctor, coaching an employee and sales training.   My friend, fellow content creator and voice talent, Terri Nicole asked me to support her at her vendor table where she was sharing her VO Accelerator eLearning course.  I me

ALL THE LINKS https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison ALL Decades & GENERATIONS Family. The word can bring smiles and feelings of all nature.  At this stage of life  I have one brother, Tony, who has two children, April and Byron, and a grandchild - my great-nephew, Aiden who is 4. We have cousins across the world, including Florida, Pennsylvania and California. I feel very fortunate to have grown up knowing my grandparents on my father's side and even my great grandmother on my mother's side of the family.  Connecting with generations from infants to as high as I can go brings me such joy.  I also really love celebrating the family we call friends. This weekend I had the pleasure of not only celebrating a friend and sister in silence, Susan Kelley- Delaine, I got to meet her parents! What a blessing to have your family and your parents to celebrate with you.  I truly miss mine. Mr. & Mrs. Delaine were gracious hosts and we listened to soul music in the basement surrounded by memories of Susan growi

I hope you enjoyed this grounding practice with affirmations. ... designed to remind you to STOP AND BE PRESENT. Our Breathe with Barbara LIVE Session will be on Wednesday this week - 8 - 9 pm. ALL THE LINKS - https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison My mission is to use my voice to heal, educate and inspire as a professional voice actor and meditation guide. Check out my Patreon Page - https://bit.ly/3hhiJJe Check out my YouTube channel for more break breaks, inspiration and longer meditations - https://www.youtube.com/c/BarbaraFaison Social Media - find me and follow me! https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison

ALL THE LINKS - LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON My father‘s mother, Grandma Honey, taught me to crochet when I was a young girl. I don’t remember the exact age, I imagine I was probably 9 or 10. I would crochet when I visited her in Plant City, Florida and when I returned home.…Did you know that Plant City is the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World? It was a hobby I enjoyed. And I know now that crochet has laid a foundation for calm in my life. No experience in life is wasted! As I got older like other hobbies, I put it to the side. In the 90’s while living in Tampa, FL and working with IBM, I decided I would make baby blankets for gifts for my co-workers. In one year, I made 9 spiderweb baby blankets, it was and is still my signature baby blanket. Once again, I took a hiatus from crochet for many years. I love the library. One day while in the library on Covington Highway in Decatur, GA, I saw a flyer for a crochet group. Creative Expressions Crochet Group met every second Saturday and at their next meeting they

All the links are here - linktr.ee/barbarafaison Greetings! How are you feeling in this moment? I’m feeling energized right now. This podcast/newsletter is reminder of how time truly flies and to make sure you stay connected and see people in person when you can… even if it’s at a basketball game when you have no idea you will see someone you know. This weekend my husband, TD, and I went to support our oldest son, Tyriel, who is an assistant coach for the girls varsity team at Griffin High School, for the state basketball playoffs in Ft. Valley, GA. Backstory alert, for those of you who may not know this, I am one of those unicorns that got married at 52… so yes, it can be done for those who want the marriage experience.

ALL THE LINKS - https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison Our Breathe with Barbara LIVE Session will be on Tuesday this week - 8 - 9 pm. ALL THE LINKS - https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison I hope you enjoyed this walking meditation using the SSHTTS practice... designed to help you STOP and BE PRESENT. My mission is to use my voice to heal, educate and inspire as a professional voice actor and meditation guide. NOTE: I've recently set up my account on Patreon, so you can check it out and see if it resonates with you. It is monthly and would be an automated deduction from your account. If you are attending the LIVE sessions monthly, it would definitely be beneficial for you to sign up as a  Dedicated Partner in Practice which would include all of the LIVE Zoom sessions with other perks and behind the scenes videos and meditations. Check out my Patreon Page. Check out my YouTube channel for more break breaks, inspiration and longer meditations - https://www.youtube.com/c/BarbaraFaison Social Media - find me and follow me! htt

All the links - https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison How are you doing today? Yes, kindness is still the running theme.  I am the CEO of my business, Barbara Faison, LLC,  Chief Everything Officer... it's only me. I realized recently... I can be a little slow at times when I get in this "creative" headspace... that I had been doing a lot and not following through with sharing all of the "things." Last week I released my second course on the Insight Timer APP and I’m so excited to have completed that project. It's called Affirm Your Life: Affirmations for Feeling Grounded, Confident and Energized, it's about using affirmations daily to enhance your life. You can check it out here to listen to the intro and first session. I absolutely love having affirmations as my Go to Phrases to keep me focused and remind me of who I am. Last year I published an hour long audio course on the Insight Timer APP called Five Mindful Ways to Struggle Less and Enjoy Life More where you learn simple practices usin

I hope you enjoyed this Rain stick meditation designed to help you STOP and BE PRESENT. My mission is to use my voice to heal, educate and inspire as a professional voice actor and meditation guide. NOTE: I've recently set up my account on Patreon, so you can check it out and see if it resonates with you. It is monthly and would be an automated deduction from your account. If you are attending the LIVE sessions monthly, it would definitely be beneficial for you to sign up as a  Dedicated Partner in Practice which would include all of the LIVE Zoom sessions with other perks and behind the scenes videos and meditations. Check out my Patreon Page. - https://bit.ly/3hhiJJe Check out my YouTube channel for more break breaks, inspiration and longer meditations - https://www.youtube.com/c/BarbaraFaison Social Media - find me and follow me! https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison

https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison Greetings! How are you feeling? I'm letting Trigger Protection Mantra by Jhene AIko play in the background to remind me to CALM MYSELF down. lol On Friday I received an email for a voiceover session for Monday and I thought I responded that 1 pm worked for me. After I finished my prayer/God time where I asked if I needed to reach out to my contact, Brian, to get the script, I checked my email and he had reached out to me about if I was available at 1 pm.  Times like these it is easy to let the mind go on a spiral about... "I thought I responded"... "didn't I respond"... on and on. I took a deep breath and I emailed my apologies and confirmed my availability. Fast forward an hour later, the session was rescheduled to Wednesday afternoon. A reminder... all timing is divine. The stress we/I put on ourselves is so unnecessary. I love her song to remind me... to CALM DOWN. The bowls and sounds help me breathe through whatever I have perceived to have stressed me. Jhene al

I hope you enjoyed this walking meditation using the SSHTTS practice... designed to help you STOP and BE PRESENT. My mission is to use my voice to heal, educate and inspire as a professional voice actor and meditation guide. NOTE: I've recently set up my account on Patreon, so you can check it out and see if it resonates with you. It is monthly and would be an automated deduction from your account. If you are attending the LIVE sessions monthly, it would definitely be beneficial for you to sign up as a  Dedicated Partner in Practice which would include all of the LIVE Zoom sessions with other perks and behind the scenes videos and meditations. Check out my Patreon Page. Check out my YouTube channel for more break breaks, inspiration and longer meditations - https://www.youtube.com/c/BarbaraFaison Social Media - find me and follow me! https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison

https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison Greetings! I mentioned last week that I have been working on my Affirm Your Life audio program on the power of using affirming words in your life. I can be REALLY focused and get pretty intense when I'm creating something. For weeks I've been writing and researching and I was getting frustrated with my progress.  The process is researching, outlining, writing the program/script, reading the script out loud, recording the script, editing the script, testing content and then I submit the program for review or publish it myself. I can get a little antsy while doing this process and last week I was ready to be done. Guess what? After writing about journaling for 37 days last Monday, I forgot to journal the next day. I realized this on Wednesday as I sat down to journal that day. I had to  remind myself to use my tools and practices. I had been so stuck in my head trying to force ideas about the course that I forgot to journal the day before. Changing my environm

My mother and father were both very kind, loving and wise people. Yes, I recognize what a gift I had with both of them and as I got older, and I was sure to let them know how much I appreciated them. My mother, Annie Lorene Jackson, was an elementary school teacher from a Pelham, GA, population of about 3500 now, I imagine it was smaller when she lived there. She was the first person in her family to attend college. She graduated Albany State College/University in1957 and married my father, Moses Cornelius Faison who was working as a librarian in Albany. I have had a love affair with words since the womb I suspect. lol. As you can see, education was a cornerstone in my life and continues to be foundational to who I am as a person. My mother became will in 2011 and she lived with me from 2012 - 2015. I got married in 2014, for the first and only time. :) While my mother lived with me/us for those three years she would encourage me to pat myself on the back...A LOT. Even as a young child I tend