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Stella shares the truth behind illness, disease and good health, through addressing the root cause of health imbalances, using plant based alternative treatment. She offers a personalised care plan, that includes a health assessment, allergy and intolerance testing and ways to make step by step changes towards optimal health.Connect with Stella @
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Judy Lynch-Tomlin Judy is an educator and entrepreneur with over 20 years in schools across the country. Passionate about the convergence of education and enterprise she has set a social enterprise that uses business as a tool to engage young people to learn valuable life skills. Connect with Judy @
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Dr Floyd Millen Floyd is a Political Scientist with a PhD in Political Science & Criminology from Loughborough University and a Masters Degree in Modern British Politics from the University of Hull. He studied under Professor the Lord Norton of Louth and the former Labour Home Secretary The Rt Hon Charles Clarke. Connect @ floydmillen.com
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Sharon is an entrepreneur who strongly believes that every person has an obligation, a duty, and a responsibility to ensure they leave an inheritance for generations to come. Through her financial services agency Sharon has facilitated, coached, mentored, and supported many to build financial resilience. Connect with Sharon @
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Experience. Exposure. Expression.
Our Contents 10 Pages to read or listen Ficion, non-fiction, personal or strictly business, here are another 10 to provide you with exposure & expand your thinking.
10 Podcasts to listen
Choose your flavour and then get lost in a whole range of engaging topics & discussions.
Expression Mindset
5 Ways to Build Your Confident Voice Alex Gordon provides you with a blueprint to get comfortable while putting your message out there.
Experience
Mindset
On The Scene
We highlight some of our best who were honoured in the Queen’s New Year Honours List.
Reset [Ctrl+ Alt + Delete] Applying a computer hack that he learned back in the day Colin Tomlin shares how you can apply to your life and business this year.
Dr Yvonne Thompson CBE
Wellness
We celebrate the incredible contribution that Dr Yvonne has made to the UK. Once you read her story you will concur that she is truly the UK’s Black First Lady.
Exposure
10 People to follow
We introduce you to another 10 people to follow. 10 people who are making great strides and doing us proud.
The Incredible Impact of Nurturing Dr Philippe Douyan MD shares the impact on nurturing & how what you give the focus of your attention to impacts your brain and life.
Health
Eat Yourself Healthy Stella Kennard gives you a run down of what you should have in your kitchen cupboards and fridge this year and what it will do for you.
Faith
These 3 Words There are 3 words that you must focus on this Here are another 10 Products that you will want year if you want it to be your gamechanger year. to buy & to try. We share what they are, who’s Colin Tomlin opens the lid on these words behind it, how much & where you can get it. and how they will make you get stuff done.
10 Products to buy & try
Business
New Business Beginnings Judy Tomlin draws from her experience in enterprise and education and shares tips on getting a gold star in your business.
Finance
Fix Your Money Sharon Wint-Gordon outlines a great strategy that you can put into action immediately if you want to reset, refocus & realign your finances.
Politics
Boris, the Benny Hill or the Churchill of British Politics Dr Floyd Millen expertly guides us through a story of intrigue where Boris Johnson bounces from one crisis to another seemingly unscathed and unbothered.
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BESPOKE DESIGNER SHOEMAKER
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SHOEMAKING By Marcia Brown Footwear Shoemaking became a passion through the vehicle of cake making and because I had bunions. It was Impossible to find shoes to fit. In life destiny may not become apparent until we start fitting together pieces of the jigsaw puzzle. Back in 2009 I became a Cake Baker after taking redundancy from the corporate world. The skillset gravitated towards design and sculpting, and as a result progressed towards Speciality Handbag and Shoes Cakes. This skill has ultimatley diversified overtime into Designing and Making Leather Shoes. The transition to Leather shoes was phenomenal, It happened so quickly and very important there was no confusion during positioning and progressing. Sometimes we do not understand why events, actions, career paths, and ultimately why people come in and out of our lives. Yes it is to help achieve the end goal, whatever it may be, never turn down opportunities as it could be overtime a missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle. Keep building skills, This will assist your brand to stand out and ultimately give you a strong USP
The transition to Leather Shoes started in Aug 2018 when I attended my first classroom based course. This course was very much a taster which assisted my creative juices and the need for more learning and knowledge on a much detailed level. I then signed up to Shoemaking Online Courses by Sveta kletina which cemented and provided Best Learning Shoe Making Handmade Skills from home. Visiting the big leather shows in Milan, Spain and the Uk, meeting suppliers and building relationships was great inspiration and encouragement . The Design and making of footwear started with flat shoes, mid heel sandals and 4 inch high heel shoes. During lock down 2020 I then gravitated towards sneakers/smart trainer shoes. The USP of the Brand Marcia Brown Footwear is Currently Bespoke Handmade Fashionista shoes for All This includes shoes for challening feet, especially extra wide feet, and for people who simply desire the handmade service. Shoes are available in different colourway, Styles for Women and Men from Basic - Luxury.
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Slay By day, seventeen-year-old Kiera Johnson is a college student, and one of the only black kids at Jefferson Academy. By night, she joins hundreds of thousands of black gamers who duel worldwide in the secret online role-playing card game, SLAY.
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No one knows Kiera is the game developer not even her boyfriend, Malcolm. But when a teen in Kansas City is murdered over a dispute in the SLAY world, the media labels it an exclusionist, racist hub for thugs. With threats coming from both inside and outside the game, Kiera must fight to save the safe space she's created. But can she protect SLAY without losing herself?
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The Other Black Girl Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and the micro-aggressions, she’s thrilled when Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They’ve only just started comparing natural hair care regimens, though, when a string of uncomfortable events cause Nella to become Public Enemy Number One and Hazel, the Office Darling. Then the notes begin to appear on Nella’s desk: Leave Wagner. Now.
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It’s hard to believe Hazel is behind these hostile messages. But as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces at play, she soon realises that there is a lot more at stake than her career. Share your Thoughts @PitchBlackMagUK
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