According to Wikipedia, Hua Mulan is a legendary/fictional female Chinese warrior who dresses as a man, to take her aged and disabled father’s place in the Imperial Army. The story was initially described in the Ballad of Mulan and more recently made into an animation and movie by Disney. At the beginning of the Disney…
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Tamar
Tamar was the beautiful virgin daughter of King David. One day her dreams of marriage and family life were shattered when without forewarning, she was raped by her brother who should have protected her from rape and in her own home where she should have been safe from rape. Let’s take a quick look at…
Leadership Lessons from A Mother in Israel
We do not know the name of this great woman because the Bible does not tell us her name. But her story comes up in the second book of Samuel. I have chosen to refer to her as a mother in Israel because this is how she addressed herself in a conversation with Joab. Now,…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Dianah Kamande
Dianah Kamande is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine. She is a domestic violence survivor, a widow, a widow leader and a motivational speaker. More than a decade ago, she married the love of her life, and their marriage was blessed with two beautiful daughters. She thought they were happy,…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Tanieka Randall
Tanieka Randall is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine. She is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, international inspirational speaker, and cancer survivor. She is the creator of the revolutionary natural hair care line, Tees Hair Secret. In 2011, she was diagnosed with cancer and exposure to chemotherapy left her completely bald…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Amanda Bedzrah
Amanda Bedzrah is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine. She is CEO of Empower A Woman, an organisation that was set up for vulnerable women, women who have been through domestic violence, and or sexual abuse. She shares with us her journey, from the death of her only brother to…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Grace Aideloje
Grace Aideloje is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine. She is a writer and creator of the blog, Pen Parables International. She is also, the wife of a pastor and has recently welcomed twin girls after being childless for fifteen years. In this interview, she shares with us the many…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – The Dunns
Crystal and Pierre Dunn are our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine. The couple met as teenagers, and in September 2000, at 21 and 20 years old, they were married. Their family was made complete with the arrival of their daughters, and though they had several challenges being married young and…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Rachel Osinaike
Rachel Osinaike is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine, and she is an amazing woman. She is the founder of Women Empowering Projects (WEP) and is passionate about encouraging, motivating, and empowering women to enjoy life and live a life of significance regardless of their past or present troubles. Rachel…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Anika Stewart
Anika Stewart is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine. When two gunmen entered her house in the middle of the night and bound her up, Anika came face to face with death. At that moment, she chose life. That singular choice would give her the strength to leave behind years…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Sarah Wonders
Sarah Wonders is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine. She is a UK based gospel singer/songwriter and praise and worship leader. She recently released “Champions Anthem” a song that encourages Christians and reminds them that they can do anything because they’re filled with the Holy Ghost. Sarah seeks to awaken…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Dr. Leslie Hodge
Dr. Leslie Hodge is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine. She is a pharmacist and founder of Scripts and Beyond LLC. She successfully earned her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree in 2004 and holds the American Pharmacists Association Certifications in Delivering Medication Therapy Management and Pharmacist-Based Immunization Delivery. She established her…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Gee Patchett
Gee Patchett is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine. As a young girl, Gee believed that the only way out of her home situation was to get married. She married at 16 and soon discovered that marriage was not the fairy tale she had read in books. For more than…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Sarah Fehr
Sarah Fehr is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine. Sarah is a teacher, a writer, an author, and a wife and mother. She is the author of the book, Heart Scar, which she wrote following her son’s battle for his life. About eight years ago, her son was born with…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Mrs. Florence Agbugui
Mrs. Florence Agbugui is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine. Incidentally, she is also my maternal aunt. Several years ago, her daughter Amanosi, who was born with sickle cell disease, underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat the condition. The bone marrow donor was none other than Amanosi’s younger brother…
DOZ Show Preferred Guest – Shontelle Dubois
Shontelle Dubois is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ Magazine, and indeed our very first DOZ Show Preferred Guest. She is nothing if she is not a fighter! From a childhood characterised by abuse, to a ghastly motor accident, depression, failed relationships, job loss, eviction, and ridicule, Shontelle Dubois has seen…
DOZ That Inspire You – Audreia Josephs
Audreia Josephs is an Author, Life Coach, Intervention Strategist and Motivational Speaker who teaches the Art of Forgiveness as a way to live and as a journey of release and reconnection. With training in counselling and social work, her career has taken her across the United Kingdom where, as a workshop facilitator and coach, she…
DOZ That Inspire You – Dr Ava Eagle Brown
Dr Ava Eagle Brown grew up in poor rural Jamaica and was determined not to become what she saw around her. She wanted more and realised that education was her access to more. But the odds were against her, she failed English and Maths, she had dyslexia, she had no money, and she missed classes…
DOZ That Inspire You – Epiphanie Yohou
Epiphanie Yohou is a Marketing and Planning Strategist and the Founder/CEO of Ayoka Candles Co. As a business leader, mentor, speaker, and entrepreneur, she partners with small businesses to create a vision for their start-ups and professional brands. For nearly a decade, her career has been focused on the pharmaceutical industry, spanning marketing, global planning,…
DOZ That Inspire You – Angela Cudger
Angela Cudger is an award-winning international speaker and coach, a top wellness expert, and founder of Legacy Holistic Health Institute, the only accredited black-owned institute for health coaches in the United States of America. She has been styled the Queen of Wellness, and rightly so. Angela is a walking wealth of information and teaches women…
DOZ That Inspire You – Ashley Little
Ashley Little is a strong leader who is passionate about transforming lives through education. She has worked in the for-profit education field for over 13 years and occupied many different leadership positions, and loves being able to help students who might not have the opportunity to attend a four-year college. She is CEO/Founder of Ashley…
DOZ That Inspire You – DiAnne Malone
DiAnne Malone is a writer and the founder of Who’s That Lady Blog. She is also a published author, college professor, and administrator. DiAnne first fell in love with words at the age of three and became an avid reader from that point on. Writing for her came later, and she published her first poem…
DOZ That Inspire You – Dr. Delene Musielak
Dr. Delene Musielak was born and raised in Guyana, South America, before migrating with her family to the United States at the age of six. As a child, she desired to be a doctor, and she pursued and attained that dream. After obtaining her medical degree, she not only went on to train in one…
DOZ That Inspire You – Bonita Parker
Within days of discovering a lump in her breast, Bonita Parker moved from a stage two cancer diagnosis to a stage four cancer diagnosis. She had a triple-negative, the rarest and deadliest type of breast cancer. The diagnosis would wake her to the reality that none of us have time to waste in the pursuit…
DOZ That Inspire You – Dr. Yolanda Jerry
Dr. Yolanda Jerry is a retired air force veteran, speaker, author, coach, and entrepreneur. She coaches inspires and empowers victims/survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and youth bullying. Yolanda shares her story as a sexual assault and domestic violence survivor and what it takes to no longer be a victim but a victor! She is…
DOZ That Inspire You – Meg Nocero
Meg Nocero is an attorney, writer, speaker, and empowerment coach. Following in the footsteps of her grandfather, Congressman Alfred Santangelo, who was an American lawyer and politician, Meg served the United States as a Federal Attorney with the Department of Homeland Security for almost twenty years. In this role, she mentored hundreds of student interns…
DOZ That Inspire You – Helen Cummings Henry
As a young child, Helen Cummings Henry was left in her native country of Trinidad to care for her dying father while her mother lived and worked in the USA to provide a better life for the family. It was not easy for her as a child to watch her father die, but his illness…
DOZ That Inspire You – King Ashley Ann
King Ashley Ann is a phenomenal young woman. She is a talented and award-winning wedding and event designer and owner of Ashley Ann’s Events and several other businesses. She inspires creative detail, and modern, elegant atmospheres and has made a name for herself by offering beautiful, unique, professional designs and productions. She is currently one…
DOZ That Inspire You – Dr. Marsie Ross
Dr. Marsie Ross is the CEO of EdLyn Enterprises, LLC. She has a doctorate in Pharmacy and is passionate about inspiring women to embrace self-care without guilt or apology! As a pharmacist, international speaker, author, and integrative nutrition health coach, Marsie loves to arm women with real-life strategies to help them renew, revive and redefine…