Remember One Thing: Clean Up Your Mess
If you’re like me, you have a few loose ends that need to be cleaned up. You have a few phone calls that need to be returned and a few emails that need a response. Hey, if you’re my long lost twin, you have files that need to be filed, things that need to be [...]
Tags: clean, column, empowerment, mess, remember one thing, Yasmin
Remember One Thing: Take Care of What You Have
In this “Gotta Have More” society that we live in, there is a constant attraction to have more, to get more, and to never be truly accepting of what you have. For the last several days, I’ve heard a voice in my head. The voice says, “God will not give you more if you don’t [...]
Tags: African American screenwriter, column, empowerment, female director, personal responsibility, remember one thing, screenwriter, Yasmin Shiraz
Retaliation Radio: 3 Things I Was Nervous About
In less than 60 minutes, I’ll be launching the debut of Retaliation Radio, a weekly call-in style radio show that deal with various types of retaliation. We’ll talk about youth and adult forms of retaliation; retaliation that is violent and that which isn’t violent. We’ll brainstorm about what ways that communities can come together to [...]
Tags: empowerment, hosted by yasmin shiraz, retaliation radio, violence
Retaliation Radio Hits the Airwaves Next Week!!
One week from today, I’ll be launching Retaliation Radio, a weekly online radio show that discusses various topics that relate to retaliation. It is my goal to reach my fans and help them come up with solutions, problem solving, and coping. The show will reach youth and adults as all of us can and often [...]
Tags: empower youth, empowerment, hosted by yasmin shiraz, retaliation radio
Rule To Live By: Know What You Want
A colleague and I were on the phone recently and he asked me one simple question: “What does Yasmin want?” In that moment, my mind went blank. I didn’t even know what to say. Its not that I didn’t know what I wanted but I didn’t know what to say I wanted. Huh? Exactly. If [...]
Rules To Live By: You can only do your 50
For the past eight months, I’ve been doing a lot of introspection of my life. I’ve completed journaling exercises to understand what I’ve done good and what I’ve done that isn’t so good. One of the issues that I’ve noticed consistently is that I always give more than half. In any relationship that I have, [...]
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