As Americans, we’re preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving a holiday that commemorates the coming together of Native American’s and colonists to share a meal. It’s also a time to reflect on gratitude, which is an important practice we should participate in all year-round. Because of our history with the Native American people, I pondered this question, what happened after the first Thanksgiving?

Today our focus is prayer. Women praying in the languages of Dinka, Korean, Arabic, Spanish, and English, for unity, health, our world, our country (USA), peace; and that God's love, mercy, and grace are as evident as through the life of Jesus Christ. We are Many Voices, nations, tribes, people, and languages, becoming one to cry out to God." Thank you to the women, my sisters, who lift they're voices in prayer.

Joining us again is Patria Rector. Patria is a Counselor and Certified Professional Life Coach with The Broken and Beautiful.

Today, my guest is Patria Rector, she is a Counselor and Certified Professional Life Coach with The Broken and Beautiful. She offers Counseling and Coaching services locally in our community and online.

What is mindfulness, and how does it calm our mind and body? How does intentional breathing and stretching affect our mental and physical state? What techniques can we use to help quiet our racing thoughts and anxiety? We’ll explore these things and more while Getting Real Immersed in Truth.

What’s the connection between and our minds and physical movement? How did my trainer help me and his other clients focus on movement and our mental well-being during quarantine? We’ll explore these things and more while Getting Real Immersed in Truth.

How does a person who is raised to dislike other races and another who was distrusting of white people find each other? How does a person change their perspective from that of their family of origin? How should brothers and sisters in Christ respond to racism? These questions and more we’ll explore While Getting Real immersed in Truth.

Welcome to the GRIT podcast - Getting Real; Immersed in Truth. This is episode 4 of our 5-part series titled Conversations in Black and White. How does a black female pastor lead her largely white congregation in a time of recognized racial divisiveness? What does the term “dangerous sermons” mean? I'll be talking to Pastor Kirstie Engel exploring these questions and more.

In this episode, I chat with Colleen, a white woman raising brown children. What does a white woman raised in rural America teach her brown multi-ethnic children about racism? What concerns does she share with black mothers? I'll ask these questions and more on GRIT Podcast-Getting Real; Immersed in Truth.

We're continuing our 5-part series titled Conversations in Black and White. In episode 2, I talk to Tate, Missy's oldest son, about how his relationship with his adopted sister from Africa, led him to become an ally, advocate, and activist for people of color.

We're starting with a 5-part series titled Conversations in Black and White. This is episode one where I talk to my good friend Missy about raising her adopted daughter from Africa and how it affects her view on racism and racial injustice in America.