Trust is Earned, Not Given

gonna hear me in the interview. I did a kbl l A with the back story with Machee Duffy and it turned into and send me debate about the booster shot in the history of why Black people don't trust the medical profession. Also have an interview with Secret Weapons Beauty Tips, followed by that you're gonna hear my book review, Black Family Guide to College Admissions by Timothy Fields and Sharne Brown, and last but not least, I'm gonna talk about malik Books upcoming events, So enjoy my new episode.

Trust is earned, not given. Literally. During the pandemic, if I'm correct, you had a call from Ellen. Yeah exactly. Yeah, that was the generous Y'allen. Yeah, yeah, that was a shocker too. We didn't even we thought we was going on the Ellen too. They you know, they called us over a serious of time and you know, and got background, that's what you like your show and uh and finally they I guess accepted as a candidate, but we wasn't. We didn't know we was going on the Ellen Show.

We thought that we were selected for the Ellen too. Once we progressed towards doing the tape, and it was a quite shock. It was a quite a surprise. And you know, to be on the Ellen Show during that time, it was very helpful, It was very grateful and did that impact say else? Did it turn things around for absolutely because we received you know, our website melie boost dot com. People you know started purchasing from us who didn't know anything about us. You know, Relie books got

an active website, melieue books dot com. We ship nationwide, so they didn't know nothing about that. So we received sales from that. We also we see a huge donation from the l N Show fifteen thousand dollars, so that

blew us away. And we just was immensely happy about you know, people giving you know, paying it forward, reaching out to local businesses and people in the community and helping them, giving them a lag of During that time, I mean, there was an opportunity during that time to to see who and what you are as an organization, as a company, and as people, and a lot of

people were very generous and giving. I can't you know, speaking you know more highly inappreciative about the people who generally gained so much love and generosity throwing the pandemic. And so we're thankful because without them, Milie boost don't exist. So grateful, very grateful speaking of people and in particular black folks. I want to actually, Dr Nina, were you surprised by how we were gravely impacted, but how Black people were greatly impacted by them the pandemic compared to

um other races and ethnicities. No, I would like to say I was surprised, but given that we knew pretty early on that it affected people with diabetes, heart disease, you know, these other obesity as we learned over time more than other groups. It was quite clear that we were going to be effective more if we got sick. And given the types of jobs that were more likely to have, more likely to be in service industries, more likely to be an interesting reason where we're basically you

have a lot of public contact. UM, it didn't surprise me at all, and it's one of the devastating things. Again, you know, we started out with people coming back from cruise ships traveling, so it started out with people with more resources. But of the times we see this pattern where it starts that it ends up in our community. What did you learn as an epithemiolysis? What did you learn from this experience? What are you learning as you're in the middle of it that you maybe didn't expect

to learn. I think a lot of people from the more healthcom I think a lot of people because of the co mobilities. I think a lot of people addressing um, we get people all the time, they're looking for health books, books to change their diet, they change their lifestyle because you know, those co mobilities is what we put in our mouth most of the time, and so eating them from your sugar, the salts, the car I'm sorry to process foods, all of those things over a period of

time is giving us those co mobilities. So as a result, I think that it was a lesson to be learned because now we see that you are what you eat. So a lot of people and how have we been hearing it for the longest times? Yeah, that's a very hard thing to follow on a consistent basis, at least for some of us. Some people period hearing that boosters are needed, all vaccines are need. Can you talk to us about who really really needs a booster and who doesn't?

It doesn't Well, do you think everybody should? I think just about everybody should. There's very few people, and then we keep getting them, or you recommend everybody get at least one where well, it's humbling to know that only about thirty people even have that first booster. And because of the way the immunity of changes or declines over time, it means we don't you don't have much protection even if you have those first two shots. I mean, you

have some, certainly, but you certainly need more. So I'm most concerned about those people. I'm most concerned about older individuals, although I'm taking that group has been overall pretty good. And then people with all those free existing conditions that we talked about, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, you know, those are all the peoples. I mean really that in that sense, the message hasn't changed. The think that the

thing that has changed is just yesterday. If they basically announced that there are two more boosters that will be available that are more effective or designed for both the original strain and the the omnicon strain. And so it's you know, it's recommended people are getting to get a second and some kinds of third booster. But now the hope is that these specific vaccines will be more effective for the current strains. Why should we trust what shouldn't

be trusted? I think that you know, we talked earlier about the medical field and the scientific community experiment on black people, TuS keytie experiment, and so many other ones over the history of our sojourn in America, and so, you know, a lot of times it's very very you know, trust is important in any relationship in any community, and the government hasn't always hasn't been forthcoming and most trustworthy to suggest it are everyone should take a booster shot.

At the same time is suggesting that the effectiveness is going to be more beneficial for the entire society. I've never seen a medication given to the masses of the

people where it was effective in that way. I've never seen that whatsoever, Because everybody is different, and I don't think that we should just line up like Guinny pigs and and without all the facts and all the information, because there are evidence to suggested the continuation of these booster shots are also affecting your immune system and having

adverse effects. And they said just giving them people. You know, we have a not your immune system, and the reason why we escaped over the thousands and thousands and thousands of years is because of our not your immune system. At what point time are we gonna pivot the focus on taking vitamin D taking vitamin I mean, I'm gonna disagree with you on a couple of things. Okay, if one being that we sever thousands of thousand, Yes, of

course we've survived from millennia. But if you go back hundred years ago, what killed most people, it was infectious conditions and one of them, and then the things that changed years ago that killed some people. Let me say that is because I only have thirty seconds. Well happened. But what I do want to say is people have a choice. You have a choice. If you have a doctor, go to your doctor. Make sure that you have a conversation with your health care professional about what is best

for you and have more chance to respond to you. Now, the things I would say if they recommend everybody get back to the for toughness and measles. There's those nations were effective the COVID doesn't Everyone that takes the shot still get COVID and still transmitted. And there are a lot of diseases that are now blood clots and a lot of things that are happening as results from the

people taking these shots. And this is still an experimental authorization and you trage suit and if people have taken this and just dropped dead, I want to start actually for a minute with test brought it up, and I knew the person at cbc UM who helped take care of the men who were part of TKEY. You know, it wasn't I don't like the word of tex Skey experiment because nobody gave them a simplest They didn't treat them, but it's not quite the same as if they gave

them an experimental drug. But even those men believe that they were contributing to society. That was part of why

they they participated in the research. And Bill Jenkins, who was the person who you know, was kind of in charge of CUPS providing services to that coord over time, always talked about the fact that the changes that he saw as CBC, and he was one of the people who helped bring that story to light within New York Times as well as the contribution that those men believed that they still made, and the biggest contribution that they made was the institution of more regulations for people who

do human subjects were certain, including people like myself. There's and I don't even give people drugs or vaccines, right, but there's all kinds of that we need. So what you was listening to was an interview I did at on kb L, a talk radio station owned by Tyler Smiley. It was called The Backstage UH with may Shaye Duffy and UM. She interviewed me and a young lady who

was an epidemiologist, a doctor. We was discussing was after the lock up, and we you know, we had a robust conversation about what we did doing, you know, the locked up during the pandemic. There are a lot of reasons why we UH should be skeptical and that we shouldn't just trust blindly in beguinnea pigs for a society that has you know, systemic racism and oppression. So I just don't think that is wise to just subject ourselves.

It's just a total disarray of other viewpoints and other possibilities that might be more informative as we make a decision was best for ourselves and our family and for so forth. I don't think you should trust blindly, and I don't think that you should just be a guinea pig. And I don't think you should believe everything did a person tell you. And I'm not saying you just should believe me. I'm not saying you should just believe that

I'm right and my point of view is right. When I'm saying is get out there and do your own research, make your own decision. But you should at least you know, not blindly do anything. And so that's my point, and I hope you enjoyed this episode. Trust is earned, not given. What tips do you have to tell my audience how to stay healthy and beautiful at the same time? So do is just stay healthy? You have to be mindful

of what you consume. The consumption of what you consume is the product of what you are so mean and TV music which you put in your mouth. Um, I do a lot of juicy I choose sometime I'm well, I do knowledg juice of the majority of the time, I choose what I eat um. On the weekends, I'll eat what I want to eat except before, and I drink what I want to drink me so other things. But to stay healthy, you gotta be mindful of what you consume all the way around, all the way all

the way around. So what else can you share in the way of you know, taking care of your skin, maintaining well, that's that's that's give it take. I mean, whatever you internalize comes out external. So if you're taking care of your internal it comes out external all their products or I mean how often person Well, I have a ritual, as you say, I've been having this ritual. That's why you should send me in I would send your invoice. But I'm gives so too what you internalize,

which is going to manifest um externally. So what I've used on my face, which is nothing simple but black soap and shade butter, I've been using it for years on my face, and I drink a lot of water. Water is the key. Water is the key to flush out all that out of your system. And you keep it there, it's gonna it's gonna manifest somewhere, and I've learned that over the years. So I'll drink a lot

of water. But my beauty regiment is um washed my face with black soap twice, sometimes three or four times a day, and I'm moisturized it with shame butter. Okay, but that's your face. Now, what about your body? Well, I have a I don't even know what all I had one, but I have maybe like ten things that

I moisturized with, moisturized with. I actually buy ten different items, sometimes more than that, and I get my own containers and I make my own concoction, and I just you know, every time I take a fresh or take a bath or whatever you wanna call it, I moisturized, moisture, moisturized. So this is a daily thing. Uh, yeah, I hope you are doing a daily This is I've been doing it the year. Your skin always looks so vibrant, refreshing, smooth, I mean ever, resting, vibration. Yes, but since been a

ritual of mine for years, for years, for years. Yeah, I oftentimes watch uh this ritual. Uh, it's a thing of beauties, a thing, you know, it's art in motion. It is I agree, I agree. I little music and want to take a band my music. I've I've even done it with my my grandchildren. I have them with the bath and maybe like GI music. I go in there and I get the music and we play music. Um while we are um cleansing ourselves. Me take a bath,

we play music and good nice soup. I do. Majority of my stuff is natural, majority of myself, my two faces natural, my souls are natural. My hair. I sprayed my hair today with rose water. Rose water. It's really good. Yeah, you do use I do. I use a lot of oils and natural sense. Yeah. Since your walls, Yeah, you're smelling good. Right now, we'll tell my audience about um your weight lifting and working out. You have a great trainer,

Grandma Sheet. I met her about two years ago. Hold on your body was looking I know that, yes before Gwen, and that's because I was the coach. Of course, I'm not gonna say anything that from you. Yes, you transferm transformed my body. Um I was. I'm still an advocate workout personally because I think that working out but not for for everybody, but workout for me is therapy. You know, that's my therapy. That's how I sat on the couches. Um,

I clean out my endorphins like working out. But before that, you were complaints from me. You were my motivation. We had that ritual that we usually do on Sundays, we call a family Sunday Workouts. We've been doing that for years. But I do work out five days a week, sometimes six. Um, it was, how do you do that? You do all this when you make time for whatever you want to make time for. I sometimes get up at five o'clock in the morning. Yes, you do to get up and

go get it. I get up and I go get it, and I go and get my peace, and I come back and work. Wake everybody up, Good morning, Good morning. It does something different to me, but I've been doing it for I mean, I've been doing it for years. This is something. If I don't do it, I do feel guilty. And I didn't understand when people used to tell me that a long time ago, maybe like twenty years ago. If I don't do this, I feel guilty. I used to look at people like, are you nuts?

But now I'm the nut because if I don't do it, I feel a certain type of way. And you have to find something that you like to do. Yes, you do. You have to find something that you like to do that will push you forward in life, that that helps your life. I'm prolonged longer than what you projected to be. When you when you work out, you just don't work out. You do that hit. Yeah, yes I do, and it feels so good. Yeah, you're hurting it, you're sweating your

your muscles are burning. You know. That's the kind of workouts you do. You just ain't out there. Look at you working out. You know. Sometimes people don't even recognize me outside the gym because I don't go in there. It's okay for others, but that's not for me. I don't go in there beautified. Basically, my beauty come from within. It is a magnet. I can go in there with a beanie on big old clothes, it doesn't matter. It's

a magnet, you know. So I go in there and I going there and I get it and I go and start my day. Yes you do, Yes, you do. A total inspiration. I know for our family, I know for me personally. She's the hardest worker I know. Appreciate You're welcome. You're welcome, You're welcome. Thank you, Yeah, thank you for Sharon with leaves bookshelf audience. Uh, some of your tips and inspiration and motivation. Um, someone is going to be blessed by hearing this. Life is going to

be changed. You're welcome. Yes. And I didn't get like this overnight. This was a whole process of mind changing. Did not get like this overnight. This book is a book of beautiful stories. Thank you again, sick. My book review for this segment is a book written by Timothy Fields and Sharne Brown. Let me give you a little background about Timothy Field. He's a graduate of more House College and as a senior social dean over missage at

in Re University. Now Sharne Brown is a graduate or Wesleyan You Adversity and the founder of the Chief Education Office of Strategic Commissions, Advice and Educational Consulting company specializing in the creation of college counseling curriculum and the charter schools and school districts, online essay courses, and personalized college

advice coaching. So these two came together and they have over twenty years of experience in college counseling as a dean or as an emissions and so they collaborated together and they came up with a new book called The Block Family Guide to College Admissions, A Conversation about Education, Parenting, and Race. Now why is a book like this so important? And it's because there is two different realities in America

in a lack of education and disparity. So the underserved aspects of America need to be pushed and guided a little different than mainstream. So these brothers, instead of complaining about what's taking place in America, they're trying to do something about it to help Black families to go to college.

So their new book, The Black Families God to College Admissions, A Conversation about Education, Parenting, and Race, is simply trying to find the health parents finding the right college, which could be challenging for all students, but black families face

additional concerns while navigating in this process. In The Black Families God to College Missions, variant admissions Expertimothy Fields and Sharne Brown highlights how the social justice movement amplifies distinctions between historical black colleges and universities and comminent white institutions in which college choices may be the best for black students. Now, since Timothy and Sharne has worked on both sides of

the deaths. At school counselors and as college emissions gatekeepers, they are well equipped to get parents, students in school counselors the information needed to navigate the emissions journey. So this is why this book is so important because they have over twentysomething years experience and as always saying, experience is the best teacher. Now these two collaborate giving out

information they can help transform the next generation. College is very expensive and you don't have the funds to just play around from one school to another. Know what is the best college for you before you go into book. The Black Families God to College Admissions is the book that can help you make the right decision whether hbcuth School is the most appropriate for what you want to be in life or going to a predominantly white institution.

I myself went to USC, a private, mainstream white institution. I have my degree. Hey, I went there because I wanted to run track and field and I wanted to be part of a legacy. Because at that time when I went to college, USC was a powerhouse and track and field. So everybody's different, everybody's there. HBCUs are not a school of choice. For everyone, and certainly a white predominant institution is not a choice for everyone. So you really got to know the type of environment you want

to be in and what your goals are in life. Now, there are values in all of these institutions. So this book, The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions is a book to help you have the kind of conversation about education, parenting, and raised. So pick up your copy at Malie books dot com or wherever books are sold. Events coming up at Malik's that I want to inform our audience about. Come out and meet the author live Wednesday, September seven at five pm. We got Black Family Guide to the

College Admission. Got Timothy Fields and Sharne Brown coming through Melie Pok September seven at five pm. So come through. They're gonna be discussing their book, The Black Family Guide the College Admissions. We have an event with Will Jewando, he's a councilman, and that event is September fifteen, Thursday at six o'clock. Go to Milie Books dot com and the length to Artists v for that event. We also have a big virtual event with Renee Watson. Now she's

an author. Did over probably Uh wrote over twenty books. Um she specialized in young adults in in Our Young and I'm gonna be doing an interview with her Renee Watson, a virtual event on Thursday, September two at four pm. It's a virtual event, so go to the League Books dot com and registered for that event. The two new books coming out by her as maya Song and Ways to Share Joy, two books coming out in one week, so you want to definitely chime end to this virtual

event I'm having with Renee Watson. And we also have an event coming up October one. A new book that's coming out called Black Hollywood by Cherrelle August. He reimagined you know, some of the most historic and classic films like Carrie Um, like Ladies Sings the Blue and she he put modern actors and photographed them. So this is

an event on October one. It's aprivty event. You got our VP, but it's free drinks and entertainment including confirmed celebrities that's gonna be in an intendance is Kelly Stewart, Neil Brown Jr. Wesley Jonathan Kelpsie, Scott Colligue, Pratt and Nadine Elson all are confirmed guests and and more to be announced. This is October for go to melee books dot com and the Artist Top for the Black Hollywood launch party featuring a new book out called Black Hollywood

by Cherrelle August. The next event I want to announce is by Clarri's Rogers, the CEO of Flexing in My Complexion. Care's Rogers new books, Shine Bright is gonna be at Maleak Books October's eight at three o'clock Siety October eight, three o'clock Careis Rogers at Meleek Books autographing Shine Bright, new book for children addressing the beauty within no matter what complexion or skin color, Shine Bright Come through Now. Maleek's has three promotional books that you can get autographed

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