Welcome back to Season Two of Living Legacy Podcast. This will be a great season. This episode I share my domestic travels to 13 states and international travels in chronological order to Costa Rica, England, France, Italy, Ghana, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Gambia, Senegal, and South Africa. To learn more and to read show notes and transcripts visit zaakirahnayyar.com To Subscribe to Future Episodes: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2TdAZ87 Google Play: http://bit.ly/2NzzSup Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.c...
Aug 28, 2019•19 min•Season 2Ep. 19
In this season-ending episode, I share five things I have learned about marriage. I also share how we met, our engagement story, and our wedding details. My 5-year anniversary is July 16, 2019. Over the course of the years, there have been a lot of ups, downs, lessons, and changes. One of the biggest things I learned is not to lose yourself. Our most difficult year, was because I wasn’t prioritizing myself. How can I adequately prioritize the marriage if I am prioritizing my husband? I was featu...
Jun 28, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Jummy is a Nigerian American Descent and a London transplant and she is a huge music lover like me. We met in the She Podcasts Facebook Group. Jummy Olawale is a licensed professional clinical counselor, motivational speaker, life coach, and podcaster. She has own private practice called Focus Counseling in Grandview Heights, Ohio where she works with clients struggling with relationship, marital, and mental health issues and helps them to find meaning, minimize their symptoms and improve their ...
Jun 21, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this episode, we're talking with Candace Howze about her work as a creative visual artist and poet. Candace talks about her love of art and how it's influenced her work as a visual artist and poet. Candace's work is beautiful and inspirational, and I'm excited to have her on the show to talk about her work. In this episode, we'll explore the connection between art and poetry, and learn some tips on how to create beautiful visual art and original poetry. Tune in to learn more about Candace's w...
Jun 14, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 16
A friend once said are you ever not working? When you love what you do you never consider it work In the very first episode, I share the story of How a Camera Saved My Life This is a follow up where I share the entire story of how I got started and where I am now. My first camera was a Kodak Polaroid Camera Then the convenient store digital film cameras In Middle School, I was gifted with a digital camera which I took with me on my first out of the country trip to Costa Rica. The DSLR (Digitial ...
Jun 07, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Dr. April Moreno was Born and raised in Southern California. She is an Autoimmune wellness coach, speaker and community builder as well as a University researcher in autoimmune quality of life for MS patients. She grew up with Asian and Latino American parents. Multicultural living and perspectives are everything to her. After college, she lived and worked abroad in Ireland, England, Germany, and Japan. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition in the final year of writing her dissertation ...
May 31, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Shannon Spencer Shareef is a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) who helps small businesses and individuals to minimize liability and maximize profitability. She is a mom to two beautiful and intelligent girls. She has been married since 2006 says and her husband is her biggest fan. She considers herself a philanthropist and together they created the E.D.G.E. (excellence, diversity, growth, and education) Foundation to allow for schools to have the opportunity to have STEM (Science, Technology, En...
May 24, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Leah Masterson started her career at the age of 20, moving to New York to work at Warner Music Group, MTV Networks and the Entertainment Law Offices of Greenberg Traurig. Leah also moved to Los Angeles to work at Universal Music Group as a paralegal, where she worked closely to the VP of Business & Legal Affairs. By the age of 25, Leah started her first Entertainment Consulting & New Business Development firm in Atlanta, GA, Master Music Enterprise, LLC. Leah has a J.D. Degree at Charles...
May 17, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Neymat Raboobee is a copy editor, blogger, podcaster, social media manager, and author. She talks about Life as a South African Muslim Woman wearing a Nikat. We Met in the Muslimah Bloggers Facebook Group and again on Twitter. We also have a mini chat about the holy month of Ramadan. She shared about her experience traveling to various South African Cities like Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Johannesburg and where she currently resides, in Durban. She talks about the easiest and difficult parts of w...
May 10, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Danielle Desir is a travel finance strategist, writer, speaker, podcaster and founder of ThoughtCard.com and The Thought Card Podcast. The Thought Card is an award-winning travel finance blog and podcast about planning, saving and for affordable travel. Danielle paid off $63,000 of student loan debt in 4 years and purchased her first home at the age of 27. We met in Women of Color Podcasters, the group in which she co-founded. She has also traveled to 25 countries and does not let her financial ...
May 03, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Growing up an only child, my mom taught me the importance of being charitable and how to share. The older I got, the easier it became to give. I share my experience with Key Club, Kiwanis, Help-Portrait, and Operation Crossroads Africa. Subscribe, Download, Follow and Leave a Review: iTunes: apple.co/2NYapeh Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2TdAZ87 Libsyn: http://livinglegacypodcast.libsyn.com/ Google Play: http://bit.ly/2NzzSup Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=378763&refid=stpr I’ll talk m...
Apr 26, 2019•15 min•Season 1Ep. 9
I share my top ten ways I always begin my day As a cancer survivor, I’m grateful to be alive I share my morning regimen which includes As a Muslim - I Pray Five Prayers a day so I begin my day with Yoga-Style Prayers Washing My Face - Due to the sensitivity of my face and the quality of my Pillow Cases Being an Entrepreneur, creating My own flexible schedule despite my Natural Alarm Clock I Never Skip Breakfast even though I Don’t Always Need Coffee No Noise in the morning - with the exception o...
Apr 19, 2019•15 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Download this episode Dr. Adrianne Rochelle Pinkney is the founder of B. Well: Live Consciously, integrative wellness and life coaching. We met through Operation Crossroads Africa. In this episode, she talks about Why she started B Well Coaching how she got into entrepreneurship with a plan. Before leaving the Education and Corporate World, she was just doing the work until she got the calling over her life. How fear Stopped her from going the entrepreneurship route How faith helped her the most...
Apr 12, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Today’s guest is my Richfriend aka Real Friend Taiisha Bradley, M.A. is the Founder of Rutherford County Black Business Network and Brunch Money. She is the Hot Chicken and Art Show Event Curator, and creator of highly sharable social moments. She is a Publicist for small business owners and nonprofit organizations. She is a wife, mother, and a South Carolina Native living in Murfreesboro. In this episode, we talk about entrepreneurship. Visit taiishabradley.com for more information. For show no...
Apr 05, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 6
My only male guest In this podcast season is my father, Abdul Haadee Muhammad EL. He shares his story of wanting to be a minister One summer after going to Columbus Ohio and how Islam came into his life at a young age. He shares how his childhood friends noticed the change in his character that led him toward Islam. He shares his life story and how he converted to Islam. He shares how Islam brought himself and my mother together. I share my experience growing up as an African American Muslimah. ...
Mar 29, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Download this episode Imagine what life is like when you are always in a vehicle and always on the road. Imagine what it would be like if you were never the one to have to drive. Which one Would you love? Which One Would you hate Or Hate It? Today’s Episode is all about Ridesharing - How I became a Lyft, Uber and Food Delivery Driver. I also share my history with driving since it began a little before that - at age 15 to be exact Listen on: Spotify Soundcloud Anchor Google Play Stitcher Rate and...
Mar 22, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This episode, I interview Jacqueline Hardaway Kakembo who went to Sierra Leone in 1965. She recruited me to Ghana in 2011. Operation Crossroads Africa is a U.S.-based, non-profit organization that has cross-cultural exchanges and small-scale service projects in Africa. It is the Peace Corps before the Peace Corps. For 7 weeks each summer, teams of 8 to 10 volunteers, a group leader and local volunteers join to work together. Learn more: operationcrossroadsafrica.org . For show notes: zaakirahnay...
Mar 15, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Imagine what life would be like if you were at the doctor’s office at age 16 and were told you could not conceive. In this podcast, I share the diagnosis, symptoms, and aftermath of PCOS aka Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Endometriosis. In honor of Endometriosis Awareness Month, I share the stats. I am not a doctor. I am simply sharing my personal opinion, knowledge, and experience. For more information on PCOS visit pcosdiva.com Converse on social media using #seelifedifferent To learn more an...
Mar 08, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Imagine what life would be like if you had one eye. Would you work less or work harder? In this first episode of the Living Legacy Podcast Series, I begin by sharing the story where it all began: my cancer story. I share how a photograph my mother took lead to a diagnosis of Bilateral Retinoblastoma, how chemotherapy affected my hearing. Resiliency led me to not let my diagnosis and disabilities hinder my gift as a professional photographer and all the things I enjoy and have achieved to this da...
Mar 01, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 1
