![]() As March gives way to April, I am thrilled to introduce you to eight women from a diverse set of life experiences in the 2018 Annual Women's History Month Salute. They are: Martha Germann; Sharon Matlock; Viola Cole; Rose Braziel, Dorothy Jones; Rachel Shankman; Lillian Barnett and Wendy Calhoun. I know these women: some are from my native Memphis, others I met in Texas. Some hired me to provide communication services, others cheered me on in some form or fashion. I met Wendy virtually while working with her mother, Marilyn Calhoun, on projects. (Check out Wendy's '90s flashback attire.) I asked each three questions: 1. Why do you think Women's History Month is important? 2. What contribution are you most proud of? 3. What is the best advice or wisdom you ever received? You'll note their responses are numbered accordingly. Please take a moment to express your thoughts in the Comments section. I also ask that you share this post with your family, friends, colleagues and others. Feel free to contact me if your organization needs communication support such as blogs, corporate communication resources or copy editing. Thank you. Martha Germann: Lewisville, Texas, Founder of Mindful Games Institute![]() 1. As with any celebration, from birthdays and anniversaries to Presidents Day, Women’s History Month is designed to bring a conscious focus on the topic. It is a time to bring back in to the collective conversation all the amazing things that women have contributed and accomplished. Our job is to keep that conversation alive throughout the year by recognizing and celebrating the ongoing contributions and accomplishments women make daily. 2. My mission is to make a difference in the quality of people’s lives and I bring that mindset into everything I do. I am most proud of the journey of self-development that brought me to my Thriving beyond Survival Model because it not only made a difference in my ability to thrive each day, it gave me a way to convey that to others. It is information and strategies that I use in presentations, workshops and my book ("Thriving beyond Survival: How to Know What You Really Want and Have Fun Getting It") so that it can be accessible to more people. We are designed to thrive but have been trained to just survive. The world needs more focus on getting back to thriving and I am proud to have created an option for others to get there. 3. The wisdom that made the most impact on me centers on two things. The first is the conscious practicing of self-love and appreciation, actually practicing the emotion. This has not only grown my compassion for myself, but spread to everyone in my world. The second is always knowing that I have ultimate choice of what I think, feel and believe. I am mindfully aware of what I am choosing and these things shape my experience. Community engagement: TEDx speaker
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Wendy Calhoun is enjoying an unprecedented, hard-earned level of success as co-executive producer/writer of the Fox mega-TV-hit "Empire." I first "met" Wendy through her mother, Marilyn Calhoun, a retired Dallas Independent School District principal, who hired my communications consultancy to do some work for her and to support her breast cancer awareness efforts. She has proudly shared news of Wendy's terrific accomplishments during our years of friendship. Several weeks ago, I asked Marilyn to inquire whether Wendy would agree to a telephone interview for a Black History Month-kickoff series on success. Learning how my interviewees define success and the evolution of the definition as their lives flow are my goals, and with the popularity of "Empire", I knew Wendy could contribute a lot to the blog series. Friday night (Feb. 13), from L.A., Wendy talked to me exclusively during a telephone interview about her Dallas roots and how she's achieved success in her TV writing 'empire.' Thank you Marilyn! Please enjoy the audio excerpts and let me know your thoughts. ~~Regina | ![]() Q: I'm curious to know with it being Black History Month, how do you look at this (the success of "Empire") in terms of the history that you're making right now? Q: How do you respond to the show's success? Q: Growing up in Dallas, you attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. |
Q: How did you get from Dallas to L.A., (after graduating from BTW)? | Q: You said you learned to really focus on one type of writing and that made a huge difference in your career? |
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About the Author:
Regina L. Burns, M.A., M.A., is a Dallas, Texas-based rising historian and award-winning multimedia journalist at Harvest Reapers Communications. She specializes in 20th century Texas African American Business History, specifically Tyler Barber College Chain, the nation’s first African American barber college chain founded by Texas African American millionaire, H. M. Morgan (Henry Miller Morgan).
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