Shifting Perspectives

For this week's episode I am joined by Liberty White. Liberty is a CEO of CHOZEN MEDIA, a boutique video marketing and live stream production company. Liberty shares her knowledge in creative solutions to address social and business needs.  Through our discussion, Liberty highlights what it takes to create content with confidence, and the importance of ensuring that the content we are creatin...

For this week's episode, I am joined by Nicole Cox. Nicole is no stranger to Shifting Perspectives and it is always a pleasure to share perspective with Nicole. This week we jump into education in a different way. Nicole joins me to explore a topic I have wanted to jump into for some time: The Enneagram.  Nicole guides us through what the Enneagram is and key elements that may interest us and...

For this week's episode, Latasha Strachan steps into the 'interviewer' role and Interviews Yolande Robinson. This episode is especially geared towards parents, educators, and anyone looking to shift the success narrative. We discuss the importance of intentionally defining what success looks like in this period. We explore the importance of choosing attainable benchmarks for ourselv...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and for this week's episode I am joined by 8-year breast cancer survivor, Darnell Fulford. Darnell openly and honestly walks us through her journey from diagnosis, to treatment, to recovery, to now. She shares her initial instincts upon diagnosis, the dynamics of her support system, and her passion for having open and honest conversations about her jo...

For this week's episode I am joined by Lakeisha Wilson, who has spent the last 21 years working as an educator and  Public Health Nutritionist, to have a chat about nutrition. She has  a wealth of knowledge on topics such as weight management, diabetes, breastfeeding, healthy eating in the workplace and providing diabetes and hypertension education. Lakeisha's passion for nutrition inspi...

This week I am joined by Candice L. Davis. Candice guides coaches, speakers and other experts through the process to write their books so they can reach more people, change more lives and earn more money. In our conversation, Candice shares the root of her love of writing, and her journey of becoming and working as an author coach, ghostwriter and editor.  Candice reminds listeners that the book ...

For this week's episode I am joined by Shari N. Warner. Shari is a licensed attorney, marriage and family therapist, and speaker. She's the owner of Serendipity Counselling and Consulting LLC. We discussed how to navigate times of transition. With transition and lifestyle changes can come a push out of our comfort zone and feelings of fear and anxiety. Shari shares the importance of bein...

In this week's episode I am joined by Jason Andy Joseph. Although there is so much that Jason and I could have chatted about to challenge perspectives, I am thankful that he was willing to share his family’s journey from finding out that their youngest would be born with Down's Syndrome, to where they are now that Max is 5 years old. Jason was born in Grenada and raised in Montreal. He&a...

For this week’s episode I am joined by Elayne Fluker. Elayne Fluker is the author of “ Get Over ‘I Got it,’ and the host of Support is Sexy Podcast. In our chat Elayne explores reasons that women sometimes find it difficult asking for support. She goes on to share practical ways in which women can learn to embrace support, not just for their success but also for their peace of mind. Elayne's...

For this week's conversation I am joined by Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen. Dr. Jay-Sheree is a Jamaican born and New York raised Board Certified family physician. In our conversation Dr. Jay-Sheree shares that she is driven by the ability to make a different in the lives of her patients  through the promotion and practice of Primary Care and Preventive Medicine. We discuss the benefits of positive lif...

This week I am joined by Dr. Dellareese Higgs. Dr. Higgs is passionate about the Caribbean and her research interests include Ethnic and Cultural studies, Tourism Studies, Gender, and Caribbean Identities. Dr. Higgs walks us through defining culture and heritage and how they shape our collective and individual identities in our multicultural Caribbean. We discuss the unique identity of the Turks a...

For this week's conversation I am joined again by Latasha Strachan. Latasha joins me every now and then to dive a little deeper into recurring themes that come up through weekly episodes of Shifting Perspectives. Latasha's essence revolves around being a student, a teacher and a coach. She is driven by authenticity and her passion is in spiritual and emotional wholeness in women seeking...

This week I am joined by SharRon Jamison. SharRon is a life strategist, author, minister, entrepreneur and corporate leader. She believes that we are often more powerful than we know and that there is great power of purpose and it's ability to help us cultivate our unique gifts, access our inner wisdom and be inspired into action. In this week's episodes we discussed everything from the...

This week I am joined by Kerry-Ann Reid-Brown.  In our conversation, Kerry-Ann and I discussed her  award winning podcast Carry on Friends: The Caribbean American Podcast, her podcast production company - Breadfruit media, and what it was like being one of the first Caribbean voices in this industry. She also shared the importance of support systems and the power of understanding that there is mor...

In early April I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Dawn Perry Ewing. Dr. Perry has been practicing as a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist and senior administrative physician in the Turks and Caicos Islands Since 2001. This episode was recorded just after the one year mark of the first diagnosed COVID 19 case in the TCI. We discussed what the first days of the pandemic were like, all...

Episode 42: SVG Relief ​For this week's episode I am joined once again by Vincentian designer Kimya Glasgow.  Unfortunately, this time we are not talking about fashion, but instead about La Soufriere Volcano. La Soufriere , though an active volcano, had been rather silent from 1979 to December of 2020, when an effusive eruption began.  On April 9th following a few days of increased activity a...

This week I am joined by Business Coach and Marketing Consultant, Adanna Austin.  Adanna is an entrepreneur from the twin Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.  She works with entrepreneurs to develop a winning mindset to run their business, develop SMART goals, identify their ideal clients and develop strategies to generate revenue and grow their business. In addition to sharing her professiona...

For this week's conversation I am joined by Latasha Strachan.  Latasha's essence revolves around being a student, a teacher and a coach. She is driven by authenticity and her passion is in spiritual and emotional wholeness in women seeking empowerment. Latasha is not new to Shifting Perspectives and I am always happy to have her back jumping into new topics with me. This week we discuss...

For this week's conversation, I am joined by Dr. Karen Moss. Dr. Moss is a registered nurse who was born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas. Dr. Moss began her nursing career in the Bahamas and obtained her associates degree at the University of the Bahamas. She has since gone on to complete her Bachelors Degree in Nursing, her Master's degree and her PhD degree in the United States. Dr. Moss...

In this week's conversation I am joined by Micah Nelson. Micah has a passion for holistic health, yoga and the arts. She believes that empowerment through the arts is a powerful catalyst for transformative healing and self discovery. Micah is driven to give back to the community and to empower youth, their educators and their families. As a teacher, she brings yoga and wellness into the class...

In this week's episode I am joined by Kimya Glasgow. Kimya is the founder, creative director and head designer of the Kimya Glasgow Brand. She is a true Caribbean native that was born in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and grew up in Trinidad and Tobago, of both Vincentian & Trinidadian descent, and has lived in both the British Virgin Islands and Barbados. In our conversation she shares h...

In this week's episode I am joined by Nikisha Watson. Nikisha is a Trinidadian  born actuary, author and blogger, living in the UK with her husband, three children and their dog. In addition to discussing her wildly popular blogs and videos on mom life, we discuss her books that take readers on exciting journeys through Trinidad and Tobago and explore places of interest, food, animals and cul...

In this week's episode I am joined by Registered Psychotherapist, Natacha Pennycooke. Natacha walks us through what anxiety looks like and gives us practical tools to tackle anxiety.  Visit this week's show page at www.yolanderobinson.com/episode35 Shifting Perspectives is a conversation with Yolande and Latasha that challenges listeners to fuel themselves with diversity in the way they...

Happy New Year! We are starting off this year a little differently. This week's episode is hosted by Roen Higgins. You may remember Roen from Episode 6: I am a Witness .  Roen invites listeners to dive into getting to know Yolande, the host of Shifting Perspectives. They discuss everything from podcasting, to transitions, to life challenges, to motherhood to entrepreneurship.  To find out mor...

This week I am joined by Laurie-Anne Batraville. Laurie-Anne is the founder and Head Coach of For Colored Girls Health Well, which was established in 2019. Laurie-Anne is an athlete, an author, a trainer and a published microbiologist. Although the  Colored Girls Health Well is a company that welcomes everyone, Laurie-Anne explains that statistics show that Black Women tend to be more affected by...