Mensimah's Round Table: Conversations for Women of Power and Grace

In this episode, I am integrating what seemingly is going on in the outer world with Queen Elizabeth’s passing and Holding the Holy Vision of the Feminine conversations that we have discussed in a couple of previous episodes. And the topic I am addressing is: how are we being queens in our lives? I am in a private conversation with my soul sisters in a different group and I thought it appropriate...

Celebrating the Sacred and the Ordinary in Becoming Woman is about our first initiation into womanhood and how we felt about it. There are three stages in a woman's life--the virgin, mother and crone. The embodiment of each stage is pertinent to how we feel about ourselves in the present. We go through these rites of passage either appreciating them as sacred moments or dismissing them as ordinary...

In this episode, I discuss the Holy Vision of the Feminine Within. If we look at the conditions women continue to live all over the world, we recognize that there had been a deliberate erosion of feminine images (example the Orisha goddesses) that showcased strength as in the daughters of the ancient mothers Yemoja, Osun and Oya who came to the earth to awaken and refine qualities of nurturance an...

My guest this week is Reverend Rita Koranteng (Mama Rita) who currently lives in Kumasi, Ghana. She started her career as a secretary working for the Ghana Denmark Association. In 2001, she attended Central University College and earned her degree in Theology. She was ordained as a minister in 2014. She got married and was blessed with a ministry in Accra, Ghana. In 2018, she run an online radio p...

I feel called to have a direct conversation with you and share inner processes that would enhance our well being. We are all on a spiritual journey, and we may ask "what is a journey?" It is a metaphor for one's life. So how are you handling life? This episode highlights the real journey and the metaphors for transformation. Are you moving into new beginnings? Are you in the clearing process of en...

I just visited Ghana, my place of birth. It is obvious that there are stark differences between what is valued in Ghana and America—differences about wealth, health, happiness, love, success, prosperity and money. I will address these in future podcasts with guests. Living by grace is a beautiful concept because it lessens the pressure we put on ourselves, ultimately allowing room to live joyfully...

In this episode, I take a position on the recent Supreme Court decision in reversing Roe vs. Wade. My focus, however, was not to get entrenched in the political persuasions of the day, but rather to highlight a spiritual path of wisdom, which Saint Teresa of Avila, a mystical theologian used to reorganize her Order. She speaks of the dignity of each soul in grace, and shows a path one can follow t...

In this episode, I referenced the importance of relating to sacred images of the feminine and highlighted images of powerful women in history who could influence our dispositions, especially weary ones. If we created a sacred space, where we could commune daily with our powerful inner selves, we will realize that there is nothing we cannot do or be. We have work to do to save this planet, and we i...

Myrna Garcia-Bowen started her career in higher education in 1982 at Eastern CT State University. While there she held the position of Assistant to the Director of Admissions. Two years later she was promoted to Assistant Director of Admissions.  Myrna was hired at Central Connecticut State University where she served as the Director of Recruitment and Admissions until 2005. In 2005 to p...

I appreciate you tuning in to listen to the conversations with other women of power and grace. In this episode, I'd like to take the opportunity to give you a glimpse of who I am and the reasons behind what I do, and how I do it. I bear testimony of divine providence and grace. I believe that the universe endows us with gifts and resources to support our transformation(s). If and when we yield to...

Donna Hylton is a technology professional and community leader with over 30 years of experience. Donna began her technology career in college while working as a Data Center Coordinator in New York City. She has worked as an end-user database specialist, programmer, systems team leader, and information systems manager before making the transition to academia. In 1997 Donna started teaching at Middl...

In this episode, I share some thoughts with you about losing loved ones, especially suddenly like 9/11 or other similar situations. There's has been so much tension in our world, transitioning from Covid, as well as globally. There are several conflicts, some making the news and others not. War, in my opinion, is not waged only by physical violence but it is reflected in the environment, our words...

Shilpa Ahuja is a daughter, wife, mom, entrepreneur, and world traveler. She was born in India, raised in Oman, studied Architecture in London and got married in India, and came to the United States.  She started her career in various Architectural firms where she gained a wealth of experience in commercial retail design, creating prototypical building sets for state-of-the-art Gyms, shopping...

Sally's love of historic homes and decorating has made working as a licensed real estate professional a natural choice these past few years. She is licensed in the state of Rhode Island and in addition helps individuals and their families with asset management and life protection income in Rhode Island and MA. She worked as a Therapist in private practice and as a consultant to the State of Connec...

Shannon Seeley is a Licensed  Massage Therapist of 12 years she has wide ranging experience from deep tissue clientele all the way to offering touch therapy at Group homes on Sunday mornings. Shannon is a mother of two school aged children , a wife and a friend to many. She started #momlifeunfiltered on Facebook in 2018 looking to help women feel supported and empowered during what...

Pearletta Lamey is the Director of Stat-Pro Healthcare Solutions, a CPR training business a CLIA waived Laboratory and a state approved pandemic provider for Connecticut where we offer mobile and onsite covid vaccinations and testing. With over 14 years of Healthcare background, my passion is to provide direct patient care, especially for maternity patients. Pearletta was a Certified Registered Mi...

Rebecca Loveless, MA is a Structured Word Inquiry Coach. She is a passionate educator, who works with students, teachers, and other literacy professionals to help all children learn to read and write with confidence and joy. She is a lover of words, etymology, and storytelling, and she can explain the reason for many crazy spellings of English words. She also engages with a rich and varied spiritu...

In this episode, I am replaying the answers given by guests at the Round Table to the question "Who is a Woman of Power and Grace? Each guest speaks her own unvarnished truth and the words from these powerful women present opportunities for us to absorb the different expressions, attributes, and understanding into our psyche. From this platform, we would be able to engage, accelerate our growth/tr...

Andrea is the CEO of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority in Connecticut . She Served as president and CEO of Harc, Inc. — supporting people with intellectual and related disabilities and their families. Former Director of Program Operations at Lawyers for Children America, Inc., Ten- year career at Chubb Insurance in Operations, leading large-scale implementations Community Engag...

Such an appropriate title for these times! Patricia Campanile, M.H.S.A.  is a certified global Edgewalker facilitator, business, executive, and life coach and successful trainer, speaker, workshop and retreat leader. For over 30 years she has worked across industry lines with women, leaders, entrepreneurs, not for profit, corporations and national organizations in “REINVENTING SUCCESS FR...

Dr. Dorothy Martin-Neville is an Executive Leadership Coach, an international speaker and author of eight books. She addresses the issues that exist for all of us who are trying to please everyone, who are striving to be near-perfect, or who are the over-achievers. In working with Executive Women, Dorothy has seen how powerful women have unique ways of doing self-betrayal, in giving their power aw...

Ms. Sonia Santavenere is a beautician and she is the owner of The Main Switch in Middletown and Norwalk, Connecticut. (http://www.mainswitchsalonct.com/) Sonia says, "When you look good, you feel good." This is the philosophy at The Main Switch Beauty Salon where owner, she delights her guests with dazzling hair styles and an exceptional salon experience. She places emphasis on ambience, crea...

Quatina (Tina) Frazer is my first guest from Generation X! She is a Community Leader, Author, Mother and she holds a Master's Degree in Liberal Studies. Tina exemplifies courage, determination, decency and dignity in everything she does. She has overcome a lot as in many women's stories and this conversation should bring hope and optimism to all our endeavors. She sings James Cleveland's I don't F...

Dr. Atim Eneida George's credentials: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Black Studies Research (CBSR), UC Santa Barbara Conducted an in-depth qualitative interdisciplinary study entitled Black Mothers Matter, https://www.cbsr.ucsb.edu/research-projects/intersectional-justice leading to the production of book chapter, Respect—Making Your Mess, Your Message: What I Learned About Courageous Truth - tel...

Julienne B. Ryan is a Humorist | Keynote Storytelling Speaker |Trainer, Facilitator, Coach. She began her professional career at age five when she did TV commercials and learned important things like “the teamsters always eat first,” her social security number and how to endorse checks for bank deposit. Ryan studied psychology in college because she wanted to understand humans. She conducted...