Mawusi Ragland

Weekly Motivations - The Podcast

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"Weekly Motivations - The Podcast" with host Mawusi Ragland. Every week Mawusi interviews people from around the world who are going through or survived addiction, trauma, violence, or anything life altering. Mawusi is a Motivational Speaker and Life Coach trained by Les Brown and Dr. Sonja Stribling. Additionally Mawusi is the Founder and owner of WuRag Motivate Inc a non-profit providing assistance to the homeless community and she is also the Founder/CEO of School Of Hard Knocks Life Coaching, LLC.Available for speaking engagements - Please message for booking info.

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Mawusi Ragland

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Latest episode

Sep 9, 2025

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Episodes

Prodigy Success Part 2 (featuring Michael Fineman) 09.09.2025

Welcome to "Weekly Motivations - The Podcast". This is the conclusion of this very special 2 part episode. Today Mawusi Ragland gets a chance to catch up and chat with her friend, Motivational Speaker/Entrepreneur Michael Fineman. Mawusi met Michael while coming up through the "Les Brown Prodigy" program. Listen as Michael talks about helping to put together the Prodigy program...

Prodigy Success Part 1 (featuring Michael Fineman) 09.09.2025

Welcome to "Weekly Motivations - The Podcast". This is Part 1 of a very special 2 part episode. Today Mawusi Ragland gets a chance to catch up and chat with her friend, Motivational Speaker/Entrepreneur Michael Fineman. Wu met Michael while coming up through the "Les Brown Prodigy" program. Listen as Michael talks about helping to put together the Prodigy program and the differ...

Embracing Adversity - Growing up Undocumented (Feat. Juan Terrazas) Ter 18.02.2025

Welcome to Weekly Motivations - The Podcast. After a short hiatus, your favorite host is back for Season 3. Join Mawusi as she talks to Juan Terrazas about growing up undocumented and losing his mother and father to deportation at 14 years old. Juan explains the difficulties he faced navigating life on his own at such a early age until he embraced church, which led him to the realization that &quo...

"Adversity Is The Pressure That Creates Diamonds" Part 3 - Feat. Nicole Stiopu 30.04.2024

Greetings. Today is the conclusion of a very special 3 part episode. Please enjoy and don't forget to Rate, Review, and Follow anywhere fine podcasts are downloaded. Brought to you by School Of Hard Knocks Life Coaching, LLC

"Adversity Is The Pressure That Creates Diamonds" Part 2 - feat. Nicole Stiopu 23.04.2024

Greetings and Thank you for joining your host Mawusi Ragland on Weekly Motivations - The Podcast. This weeks installment is part 2 of a very special 3 part episode featuring special guest Nicole Stiopu. Please enjoy and don't forget to rate, review, and follow on any platform where fine podcasts are downloaded.

"Adversity Is The Pressure That Creates Diamonds" feat. Nicole Stiopu 16.04.2024

Greetings and welcome to Part 1 of a special 3 part episode with your host WuRag interviewing Canadian Native Nicole Stiopu. Nicole tells a riveting life story of being a child with no emotional support which created a snowball effect of seeking that support by associating with the the wrong people, experimenting with Ecstasy, and making bad decisions. Thank you for watching and don't forget t...

Embracing Strength to Walk Through Trauma (featuring Connie McNutt) 20.09.2023

Greetings and welcome to Weekly Motivations - The Podcast. This week your host WuRag sits down with Connie McNutt. Connie talks about growing up without a Father and that he assaulted her Mother by stabbing her in the stomach while she was pregnant, drugs being used in front of her and many other traumatic experiences. Thank you for tuning in. Don't forget to Download, Listen, Rate, and Review...

He Chose Me Part 3 of 3 (feat. Cherelle Lanese) 29.08.2023

Greetings and thanks for listening/watching. This is Part 3 of a special 3 part interview featuring Cherelle Lanese, Author of the book "He Chose Me" Thanks for listening/watching and don't forget to Follow, Download, Rate, and Review anywhere fine Podcasts are found.

"He Chose Me" - Part 2 of 3 - (feat. Cherelle Lenise) 23.08.2023

Greetings and Thank You for tuning in to Weekly Motivations - The Podcast. Today is Part 2 of a very special 3 part Interview where your host WuRag continues talking to Cherelle Lenise, author of the book "He Chose Me" Please Enjoy and don't forget to Follow, Download, Rate, and Review anywhere fine Podcasts are found.

"He Chose Me" - Part 1 of a 3 Part Very Special Episode - (feat. Cherelle Lenise) 17.08.2023

Greetings and thank you for tuning in to part 1 of a special 3 part episode where your host WuRag will be Interviewing Cherelle Lenise, author of the book "He Chose Me". Cherelle talks to WuRag about her inspiration for the book and gets very personal about life and growing up in Baltimore Maryland (aka Bodymore Murderland aka B-More). This is a must see episode so please enjoy Part 1. T...

Trauma to Triumph - An Intimate Journey with God 26.07.2023

Greetings and welcome to Weekly Motivations - The Podcast. On this weeks episode, your host WuRag interviews Karin Gosine. Karin is a Stage 4 Thyroid Cancer survivor who attributes her success to her faith. Karin received her diagnosis during the outbreak of Covid which understandably only added to stress of the situation. Karin agreed to join us to today so she can get her story out with the conf...

Finding the Strength to Make it Through (feat. Monique Glover) 05.07.2023

+Welcome to Weekly Motivations - The Podcast. Today your host WuRag interviews Domestic Violence Survivor Monique Glover. Monique opens up about being stuck in a violent relationship and finding the strength to do whatever it takes to get her and her children out of the relationship and never look back. Domestic Violence is a horrible act that happens far too much in todays society and hopefully m...

In Order To Be Something, You Have To Do Something (feat. Devon Berry) 02.05.2023

Welcome to the show. On todays very special episode, your host WuRag interviews Devon Berry who talks about his life, growing up playing Football, Financial Hardship, and working with the NFL. Devon did all this while living with Cerebral Palsy, which he was diagnosed with at age 3. This is a must see/hear episode about overcoming adversity. Thank you for tuning in. Be sure to Rate, Review, and Fo...

Grateful and Clean feat Joey Pagano 01.02.2023

Greetings and Thank You for listening. Due to some unforeseen technical difficulties todays episode can only be enjoyed in audio format, but nonetheless is still a powerful episode. Enjoy and watch out for the video follow up with Joey in the near future. Please Follow, Download, Rate, and Review anywhere fine Podcasts are found.

Coping with Trauma as an Adult (featuring Corey D. Jones) 10.01.2023

Greetings and Welcome to Weekly Motivations-The Podcast. This week is a special episode because your host WuRag sits down with well known Motivational Speaker, Author, Good Friend, and Colleague Corey D. Jones who opens up about a traumatic childhood and how he copes with it as an adult. This is a very special must see episode. Thank you for the support and tuning in every week. Be sure to Downloa...

Substitute Family 03.01.2023

Greetings and Welcome to the show. Today your beloved host WuRag meets and chats with Julio Carillo. Julio didn't grow up in the Foster Care System but he was left to be raised by a family other than his own which left him feeling somewhat detached. Now Julio is a thriving businessman and is ready to tell the world his story. Thank you for your support. Be sure to Follow, Download, Rate, and Revie...

Interview With Kate Hudson 22.10.2022

Sorry we had to take a break but we're back!  On today's episode join your host WuRag and special guest Kate hudson as she lays it all on the table and tells her story of sexual molestation, trauma, eating disorders, how she overcame them and now uses the experience to help others. Thank you for watching and/or listening. Don't forget follow, like, and leave a rating/review on Spotify, Apple...

"Women, We Can Do What We Want" featuring Karen Bashford 13.09.2022

Todays episode features Karen Bashford who talks to WuRag about growing up in England, being married to a physically and mentally abusive alcoholic/drug addict, having parents that never said they love you, and Empowerment for Women. Thank you for listening/watching and please rate and review on your favorite Podcast platform. Be sure to follow WuRag on Facebook and Instagram. For booking info ple...

One Trauma After Another (feat. Christy Kanooble) 31.08.2022

After a small break your host has returned with a edge of your seat interview. Today WuRag interviews Christy Kanooble. This young lady had it tough, from abuse starting at age 5 and lasting all the way through her pre-teen years to being targeted by a man posing as a student at her college who brutally tortured her physically and sexually. Thank you for listening and don't forget to follow, rate,...

Living With a Monster Part 2 (featuring Susan Parso) 03.08.2022

Welcome and Thank You for joining us. For those of you that tuned in last week, this is the conclusion to the interview with Susan Parso. Please enjoy and be sure to Follow, Rate, and Review on Spotify or your favorite Podcast Platform. Make sure you follow the podcast on Facebook and follow WuRag on Instagram.

Living With A Monster Part 1 (featuring Susan Parso) 27.07.2022

This weeks episode is part 1 of a 2 part special interview with Susan Parso. Susan opens up to WuRag about meeting a nice man while out of the country. A few years later, now back in the states, married, and having a son together, he with no provocation or warning begins to physically torture and violently abuse her. Everyone should hear how this one turns out because there are far too many simila...

Triggers of a Tragic Childhood (feat. C. Imani Williams) 20.07.2022

Everyone knows that a sight, a sound, even a smell can instantly take you back to a better time during childhood. On the other side of the coin it can take you back to a time that you never wanted to remember, perhaps the worst time of your life. Today your host WuRag will talk to C. Imani Williams about exactly that. Listen as C. Imani Williams opens up to WuRag about being Sexually Assaulted by...

Walking on Eggshells (Surviving Domestic Violence feat. Christine Narte) 12.07.2022

On todays episode WuRag will interview Christine Narte who will tell us how she was swept into a whirlwind of romance that later turned into a hurricane of Physical/Psychological Violence, Controlling Behavior, and Sexual Assault. Christine invites any listener going through a similar situation to contact her on IG if they need someone to talk to. Thank you for listening/watching. Don't forget to...

Don't Lose Faith (featuring Daisy Paige) 05.07.2022

Greetings. Tonight is a special episode. Your host WuRag will have a conversation with Daisy Page where she will talk about abuse, molestation by a family member at a early age, and living with a rare disorder called MSA. Thank you for joining us and enjoy. Please feel free to Listen, Follow/Like, and Comment.

Surviving the Abuse Trilogy (featuring Danette Mahabeer) 28.06.2022

Thank you for tuning in. Tonight's episode is a must see/listen. Your host WuRag talks to special guest and Abuse Trilogy (Physical, Psychological, and Sexual) survivor Danette Mahabeer. Please Enjoy and feel free to Like and Comment on your favorite Podcast Platform.

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