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Dr. P On The Pod

Pernessa C. Seele

Podcast by The Balm In Gilead, Inc.

society & culture medicine

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27:38

#273 Rest as Resistance: Reimagining Strength for...

Dr. P On The Pod ·

2026/03/26

Dr. Shayla Walker is a licensed clinical social worker, professor, workshop facilitator, and public speaker. With bachelor and master degrees in social work (BSW and MSW) and a PhD in Transformative Social Change, she brings over a decade of experience addressing mental health, belonging, racial justice, and restorative healing. Known for blending scholarship with authentic lived experience, Dr. Walker delivers engaging, relatable, and transformative experiences for higher education instituti...

33:20

#272 The Hot Pink Shoes: A Story of Grief, Legacy and...

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2026/03/19

Maya Dionne is a bestselling author, widow coach, and CEO/Founder of Purpose2Platform LLC and Widows DO Bounce Back LLC. With over 20 years of experience in IT and writing, she blends technology, creative strategy, and behavioral psychology to empower writers in building their platforms in one business; and helping widows create lives they truly love in the other. Through Purpose2Platform, Maya helps aspiring authors take their books from concept to bestseller, offering coaching, project mana...

28:58

#271 Women Who Soar: Legacy, Purpose, and the Power...

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2026/03/12

Sharvette Mitchell, CEO of Mitchell Productions, is more than a business leader and marketing consultant; she’s THE PLATFORM BUILDER®. Her vision, ingenuity, and extensive 25-year background in corporate America at Capital One Bank, coupled with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Virginia Commonwealth University, have crystallized her reputation as a foremost authority in the marketing landscape. Sharvette’s unique approach, encapsulated in her trademarked framework THE PLATFORM BUILDER®...

27:35

#270 Beyond the Diagnosis: Survivor, Advocate,...

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2026/03/05

CiNease Freeman is a Richmond, Virginia-based colorectal cancer survivor and advocate, diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer in June 2022 at the age of 28. She is active in raising awareness, particularly around the rise of young-onset colorectal cancer, and is featured in national campaigns.

40:16

#269 38 Years of Prayer, Legacy and Love –...

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2026/02/26

Dr. Cary L. Goodman has a sincere passion to empower faith communities to operate at their fullest capacity in areas of health promotion, advocacy programs, outreach and development. For over 18 years, he has been dedicated to establishing and expanding health programs across the United States by building the capacity to address health disparities that greatly impact congregations and the communities they serve by strategically leveraging faith-based and community partnership to impact sustai...

42:09

#268 Legacy & Liberation: Stories from the Black...

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2026/02/19

Elmer Dixon, a longtime activist for racial justice, grew up a witness to the Civil Rights Movement and marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Seattle, WA in the 60s. He was one of the founders of Seattle's chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968. Only 17 at the time, he helped to shape a new world, a new place, a new country, where all people were respected, regardless of color and position in life. Now Dixon runs his own business in Seattle and . is a diversity trainer who speaks abo...

36:43

#267 A Long Walk: A Teacher’s School Integration Legacy

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2026/02/12

Edna Elaine Glover is a retired schoolteacher from South Carolina School Districts. Teaching social studies to high school students, her career spanned 30 years. Ms. Glover grew up in the era of segregated schools and the Jim Crow South. She was among the few African American teachers that were hired to teach in integrated schools post segregation. Ms. Glover received a Bachelor of Arts from South Carolina State University and a master’s degree in education from The Citadel in Charleston. She...

41:09

#266 A Sacred 100 Years: Honoring the Impact of Negro...

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2026/02/05

Miyoshi Juergensen, PhD (she/her/hers) is an educator, scholar, and practitioner whose work centers Black educational history, teacher leadership, and equity-driven school and community improvement. A former classroom teacher and district leader, Dr. Juergensen brings more than two decades of experience in education and a deep commitment to understanding how Black educators have historically built, sustained, and visioned caring and consequential schools and communities under conditions of co...

25:28

#265 What Runs in the Family: Black Health, Sacred...

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2026/01/29

Erin Poyant is the founder of #hATTRNextGen™, a community-driven movement focused on raising awareness of V122I hereditary amyloidosis within the Black community. Inspired by her late father’s journey with the disease and her own experience as a gene carrier, Erin’s work centers on honoring legacy while encouraging earlier understanding and more informed family health conversations. In another capacity, Erin works with the Amyloidosis Research Consortium (ARC), supporting healthcare providers...

29:26

#264 It’s a Happy New Year of Wellness! with Dr. P

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2026/01/22

Dr. Pernessa C. Seele, Founder and CEO of The Balm In Gilead, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, is a phenomenal trailblazer. Dr. Seele is celebrating over 38 years of providing vision and leadership in areas of technical support to strengthen the capacity of faith institutions in the United States and Africa to eradicate health disparities by promoting health education and services within their local communities. Born in the heart of the south, this Lincolnville native always shares a spec...

23:44

#263 Finding Holiday Joy: How to Survive the Season

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2025/12/18

Bishop Dickie L. Robbins is a dynamic visionary, community leader, public speaker, preacher, teacher, husband, and father. Bishop Robbins is a strong believer in equipping the believer to embrace the truth of who they are in Christ. They are to influence the world around them by having signs and wonders following them. The life of the believer should be such an example, of who Christ is, that those perishing are drawn to Christ by the life they live. Along with his wife, Bishop Robbins founde...

28:08

#262 Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension: Your Blood...

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2025/12/11

Joanne Mitchell-McLaren is a Lifelong Patient Advocate and Educator, Clinical Expert and Rare Disease Specialist. Her overall goal is to prepare and provide patients and caregivers with the awareness, support and education they need as it relates to their health. She has provided tools, education and encouragement that patients need to feel confident to have courageous conversations with their health care providers; in hopes to empower them to make the best decision and to use their voice to ...

30:15

#261 Stop Shrinking, Start Believing: Overcoming...

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2025/12/04

Lawrence C. Harris is a nationally recognized Youth Empowerment Speaker with a dynamic voice for teens and young adults facing self-doubt, insecurity, and internal barriers. Through his powerful lived experience—overcoming childhood abuse, Autism, and complex PTSD—Lawrence has helped thousands of young people build unshakable self-worth and rise above challenges that once held them back.

26:08

#260 Hello Healthy Churches Conference! Dr. P’s...

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2025/11/13

29:18

#259 Living Your Best Life: Finding Joy and Balance...

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2025/11/06

Kaye Woodard is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Co-Founder of Livalytics, Inc. - a system that combines biometric analytics and health insights to help businesses and individuals achieve measurable performance improvements. Her experience includes leading process improvements that deliver measurable results—most notably, playing a key role in launching the iconic Redbox video 'robot,' which transformed video rental through automation and logistics innovation. This experience reinforce...

27:53

#258 The Healthy Communication GLOW

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2025/10/30

Tanya Simmons Reid is a visionary leader, communications strategist and mental health advocate. In 2018, she founded Skyrocket Communications, Inc. to help organizations "rise brilliantly" in their ability to serve clients, customers and communities. Under her leadership, Skyrocket Communications also produces signature events and apparel that spark awareness, drive change and foster meaningful conversations. With a distinguished career spanning communications, marketing, business development...

30:32

#257 This is Legacy! HBCUs, Homecomings, and Connection

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2025/10/23

Cary L. Goodman, a native of Richmond, VA, has a sincere passion to empower faith communities to operate at their fullest capacity in areas of health promotion, advocacy programs, outreach, and development. For over 16 years, he has been dedicated to establishing and expanding health programs across the United States by building the capacity to address health disparities that greatly impact congregations and the communities they serve by strategically leveraging faith-based and community part...

26:03

Understanding Natural Healthy Food is Medicine! with...

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2025/10/16

Delores Fedrick is a multifaceted public health leader with over 50 years of pharmaceutical and medical sales, grant writing, nonprofit administration & public health literacy experience. She is the author of The Complete Guide to Developing Nutritional Skills: A One-Stop Dietary Solution for the Entire Family and Diverse Literacy Levels (First and Second Editions). She is passionate about ensuring everyone has adequate information to live healthy lives.

30:04

#255 Decluttering for our Physical and Mental Well-Being

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2025/10/09

Bio of Janet M. Taylor, Owner, Totally Organized, Inc. For the past 28 years, I have been assisting clients in creating a space that attracts more abundance, love, and happiness in their lives. My expertise includes transforming cluttered rooms into functional and creative spaces, organizing the personal and professional spaces of executives, and downsizing offices. As a speaker, I have presented at the Philadelphia Home Show and conducted workshops at the Philadelphia Federation of Tea...

31:46

#254 Carrying Legacy Forward

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2025/07/24

Craig Ascue is a humble visionary leader, entrepreneur, and community builder rooted in the Gullah Geechee heritage of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. As CEO of Ascue’s Paint and Body Shop, a second-generation collision repair business founded by his father in 1968, Craig blends tradition, technical excellence, and team leadership. Since taking the helm in 1995 after graduating from South Carolina State University with a degree in Marketing, Craig grew the company’s revenues, maintained consist...

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