Jessica sat down and had a very candid conversation about her transition from being a Makeup artist into a Biblical Beauty Coach. She talked about how when you calling shifts how you can step boldly into it!  Jessica Shakir is a Biblical Beauty Coach and Founder of The Beautiful Mind Academy, a global online community of Jesus-loving women renewing their minds with the Word of God and transforming their worlds through spiritual growth and trustworthy sisterhood! Through Soul Care and Spiritual Leadership Coaching Programs, Guest Speaker Masterclasses, and epic In-Person Retreats, Jessica helps women understand and live out Biblical Beauty to the Glory of God! Jessica has worked as a Celebrity Hair + Makeup Artist for 25 years with a clientele that includes Colbie Caillat, Kevin Bacon, Jane Lynch, Rachel Hunter, Grace Park, Daniel Dae Kim, The Backstreet Boys, and Eminem. She’s even more excited to get to work with women of God whom she admires including Lisa Bevere, Lisa Harper, Havilah Cunnington, Laurie Crouch, Victoria Osteen, Cece Winans, and many more. As a TV Beauty Expert, Jessica has been regularly featured on national TV segments on shows including ABC’s FABLife and The Dr. Oz Show. She was the Key Hair and Makeup Artist for Praise and Better Together for the Trinity Broadcast Network for 5 years and has worked on set of The Talk, Steve Harvey, Wendy Williams, and America’s Next Top Model. Jessica is wildly in love with her husband, Vincent Shakir, and she’s also passionate about encouraging single women to wait well by honoring God with a flourishing life! Vincent and Jessica just moved from Southern California to Sweet Home Alabama to build a home and open a restaurant, Bistro 17, in downtown Tuscaloosa! Above all, Jessica delights in her relationship with Jesus, she finds joy in living a beautiful life, and desires to raise up an army of God’s daughters who are spiritually equipped and ready to lead and love others well!   Follow our guest https://instagram.com/jessicashakirbeauty?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=   https://instagram.com/thebeautifulmind_academy?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=   Don’t Forget to join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/24CaratConversationsPodcastGroup Follow our guest Rhonda Velez  www.rhondavelez.com https://instagram.com/realityoflife02?igshid=1dpidv6xl9exi

Welcome to 24 Carat Conversations Podcast. This Season we will be chatting about Transitions in life. Our guest is this week is Cathy Loerzel received her MA in Counseling Psychology in 2007 is the Co-Founder of The Allender Center at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and co-author of Redeeming Heartache: How Past Suffering Reveals Your True Calling. She has spent the last 15 years developing the theory and methodology of a popular new coaching and therapeutic approach called Story Work that moves people through their past stories of heartache to heal and discover healthier ways of being in the world.    She is a story work coach, popular speaker, writer and consultant based out of Seattle, WA where she lives with her husband, 2 little boys, 2 big dogs and 7 chickens on their urban farm.  I couldn’t think of a more appropriate person to kick off this season about transitions in life than Cathy!      Follow our guest https://www.cathyloerzel.com https://instagram.com/cathy.loerzel?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=   Don’t forget to join the Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/24CaratConversationsPodcastGroup   Follow our Host Rhonda Velez  www.rhondavelez.com https://instagram.com/realityoflife02?igshid=1dpidv6xl9exi

Seasons change in our lives and that often comes with saying goodbye to things that are great. In this episode we share our hearts with our 24 Carat family and what our next chapters hold. In the words of A.A. Milne How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.   Don’t Forget to join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/24CaratConversationsPodcastGroup   Follow our Host Phylis Mantelli  https://www.instagram.com/phylismantelli/  https://www.facebook.com/phylismantelliauthorpage   Rhonda Velez  www.rhondavelez.com https://instagram.com/realityoflife02?igshid=1dpidv6xl9exi

This beautiful epiode was a candid conversation with Sarah De Orlando. She moved across the world and it changed her life. Her move, although scary and uncomfortable changed her life and changed her story. Sarah de Orlando is an author, speaker, and the Chief-Hope-Giver of Sarah de Orlando Coaching, and she and her husband have a super-cute little girl, “Bug.” Sarah bravely left her structural engineering career after an experience in Poland revealed her true purpose: to live rooted in Jesus’ love and lavish it on others. Her passion is to coach women to discover and embrace their vibrant journey with the Lord so together, we may impact nations and generations for Jesus. Don’t Forget to join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/24CaratConversationsPodcastGroup   Follow our Host Phylis Mantelli  https://www.instagram.com/phylismantelli/  https://www.facebook.com/phylismantelliauthorpage Rhonda Velez  www.rhondavelez.com https://instagram.com/realityoflife02?igshid=1dpidv6xl9exi Follow our guest Sarah De Orlando www.sarahdeorlando.com Instagram https://instagram.com/sarahdeorlando?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=        

Change is never never easy, in fact it can be very uncomfortable. Rhonda talks about a big change in her life and how in the midst of the change God was reminding her to trust Him. If you are navigating change this episode will encourage you! Don’t Forget to join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/24CaratConversationsPodcastGroup   Follow our Host Phylis Mantelli  https://www.instagram.com/phylismantelli/  https://www.facebook.com/phylismantelliauthorpage Rhonda Velez  www.rhondavelez.com https://instagram.com/realityoflife02?igshid=1dpidv6xl9exi  

In this episode we discuss the writing process that Rhonda went through to publish her new devotional 24 Carat Conversations Devotional. The journey God took her on as she wrote and refining process God brough her through to emerge as pure gold Don’t Forget to join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/24CaratConversationsPodcastGroup   Follow our Host Phylis Mantelli  https://www.instagram.com/phylismantelli/  https://www.facebook.com/phylismantelliauthorpage Rhonda Velez  www.rhondavelez.com https://instagram.com/realityoflife02?igshid=1dpidv6xl9exi  

Michelle Donnelly is the President and CEO of PlusONE Parents, a ministry devoted to helping single parents overcome overwhelm to rebuild God-empowered lives and raise up a new generation. A mother of three, Michelle is also the host of The Christian Single Moms Podcast and author of Safe Haven: A Devotional for the Abused & Abandoned, and Seen: Hope & Healing for Single Moms. Learn more about PlusONE Parents at www.plusoneparents.org Follow us on our socials at Don’t Forget to join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/24CaratConversationsPodcastGroup   Follow our Host Phylis Mantelli  https://www.instagram.com/phylismantelli/  https://www.facebook.com/phylismantelliauthorpage Rhonda Velez  www.rhondavelez.com https://instagram.com/realityoflife02?igshid=1dpidv6xl9exi  

It is easy to say we surrender it all to you God but do we? This week we interviewed Michelle S Lazurek, she is a Multi-genre award winning author, literary agent and certified writing coach, Twelve time award winning author including a two- time Children's Book of the Year and Article of the Year award winner  We discussed the difficulties in surrendering it all to God. We had a candid discussion surrender and the difficulties around it. We know you will enjoy this episode   Follow our guest http://www.michellelazurek.com  https://instagram.com/michellelspeaks?utm_medium=copy_link Don’t Forget to join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/24CaratConversationsPodcastGroup   Follow our Host Phylis Mantelli  https://www.instagram.com/phylismantelli/  https://www.facebook.com/phylismantelliauthorpage   Rhonda Velez  www.rhondavelez.com https://instagram.com/realityoflife02?igshid=1dpidv6xl9exi  

It is Human Trafficking Awareness month and we wanted to share our guest Tania Andre Montanez story with you. Tania Andre Montanez is an Anti-Human Trafficking Missionary and #Churchtoo Child Sexual Abuse Survivor who travels throughout the U.S. and internationally with her non-profit, "The Mavuno Project" sharing her testimony. She shares her transformational message of being a victim to a survivor and now a thriver. She has disruptively obeyed God and stepped into her purpose. Tania has been featured on TBN Salsa (Trinity Broadcasting Network) and has spoken at women conferences, non-profit organizations, schools and churches. She has been honored by Congressional Recognition sealed by the US Congress and signed by Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson. Tania has a B.A from Lee University in Ministry Leadership. She is married to Reginald and together, they own ARK Solvers (Cyber Security & Information Technology Services). They share a lifelong commitment for helping their community achieve family values, integrity, generosity, and gratitude.   Follow our guest on all her social media platforms https://instagram.com/taniaandre_?utm_medium=copy_link https://instagram.com/taniaandre_?utm_medium=copy_link https://instagram.com/themavunoproject?utm_medium=copy_link https://instagram.com/themavunoproject?utm_medium=copy_link https://instagram.com/its_apenalty?utm_medium=copy_link https://instagram.com/its_apenalty?utm_medium=copy_link     Don’t Forget to join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/24CaratConversationsPodcastGroup   Follow our Host Phylis Mantelli  https://www.instagram.com/phylismantelli/  https://www.facebook.com/phylismantelliauthorpage   Rhonda Velez  www.rhondavelez.com https://instagram.com/realityoflife02?igshid=1dpidv6xl9exi

We are so excited to start this year out with a interview with our friend Corie Clark. Corie is a entrepreneur, founder of purpose babe and simplicity society and she helps women find their God given purpose. We asked her to be on today to talk about goals, now you all know we believe in setting goals and we want you to start your year out right. So get your pen and paper out and get ready to start setting those goals!   Follow our Guest Cori Clark https://www.instagram.com/purposebabesociety/ https://www.corieclark.com Don’t Forget to join our Facebook Group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/24CaratConversationsPodcastGroup   Follow our Host Phylis Mantelli  https://www.instagram.com/phylismantelli/  https://www.facebook.com/phylismantelliauthorpage   Rhonda Velez  www.rhondavelez.com https://instagram.com/realityoflife02?igshid=1dpidv6xl9exi