TS20-24 The Need for African American Children’s books

June 8, 2020June 28, 2025Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Their Story Matter with Sara Troy, and her guests, Erica Ramsey-Bowen, and Barrett Clemmensen Powell, on-air from June 9th

We speak to the lack of representation of Black children in books as bright, adventurous and capable children. What do they have to be inspired by when they do not see themselves in any books?

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“From both my personal experience as well as data compiled from various sources on the subject, it has been demonstrated time and time again that from an early age, children infer from the lack of diverse protagonists that there is a limitation to their abilities and potential. If the sight of the white cisgender Christian able-bodied protagonist keeps appearing in the majority of children’s books (and for me, particularly in fantasy literature), then there is an unspoken understanding that children of color, children who identify as a gender other than a cisgender male, children who are of a different religion than Christianity, and children who are differently-abled ARE NOT SEEN.
Every year, an infographic is produced and shared showing the statistics for diversity in this country compiled by Sarah Park Dahlen and every year, children of color consistently have a much smaller percentage of children’s literature starring THEM vs books with a hero who is white, male, Christian, heterosexual, BUT there are ALSO MORE books featuring an animal as the protagonist versus children of color, or another gender, or religion or physical ability.
So, just to be clear, a polar bear or a talking cat OR a naked mole rat can get more validation, if you will, of their abilities to be the hero in life than any of these other groups of human children.
And last but not least, let’s examine this from the flip side: from the white, cisgender, male-identifying, Christian, physically-abled point of view if you are accustomed to literally seeing yourself as the hero and focus of most adventures, would that not shape your attitude towards the worth of others different than you that you never see in those same pages? It’s no wonder there is a broad unspoken assumption of that white male able-bodied Christian is always to be on the pinnacle, the indisputable top of the heap.

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May 18, 2020June 28, 2025Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Erica Ramsey-Bowen, on air from May 19th

“Everyone has a place in this world, that’s why the world was made so vast. If you don’t know where yours is, your job is to find it.”

Erica Ramsey-Bowen says three words sums up her existence and her journey to date: “Work In Progress”.

She identifies as She/Her and is a Self-Employed African American Artist, Illustrator, and Writer.

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Born to working class parents in Durham, North Carolina in the 1970s, Erica believes her upbringing in the years following the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War, the integration of schools, Title IX, and 9-11 all contributed to creating who she is in the world.

“Born in the 1970s, I was the child of tomorrow, the one that was supposed to be the embodiment of my parents’ and ancestors’ dreams. I was supposed to enjoy the fruits of everything they planted during their struggles and I felt this almost cellular duty to be a reflection of their beliefs; I was supposed to break glass ceilings, sit at the front of buses, work alongside men, speak up, be bold, go wherever and be whomever I wanted to be. Instead, I found myself staying within a safe bubble of my own creation, working in corporate America for over twenty years, pretty much not creating anything and staying silent. Last year, I woke up, took a breath, quit my job, and took a leap into being who I have been all along. And I haven’t looked back.”

After “waking up”, Erica embarked on starting her own fledgling art company, Peach E Holdings, and successfully illustrated her first published children’s book, “A No Don’t Day”, which was penned by a childhood friend, Carla Wright-Jukes. On the heels of that, she ran an ambitious Kickstarter campaign for her own children’s book “The Little Bayou Fairy” and saw it successfully funded. Her fearless campaign and strong message of needing more diversity in the realm of children’s literature caught the attention of the Huffington Post Canada. Erica was interviewed for an article about the dearth of representation in children’s literature and was quoted throughout the article. (Link here: Huffington Post Canada Article ) After some delays due to the pandemic, “The Little Bayou Fairy” is scheduled to be published later this month, along with two other book projects that are in progress; “Flora” by Lissette Perry and “Omm Yoga” by Jessica Manfield-Carter.

Erica was one of the featured artists of last year’s “ART GONE WILD” project and exhibit at Zoo Atlanta and her commitment to community service and support of local shelters and animal charities gained her a nomination for LiveSafe Resources’ 2020 Tribute to Achievement. Although she was not selected as a finalist, Erica says that was a surprising and touching testament to the work she does and strives to do within Peach E Holdings.

“The core of who I am is the spirit of joy, playfulness, and peace in the universe. I want everything I touch and the art that I make with my hands, to reflect that. I believe that is how I can best support young people and help make this world, our village, a better place.”

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AK 20-19 The Magic Happens: Humanity is Thriving Out Loud.

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Kathleen.a.Mccarthy, on-air from May 12th

The Magic Happens is a popular online magazine, The Magic Happens: Humanity Thriving Out Loud. I am Kat the managing editor and chief discoverer of talent for the magazine. The Magic Happens is my passion and the work that I put the most time into. I am a believer. I believe in what is happening right now. I believe in ‘the happiness movement.’ The Magic Happens invites us to relax and celebrate – be happy for happiness’ sake. TMH is about thriving, thriving is about being happy. Thriving and happiness are both choices. We choose to be happy.. Or Not… I/we, therefore, offer you choices. We virtually hold your hand while you explore the new choice. While you explore a new perspective so that you can see yourself thriving. So you can see yourself happy. Join us. Read with us. Love us, as we love you. 🙂 If you write, join us and discover the value of support among people who care about your passion and success.

We seek to inject uplifting content into the lives of our readers and to help those with that content to get their message and teachings to those readers.

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I grew up on a farm in Ontario, Canada. By the time I was 6 it was apparent that I had anger issues. From there, I was a problem child and as a teenager, I was the sort that you wouldn’t want your own kids hanging out with.

At 17 I realized that I wasn’t liked by most folks and took my first personal development course – Transactual Analysis. Then Adventures in Attitude.

In my late 20’s my sister recruited me into Amway and I spend 4 years devouring their personal development materials, though I never worked the business.

From there, I landed on a team of people building an internet community for the website of John Milton Fogg, an author of some wonderful Network Marketing/personal development books. This is where I was introduced to the law of attraction and Ester Hicks/Abraham.

Most of that team moved together to build a new community called Powerful Intentions which grew to 200,000 strong. As things changed on the internet we drifted apart and went on to other things. That other thing for me was The Magic Happens Magazine. I was 44 at that time.

Some folks are still with us now who started with us.

I met my husband, who lived in Norway (though he is from Denmark) through The Magic Happens. After 2 years of us both flying back and forth between Canada and Norway to spend time together, we decided to get married. I moved to Norway permanently in 2010.

September 2015 I left Norway for almost a whole year to get custody of my grandchildren. July 2016, we brought them home to live with us. They are both special needs kids and require a lot of my time. They are doing well and we love them dearly.

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AK-20-02 Jordan Gross, The Journey to Cloud Nine

January 6, 2020January 15, 2023Sara Troy

On An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Jordan Gross, on air from January 7th.

Jordan Gross is blazing a new trail for how we all interpret the world of personal development. With his allegorical work, The Journey to Cloud Nine, Jordan is attempting to show how providing self-improvement tips through fiction is actually more enjoyable and beneficial to a reader’s life than the traditional self-help model. With concepts like “imagitivetation” and “the ivity’s” Jordan is certain to give you our listeners something they have never heard before while packing in a ton of wisdom along the way.

Stop listening to so much self-help advice! it is not the only answer.

JOIN SARA AND JORDAN HERE KNOW HOW TO GET TO YOUR CLOUD NINE.

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Jordan is a Northwestern and Kellogg School of Management graduate, a startup founder, a TEDx speaker, and a #1 best-selling author. His upcoming book, The Journey to Cloud Nine, provides a new approach to the personal development world by using fictional storytelling to reveal some of life’s most meaningful principles. Jordan has been blazing new trails for people around the world, and he cannot wait to share this with all of you!

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AK 20-01 John North Publishing for the Entrepreneur

December 31, 2019April 16, 2020Sara Troy

Sara Troy interviews John North from Evolve Global Publishing on An Authors Kiss show, on air from January 1st 2020

How Publishing your own book can be a great marketing strategy for any entrepreneur and how To Become a #1 Best Selling Author In as Little as 90 Days Without Writing A Single Word..”

You probably think you need around 12 months to write a book. The vast majority of people simply can’t find the time to sit down and actually write their book. Usually this isn’t the only issue, most people don’t really know where to even start to write a book. There are 3 fatal mistakes that prevent most people from either starting or finishing their book and for those that do end up finishing their book there are the reasons why they are not successful at marketing, promoting or even getting results.

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Five-Time #1 International Best Selling Author…

John North is a versatile and experienced entrepreneur with a solid background in Accounting, Banking, Finance, Personal Development IT, Marketing and Business Management.

John currently holds a number of titles, including CEO of Evolve Systems Group, Associate Diploma in Business (Accounting) and Fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants.

John’s passion is to help business owners become more strategic and smarter about their marketing efforts. He constantly pushes the envelope of what’s possible in this modern era and is widely regarded among his peers as very innovative and highly creative in his approach.

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