Weekly Motivations - The Podcast

Weekly Motivations - The Podcast

"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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September 9, 2025 14 mins

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 and the different parenting programs...

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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 different parenting programs that he's ...

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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 "Adversity can be used as a tool to...

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.


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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"


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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"


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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.


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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 confidence that her Testimony will hel...

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+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 more people can find the strength t...

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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.


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February 1, 2023 38 mins

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.


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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.

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January 3, 2023 37 mins

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.

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Happy New Year!!

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October 22, 2022 38 mins

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.

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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.


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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.

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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.

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