Celebrating Literary Victories: How Five Women Published Books in 21 Days

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The moment when five women transformed from aspiring writers to published authors crackles with electricity in this emotional graduation celebration. Listen as tears flow, laughter erupts, and powerful testimonies unfold when these courageous storytellers reveal how they completed their books in just 16 days through the Listen Linda 21-Day Author Boot Camp.

Each graduate's journey brims with vulnerability and triumph. Cherise King's raw memoir "Sir, I Am Not Her" boldly declares independence from others' perceptions with quotable "Cherise-isms" that will have you snapping in agreement. Pamela Nance Johnson's devotional tackles the excuses we make when neglecting our spiritual lives. Dr. Leanne Cerise Hendrick serves up "Just a Cup of Holy Tea," replacing worldly gossip with divine wisdom. Seventy-three-year-old Myra Cook proves it's never too late with her touching romance "Finding Love After 70." LaShawn Fernandez rounds out this phenomenal cohort with her "Book of Divine Devotions," born from personal transformation.

Beyond celebrating their publications, this episode offers invaluable insights into the creative process itself. The authors candidly share their obstacles, breakthroughs, and what sustained them through moments of doubt. Host Dr. Jacqueline Cox reveals why she's keeping this transformative program affordable at just $600 despite pressure to charge more: "Your story might be the very thing that saves somebody else's life, and cost should never be the barrier between someone's testimony and someone's healing."

Whether you're harboring a book idea or simply love witnessing moments of breakthrough, this graduation showcase delivers equal parts inspiration and practical wisdom. These women didn't just write books—they birthed a movement that proves obedience produces legacy. Ready to turn your story into a book that outlives you? The next bootcamp cohort is forming now.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (02:05):
Thank you.
Thank you All right Moment oftruth.
You ready Leigh-Anne.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
Ho Ho.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
Let's publish One, two done, bam.
Let's publish one, two, done,bam.
We are published.
Just a cup of holy tea, hey,hey, hey, girl, don't get me
started.
Girl, you know, I do a wholetiktok dance.

(02:44):
Yes, we in there, we in there,we in there.
Congratulations, sweetheart.
Yes, that's my girl.
Yeah, done, done,congratulations.

(03:11):
I want to congratulate you.
You are officially publishedhey, bam, bam bam, bam bam.
Look at that Oreo girl.
We look good, don't we?

Speaker 3 (03:33):
hey, I'm published.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
I'm published alright , mama Myra, you published.
That's your ebook.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
All right.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
Mama Myra, you published.
That's your e-book.
Now you ready to do yourpaperback.
Okay, I'm ready.
Thank you, lord.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
You crying.
Look at God you crying.
I know girl.

Speaker 1 (04:05):
I can see oh, I feel this way.
Hallelujah.

Speaker 5 (04:09):
You crazy, I know girl.
21 days, it was less than that.

Speaker 1 (04:11):
That's really what got me?
Yeah, because technically it'sbeen 16 days.
Yes, yes, technically it's been16 to 17 days, because we
started technically on the 3rd.
And here we are.
You ready?
Yes, tell me to hit publish.

Speaker 5 (04:30):
I'm going to do the drum roll.
Hit the drum roll.
Publish.

Speaker 2 (04:38):
Congratulations.

Speaker 1 (04:43):
Go ahead, girl you ready girl.
Congratulations Pam.
Go ahead, girl, you ready girl.

Speaker 5 (04:49):
Congratulations Pam they ain't ready for this.

Speaker 2 (04:52):
They ain't ready, girl, now let's do this ebook so
you ready.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
I'm ready one, two, three ready One two, three, yes,
yes, yes, yes, we did it, wedid it, you published, you

(05:21):
published.
How do it feel?
Good, and now you got the stepsand you know how to do it and,
of course, as always, you can goback and look at the back of
the workbook, Because everythingthat I just showed you today, I
already put it in the DIY inthe back of your workbook.
Okay, okay, all right, so weare done, girl.

(05:42):
Yes, and that's how we do itover here.
Listen Linda, listen, welcome,welcome.

(06:08):
Welcome to the Listen Linda 21Day Arthur Boot Camp Graduation.
It's a testimony showcase, aworship service and a
celebration of stories thatneeded to be told.
I am your host, dr JacquelineCox, mrs Illinois USA Ambassador

(06:30):
2025, best-selling author andthe voice behind the Listen
Linda podcast on iHeartRadio.
Tonight, we are honoring apowerful group of women who
trusted the process and becamebest-selling authors in less
than 21 days.
Drop the emojis in the chat forour graduates yes, hey, hey,

(06:55):
hey.
Now, before we get started,y'all know how I do, when I do
what I do.
We got to pray first, okay?

Speaker 2 (07:04):
That's right.

Speaker 1 (07:06):
Father, god, we thank you for this moment Cover every
author, every book and everyreader who will pick up these
pages.
Let these words travel fartherthan their feet ever will.
In Jesus' mighty name, amen,amen.
In Jesus' mighty name, amen,amen.
Now, first up, I just want tosay congratulations to all the

(07:30):
ladies that are here CheriseKing, lashawn Fernandez, myra
Cook, pamela Nance Johnson andmy girl.
All of them are my girls, butmy girl, dr Leanne, cerise
Hendrick.
Okay, congratulations, ladies,you did it, you did an awesome
jobrick.
Okay, congratulations, ladies,you did it.
You did an awesome job, eachand every one of you.
First up, I want to celebrate awoman who stepped into her

(07:55):
truth and before I do that, Iwould like all my ladies to
please mute your mics.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I want to congratulate a womanwho stepped boldly into her
truth.
Her book is raw, it'sunfiltered and it's healing all
at once.

(08:15):
Family, give it up for CheriseKing, the author of Sir.
I Am Not Her, she is not me andwe are not the same.
Roll the trailer.

Speaker 7 (08:32):
They said I was bossy , but I was born to lead.
From childhood battles to adultscars, my strength was forged
in fire.
They tried to define me, but Ichose to define myself.
This is not just a book.
It's a declaration.
Battle cry for every woman toldshe was less.

(08:52):
It's time to own your story andstep into your power, for I am
not her, she is not me, we arenot the same.
I Carice King.
Reorder now $24.99 atwhatshesaidbiz.

Speaker 1 (09:09):
Yes, charisse.
Charisse, are you there?
I don't see you.
You dropped off, okay, I seeyou girl.
I see you girl.
Now.
It is my mistake.
I played the wrong trailer, soI apologize, charisse, I hope
you can forgive me.
You know I was pressed wrongtrailer, so I apologize.
Sharice, I hope you can forgiveme.
You know I was pressed for timeso I picked the wrong one, but

(09:30):
still I got the wrong trailer,just the wrong voice.
Okay, but y'all better go checkmy page and check her page and
check YouTube later, becauseit's going to be fixed, okay.

Speaker 3 (09:39):
Yeah, it's all good.
I know you were doing thingsand I was like that sounds good,
but it ain't me, so she ain'ther.
She's not me and I ain't her.

Speaker 1 (09:49):
We're definitely not the same, literally well, I love
you, I love you, I love you.
Now powerful, right, charisse?
Let's talk about it.
Let's talk about it.
What made you finally say yesto telling your story in 21 days
?

Speaker 3 (10:08):
Well, you know I had talked with you before that I
had been wanting to write thisbook.
I wanted to have it done byspring.
And then we had talked sometime before and I was like I've
been telling people that I wantto write the book, and when you
tell people you want to write,you're writing a book, they're
expecting it.
So I put it out there in theuniverse, in the atmosphere, and

(10:30):
I've told people, and sotherefore, I had to keep the
promise to myself.
First and foremost, it'skeeping the promise to myself
something that I had decided todo on my own.
One of my good girlfriends hadsaid you should write a book by
yourself.
I'm like, yeah, you're right, Ishould, and that's the saying.
The statement of that book isthe saying that I say, and I'm
like you know what I mean?
It's a title, and I'm like letme go ahead and go through it,
because there's all of us eventhough it happens to men, but
we're women Sometimes we havebeen in someone's mind, thinking

(10:54):
someone has thought that Pamelawas her and Pamela had to tell
them no, sir, she's not me.
Oh, and we definitely not thesame.
That had probably happened forLaShawn.
So I was like I had to go aheadand write it and get the words
to paper and put it out there,because I believe that this is a
book that is, like you said, adeclaration.

(11:14):
There's going to be people whocan relate to that, may it be
female or male, but mostimportantly women and women of a
season, mature age that you getso confident that from when you
was 20 or 30 that, oh, if I sayit, I might lose them.
And now you're like and if I doso, I'm not her baby and sir,
she definitely not, because ofthe her that was.

(11:35):
Her then would have cared, butshe right now we don't care in a
respectful, respectful way, nottrying to be mean or nasty or
just be the mean girl.
It's not about that.
It's about trying to keepeverybody in pieces while you
lose all your peace.

Speaker 1 (11:50):
Amen.

Speaker 3 (11:51):
Amen, no, sir, so I'll just ask you something.

Speaker 1 (11:55):
Which chapter challenged you the most to write
?

Speaker 3 (11:59):
Oh, wow, hmm.

Speaker 1 (12:04):
She got some chapters .
Y'all she got some chapters.
Baby, she got some chapters.

Speaker 3 (12:11):
Well, you know I'm going to just give a little
snippet.
You know, having standards inthis life and season of life, of
having standards and you havingstandards and boundaries, it's
been hard to developrelationships with, I would say,
the opposite sex, with men oreven sometimes women.
So one of my chapters is letyour standards be higher than

(12:32):
your legs, that meaning thatpeople sometimes will lower
their standards and let theirlegs be high in the air just to
be in a relationship.
And you know you think don'treally like this person and I'm
not.
It can even be in arelationship or just having
relationships that you want tobe part of the crowd.

(12:54):
You've allowed yourself to gothrough some hard trauma that
you try to be in the part ofassociation with an organization
or with people and allowingsome slide shade to be happening
and you let some stuff slideand then they go ice skate and
then you got to stop that, nomatter what it is.
You just got to be, let yourstandards and your boundaries be
higher than your legs.
And so, being that, you knowthat some of the things that I

(13:15):
emulated or stated in the bookthat I may have done just to be
part of the crowd or to be partof the organization or to be fit
in, but I'm not made to fit in,I'm made to stand out and
therefore, when you get that tothis point, you realize that the
only applause and audience youreally need is yourself and God,
and God will bring the rest.
And when you start doing that,whatever it is he's calling you

(13:36):
to be, to be, because slowobedience is still disobedient.
So that means if he's told youand shown you that in this part
of your life he's told you andshown you that in this part of
your life he's moving you here,but you stay.
He's moving you over here, butyou stay here, you're still
being disobedient because youwant to make everybody else feel
comfortable, but I can't makeyou feel comfortable while I'm
uncomfortable.
So this right in that chapter,right there being vulnerable and

(13:59):
transparency on some thingsthat I've encountered, that I
did have standards and even whenyou have standards and dress
appropriately because peoplehave subpar standards and used
to treating people like smallants on the crab hill that they
think that who you think you areto say that you shouldn't be
treated like that.
That's because you're used toher and we still, again, that's

(14:21):
where we are.
You see that, whoever thatsurreal her is in your mind, or
how they feel about themselves,however they feel about them,
they see that they want that tobe for you, and that's not who
it is.

Speaker 1 (14:31):
That's not what we're doing over here.

Speaker 3 (14:33):
Y'all are not the same.

Speaker 1 (14:34):
Mm-hmm, not at all I love editing, look.
But I say, this lady got someisms baby.
She call them Sharice isms.
Okay, this lady got some ismsbaby.
She called them Sharice isms.
Okay, this lady got some ismsbaby.
Do you hear me?
If you don't have this book,please go get this book.
Please go get this book.
Now, what do you want women tofeel when they close the last

(14:57):
page of your book?

Speaker 3 (14:59):
Well, I really want them to feel courageous,
self-confident and allow thatthose things that happen to them
happen for them and not to them, and they learn from it.
And then what happened is thatwhen you stand in the face of
being ostracized, obscured orfeeling different, sometimes

(15:19):
what it is we feel different anduneasy because God has
challenged us to take that outof us.
And so, therefore, the thingsthat was you were comfortable
with before, you don't feelcomfortable with no more.
And then you got to be boldenough and respectful, but
sometimes people don't know howto.
They don't take your nice, sothey want to be nickel slick.
You have to be a dime faster.
And so, with that being said,being confident to stand in your

(15:43):
own truth.
But we also in that book.
I will also self reflect back.
What did I do to get into thatsituation?
Or what did I do that a personthought that that was OK?
And again it goes back to whenyou let those little small
halfway compliments ormistreatments slide.
It's not always their fault,sometimes it's your own fault
because you let it happen.

(16:04):
So I want them to feel whateveryour truth is, stand in it.
And here's the thing when peopletry to tell you.
Remember when you used to.
They try to throw up what youused to be or what they thought
you used to be in your face.
But when you tell your owntruth and story, you can't.
If I'm telling my own secrets,you can't make me feel bad.
You are sick as your worstsecret.

(16:26):
And so you can't make me feelbad about what I told you.
Baby, don't you think you canuse me.
Don't think you can use thatagainst me.
So, like I have suffered fromalopecia and sometimes I wear my
haircut real low, and there wasone time a person I thought I
was a friend too, like if we'reall girlfriends and your wig is
sliding to the left or whatever,I'm going to be like, hey,
sweetie, just out of love.

(16:47):
Well, they got upset that Iwould tell them that all the
time.
And the person said to me well,how would you like me to tell
you you got your bitty beadssticking out the back?
But since I'm confident, I saidI don't care, tell me that
don't bother me.
Girl me, that's the least of myworries about some BDBs.
I'm like you're going to haveto come up with something else.
If Utah shoots, shots, fire B,b, b, b, b B.

(17:10):
That didn't bother me, you'regoing to have to come up with
something else.
When you stand in your truthlike that, when you know that
people are trying to throw youshade, that didn't bother me,
honey.
I was want women to feelcomfortable in who they are.
And we know that we're not fitfor everyone and that's just

(17:34):
okay, because when you try todownsize yourself to fit
everybody, you're repressing whoyou are and that's not fair to
you.
They're not really getting yourtrue, authentic self.
Whoever's going to like you isgoing to like you because you're
true and honest.
And then sometimes the thingsthat I say I don't put salt, I
don't put sugar on it, I give itright, straight but straight no
taste, no salt.
It is what it is, becausesometimes that's just what it is

(17:54):
.
I mean, do it in love.
If you're offended.
Sometimes the offense isbecause you're offended, because
people just want to be offended, to be mad.
When we be chewing on rocks allthe time, that's all them.

Speaker 1 (18:05):
Or chewing on concrete, as I say.
But like you said shots fire,not a nickel slick or a dime.
Faster, pam.
Your niece said congrats AuntiePamela Nance Johnson and the
other graduates.

Speaker 3 (18:23):
Yes, congratulations, ladies.

Speaker 1 (18:26):
Denise is here.
She's always here.
That's my girl, that'severybody's girl on this stage.
She says amen andcongratulations, ladies.
Deborah, how much is the course?
We will be talking about thatjust a little bit later, okay?
Next up we have our girl,pamela Nance Johnson.

(18:47):
We have a woman whose storyreminds us that God's timing is
always perfect.
Family.
Help me celebrate Pamela NanceJohnson.
Arthur, you're not too busy.

Speaker 9 (19:13):
It's God's time anyway.
Roll the trailer.
Life moves fast, too fast, butwhat if your waiting time, your
busy moments, were God's time?
31 days of scripture,reflection and prayer designed
for the everyday believer, fromsmall beginnings to urgent calls
of faith.
God will meet you right whereyou are.

(19:40):
Don't wait for the perfectmoment.
Every moment is his.
Transform your busyness intoblessings.

Speaker 1 (19:47):
Discover the devotional by pamela nance
johnson, releasing soon onamazon alone alone alone alone
alone alone alone alone alonealone alone alone alone alone

(20:10):
alone alone alone alone alonealone alone alone alone alone
alone alone alone alone alonealone alone alone alone alone
alone alone alone alone alonealone alone alone alone.
Johnson, now Pamela.
What a title, what a title.
Girl.
Let me ask you, how did youbalance writing this book while

(20:33):
juggling your busy schedule?

Speaker 5 (20:37):
While juggling what now.

Speaker 1 (20:39):
Your busy schedule.

Speaker 5 (20:41):
Oh yes, you know what it took you to just help me to
focus and to push us and I sayus because we were together for
a little while and then I had aone-on-one a couple of occasions
.
So I just had to.
If I looked at the title, itsaid you're not too busy.

(21:04):
So I had to internalize thattoo, if I could tell people
they're not too busy to.
You know, study God's word.
To read this scripture, listento this song, get this message.
I had to make sure I wasn't toobusy to finish and I kept
saying to myself I can see thefinish line, I can almost see

(21:24):
the tape and we almost there.
So we get ready to cross, I'mgoing to lean in and we're going
to get it done.
It was really.
It went by, but I stayedfocused.

Speaker 1 (21:36):
Absolutely Now.
What, during the bootcampmoment, reminded you that you
were exactly where God wantedyou to be, reminded you that you
were exactly where God wantedyou to be.

Speaker 5 (21:47):
It's when, actually, you put that, the announcement
or the flyer out, and I pondered21 days, but I had a good

(22:08):
structure to begin with and itwas just time, and I don't
believe in accidents orcoincidences, I really don't.
So this was the time my divineassignment met with your, this
divine appointment.
So there was meant to be youand I at this time to get this
done.

Speaker 1 (22:21):
And I'm so, so proud.

Speaker 5 (22:22):
I couldn't let the time pass.
I couldn't let it go by.
There'll be no excuses.
Why couldn't I just commit to21 days?

Speaker 1 (22:32):
well, you did a fantastic job, fantastic job.
I'm so super proud.
All of you did every single oneof you did an awesome job.
Okay, I just I really want tostress that enough.

Speaker 5 (22:45):
I'm almost in the brink of tears because I know,
looking at the trailers andseeing just how everyone evolved
in this short time, I'm justteary-eyed.
I don't get really emotional,but, yes, just to see it all
come to fruition and how youtook everyone's vision and just

(23:07):
brought it to life.
And so congratulations, everywoman who's here.
And I have to just share thisone thing with you One of the
weeks when I wasn't with you all, on Sunday, my women's ministry
at church had our conferenceand our theme was bad girls Ba-d
, bless and deliver.

(23:27):
And I just said the opening withcharise girl, you a bad girl
yes, I see girl but we bless anddeliver because of this and we
hope that somebody else is goingto be as well.
And you know what?

Speaker 1 (23:43):
Okay, go ahead, I'm sorry.
Well, so the reason why I thinkI was able to connect with each
and every one of you because Iknow each and every one of you
on a personal level.
Pam, you've been in a couple ofmy books, my anthologies, and
also you've worked with me onsome campaigns before, so I know

(24:05):
you in that aspect, same withmama myra.
I call her mama myra becausethat's my girl, myra.
You there, that's my girl, mamamyra.
She's also working with me aswell as some campaigns in
different magazines and stuffthat I've done.
Cherise, Cherise, my girl, meand Cherise go back to when I

(24:30):
didn't even have no anthologiesand I was participating in one
that she was participating inand I think our personalities
just mesh so well, like, that ismy girl.
She was one of the first peoplethat was a guest on the listen
linda podcast that I startedthree years ago.
And then, of course, I gotlashon fernandez, who I was

(24:53):
actually introduced to by mymentor, uh, dr laquita parks,
who if it was not for her, Iwouldn't know half the stuff
that I know, um, today, like, asfar as like publishing or just
anything dealing with theliterary world, that is my girl,
that is the guru.
You want to go to the masterfor publishing or anything.
You never, never, never, notknow who the person publishing

(25:16):
is.
Okay, dr LaPita Parks, she wasthe way you need to be and so
she actually introduced me toLaShawn Fernandez and LaShawn
actually she does so much withme in such a short period of
time.
She did the Women of theWaiting Room Volume 2 devotional
.
She did the Through the Raindevotional.
She did the podcast one-on-onepodcast training with me.

(25:37):
I produced her podcast WoundedWarrior podcast and now she did
the Listen Linda Publishing 21Day Arthur Challenge.
So I was able to connect withyou guys on a personal level
because, even though I dobusiness with people, you can
always call me and kiki with me.
How crazy you know you got mynumber.

(25:58):
It don't always have to beabout business with me.
If you need somebody to talk to, need somebody, need some
advice on anything, any or Ineed some advice from anyone,
you guys gave me some adviceearlier this week.
It's just like I I was able tohone into your stories and help
you to um develop your storiesbecause of the personal

(26:19):
relationship.
So I know your voices, I knowwho are and I think that's what
it really boils down to when,when you publish with someone,
get to know the person so theycan know you, because if they
don't know you, they can't helpyou tell your story if they
don't know who you are.
Ok.
So one another thing I want toask you before we move on to our
next person how do you hopethat your devotional change

(26:43):
lives?

Speaker 5 (26:46):
How do you hope that your devotional changed lives?
I hope that someone who, in thebook, in the devotional, I say
to them that I'm not trying toreplace your fellowship or your
study, I want to enhance it.
So I want to for someone who'salready a believer.
If this is a tool, anotherresource tool.
But then I thought, okay, itcould also be evangelism.

(27:08):
It could reach someone whoisn't going to open up a Bible
today, but they may, if they,you know, get this to pique
their curiosity.
It may lead someone to say Ineed more than this, and so that
is what's going to lead them tosalvation.
Not necessarily me.
I want to plant some seeds, Iwant to do some watering, and

(27:28):
God is going to get the increase, absolutely.

Speaker 1 (27:32):
Absolutely so.
Let's everybody give a round ofapplause for Pamela and for
Sharice, next up.
Now y'all know what we got todo.
Let's bring her on the stage,baby um, because now we gotta
sip some holy tea, y'all.
Our next graduate brings wisdom, encouragement and daily

(27:56):
reflection through her pen.
Clap it up for dr leanne.

Speaker 10 (28:09):
Leanne Arthur of Just a Cup of Holy Tea
Devotional Roll the trailer.
In a world thirsty for gossip,what if the real tea was holy?
What if the real tea wasmotivational?
Dr Leanne Cerise Hendrickinvites you to sip from a
different cup, one brewed withexcitement and joy, brewed with
God's word, steeped in grace andsweetened with truth.

(28:29):
Get ready for a spiritual boost.
Each page pours a new flavor offaith, delicious and uplifting.
From unity to humility, fromadversity to victory, every sip
is a celebration.
With every sip, your soul willbe refreshed, strengthened and
inspired.
Feel the energy.
This is more than a devotional.
It's a daily ritual of peace,prayer and purpose.

(28:51):
Let's go A reminder that thebest tea isn't gossip, it's
God's truth.
Pass it on.
Just a cup of holy tea,available on Amazon August 24th.
Don't miss it.
From Dr Leanne Cerise Hendrick,bringing you inspiration.
Every day, Sip reflect, betransformed.

Speaker 1 (29:18):
Yes, Dr Leanne.
Dr Leanne, your book feels likesitting down with a friend and
God at the same table.
Love, what inspired you towrite your devotional through
this season?

Speaker 8 (29:51):
being tired, being sick and tired, if I must be
honest, with how Christian folk,specifically Christian folk,
conduct themselves.
You know, all of us, forwhatever reason, are now on
social media, whether we want tobe or not, and because of that
we get.
Of course there's beauty in it,but we get front row seats to

(30:15):
some of the ugly.
And God actually put it in methrough me, praying, like you
know, literally like God, whatis wrong with your, for our
people, your people, why do theyfind it so so much urgency in
um, spilling gossip, talkingabout negative stuff, so much so

(30:35):
that I did a, I did my point.
You know, we don't find joy insuccess.
We find joy, it seems, like youknow, through people's
adversities.
And it just was weighing on meand I was already charged by God
to go forth, you know, andbecause I love tea, I was like
everybody always say they gotthe tea, but they ain't got the

(30:56):
real tea because they're nottalking about you, god, you know
what I'm saying.
The real tea is what's going tolast forever and it definitely
ain't the hottest gossip thateverybody thinks Right.
And so then, when youproposition, yeah, when you
propositioned, hey, let's do theboot camp, you know I was

(31:18):
already toiling with trying toget this done, and it just made
me get it done.

Speaker 1 (31:21):
It was time.
I want to ask you was there ascripture that became your
anchor through this writingjourney?

Speaker 8 (31:37):
It was a scripture that was my anchor, although
it's not in the book.

Speaker 1 (31:41):
Yeah.

Speaker 8 (31:43):
And my peace I give to you.
Look not unto the hills fromwhich cometh my help.
That scripture really doesresonate with me.
You know, I ask the Lordconstantly to bridle my tongue
as well, because you know thatthat whole cup of tea hit my lap

(32:04):
before it even hit y'all's.
You know that whole cup of teahit my lap before it even hit
y'all's.
I also have to be cognizant ofthe things that I say, whether
it's about people I don't watchtelevision y'all but whether
it's about people in general oreven in my own household, I also
have to be an example.

(32:24):
So it did hit me, trust me tobe an example.
So it did hit me, trust me, Igot drenched in all those cups
before I even put it into text.

Speaker 1 (32:35):
Well, when you gave me the manuscript for it, I was
floored when you was alreadytelling me we had the
conversation about what youwanted to write about.
you remember that conversationand when you gave me the title,
I was like, oh, my word, and Ihad the first dip on it.
Y'all, when I say it is good,it is really good.

(32:57):
Now, one thing about me I'm notgonna say something is good if
it ain't, especially if it'sunder the lintel in the brand,
you're gonna know like, hey,let's tweak it a little bit,
let's do this, do that.
I don't have to do that withnone of these ladies, none of
them.
I'll tell you that right noweverybody came, came in hot and
ready with something good.

(33:18):
And one thing about um leanne,dr leanne's book is that, like
she said, she holds herselfaccountable in so many parts of
this book and when she say tea,the good thing about it, like
the most unique thing about it,is that every different chapter

(33:39):
is with tea, like accountability, all those different words is
with tea.
Tea, um, all those differentwords ends with tea and they
it's just all.
Just put it all intoperspective.
And it was so fun for me toread it for the first time and I
and I read it for everybody.
Only people hasn't seen itbefore me was heard.
That's where everybody else is,and so I know how everybody

(34:00):
else booked in and I got the insand outs of it, um, but it
helped me spiritually as well.
Each one of your stories anddevotionals.
It helped me in a differenttype of way and I think that's
one of the reasons why I reallylove doing this is because it
gives me a chance to get to knowyou guys in a way that I didn't

(34:21):
know you before, and so Iappreciate you even more now by
reading this, because it takes areal woman, a God and a woman
with a lot of wisdom to come upwith some of the things that you
put into this book to helppeople.
There was nothing but Godworking and putting oil through
you for you to spill it out onthis paper.

(34:43):
It was amazing, amazing.
If you guys do not have thisbook, please pre-order the book
from Dr Leanne, cerise Hendrick.
This book is amazing andtalking about if you weigh in
back and forth, if you want tohold yourself accountable, or
even if you just want to seesome of the things that's going
on, like Dr Leanne said, that'sgoing on that's at the church

(35:06):
and how they can fix thosethings.
This is a great, great resourcefor so many people who are
afraid to go to the churchbecause of the things people are
saying in the church.
It might be a good resource forsome of you people that's in
the church.
That's weighing in on the factthat is she talking about me?
Because if you got to asksomebody talking about you nine

(35:28):
times out of 10, baby, so youmight want to pick up this book
to figure out if she talkedabout you.
So what do you pray that yourreaders experience as they sip
their holy tea?

Speaker 8 (35:46):
I pray that they experience Self-awareness.
I pray that you know peoplealways want exposure.
I hope that it exposes who theyare or who they should be,
because, again, that's the tearight Everybody want to know.
You know what Jackie is doingor what Sharice is doing or what

(36:08):
Mama Myra is doing.
But I pray that my bookactually shows you what you're
doing and what you needstrengthened, and that you know
that the real tea, the real tea,you know that scripture where
it says thirst no more.
Know that.
You know that, that scripturewhere it says thirst no more.

(36:29):
Um.
I pray that the real tea hasyou, has you thirsting more for
god and less for the world,because that's the, that's the
um, that is the tea that's goingto last forever, that is the
tea that's going to quench yourthirst, that is the tea that um
will get you where you'resupposed to be amen, and it's
really and it's really, and it'sreally not that hard.
I promise you it's really notthat hard.
I promise you it's really notthat hard.
I mean, every walk is difficult, but I promise you that the

(36:52):
walk on this side of the T-isleis way better.

Speaker 1 (36:58):
Absolutely, Absolutely Everybody.
Give a round of applause for DrLee and Cerise Hendrick.
Congratulations, Not yet.
Now family, family.
Let's get ready for a storythat proves it's never too late
for love.
Introducing Mama, Myra Cook,Arthur of Finding Love After 70.

(37:25):
Roll the trailer.

Speaker 5 (37:30):
Some love stories don't rush, they arrive right on
time.
Catherine wasn't looking Awhisper, a pew in the sunlight,
a brave hello and a heart.

Speaker 9 (37:45):
Second chances show up in ordinary places Picnics,
porch swings and soft yeses.

Speaker 5 (37:54):
Healing asks for courage and a little holy water.

Speaker 9 (38:01):
Butterflies become rhythm, Gossip becomes
background noise and hope looksgood on them.
This isn't young love trying toprove itself.
This is grown love, steady,present and unafraid to take its
time, Because love doesn't owna watch.

Speaker 5 (38:22):
it keeps a promise.

Speaker 9 (38:25):
Finding Love After 70 .
Where tenderness meets timing.

Speaker 11 (38:33):
Coming soon.
Pre-order today $24.99.
Email myracook1951 at gmailcom.

Speaker 4 (38:49):
I love you when your hair turns gray girl yes, mama,
myra, mama, myra, now myra, myra, myra.

Speaker 1 (39:05):
First of all, let me let y'all know something when I
was making this video, I had noidea that the narrator Was going
to be a black man singing.
Okay, that took me all the way.
Oh, I was like oh yes, I got tokeep this one right here.
Isn't that sick that man's ongood on that video.

(39:26):
Got to keep this one right here, isn't that man sick, that
man's on good on that video.
Baby, I was like now, where'sthis man at?
When I be being him for otherpeople, I be doing this.

Speaker 2 (39:36):
So your book is giving me the God best of what
made you decide to share thisstory with the world at this
stage in your life well, I metthis lady, uh, at a church uh
program I was at and, uh, shehad gotten married at age 84 and

(40:05):
, uh, she wasn't looking for noman either, because she was
talking just like me.
I'm fine by myself, I don't wantno drama, I don't want nobody,
I ain't looking.
But the man said God sent himto that church.
He pointed to that lady sittingon the podium and he pointed to

(40:28):
that lady sitting in the I meanon the podium and she ran from
him for a while until he finallycaught her and they stayed
married for, I think she said,four years before he passed on
and I thought, well, wow, but Iain't looking about either.
But you know, god sends him.

(40:50):
God put a note on him saying Isend this is for you, because
you know you get these crazy mentoo that want to take
everything you got.
But yeah, I thought that was agood story right there it really
was.

Speaker 1 (41:07):
It was a good story right there.
It really was.
It was a great story.
Now let me ask you something.
What fears did you have beforesaying yes?

Speaker 2 (41:16):
to joining this camp, I didn't have no story to tell.
I'm trying to think what kindof story did I got?
I mean you, I got, I mean youknow, I didn't know.
But then when I thought aboutit and thought about the lady,
okay, I'm almost 74, but then Ithought, you know, am I

(41:39):
qualified to be writing aboutsomebody falling in love when I
ain't been in love in years?
But I just tell everybody, it'spure fiction, pure fiction.

Speaker 1 (41:54):
Y'all don't understand the time I had with
Myra with this story.
Every time I would try to tellher Myra, your boy has come.
She said he can stay where heat.
I ain't looking, she is justproving somebody Like you.
Talk about a good time and agood laugh.
Talk to Myra.
I love talking to Myra.
I always learn something newand something different every

(42:16):
time we talk this lady.
She keep me laughing, just likeLeanne Cerise, everybody here.
They keep me laughing.
But that Myra baby, that Myra,she right here, y'all, she right
here.
She's something special too.
Now I want to ask you one morequestion, mama Myra.
What do you hope women of allages will take away from your

(42:38):
story?

Speaker 2 (42:42):
That the Lord was sending the right man, just ask.
That the Lord was sending theright man, just ask.
But you know that it's nevertoo late to fall in love, no
matter if you're 20 or 100.
You know it's never too late ifyou want somebody.
I'm not wanting nobody, but uh,you know.

(43:08):
But you know, if, the if, ifthe Lord sends him to you, I
mean you know you can't help buttake, you know you're not going
to deny the Lord what he sentfor you, what he sends to you.
So you know, if he say he theone, he the one, and don't
ignore it, Myra.

(43:30):
I'm trying, I don't know whyeverybody want to find me.
I don't know why everybody wantto find me a boy.
I mean, I done had enough.
The drama and all that.
I'm fine just like I am.
The drama and all that, I'mfine just like I am.

Speaker 8 (43:50):
But if the Lord sent it, I know, I know I want to
turn it down.

Speaker 3 (43:56):
Mama Myra, those wasn't Boaz's, those was our
jokester, because if it wasBoaz's, you'd be booed up right
now on that.
On this video, some was Boaz's,not Boaz, because if there was
Boaz, you'd be booed up rightnow on that on this video no.

Speaker 4 (44:11):
Boaz, no, boaz Okay.

Speaker 1 (44:14):
We're going to call it done in Jesus' name.
Amen.
We're going to find her.
We're going to find her likethe man in the book.
We're going to find her,christopher, okay, amen.

Speaker 3 (44:23):
Amen.

Speaker 1 (44:25):
Mama Myra, let everybody know where they can
pre-order your book.

Speaker 2 (44:33):
You can send me an email or text Myra Cook 1951 at
gmailcom with your address andyou can cash out me dollar sign.

Speaker 1 (44:50):
Myra Cook 51 okay, so you guys heard it here first.
You can email her forpre-orders at Myra Cook 1951 at
gmail dot com, or you can cashout her at dollar sign, myra
Cook 51.

(45:13):
51.

Speaker 2 (45:14):
51.

Speaker 1 (45:17):
Or you can cash app her here At Myra Cook 51.
To pre-order the book For$24.99.
You will get a signed copy ofMama Myra's book Finding Love
After 70.
And for those who don't know,Myra is still in her bestseller
campaign.
So if you have not purchasedthe ebook for 99 cents, you

(45:40):
still got time.
Go on amazoncom and purchasethe ebook for 99 cents.
It will be available for 99cents for the next 24 hours.
So this time tomorrow thatprice goes up.
So please make sure to help myreach the best seller status.
Congratulations to my report.

(46:00):
Being a amazon chart toppingauthor, she reached um
chart-topping author.
She reached started the AmazonHot New Releases in all three of
her categories.
Let's give it a round ofapplause for Mama Myra, thank
you, still working to help herreach bestseller status.

(46:22):
Now, last but not least,certainly not least, this Queen
Pen is anointed.
Her journey is a warrior'sjourney and her devotional is
packed with fire and faith.
Family, help me to honorLaShawn Fernandez, author of

(46:49):
Book of Divine Devotions.

Speaker 6 (46:56):
Roll the trailer.
I bet you didn't know peaceisn't found by.
I bet you didn't know peaceisn't found by carrying it all
alone.
Are you tired of feelingweighed down by life's struggles
?
There's hope waiting for you,introducing Book of Divine
Devotions by LaShawn Fernandez,a heartfelt guide for anyone
seeking spiritual renewal.
Inside you'll find 30 days ofuplifting scripture, honest

(47:19):
prayers and powerful storiesdesigned to help you lay your
burdens at the cross.
Each day invites you to slowdown, reflect and trust God's
plan, even when life feelsoverwhelming.
This isn't Thank you.
You are loved and your pain hasa purpose.
Ready to find the peace you'vebeen longing for?
Book of Divine Devotions byLaShawn Fernandez, available now

(47:50):
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Start your 30-day journey today.

Speaker 8 (47:55):
Yes, yes yes.

Speaker 1 (47:59):
So, lashawn, we'll have a generative media trailer
Very soon.
We'll be looking out for it.
Okay, lashawn LaSha, it okay,lashawn, lashawn, lashawn, I
know that your story personallycarries weight.
What did God reveal to youwhile you were working on this
devotional the biggest thing forme.

Speaker 4 (48:24):
The reminder was was which is day 14, when the past
knocks.
Because for me, as you heal andwalk on this spiritual faith
journey and when I say faithjourney, I no longer walk by
sight.
Walk by sight, and that means Itotally do everything in

(48:53):
believing my God, who exudesthat lives in me and exudes
through me, guides me along thispath.
I no longer do it Sean way, buthis way, and I truly believe,
from day 14, when the pastknocks, the scripture 2
Corinthians, 5 and 17 from theNIV retreat.
Therefore, if anyone is inChrist, they are a new creature.

(49:18):
Everything has become new.
The old has gone and the new ishere, and that's also a tattoo
that's on my right arm.
I dedicated to God when I got sofar on this journey, two years
in, and the affirmation said mypast does not define me.
God does, because as you heal,people go try to bring the old

(49:43):
you back, but that's the trickof the enemy.
So I had to learn I'm no longerSean that they knew or they
called me, but I'm Sean, who Godcreated and even when he
incarnated me here and I wasconditioned and programmed, that

(50:06):
knew me.
See, I had to learn he was thepotter and I was the clay.
So when he put me back togetheragain, I'm better than the
original state I was in when Ifirst came.
So with that, I thank God and nolonger do I just say God is
good.

(50:26):
Look at God in his cliche.
It's truly, truly the truth,because I know God for myself
now in his temple.
This is his temple.
He loaned us this body.
It ain't ours and I allowed him.
I moved out the way and allowedhim in his temple to lead me on

(50:50):
this journey, because I'm thisis just a journey.
This ain't my destination, I'mjust passing through and doing
his will.

Speaker 1 (50:57):
Yes, you are, yes, you are, and I'm thankful, I'm
thankful, just you know, I'mthankful, I'm thankful, Just you
know.
Like I said, we met through mymentor, dr Laquita Parks, and
she always, she always, justwhen I say just, a good spirit
attracts good spirits and shealways just selflessly helped

(51:21):
everybody.
And I'm not going to say that'swhere I get it from, but I
think she is one of the reasonswhy I strive to be better.
All of you are, everybody whoI've encountered, whether

(51:51):
whether they do good or bad tome, itions.
It really put me in a placewhere I was like what this lady
is saying is the truth.
This is how everybody needs tobe living.
So, like I say, each one of youguys' book helped me in a way.
Dr Leanne's book helped me totake accountability and other
things in my life that I mayhave been lacking.
On Charisse, well, herCharisse-isms, girl, you gave me
some new words to use, baby,and some ways to use them and to

(52:14):
be able to structure my life,even though people may see me
and they'd be like, well, shegot it, you know, she got the
husband, she got the kids, sheliving her life right.
But we all need adjustments insome areas.
You know, um, even though Istruggle with a lot of things
health wise, I can't keep usingthat as an excuse to why my mood
changes.
You get what I'm saying or whyI address people the way I do.

(52:37):
So when I take accountabilityfor some of those things, it
just really it helps me tobecome a better person and for
people to see me, because allthe time it may not be what,
what it looks like or what itsounds like, but I know that my
delivery sometimes can be whack.
So when I learn how to Word byword is a little different or

(52:59):
say things a little different,it helps me become a better
person.
But it helps me to keep some ofthose relationships that
sometimes I lose because of theway that I approach things.
So each one of you ladies reallyhelped me with that.
So I just want to appreciateyou, ladies, and thank you.
I'm glad that I was able topublish it.

(53:20):
That's all I got to say, causeI got the first first hand on a
lot, of, a lot of knowledge thatI may have been lacking in my
little 36 years of living.
You know we all are not toogrown, you know, for growth.
You know we all are not toogrown to apologize or to take
accountability or to admit whenyou're wrong.
You know we're not too grown tobe wrong, okay.

(53:42):
So I want to ask you something,and not just when writing this
book, but just writing as awhole.
Um, mama LaShawn, was there amoment you had to stop and just
cry while you wrote?

Speaker 4 (53:59):
of course, for every book.
For me it's.
It's a purging moment, becauseit's not easy being vulnerable,
it's not easy reliving thatmoment.
It's you the trauma, healingfrom it and reliving it.

(54:21):
It takes time.
So, with that being said,there's plenty of times, even
now, with just the healingprocess.
I have my cries of joy, I havemy cries of seeing how far God
brought me and just living andunderstanding.

(54:43):
We are all human and it'snormal to cry, even jesus well,
when he walked on this walk onthe earth.
So we have to understand that'sa natural emotion and that's
how we release pain absolutelyabsolutely well, I want to thank

(55:03):
you, ladies.

Speaker 1 (55:04):
We're not done, though, okay, because we got
some games to play.
I got some things that I wantto kind of kind of peace out for
y'all, okay.
So this first game, I want youguys to finish the sentence.
Okay, then we'll have bookconfessions and then we'll we'll
end it with super, super latest, ok, so let's start With finish

(55:32):
the sentence.
Ok, pamela, we're going tostart with you Finish the
sentence.
I was most happy when I.
I was most happy when I.

Speaker 5 (55:50):
I was most happy when I finished the book.
I'm going to tell you, yes, I'mgoing to go with that.

Speaker 1 (56:02):
I was most happy when you pushed the button and said
publish it was good, you did alittle dance and everything you
was so happy that's a good one,that is a really good Mama.
Myra, I'm my best when I I'm mybest when I.

(56:31):
I'm my best when I'm beingtruthful to myself and to
everyone else.
I can't hear you, mama, sorry.

Speaker 2 (56:43):
I'm my best, when I'm being truthful to myself and to
others.

Speaker 1 (56:50):
That's great, great.
That's a good one.
That's a really good one, drLeanne Cerise, yours is.
If I had one more opportunityto change something, I would
change.

Speaker 8 (57:18):
I would change the timeliness of me surrendering my
life to the Lord.

Speaker 4 (57:22):
Amen, that's a great one, great one.

Speaker 1 (57:26):
Great one.
That's a great one, cheriseKing.

Speaker 3 (57:38):
Tell me what she said .
Tell you what she said.
Well, you know what she said ismy speaking company, because
it's just what she said I feel.
I believe that, like all of us,we have our own things that we
went through in our life, and Ibelieve God has imparted some
wisdom so that I can share withpeople older or younger, so that

(58:00):
I can give the God the gloryand everything that I do.
That, whatever I do, is notalways about me.
Sometimes, when I say things,people are like, oh, and I'd be
like, well, that's what it is.
I mean, that's because God isno in between, and so, knowing
that what she said a lot oftimes in my speaking and my
author, my motivational speaking, what she said, but the what

(58:22):
she said comes from God, I praythat everything I do is a
glorifying.
It says, I think in Petersomewhere, that he let your
words be edifying to everyonethat is around you.
However, but it's got to giveglory to God and when he's
edifying and glorying to God,it's not going to always be
sugarcoat the way people want.
You know people want you togive them what fits them, to
make them feel comfortable.
But I can't do that, and evenwhen I'm giving that to them and

(58:46):
what she said, it's alsoministry to me to check.
Make sure that in what I'msaying, am I applying it in my
life?
Am I living that way?
So more than anything?
And then this walk of life thatGod has given me, the blessings
and the purpose and the passionis always to speak in a way
that it can bring someone closerto God, make right, sound
decisions, be confident in whoGod told them to do, and then

(59:07):
you are on the other side ofyour yes, and I think it's in
Proverbs one change from God canturn your life around.
So if I give somebody one goodword, a couple of good words to
believe in themselves, not totake abuse, but to believe in
themselves and go ahead and stepinto that, step out, get out of
the boat or go ahead and get inthe water.
It's warm, it's safe inside.
You want to start that business.

(59:27):
You want to move across country.
You want to quit that job?
You want to stop.
You know.
You want to build your company.
You want to write that book.
You know, go ahead and do it.
We don't need you, don't?
You don't need anybody else'spermission to do what God has
told you to do.
All you need is the audience ofhim or part of you.
If you believe in yourself,that's all you got, because
people will give you their fearand put it on you, or either

(59:51):
what happened is people will seeyou reflecting back to them
what they're not and try to makeyou feel bad because you
believe in yourself.
Go somewhere with that.

Speaker 1 (59:59):
Amen.

Speaker 3 (01:00:00):
Amen.
That's what she said we allwrite in these books.
Dr Leanne brought the.
She brought the tea, but sheknows she the juice.
So you know it's believing thatwho you are.
You know.
Lashawn said the things thatshe knows what she got out of
her book and writing the bookand everything.
Just knowing who you are.

(01:00:20):
When you know who you are,after a while, when people try
to they can, they can be likesomebody can say hey girl, hey
girl, and I don't really likethe.
I don't like the word girlbecause I'm like girl.
I most like remind me of theslave word gal.
So I don't.
You know, I'm a full girl,woman.
So somebody call your othername.
They could be talking right toyou and you don't even hear
because you know who you are andyou stand in it and that's the

(01:00:42):
most important thing ofeverything.
And it may be uncomfortable andlonely doing that but in the
meantime, like Mama Myra said,she want peace, she don't want
no joke.
Ass I mean bro, ass I mean jokeass.

Speaker 1 (01:00:59):
You want no joke ass?
Look at Sharice.
With these Sharice isms I'mtrying to tell you yeah so it's
just that.

Speaker 3 (01:01:07):
It's just that when you know that you got in what
she said, when you know that Godhas given you a gift and a
purpose and a passion.
I know that sometimes when Isay stuff it's going to make
people uncomfortable, but Goddidn't say he wanted you to be
comfortable anyway.
When you're grooming andgrowing, your shoes are going to
hurt your feet.
You need to set them.
Shoes are too small.
Why are you still in them shoes?
You wore them in eighth grade,you full grown woman.

(01:01:28):
Amen, put them.
Put them a little bit.
You know, two size, two shoesdown and get inside some eight
and a half your size shoes thatyou fit.
But in that it's going to beuncomfortable and everything
that's growing is going to beuncomfortable.
But it's expanding you to awhole nother level, because God
said he gives people wisdom.
If you ask lack wisdom, I willgive it to you generously.

(01:01:48):
And the wisdom is unfound,uncanny wisdom that is not meant
to fit the world.
So your wisdom that you havewill not fit the world and so it
ain't going to make sense, andI'm good with that because I've
been doing a whole bunch ofthings.
People say they don't makesense, but it don't have to make
sense.

Speaker 1 (01:02:07):
It got to make sense.
It got to make sense.
Amen, amen, amen.
Y'all see why I love.
I am not her, she is not me, weare not the same.

Speaker 3 (01:02:14):
I'm not the same baby .

Speaker 1 (01:02:15):
You got me confused.
It will be failable very, verysoon.
Hopefully by tonight, if nottonight, definitely by tomorrow.
I want y'all to go on Amazon,hit it up, run up that e-book,
let's get this girl tobestseller.
Honey, I'm telling you Y'allgot everything in it.
And then I also want you guysto go to wwwwhatshesaidbiz to

(01:02:40):
pre-order the book directly fromher for $24.99.
Because the e-book is onlygoing to be 99 cents for 24
hours.
Okay, I tell them, 24 hours.
Better, hit her up.
Okay, to get your signed copyof the book.
Okay, next up last, of course,but definitely not least,
lashawn Fernandez, I want you tofinish the sentence.

(01:03:03):
I want you to finish thesentence.

Speaker 4 (01:03:14):
If I could tell God one thing, I would say If I

(01:03:35):
could tell God one thing, as Ialready told him, I am so sorry
for waiting so long to seek tofind you because I found her,
but it took me years.
If I knew back then what I knownow, I would have seeked them a
long time ago, because thispeace and joy surpasses all
understanding, and what'sunderstood don't have to be
explained.

Speaker 1 (01:03:51):
Look at Leanne talking about something.
I love it.
This group is so fun y'all.
I wish I could get a group likethis every time, but I know I
ain't, because they ain't ownpeople.
I'm going to miss y'all so much.
This was like one of the mostfun groups I ever had to work
with.
This was truly, truly a goodgroup.
Now we're going to get intobook confessions, okay.

(01:04:14):
Well, I would like to call 21day bootcamp confessions.
So this is when y'all give methe honest truth, or the honest
holy tea, of what you guysthought about the boot camp.
Ready for my criticism.

(01:04:34):
Look, we're gonna gocounterclockwise now, okay, so
we're gonna go.
We're gonna start with drleanne, and don't don't take it
easy on me, because y'all my myfriends.
Now I want y'all to tell peoplethe truth on what they can
expect out of this boot camp.
I'm going to start with DrLeigh Ann okay.

Speaker 8 (01:04:56):
So I, honestly I honestly, because you know me I
would have told you already, um,I don't have, I don't have any
criticisms.
I don't have any criticisms and, like I said, I would have
already addressed them, so youwould have known them.
Um, but, uh, what?
My takeaway from the 21 daybootcamp?

(01:05:16):
Um, are a few things.
One, um, very knowledgeable.
You don't get keep information.
You know, you're open, you'rehonest, you're yourself, you're
real, um, and not only that, butyou, I can't speak for
everybody else, but you know Iwear a thousand and one hats.

(01:05:37):
So what I?
Why?
What I appreciated the most,which is even why I was late
getting on here you know whatI'm saying.
What I appreciated the mostfrom the bootcamp was not only
did you pour into us, but youunderstood my individual need
and you knew, you know, thatthat 12 to 3 AM time slot was

(01:05:58):
really all I had some days andyou allowed that to take place.
So, to find a coach that iswilling to adjust To make sure
that you get it, I reallyappreciate that.
You know, and I think also youknow the 21 days.
You may have hesitations, youmay have.

(01:06:20):
Um, I always tell people just doit.
If you're scared, do it anyway.
You know what I'm saying.
If you're, if you're not sure,do it anyway, because if God is
in the midst, it's going tohappen anyway.
Right, and it's going to.
It's going to.
All things are going to workout.
So I believe that.
Listen, linda publications.

(01:06:41):
The boot camp was phenomenal,and the next time she posts
about it, y'all need to just getwith it.

Speaker 1 (01:06:52):
Amen amen.

Speaker 8 (01:06:56):
I mean get with everything else.
Might as well, just get with it.

Speaker 1 (01:07:01):
You better tell us All right, Sharice, come on with
it.

Speaker 3 (01:07:06):
Well, you know, I'm right with Dr Leanne, I don't
have any.
I don't have anything tocomplain about.
As far as you know, you kept uson task.
You were up late at nightsending out alerts and saying
get on your calendar.
One thing for me was I hadspoke about it before, you had
mentioned it to me and then Idecided to get into it.

(01:07:28):
I was traveling back from areal estate conference and I was
able to get right in the nextfollowing.
God started on August the 1stand then on the 3rd, I was able
to get right on in and knowingthat the great thing about it
was also, this was your firstArthur Bootcamp.
Is that correct, right?
So, with that being said, youwere also taking the chance on
yourself and we were taking achance on you and we were very

(01:07:49):
vulnerable and transparent withit and also making us feel, I'm
going to say for me and Ibelieve it's hopefully across
the board felt comfortable totalk to you about whatever we
were doing and what we neededand sending feedback and being
very thorough, and if it didn'treally kind of comprehend what
it was that you were asking foror if it was repetitive, in my
words, like I was.
You said here and there and yougave examples, but being just

(01:08:13):
letting us see that you're ahuman being as well, even though
you're doing it this is yourfirst time and it wasn't like,
oh, I've done this before,because sometimes people have
done it and they don't have thepatience, the capacity for
someone, even if they hadwritten before.
I had written before, but mybook that I had chapter I'd
written before, was written 10years ago when I first moved
here about my brother's homicide.
So this was something that wasthinking about writing.

(01:08:35):
I didn't have all the words, Iknew what kind of, and so some
things that you helped me with,with some ideas of putting into
the book.
So I thought it was really welland it did.
It was 21 days, but the greatthing about it is sometimes we
are, as we are, our own worstcritic and we want to be
successful.
But you know, if you ever seenKeela in the Beat where she does

(01:08:56):
that word or the poem or wordsabout how we are afraid of our
success.
We want to be successful butwe're afraid to be successful.
We want to be it but we'reafraid because being successful
we're champions and eagles.
That means when you now.
You wrote a book, so now you'vegot to be here and here.
It makes you be another leveland expounds you and you open up
and it gives you confidencethat you are as powerful as you

(01:09:17):
say and believe you are, becausehe said that you are and you
have to believe that you are.
So you don't have to worryabout doubting yourself because
if God give it to you, well, godwill give you the vision.
He give you the provision.
He didn't ask you to figure itout.
Get your pen to paper and writeit down.
When you're writing it down, hegoing to bring it to you.
Or you're going to have aconversation and somebody going
to give you more tool, energy,and you think and we had to

(01:09:38):
worry about that, if, if itdon't fit everybody, well,
sometimes it does fit everybody.
They just don't want it to fitbecause it's you.
So what?
It's their issue, it's a them.
It's a them thing, not yourthing.
They got to get over it, causeyou know you are powerful and
you're great and it's been agood opportunity and I'm glad
that I we opportunity and I'mglad that we wrote our books.

(01:10:02):
And now we're going on to thenext, and you don't know what
these books are going to allowfor us to do in the realm of the
spirit realm, of what otherdoors is going to open.
So just have to be ready forthat and be confident in
yourself that you did it.
You don't need no permissionfrom nobody, you did it.
She's the tea.
She got the tea, but she's thejuice.
We are the boss in God's eyes.
It's a wonderful feeling.
So I'm just ecstatic about mebeing open to write this book
and, more importantly, that itgives everybody strength and

(01:10:24):
power, encouraging.
Encouraging them to how theyhave seen themselves and how we
responded to things like oh,this is why I thought of myself
before, but I'm not thereanymore.
I'm now this new creaturebecause every day is a new day.
So it was a wonderful.
Um, I just appreciate that.
I don't have no criticism.
I know I went on a tangent, butthat's why it's called what she

(01:10:48):
said it's okay, I appreciateyou.

Speaker 1 (01:10:51):
I'm telling y'all better get that book when they
go live we go.
I make sure to be following mypage and Cherice page and all
the ladies pages because when itgoes live we all are going to
make sure that we support andSharice, support Sharice when it
goes live.
I am not me, we are not thesame.
Ok, next up, I got my girl.

(01:11:12):
Y'all know I got to kiss up toher, but I got my girl LaShawn
Fernandez.

Speaker 4 (01:11:21):
Tell me about your experience.
Well, we spoke on thatyesterday, so I'm not going to
put all that here.
But at the end of the day, theone thing I would say some
people may be going through somethings.
You know, like I know, in thebeginning I mentioned that
August is my busy month forcertifications and training.

(01:11:41):
However, we got even anothersurprise to find out that the
government is shutting down oneof our insurance companies.
So that means a huge book of mybusiness got to be moved.
So I was kind of overwhelmed,you know, and it's just like
when I get overwhelmed now, thisside of me, the new me, I kind

(01:12:04):
of shut down and just allow Godto come in.
You'll see me, knowing you.
It's not I'm ignoring you onpurpose.
I no longer react on my emotion.
I can't say I'm of God and Goddwells in me and exudes through
me.
If I respond off of my emotions, I have to have my time away

(01:12:24):
and speak in love, because Godis love, nothing less than that.
So for me you might not whichit was.
I think it was about three,three days, you know, because
when I say I was a stubbornsomebody before God changed.
That's why I tell people.
If God can deliver and heal me,he can heal anybody.
I think I was one of his moststubborn children.

(01:12:46):
There was and I'm just you knowsomebody worse than me, but I'm
just saying so.
Um, we talked about it, weaddressed about so.
So what we talked about don'tneed to be exposed and God
handling you.
Come back and, like I said, I doeverything in love, now no
longer in emotion.
But I told you once before andyou know I put it even on

(01:13:10):
Facebook gave you a file You'revery talented, you skill and you
have more gifts than others.
So that's the blessing with you.
You so gifted with from thetrailers on down podcasts,
because I've done several umcourses with you and you never

(01:13:33):
let me down or disappointed mein those errors, even in this.
We fix it to make it work.
But, like I said at the end ofthe day, um, sometimes people
going through things and theyjust don't, you know, say
anything because they know youcouldn't fix the problem.
They can't fix the problem.
Only God can fix the problem.

(01:13:55):
So I would say, but overall,you're very gifted, very
talented, and you go over thecall when you're delivering.

Speaker 1 (01:14:07):
Absolutely.
Thank you so much for that,lashawn, and you are absolutely
right, we don't have to discussthat.
But I'm glad that you stuckwith the concept.
But I'm glad that you stuckwith the concept.
I'm glad that you know, becausethe enemy will try to disband
something that's so powerful andthe Book of Divine Devotions
you guys is so powerful.

Speaker 4 (01:14:30):
Let me just say this this is why the enemy was so
working.
I was like you know, I was likeI'm, you know.
I told you I'm just go by law.
And I realized once everythingwas done, this is why the enemy

(01:14:51):
was had all these distractions,because when you come back and
you read the devotion it kind ofgoes with my book of me telling
my story of how this healingjourney was for me and the walk,
how hard it was.
But just understanding I was nolonger a victim to a survivor,
I became a warrior and I becamea warrior in Christ Jesus,

(01:15:15):
understanding, like Cherise said, understanding who I was in
Christ Jesus.
So at the Sheree said,understanding who I was in
Christ Jesus.
So at the end of the day, satango always, when he knows
something is powerful and of God, he go always try to disturb.
And God told me you know, whenI reached out to you and we
talked about that beforeSaturday I think it was Friday

(01:15:36):
and God said you're going to dothis devotions and I had to be
obedient because why walk away?
And just like you say you paidme, why walk away?
God had to show me because Ihave to learn.
You can't just keep moving offemotions.
So sometimes it's just growingup, as the elders would say,

(01:15:58):
coming up, you got to put yourbig panties, big girl panties,
on.

Speaker 1 (01:16:03):
So that's a phenomenal job, phenomenal what
you had inside of you to be ableto put that on paper.
And for me, to help you kind ofexpand that a little bit, I was
truly blessed by it.
I really was.
It was phenomenal and that'swhy it was it was.

(01:16:23):
It wasn't more so about themoney for me or the fact that
she was losing money, eventhough that was one of the
reasons.
Yeah, I was like, girl, youpaid me, is you crazy?
But it was more so about lookat the message that people won't
have if you just throw it away.
And I was so glad that youreached back out and said OK,

(01:16:44):
yeah, we're going to go ahead onthe, do you know?
So I appreciate you.
I appreciate you for tellingthat and being truthful about
that, because I want people tosee that sometimes it may not
always be easy, but don't letthe trick of the enemy stop you.
Your testimony, just whatyou're talking about now, will
give somebody who may feelscared to do it a chance to

(01:17:06):
really do it.
Oh, oh, I was waiting on her tocome in.
You better go ahead, mama Quita.
She said congratulations ladies.
Yes, mama Quita, I was justtalking about you, girl.
I was just talking about you,girl.
I was just talking about howyou're my mentor.
You help me do everything.
I appreciate you.
I love you.
If y'all don't know who thepublishing guru is, you better

(01:17:32):
Google Dr Laquita Parks.
Okay, at Payprobe Publishingshe is phenomenal.
She published all of myfamily's books, my kids' books,
my husband's, my books.
Just show me so much in thisliterary world.
I love you so much.
I thank you so much foreverything that you've ever done

(01:17:54):
for me.
I truly appreciate you and allthat you do.
If you guys don't know who DrLaquita Parks is, you've been
hiding under a rock, honey,because I would know half of
this if it wasn't for Dr LaquitaParks.
That's my mentor.
Okay, I love her so much.
Thank you so much, dr LaquitaParks.
Now we're going to get to MamaMyra.

(01:18:17):
Let's give some of your bookmoments.

Speaker 2 (01:18:31):
What you going to know.

Speaker 1 (01:18:41):
How was your experience?

Speaker 2 (01:18:45):
it was a good experience.
It really was.
At one time I got kind of fedup.
I'm like I'm tired of this, butyou know I get tired easily
because when I'm doing somethingover and over again I get
sleepy.
But I thoroughly enjoyed it andyou did a phenomenal job in

(01:19:07):
helping me to understanddifferent things and, you know,
expanding what the readerswanted to know.
That I thought they wouldalready know as I was writing.
But I enjoyed it.
I really did, and I hope you doanother one.

Speaker 1 (01:19:30):
Thank you so much, and we're going to talk about
that in another couple seconds.

Speaker 5 (01:19:36):
Pamela Nance Johnson got another couple seconds.
Pamela Nance-Johnson, this hasbeen an amazing, awesome,
anointed experience.
You have been transparent.
You poured into us and allowedus to put our vision on paper
and you just took it and ranwith it, with our vision on

(01:19:59):
paper, and you just took it andran with it.
So it was just an amazingexperience.
If I did not know that this wasyour first time, we wouldn't
have known.
Anybody from the outside wouldnot have known.
You have a gift, many gifts.
I don't remember who said that,but the many gifts that you
have, you do things that youjust make it look easy.
You just flow with it.

(01:20:20):
It's not like it was forced oranything.
And, yeah, I love thisexperience.
I so appreciate that we areyour first, because there's
something about the first, butwe came, like you said, with it.
Everybody came with a missionand the mission has been
fulfilled.
It's my prayer that, if nothingelse, we got all these

(01:20:43):
accolades and claps and all ofthat, but if God is well pleased
, then we did what we weresupposed to do.

Speaker 1 (01:20:51):
Absolutely, absolutely.
I appreciate all you guys.

Speaker 5 (01:21:01):
Oh, I have to say one thing there was one day when I
told Jackie that okay, um, justas the group as a whole, that we
didn't want Dr Dean to come out, so we need to make sure we got
our ducks in the road and wewere all on time.
Like we don't want Dr D Cox tocome out.
Oh man, look, I think at onepoint.

Speaker 1 (01:21:23):
I called myself Major Payne.
I was like now y'all better getit together, because y'all
didn't hire me to be who did?
I say I forgot, it was someSouth person.
I said y'all hired me to beMajor Payne.
And this is a boot camp.
And everybody's like now wait aminute, where did this come
from?
I was a real Look.

(01:21:48):
I had told LaShawn the otherday.
I said girl.
I said I apologize, girl,because I sure wasn't Major
Payne mode.
You would have thought I went upin my closet and got my husband
army sergeant uniform and putit on.
Girl.
The way I was up in here actingthe fool, but I'm glad that
y'all stuck it out with me.
Y'all knew that I was doing itfor the greater good.

(01:22:08):
So I appreciate y'all so muchand like that scripture say in
the Bible I think it's I alwaysbutcher this word, but I think
it's Habakkuk, habakkuk 2 and 2.
Write it down and make it plain.
Write it down and make it plain, okay.
Sandra Washington saidcongratulations, ladies, thank

(01:22:32):
you.
Miss Queenie Quinn said hey,hey, hey.
Miss Queenie Quinn said hey,hey, hey.
So yeah, we got some people inhere.
And this is where the last oneis superlatives.
I want to ask you guys let medo a round robin who's most
likely to have a sequel?

(01:22:53):
Pam?
Who do you think is most likelyto have a sequel?
A sequel Pam, who do you thinkis most likely to have a sequel?

Speaker 5 (01:23:01):
I'm going to say, sharice, because we got to get
all of it.
All these little, yeah, we gotto have all of it.
She said what?
Okay, what else did she say?

Speaker 2 (01:23:15):
Yes, I love it, Mama Myra who do you think is most
likely to have a sequel?
Cherise?
Yes, because I'm waiting forsome more, and I'm letting my
granddaughter read it becauseshe needs that.

Speaker 1 (01:23:35):
Okay, we're going to get off the rails.
You're going to leave my friendalone.
Okay, I love her granddaughter.
Granddaughter, if you'rewatching, I love you girl.
Okay, let's see grandma, but Ilove you, okay, dr Leanne I

(01:23:56):
actually was going to say DrLeanne.

Speaker 8 (01:24:01):
I actually was going to say Sharice and Mama Myra.

Speaker 1 (01:24:04):
Oh yeah, I was thinking Mama Myra too, but you
got to go with Sharice and MamaMyra.
Yeah, After reading Find theLove After 70, it sounds like
it's got to be more.

Speaker 8 (01:24:17):
Yeah, it's got to be some more.

Speaker 3 (01:24:21):
Charisse.
Well, I thank you, lace, forall your support.
Now I'm trying to figure outwhat my next title is going to
be, because it probably is goingto be some more, because I got
some more, trust me.
But I think Mama Myra going tofind love, and she's going to be
talking about it.
And she's going to find love,and she's going to be talking
about it.
She's going to find love.
She's shaking her head.
No, you keep shaking your head.
No, as soon as you say no,you're going to be sitting at

(01:24:43):
church, you're going to slide tothe left.

Speaker 1 (01:24:47):
You know what Destiny Child said.
You be saying no, no, no, no,no, when it's really yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, honey, we'regoing to put a ring on it yeah,
if you like it, then you shouldput a ring on it.

Speaker 3 (01:24:59):
Yes, well, thank you guys for that.
For that sequel there might.
Now I got to figure out whatthe other title would be.
I mean it might just be asequel to that.
But more importantly, Iappreciate you guys' support and
I think we all would like MissLeanne after she get the tea.
Then she might have to writesomething and talk about her
being the juice.

(01:25:20):
I'm just saying, hey, yeah, Herbeing the juice.
People be giving out the tea,but now God has told her she's
the juice.
You know where she come from.
As well as Miss LaShawn afterher divine devotions, hey, other
things that she's got.
We all can have a sequel.
But thank you so much.
I'm glad to hear that.

(01:25:40):
I would love to come up with asequel and you just may know,
you never know, it may just comeup and you have a sequel.
But I can see Mama Myra mighthave.
She might just find that loveafter 70.
And it may be called love.
I don't know.
She found the love after sayingI don't know what it'd be
called, but she got it.
Y'all got it, Between her andDr Cox they got it.

(01:26:01):
But yeah, if it be a sequel formine, I'm going to have to do
some book tours, so I'll comeand make y'all laugh with my
racism because I got some stuffPeople are like what did you
just say?

Speaker 1 (01:26:15):
The lady could be a comedian.
Y'all read this book.
It is super funny, but it is soreal and so raw and so truthful
.
Um, I'm just, I'm in all of it,I, I.
When she gave it to me, I waslike this is gold, this is gold.
So, yes, lashaun fernandez, whodo you think will have a sequel
?

Speaker 4 (01:26:34):
sharice sequel Sharice.
Everybody said Sharice.
Yeah, she gonna be the one withthis.
She will.

Speaker 1 (01:26:46):
Okay, so this is my special announcement.
Okay, I have to pause and sharewhat God placed on my heart.
Publishing Y'all know it'scostly.
Okay, producing, promoting andpublishing I do, all of it
wrapped into a boat, okay, andit it does.

(01:27:07):
It adds up and too often thepeople with the most powerful
testimonies cannot afford to gettheir story out.
But God told me this bootcampis not about profit.
Okay, it's about ministry, andthat's why I've decided, after
long thought and talk with God,because I was like God, you

(01:27:28):
cannot be telling me this rightnow because kids need shoes and
paper, okay, for school.
But he told me anyway, keep theListen, linda.
21 Day Arthur Boot Camp at just$600,.
Okay, so it's not going to be$5,000.
It's not going to be $2,000,but $600.
Why?

(01:27:49):
Because your story might be thevery thing that saved somebody
else's life, and cost shouldnever be the barrier between
someone's testimony andsomeone's healing.
Okay, so this bootcamp is not amoney grab, it's a ministry,
and it's teaching you not justhow to write but how to publish

(01:28:10):
on your own, build a legacy andstand in God's assignment for
your life.
Okay, so I wanted to up theprice on it because a lot of
people were telling me I shouldand that it has so much value
and how dare you do this, howdare you do that?
But I honestly believe that Godtold me to do this and he set
that price at 600 for a reason,and I cannot go against what he

(01:28:35):
is telling me to do.
So the bootcamp will remain at$600.
Okay, it will remain at $600.
Um, so, if you want to be um inthis bootcamp or you find that
it may be a beneficial to youfor you to tell your story, get
in contact with me, because theprice will never change for the

(01:28:57):
bootcamp.
It will never change for thebootcamp, okay.
So, ladies, ladies, ladies, giveyourselves a round of applause.
You did it, congratulations.
Now I know, um, I, I.
I tried to um upload thecertificates for you ladies, but

(01:29:18):
I was.
I didn't have a chance to dothat.
But I did mail upload thecertificates for you ladies, but
I didn't have a chance to dothat.
But I did mail the ladiescertificates of graduation.
So now you are certifiedpublishers, you're able to go
with the tools that you learnedin this boot camp.
You didn't just write your book, but you learned the tools on
how to publish your bookyourself and also how to reach
the bestseller status.
I gave you guys all the tipsand tricks that I know.

(01:29:39):
My brain became yours, okay,and I hope you guys take the
tools that you learned and justlearn that now, if you want to
publish and you want to usesomebody else, that will be out
of convenience and not out ofneed Okay, you have the tools.
You have everything that you,that you need to know as far as

(01:30:00):
editing, as far as formatting,as far as book cover design, as
far as bestseller campaigns andhow to run those, as far as
promotion.
You guys have all those toolsand you learned that right here
in 21 days.
So thank you for trusting meright here in 21 days.

(01:30:21):
So thank you for trusting me,trusting little old me, little
engine that could to help youreach that finish line and doing
your book in 21 days.
Because, ladies, you did notjust write books.
You birthed a movement andtonight you reminded the whole
world that obedience produceslegacy.
So I want you, ladies, to keepwriting, keep pouring and, most
of all, keep building.

(01:30:42):
Let's clap it up one more timefor our graduates Cerise King,
pamela Nance Johnson, dr Leanne,cerise Hendrick, myra Cook and
LaShawn Fernandez, this is justthe beginning.
Okay To everyone watching.
Don't wait.
Please don't wait.
Join the bootcamp, write yourstory and change lives.

(01:31:06):
I am Dr Jacqueline Cox.
You're listening to podcastwhole saying keep writing, keep
shining and keep standing inyour peace at all costs.
God bless you and I want us toend with LaShawn Fernandez.
Can you pray us out please?

Speaker 4 (01:31:23):
Sure Our heads bow, dear Heavenly, most Gracious
Father.
Thank you, lord, for this dayand all that was in it.
Lord, thank you for this groupof ladies, lord, I ask that you
continue to strengthen them,keep pushing them forward for
your purpose.
For of ladies, lord, I ask thatyou continue to strengthen them
, keep pushing them forward foryour purpose, for your glory,
Lord, keep letting us take onestep in front of the other, but

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making sure you are within us,guiding us along this journey,
because we have to fulfill ourpurpose before we reach our
final destination.
So, lord, on this day, we thankyou, we praise you, we love you
.
And ladies, go forward.
Don't let the distractions,because they're going to come.

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Keep pressing and know who youare.
In Christ Jesus, you can movemountains.
Trust the process by leaning onGod's understanding and not
your own.

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In Jesus' name, we pray Amen, amen, amen To God be
the glory.
Congratulations again, ladies.
Ms Queenie said congratulations, denise said congratulations,
sandra said congratulations,laquita.
Of course, we love you so muchCongratulations.
Thank you so much, dr LaquiaParks.
Denise said amen, and we aregoing to close out.
Peace.

Speaker 3 (01:32:49):
Much success, many blessings.
See y'all at the top.

Speaker 1 (01:32:53):
And be looking, because Sharice ain't went live
yet, but when she go live, y'allbetter look at our pages and
look for her so we can take herto number one.
And look and go on my pageright now for Myra Cook so we
can help her reach bestsellerstatus.
Everybody else here has reachedbestseller status.
Congratulations, ladies, evenLaShawn Fernandez.

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Her book came out last nightand has already charted on all
three categories for bestsellerstatus.
Congratulations, lashon.
Congratulations.
Everybody is so wonderful.
Oh, pam got her book.
Pam got her book.
Yay, and I will be going livewith Myra's book today on Listen

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Linda Book Club.
I was supposed to be talkingabout my book, but I actually
got Myra's book in the mailtoday.
So I will be going live in thenext hour to talk about Myra's
book Find the Love After 70.
She's going to meet me there.
She don't know it yet.
She know it now.
She's going to meet me there.
We're going to kind of discussher book, okay, so I will talk

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to you guys soon.

Speaker 4 (01:34:04):
That was my other surprise, love you have a great
night.

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