The Killer Pitch Master | Live Life Your Way

 

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Precious, the #Killerpitchmaster, is a world-class master communicator. She has had a life, and like a huge ball, she bounces back. She is generous authentic and committed.

Join Noreen as she mashes it up with Precious, and she shares her journey thorough life.

Segment 1

Noreen kicks off the show by talking about how grateful she was for an event that happened over her weekend. She continues to talk about another she has coming up where the main topics will be surrounding women and money. Noreen then introduces her guest Precious, the Killer Pitch Master, who does her own pitch on air. Precious talks about her personal and professional life, and how she went from Missouri to New York. Precious talks about her reasons to come to New York, and how her family background influenced her decisions growing up. Precious tells an emotional story about how she wanted to, and eventually how she got to her dream college.

Segment 2

Noreen came back asking Precious how her time in college was. Noreen then asks Precious why she wants to be the “Pitch Master”. Precious talks about the time she went on the Shark Tank TV show, where she showed off her pitching skills and got praise from Mark Cuban. Precious then talks about her lowest point in life and how she became an alcoholic. She also talks about the man that she dated back in 2010 who inspired her to create the Curvy Girlz Lingerie.

Segment 3

Precious talks about when she hit rock bottom. It got so bad that she stopped taking showers and taking care of herself. She talks about being a people pleaser due to the fact her parents never gave her approval as a child. When she woke up in the hospital after her suicide attempt her father was there and told her he loved her and that he messed up as a father. After her suicide attempt, she was in a psych ward in St. Louis and then went back to New York. She had lost everything and was homeless but had support from The Bowery Mission, where she stayed for a year and a half. She left the mission a year ago and her life has completely changed for the better and she now has a beautiful home in Brooklyn. Precious talks about how her life experiences have affected her work with her clients.

Segment 4

Precious says that “she’s here to live” and that she feels many woman are dead inside and aren’t living to their fullest potential. She always makes sure that her clients know that they have value and no matter how far you’ve gone down in life, you are somebody. Precious’s dream is to be a nationally syndicated talk show host and be able to send five kids to college. Precious has a book coming out about branding and pitches and how to win at the game of life and build a business career. Precious spends a lot of time talking with God and being grateful for being alive.

Limitless Potential | Live Life Your Way

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Join Noreen as she mashes it up with Carmen Dollinger, personal, life and spiritual counseling.

When Noreen thinks of the color yellow, she thinks of Carmen. A few years ago Carmen helped her clear out some blocks that she had been carrying around.

Tune in and listen to what could have been a negative relation become an extremely positive one.  Join with love and light as we mash it up on Beyond Potential: Live Life Your Way..

Segment 1

Noreen explains the rearrangement of her closet and dresser. She gets rather emotional about how neat and organized everything is now. She’s going to do the same reorganization with her kitchen and living room in the near future. She says it’s all about structuring and organizing your life. She then introduces her guest Carmen Dollinger who personal, life and spiritual counselor who lives in Atlanta. They met at an event in Atlanta and instantly clicked. They say they have great energy between them even though they don’t see each other that often. Dolly was originally working in corporate America until she left her job and tapped into her spiritual side, which she’s always had a passion for.

Segment 2

Carmen explains her upbringing in Germany and finding her interest in life and spiritual coaching. She says that working a corporate job put her real passion in the background, but she was still able to find outlets to express it. She then talks about the sacred sites that she gives tours on throughout Europe. One specific area she goes to is the countryside of Ireland and she takes people to sacred wells throughout the country. She has a wide range of people with various traditions who come on these tours. She then talks about the impact that these tours have on her emotionally.

Segment 3

Carmen talks about some of the things she had to sacrifice in order to follow her passion. She says it’s all been worth it as she’s constantly amazed by the different synergies she sees when she goes through these spiritual journies with other people. Noreen and Carmen talk about what it’s like coaching people and trying to help people out of their problems. They both discuss the connection they feel to their clients and how important that is. They emphasize the importance of balancing their client’s energy fields.

Segment 4

Carmen talks about living your life in harmony and taking all the different parts of your life and making sure they work together. There are many different things that people can do that can alter the balance in their life. She makes sure her clients know how important it is to make time for yourself. The most important person in your life is you, so this is an essential step in finding balance. Carmen then talks about her most profound spiritual experience, which happened in a national park in Wyoming.

Back from Britain | Live Life Your Way

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Noreen is back from her vacation in Britain. Tune in and listen!

She will share what she discovered while she was away, and update you on the latest in her life.

Segment 1: 

Noreen starts by talking about the great time she had in London. She unplugged and slept in, which she said was a great and relaxing feeling. The purpose for her going to London was to celebrate her mother’s 90th birthday. She says it was great to spend time with family. The only negative experience was her flight with Norwegian Airlines. Noreen details a fun experience she had with one of the kids in her family, named Storm. She was also able to reconnect with some of her close friends that she hadn’t seen in around 40 years.

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Noreen compares the New York and London subway environment. She says that New York has a much more lively and energetic vibe. Noreen also jokes about the New York smell that hits you the second you get back to the city. She compares the laws in England and the US, specifically regarding the safety of citizens. She uses biker safety as an example where there is some discrepancy, in that it seems England takes more of a “people first” approach. She then talks about some of the different cultural food and music experiences she had when she was in London.

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Noreen says that this trip made her realize that she needs to travel more frequently. Her business has trapped her with clients and meetings and she wants to get to a point in her life where she can separate her personal life from her business. She wants to create memories and have more fun experiences with family and friends. Noreen then switches gears to talk about England’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson. From what she saw is that most people don’t like Boris. Even though she had an amazing time in London, she says she’s glad to be back in New York.

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Noreen brings it back by talking about the food in London. She says that the food like meat and vegetables taste cleaner and fresher than in New York. This is due to the fact that it’s less processed over there. She then talks about some of the culture shocks she had when she came back to New York. Noreen says that the people in London look a lot prettier than they did when she lived there. This weekend as Noreen came back to New York she went to Sundae Sermon hosted by previous guest DJ Stormin Norman.

From Uzbekistan To New York | Live Life Your Way

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Uzbekistan. Where is it, what kinds of people live there. What brings them to NY. Join me tonight as I speak with Shakhlo Makhmudova who is new in NY she will tell you why.

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Segment #1:

Tonight on the show Noreen greets us with the weight and the importance of family as one ages. Noreen introduces her guest Shakhlo Makhmudova and tells how they came to know each other at a networking event. Shakhlo found a pull to New York through her interest in culture and developed education system. On top of that, close friends in New York made the option all the more attractive.

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Returning to the show Shakhlo regales us with stories of Uzbekistan’s subway system sans rats. The two of them speak on Shakhlo’s experience moving here. Shakhlo hadn’t felt totally natural in Uzbekistan, though that wasn’t fixed overnight after moving to New York. She feels that moving here has made her more independent. Shakhlo’s finds difficulty completely relating and translating her experiences into Russian when talking to her friends and family.

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Noreen talks about her experience of traveling to the US from England. She talks about the difference in immigrating to this country back then compared to the present day. Although she doesn’t know what it’s like to be an immigrant today, she does sympathize with the struggles that they are facing. Shakhlo talks about what she wants for herself in the US. She wants to have a fulfilling career, start a family and travel. She then tells Noreen what advice she would give to children in Uzbekistan. She believes that it’s crucial to build up as many skills as possible and always ask questions. Chaklao felt she needed to get out of Uzbekistan and not fall into the cultural norms. Noreen talks about growing up in NYC and forcing herself to break away from her parent’s advice.

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Shakhlo talks about the different types of foods that are common in Uzbekistan including kebabs and where you can find Uzbek food in New York City. Noreen talks about how you can get food from all over the world in New York City and her dislike for shrimp. Shakhlo talks about not regretting move to New York and how she loves the energy and opportunities that come with living here. She talks about the doubts and challenges people tried to tell her about before she moved and how she wanted to still do it anyway. Noreen and Shakhlo talk about learning different languages and English being a difficult one to learn.

DJ Stormin’ Norman | Live Life Your Way

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Join Noreen as she mashes up the place with DJ Stormin’ Norman on Tuesday on Beyond Potential: Live Life Your Way.

DJ Stormin’ Norman originally hails from East London, UK and is now a resident of Harlem, USA. In the 90’s, he was part of a groundbreaking DJ collective who brought the Thunderstorm Mix on WBLS 107.5FM NYC, introducing live mixing to daytime radio, previously reserved for weekend nights broadcasted from night-clubs, setting a new precedent in national radio.

For over 20 years, he’s played major New York clubs, exclusive downtown spots, elite private events and world tours. Currently, DJ produces the most anticipated event of the Summer season in New York City- Sundae Sermon, bringing thousands of attendees together in Harlem parks… termed by many “the Woodstock of Harlem”.

Continuing his brand, DJ Stormin’ Norman hosts his own show entitled Sundae Sermon Radio on WHCR 90.3fm, has a record label (Sundae Sermon Recordings), and for 2015 the not-for-profit Sundae Sermon Foundation. DJ Stormin’ Norman is also the DJ resident of Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster in Harlem.

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Segment #1:

Noreen greets our guest and immediately dives into Norman’s early life in East London. Norman worked his way through education through acting school at Iona, but soon found himself totally preoccupied with Djing. The two of them speak on the pressures of notoriety and celebrity life. Through Djing Norman ran into Idris Elba.

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The DJ lifestyle kept Norman occupied until a sudden loss of inspiration for Norman. From here Norman transferred to a career in real estate. Norman goes into how he was able to continue playing at his home. His neighbors loved it. With his rekindled enthusiasm for music Norman decided to get back to Djing. Norman speaks on Sundae Sermon and Noreen weighs in expressing the familial quality this party carries with it. A glimpse into the club kid scene from Norman as he recounts his earlier club experiences leaves us before commercial.

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Norman continues to talk about the evolution of Sundae Sermon. Norman loves the impact that this event has on the people that come and the light that it brings to their lives. Noreen went for the first time recently and said she loved it. Sundae Sermon is now at St. Nicholas Park, but Norman believes that soon they will need to change locations and find a bigger space. While this may move the show out of Harlem he says it’s necessary when something grows so much. Norman talks about how the digitalization of music has changed the industry, especially with the spread of house and disco music. Norman especially loves these genres of music because there are no rules to the dancing, you just do whatever your body tells you.

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Norman gives detail about the only Sundae Sermon of the year which will occur on August 11th from 1-6 P.M. at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem. Norman then talks about his massive record collection and how the art of record collecting and using records for DJ’ing has decreased over the years. This has completely changed the culture of DJ’ing and clubbing and made it more one dimensional. Noreen asks Norman about the possibility of him creating a documentary about DJ’s. He says that he’s been in multiple focusing on the history of dance and hip-hop music.

Surf Your Mind | Live Life Your Way

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Join Noreen Sumpter as she mashes it up with the Founder and Creative Director of Seymour Projects, Melissa Unger.

The SEYMOUR+ space. Melissa leverages her experience and one of her many goals is to nurture human consciousness in a world increasingly dominated by technology. Melissa’s years of collaborating with artists, forward-thinkers, and leading minds from a wide range of creative fields coupled with a decade of research have afforded Melissa unique insights that she strives to communicate in an innovative and impactful manner.

Via Seymour Projects and all of her work, she endeavors to leverage creative ideas and concepts to effect positive social change, promote social cohesion, empower and inspire.

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Segment #1:

Noreen starts the show by introducing her guest Melissa Unger, Founder and Creative Director of Seymour Projects. They talk about the first time they met at a coffee shop in Brooklyn and the instant connection they had. Melissa goes into her diverse resume and the different creative projects she’s been involved with, including production management of music videos for heavy metal bands. Both Noreen and Melissa talk about having careers that haven’t gone in a straight line.

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Melissa fights back against the negative stigma of being an english major and how her studies helped her going forward in her life. Melissa talks about goofing off in school and that she felt she was too young to be going to college at the time. Noreen discusses her own experience in college in the U.S. They relate their college experiences to how they both think outside the box and felt restricted by testing; Melissa describes it as 360-degree thinking. Noreen feels that school was a form of domestication and that they were treated like robots. They both agree that the creation of the internet has combated this problem and allowed people to think more freely.

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Melissa talks about how she started the Seymour Projects after working on movie sets and after working for an animation company. She explains how during this time she came into contact with Harvard University’s Project Zero and how this sparked her desire to use creativity to enact change. She chronicles how she decided to go to school to pursue her Masters, but ultimately left to start work and how in her mid-40s she decided she was tired of working for others and decided to create the Seymour Projects, which is named after her father. Melissa talks about the influence her father had on her and how his personality has influenced the core elements of the project. She talks about the different jobs she had, her work in Paris and how going to France was the first time she took control of her own destiny.

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Melissa talks about knowing from very early on that money does not create happiness and how she wanted more freedom with non-profits. She talks about it being important for people finding their path to realize that who they are and their priorities change from decade to decade and to take stock with each decade.  She talks about how when she came back from Paris she wanted to lean back and let things come to her rather than lean in and want it right away. Noreen and Melissa talk about women discussing their ages and the taboo that surrounds it and at what ages they feel like they became their person.

Fashion and Working Hard | Live Life Your Way

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Join as Noreen mashes it up with Giannie Couji. She is an artist, model and cursor of an awesome art magazine that is published a few times per year.  She is very creative and in touch with a series of people that you only know if you are in the scene.

Learn about what brings art alive on the pages of her magazine.

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Segment 1

Noreen starts off by explaining that if you have a plan in life, you don’t potentially need to follow that plan. Life is all about experiencing new journeys and in our life she wants people to know that life is not static. We should look at life as your always growing and shifting to achieving new goals. Noreen than gives a background story on how she met Giannie Couji. Noreen and Giannie met through a mutual friend name Phaedra at her dinner party. Phaedra’s dinner party was full of fashionable, artistic and creative friends. Giannie came to New York at the age of 17 and later lived in Paris for a year. Eventually she moved to London where she studied to be an accountant for 3 years.

At first, she wanted to become a dancer, but her mom wanted more for her daughter. Giannie became into fashion through her friend name fefe who introduced her to another friend who is a fashion editor. A fashion editor is a person who studies magazines, which is different from a fashion stylist because a fashion stylist is a person who styles celebrities. She then explains how her mother made her an independent woman and how she later moved out and became a waitress to start her fashion career. She developed an internship in fashion and she was the first in charge to return the clothes from the shoot. This means she was in charge of the room that was full of clothes and returned them to the PR people. She managed clothes roughly around 100 people and she had to return the clothes within 2 weeks.

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Giannie then became an apprentice for 6 weeks and later stayed with that career for 3 years. She learned that fashion is not all about beauty, it’s more of labor. Giannie and Noreen talk about the history of fashion and Giannie believes that Europeans have more experience in fashion than Americans. They are less uptight than  Americans and Americans spend more money on clothes than Europeans. When she worked in the fashion industry, she noticed that everyone would wear the same clothes, but in America we spend more money on clothes than we need to.

The inspiration for starting her magazine was to be the first black girl to create a magazine full of multicultural topics. Giannie has a wonderful team that helps her create these magazines and it wasn’t hard for her to start her magazine. She knew who she wanted to work with and she knew what she wanted to talk about in her magazines. Giannie creates two magazines a year and she realized in order for her to be successful in her career she needed to overcome her shyness.

Segment 3

Giannie talks about the differences between who she is today and who she was with the early issues of her magazine and how she has grown during the time. She talks about the struggles of functioning a magazine, including getting advertisers. Giannie explains how she finds her artists for her magazine and how she uses Instagram to dofind them. Noreen and Giannie talk about Giannie’s eye for art and how her magazine has helped her to become more detailed. Giannie talks about who she would love to have in the magazine including Cicely Tyson and Nelson Mandela.

Segment 4

Giannie explains how she came up with the name Ubikwist for her magazine.  She explains how to find her magazine on ubikwistmag.com and on Instagram and iTunes. Giannie talks about what she looks for in an intern and how people she works with need to have good energy. She talks about how her mother still thinks she’s crazy for pursuing a career in fashion but it overall proud of her. Noreen asks Giannie if she’s happy with her choices and Giannie talks about some of the feedback she gets about the magazine.

The Ups and Downs of Being an Entrepreneur | Live Life Your Way

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Fill your cup up with what you love. Join Noreen as she will be talking about being an entrepreneur.

The highlights, the ups and downs of it. Why is it important to love what one does when it come to their work? Join Noreen and mash it up as she shares about her life as a business person.

Find out why business is not for the squeamish and tell her about your world as an entrepreneur.

 

 

Benefits of CBD: A Billion-Dollar Investment Business & New Frontier | Live Life Your Way

We are upon a new frontier of Weed, Marijuana, & CBD. Join her as she mashes it up with Thomas Charpié, owner and found of BKLYN CBD. Brooklyn CBD is really great stuff.

Thomas Charpie, Owner and founder talks about discovering CBD from friends who found it help them sleep and reduced their stress. He had a background in finance that he loved and he started a swimwear company on Instagram and now he is now an owner of Brooklyn CBD.

 

Burning Down the House | Live Life Your Way

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We can change our lives if we want. The Bible said that God created the world in 7 days. He created the heaven and the earth and said “Let there be light.” Join Noreen as she talks about her new program, Ten Tips in Ten Weeks Challenge. Consciously transform your life from within.