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Burt’s Bees Apologizes For Offensive Holiday Ad Featuring Black Family

Back in the early 1980s, Burt and Roxanne created Burt’s Bees. Their company is known for lip care, skin care, body and hair and other care products. In late 2007, Clorox purchased Burt’s Bees for $925 million dollars. Just to give you a little financial insight, from 2000 to 2007 Burt’s Bees annual revenue went from $23 million to $164 million. The message I received from Burt's Bees rep after I sent them a picture of me with my kids and my husband: “Hi Niki- We love this- Beautiful family! On behalf of Burt’s Bees Baby, we are so deeply sorry. We have learned a lot this year about impact and intent. Our intent was never to promote an awful stereotype about Black families or to inflict hurt upon anyone. We understand that even so, there is an impact and this image causes harm. We would never create an ad like the one being shared. We want to note these images were not part of an ad, but rather pasted together by a third party Twitter user from different images of actual families we had on our website, which also has images of other representations of actual Black families. We would never create an ad like the one being shared. We show real families in our photoshoots. We scheduled this whole family, Dad included, for our photoshoot this summer and needed to reschedule the dates due to complications from COVID. As a result of the rescheduling, Dad wasn’t available due to work. Mom was happy to still participate with her two daughters. Still, we understand that representation matters, and that representation has impact, so we’re transitioning these images off our pages as an immediate action item. Please know that Burt’s Bees Baby is actively and continually working on our own inclusion and diversity journey as an organization. The Burt’s Bees Baby mission has always been to do good, to be kind, to care for all families, our Earth and each other. We aim for inclusivity and hope to reflect that throughout every aspect of our company. We promise that this is not indicative of our core values. – Sarah” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nikimarieradio/support [https://anchor.fm/nikimarieradio/support]

Interview with Dawn Witte: Founder and Director of the Desire to Inspire Foundation

Dawn Airhart Witte is a certified life coach, international speaker, author and the founder of the Desire to Inspire Foundation and co-founder of The Be Tour. She has also founded The Be Line skincare and fragrance products coming soon to national retailers. Being a mom to her two daughters, Taylor and Carrington, is her proudest role and title. Because of her great love for children she started the Desire to Inspire Foundation which provides children around the world with a mother's love and care while helping them find and use their own special gifts and talents to help themselves and others. A philanthropist from an early age, Dawn began her foundation with her passion for helping and inspiring others. Her steadfast resolve in eradicating hunger and poverty is one of her greatest driving forces. She shares her inspiration and motivation via a vast network of communication mediums. She has been a featured guest on numerous radio shows, podcasts, blogs, and magazines around the world as well as in magazines, podcasts, radio shows, MTVRock.com, Vigalentes Radio an iHeartRadio station, Well World TV, The Balance Doctor, The Naked Truth Podcast, Nora Gouma Magazine, the online Books of the Month Club, Writersinterviews.com [http://writersinterviews.com/], The BS3 Sports and Music Show, Indie Music Discovery, Arainofthought.com as well as many others. https://betour.org/meet-the-founders/dawn-witte/ https://www.facebook.com/dawn.witte1 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nikimarieradio/support [https://anchor.fm/nikimarieradio/support]

S03 E01: Author Christopher Laird Returns with a New Book

About The Author Christopher Laird is an author from Detroit, Michigan. He has been writing science fiction since he was 15 years old. He has only now realized his dream of publishing two best selling novels(ORIGINS AND ETERNITY'S PAST). Mr. Laird is also working on a stage play for his upcoming short story THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS:FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN ALIEN, which is the third book of the ORIGINS series. Christopher Laird is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Laird is currently studying at Harvard University to deepen his understanding of Psychology. Mr. Laird is also an active member of The Detroit Institute Of Arts and The Detroit Zoo to help them to become world recognized institutions. Join Christopher Laird as he reaches new bounds in his journey to write compelling stories. He currently has stories that will be adapted into stage plays and his Amazon best selling novel ORIGINS is in the process of hopefully being optioned for a motion picture. Keep up to date with Chris Laird as he continues to usher us into a new era of science fiction. Where To Purchase The Books https://www.amazon.com/Origins-Christopher-Laird/dp/1365655539 https://chrislaird.net/ Where To Purchase Merchandise https://teespring.com/stores/xonas-world --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nikimarieradio/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nikimarieradio/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/s/305769dc/podcast/sponsor/acugj9/url/https%3A%2F%2Fanchor.fm%2Fapp]

Interview with Best-Selling Author of Networking Your Way To Success, Dr. Jairo Borja

Update interview with Dr. Jairo Borja, DBA, who is the President of Borja Consulting Group and Financial Services Professional with Primary Financial. Dr. Jairo Borja, DBA has spoken at several Fortune 500 companies including New York Life, Mass Mutual and Penn Mutual. Also, has spoken at First Calvary Baptist Church. Dr. Borja is a speaker, business coach and assists with small business planning, strategy & advice to small business owners. He is also an International Best-Selling Author for his new book being released in December of 2019 entitled “Networking Your Way to Success”. Dr. Jairo Borja, DBA is on the board and is the treasurer for Prospanica New Jersey Chapter. Prior to being the treasurer, he was the Vice President of Professional Development assisting with webinars and programming such as speed networking for example to benefit Prospanica members. In addition, Dr. Jairo is the Co-Liaison for ASIS International NYC Chapter. Also, Dr. Jairo serves on the national Young Professionals Council for ASIS International. ASIS International is one of the largest organizations for security professionals to connect for the latest trends, certifications, workshops, monthly luncheons and conferences throughout the world. Dr. Jairo Borja, DBA received his Doctor of Business Administration Degree in Marketing from Walden University in March of 2019. He also received his Master of Business Administration Degree in Management from Long Island University in May of 2007. Lastly, Dr. Jairo received his Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Management from Berkeley College in September of 2003. Dr. Jairo Borja, DBA lives in Linden, NJ with his wife Sofia, daughter Emma and stepdaughter Emilie.

S01 E10: Modern Day Love: Relationships 101

A relationship is a close connection between two people, especially one involving romantic or sexual feelings. so loneliness is a killer, but wait. Great relationships can help me to be happier, healthier, and live longer? I don’t know about you, but that’s a great reason to learn how relationships work so that you can build positive, long-lasting relationships in your life. But shouldn’t we just know how to form good relationships? We assume that relationships should be intuitive and that romance and connection with others should just come naturally, and that we should just have some sort of divine sense of how to be kind and respectful in our relationships. That’s kind of where the happily ever after myth comes in. Yes, that all sounds lovely but it’s not necessarily true, and as much as the methods we teach to couples seem like common sense (yes, it’s a great idea to discuss issues by using a soft start-up so nobody gets hurt!), those methods are simply not that intuitive for most of us. We’re not wired to be kind or understanding all the time, especially when we feel like we’re defending ourselves from criticism, or when we’re so angry that it becomes difficult to communicate respectfully or rationally. Sometimes, we’re even intentionally unkind or spiteful because of negative thoughts and feelings we experience about others, especially if we’ve bottled up those feelings. But positive relationships and their interactions require understanding and intentional so that you can communicate in a respectful way with everyone you engage with. They require an awareness of how to avoid being unkind or hurtful and how to transform your negative emotions into positive growth within your relationships. And that means that you need to know how relationships work. So how do relationships work, and how can I build positive relationships? Relationships are constantly in flux, and they will always have some kind of conflict or disagreement, whether that be with a co-worker, a friend, a relative, or your partner. Like we’ve said before, all couples fight. You’ll have arguments with your friends, siblings, parents, and co-workers, too. Conflict, whether big or small, will happen in interpersonal relationships, and it’s important to know how to productively manage those kinds of conflicts so that you can build better relationships with everyone you’ll meet. More importantly, the same basic methods of managing conflict and validating another’s perspective that we teach to couples can be generally applied (sans physical affection if that would be inappropriate!) to any relationship you have with any other person. And, frankly, you won’t always be happy in your relationships. Happiness is ever-changing and conditional, and you’ll always hit some rough moments with co-workers or friends with whom you usually get along great. Some of your best relationships—say, with close siblings, best friends, parents, or (obviously) your partner—will challenge you. You will see flaws in almost anyone you meet and connect with, and they’ll see yours, but knowing how to accept them and work around them is key to building lasting relationships. For example, your boss might be difficult to work with, and maybe you just have personality differences. (All relationships do, which leads to problems that may not be solved but can be productively managed.) That happens all the time. But if you don’t know the facts on how to effectively manage those differences, you might end up with a sour working relationship that inhibits your professional growth. https://www.gottman.com/blog/relationships-101/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.  https://anchor.fm/app