Self-Care Saturday with N.D. Jones is a podcast series based on reflective prompts taken from my two guided journals: The Color of My Resilience: A Guided Self-Care Journal for Black Men and The Color of My Resilience: A Guided Self-Care Journal for Black Women.
This podcast is scheduled bimonthly where each episode premieres on my YouTube channel at 11:00 am EST.
Episode 3: November 6, 2021
Special Guests:
- J.S. Emuakpor, Author, Publisher, Mugwump Press
- XperienceJ, Intuitive Creative with a Neo Hip Hop Style
Xperience J (Crystal Judkins) is a multi-hyphenate creative and curator from Alexandria, Virginia. She is the co-founder of Black Audio Dramas Exist, where she promotes creatively provocative audio dramas written, produced, and starring Black creatives. Xperience is passionately driven by her love of the arts and the innate desire to amplify Black voices through media. She has written and produced two audio dramas, "Past Due Audio Series" and "Kiss: The Audio Series,” which can currently be found on most major streaming platforms. Most recently, she established Shhh! Jus’ Listen Media, where she uses her love of sound to produce innovative audio experiences that will change the face of audio dramas forever.
Favorite quote by a Black person or fictional character -
"I'll tell you what freedom is to me. No fear." Nina Simone
J.S. Emuakpor was born and raised in West Africa. She is a married mother of four, a scientist, and owner of Afrocentric Books. She currently lives in North Carolina and is very much allergic to it. Most of her writing draws upon the spiritual beliefs of the ancestors who frequently whisper in her ear and on the superstitions that she refuses to relinquish. Accolades JS Emuakpor is the winner of the 2020 North Carolina Author Project. Her novel, Queen of Zazzau received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly.
Favorite quote by a Black person or fictional character -
Black power means ‘Dignity.’ It means we’re going to walk side by side with you [ . . . ] We don’t want any more than you have, and we’re not going to accept any less than you have.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.