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Wellness Check – Day 19: The Better Life Challenge

Hey, Blk and Fit family! In today's meditation, we're reminded that love and positivity are all around us and we can choose to access it. Pilates will challenge your body, as we add light weights. To finish your day, our journal prompt to keep you going with your 2025...

MINISTRY MONDAY – THE SOUL – WILLIE MAE MCIVER

According to the dictionary, THE SOUL is the immaterial essence or actual cause of a person being in existence.  The body is the covering...the shell for THE SOUL.  Some people say the soul and the body are one in the same because one cannot exist without...

Wellness Check – Day 18: The Better Life Challenge

On Day 18 of the Better Life Challenge, we are motivated to bring our ideas and dreams to life with the power of the mind. Get ready to work your whole body with a full body session. Lastly, our journal prompt urges us to evaluate our belief system. If you're not a...

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Sybil Wilkes has been an important listener resource for over two decades. Known as “The Voice of Reason” on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, she delivers news, information and entertainment with honesty, accessibility and integrity, earning the trust of her nationwide audience.