
87. Create Space for your Soul with Sharmequa Franklin
04/26/23 • 32 min
Welcome to Disrupting Burnout - a podcast where we beat burnout so that you can love your career again! Where is the physical space that you can go to come home to yourself? What space do you have designated to support you and spark creativity in your life?
This week on Disrupting Burnout, I’m joined by Sharmequa Franklin, a Woman Who Defines Disruption by creating a space for soul care.
Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin better known as The Artsy Girl TM is the owner and CEO of The Artsy Girl - a handmade jewelry and accessory company. Sharmequa is also a mom, a wife, and the Executive Vice President at AgSouth Farm Credit where she leads a group of experienced professionals in human capital, learning and organizational development.
Sharmequa believes in growing people and creating confidence boosting earrings and accessories that help you bring out your inner sparkle!
It’s Time To Disrupt Burnout:
00:30 - Finding Peace In A Pandemic
07:30 - Create A Space For Creativity
14:30 - Just Do You
20:30 - Tackle The Big Rocks First/ Schedule Your Purpose
25:00 - Finding The Common Theme
Create Space for your Soul Takeaways
● “I’m Sharmequa before I’m anything, and I need to be able to protect that.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “I don’t want my job to define who I am, I want to set that path.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “I want God to know that I’m listening to what he wants me to do and not what I think I want to do.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “I try to show up as my authentic self everywhere I go.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “Your authentic person is your best person.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “If you don’t schedule the purpose, it’s not going to happen.” - Dr. PBJ
● “We handle employees from conception to birth.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “You have one purpose that you express in many different ways.” - Dr. PBJ
This episode is brought to you by HeartWork Academy! If you’ve ever felt like you're marching in place, putting in all of the effort, but not moving forward, this program is for you. If you feel buried and you’re ready to move into brilliance, it’s time to join a community of disruptors who understand and who genuinely want to support you and hold you accountable as you show up in purpose everyday. To join the Heartwork Academy, visit: http://heartworkacademy.com.
Connect With Sharmequa:
Instagram: @theartsygirl76 | https://www.instagram.com/theartsygirl76/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theartsygirl76
Website: https://www.theartsygirlshop.com/
Let’s Connect
● To connect with Dr. PBJ, go to patricebucknerjackson.com
● Support The Show |https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lovepbj?locale.x=en_US
Upgrade to Premium Membership to access the Disrupting Burnout audiobook and other bonus content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1213895/supporters/new
Welcome to Disrupting Burnout - a podcast where we beat burnout so that you can love your career again! Where is the physical space that you can go to come home to yourself? What space do you have designated to support you and spark creativity in your life?
This week on Disrupting Burnout, I’m joined by Sharmequa Franklin, a Woman Who Defines Disruption by creating a space for soul care.
Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin better known as The Artsy Girl TM is the owner and CEO of The Artsy Girl - a handmade jewelry and accessory company. Sharmequa is also a mom, a wife, and the Executive Vice President at AgSouth Farm Credit where she leads a group of experienced professionals in human capital, learning and organizational development.
Sharmequa believes in growing people and creating confidence boosting earrings and accessories that help you bring out your inner sparkle!
It’s Time To Disrupt Burnout:
00:30 - Finding Peace In A Pandemic
07:30 - Create A Space For Creativity
14:30 - Just Do You
20:30 - Tackle The Big Rocks First/ Schedule Your Purpose
25:00 - Finding The Common Theme
Create Space for your Soul Takeaways
● “I’m Sharmequa before I’m anything, and I need to be able to protect that.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “I don’t want my job to define who I am, I want to set that path.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “I want God to know that I’m listening to what he wants me to do and not what I think I want to do.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “I try to show up as my authentic self everywhere I go.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “Your authentic person is your best person.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “If you don’t schedule the purpose, it’s not going to happen.” - Dr. PBJ
● “We handle employees from conception to birth.” - Sharmequa Fennell-Franklin
● “You have one purpose that you express in many different ways.” - Dr. PBJ
This episode is brought to you by HeartWork Academy! If you’ve ever felt like you're marching in place, putting in all of the effort, but not moving forward, this program is for you. If you feel buried and you’re ready to move into brilliance, it’s time to join a community of disruptors who understand and who genuinely want to support you and hold you accountable as you show up in purpose everyday. To join the Heartwork Academy, visit: http://heartworkacademy.com.
Connect With Sharmequa:
Instagram: @theartsygirl76 | https://www.instagram.com/theartsygirl76/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theartsygirl76
Website: https://www.theartsygirlshop.com/
Let’s Connect
● To connect with Dr. PBJ, go to patricebucknerjackson.com
● Support The Show |https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lovepbj?locale.x=en_US
Upgrade to Premium Membership to access the Disrupting Burnout audiobook and other bonus content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1213895/supporters/new
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86. Be More, Do Less with Dr. Alicia Ritchey
Welcome to Disrupting Burnout - While we often define ourselves in the doing, what if we defined ourselves in the being. What if we defined ourselves by who our Heavenly Father says we are and understood that our true identity is that we are created by God and valued as God’s best.
Dr. Alicia D. Ritchey is a progressive educator, consultant, business designer, and trainer, is Founder of A Ritch Enterprise and a National Board-Certified Educator, Dr. Ritchey’s impressive body of research has resulted in a national curriculum used to help develop culturally responsive educators in schools and community-based programs across the country and abroad.
Be More, Do Less Takeaways
● “I am the expression of God.” - Dr. Alicia D. Ritchey
● “Disrupting burnout is disrupting false balance.” - Dr. Alicia D. Ritchey
● “We are called to express God’s best in the earth.” - Dr. Alicia D. Ritchey
● “My relationship with God was one of decapitation.” - Dr. Alicia D. Ritchey
● “The wonderful thing about God is that he’ll meet us where we are.” - Dr. Alicia D. Ritchey
● “We have evolved into burnout.” - Dr. Alicia D. Ritchey
● “Too often, people allow their employer to be the entrepreneur of their lives.” - Dr. Alicia D. Ritchey
● “Burnout is dismembered from purpose.” - Dr. Alicia D. Ritchey
● “The Lord has perfected everything concerning you.” - Dr. Alicia D. Ritchey
This episode is brought to you by the HeartWork Academy! If you’ve ever felt like you're marching in place, putting in all of the effort, but not moving forward, this program is for you. If you feel buried and you’re ready to move into brilliance, it’s time to join a community of disruptors who understand and who genuinely want to support you and hold you accountable as you show up in purpose everyday. To join the Heartwork Academy, visit: http://heartworkacademy.com.
Connect With Dr. Alicia:
Facebook: http://facebook.com/aritchbusinessacademy
Website: https://www.aritchenterprise.com/
Connect with Dr. PBJ
● To connect with Dr. PBJ, go topatricebucknerjackson.com
● Follow Dr. PBJ on IG@drpatricebucknerjackson for#aspoonfulofpbj.
● Need a dynamic transformational speaker? Dr. PBJ is ready to serve. Check outDr. PBJ Speaks | https://www.patricebucknerjackson.com/speaking
● Support The Show |https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lovepbj?locale.x=en_US
Upgrade to Premium Membership to access the Disrupting Burnout audiobook and other bonus content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1213895/supporters/new
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88. A Crisis of Brilliance
Welcome to Disrupting Burnout - a podcast where we beat burnout so that you can love your career again!
Are you feeling lost and questioning everything in your life? You're not alone. Join me, in this week’s episode of Disrupting Burnout, as I share my heart and Holy Spirit's guidance on navigating a crisis of brilliance.
A crisis is not here to destroy us, but rather to unearth and disrupt everything that is not aligned with our purpose.
It’s Time To Disrupt Burnout:
1:20 - Identify Your Crisis Of Brilliance
08:00 - When To Birth The Gift That You Carry
12:05 - Surrender To God and Share The Journey
16:45 - The Process Of Seed, Time & Harvest
22:20 - Why Crisis Is Necessary
Your Crisis of Brilliance Takeaways
- “A crisis of brilliance comes to unearth and disrupt everything that's connected to you and everything that’s in you that can not go into your next season.” - Dr. PBJ
- “You didn’t do anything wrong.” - Dr. PBJ
- “The shaking comes to prepare you to walk into your brilliance.” - Dr. PBJ
- “Everything that you know as normal is not was aligns with who God created you to be.” - Dr. PBJ
- “Just because it feels normal doesn't mean it’s right.” - Dr. PBJ
- “I’m your midwife.” - Dr. PBJ
- “At 42 years old I’m finally living.” - Dr. PBJ
- “You are right where you’re supposed to be.” - Dr. PBJ
- “I didn’t come to snatch you out of the fire, I came to walk through it with you.” - Dr. PBJ
- “Your tears water your seed of brilliance.” - Dr. PBJ
- “There is no prayer that you prayed that goes unheard.” - Dr. PBJ
This episode is brought to you by HeartWork Academy! If you’ve ever felt like you're marching in place, putting in all of the effort, but not moving forward, this program is for you. If you feel buried and you’re ready to move into brilliance, it’s time to join a community of disruptors who understand and who genuinely want to support you and hold you accountable as you show up in purpose everyday. To join the Heartwork Academy, visit: http://heartworkacademy.com.
Let’s Connect
● To connect with Dr. PBJ, go to patricebucknerjackson.com
● Follow Dr. PBJ on IG @drpatricebucknerjackson for #aspoonfulofpbj.
● Need a dynamic transformational speaker? Dr. PBJ is ready to serve. Check out Dr. PBJ Speaks | https://www.patricebucknerjackson.com/speaking
● Support The Show | https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lovepbj?locale.x=en_US
Upgrade to Premium Membership to access the Disrupting Burnout audiobook and other bonus content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1213895/supporters/new
Disrupting Burnout - 87. Create Space for your Soul with Sharmequa Franklin
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I don't want to lose me, I don't want my job to define who I am. I want to set that path. And God to know that I'm listening to what he wants me to do, and not what I think I want to do.
Hey, friends it's PBJ. Again, listen, we are still talking to women who define disruption. And the woman that I am going to introduce you all to today, she has probably known me longer than anybody else I have introduced you to I think we met when I was
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