6: Candid Conversations: Weight Watching, Handling Compliments and Criticisms

02/11/23 • 45 min

On this episode of The Perspective View Podcast host Tomeria Jordan is joined by Dereka Moten to discuss how compliments and criticism shape our perspectives about ourselves. This is a conversation you don't want to miss. In the age of social media and social comparison it is easy to get bogged down with the "weight" of others opinions. Our hope is that through this conversation you will gain a different perspective and start to see yourself living free and unapologetically.

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Chapters

Episode Preview and Introduction
Who is Dereka Moten?
What do people see when they see me?
Why do people obsess over weight and physical appearance?
"You don't like you and you want me to not like me too!" Dereka Moten
Compliments...can they be taken wrong? The real deal on backhanded compliments
Body shaming: Chadwick Boseman and Jennifer Hudson were criticized too, what lessons can we learn from what they went through?
Social Media
Handling compliments and criticism effectively - they can talk but what are you listening to
Daily affirmations - you are amazing and who you are is enough
Comparisons: "Comparison is the thief of joy!" Theodore Roosevelt

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Watch Ep 6 - Video Podcast
Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you can watch what happens live youtube.com/@perspectiveviewpodcast

Don't forget to connect with us on IG!

The Perspective View Podcast (IG: @perspectiveviewpodcast)
Connect with Dereka on IG @derekamc

Chapters

Episode Preview and Introduction
Who is Dereka Moten?
What do people see when they see me?
Why do people obsess over weight and physical appearance?
"You don't like you and you want me to not like me too!" Dereka Moten
Compliments...can they be taken wrong? The real deal on backhanded compliments
Body shaming: Chadwick Boseman and Jennifer Hudson were criticized too, what lessons can we learn from what they went through?
Social Media
Handling compliments and criticism effectively - they can talk but what are you listening to
Daily affirmations - you are amazing and who you are is enough
Comparisons: "Comparison is the thief of joy!" Theodore Roosevelt

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5: MLK Day - His Truth, Their Truth, The Truth

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Today is MLK Day which commemorates Civil Rights activist, Baptist preacher and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King Jr. who was known for his activism against segregation and his advocacy for civil rights. Per the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the "MLK Day of Service empowers individuals, strengthens communities, bridges barriers, creates solutions to social problems, and moves us closer to Dr. King’s vision of a “Beloved Community." While some see it this way others have not over the course of history. According to History.com, there was a fight for a holiday to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s honor. The article states that "the suggestion that King—a Black minister who was vilified during his life and gunned down when he was just 39 years old—deserved a holiday was nothing short of incendiary." Today I want to talk about opinions and perspectives because there is always 3 sides: your truth, their truth, and the truth.

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Dr. King Quotes Shared

"Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "The Drum Major Instinct" Sermon.
"Even though it may be true that the law cannot change the heart, it can restrain the harvest. Even though it may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, it can restrain him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important also. And so, while the law may not change the hearts of men, it can and it does change the habits of men. And when you begin to change the habits of men, pretty soon the attitudes will be changed." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "The Other America" Address
"The time is always right to do what is right." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Oberlin College Commencement Address
"A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sermon in Selma, Alabama

Works Cited

The King Center. https://thekingcenter.org/
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. Stanford University. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/federal-bureau-investigation-fbi
Erin Blakemore. History. The Fight for Martin Luther King Jr. Day https://www.history.com/news/martin-luther-king-jr-day-controversial-origins-of-the-holiday

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7: Look Around and See Every Day is Black History

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“Look Around and See Every day is Black History February is a reminder that history was created by men and women who look like you and me. ” Tomeria Jordan

According to history.com, "Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Also known as African American History Month, the event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans." Blackhistorymonth.gov noted that Carter G. Woodson "believed that truth could not be denied and that reason would prevail over prejudice." Since 1976 in the USA Black History Month has been designated and celebrated in the month of February.

Tonight's topic include:

History of Black History
Black Inventions: George T. Sampson (automatic clothes dryer), Alexander Miles (automated elevator doors), Garret Morgan (three-signal traffic light), Frederick McKinley Jones (cooling system for trucking), Marie Van Brittan Brown (home security system), and Dr. Marion Croak (VOIP, 200+ patents)
Black Americans and the history of U.S. Patents and Trademarks via USPTO
I am Black History
You are Black History, We are Black History

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