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Unfiltered conversations with Tanya Conner-Green and Michael Thompson about the REAL LIFE HUSTLE of being an entrepreneur. In each episode, we pick a topic that matter to entrepreneurs, and we dissect it using our different perspectives.

We must refocus on the one thing that we were meant to draw from, our families. A deep catharsis; whether it is with a birth family, foster family, adopted family, or one created by circumstances that our greater being has allowed to be our kin - run to it, and choose life! Allow me to spin you a tale based on occurrences that happened in my lifetime. It is my story to tell, with my perception. What I witnessed with my own eyes: My surroundings, as a child, a teen, early adulthood, and well into adulthood. 

Meandering out of teenage encounters into young adulthood beginnings had been a struggle—searching for answers after connecting with the past. It had been a measly two years since reconnecting with my birth mom, who I call Mami (sounds like “Mommy”). Time with Mami had been spent sharing memories of my childhood, from which she would complete my stories, which were memories—both good and traumatic. Mami then would take me to the locations where my recollections had occurred.