Life After a Heart Attack
Enliven Magazine had the pleasure of sitting down with Keith Douglas. The husband of actress Tasha Smith (best known for her roles in Tyler Perry films); Keith Douglas is the Chairman of successful companies like RKD Music and Talent Management and the Speakers Bureau Institute. He’s also a motivational speaker and makes it a goal to inspire others through his life experiences....
Thinking Like a Man on Healthcare
“Ain’t nothing wrong with me.” Most of us have heard this from one of the men in our lives. They just don’t want to go to the doctor despite the pain they feel. Maybe in the area of love women should think like a man, but in this area men need to think more like women. It’s so important for our men to take care of themselves. As the head of households and the back bone...
Where there is Faith, There Should be Fitness
What better place to start a fitness revolution than in the church? The message of Jesus is one of eternal life, but also one of an abundant life here on earth. (John 10:10) Too often many Christians are unable to live abundantly because sickness and disease has taken over their bodies. With African Americans leading the pack in regards to obesity rates, one would think that more...
The Solution to Your Hair Do Stopping You
The number one excuse women, particularly black women, use for not working out is their hair do’s. I have girlfriends who want to lose weight but just don’t want to sweat out their hairstyles. While I understand the idea that a woman wants to look nice and have her hair intact, I also think that not taking care of our bodies is no longer an option. In other words, we’ve...
First Lady talks Family, Faith and Fitness on BET’s Lift Every Voice
One thing I love most about or President and First Lady is that they really see the needs in our communities and country and attempt to bring about change and solutions. A year ago First lady Michelle Obama launched the Let’s Move campaign, an initiative that set out to help prevent and end childhood obesity. Last Sunday, on BET’s Lift Every Voice, Cory Condrey interviewed the...
Wearing a Crown after Battling Fibroids
Written by Kristie Kennedy It was a normal afternoon like any other, while folding laundry I vividly remember feeling like a ninety year old woman living in a 35 year old body. On this day, I walked into the emergency room moving at a snails’ pace with no idea my world would forever change. It was my personal wakeup call that a major life alteration would have to take...
Sermons and Condoms: Should We Get Both at Church?
HIV/AIDS continues to be a taboo disease in both the church and in the African American community. Despite awareness and prevention, new cases of HIV/AIDS continue to rise. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), African Americans accounted for 44% of all new HIV infections in 2009 despite the fact that they represented only 14% of the US population in...
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Got Milk?
Lactose intolerance is often a misunderstood condition. Lactose intolerance occurs when you have a lower level of the enzyme lactase, which is needed to digest milk sugar. Many African-Americans are…
She Did That….
My name is Sylvia L. Grant. I’m a personal trainer/professional figure model and I have a passion for health and nutrition, which I have been devoted to for the last…
Life After a Heart Attack
Enliven Magazine had the pleasure of sitting down with Keith Douglas. The husband of actress Tasha Smith (best known for her roles in Tyler Perry films); Keith Douglas is the…
What the Heck are You Eating For?
Written by Rita M. Hancock, MD Do you eat for emotional reasons or because of your cultural belief system? Growing up, I ate because I was angry or anxious, and…
Don’t Let Your News Year’s Resolutions Fade
By: Kindy Peaslee, Registered Dietitian A new spring season is here – you made the resolve earlier this year to get off the diet rollercoaster, stop weighing yourself and stay…
Thinking Like a Man on Healthcare
“Ain’t nothing wrong with me.” Most of us have heard this from one of the men in our lives. They just don’t want to go to the doctor despite the…
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Story of Perseverance
By Taryn Jackson-Stewart Circumstances and situations can be so misleading. Just one bad day has the potential to throw me completely off my game. I could be weeks into a…
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