I love talking to powerful women who are willing to testify about the ups and downs of life and how they were able to overcome and win. When it comes to matters of the heart and the challenges of making relationships work, someone who has seen and heard it all is “Divorce Court”’s Judge Lynn […]
Yet another reality TV show relationship bites the dust. It was just announced that Trina Braxton of the We TV hit show “The Braxtons” has finally filed for divorce from her cheating husband, Gabe. As you may recall, Trina was publicly humiliated by his cyber-cheating, but they both stepped out. Gabriel has admitted to cheating […]
Every day we are inundated with news, updates, leaks and gossip about our favorite celebrities. With so much competing news, it’s hard to shock us. However, my mouth did drop when I saw the recent story about Tina Campbell of Mary Mary and her husband Teddy, who has apparently cheated on her and, as a […]
Ebony Steele from the “Rickey Smiley Morning Show” sat down with author and former Miss Black USA Deya Smith to discuss her controversial new book, “Touch Yourself 30 Ways.” With some tantalizing play on words, “Touch Yourself” gets women to love themselves and transform inward in hopes of reaching outward success. Watch Deya explain to Ebony a few chapters […]
My move to Los Angeles, CA. led me to an epiphany about the need to ask others for help. I was so determined to be independent that the very idea of needing someone to do anything for me hurt my feelings and would bring me to tears. I’d cry and pout partly because of my […]
Have you ever had someone stop by your house unexpectedly? It’s the worse when you’re not prepared for company. It’s embarrassing. You and your house look like a mess. Once you peak out of the window, you find yourself doing the house shuffle. You know: when you run as fast and quietly as you can […]
It seems that yet another reality show marriage has bit the dust. Kordell Stewart — the former Pittsburgh Steelers star — has filed for divorce from his reality star wife Porsha Williams. According to the divorce docs, Kordell says the marriage is “irretrievably broken” … and claims the two are currently separated. Generally speaking, no […]
As we take the time here on the TJMS to reflect on Black hair, I am reminded just how much our hair defines us. India.Arie’s song suggests that we are not our hair, but I would suggest that our hair is indeed a reflection and self-expression of who we are and what’s going inside of […]
Tom Joyner Morning Show producer Deya “Direct” Smith reflects on a time when she decided to “love someone to life” after witnessing discrimination against someone who was infected with HIV.
“God comes first – if I don’t love him, I can’t love anybody, and if I can’t love me I can’t love nobody.” – Mary J. Blige When you learn to love yourself, you teach others how to love you back. That is the same sentiment that the legendary actress Pam Grier expressed when I […]
“Let’s take a long walk around the park after dark. Find a spot for us to spark conversation, verbal elation, stimulation. Share our situations, temptations, education, relaxations. Elevations, maybe baby, maybe we can save the nation. Come on, Come on …” – Jill Scott “A Long Walk” Lyrically, Jill Scott does what I like to […]
[ooyala code=”lqYXU1ODqc47gfTz-M4nXg94Big19Z8h”] In Part One, Sybil Wilkes talks with Deya Direct Smith about her new book, Touch Yourself: 30 Ways to Live, Love, Let Go.
