Podcasts | Tyra Garlington

Voices From the Future with Naomi and Asa Nero: Making More Than Music

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Frankly Speaking with Tyra G is determined to find and tell stories about individuals and organizations who shine light into the darkness of our current season of uncertainty and unrest. Meet and be inspired by Naomi and Asa Nero, two strong “Voices From the Future”, a generation also known as Generation Z. They describe their unplanned transitions forced by the pandemic through the lens of hope, wisdom, faith, and fun packaged in authenticity. They creatively co-produced this podcast, allowing me to be a relaxed consumer of their talent as a member of the audience. They unwrapped and performed a special……
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A Voice From the Future with Tommi Crump and Tommi’s Tales

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

How do YOU spell Legacy? Ray Bradbury believes, “Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built, or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way, so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you are there. It does not matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into……
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Frankly Speaking with Robyn McCoy about her new understanding of the past, the present, and the promise while going from wife to widow.

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

What happens when you have to be light in the darkness? “At night, the ocean can be a huge dark place. When riding the seas, you can never know for sure if the water will be calm or turbulent. You never know if you will drift off course or run aground. That is why there are lighthouses. When ships lose their way, they are guided by the lighthouse. When there is trouble or danger at sea, you can seek refuge by the lighthouse. During a storm, the lighthouse will always guide the ships safely to shore. Best of all, there……
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Moments of Mindfulness: A place to call home with Suzanne Hanger.

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

I agree with the saying, “A house is not a home”. Home is more than bricks and mortar. Home is a feeling, a place we make with friends and family, A home provides refuge, and joy, and peace, and safety, A home knows when it’s you turning the key. Someone said it, “Home is where love resides, memories are created, friends always belong, and laughter never ends.” So, how does one find a place where when they lay their head on the pillow, their soul is at peace? I am glad you asked. Meet Suzanne Hanger, “Your Broker with a Side of……
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Moments of Mindfulness: And Nothing Less; Truth is of No Color

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“The 19th Amendment had first been introduced in Congress in 1871. But Congress’ unwillingness to pass it meant women could only vote in states that had passed woman’s suffrage laws. By 1919 that had come to include 27 states, but not New Hampshire. Granite state women would have to wait for the state of Tennessee to become the 36th state to pass the 19th Amendment before they could vote for President in 1920.”[1]And there is so much more to do! Join me in a fascinating, energizing, educational, and empowering discussion about how African American women participated in the battle to……
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Moments of Mindfulness: Pandemic Myth Busting with Dr. Valda Crowder

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“You can call it a germ, you can call it the flu, you can call it a virus. You know, you can call it many different names. I’m not sure anybody even knows what it is.” – President Trump- Why do some people get really sick, but others do not? Are the models too optimistic or too pessimistic? Exactly how transmissible and deadly is the virus? How many people have actually been infected? How long must social restrictions go on for? Why are so many questions still unanswered?[1] The confusion partly arises from the pandemic’s scale and pace. Worldwide, at least 3.1 million people have been infected in less……
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Moments of Mindfulness: An audio meditation experience with Sherrell Moore-Tucker

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

During the pandemic, have you been feeling intimate with physical, mental, emotional uncertainty and unrest? It seems that everything that can be shaken is shaking, where noise, angry noise appears to be drowning out laughter and love. I found I have been grieving the loss of power over my thoughts, my movements, my expectations, my finances, my future, my everything. So, I created Moments of Mindfulness as an emotional and spiritual band-aide for the hurt we are collectively feeling. All of us at the table have permission to find the stillness that allows authenticity and vulnerability to rise above the noise. We are going……
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Moments of Mindfulness: How do you spell HOME with Gale Morgan of The Mather?

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

How have you changed how you feel about HOME in the last six months? During the pandemic, HOME has become forever energy posing as classrooms, daycare, science labs, offices, churches, gyms, potential technological nightmares, playgrounds, and hospitals all at the same time. Physical space that used to feel sufficient, and often spacious, now feels like “not enough.” Nursing homes have necessarily become barriers to physical expressions of love and a barometer of how successfully our country is winning the pandemic war. The powerlessness of the season has motivated feelings of concern about the future of the housing market, the economy,……
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Moments of Mindfulness: “Love in Action” with the late Congressman John Lewis and NPR’s Krista Tippett

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

First Corinthians 13: 4-8 says “Love is patient and kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. … Love never ends”. Wikipedia says, “Love is considered to be a positive and negative: with its virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection, as “the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another”; and its vice representing human moral flaw, akin to vanity, selfishness, and egotism, Author Glennon Doyle Melton expresses love as a message from God, and I quote: “When you were born, I put a piece of me in……
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Reflect, Restore, and Reposition with Brandon Cosby of OAR

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

JAIL is a result, event-driven, choice involved, power stripping, a visible shift. However, within the jail cell inside each inmate is the power of transformation. Transformation is process-driven, choice involved and resides internally. Opportunities, Alternatives & Resources, (OAR) is missioned to rebuild lives and create a safer community with opportunities, alternatives, and resources for justice-involved individuals and their families. OAR is a local non-profit restorative justice organization providing human services since 1971. Its history has its roots in the highest principles of human rights, and the most practical applications of a community’s enlightened self-interest and citizen action. Its origins can be……
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