Date: June 4, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Time: 6:52pm
Q: Who or What inspires you? Why?
1) I am inspired by women who live life on their terms. Women who have decided to live their lives OUTSIDE the box, unapologetically. I am inspired by women who take chances, who live more and worry less, who love hard, who are vulnerable enough to experience life without kid gloves. I am inspired by women who choose to LIVE this life and don't allow life to live them! I loved these women because they rise above the norm, they don't settle for mediocrity, they don't follow rules, they make them. The barometer they measure themselves against is the one that they have created. They live free, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. That's my definition of a GREAT life.
Q: What does creativity mean to you?
2) Creativity for and to me is the manifestation of a unique individual greatness that lies within all of us. It is the sometimes, visible and sometimes tangible expression of ones ability to communicate from the inside, out; to give life to a vision and allow it a life of it's own.
Q: What is your favorite place in the world?
3) If peace were a place, it would be my residence. I believe that "at peace" is the best place in the world, because no matter where within it(this world) you go, you maintain stability and equilibrium in all that you do. This ensures maximum joy and happiness in all situations.
Q: What do you love most in the world?
4) I love the fact that we have the ability to recreate our dreams daily. We can reinvent, course correct, change, transform, heal and be better, with each breath we take, is an opportunity to get it right. This is beautiful, and I absolutely LOVE it.
Q: What are the causes you care about? How do you actively support these causes with your time, money or other method/resource?
5) The causes I champion currently are mental illness in women, and breast cancer. The first gift I have to offer is information. I believe that POWER is in information. Giving women the tools and providing resources is of great importance to me. I lend my energy and time through my talk show, providing a platform for women to come through and have their voice heard. I coach women one-on-one and in groups. I educate, encourage and empower them to manifest their destiny and live their best life. Teaching women that they are in control of ONLY themselves is one of the hardest lessons we have to learn. By sharing information and providing a space, whether it be a physical space, or emotional space to explore, share and heal, I give women the greatest gift of all, themselves. They find within them their weaknesses, their pain, but most importantly their unique voice and their joy, and for both them and I, it is an inexplicable reward and a gift that keeps on giving!
Q: What question do you want to ask me?
6) What, if anything, are you most afraid of?
@NMK: Heights.
Q: What question do you wish I asked you and what is your answer to it?
7) Why did I choose to go into women's empowerment?
A: It has been my experience that women have the worst habit of holding on and holding in their pain, disappointment, resentment and worry. As a result women are experiencing mental illness at disproportionate rates. This includes "functional mental illness". Yes, there is a such thing. They are the women who manage their day to day duties, mother, career woman, wife, etc... but behind closed doors, they are deteriorating internally. I fight this fight for them, for their silent tears, breaking hearts and emotional frailty. I give a voice to the unheard women, suffering in silence. I fight not only for them, but with them.
Amina Carter is the CEO of WomanSphere by Amina, LLC, a premier consulting firm that specializes in "creating a space for women to be..." You can find her online at http://twitter.com/womansphere and http://www.facebook.com/womansphere
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