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It's a holiday pop-up episode!! To close out the year, the hosts of Melanated Conversations are spreading a little holiday cheer. 

In this week's episode, we chat with Jasmine Berry MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CHC. Jasmine describes herself as a sassy, slightly intelligent, and energetic certified family nurse practitioner (FNP) and certified health coach (CHC). She's been a nurse for over 8 years, with more than two of them in the provider role as a nurse.

  In this week's episode we have a conversation with Co-founder, author, and philanthropist - Constance G. Jones of Elevate foundation and author of the upcoming memoir Emerging Butterfly which is set to release in January 2020. Constance is one of 9 children and battled three demons in her household: alcohol, abuse, and absence. In her upcoming memoir, she shares the story of how she survives the heartbreak of infertility, depression, and bad relationships to become an influential philanthropist, advocate and loving wife. Through her work, Constance reminds us that if you can "survive the darkness of the cocoon and you will emerge into the light of day." What you'll learn: Constance's life growing up in the 80's. Dealing with...

Yana takes the guest chair and shares her story of reemergence from depression through the art of therapeutic writing. She illustrates her journey of pushing through the pain to discover her life purpose, and how she encourages others to write-it-off

We all know that familiar struggle of trying to find the right foundation in our shade or walking into our nearest retailer to only find out they carry our favorite (or any) hair products in a store 30+ miles away or only online. Diversity and inclusivity in the land of beauty are improving but we still have a ways to go.  In this episode, we discuss the importance of being represented in the land of beauty.