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Masks Off

Thank you for stopping by Masks Off! We’re uncovering the latest topics that YOU need to know about from Business, Human Trafficking, Teen Related Issues, Mental Health and Wellness and everything in between! Stay tuned for your host Toseika Thomas keeping it real, honest and relatable. Welcome to…. Masks off where we discuss the Good the Bad and the Ugly!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Sunday: Still Speaking Truth is a quiet, powerful moment to close your week with honesty and perspective. These mini podcast‑style lessons offer a simple truth, a clear insight, or a needed reminder, something steady to hold onto as you reset your mind and spirit. It’s reflective, direct, and rooted in the kind of truth that strengthens you for what’s ahead.

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    Fake Supporters

    Wednesday – Masks Off Moment is a quick moment of truth in the middle of your week, a pause to get honest, breathe, and see things clearly. It’s a simple, unfiltered reflection meant to ground you, challenge you, or free you from something you didn’t realize you were carrying. Just truth, clarity, and a midweek reset.

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    Grace over Pressure

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    The Silent Killer

    Sunday: Still Speaking Truth is a quiet, powerful moment to close your week with honesty and perspective. These mini podcast‑style lessons offer a simple truth, a clear insight, or a needed reminder, something steady to hold onto as you reset your mind and spirit. It’s reflective, direct, and rooted in the kind of truth that strengthens you for what’s ahead. 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

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    Outgrowing People

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    Healing and Silence

    Wednesday - Masks Off Moment is a quick moment of truth in the middle of your week, a pause to get honest, breathe, and see things clearly. It's a simple, unfiltered reflection meant to ground you, challenge you, or free you from something you didn't realize you were carrying.Just truth, clarity, and a midweek reset.

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    Transforming Release into Growth

    Monday Coffee Inspiration is your calm, grounded start to the week, a moment of coffee, clarity, and truth. Each episode offers a simple affirmation, a grounding truth, and a clear intention to carry with you. It’s a quiet reset, a breath before the week begins, and a reminder that you can move with purpose, softness, and strength.

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    Lost in the System

    Lost in the System is a documentary‑driven series exposing how migrant girls enter the U.S. immigration system and quietly disappear into bureaucracy, exploitation, and silence. This channel uncovers the hidden failures inside shelters, federal contractors, and oversight agencies, revealing how vulnerable children are lost not because they ran away, but because the system was never built to protect them.Through evidence‑based reporting, survivor‑centered storytelling, and on‑the‑ground advocacy, Lost in the System breaks down the patterns no one is talking about: overcrowded facilities, staff misconduct, falsified paperwork, trafficking risks, and the loopholes that allow children to vanish without accountability.This platform is not trauma entertainment. It is a voice for the unheard, a space where truth, humanity, and reform take center stage. Each episode connects the dots between policy, lived experience, and the real‑time consequences of a broken system, empowering viewers to understand the crisis and join the movement for change.If you care about justice, child safety, immigration reform, or the stories of those who are too often ignored, this channel is your front‑row seat to the truth behind the headlines.

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    Time to Reflect

    Saturday Storytelling is a weekly moment of truth — a short story, lesson, or lived situation shared to spark connection and clarity. I speak from experience, reflection, or revelation, and the hope is that something in the story meets you where you are. It’s simple, honest, and designed to deepen loyalty by creating a space where you feel understood, inspired, and invited into the conversation.

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    Overextending Yourself

    Wednesday – Masks Off Moment is a quick moment of truth in the middle of your week, a pause to get honest, breathe, and see things clearly. It’s a simple, unfiltered reflection meant to ground you, challenge you, or free you from something you didn’t realize you were carrying. Just truth, clarity, and a midweek reset.

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    Walking in Purpose

    Monday Coffee Inspiration is your calm, grounded start to the week, a moment of coffee, clarity, and truth. Each episode offers a simple affirmation, a grounding truth, and a clear intention to carry with you. It’s a quiet reset, a breath before the week begins, and a reminder that you can move with purpose, softness, and strength.

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    Unlearning survival mode

    Sunday: Still Speaking Truth is a quiet, powerful moment to close your week with honesty and perspective. These mini podcast‑style lessons offer a simple truth, a clear insight, or a needed reminder, something steady to hold onto as you reset your mind and spirit. It’s reflective, direct, and rooted in the kind of truth that strengthens you for what’s ahead.

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    Overgiving & Burnout

    Saturday Storytelling is a weekly moment of truth — a short story, lesson, or lived situation shared to spark connection and clarity. I speak from experience, reflection, or revelation, and the hope is that something in the story meets you where you are. It’s simple, honest, and designed to deepen loyalty by creating a space where you feel understood, inspired, and invited into the conversation.

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    Shaken

    Shaken is the beginning of a new layer of this journey, a space for the ones who’ve been stretched, tested, or spiritually exhausted. This episode invites you to reconnect with the parts of you that still want to rise. For the parts of us that went quiet, numb, or buried. It’s for the wrestlers, the questioners, the ones who’ve been holding on by a thread. This episode opens the door for movement, breath, and inner return, without religion, without performance, just truth.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    You are the Man

    For three thousand years, the story of David and Bathsheba has been told through the eyes of power. This book gives it back to the woman who survived it.You Are the Man is a bold, restorative re‑examination of one of Scripture’s most misinterpreted narratives. For generations, readers were taught to see a king tempted, a woman complicit, and a moment of desire that spiraled into scandal. But the biblical text tells a different story: one of power, predation, silence, and the cost paid by the person who could not refuse a king.With narrative depth and scholarly clarity, Toseika Thomas walks readers through the rooftop, the summons, the pregnancy, the cover‑up, and the prophetic confrontation that changed the course of a kingdom. Through careful attention to language, culture, and the verbs of the text, she reveals what has always been there: a woman acted upon, a king who knew better, and a truth the Scriptures refuse to hide.This is not a retelling. It is a reclamation.If you have ever carried someone else’s choices in your body, your silence, or your future, this story belongs to you.You Are the Man is for readers who want:A truthful, unflinching reading of the David and Bathsheba narrativeA restorative lens that honors the dignity of survivorsA deeper understanding of how power operates in sacred spacesA narrative‑driven, theologically grounded exploration of ScriptureA book that speaks to both ancient injustice and modern experienceThrough historical insight, biblical analysis, and compassionate storytelling, this book restores Bathsheba to her rightful place: not as a footnote in David’s fall, but as the central witness to a truth that demanded to be spoken.This is the story we thought we knew, read again, honestly, and without the silence that protected power.

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    Preview: You are the Man

    For three thousand years, the story of David and Bathsheba has been told through the eyes of power. This book gives it back to the woman who survived it.You Are the Man is a bold, restorative re‑examination of one of Scripture’s most misinterpreted narratives. For generations, readers were taught to see a king tempted, a woman complicit, and a moment of desire that spiraled into scandal. But the biblical text tells a different story: one of power, predation, silence, and the cost paid by the person who could not refuse a king.With narrative depth and scholarly clarity, Toseika Thomas walks readers through the rooftop, the summons, the pregnancy, the cover‑up, and the prophetic confrontation that changed the course of a kingdom. Through careful attention to language, culture, and the verbs of the text, she reveals what has always been there: a woman acted upon, a king who knew better, and a truth the Scriptures refuse to hide.This is not a retelling. It is a reclamation.If you have ever carried someone else’s choices in your body, your silence, or your future, this story belongs to you.You Are the Man is for readers who want:A truthful, unflinching reading of the David and Bathsheba narrativeA restorative lens that honors the dignity of survivorsA deeper understanding of how power operates in sacred spacesA narrative‑driven, theologically grounded exploration of ScriptureA book that speaks to both ancient injustice and modern experienceThrough historical insight, biblical analysis, and compassionate storytelling, this book restores Bathsheba to her rightful place: not as a footnote in David’s fall, but as the central witness to a truth that demanded to be spoken.This is the story we thought we knew, read again, honestly, and without the silence that protected power.

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    Preview: You are the Man

    For three thousand years, the story of David and Bathsheba has been told through the eyes of power. This book gives it back to the woman who survived it.You Are the Man is a bold, restorative re‑examination of one of Scripture’s most misinterpreted narratives. For generations, readers were taught to see a king tempted, a woman complicit, and a moment of desire that spiraled into scandal. But the biblical text tells a different story: one of power, predation, silence, and the cost paid by the person who could not refuse a king.With narrative depth and scholarly clarity, Toseika Thomas walks readers through the rooftop, the summons, the pregnancy, the cover‑up, and the prophetic confrontation that changed the course of a kingdom. Through careful attention to language, culture, and the verbs of the text, she reveals what has always been there: a woman acted upon, a king who knew better, and a truth the Scriptures refuse to hide.This is not a retelling. It is a reclamation.If you have ever carried someone else’s choices in your body, your silence, or your future, this story belongs to you.You Are the Man is for readers who want:A truthful, unflinching reading of the David and Bathsheba narrativeA restorative lens that honors the dignity of survivorsA deeper understanding of how power operates in sacred spacesA narrative‑driven, theologically grounded exploration of ScriptureA book that speaks to both ancient injustice and modern experienceThrough historical insight, biblical analysis, and compassionate storytelling, this book restores Bathsheba to her rightful place: not as a footnote in David’s fall, but as the central witness to a truth that demanded to be spoken.This is the story we thought we knew, read again, honestly, and without the silence that protected power.

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    Preview: You are the Man

    For three thousand years, the story of David and Bathsheba has been told through the eyes of power. This book gives it back to the woman who survived it.You Are the Man is a bold, restorative re‑examination of one of Scripture’s most misinterpreted narratives. For generations, readers were taught to see a king tempted, a woman complicit, and a moment of desire that spiraled into scandal. But the biblical text tells a different story: one of power, predation, silence, and the cost paid by the person who could not refuse a king.With narrative depth and scholarly clarity, Toseika Thomas walks readers through the rooftop, the summons, the pregnancy, the cover‑up, and the prophetic confrontation that changed the course of a kingdom. Through careful attention to language, culture, and the verbs of the text, she reveals what has always been there: a woman acted upon, a king who knew better, and a truth the Scriptures refuse to hide.This is not a retelling. It is a reclamation.If you have ever carried someone else’s choices in your body, your silence, or your future, this story belongs to you.You Are the Man is for readers who want:A truthful, unflinching reading of the David and Bathsheba narrativeA restorative lens that honors the dignity of survivorsA deeper understanding of how power operates in sacred spacesA narrative‑driven, theologically grounded exploration of ScriptureA book that speaks to both ancient injustice and modern experienceThrough historical insight, biblical analysis, and compassionate storytelling, this book restores Bathsheba to her rightful place: not as a footnote in David’s fall, but as the central witness to a truth that demanded to be spoken.This is the story we thought we knew, read again, honestly, and without the silence that protected power.

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    Find My Daughter

    When Black girls go missing, the world often goes silent.This space exists to break that silence.Across the country, hundreds of cases involving missing and exploited Black girls have gone cold, not because they were unsolvable, but because the system failed to act with urgency, consistency, or care. Families were dismissed. Leads were ignored. Communities were left to search alone.This platform shines a light on the patterns behind those disappearances without revealing sensitive case details. Here, we examine the gaps in response, the overlooked evidence, and the systemic barriers that allow these cases to fade from public view. We focus on truth, accountability, and the urgent need for a national model that protects our girls with the same intensity given to others.This is not about sensationalism.This is about visibility, justice, and building the solutions that should have existed all along.

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    Episode 14: When the Silence Breaks-Unmasked and Unapologetic

    The silence finally breaks... my quiet ends, and my truth steps forward with clearer vision, deeper honesty, and a renewed commitment to showing up without filters. A new year, a fresh chapter... unmasked, unapologetic, and fully aligned with where I am now. Let’s step back into the conversation and reclaim our voice, power, and truth together. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 13: AliefVotes - Youth Empowerment

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 12: The War Against Human Rights

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    Episode 11: The Ursel Hughes story cont.

    Ursel is a woman and mother in long-term recovery. She's also a survivor of human trafficking, exploitation and active addiction. Today, Ms. Hughes is a certified Recovery Coach for Boston Medical Ctr and a mentor for early survivors of trafficking for Jasmine Grace Outreach Ministries.cont.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 10: The Ursel Hughes story

    Ursel is a woman and mother in long-term recovery. She's also a survivor of human trafficking, exploitation and active addiction. Today, Ms. Hughes is a certified Recovery Coach for Boston Medical Ctr and a mentor for early survivors of trafficking for Jasmine Grace Outreach Ministries.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 9: Creating Healthy Skin

    Tune into Masks Off with Host Toseika Thomas Episode 9! Join me as I discuss how to create healthy skin with Maretta Williams.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 8: Understanding the International Human Trafficking Struggle

    Angela Karanja is a world renowned adolescent psychologist and parenting teenagers expert and the bestselling author of the young adult book SMUGGLED tackling the issues of child trafficking and exploitation.Angela rose from an extremely impoverished background and childhood abuse and like a lotus thrived despite the mud and the muck. She is the founder of Raising Remarkable Teenagers, an organisation that helps parents of teenagers raise mentally healthy and highly effective teenagers without losing their minds.She also works with teenagers and highschool leaders and staff to create highly motivated and therefore successful schools.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 7: Human Trafficking 101

    Christa Mayfield serves as the Director of Educational Programs for Unbound Houston, the local office of Unbound, an international anti-human trafficking organization which focuses on domestic minor sex trafficking with specific emphasis on prevention efforts with at-risk youth. Unbound Houston works to activate the local community to fight human trafficking. They are dedicated to public awareness, demand reduction efforts, professional training, and survivor advocacy. Drawing on public speaking skills from her background in the performing arts, Christa has empowered thousands of students to identify and avoid exploitation and equipped hundreds of professionals to recognize the signs of trafficking in their own spheres of influence. Christa served three terms as Chair and Co-Chair of the Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition’s Education Committee and currently serves to lead a working group for the Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance (Southern District of Texas) Summits. In her work to promote prevention education for human trafficking she is currently developing an innovative video curriculum for Unbound and is collaborating with Rotary International and Mental Health Professionals to develop a social media app designed to reach vulnerable student populations as they navigate healthy vs. unhealthy relationships.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 6: The Impact of Sex Trafficking cont.

    Tune into Masks Off with Host Toseika Thomas Episode 6! The Impact of Sec Trafficking featuring Rev Pat and Sister X. Join us as we discuss the inside look on how sex trafficking industry has affected everyone. Connect with Toseika Thomaswww.findingdestiny.orgfacebook.com/findingourdestinytwitter.com/findingdestiny4instagram.com/findingdestiny4#blackbusiness, #business, #finance, #findingdesiny, #healthcare, #humantrafficking, #masksoff, #mentalhealthandwellness, #teens, #toseikathomas, #youthadvocacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 5: The Impact of Sex Trafficking

    Tune into Masks Off with Host Toseika Thomas Episode 5! The Impact of Sec Trafficking featuring Rev Pat and Sister X. Join us as we discuss the inside look on how sex trafficking industry has affected everyone. Connect with Toseika Thomaswww.findingdestiny.orgfacebook.com/findingourdestinytwitter.com/findingdestiny4instagram.com/findingdestiny4#blackbusiness, #business, #finance, #findingdesiny, #healthcare, #humantrafficking, #masksoff, #mentalhealthandwellness, #teens, #toseikathomas, #youthadvocacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 4 Nickey's Experience as a Teen Mom

    Featuring Nickey, who shares her experience of being a teen mom with two sets of twins and the struggles she faced during that time of her life. Available on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/qKWWiD4-bcMConnect with Toseika Thomaswww.findingdestiny.org#blackbusiness, #business, #finance, #findingdesiny, #humantrafficking, #masksoff, #mentalhealthandwellness, #teenmom, #teens, #toseikathomas, #youthadvocacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 3: Struggles for Health Care Workers feat. La Dia Selmer

    Tune into Masks Off with Host Toseika Thomas Episode 3! (Struggles for Health Care Workers) Featuring La Dia Selmer MBA, BSN. An inside look inside how COVID has affected the healthcare industry. Available on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/ueTKwwxgiewAbout La Dia Selmer- She Obtained her BSN from Prairie View A&M and executive MBA from Texas Woman’s University. Worked as a Corporate Nurse for 9 years, with over 15 years of nursing experience.She currently serves as Regional Operations Director for a Fortune 500 dialysis company, in Chicago, IL; a leading provider of kidney care in the United States, providing dialysis services and education for patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. Connect with Total Comfort Mobile Dental Care, home visit dentist. Web address: http://homevisitdentists.com/Connect with Toseika Thomaswww.findingdestiny.orgfacebook.com/findingourdestinytwitter.com/findingdestiny4instagram.com/findingdestiny4#blackbusiness, #business, #finance, #findingdesiny, #healthcare, #humantrafficking, #masksoff, #mentalhealthandwellness, #teens, #toseikathomas, #youthadvocacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 2: The Importance of Saving - feat. Marschelle Weeks

    Tune into Masks Off with Host Toseika Thomas Episode 2! Featuring Marschelle B. Weeks, Master Financial Coach, Founder of Coach Money Mars and Host of Money Things From Mars Podcast. Tune in as they talk about the importance of savings. Are you prepared? Tune in and learn some helpful tips and information about how you can save money in any season of your life. Available on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/aEgvyPQEvbcConnect with Marschelle:Make an appointment by visiting https://www.coachmoneymars.com/IG: @ _thingsfrommarsFB Group _Money Things From MarsTune in to Money Things From Mars podcasthttps://www.spreaker.com/show/money-things-from-marsConnect with Toseika Thomaswww.findingdestiny.orgfacebook.com/findingourdestinytwitter.com/findingdestiny4instagram.com/findingdestiny4,#blackbusiness, #business, #coachmoneymars, #finance, #findingdesiny, #humantrafficking, #masksoff, #mentalhealthandwellness, #teens, #toseikathomas, #youthadvocacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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    Episode 1: Reducing Anxiety - feat Paulishia Augillard

    Please welcome to our podcast lineup Masks Off with host Toseika Thomas, Founder of Finding Destiny and Advocate for educating and bringing awareness to Human and Sex Trafficking Worldwide. Masks Off focuses on uncovering the latest topics that YOU need to know about from Business, Human Trafficking, Teen Related Issues, Mental Health and wellness and everything in between! Tune in now as Toseika talks with Featured Guest, Paulishia Augillard, Founder of Polly Clinical Services LLC, about helping Physicians reduce Anxiety & Burnout. Watch on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/0eRO8wWWbPAPaulishia is no stranger to stress management and program development for high productivity for those working in the medical professions. As a talented Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, Best-selling Author, Podcaster, and talk show host, she has made it her life's mission to effect positive change in the areas of Mental Health & Self-Care . Connect with Paulishia Augillard Polly Clinical Services [email protected] @transformingfromtheinsideoutIG@theouchcouchConnect with Toseika Thomaswww.findingdestiny.orgfacebook.com/findingourdestinytwitter.com/findingdestiny4instagram.com/findingdestiny4#blackbusiness, #business, #finance, #findingdesiny, #humantrafficking, #masksoff, #mentalhealthandwellness, #paulishiaaugillard, #teens, #toseikathomas, #youthadvocacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Thank you for stopping by Masks Off! We’re uncovering the latest topics that YOU need to know about from Business, Human Trafficking, Teen Related Issues, Mental Health and Wellness and everything in between! Stay tuned for your host Toseika Thomas keeping it real, honest and relatable. Welcome to…. Masks off where we discuss the Good the Bad and the Ugly!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/masks-off--5798432/support.

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