No Cherry On Top

07/17/2024

Happy Heavenly Birthday to our Daddy that was taken from us way too early. He was only 21 years old. My family has been riddled with death and violence. People wonder why I can’t trust and I am the way I am. Here it is. Not to mention my Mom’s side of the family. This tragic past has to be changed and my sisters and I have tried our best to make sure our children and grandchildren haven’t had to experience this. We have made mistakes along the way but we have lived and learned. I wish our dad would have been allowed to live and learn.

07/15/2024

15 Liberating Thoughts About Love:

1 - The greatest single need and desire of humankind is love.

2 - Every person is worthy of receiving love.

3 - There is never a moment when you cannot love.

4 - The greatest power we possess is the power to love.

5 - Every thought, word, act and expression motivated by love,
matters.

6 - Freedom is always being able to choose love.

7 - Love is the highest expression and fulfillment of any true philosophy, religion, and spirituality.

8 - Our deepest personal work is to remove the barriers we have build inside ourselves against love.

9 - There is no higher calling than being love.

10 - Love - giving it or receiving it - is transformational.

11 - The cornerstone of wholeness is loving yourself.

12 - If we are ever confused about what to do, stop and ask: "What would love do?"

13 - The world is not too far gone to be transformed by love.

14. The most profound religious statement is, "God is Love."

15. A word that could be used to name your fundamental self and nature is, Love.

Emmanuel Levinas wrote, “Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God. It is believing that love without reward is valuable.”

- Jim Palmer

04/28/2024

Get yourself some Tiff’s treats and 20% goes to Austin Smiles - The Austin Plastic Surgery Foundation with the code SMILES

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04/23/2024

Today’s motivation:
You got hit by another storm.

The thought of sorting through the wreckage and building yourself up again scares you.

Your heart is heavy. You might feel beaten down, but you're anything but weak.

Allowing yourself to be vulnerable, and letting yourself cry takes immense strength.

You're facing those gut-wrenching feelings and unpleasant thoughts, and tackling your fears all at once.

You will gain momentum in your journey.

Give yourself grace. You can make it.

You can rise above your circumstances.

Listen to your heart. You have it in you to try again.
Photo Credit: Shannon Renée Spradling

04/22/2024

Happy Earth Day! Today, I challenge you to go out and collect a bag of litter or plant a tree/flower!

04/21/2024

~Mistress Vixxen

04/10/2024

Today’s motivation:
There's plenty of proof to discredit the things your inner critic says about you.

Yes, you're not perfect - but perfection isn't a prerequisite for success or happiness.

Remember how far you’ve come!

You had to face gut-wrenching situations and you still found the strength to put in consistent efforts towards your goals.

You're doing way better than you think.

There will always be distractions, whether in the form of self-doubts or negative comments from other people.

Never allow yourself to lose sight of what makes you who you are.

03/31/2024

Hoppy Easter Everyone!

Me Circa 1981 and 1991

03/17/2024

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

03/08/2024

03/06/2024

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03/01/2024

Getting ready to start recording again!!! Tell us what topics you wanna hear us discuss!

02/16/2024

One year anniversary of this endeavor! I’m not giving up! I am just getting my office done so that I have a quiet place to record without dogs and a parrot in the back ground!

01/01/2024

Hello 2024! No Cherry On Top is looking for podcast guests!

What’s your story?
Want to help others?

Everyone feels a bit better in this world when they know that they are not alone.

If you are interested in being on the podcast please email us at: [email protected]
With your availability and contact information.

12/31/2023

No Cherry On Top is Wishing y’all a Happy and Prosperous New Year! 🥂 to 2024! 🎉

12/23/2023

Happy Holidays! Don’t forget to listen to No Cherry on Top during this Holiday Season.

11/30/2023

Please don't forget to like, share and rate us this holiday season!

11/22/2023

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

11/13/2023

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nocherryontop/episodes/Tanya-Glessner-Author--Mentor--Addiction-Recovery-Advocate--Ordain-Minister-e2bsk1f

Take a listen to our new episode with Tanya Glessner

Tanya Glessner has been a dear friend of mine for over 3 decades. Her journey from addiction and prison to published author, mentor, addiction recovery advocate, and ordained minister is beyond amazing. On top of all of this she does non-profit work for female inmates while also being a wife, mother...

11/07/2023

Check out the newest episode!! Kristi Wischnack is an amazing woman!!

Kristi is a long time friend of Shannon Renee's. They met through pageantry. Kristi shares her pageant journey and how pageantry became a platform to raise awareness for the fentanyl crisis in America. She lost her first born to Fentanyl poisoning. She speaks candidly about her life and her journey....

11/01/2023

Celebrate and educate!

10/31/2023

Happy Halloween Everyone! We have new podcasts coming out this week! Stayed tuned!
Photo Credits: Brian Schell

10/16/2023

Do you want to share your journey? If so reach out! We would love to hear it and share it on, No Cherry On Top!

09/16/2023

Hispanic Heritage Month, reflect, celebrate and set your mind on the future!

08/15/2023

Beautiful girl, when you are finished falling, after you hit rock bottom and watch yourself come apart into a million pieces, no one is staying to help you collect yourself, no one is sticking around to pick through your pieces to decide which parts of you are worth keeping. That’s for you to decide. So stay down for as long as you need to. This is the most important part. Take your time. Pay attention. You already broke. So the easy part is over. Go slow.... I know, you thought the breaking was the most painful chapter. It wasn’t. Turn the page. The next part is much longer. It’s the healing. The rise. The comeback. It’s the birth of the new you. And it’s not easy. But you are strong and brave and worth it. You’ll have to leave a lot of yourself behind, you’ll have to let go of all the parts of you that you’ve outgrown. We’re not making ourselves small anymore. We’re not bending to fit where we don’t belong anymore. Do you hear me? We’re going all in. Count your wounds, every scar ripped open, every drop of blood you bled like a promise, every tear you cried like a bet in the name of crossing your whole heart, your whole soul, was all for this moment. Right here. Right now. You had to hurt like that to get here to this version of you who knows exactly who she is, who she’s not, who she will never be again. Drop the apologies, babe. We’re not sorry anymore for who we are, we’re not sorry for what we had to do to get here, and we’re not sorry for the time it took to learn our worth. Step out of the box of all you were supposed to be, according to everyone who wasn’t you, and walk into the you, who’s comfortable in her own skin. It’s time. You earned it. We no longer wear the expectations of anyone else and we no longer let anyone else decide what we’re worth. Because we know now. We finally know.
And now it’s time to celebrate it.
Get up, babe. It does not hurt anymore.
Now go show YOU what you’re made of.

-Stephanie Bennett-Henry

08/11/2023

Please bear with us! We went on vacation and the hubby got hit with Covid so we will get out a new episode as soon as we can!

07/10/2023

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nocherryontop/episodes/Jehovahs-Witness-Buyer-Beware-e26ohn8

New Episode is out! Listen, Follow and Share!

In this episode Don and Shannon Renee talk about experiences with the Jehovah's Witnesses organization. Don explains his experiences with sexual abuse while a member of the religious group and the effect it had on him and his family.

07/09/2023

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