"And You Know, God....." Dr. Angela Hood shares her experiences and gives great advice on Starting Over

I've heard Angela use this phrase so often that I had to include it in the title.  She is truly a woman after God's own heart.  I'm so fortunate to know her. In this episode, Angela describes for us starting over and what it was like to make the decision to move she and her daughter to a new community where they hardly knew anyone and the peace and joy she felt when she followed God's call for her life.
Dr. Angela Hood is a mother of 4, grandmother of 8 and works for Catawba Co. school system.  She became an ordained minister in 2011 and has received her Doctorate in Divinity & Psychology Studies, Master's in biblical counseling, and BA in Religious Arts and Christian Counseling.  She is a government and public official as well as holds a diploma in Paralegal and Chaplaincy.  She pastored Disciples of Christ Holiness Church in Danville, Va before walking into her calling as an evangelist.  She attends True Word Fellowship in Eden, NC under the leadership of Pastor Scott Dalton. Dr. Hood is also the host of The One Word Morning Show Facebook Live in Charlotte, NC and Atlanta, GA.  She has been named one of the top 40 media bosses and top 50 powerful women in business.  She has been featured in 5 magazines from Gospel USA to KISH magazine.  She is the owner of Alafayeh Candles, LLC in Conover, NC and CEO of Life Unlocked Christian Coaching and Counseling Services.  She became an Amazon Best Seller in June of 2022 where she could be seen on New York Times Square Billboard.  She authored, I'm Fed Up with Your Mess and co-authored, "Permission to Win" and "Joy Comes in the Morning", and "Teen Mom to Empowered Woman."  She is a partner and ambassador with Goli Nutrition. She has served on the Rockingham County NAACP Board in Rockingham County and The Dunamis Gospel Awards Board.  She worked for 8 years with the Exceptional Children's Program, Rockingham County Youth Services, Goodwill Industries, and in earlier years, the YMCA.  She has volunteered at Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry in Catawba County, nursing centers in Eden and Reidsville, NC as well as in Danville, VA. Dr. Angela never allowed molestation, teenage pregnancy, divorce, hard times, nor a suicide attempt to stop her destiny.  Out of all the things she's been through and all she's accomplished; nothing tops her being a child of God.  

Transcript

00:01.18
astockov
Hello and I want to welcome everyone to beyond existing I have a very special guest with me today. Her name is Dr Angela Hood Ah Angela I met a couple years ago when she joined our school. She's now part of our staff. Angela I just want to say that welcome and you are a woman of many accomplishments. What I want to do I want to read to everyone these accomplishments that she has Angela became an ordained minister in 2011 she received her doctorate in divinity and psychology studies masters in biblical counseling and a b a in religious arts and christian counseling. She is a government and public official as well as holds a diploma in paralegal and chaplaincy she pastored.

00:46.84
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Official No last holds the Diploma everlin.

00:54.85
astockov
Disciples of Christ Holiness Church in Danville Virginia before walking into her calling as an evangelist. She's the host of the 1 word morning show Facebook live and in Charlotte North Carolina and Atlanta Georgia

01:01.65
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
See the coast of one more morning 70

01:10.68
astockov
She's been named one of the top 40 media bosses and top 50 powerful women in business. She has been featured in 5 magazines from gospel Usa to kish magazine and was featured on the cover of divine connections and women of dignity magazines. She's the owner of.

01:15.88
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
She would have been featured for that and I say History Gospel you would say to.

01:26.49
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
The only at the center your hand ala FaI.

01:29.30
astockov
How do you say your candle company alafa candles lllc and Conover North Carolina and Ceo of life unlocked christian coaching and counseling services as if that's not enough she became an an Amazon best seller in June of 2022

01:40.97
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And want.

01:47.19
astockov
Where she could be seen on New York Times square billboard she authored I'm fed up with your mess and co-authored permission to win and joy comes in the morning and team mom to empowered woman. She's a partner and ambassador with goalie nutrition incorporated not quite finished yet. She has.

02:03.75
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Not with the on the wrap.

02:06.80
astockov
Served on the rockingham and acp board in Rockingham County and the Duammas say how you say Dunama okay Dunami Gospel Awards Board she worked for 8 years with the exceptional children's program in Rockingham County youth services Goodwill industries.

02:13.30
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Dona miss.

02:24.76
astockov
And an earlier years the YCA Angela that that that is a long time of accomplishment is that is just awesome. Awesome all right? So I want you to tell us. Ah you took all of that.

02:33.13
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Thank you all right.

02:42.34
astockov
And you press pauses say can you tell us a little bit about that press and pauls on the doctors and I mean because like with all that stuff. You could just be making way more money than you are now and I just.

02:42.35
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Press pauses. Yes, can you? So let a little bit about bit a little bit bit about the press and pause. No, it's only.

02:58.17
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
God Um, and that definitely um, on my path in my journey to the doctorate and everything else I did I Always trust God to leave me and.

03:01.16
astockov
Um, she to talk to the audience a little bit about that.

03:10.55
astockov
Um.

03:15.24
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Years ago when I was desiring the doctorate I That's where my mind was money the job you know, just that that's where it was but as soon as I got it. It just felt refreshing that I accomplished it. It took so long and it took a while because.

03:21.00
astockov
Of him and.

03:35.00
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Ah, money finances and you know over time you know I Just to say that I finished it that I did it that I accomplished that is what makes it more rewarding than money and so you know I started learning through my coaching you know about budgeting and finance.

03:41.44
astockov
Yet. A.

03:55.41
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, um, credit reports and keeping your credit right? and things like that and that's some of the things I do for coaching so in learning that that keeps me where I am because if you learn to live within your means you don't have to have all the money.

04:05.24
astockov
Okay, um, ah yes, ah.

04:14.38
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
You know? So so my my my vision changed it changed and I still use the doctorate as far as my counseling and my coaching I still use that and am I preaching you know they honor my doctorate in preaching because it is a divinity you know it is in divinity as well. Yeah.

04:21.64
astockov
yeah yeah here oh yeah, yeah yes all right? So another thing that. Um, I really want you address to address today is just starting over I know you moved from Eden North Carolina so how far is eden from where we live in Catava County so 2 hours away um so you moved here and what year

04:47.51
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Where we 2 hours away I took mya you.

04:57.39
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, 2020 february of Twenty Twenty right before the pandemic.

04:57.53
astockov
Was that when okay in February of Twenty Twenty yes right before the pandemic you moved here? Um, so can you share with the audience just what it means to start over.

05:15.20
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Wow to start over and to come here to this county um has changed my life and my daughter's life is me and my daughter my dad had cancer and he lived here I was scared ah I was scared of the highway I was scared to drive highways.

05:21.56
astockov
Who.

05:31.73
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Don't like to drive because I get bored but god was directing my path and I didn't even know it like he was strategically planning this thing I was in the ec program as a teacher assistant in Rockingham County and I took a lever absence to come take care of him I was afraid I was scared.

05:38.85
astockov
Moving.

05:51.48
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Not just for his health but I was scared to even travel down here to him by myself but I did it and so I came and I stayed with him and I learned the neighbor you know I got to know the neighbors the neighborhood I got to travel with him back and forth to his doctor's appointments in Hickory and and I got to just learn the place. Not knowing that god was setting me up to be here what he was actually doing was he was getting me comfortable because I was so afraid you know I was so afraid but I I didn't know that I was gonna be living here I thought I was just coming to take care dad.

06:13.90
astockov
Yes, yes.

06:19.66
astockov
And.

06:26.75
astockov
And.

06:28.49
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
So after that passed Daddy loved his home. He loved being here and we love coming here. Um I went through a divorce and so my divorce wasn't final till after I was here like a year and so once my divorce was final. You know it's kind of like I started over before I even got here and it was scary all the way and Don Nika she really didn't want to move. She really didn't want to make the change either and then one day actually at the funeral of my dad's funeral I preached his funeral.

06:47.41
astockov
A.

07:02.65
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And at where I gave the eulogy and after the funeral she said Mama we can move. It's like she had peace with it I said. Okay, we're gonna take this. We're gonna take this leap and we need it and it's the best thing that has happened.

07:09.72
astockov
Yeah, yeah.

07:19.37
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Coming to Kataba County has really changed our life and we're not afraid anymore and she and I know it was god because she was fell in every grade and she went through depression. We got a retention letter every year even from kindergarten.

07:24.32
astockov
Ah.

07:37.92
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And then she comes here and start making honor roll and start you know being in sports and doing things like you know so um, just seeing her accomplish some things and do some things made me feel better. So I yes.

07:45.79
astockov
Um, you know? Ah yeah.

07:52.36
astockov
Just see her throw up.

07:57.20
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yes, definitely definitely. So yeah, it was hard and I was scared but it's the best thing that has happened and I just believe there's so much more to come so much more. Yeah.

08:07.30
astockov
Oh yeah, yeah I Totally agree. Yeah, so would you take your dad to go get his chemo treatments. Yes, that's I went with Mama one time. Um.

08:14.52
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yes, that's.

08:22.40
astockov
When she was diagnosed with stomach and liver cancer. She lived I don't even know if it was four months but I know I drove down it was during my spring break to spend time with her and I went one time and that was just such a special time.

08:36.87
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yeah, exactly and to go with him when his his blood was low and he had to go get blood and we would sit in there and just the nurses and doctors were amazing and.

08:40.40
astockov
You know, even though yeah and.

08:51.56
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
You know and he was trying to be tough but I could just discern. You know he was worried or scared sometime but to be there itit so much. Yeah, yeah, right? So I wanted you but right.

09:00.24
astockov
It did it did you were right? Yeah, all right? Um, so your dad wanted you to move. But at first nika did not yes yeah and I'm so glad you got a piece with that.

09:09.54
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Right? And um so me too me too. Um, so I like play. Ah, that's where he live yes. But.

09:16.24
astockov
Ah, okay, um, so your dad loved his home and that's where you live now and ah like what did he leave under the bed for you.

09:29.16
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Ah, then he left everything didy daddy own a store in Newton there. My sunny's fashions and so he retired and so like his clothing store was basically downstairs. So.

09:34.10
astockov
Ah.

09:36.21
astockov
And.

09:47.28
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
We had to pack up all that giveaway. You know my sisters and Brothers came down and but daddy left everything my house in Eden was fully furnished like I didn't have to bring nothing but my clothes really? so.

09:51.55
astockov
Ah.

10:03.72
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
I wound up giving away a lot of my furniture and stuff back in eden because that was nothing for me to bring and my sisters there was like make it your own Angie make it. It has taken me years and I still don't think I made it my own I still got up.

10:07.97
astockov
Ah, that is unbelievable.

10:16.91
astockov
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, dingy tell me he didn you tell me he left instructions for you underneath his bed.

10:20.22
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Dad's pictures the grandchildrens everything he had you know I changed a little bit but not too much. Yeah, yeah, so yeah, he he left instruction on the side table on the so on the ah yeah, the side table.

10:35.20
astockov
Oh okay, okay.

10:39.37
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
He left he left notes and instructions for us to go by what to do as if he knew. Yeah, yeah and he made it easy like I didn't have to and that's another thing God did while I was coming taking care of him I would take him to make his house payment.

10:42.37
astockov
Oh well. Yes, oh this is late.

10:58.25
astockov
You can.

10:59.33
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
I would take him you know if there was um, he had a leak and we had to go to the insurance company like these people got to know me and I'm thinking I'm just bringing Daddy you know, hey Mr. So hey Mr. So and so hey you know just I'm just thinking I'm just coming.

11:08.61
astockov
Yeah.

11:16.43
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And this is how God strategically planned things and we think we're just doing something. It's just like me in that riverbe I know there's more for me or more to it of me being at riverbend there's more um I'm not just there by chance everything that I do in every.

11:22.22
astockov
Ah.

11:27.55
astockov
Right here.

11:34.36
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Place that I'm led god is leading me and so that's why I feel there's so much more. But I thought I was just take care of Daddy you know I just thought I but.

11:37.76
astockov
Um.

11:40.70
astockov
Yeah, right? Yeah yeah, yeah.

11:44.92
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Supposed to do Yeah I didn't know that you know God was saying Okay, you're going through a divorce. Let's let's shift you you know you've did all you care. You stuck by him you was with him and it landed divorce. So let's change. Let's change. Let's change the area. Let's change our routine.

11:53.32
astockov
Ah.

12:03.25
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
But and let me show you what I really have for you and that's what God has been doing. He's been showing me what he really has for me and I'm just great. Yeah yeah, yes, exactly and I tell people I tell people I used to hate coming home.

12:04.63
astockov
Yeah, so just that yeah just that sense of peace and home through feeling of home.

12:22.27
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
I Used to hate coming home. It was times I didn't like my job I didn't like what I was doing a lot of times and now it's like on my job. My friendships, my relationships everything has peace in it. Everything there's no area in my life that don't have peace even I'm not rich, but even in my body.

12:35.75
astockov
Yes, do you know have what oh my that is so floor clean. There are just so many people today that are just longing for that longing for that feeling.

12:41.82
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Answers. It's peaceful. How like that that yes, yes, um.

12:54.10
astockov
So tell me say you said Danika Hads like every year from kindergarten up to seventh grade she had had to attend summer school and so she wasn't involved in sports either or inctor curricular. Okay.

13:04.87
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yes, no, she took dance. She took dads from 3 years old all the way up to um, the seventh grade before we left.

13:18.47
astockov
Aha.

13:18.54
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, she wanted to take dance when she got here but financially I could not afford to do that at the time we were moving I wasn't working I didn't work for four months before I come to riverbnd because I thought t a hey it'd be easy for me to get a job. You know I think it is like Cna or nurse you know you go to any city and you can find a job.

13:26.17
astockov
Um, yeah, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

13:38.24
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Oh no, it did happen in a way for life for four months I didn't work. So yeah, she yeah that was that was scary too and it took all my saveins. It took everything you know and then when it start getting to the bottom of the barrel I'm like oh my goodness I got to do something.

13:43.90
astockov
Ah, oh my god.

13:49.24
astockov
Um, yeah, oh our guys. Ah.

13:56.93
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And Don Nico was at school and um, one of her teachers she was in her class and Don Nika I guess she was concerned about me and told a teacher. You know my mom's looking for a job in the school system and she said the ec department was open. They had to open it. Ec.

14:14.76
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Look at that I come from Ec and then I got to know our principle because I kept when I would drop nika off in the morning and pick her up in the evening. You know she comes out and speaks So I precomsate like God Just hey.

14:20.99
astockov
Ah.

14:28.62
astockov
Here? yes.

14:33.55
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Just he's so amazing like he just planned everything but of all the spots that was open EC was open. Yeah, so oh back to the question. Yeah yeah, she had she had failed every class every class all way up to seventh grade.

14:35.91
astockov
Oh and I right? yeah.

14:52.54
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And we get there and it such a awesome team. They was like when you have teachers workdays or if you stand after school bring her we go work with her and they worked with her to the point where she loves school. She loves doing work. You know.

14:54.50
astockov
1 where.

15:04.94
astockov
Ah, her. Yeah yeah, so yeah there I know those teachers just very caring, very compassionate teacher there. Yeah I know so half. Um.

15:10.56
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yes, yes.

15:19.55
astockov
So 1 other thing you mentioned to me was your house payment being cheaper than your rent and Eden but.

15:23.61
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yes I said look at god and the house is so much bigger is is 2 floors with at an e I have 1 1 level 3 bedroom rooms 1 bath you know and god is blessed me with all this.

15:37.82
astockov
There.

15:42.84
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
You know and I took over the mortgage because I didn't know that when I was taking him to the bank and getting to know these people or when I come to make his payments they you know just come in I'm just doing something I didn't know that the transition would be so easy.

15:56.53
astockov
Ah, oh.

16:00.10
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And they like already knew me, It's like I didn't have to come in and bring up a bunch of I you know I hedgched to my I idea but it's like they already knew me. They knew me to be his daughter. They knew me to be crossworthy. They knew that I took care of him and they were so kind and so great and everything just fell into place.

16:06.97
astockov
Yeah, ah right.

16:18.62
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Nothing was hard nothing. It was just easy.

16:20.47
astockov
Ah, huh. Yes, yeah, oh I and 1 other thing you told me was um, he had his place for a studio. And that's what you do you? There's with your Facebook live you needed a studio.

16:36.79
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yes, yes, the whole bottom The bottom downstairs I had is. It's a full basement and it's complete not a basement but it's ah is a living area. Um I have my office down there in one area and then I have the studio in the other.

16:44.30
astockov
See.

16:54.50
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And it's like it's just everything that I could dream of I always wanted my own television station but like the studio will work but now can you believe that's my next dream to have my own television station I dream big.

17:11.82
astockov
Like ah but Jim put that dry food I believe you can make that happen at angel.

17:13.44
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Ah, dream pain. Yeah I dream believe.

17:23.27
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Ah, but that's my neck. That's my next step on Tv I have my own television show in Charlotte but to have my own television station. Yeah I'm going for.

17:26.45
astockov
Oh yeah here. Ah.

17:34.43
astockov
Oh Wow Hey things are changing. You know you that many doors are open now with the way technology has changed get there. You go.

17:42.58
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Exactly all I need is a building and some cameras hook it up to Youtube Facebook Twitter top. That's it.

17:52.17
astockov
Yeah, and you gotta have lighting filters I wouldn't.

17:58.27
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
I need them. But.

18:03.66
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
But it would be so easy. So yeah, yeah, and and and I want my desire is um to have a place a building that houses everything I do like I visualized it like um, it would have the studio. It would have the conference rooms.

18:04.30
astockov
He would? Yeah yeah.

18:16.19
astockov
N.

18:22.89
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
It will have like when you walk through the door if there will be alefa candles you know and and my books and the magazines and the t-shirt and the gears and the hat everything that goes with 1 word like everything in 1 place when you walk in is there you know.

18:28.70
astockov
Ah, his core. Ah yeah.

18:38.97
astockov
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

18:40.94
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And if you come in to watch a show you walk on in you walk on into the studio and and ah watch a live show and to call like this stuff you go to conference rooms for counseling and coaching. Yeah yeah I see it I see it I see it happening.

18:50.39
astockov
Yeah, it's the ah you that's awesome that's awesome I so aafe candles was that something that she started in Eden or did you start that when you moved to Conover.

19:01.90
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Feels.

19:05.75
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
I Started that here after Dad's deaf to to ah channel my pain of his death because I'm a candle lover and I would buy candles candles I Just love candles I Love lighting candles.

19:07.67
astockov
Okay. Yes, okay.

19:23.50
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, and so I was like hey I Bomb let me see if I can make them This'll be a little hobby. Yeah, be a little hobby their Hobby become a business.

19:27.66
astockov
Um, you know? yes.

19:33.92
astockov
With so where all do you Sail are not where deep do you get more craft. Okay.

19:36.56
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
What kind oh where do I sell it's online on Facebook on lot on Facebook and by person like if you contact me and you want a certain cent certain kind I got you I got yeah.

19:51.50
astockov
You mean? Okay, nice. Ah, okay.

19:54.58
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
So you can always contact me on Facebook or in aafa has a page you can contact me there and if you see what and on the page that you want I'll get it for you? Yeah, thank you.

20:06.89
astockov
Okay, nice into all right? Um, now the 1 word morning show when did you start that 2006 that was the year Jake.

20:13.26
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Ah, ah, back in 2006 yeah ah 2006 that's my baby out of everything. The 1 word morning show is my baby.

20:23.54
astockov
Was Born. My oldest. And I had okay.

20:32.58
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And it's where I come on each morning and I encourage the people you know to get the day started that started as a vision of you know when you have dealt with the things I've dealt with in the pain and the. Issues and single motherhood Divorce molestation. All that stuff I needed something else. You know, ah instead of me crying about it all the time instead of me having a woe is me attitude I wanted to encourage people.

20:51.30
astockov
Yes.

21:06.12
astockov
Aha.

21:08.36
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Hey we go through stuff but God will bring you through where yeah, it's hard sometime but hey you look in the scripture and you read the word of God and you believe that word it'll work for you.

21:08.81
astockov
Yeah, yes, he will yeah.

21:24.39
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
So that was the whole just around the 1 word morning show that 1 word from god it change your life. You believe let this word change your life apply this word to your life because you you can't just like it. You gotta apply it, you applied and you believe it it can happen for you.

21:35.70
astockov
Yeah, yeah.

21:41.68
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And so yeah I come on Monday through Thursday not this summer though. Ah this summer I've been doing just Mondays but Monday to Thursday six o'clock a m to just give a word give a scripture give a word. Whatever god is laid on my heart to give to the people.

21:46.20
astockov
Yeah I.

21:55.78
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And I do that live on Facebook as well on the one word morning show page.

21:58.94
astockov
Well I admire you that you have stuck with this because when I get ready to an episode like a episode for the podcast I'll stress out the whole day just thinking about it.

22:12.19
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, ah yes.

22:14.23
astockov
And that's awesome that you do this every day every morning you get up and did you put on makeup and all that too.

22:17.12
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yeah, yeah, yes, the whole dress and it makes it easy because Monday through Thursday I'm going to school so I would already be ready.

22:31.58
astockov
Ah, yeah, yeah, ah.

22:35.25
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
For schools. What makes it easier but those days we don't have school. Sometimes I just don't want to do it. But it's that Cush. It's not about you Angela there's somebody that needs a word and it doesn't matter if it's 1 person or 200 people. There's somebody that needs it and so that's where my heart is in it. My heart is in it.

22:43.93
astockov
Yeah, yeah, he let.

22:55.12
astockov
Ah, ah yeah, do you? you drive a school bus. Don't you but in the mornings you have a morning route morning say you need that word before you get on that morning route. Don't you.

22:59.95
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
So yeah.

23:05.15
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, morning and afternoon.

23:12.25
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
But the bus the buses I mean me being who I am I try not to complain too much and I try to make the best out of everything and the bus is one of them. It's like I strike myself up. Yeah.

23:13.15
astockov
And.

23:16.73
astockov
Well yeah.

23:23.96
astockov
Yeah, yeah, yeah, sock yourself up? Yeah, ah.

23:30.65
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Ah, got to go do this and and I've all and I've been blessed even when I was in Rockingham County to have a great group of students. You know they I I don't know if it's because I'm tall and I'm a an emma plus figured lady and they scared of me.

23:40.40
astockov
Ah.

23:46.48
astockov
Like yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah, you're right? yeah with middle school they come on. They just want to sleep in the mornings. Anyway.

23:50.90
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
But they just know how to act and then you have wanted to test you. But once you get them straight they good. They go? yeah. Right? Yeah, yeah, no need of asking them to help you give direct like the first day of school or that first week though x no you.

24:03.17
astockov
As I stay up all night. Yeah.

24:09.48
astockov
No yeah.

24:12.81
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
You got a serve for another bus Drop don't ax none of em. Nothing don't nobody know that now they on their phones or they sleep it don't matter morning or afternoon.

24:18.56
astockov
Oh no, you're right? Yeah because when I used to drive a school bus. It was before phones so you were right I don't know they wouldn't be able to help me now.

24:24.81
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Oh yeah, they they have their earphones or up pauses in in they own their phones or they cheat chat. They'll know where nobody live they it is funny. They don't know where they live.

24:36.22
astockov
Right? Yeah, exactly. Ah, ah yeah about oh you just passed my house. Yeah, exactly oh that is.

24:47.79
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, little stoles. Yeah, yeah, it's funny.

24:55.42
astockov
So what are some of the messages that you give in the 1 word morning show. Can you give some examples.

25:02.78
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Oh oh I Give so many it it just depends on the day but some things are like um like the other day I came on.

25:18.52
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And I talked about what did I talk about oh Lord if you hadn' to ask me I'd have a whole, but but it it but it could be about anything like any scripture that's given say he to say the man. Um, that's set by the ah pool of betheta and he wouldn't move right.

25:22.77
astockov
Ah, everybody.

25:29.38
astockov
Here.

25:37.11
astockov
Ah, oh yeah, ah.

25:38.47
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And and it's like I get so many I've gotten so many messages out of that 1 text like one could be you know because he was waiting for somebody to put him in or he was too slow. He had excuses but the thing but when I do one where I like to dig a little further. So.

25:43.10
astockov
Okay. Yes.

25:57.90
astockov
Aha.

25:57.56
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
The thing that got me and that I tell people is when Jesus walked in when he came in there. He saw that man and although that man had been coming for like 38 years it never said Jesus was there those 38 years but once Jesus came in there. He saw him.

26:13.36
astockov
Ah, yeah.

26:16.97
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And so I would tell people you know Jesus is coming to you. Do you got a situation. You have an issue you have a problem but out of all the people in the world. He's coming to see about you when he walks in he noticed that everybody got an issue and a problem There's so many that's dealing with something but he's. Coming to see about you. You know things like that the the the lady Hannah you know she wanted to have a child you know for a husband she dealt with penina you know when she went into the synagogue to pray for the son and she's.

26:43.86
astockov
I have.

26:51.77
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Crying out to God that this is what she wants it. This is what she desires. You know the priests of all people should have recognized that she was praying to God but he thought she was drunk so sometimes in our life. Whatever we desire Some people won't understand it.

27:08.24
astockov
Yeah.

27:10.27
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
So people don't understand your prayer. You know what? you're asking for from god they don't understand your pain your Agony stresses things you go through but god does know but everybody won't understand so I just take a scripture whatever scripture god gives me it. It doesn't even matter just you know flip the book open in point. You know I will give them an encouraging word that speaks to them you know and I tell people I was like I ain't come for everybody but I did come for somebody and always they're making comments this is for me this is for me I needed this you know.

27:34.97
astockov
Ah.

27:38.90
astockov
Here.

27:46.41
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And so that's basically what 1 word is you know I take a scripture and I break it down a little further. You know, um another example um I love I love scripture as a whole. But and I'm just giving you little points without giving the whole thing. But.

27:51.29
astockov
Thing here.

28:03.79
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Even when Jesus fed the 5000 with the 5 fish two loaves of bread. He break the bread first you know, no no I'm sorry he presented he prayed to god first and then he break it. He broke it and then it divided.

28:13.57
astockov
Ah, yes.

28:22.98
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And it's like God spoke to me one day and I and I was telling him I said God has spoken. He says present whatever he gives you present it to him because he could do more with what you give him like is he is give it to give them your situations give him your problem give him your her give him your marriage give him your children.

28:34.45
astockov
Yeah, yeah.

28:42.94
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Even in your brokenness Once your broken guy can do something with you. You know it's things like that that I just I just love scripture and how he just reveals things you know and just opens it up to where it could be.

28:46.00
astockov
I Have you want.

28:57.81
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, given for everyday life because that's what the word of god is it's supposed to bring you life you know and so in everyday situations he just you know, but I just like to just break it down a little further you thank you I have.

29:00.30
astockov
Ah, and yes, yes I love that that is so awesome. Have you watched any of the chosen.

29:15.73
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
But but I am going to people tell me all the time girl you gotta watch it.

29:17.82
astockov
Oh yes, the okay so one of the episodes. It's about the guy who sits the cripple who sits at the pool of Bethesta Oh my gosh. It is so powerful. It is so good.

29:28.11
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, and Ahh oh I got watch it I got to watch it I got to watch it I'm telling you I got so many things from that you know from that one scripture like don't make its uses. You know you have an ah.

29:35.96
astockov
Yes, you do? Yeah yeah yeah.

29:47.13
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
You have an opportunity just like everybody else has an opportunity but you gotta take that chance you know you you gotta take that chance you gotta to take that risk you got hold that you gotta desire it but I just love how when Jesus come in of allle people he saw that man. But.

29:53.41
astockov
Ah, yeah, and.

30:03.90
astockov
Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, so.

30:05.91
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
So He squeeze us and he recognizes that we got some things we dealing with and he's coming to see about us and all and he didn't do anything all he did was ask them a question. He didn't lift him Up. He didn't push him Over. He didn't threaten Him. He's like do you want to be whole. It's up to you up to you. How I love it. I Love it.

30:26.75
astockov
But yes, yeah, yeah, oh I know I too me too. Um, can you tell me. About life unlocked Christian coaching and counseling services.

30:41.33
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Life unlocked Christian coaching and counseling I started that back in what 2013 I Want to say 2013? Um, just coaching I took um psychology at Liberty University. And my with life coach as a cogate. There are life coaches everywhere. You can get a life Coach. You can go. To course you could get it but I wanted to really have it I didn't want to just say hey somebody certified me I wanted to go to school so that was my Cognate. Um.

31:03.30
astockov
Anyway.

31:20.44
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
For Psychology and so I finished all those courses and I was like this is something I want to do I Want to coach people you know of where they are because coaching is different from Psychology. You know, coaching speaks to where you are now to get you to somewhere better. When psychology deals with your feelings and your emotions at this point and how to get over those feelings and those emotions so coaching basically just take in right where you are and shoot up and make yourself better catapult you to be the best person you can be so that's what life unlock is we have a like.

31:42.60
astockov
Um, ah yeah.

31:52.22
astockov
Ah, yeah, ah.

31:56.43
astockov
Yeah, yeah, ahha Yeah yeah, so how do you coach like is this something that you get on line and kind of.

31:58.61
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Unlock It see what's really in there. It's not all bad. That's some good stuff in your life. There's some things you could do. There's some things you can overcome? Yeah, so yeah.

32:16.10
astockov
Or do you facetime each other. Do you meet? How do you do that? You do.

32:19.58
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
I do either I do by phone I do buy Facetime or Google um, not Google Zoom. Ah yeah, um I could do facetime and I can do um we can meet I've met for lunch before I've met at people's homes.

32:24.11
astockov
Zoom. Yeah.

32:32.36
astockov
Ah, yeah, okay, ah.

32:34.65
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
You know they hire me as their coach and I have a contract you know we sign and then I take them through a six week process and if they want more then we do more you know and it's fun for me because I watch them boom I watch them grow I watch them. You know, just become something. I love seeing them just be shocked like why do you not think it is you know what? you know? oh like a lot for me is's helping people. Unlock was already there like it's there. You got to unlock it? Yeah yeah life and what you thank you.

32:58.10
astockov
But yeah, yeah.

33:04.79
astockov
Yeah, yeah, that's the perfect name I Love that perfect name. Yes, all right? So got just a couple more things I want to talk about um you authored and co-authored books.

33:18.89
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yes, okay, the book that I author is I'm fed up with your miss is educational twos to defeat same through your battles though. That was my younger years. It came out in 2003

33:21.25
astockov
Yeah, what are the title of those books again.

33:26.38
astockov
M.

33:35.90
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
And the basis of that book is a Christian book but it's talking about. Um how you can use the word of God to fight your battles. You know we don't have to fight these battles God said he'll fight em for us. But I give scripture I give examples of my life I expose myself.

33:47.97
astockov
Is it.

33:54.60
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
The embarrassing moments being on warfare you know, being a single mom pregnant at 16 like I expose myself but the word of god I know I am not where I am today on my own god did this god has directed my life and so I give scripture of how to overcome and how to use descriptive because.

34:04.95
astockov
And her piano.

34:13.97
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
I Believe that God wants us to say you said God you said in your word this this this this this you know so that's what that is about then I took thank you.

34:24.25
astockov
That's wonderful that you talk about that stuff because I heard I was hearing something the other day can't remember where I heard it. But basically it's that shame comes from satan.

34:36.94
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Ah I talk about shame in there.

34:38.15
astockov
He loves to shame us and so that's wonderful that you are able to to share that rather than just feel shame for all of your of your past.

34:46.51
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Exactly I talk about that very word in that book in that particular book is shame I talk about shame in that book and I talk about shame in um, um from Teenage Mom to empowered woman. We talk about that.

34:58.42
astockov
Is it.

35:01.34
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
You know, being shame because we we we should be able if you take your power I tell people and even when I coach and I tell them on the 1 word morning show take your power back? Yeah, you said it? Yeah you done it? Yes, it happened it's over It's done with you know, move forward a lot of people hold that shame a lot of them. Don't forgive themselves. They will forgive other people for they even forgive themselves. Okay, it happened. Maybe it's done. Let this be your testimony don't let it be something that holds you down.

35:25.99
astockov
And. Yes.

35:38.67
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Because I promise you that the person next to you have done some things worse than you have you just don't know it So I try to teach people about shame. Don't let shame hold you back from your dreams your goals your desires from having a beautiful life. You know, um, talk about it the more you talk about and expose it. What can people.

35:43.31
astockov
Here.

35:58.00
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Say I mean what can I say if you. Like what can they say you're free exactly and most of the time people know it anyway. So beat them to lunch. Yeah yes, all 4 on Amazon.

36:01.65
astockov
Yeah, exactly just go ahead. Put it out there. Don't even try to add? Yeah yes, yeah, yeah, so you can still find that book on Amazon okay, that's wonderful that your picture.

36:18.74
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yeah.

36:21.19
astockov
Ah, on Tom Square bull but billboard.

36:22.45
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yes, yes, we collaborated with the anthology joy comes in the morning and it was 90 of us 90 of us but only 30 of us was on the billboard. Um, but yeah, we collaborated and what we did was we all took.

36:28.23
astockov
Ah huh. Okay.

36:33.86
astockov
Ah.

36:39.36
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
A particular scripture and then we took our personal life and so for ninety days a person can read the scripture and they can read an inspiration from us you know and about our life and how to overcome certain things and what's so good. Is it different is different titles and it's different. Um.

36:51.31
astockov
Ah, ah.

36:59.56
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Experiences that the authors went through So it's not the same experience all way through the book like you know like teen from Teen Mom to empower woman would just be about teen pregnancy but in the joy comes in the morning. It's different.

37:04.59
astockov
Ah.

37:14.19
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Situations aspects of life that each author talked about.

37:18.49
astockov
Um, okay, all right? Um, so your last paragraph in the bio biobiography that you sent me stated Dr Angela never allowed molestation. Teenage pregnancy divorce hard times nor a suicide attempt to stop her destiny out of all the things she's been through and all she's accomplished nothing tops her being a child of god I want you to come back and. Talk about what I just read because I just just it's so sad I was like Mr Turner you know Mr Turner with for several years he would constantly ask what has happened to my world.

37:53.11
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Okay.

38:01.12
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Yes.

38:10.81
astockov
And it's so true and I think that people just need to hear that that that story and this just you put just the sunshine that that you show every day to our school is just amazing. Yeah.

38:16.32
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, yeah.

38:24.59
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, oh oh thank you and thank you so much for this opportunity.

38:30.39
astockov
Yes, yeah I know I know and I just you were such a sweet humble person and I would have never known that you had that your doctorate and I mean and you're a Ceo like you got your own coaching company and I mean you don't. You know you don't go around bragging about this stuff at all never would have known it if we had not done this episode and I just appreciate you. Dr Angela hood

38:59.52
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Ah, thank you so much I'm on board. Can you imagine how Jennifer felt listen That's how I actually got into the office like when I um, it was my fifth magazine The Fifth Magazine I finally shared with Jennifer and Jennifer knew I was going to school but she didn't know what all that it entailed and so I finally talked to her after 2 years of being in her class. She did not know she nothing about.

39:24.84
astockov
Aha. Yeah, Oh yeah, I know.

39:34.36
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
None of that because I wanted to be me I wanted to come in and do what I'm supposed to do as a teacher's assistant and not the other stuff you know I just wanted but I was so excited about that magazine that I told her and then it went from there and she was like how do you keep out.

39:41.76
astockov
Ah, ah, right? yes.

39:53.48
astockov
And yeah.

39:54.16
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
To yourself like what and she ran to the office and she told Sharma and the office position was coming open and it that's out I got in there. Yeah.

40:09.22
astockov
Yeah, yeah, well, that's wonderful audience I appreciate you listening today and Dr Angel ah hood I thank you so much for being a guest. Thank you.

40:12.99
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
So yeah.

40:17.89
Dr_ Angela L_ Hood
Um, you're so welcome and thank you.