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Ananda Leeke
@anandaleeke.bsky.social
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Author of Love's Troubadours (yoga + self-love-inspired novel), That Which Awakens (mindful creativity memoir) & Digital Sisterhood (mindful tech memoir)

Thriving Mindfully #Coach

#HumanDesign Doula

#SGRho 💛 💙 🐩

Visit https://anandaleeke.com
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Did you miss the November 20th virtual listening party for the release of my debut spoken word album, Thriving Mindfully As Theresa's Daughter?

DOWNLOAD & BUY ALBUM: footprintrecords.bandcamp.com

WATCH LISTENING PARTY VIDEO: youtu.be/YJCwj_2oI58?...

GET MORE INFO & EPK: anandaleeke.com/album
Virtual Listening Party for Thriving Mindfully As Theresa's Daughter Album on November 20, 2025
YouTube video by Ananda Leeke
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Did you miss the November 20th virtual listening party for the release of my debut spoken word album, Thriving Mindfully As Theresa's Daughter?

DOWNLOAD & BUY ALBUM: footprintrecords.bandcamp.com

WATCH LISTENING PARTY VIDEO: youtu.be/YJCwj_2oI58?...

GET MORE INFO & EPK: anandaleeke.com/album
Virtual Listening Party for Thriving Mindfully As Theresa's Daughter Album on November 20, 2025
YouTube video by Ananda Leeke
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November 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Yesterday marked the release of my debut spoken word album, Thriving Mindfully As Theresa's Daughter.

Go to anandaleeke.com/album to learn more about the album, buy + download the music, watch the listening party video, read the electronic press kit, and RSVP for the January 11th virtual event.
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 AM
NEW VIDEO: Watch the video and find out what it means for me to make a debut spoken word album at the sensational and sparkling age of 60. youtu.be/8J6st9yvcvc

RSVP for my virtual album release party for #ThrivingMindfully As Theresa's Daughter on Nov 20 at 3-4 PM ET on Zoom. anandaleeke.com/album
What It Means to Make A Debut Spoken Word Album at the Sensational & Sparkling Age of 60
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November 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
EVENT HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Don't miss the release of my debut spoken word album, #ThrivingMindfully As Theresa's Daughter during the virtual listening party I am co-hosting with my music producer Garnet Jackson on Nov 20th at 3 p.m. EST/8 p.m. GMT (UK) via Zoom.

REGISTER anandaleeke.com/album
November 18, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Ready to explore how you can embrace, face, learn from, and move forward with your #vulnerability?

Check out my Thriving Mindfully with Your Vulnerability Video Playlist on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#thrivingmindfully #vulnerability #selfcare #wellness #mindfulness #personaldevelopment
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November 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Need help in facing, embracing, learning from & moving forward with your #vulnerability?

Join me for the #ThrivingMindfully Sunday sessions on Nov 30, Dec 14 & Jan 4 at 3 p.m. EST to 4 p.m. EST via Zoom.

GET MORE INFO & REGISTER: anandaleeke.com/events

#vulnerability #mindfulness #selfcare
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
One of the things I have noticed in my journey with vulnerability is that creativity has always been a lifeline of support for me. With everything that is going on in the world, I've been tapping into my #creativity.

How are you facing & embracing your vulnerability?

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Creativity as a lifeline to facing, embracing, learning from, & moving forward with vulnerability
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November 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
As you can tell, I am super excited about my #SigmaGammaRhoSorority's 103rd Founders' Day.

Watch the video to hear my #SGRho reflections. youtube.com/shorts/GOkeq...

#OneSigma #sgrho1922 #greaterwellness #greaterservicegreaterprogress
Reflections on Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.'s 103rd Founders' Day
YouTube video by Ananda Leeke
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November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Since it's #SigmaGammaRhoSorority Founders' Day, I'm celebrating my Leeke family's #SGRho legacy that includes my mom Theresa B. Gartin Leeke, great grandmother Florida Jones Leeke and great grand aunt Lillian Jones Brown.

Read blog & learn about these amazing #SigmaGammaRho women. wp.me/pqY7b-2WN
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Celebrate Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority's 103rd Founders' Day and listen to one or more of the nine episodes of A Cultured Pearl's Legacy Podcast which features my mother and #SGRho Soror Theresa B. Gartin Leeke sharing her #SigmaGammaRho reflections and lessons learned.
open.spotify.com/show/6tQ10ml...
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Happy Heavenly 103rd Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Founders’ Day to my mother and Soror Theresa B. Gartin Leeke!

Mommy, thanks for bringing #SigmaGammaRhoSorority to my life! Thanks for being my #SGRHO Mother, Soror, Mentor, and Loving +Wise +Well Ancestor!

#OneSigma
#GreaterServiceGreaterProgress
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Join me in celebrating my mom and loving + wise + well ancestor Theresa's heavenly 86th birthday.

This year, I wrote a poem for Mommy.

Watch the video to hear it.

youtu.be/hnanGRDhZzQ?...

Enjoy!
Celebrating My Mom Theresa Leeke's Heavenly 86th Birthday with a Special Poem (11.10.25)
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November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
SOMETHING BIG IS HAPPENING THIS MONTH!

My debut spoken word album, Thriving Mindfully As Theresa's Daughter will be released on November 20.

Join me for the virtual listening party on November 20 at 3 PM EST/8 PM GMT (UK).

RSVP: anandaleeke.com/album

#ThrivingMindfully #spokenword #poetry
November 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
You can and must find ways to SUSTAIN YOUR LIVING during these interesting and intense times we are living in.

How do you SUSTAIN YOUR LIVING now? Is anything getting in your way?

Need help? Watch my video and learn what I had to say about sustaining my living. youtu.be/pqibIN8vIsI?...
Thriving Mindfully - 6 Months to 60 - Lesson #6 Sustain
YouTube video by Ananda Leeke
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October 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Indigenous Peoples Day is every day I get to live and honor and call on my loving + wise +well ancestors like my great-great-grandmother Francis "Fannie" Daniel Thomas. She was a wife, mother, hat maker, seamstress, and midwife. I am grateful for it all. I am grateful for her ancestral presence.
October 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Are you reading any great books that inspire you?

I read and keep coming back to "What Art Does" and "A Short History of Back Craft." They remind me to keep creating and experimenting.

The other creative books are a few of my favorites that I like to look at when Spirit moves me.

#creativity
October 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Are you learning a new language? What language?
What made you study it?

I love learning Brazilian Portuguese because of my deep connection to Afro Brazilian spirituality, people, art, and culture. I've been taking in-person and virtual classes since April. Traveling to Salvador inspired me.
October 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
How do you define yourself? Earlier this month, I found a video of me reading a poem, "How Do I Define Myself?" that is included in my book, "That Which Awakens Me" (2009) during a book talk I gave in 2010. May it inspire you to define yourself based on your beliefs.
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Ananda reads poem about defining herself from her memoir, "That Which Awakens Me" in 2010
YouTube video by Ananda Leeke
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October 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Are you moving too fast in your life?

You get 1,440 minutes each day.

Give yourself one minute to SLOW DOWN.

BREATHE. BE STILL. NOTICE WHAT'S HAPPENING.

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Watch the video & find out about the lesson I learned about slowing down.

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#thrivingmindfully
Thriving Mindfully - 6 Months to 60 - Lesson #5 Slow
YouTube video by Ananda Leeke
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October 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Welcome a new day!

#thrivingmindfully
October 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
May we all take a moment to turn within and give thanks for who we are today.

#thrivingmindfully
October 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
October 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Looking for tips on how to use journaling to practice being vulnerable and taking great care of yourself?

WATCH MY THRIVING MINDFULLY WITH JOURNALING WEBINAR.

youtu.be/FNlxocuCVPk?...

#journaling #vulnerability #vulnerable #selfcare #wellness #wellbeing #mindfulness #thrivingmindfully
Thriving Mindfully with Journaling Webinar
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October 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#Journaling has and continues to be one of my favorite and cost-effective ways to practice self-care and be #vulnerable with myself.

Do you journal?

How does journaling support you?

#selfcare #wellbeing #vulnerability #thrivingmindfully #wellness #growth
October 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I've been playing the music of jazz musician, Bill Evans. His meditative composition, "Peace Piece" that he recorded in 1958 has kept me company as I practice my serves on the tennis courts, write in my journal, and relax at home.

VIDEO: youtu.be/1u8C6_fA594?...

What #music are you listening to?
Peace Piece - Bill Evans (1 hour long + sound of stormy rain)
YouTube video by Hello Stranger
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October 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM