Happy New Year!

A lot has happened since the last episode, and I'm very excited to record again and hit the ground running for 2025.

I begin the episode by sharing some highlights of my trip to Portugal, then continue by discussing my decision to delete my personal Instagram (14:55), and end with sharing 2025 resolutions (32:34). I hope you listen to the end.

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Welcome to the final episode of the year! I'm really happy to get to this point and thank you all who have listened to this podcast, or found me this year and stuck around! I appreciate it more than you know. We will resume new episodes January 15th, 2025.

At the top of the episode, I talk about making a list of your accomplishments. This can help put things in perspective when you feel like you got nothing done during the year, which was something I was contending with myself (8:38). Secondly, we discuss Chapter 8 in All About Love, where community is a focus, and how our relationship to it informs the importance we place on relationships vs. friendships (27:21). I hope you listen to the end.

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Happy December!

With just a few more weeks in 2024, I wanted to share an essay I wrote for a competition that was not selected, but I love regardless, and felt many Black women could relate to (7:14). Before starting the essay, I talk a bit about how "rejection" can sting at first, but so often it is meant to push is in a new direction and open us up to opportunities we may not have even considered. I hope you listen to the end.

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A lot of us have gone through a myriad of emotions in the aftermath of the US Presidential election. I start the episode by reflecting on my thought processes over the last week, and how I plan to prioritize my mental health through the transition and beyond.

Later on in the episode I talk about Megan Thee Stallion's documentary on Amazon Prime and some key takeaways from what she shared. I hope you listen to the end.

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Happy November! I'm excited to come back with a new episode to start the month and kick off the holiday season. At the top of the episode I talk about some changes I've made to my appearance, like getting braces for the second-time and installing micro-locs. I follow-up with encouragement to prioritizing taking care of how you look if you feel moved to do so! When you look good, you feel good.

The second segment of the podcast focuses on my thoughts about Tia Mowry's new show, Tia Mowry's My Next Act, and lastly I close by discussing chapter 7 in All About Love titled Greed: Simply Love.

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I decided to take an impromptu break from recording, but wanted to highlight an episode from the Letters and Layers Podcast archives that I think is relevant for this time of the year. We're entering into the fall in the US and sometimes folks have some difficulty adjusting to the colder weather and shorter days. I thought putting a spotlight on a past episode where I discuss my tools of mental hygiene might be helpful. It was originally published March 1st, 2022. I hope you listen to the end.

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Happy October! We are well into the fall season -- for many people, this is often a time of transition, which is also the case for me, as I've decided to transition my hair into microlocs, and begin the episode talking about getting to this point. The second segment of the episode focuses on chapter 6 of All About Love, themes of love and power, how that affects how we relate with each other, and what we can change (12:05). I hope you listen to the end.

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I started this episode by sharing a personal breakthrough I experienced last week around the relationship with my father (4:34). Then after, I took a deeper dive into some of the lessons from the last episode (22:09). I hope you listen to the end.

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