blooming in black
Summary: ever feared waking up one day and realizing life "just happened" to you? that you took the safe path instead of the one that felt right – the one that brought you most joy? If so, we've got a story for you. a few, actually. blooming in black shares stories of real black women unapologetically building lives they love. our goal is to show not just how she did it, but simply that she did, which means you can and you will too.
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what if we said f*#ck the blueprint? you know the blueprint, right? the life path you’ve been taught to take, the safe way, the “way everybody does it.” in this episode, we create space to ditch it completely, and consider what you’d want instead. we’ll talk through a simple question you can use to tear down blueprints in everyday moments and tips for building life with a blank canvas.
we’re back ya’ll! today we’re digging into something we know ya’ll lil ambitious behinds deal with – how to strive hard for the life you want...without missing out on deeply, fully enjoying the life that’s right in front of you. we dive into one question and a simple reminder you can use to ground yourself and find balance when you feel off-center.
in this episode, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we ask how showing up as our fullest selves – in even the small moments that seem unimportant – is part of continuing the fight Dr. King and so many others started. we walk through one approach to help us show up more fully, and more freely, in those small moments that our ancestors sacrificed for.
in this episode, we’re breaking down how to tell the difference between your inner voice based in fear and your inner voice based in deep, unwavering knowing. as we make our goals for this new rotation around the sun, it’s critical for us to ask ourselves – am i making this goal because achieving it will truly fill me up, or am i making it out of fear? we walk you through a simple exercise that helps you ensure your goals are guided by that inner voice that always knows the path to abundance.
brittany josephina started a blog on self awareness, self development and spirituality. by her sophomore year of college, it had 20,000 followers, including diddy and the kardashians. she began hosting workshops for universities and had a full time coaching practice by the time she graduated. last year, she left the same digital space that catapulted her to success. she used that year to prioritize herself. in this episode, brittany shares the simple, realistic ways we can put ourselves first, every day.
we’re grown. and that comes with a lot of grown folk to-dos – finishing that work report, doing laundry, paying bills, etc. but do you ever hit the pillow at night and wonder, did any of those to-dos help me experience what matters most to me? am i just busy instead of being busy with the things that actually fulfill me? in this episode, we talk about how to use the “at the end of the day” question to trade some of those to-do list items for true fulfillment items.
do you ever sit back and say, “wow, things are going well for me right now….all these things i’ve been working towards are coming to fruition….i bet something’s about to go wrong.” it’s that “nobody can have it all, this is too good to be true” mentality. in this episode, we dive into where that fear comes from and how to deal with it by asking, and acting on, one question: “why do i even care?”
we’re back with another different type of episode for us – digging deeper into the things we go through as women designing lives we love. today’s topic – what do you do if you feel called to do something, but you’re doubting if you’re the type of person who can do it? we dive into one specific way to deal and share a few tips for protecting yourself from that doubt daily.
what happens when you're knee deep in adulting, you look around and you find yourself asking: "is this it for my life?" going to work, scrambling to fit in a little life in the evenings, then doing it all over again tomorrow – is that IT? we do a little something different in this episode and explore this question, along with one simple approach that may just move us toward more fulfillment, right now.
soleil laurent is a young black woman who leads a rock band. she’s been called the n-word, accused of pretending to play her guitar, and told she’d never make it more times than she can count. but her story isn’t about that. it’s about how she’s using her music to show people their power. about how she hustled to make her dream happen, gained a huge, loyal fan base along the way, and almost ended her career and her life while facing depression. soleil went for it. and hasn’t stopped. listen to l
as a black woman who’s a child of immigrants, people questioned diana morris’ accomplishments all her life. “are you really so smart, or did they admit you to this school to meet a quota?” “are you really that good at your job, or do they just need to ‘celebrate diversity’?” not surprisingly, this led diana to doubt too. when she lost the one thing she knew she was great at, she learned some things that changed her and the way she handled every doubt after that.
ariell johnson was going through it. she’d suffered a huge loss and was feeling lost in her own life, crying every day but unsure how to change. she took a chance, and did the thing she never thought she could. it saved her and created a safe space for a community.
when the steve harvey show offered miana melendez a job, she got the career opportunity of a lifetime. a few months later, she got fired. she gave herself one year to transform her life and find a way to live abroad while pursuing her passions of personal branding and spirituality. today, she lives in a beach community in mexico where she runs her own business as a spiritual brand coach. yeah...she did that. in our very first "bloom class" episode, find out each step she took to make it happen.
at 21, doctors told devri she had a 40% chance of seeing her 31st birthday. but she had dreams to follow. see how she’s writing her own story and refusing to put an expiration date on her life.
eight years ago, mecca woods was crying every day, forced to start from scratch, raising a child on her own, and feeling totally lost. she found herself through an unlikely source, then used that source to build a booming business. see how she did it.