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My friend Grace is on the podcast with me today.

If you missed episode 89, we spoke about fitness, food, being vegan in the military and more, so make sure you check that out to get the background on Grace.

That being said, today we’re talking about DEBT. 

A few years back, Grace and I were hiking together and she shared with me that she had recently paid off all of her credit card debt. As someone on my own financial wellness journey, I was so interested to hear what strategies she used and how long it took her. We ended up talking about it for so long, that when I started the Money Series, I knew I had to ask Grace to come back on the podcast to share her own story. 

This episode is full of such valuable insight from Grace about debt, building your credit, and home ownership. But what I love about this episode is that it’s so relatable. Grace’s debt didn’t come from a lack of income; her debt grew over time due to predatory credit card companies, lack of education around credit payments, and subtle overspending.

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When I first started my business and creating vegan content online, I spread myself SO thin trying to use all the platforms and do all the things at once. I didn’t have a strategic plan when it came to my content and guess what? After years of doing this, it drained my energy, wasn’t boosting my bank account, and led to burnout. 

I felt like I was putting so much into my business without having my finances reflect it.

That’s why on today’s solo podcast episode, I’m sharing with y’all the four things I would focus on if I were starting all over from day 1 in growing my business! 

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Les is the founder and host of Balanced Black Girl, an online wellness community and podcast focused on health, wellness, and self-care from the perspectives of Black women. She started her first blog The Balanced Berry in 2014 to share her love of fitness and nutrition with others. After years of feeling dissatisfied with the lack of diversity in wellness content shared on large platforms, she pivoted to create Balanced Black Girl in 2018. Balanced Black Girl provides content and experiences empowering millennial Black women to live their healthiest lives. 

While this conversation is mostly focused on the business side of Balanced Black Girl, we of course also cover some great wellness topics and strategies that might inspire YOU to create more sacred spaces in your own life. And what I really love about this conversation is that even if you aren’t a content creator, podcast host, or online personality, the lessons that Les speaks on are universal. As Les shares in this conversation, “Wellness is a constant dance.”

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If you want to hear from a seriously multi-talented (I’m talking singing, acting, cooking, and more!) person about living vegan–this episode is for you! 

Today on the podcast I have Joi Liayé (@veganwithjoi) here to share her vegan story, inspirations, and about her life in Los Angeles pursuing her passions.

Joi Liayé is a vegan actress and singer from Detroit, MI and is based in Los Angeles. She also hosts the talk show, The Vegan View on Youtube with episodes airing every Monday. She began her vegan journey gradually over the years by removing meat out of her diet in high school, becoming a pescatarian and ultimately becoming vegan in 2011.She shares her love for vegan food and lifestyle on her instagram Vegan With Joi. She is passionate about uplifting people in her community, specifically young girls and women. 

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A new episode in the MONEY SERIES is live!

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With the Money Series, I’ll be bringing in guest experts to focus on all things finances because, as you’ve heard me say, you can’t have wellness without financial wellness.

Today I’m joined by Phillip Dancy of Dancy with Money to talk about SO many valuable financial topics to help you get on track with not just saving your money but growing your money and wealth too.

Philip’s main goal is to help young professionals (but ultimately everyone) establish a strong financial foundation through one-on-one coaching and providing articles on various financial topics all while helping them turn steps into strides.

Phillip’s financial mindset really began in college after moving off campus and having to pay for rent and school tuition. He quickly realized that by wisely budgeting and paying himself first, he could pay for his needs without having to struggle through school and work at the same time. He ended up saving enough money from his 3 month internship to pay off an entire year of school due to his saving strategies. 

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Hey y’all! As you know, I’ve been focused a lot more on sharing with you what I’m learning as I’m learning it–whether that’s health, finance, or business focused. 

On this solo episode of the podcast, I wanted to talk about how I started and grew my YouTube channel to over 50,000 subscribers years ago and what I’m doing now to get back to creating videos consistently. 

Over the past several months, I’ve noticed that you all are asking more about how to start a YouTube channel than how to start a podcast. I get it, YouTube may come across more glamorous and exciting than a podcast AND as I’ve mentioned in previous episodes, YouTube is great for creating long-term evergreen content that people will see for YEARS to come (I’m still getting comments on videos I posted 5 years ago!).

As you know, I absolutely love doing my podcast and using it as a way to connect with you all and share other people’s stories, experiences, and vegan strategies. But YouTube is really a peak into my own life, what I’m cooking, and what tips and tricks I want to share with people.

So if you’re at all interested in what it takes to start and grow a YouTube channel, I hope you find this episode valuable and that it gives you a good idea of what my own journey has looked like. And if you’re not yet subscribed to my channel, don’t be shy– find my YouTube channel here and click “Subscribe” so you can follow along on this journey with me.

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This week we’re back with a new guest interview all about plants and sustainability with Farmer Nick! 

Nick is a “plantrepreneur” who is passionate about all things green. As a full-time plant coach, urban gardener, and landscape designer, Nick’s mission is to give people the knowledge and confidence they need to create their own green spaces in the pursuit of environmental action and social justice. Nick has more than 100 clients in NYC + LA and has been featured in the NY Times, Vogue, Food Network, Business Insider, Goop and the Netflix original series "The Big Flower Fight”.

In this episode, we chat about:

• How learning to cook as a child is a privilege that makes living vegan easier
• Nick’s favorite childhood meals he immediately learned to veganize
• Beginners steps for growing your own food at home (hint: grow things you want to actually eat)
• Why you need to grow pollinator-free plants inside
• The importance of farmers, human rights, and land rights in sustainable food systems
• How human rights are underrepresented in the vegan community
• How to take your first step toward a more sustainable lifestyle
• Avoiding the sustainability rabbit hole by choosing what you can control
• Nick’s favorite brands for sustainable personal care items
• What is a plant coach and how Nick got started in this line of work

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Chile 

This week’s solo episode is completely unedited, raw, and honestly vulnerable so if you tune in, thank you for being here and listening! 

Y’all know that I don’t ever want to be overly negative, and if I am feeling down, I always want to present it as a lesson learned or end it with a solution. This week, I wanted to just hit record and document how I’m feeling in life and business at this very moment. I’ll be upfront, I don’t bring a solid solution to this podcast, but it did feel good to process my thoughts out loud and in sharing, I hope maybe one of you in this community will feel seen and understood as well.

I’ve talked before about my past struggle with anxiety and depression and how they were once so crippling that it was impossible for me to show up consistently in my work. In fact, this year is one of the first times I’ve been really consistent in creating new content, showing up every week, and staying on track in my business. I even did my first live workshop last month which felt valuable and rewarding as hell! I hired a team (a podcast and YouTube editor and an assistant) for the first time and have been marking off goals left and right. I’m doing things now that I wrote about wanting to do back in 2017.

That being said, I’m experiencing a complete WTF moment where I feel like I have NO idea what the hell I’m doing. Being an online entrepreneur and influencer comes with its perks (I talk about this in this episode) but it also comes with some serious pits full of self doubt and confusion. 

In this episode, I’m getting vulnerable with how I’m feeling in this current moment and talking about:

• How fluctuations in income make working online feel uncertain
• My frustration with my current financial situation
• My previous struggles with mental health and how I’m struggling right now
• Feeling a lack of purpose and confusion about what I’m ‘supposed’ to be doing
• Being consistent in my business and still experiencing the lows
• How even the people who seem to have it all together really don’t

As always, thank you for tuning in and sharing these moments with me. I know better times are ahead but I feel like it’s important to not just share a highlight reel of business and to be transparent with what I’m going through.

 

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Destiny and Brianna bought their tiny house on wheels in January 2022 and officially moved into it in April 2022. They are currently living in Portland, Oregon and plan to move their home again within the next 3 years. 

As a young, Black, queer couple, finding an affordable and safe space to live was a top priority and going tiny was an important investment for them. They enjoy traveling and going tiny allows them to explore different cities while not having to worry about finding a place to live. 

Lez Go Tiny was created to share their experience within the tiny movement and they plan on making resources for other BIPOC looking to go tiny. 

In this episode we are talking about:

• Choosing a tiny home over van life
• Destiny & Brianna’s experience planning for a tiny house build
• The process of finding the right tiny home builder and what the process was like
• Financing options and unexpected costs associated with tiny living
• Different state laws that affect where you can live in a tiny home
• How tiny living can be more economical than purchasing a full sized home
• Whether tiny living is worth the hype and the pros and cons of tiny houses
• The most stressful part of the tiny home process in Destiny’s opinion
• Vegan cooking in a tiny house kitchen and how it changed Destiny’s cooking process

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• Want to go vegan or already have but aren't sure how to actually get started on the right foot
• Know the benefits of eating plant-based but have no idea how to make this lifestyle simple, easy, and long-lasting
• Feel like no one in your family understands veganism and you need structure and support to get started
• Are scared to call yourself 'a vegan' because you might need to take it one step at a time and don't want to 'mess up'.

This will be a virtual opportunity to work with me and get 2 hours of support from a year vegan who started out JUST like you: scared to fail, overwhelmed by making a huge lifestyle change, and needing a solid PLAN.

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