You don't have to wait for people to "get it."

In this episode, Nikki breaks down how boundaries are not just protection. They're instruction and a relationship building tool.

You'll learn how to set clear, loving limits that interrupt and correct the conditioning that says you owe everyone access to your time, energy, labor, or care.

Whether you're navigating burnout, people-pleasing, or generational patterns of self-abandonment, this episode will help you build relationships rooted in mutual respect and finally stop teaching people that you'll tolerate less than you deserve.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣

Where do we go from here?

• To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com.
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You've been avoiding your cousin's problematic Facebook rants all year and now you're sitting next to them at the dinner table.

This episode is your go-to survival guide for holiday gatherings where silence feels safer but you refuse to turn down the volume on your values.

Nikki shares her signature Confident Conversations framework (1-2-3, A-B-C) to help you lead anti-racist dialogue with family, co-workers, neighbors, and anyone you find yourself in close quarters with this season, even when the stakes feel personal.

We'll talk about how to hold your ground, set intentions, and avoid doing all the emotional labor.

You'll learn how to turn confrontation into connection, initiate and navigate conversations that actually make sense and shift perspectives, and why you don't need to solve everything in one night to make a real impact.

This is how we interrupt harmful and oppressive ideologies without burning everything down. This is how we start building the world we actually want, one dinner table at a time.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣

Where do we go from here?

• To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com.
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In this episode, Nikki Blak is in conversation with Jade T. Perry — a spiritual practitioner, mystic, and founder of The Mystic Soul Project — about what it really means to tend to Black wellness at the root.

This isn't about high-vibe affirmations or aesthetic altars. It's about building real spiritual technologies for people on the margins.

We talk about:

• How to make spiritual practice more accessible to Black folks living with chronic illness, trauma, and the everyday violence of white supremacy

• Why mysticism and justice work must be integrated

• What Jade means by "spiritual reclamation" and how it looks in real, tangible action

• How we can honor our ancestors while still disrupting inherited spiritual harm

• The importance of sacred rest, ritual hygiene, and political clarity in spiritual spaces

Jade doesn't give you soundbites. She gives you systems. Systems for care, for accountability, for co-liberation. Together we name the ways white dominance creeps into spiritual spaces and how to reclaim them with intention, clarity, and care.

This episode is a reminder that mysticism isn't just for those with time, money, and the astethic rituals. It's for those who need it most. And it's one of our most potent tools for personal and collective survival.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣

Where do we go from here?

• To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com.
• TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki
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Black mysticism is ancestral technology.

In this episode of Interrupting Everything, Nikki Blak is joined by Sanyu Estelle, an Claircognizant Soothsayer and Spiritual Strategist whose work blends personal truth, ancestral memory, and rigorous intuition.

Together, they talk about what it means to live a mystic life rooted in integrity, responsibility, and radical self-honesty.

They unpack:

• How spirituality gets co-opted and watered down by capitalism and how that shows up in white-led spiritual spaces

• The difference between convenience-based mysticism and committed spiritual lineage work

• Why Sanyu doesn't believe in "gatekeeping" but does believe in sacred boundaries

• How she uses tarot and archival research as portals into past lives and future strategies

• The liberatory power of re-authoring your spiritual identity as a diasporic Black person

This conversation is layered. Nikki and Sanyu Estelle talk about mysticism as a lifestyle, not a hobby. They name what gets lost when spiritual work is decontextualized from Blackness. And they center the practices that pull us back into our bodies, back into our bloodlines, and back into power with, not power over.

If you've been feeling called to deepen your spiritual practice beyond the trends, or if you're unlearning the whitewashed narratives that separate spirituality from justice, this one's for you.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣

Where do we go from here?

• To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com.
• TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki
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What happens when Black women reclaim the divine from white supremacy and return prayer to its rightful place—as a tool of remembrance, resistance, and radical liberation?

In this sacred and searing conversation, Nikki Blak and Bossy Bruja explore what it means to decolonize prayer and reclaim God to expand spirituality beyond the image of the old white male deity.

Together, they dismantle the colonized theology that taught Black women to worship their oppressor and reveal how prayer, when practiced through a womanist, African-centered lens—becomes a living praxis of liberation.

They discuss:

• How Black women have always been the theologians, prophets, and conjurers of freedom

• Why white dominance and patriarchy distorted our relationship with God

• The spiritual and political power of naming God in our own image

• How daily devotion, journaling, and solitude can return us to divine alignment

• The difference between begging for change and becoming the prayer itself

This episode is a homecoming for the spiritually-rooted and politically-awake.

It's a reminder that God has never been distant, neutral, or white and that Black prayer is both strategy and spell for collective freedom.

Where do we go from here?

• To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com.
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In this episode, Nikki Blak calls out the rising trend of "race-neutral" activism that refuses to name whiteness, and exposes why that confusion is not accidental.

From the misuse of "moral courage" to the collective amnesia about what racism actually is, we unpack how whiteness hides behind language of unity, neutrality, and "humanity."

If you've ever found yourself wondering how so many "liberation spaces" still end up centering white comfort, this episode will make it plain.

It's time to stop confusing individual courage with systemic change and remember that anti-racism — and collective liberation — still requires naming whiteness, always.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣

Where do we go from here?

• To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com.
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In the final part of this foundational 2-part series, Nikki Blak dismantles the confusion surrounding what racism actually is and replaces it with a definition that's clear, powerful, and impossible to ignore.

Missed Part 1? Go listen to Episode 45: "How Racism Created Race." It lays the historical foundation for this conversation.

Nikki explains why racism is not about intentions, slurs, or "being nice." Unless we're naming what it actually is, we're wasting everyone's time.

In this episode, Nikki breaks down:

• Why state-sanctioned and extra-legal violence are both central to how racism works

• The myth of "reverse racism" and why impact—not feelings—matters

• How "racializing projects" operate (i.e., the ways that institutions and policies assign meaning to race)

• Real-world examples of structural racism messing with every sector (housing, law enforcement, healthcare)

• Why intent is a distraction, and what real intervention must look like

• How liberation work changes when we act from structural definitions rather than surface ones

• A 5-question "Is this racist?" checklist that dismantles confusion in real time

This is not the "Racism 101" you're used to. This is a structural breakdown for people ready to confront how white dominance shapes policy, language, and the way we live — or die.

Subscribe, share, and come back for what's next.

This two-part series is the foundation of Nikki's anti-oppression work — and a resource you'll come back to again and again.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣

Where do we go from here?

• To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com.
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In this episode, Nikki Blak takes listeners back to the basics — but with a clarity and depth that most "anti-racism" conversations never reach.

Despite 5 of protests, DEI trainings, and bookshelf makeovers since the racial reckoning of 2020, too many people still don't understand what racism actually is. That's not an accident. It's by design.

This isn't a surface-level chat about being "nice" or having "bias." It's a masterclass on race as a political project and racism as its operating system. And before we can move forward in any liberatory work, we've got to get the definition right.

In this episode, Nikki breaks down:

• Why race is a fabricated social construct, not a biological fact

• How racism predates race and was used to justify colonialism, enslavement, and exploitation

• Who benefits from our confusion about race and racism (hint: it's not the most marginalized)

• Why "colorblindness," mixed babies, and diversity statements are not liberation

• The only definition of racism that matters

This episode is dense, necessary, and long overdue. Whether you're new to this work or have been "listening and learning" since 2020, it's time to stop debating the obvious and get on the same page.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣

Where do we go from here?

• To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com.
• TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki
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In this episode, Nikki celebrates the 5-year anniversary of leaving her "mission-driven" 9–5 to become a full-time entrepreneur. What started as a leap of faith turned into a deep dive into self-liberation, sustainable business, and what it really means to build work around justice, in action, not just a mission statement.

Nikki shares five hard-won lessons from her journey—lessons about unlearning grind culture, untangling self-worth from productivity, and building business practices that reflect her values as a Black woman committed to collective liberation.

This episode is for anyone dreaming of more freedom, but especially for those navigating the tension between survival and sovereignty.

In this episode, Nikki unpacks:

• How white supremacy hides in "mission-driven" organizations

• Why rest is a requirement, not a reward

• The difference between making money and defining success

• How "doing it all" is a trap, not a flex

• What it means to build a business that doesn't require code-switching, shrinking, or assimilation

Whether you're still clocking in or running your own show, these lessons are an invitation to reimagine your labor, your leadership, and your liberation.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣

Where do we go from here?

• To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com.
• TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki
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In September 2020, at the height of a global pandemic and racial uprisings, Interrupting Everything host, Nikki Blak made the decision to walk away from her corporate 9-5 job.

On paper, it was the "responsible" path — salary, benefits, unlimited PTO — but safety under capitalism is a scam.

What she wanted was something no company could offer: full access to her own time, labor, and freedom.

This episode shares the story behind that pivotal moment: what it took to leave, why 2020 made the choice even more urgent, and how reclaiming her labor opened the door to joy, creativity, and collective liberation.

This story isn't just about one person quitting a job. It's about the courage to question what we're told is safe, the audacity to imagine more for ourselves, and the reminder that liberation is possible even in chaotic times.

Tune in to hear what it looks like to choose self-determination over exploitation and why reclaiming our labor is a collective act of resistance.

Special thanks to Def Sound for providing the theme for Interrupting Everything.⁣⁣⁣⁣

Where do we go from here?

• To learn more about what you heard on the podcast today, visit nikkiblak.com.
• TAP HERE to work privately with Nikki
• TAP HERE to subscribe to the free weekly email series Resourcing a Revolution for more exclusive content
• Follow Nikki on IG: @nikkiblak