We're bringing in 2024 celebrating ur Renaissance expereince where two friends join Joy to discuss the power of community, gratitude, and what Renaissance means to Black womanhood and more.

PLUS....we're hosting our FIRST in-person event: The Empower Your Vision Board Pop-up!! Join us on January 20th in Charlotte, NC and register at https://bit.ly/joyfullyblackvision

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In this special pre-holiday episode, psychiatrist Dr. Tanya A. Royster joins us to unravel the intricacies of festive season emotions. Together, we explore the crucial importance of self-care, especially for women, during this bustling period. Dr. T shares expert advice on managing family expectations, recognizing signs of holiday-related stress, and the heartfelt reminder that sometimes, just being present is the best gift of all.

We delve into the rejuvenating power of crafting new traditions and the essence of proactive planning to ensure a smoother, joy-filled season. Dr. T also sheds light on the true spirit of giving back without overwhelming oneself and offers compassionate guidance on navigating the poignant challenges of grief and loss during festive times. Tune in for a heartfelt conversation filled with actionable insights to make your holidays both joyous and mindful.

What To Listen For

• 9:55 The importance of self-care during the holidays, especially for women.
• 14:16: How to proactively manage family expectations or holiday discomfort 
• 15:55: How to know when you’re experiencing holiday-related stress
• 19:21  Understanding that your presence is the present
• 23:20: Create new traditions 
• 25:20: Plan ahead to make your holiday season easier
• 27:33: How you can still “give back” with less stress
• 29:43: How to navigate grief and loss during the holidays
• 34:35: What Dr. Royster creates space for in her life

Where to Find Dr. T

Instagram: @drt4abetterworld

Linkedin: Tanya A. Royster, MD

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Books + Resources Mentioned:

From My Soul To Yours podcast

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I'm Every Woman by Whitney Houston

Fight Song by Rachel Platten

On today’s episode, Joy sits down with Kimberly Michelle, a two-time breast cancer thriver and owner of the breast cancer apparel boutique, Au Revoir. She speaks candidly about leaning on her faith, the significance of mental health, and the continuous need for support even after treatments. Dive into Kim's journey as she moves from being a misdiagnosed cancer patient to an advocate and beacon of hope for many.

What To Listen For:

• Navigating having a mastectomy at 36 years old
• How to support loved ones with cancer
• The myth of the perfect patient
• What nourishes Kim's soul

Where to Find Kimberly Michelle Wyatt:

Website

IG: asurvivorslife_36

Resources Mentioned:

The American Cancer Society

Reach To Recovery: Breast Cancer Support

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Join host Joy as she takes you on a captivating journey through her experience at the Essence Festival, a celebration of the Black culture, music, food ,and more.

This week, Joy shares the top three lessons learned from the festival. From the power of sisterhood that transcends boundaries to the choice of either letting statistics paralyze or motivate you, and the importance of honoring one's unique gifts, this podcast episode explores the transformative potential of unity, resilience, and self-discovery. Tune in toas Joy highlights the incredible experiences and lessons she gained from this empowering event.

Resources Mentioned

• 2023 Essence Panel - A Celebration of Legacy: The Color Purple
• Mama Glow

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On today's episode, we speak with a go-to therapist on setting boundaries, Monque Williamson. If you've ever been ghosted, considered ghosting someone in your life, or want to get better at establishing clear bounderies with people in your life, then this is the episode for you.  Through her experiences as a psychotherapist, she took an interest in encouraging others to try new paths to find balance and improve their overall wellness. Over the past 8 years, Monique has impacted hundreds of lives as a therapist and CEO of Enriched LLC.  

Join us as we talk personal rules of engagement, minconceptions about boundary setting, and what to do instead of going full ghost on people in your life.

What to Listen For:

• 1:47 Identify personal rules of engagement
• 2:45 What are the most difficult boundaries to set?
• 5:45 Strategies for boundaries when it’s an unfamiliar practice
• 7:47 Monique's framework for setting boundaries with families 
• 15:00 Misconceptions about boundary setting
• 17:41  What is the difference between a boundary and not wanting to take a certain action
• 19:27 Tips on how to avoid overexplaining when you want to say no to someone
• 21:42: Monique’s path to establishing boundaries
• 33:10: When boundaries become the need to cut someone off
• 35:05: What is sunsetting and using it instead of ghosting
• 37:00: Recommendations for sunsetting relationships

Where to Find Monique

Facebook: www.facebook.com/becomingenriched

Instagram: www.instagram.com/becomingenriched

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/moniquewill1

Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/becomingenriched

Books + Resources Mentioned:

The Life Changing Magic of Nor Giving A F*ck and Get Your Sh*t Together by Sarah Knight

TEDx Talk: The Magic of Not Giving A F***

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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Today's guest is Emmy award-winning filmaker, Santana Coleman.

Filmmaker & lifelong storyteller, Santana Coleman, is the co-producer & Impact Campaign Advisor of Emmy-Award-Winning documentary, When Claude Got Shot. Along with a creative partner, Santana is the co-creator of comedy television series, 'Black Girl Training' and she's currently in pre-production of short film The Last Week, where she will serve as writer, director, and producer in her directorial debut.

Join us as we have an honest, no- holds barred conversation on maintaining fortitude while pursuing your dreams, accepting personal limits as self-preservation, and a bit of ki-king on reality tv and urban fiction as an unexpected form of self-care.

Recommendations

• Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter by 50 Cent
• We Over Me: The Counterintuitive Approach to Getting Everything You Want from Your Relationship by Khadeen and Devale Ellis
• Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It by Charlamagne Tha God

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In this episode, Joy has a candid conversation with Tiffany Lanier on navigating and embracing messy life transitions. Tiffany is the leading voice in personal growth, change, and wellbeing. As a Public Speaker, Facilitator, and Founder of The Morning Shift Co, Tiffany helps individuals and organizations initiate personal and collective change through intentional morning experiences that support how they live, lead and work. Tiffany lives by a very simple yet potent motto: Live Purposefully and Lead Consciously. 

Her life motto certainly rings true throughout our conversation. After navigating postpartum depression, launching a business, and a cross country move, Tiffany found herself mourning the loss of her former self and searching for a way to reconcile her new role as mother and thriving entrepreneur. Today she shares lessons on embracing life transitions, how a morning routine changed her life, why she decided to extend maternity leave despite loving her work, and her waiting to exhale moment. We also laugh our way through advice she'd give her younger self.

What  to Listen For:

• Navigating post-partum depression, entrepreneurship, and cross country moves 1:05
• The question that changed her life 6:00
• What led her to rediscover her life during 
• Going through identity death 14:30 
• Coming to terms with new identity after motherhood 14:45
• Strategies for coping with changing role identity 17:17
• Giving grace with transitions 20:13
• The practice of learning to rest 23:03
• Overworking as internalized trauma 26:33
• Making the conscious decision to pause and extend maternity leave 32:35
• Giving herself the opportunity to be present 35:12
• Her “Waiting to Exhale’ Moment 36:40
• Advice to her younger self 42:33
• What she absolutely makes space for 48:55

Where to Find Tiffany:

Website: www.themorningshift.co and livewithtiffany.com

IG: @Livewithtiffany

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanylanier/

Books + Resources Mentioned:

I Can't Wait to Vote by Tiffany Lanier

The Politics of Trauma

Breathwork Certification

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Email: [email protected]

In this episode, we're joined by Nikki Klugh,a highly sought-after award-winning interior and principal designer and founder of Nikki Klugh Design Group. She is NCIDQ qualified, a true color expert, and a member of the American Society of Interior Designers and the International Interior Design Association. 

If you ever wanted to know how to create sacred spaces that spark joy or learn how to prioritize self-care while being a health advocate for a family member, this is the episode for you!

What To Listen For:

• Nikki’s journey to becoming an award-winning designer [01:59]
• The birth of Nikki designing to her senses [05:36]
• The vital elements to make a space feel inviting and tranquil [09:55]
• Common misconceptions when designing sacred spaces [12:23]
• The steps to creating a practical and functional space [14:57]
• Nikki’s self-care journey [16:46]
• Nikki's tips on taking care of her well-being while becoming an unexpected mental health advocate [21:19]
• Resources that helped her as mental health advocate for loved one [27:51]
• How to foster deep joy and excitement [30:05]
• What nourishes Nikki’s soul so much she absolutely for it? [32:33]

Episode Quotables:

• We design our spaces, and then our spaces design us.” – Winston Churchill
• Go and do the thing that makes you happy.
• Despite the forest and briar patches you might be going through, there is something else on the other side.
• What are those things that really satisfy you? Make that happen. Go after it!

Connect with Nikki Klugh:

Website: https://nikkiklughdesign.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkiklughdesign/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkiklugh/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NikkiKlughDesign/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nikkiklughdesigngroup/

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Remember that phrase "A closed mouth doesn't get fed"? This episode is a prime example of how to communicate so you can stop feeling sick and tired and start blooming and thriving. Our guest is Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, an award-winning author, policy expert, serial entrepreneur, and the go-to source for normalizing Black Success, Wealth, and Fulfillment.

In this episode, Dr Avis shares her entrepreneurship journey, how she celebrates and takes care of herself, how to have courageous conversations, and the power of saying “no,” and more.

What to Listen For:

• Dr. Avis's journey from policy to entrepreneurship [02:05]   
• The turning point in Dr. Avis's life that changed everything [05:06]
• Do you take time to celebrate your wins? [07:56]
• How Dr. Avis creates time to pause, reflect and celebrate her wins [10:45]
• The essence of taking care of yourself [12:48]
• Taking care of yourself as a mom [14:40]
• How to have courageous conversations [16:14]
• Who inspired Dr. Avis to take care of herself? [19:57]  
• Where do women get it wrong when it comes to having courageous conversations? The rules of engagement [25:06]
• It is okay to say “no” [31:02]
• What nourishes Dr. Avis's soul so much that she creates space for it? [33:12]   
• What can we expect from Dr. Avis next? [34:37]

Episode Quotables:

• “Things can be lost or broken. But memories last forever.”
• “One of the most powerful words in the English language is no. Use it liberally.”
• “You must express what you want to get what you need.”
• “If my cup isn’t filled, I cannot pour anything out for anybody else.”
• “The nature of humanity is that we are interconnected. You are not meant to do
• everything on your own.”
• “Taking care of you puts you in the physical and mental space where you can become more creative.”

Connect with Dr. Avis :

Website: https://dravismentoring.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dravismentoring/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dravisjonesdeweever/

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We're back with Season 2 and a quick recap about what's been going on since Season 1: India, rethinking yoga, and more! Plus, new segments for this season.

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