As a spiritual being who is creative and who desires to live (and is living) a creative life, I need affirmations and prayer that affirm those parts of me. 

What I've shared on today's podcast are from a book that's absolutely changed my life:

The Artist's Way. 

We should all know Monique Taylor.

With her list of credits, she almost certainly has produced a show you've watched or heard of.

Monique knows how to create compelling tv that keeps audiences wanting more seasons and we're getting into how she does it on this episode of Creative Women Wanted.

Monique Taylor has worked on shows like:

• The Wendy Williams Show
• The Steve Harvey Show
• Bethenny 
• Cake Boss: Next Great Baker
• The Chew
• 90 Day Fiancé
• 90 Day Diaries 
• Selling Tampa & more!

In this episode, we talk about:

• What it was like working on early MTV unscripted shows like Next 
• Why 90 Day Fiance is such a phenomenon 
• What it's like to produce a show like 90 Day Fiance
• How the developed the story for season one of Selling Tampa 
• If there will be a season two of Selling Tampa
• The pressure to produce a season one show with all Black cast
• What she's excited about when it comes to unscripted tv
• What she wants to see more of in unscripted tv

We also get into what she's watching, loving and her secret YouTube obsessions. 

If you like this episode, please rate and review it. Please also subscribe by clicking the follow button on your podcast app. 

My 33rd birthday is coming up and I am more excited than I've ever been.
My spiritual practice is deeper than it's been.
I'm more self-aware.
Life is flowing.

In today's episode, I talk about:

• How I've learned to feel more safe in my skin
• Why I used to have a hard time creating joy in my life (I used to feel so guilty)
• How I'm dealing with life's challenges differently 
• What I'm expecting more of in my 33rd year
• How I've created more flow in my life 
• Why I do this podcast
• & What to expect on next week's episode

My birthday is August 11th and the perfect gift would be for you to rate and review this podcast. I'm so serious - best present! 

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@therealdiamonde

Being a woman rapper is very different than being a rapper. Being a Black woman rapper - a totally different thing. But for us Black women,  the hotties, the icy girls, the city girls, it's the rap girls that are giving us the lingo and the anthems we need year round.

When we want to twerk, it's Megan, it's Caresha, it's Big Latto. When we want to vibe, it's Syd Jones, it's Doechii. And with the help of social media, we not only love their music, but we are growing to love the women themselves.

Issa Rae's newest project, Rap Sh!t, gives us the behind the scenes of this world, this life of being a rap girl and today, I'm speaking to one of Rap Shit's writers, Nina Gloster-Burrell (@writeher) who has a deep passion for stories about Black women. You'll find out more in our conversation.

In today's episode, we talk about:

• How she made the decision become a writer 
• What it takes to be a writer’s assistant 
• A behind the scenes perspective on Rap Sh!t’s Shawna and Mia’s friendship 
• How the writing team approached episode four of Rap Shit
• HBOMax’s smart, viral and uber creative Rap Sh!t marketing tactics
• How she’s managing motherhood and self-care in this season of her life
• The Set It Off: Reimagining 
• Her secret YouTube obsession

and more! Enjoy my conversation with Nina and if you like this episode, please leave a review and rate the podcast. 

Diamondewilliamson.com 

I've been watching some great television lately and I have been itching to talk about them all so on this episode, I'm talking about five shows/documentaries that have been keep my attention.

• 1:43 Issa Rae's Rap Shit (HBOMax) 
• 6:02 Real Housewives of Atlanta (YouTube TV)
• 8:18 Big Brother (YouTube TV) - Go Jasmine! 
• 10:36 D. Wade: Life Unexpected (Disney+)
• 14:35 The Captain (Hulu) 

If you like this episode, if you're watching what I'm watching, go ahead and rate, review and subscribe to the podcast by hitting the "follow" button. 

Your review helps me continue to grow our community of Black women who create. 

Cheers!

As creatives, as freelancers, having an entrepreneurial mindset is super beneficial. 

Whether you're on the hunt for your next gig, have a side hustle or are interested in what it looks like to be a full-time entrepreneur - one of these six shows will definitely speak to you!

#6 would have to be my favorite on the list and the most transformational for me and my career.

If you like this episode, if you're watching what I'm watching, go ahead and rate, review and subscribe to the podcast by hitting the "follow" button. 

Your review helps me continue to grow our community of Black women who create. 

I really don't. 
Like "success", it's one of those words that we all get to define for ourselves but I just don't believe in it's use for the creative journey. 
I don't think it's possible. 

Danehsia Ferguson is a Producer with an extensive storytelling and creative background. The girl knows how to tell a story, produce a moment and produce talent that is both new and established. She's so skilled, ya'll. Imagine: in one minute she can produce Wendy from RHOP and in the next minute, she can produce a scene with Tracey Ellis Ross. TALENTED. 

Her credits include:

• Ready to Love on OWN
• Relatively Famous on E & ya’ll ready for this..
• Real Housewives of Atlanta (the current season which I am really enjoying)
• Real Housewives of Potomac 
• Real Housewives of Atlanta: Porsha’s Family Matters 
• AND Kandi and The Gang. 
• She also has a new show coming to Hulu called Hair Tales and my favorite girl, Oprah is in it. My girl is on another level. 

Danehsia and I talk about what it likes to bring humanity and emotions and consideration to this work because these stories aren't just happening. They are produced and Danehsia produces differently. I'm so excited for you all to hear this episode. 

Danehsia's Instagram: @danehsia 

I spent 2014 - some of 2021 supporting the entrepreneur in me. The business woman. The CEO. 

So my focus was income. By almost any means necessary. 

2022 has been all about supporting the artist in me. The creative. 

So my focus is creating a life a love with art as my North Star and an understanding that income (wealth) will always follow. 

Which is why I made the decision to move to LA. 

The emotions, the changes, the lessons I've experienced since moving out here *two weeks ago* are shaking things up in a way I couldn't have planned for. But this is what is required of me to build a life with my art at the heart. 

The Creative Women Wanted podcast is for the creative Black woman and will featuring stories of creative Black women and on this episode, I want to share more of my story. What it's like in real time to make sacrifices for the creative life. 

If you're ready to make some sacrifices or do things differently for the sake of your purpose and passion, this one is for you.

In episode I talk about how:

• My art afforded me the opportunity to move out to LA
• I am dealing with missing my people 
• I am figuring out what to do next 
• My human design is helping me live differently 
• How I made myself feel small at a networking event 
• I am working on my confidence 

Cheers to the sacrifices! They will always end up worth it. 

Selling Sunset is the new standard for real estate reality.

In this episode, I am talking about The Selling Sunset and:

• What I liked about previous seasons
• What I wanted more of these last two seasons 
• What I hope for in seasons 6 and 7