Aaron “Smooth” joins Bree for a conversation that starts with boxing and ends up going much deeper.

They talk about Aaron’s journey as a professional boxer, the discipline required to keep growing in the sport, and what he’s learned while building his career. From there, the conversation shifts into personal growth, outgrowing environments, recognizing when people are only meant for a season, and learning not to carry guilt for becoming a different version of yourself.

Aaron also opens up about faith, humility, trusting God through the process, and keeping purpose bigger than accomplishments.

This episode is about more than what happens in the ring—it’s about who you become while chasing what you believe you’re called to do.

Wanting a relationship doesn’t mean I want to be controlled.

In this episode of No Dress Code Pod, I’m talking about the difference between wanting partnership and giving up your independence. I want a man. I want love, companionship, support, and somebody to build with—but I’m still my own person.

Where’s the line between compromise and control? Between considering your partner and needing their permission? Between having healthy expectations in a relationship and slowly losing pieces of yourself just to keep one?

Because I can want somebody beside me without wanting somebody in charge of me.

We’re getting into what partnership looks like when you’re used to making your own decisions, why independence can become a point of tension in relationships, and whether you can truly have both: a healthy relationship and the freedom to still be yourself.

Tell a friend to tell a friend to tell a friend to pull up. 💜

CJ has the questions, Bree has the answers, and Episode 101 puts relationships under the microscope.

This week, the conversation moves through trust, masculinity, emotional intelligence, boundaries, leadership, control, friendship, unconventional relationships, and interracial dating. But instead of looking for easy yes-or-no answers, Bree and CJ get into the gray areas that can completely change how two people see the exact same situation.

How much of a relationship comes down to trust? When does guidance stop feeling helpful? How much should your partner’s comfort matter? And are some of the things we claim to want in relationships harder to accept when they actually show up?

CJ takes the lead and puts Bree in the hot seat for a conversation built around perspective, expectations, and the difference between what sounds good in theory and what you’d actually do when it’s your relationship.

Welcome to Episode 101 of No Dress Code Pod.

Tell a friend to tell a friend to tell a friend to pull up.

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He’s still training, still sparring — but these days real estate’s the main event, and he’s undefeated 🥊➡️🏠 This week we catch up with @sonnymcewenla — still training, still sparring, but real estate is the main event these days. We talk what changed when the deal room became the priority, what boxing still gives him, and what it’s like building a whole new “undefeated” outside the ring.

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If you’ve never been fired, never been broke, never publicly embarrassed yourself — what are you, a kiss ass? This week Bree unpacks her own firing history (it’s a lot), why the right kind of unbothered — the kind you earn by getting fired, broke, and embarrassed and still landing on your feet — beats the fake version any day. Also: cosplaying adulthood, googling how to do your taxes at 29, and the real flex of being a mess and still functioning.

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You already know him from the mirror pics. His wife and him are my official NDC’s Baked Goods taste testers. But we’ve never actually just sat down and talked — until now.

This week I’m sitting down with Isaiah “Zay” Green and we’re getting into the rat race we call life. The blueprint we were all handed, what it costs to follow it, what it takes to build something outside of it, and why most people don’t even realize they’re running a race they never signed up for.

Zay also breaks down his nonprofit Clocked In — and yes, the irony of Clocked In meeting Off the Clockwas not lost on either of us. 😂

This one went places. Pull up.

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Your favorite hoochie Bree is digging into the phrase that makes everyone’s stomach drop: “just following up.” This week we’re getting into CYA culture, the recap-of-the-recap email chain, and how knowing everything’s on record quietly changes the way we talk to each other at work — plus a personal “per my last email” story, Reddit/AITA takes, and a listener submission call. New episodes every Wednesday.

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Part 2 is here. CJ and I are back to finish the conversation we started in Episode 93 — if you missed it, go back and listen first. This episode is the continuation and it picks up right where we left off. No recap, no hand-holding, just the rest of the conversation.

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Juneteenth and Father’s Day fall on the same weekend and I had to talk about it. Juneteenth is finally getting the celebration it deserves — the block parties, the outfits, the BBQs, the culture. That part feels good. But Father’s Day? That one doesn’t hit the same for everybody. A lot of people didn’t grow up with an active, present father — and if you never had it, you might not even know what you’re missing. Solo episode. Tap in.

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