This was truly a self-care love language interview treat for Queen Beauty!

On this episode of the Queen Beauty Podcast, Quan and Elise sit down with creative powerhouse Pria Showalter, founder of Mood by a Millennial and author of A Safe Place to Land, for a kee-kee-filled heart talk on adulting, healing, and redefining success when adulthood feels like the most ghetto place on Earth.

Mood by a Millennial is a community all about being unapologetically YOU while navigating the chaos and beauty of adulthood. Pria shares how her platform moves from kee-kee to kumbaya moments and turns real talk into real connection no matter where you are on your lifelong journey.

Tap in for laughter, lessons, and a little self-care for the soul.

Connect with Pria and Mood by a Millennial:
💌 Join the community: moodbyamillennial.substack.com
🛍️ Visit www.moodbymillennial.com to grab A Safe Place to Land and get a signed letter from Pria herself!
📲 Follow @moodbymillennial on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest for your kee-kee to kumbaya fix.

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🎙️✨ This Week Was One for the Books! Queen Beauty Podcast had the amazing opportunity to record LIVE at The Race Weekend 2025 in Atlanta, GA! 🏃🏾‍♀️🎧

Tune in as we dive into the importance of self-care for all our Busy Bees and Entrepreneurs 🐝💼 and how prioritizing yourself directly impacts your ROI (Return on Investment).

Our incredible hot seat guests? 🙌🏾

Businesses: Be Light Compression, PWRHER’D, Daka Vitamins, Angie O’Neal Designs, Automate your hustle, Pro Blk Health Vitamins

Audience: Dr. Ayana Abrams, Anisa Palmer (I Will Survive), Wynette Strain, Brittani Hill

Each one either owned a business or juggled 5,000 activities whether volunteering, managing, and making magic happen in their communities! We learned how they cope, deal, decide, and push forward to endure it all. 💪🏾Whether you’re a Busy Bee or an Entrepreneur, you’ll walk away with gems to apply in your own life.

A huge THANK YOU to The RACE for letting us be part of the world’s largest Black and Women-Owned 5K & Half Marathon Race Weekend! 🖤

If you missed it this year, make sure you’re there next year to witness Black Excellence in full bloom; from the music, food, and vendors to the unity, energy, and inspiration that fills the air!

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This week on Queen Beauty Podcast we deliver The State of Self Care Address. We break down what it really means to mind your business. Is it your Q4 goals and priorities or protecting your peace from the world’s constant drama. Ignoring your own well-being is the real tone deaf trap.

Plus we share what is next for Queen Beauty as we head to The Race Half Marathon and 5K in Atlanta, GA for a live podcast feature.

Join us live at The Race Expo for a special Queen Beauty Podcast session on Friday, October 3rd. Register now at www.theraceuc.com. Hurry as the event is expected to sell out!

How many tabs are open in your life? In this episode, we dive into how physical and mental clutter affects clarity, creativity, and mental health.

Learn when to "dry erase" or "shut down the tabs" in your life that no longer serve you for a better, more focused YOU!

Sure, rest is important...but let’s talk naps.
The car nap. The couch nap. That “let me close my eyes real quick” before an outing nap. And ultimately… the “I’m a Lady” nap (cue the Shanaynay Martin voice). These are our nap confessions and we're giving naps the love they deserve. Lately, friends and colleagues have been talking naps, so we decided to dive in. In this feel-good episode, Elise & Quandras take a “soft life” and hilarious dive into the most sacred form of millennial self-care: the nap.

What We’re Talking About:

• Why real rest = real heart health
• Favorite and unusual nap spots
• The Appetizer Nap vs. The Pre-Game Snooze
• Sabbath vibes, no guilt required
  

In Episode 3 of our self-care series, we’re digging into the emotional layers of love and legacy pressure from teenage love to the quiet unraveling of marriage as seen through Netflix’s Forever and Four Seasons. These shows gave us a mirror, and we’re using it. The perspective shift for self care was Love ≠ Control.

What We’re Talking About:

• * How decision-making in relationships can feel easy… until it isn’t
• * The quiet cues: body language, silences, and the small shifts that break a marriage
• * When love starts to feel like pressure instead of protection
• * Carrying legacy dreams that were never really ours* Parental love or control? Where’s the line?
• * Why sons get grace and daughters get judgment

In our Self-Care Mini Series Part 2, Elise and Quandras dive into the parental pressure cooker inside Netflix’s Forever, where generational expectations, parenting styles, and real-life emotional safety collide.

We unpack:


• Parents Just Don’t Understand moments the Forever Netflix Series
• The Sex Tape Scandal: consequences, double standards & accountability

•  When your dreams ≠ their dreams

• Quandras' Real-World Self-Care Parenting Practices


• The Serenity Prayer and real parenting grace

We’re back, Queen Beauties! In this episode, Elise & Quandras kick off our self-care mini series with a deep (and hilarious) dive and perspective shifts inspired by two powerful Netflix gems: Forever and Four Seasons. In this episode, we are unpacking the emotional curveballs of friendship, friendship fatigue, and emotional boundaries!

We’re talking:

• Being the "always-there" friend (and the burnout that comes with it)
• How “It hurts me when…” became our ultimate boundary-setting prompt
• Emotional shifts, self-awareness & friendship perspective

• Why love doesn’t equal overextension
• And yes… we’re side-eyeing those Four Seasons friendship trips 👀

🚨 New year, new goals… but WAIT! Before you go full speed ahead (or hit that burnout bump 😩), let’s talk about your ENERGY! 🏁✨

Are you overcommitted? Spreading yourself too thin? In this episode, we’re checking in on our 2025 vision, making sure we’re aligned, and figuring out what to pause, delegate, or gamify to stay on track.

💡 Key gems we’re dropping:
✅ Keep your goals intentional
✅ Audit your energy to avoid fractured focus
✅ Tap into your community—your people might have the answers!
✅ Use AI (yes, ChatGPT too!) to get unstuck
✅ Make goal-setting FUN (a little competition never hurt nobody!)

🔥 Special Mentions:
TSP Conference – Gems were dropped at the TSP Gameplan 2025 & we’re bringing them to you! (Shoutout to Lamar Tyler 💼📈 - Watch the recap HERE)
Canva – Because we love a good visual for our vision! 🎨
ChatGPT – Your AI bestie for getting unstuck! 🤖
CoCo Chanel Brand It Holistically – The owner is making big moves as a social media content mogul
Book of the Month: Speak by Tunde Oyeneyin – A must read for stepping into your power 📖
Harlem Final Season streaming now – Because self-care includes binge-watching our faves! 📺

🎧 Tune in now & let’s make these goals HAPPEN! Click the link & catch us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify & more! Visit our website at https://www.queenbeautypodcast.com/

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Kick off 2025 with co-hosts Quandras, the Queen of Moments and Movement, and Elise, Queen of Connections and Vibes, as they explore how to embrace an unlimited mindset for the year ahead.

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