Get ready for a heart-warming, thought-provoking journey in this special episode of The Mirror Year, where your hosts bare their souls through seven transformative questions that will reshape your approach to 2025. From belly laughs over shared victories to vulnerable moments discussing tough lessons learned, we dive deep into what made our past year tick and how we're crafting an intentional path forward.

Listen as we unpack the experiences that lit us up, the challenges that taught us resilience, and the surprising self-discoveries that changed our perspective. Our candid conversation reveals how different two paths can be, yet how universal the quest for growth and fulfillment truly is. You'll hear concrete examples of what we're leaving behind, embracing, and carrying forward into 2025 - and trust us, some of these answers will surprise you.

Everyone experiences being in a rut and it's hard to break out of a rut alone. In this episode, Yvette and Ericka discuss the importance of building a support system to help you on your journey. They also share their insights on the benefits of accountability partners, mentors, and community support. It’s our hope that by listening you’d find something that could give you an idea to try or what we share resonates with you to let you know you are not alone. We all find ourselves in a rut sometimes. “What lies ahead of us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when you bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen.” - Henry David Thoreau

In this episode, Yvette and Ericka tackle the topic of imperfect starts and how to use the power of imperfect starts to change your life. “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” - Denis Waitley

It’s Women’s History month and today is actually International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is Embrace Equity. In addition to celebrating the countless contributions and achievements of women throughout history, in this episode, Yvette and Ericka discuss the importance between equity and equality and how actualizing both can change the world. “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” — Michelle Obama

It’s Black History month and while Black History is officially recognized in the month February, its actually a longstanding history filled with firsts, innovation, science, medicine, architecture, engineering, art, music and sports. And such a rich and life changing history should be celebrated EVERY SINGLE DAY! In this episode, Yvette and Ericka highlight a few Black people making an impact. "The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression." - W.E.B. Du Bois, author and activist

Before we kick off Season 4, we wanted to go back and replay one of the highest rated, fan talked about episodes from Season 3, Your Tribe. So, take a listen and we will be back with a whole new Season 4 soon!

Wow, that was quick! It’s the end of 2022 and we’ve come to the final episode of Season 3. In this episode Yvette and Ericka recap some of the major happenings of 2022, reflect on their year and what they have in store for 2023.

“The bad news is that time flies, the good news is that you are the pilot.” – Michelle Altshuler

Being comfortable in one’s own skin takes a long time, decades some say even a lifetime, but it’s well worth it. In this episode Yvette and Ericka share their views on the importance of being OK with being alone – alone with one’s thoughts, feelings, emotions and self. “Me, myself and I; all I got in the end – Beyonce Knowles”

By definition, microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of color. Perpetrators of microaggressions are often unaware that they engage in such communications when they interact with racial/ethnic minorities. In this episode, Yvette and Ericka share how microaggressions affect them and share how, when and if they handle them.

“The phrase “be realistic” used in any form is a microaggression.”