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Season 4: Episode 10: Farewell Episode 

This episode is my last one for this season and the last one for The Things We Don’t Want To Talk About. I reflected on what’s coming up and what I am grounding myself on for this season and what you all can look forward.

Thank you for the all time spent listening to my podcast and I wish you all well for a long time!

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In this episode, I focus on reflecting on who we are at the core as it relates to core values, beliefs of self, facing our shadows etc. I pair this focus with analyzing “The Vanishing Black Family” documentary to bring attention to how our views of struggle, deficit mindset, lack of accountability, and integrity shows up in our relationships we have with others as it is a direct reflection of how we treat ourselves inherently. I provide insight, challenging questions, and various ways to think about what we need as a society to better show up for ourselves.

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In this episode, I dive into the topic of meaningful connections, empathy, friendship, relational poverty, and more. I reflect on how the health of our relational connections directly affects our mental and physical health as I pair the lessons from “What Happened To You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Dr. Perry and Oprah Winfrey. I provide insight on how resilience and character is built on the journey to healing through social connection and why we all are desperately in need of finding true connectedness through community.

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In this episode, I dive into one of my favorite conversations which is talking about self-awareness and how to become more introspective. I reflect on a text I have been reading “What Happened To You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Dr. Perry and Oprah Winfrey. Reviewing what happened to us is more important than asking what our problem is. I was able to reveal some of the things I am unlearning, wanting to change, and how the small action steps I take lead to growth. Most importantly, in this episode I give advice on what it would look like to practice being more intentional and self-aware in your own life.

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In this episode,I dive into the conversation of money and our limiting and affirming beliefs as it relates to how you view money and why. As a Black woman from Detroit in her 20s, I talk about how our family structure, financial status, and our position in the world affects what we choose to associate money with. I use this episode as a way to talk about my childhood, financial debt, and the changes I have made to shift from what I always knew to be true to where I really want to be in life!

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In this episode, I highlight the issues educators are facing, Black & Brown youth being behind academically, the lack of support and resources being left out the conversation as the school year around the United States is coming to an end. I reflect on my positionality as a Black woman educator and one who is from the city of Detroit and the changes that have been seen in the last 10 years. This episode sheds light on the state of our community and helps people who are not aware to understand a demographic of people and places that is in desperate need of change so that a better future can exist.

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In this episode, I dive into a very vulnerable conversation about my childhood growing up and exploring the mental and emotional trauma I’ve experienced as a child in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. I reflect on where my need to feel seen, accepted, and heard started from and how it shows up in my adulthood experiences. I look back on my parental protection, lack thereof, and also thinking backwarsd as to how growing up fast has implicitly showed through my over-ambition, need to prove, and the fight to re-invent myself. This episode is for all those who are learning and unlearning the stories that have been told since childhood.

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In this episode, I have an intimate conversation with my friend Josh a.k.a. “JayDeantae” on how we keep up our faith when our back is against the wall. Today we are in conversation about our mental health, domestic violence, the idea of being “too down”, having faith when that is all we have, life, and more all while Josh talks to us about being proven not guilty after facing 35 years in prison! Tune in to hear about how we end up in so many situations that leaves up choiceless and ultimately voiceless in our journey of life. 

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This episode dives into a great topic I’ve been wanting to be explore: cathexis versus love! Cathexis is the act of investing mental or emotional energy in a person, object or idea and often confused for love in so many of our intimate and non-intimate relationships. Breaking down the real meaning of love in this segment, I challenge all to reflect on how they have received and/or not experienced real love, trust, and reciprocity in their lived experiences. 

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This episode starts the beginning of Season 4! In this episode, I highlight the new changes that have taken place, focusing on doing hard things to have a better life, and learning and unlearning. Listen in as I dive into life the past 8 months and what is to come for this new season

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