Triggered AF

A doctor of computer engineering and finance, FinTech founder, author, and lender, Roshawnna Novellus has stepped into spaces where no one looked like her and changed the game! And not only for herself but for others as well, deploying working capital to women and people of color to help them grow their businesses. But how did she do it?!

Tune in as Roshawnna shares the mindset and energy that allows her to do things differently and urges you to quiet the noise and learn to have faith in yourself.

"If you know who you are, no one can ever take that from you."

KEY POINTS:

- Why determination is what separates success from the rest

- Removing the noise and finding who you are

- The obvious gaps in women's empowerment in business

- Pouring into other's cups as well as your own

- Do you always need to accomplish more?

- Who are you outside of what you do?

QUOTABLES:

"I think a lot of us always are immersed in the noise of people's opinion, of what other people are doing. And now with social media, I think it's really important to practice mindfulness strategies so that you know who you are, and what's important to you."

GUEST INFORMATION:

Roshawnna Novellus

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In this episode, Alechia and Dani let you in on a little bit of girl talk and discuss the topics that may not always be politically correct on air. And today's gossip is all about red flags!

From thin eyebrows to a lack of effort, tune in as your hosts share their yellow cautionary flags and the red flags that send them running for the hills.

KEY POINTS:

- What do you do when you see a red flag?

- Tough love does not mean abuse!

- Why do we make excuses for people's lack of effort?

- Is it difficult to be happy for others when you're not happy?

- Gaslighting and love bombing

QUOTABLES:

"It's important for women to be able to identify red flags and also identify what your reactions are and if that is the healthiest reaction to when you see a red flag."

"I think it's a red flag when somebody always wants to point out what's wrong with you. And then never what's right. That is a red flag, and it's not out of love. We have to come out of this mindset that people who love us are cruel to us."

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We have been socialized to base our value on our labor and titles. We've been told we always need a check-point plan, and when it comes to rest…we must earn it! But in this episode, frolic facilitator, global equity strategist, and connoisseur of all things excellence, Cici Battle, is here to debunk these myths and remind us that we are worth so much more than the bare minimum!

So how do we change what we think we deserve? And how do we prioritize rest and play, or frolic culture, in our lives? Tune in to your Triggered hosts and Cici Battle to find out!

KEY POINTS:

- What is frolic culture?

- Is frolicking a fantasy or are our priorities skewed?

- When the pandemic sparked Cici's mindset shift

- Re-evaluating and overcoming grind culture

- How can we incorporate frolicking into our daily life?

- Stop shrinking yourself! Become your own culture creator!

QUOTABLES:

"What are you doing? I'm frolicking. And that meant I was chasing my hope, my wholeness. I was chasing my joy, and I wasn't chasing any accolades. I wasn't chasing any visibility. If it felt good in my spirit, that's what I did."

GUEST RESOURCES:

Learn more about Cici Battle and join the #FrolicFam!

thefrolicculture.com/frolic

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IG | instagram.com/thecicibattle

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How does financial education specialist and CEO of Empify, Ashley M. Fox, make breaking generational curses and building generational wealth sound so easy? Or is the real question: who told you it had to be hard?

In this episode, your hosts have the necessary but often triggering conversation around money and why we aren't positioning ourselves to leverage it in the most positive ways.

Tune in as Ashley M. Fox shares the secrets she learned working in the finance industry, why being a Black female is one of her biggest assets, and her 3 tips to get financially secure and abundant.

KEY POINTS:

- What attracted Ashley to the financial industry?

- Being a Black woman in a male-dominated industry

- How to win against a system built for you to lose

- Why Ashley makes it sound so easy

- Building wealth - where do we start?

QUOTABLES:

"Yes, the system is not designed for people to win. However, you can win in the system. You just have to know the rules."

"You don't attract what you want. You attract who you are. You have to become the person with money before the money comes."

GUEST RESOURCES:

Ashley M. Fox

www.empify.com

IG | instagram.com/_ashleymfox

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With the pandemic and all the things everyone's been going through these last years, it's often hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. And some of us have even more experience with hardship and trauma, but is it an excuse not to live a full life?

Tune in as certified plant-based chef, fashion designer, cannabis specialist, travel enthusiast, and jane-of-all-trades, Unique Matthews, joins Triggered AF to talk self-care, loving your inner child, and setting up your life to make sure you can show up as your highest self. Because there's no better opportunity to rebuild and create what you love than after a storm.

KEY POINTS:

- Reframing trauma into a fabulous life

- How to stay present and grateful when life gets hard

- Are you honoring yourself?

- Why being selfish is a good thing

- Ask yourself: What do I need?

- Giving your inner child the experiences they never had

QUOTABLES:

"Brushing my hair so it can shed, doing my nails, and cutting my cuticles - I want to scrub my body and remove all things negative. Because if I feel like I'm carrying something negative, then I'm gonna attract it. I want it all gone."

"After a storm, after everything is destroyed and messed up, it's literally the perfect opportunity to rebuild and to create things how you want them to be."

GUEST RESOURCES:

Unique Matthews

Eatinncheat.com

IG | instagram.com/eatinncheat

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Are you open to making new friends, or are you singing Drake's "No New Friends" song on repeat? Well, in this episode, your host, resident friend-maker, and professional collector of good people, Alechia, shares her tips for intentional friend-making and why it is so important to find your tribe.

From evolving friendships to how to make new ones, tune in and take a deep dive into friendship with Alechi and Dani!

KEY POINTS:

- Do you know how to make new friends?

- How do you turn a connection into a friendship?

- Check up on your friends!

- Are you afraid of rejection? So are they!

- What are your levels of access?

QUOTABLES:

"There is a world and a space and a place where there are just genuinely really great people. And because you've cut yourself off from that you also cut yourself off from the possibility or the opportunity of meeting and connecting with some really, really dope people."

"Sometimes you're forming such close and deep connections with people that you've known for three months that ended up being deeper than people you've known for three decades."

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Whatever the goal may be, it can be difficult to stay the course when things start to fall off the edge or the reality does not look like what we envision. We may even focus too much on the end goal or get distracted by where other people are on their journey. So how can we fall in love with the process, even when things get uncomfortable?

Tune in as visionary and entrepreneur Garrett Brown shares his journey and methods to get through the overwhelm. From fasting to learning to sit with yourself to letting go of what no longer serves you, don't miss this look at Garrett Brown's journey and how we can apply what he learned to navigate our own.

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KEY POINTS:

- Learning to love the uncomfortable parts of your jour journey

- Methods to push past the hard times

- What is the character of your tribe?

- The inspiration and birth of "Love Your Journey"

- How to love a reality that does not match your vision

- Garrett's tips to help keep you going

QUOTABLES:

"I always say and believe however the journey feels is how the destination will feel."

"I think it's so important for people to start to be really honest with themselves and not envy and look at somebody else's plate and feel like oh, I need that on my plate."

GUEST RESOURCES:

Garrett Brown

IG | instagram.com/gb_king_fsc

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Connecting over the dopest conversations while getting her nails done, your triggered hosts welcome global mogul and nail goddess D'Marie Sambolin.

While D'Marie has taken nails to a whole new level, in this episode, this power trio tackles an extremely sensitive and uncomfortable conversation - skin complexion in the Black community.

So what does it mean to be light-skinned? Or part of the African diaspora? Is there an intentional divide? Does colorism exist within our community? And why are we so focused on getting "chosen" before choosing ourselves?

KEY POINTS:

- What does it mean to be Black?

- Is light-skinned privilege real?

- Do we fetishize complexions?

- Racism vs colorism

- Why the battle between Black and Latinx women?

- Playing the "pick-me" game

QUOTABLES:

"It's like a cage that we automatically put people in depending on how they naturally look."

"We don't emphasize and congratulate or pedestal certain people. And then we wonder, well, why are we not being chosen? We don't even choose ourselves sometimes!"

GUEST RESOURCES:

Find more about D'Marie Sambolin at:

IG | instagram.com/iheartdmarie

nailgawdbydmarie.com

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Many of us get so used to executing, we rarely take a moment to take stock and see if what we do aligns with our spirit or lights our soul on fire. So what do we do when we realize that the path we've taken is not actually how we want to get to our destination?

Tune in as the founder of Black Professionals Network, Kenasha Paul, joins your triggered hosts, sharing her journey carving out her own path and helping Black professionals connect, as well as provide solutions, business equity, and access.

Creating an ecosystem for legacy builders, Kenasha dares you to sit down with yourself long enough to find what you are good at, where you thrive, and what opportunities align most with your soul.

KEY POINTS:

- How did Kenasha create her own lane?

- Reimagining her credentials as a lawyer

- Why create a network specifically for Black professionals?

- The importance of social capital

- "Love is fleeting, but vision is forever."

- Stop doubting your vision!

QUOTABLES:

"Challenging does not mean delayed. It doesn't mean that you're not going to get to the destination. This is something that is reminding you, do you really want it and an invitation to go harder."

"I saw that my education experience taught me that social capital weighed far more than education."

GUEST RESOURCES:

Follow Kenasha Paul on social media!

IG | instagram.com/kenasha

IG | instagram.com/blackprofessionalsnetwork

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Welcome to season 5 trigger-happy fam! Alechia and Dani are back for all things magic this season as they host more provocative, thoughtful, and uncomfortable conversations triggering us to keep moving forward!

And your triggered hosts don't hold back as they pose some difficult questions to kick off the season - Has mediocrity become king? Are we a world of enablers? What happens when our best isn't good enough? And are we really giving 100%?

Tune in as Alechia and Dani get real about "doing your best," yes men, hardwired habits, and when it's okay to be selfish. Because on the journey to figuring out what our best looks like, we have got to get honest!

KEY POINTS:

- Your best is not always good enough

- Be honest - did you really do your best?

- Does your tribe hold you accountable?

- There can't be growth without discomfort

- Is mediocrity the new best?

- Why it's okay to be selfish (sometimes!)

QUOTABLES:

"I do think that we need to start honoring and telling the truth about, hey, this wasn't my best. I did what I had to do. And my goal is that I can do better and be better moving forward."

"We have decided that mediocrity is what our best looks like. And the moment you accept that your mediocre mess is what your best looks like, you have literally decided to accept a life that is a lot less than what you deserve and what you're capable of."

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