unmasked

I turned 30!! And I am truly so excited about it. In this episode, my friend Kara and I talk about what we learned and wish we would have known in our 20's, and what we are looking forward to being in our 30's! We cover everything from career, to body image, to fashion, to dating, to new ambitions and dreams for ourselves. It was a lot of fun to chat about and we hope you enjoy listening! 

I know we are well into February, and I'm not trying to bring up thing of the past of to trigger any sort of PTSD but... remember 2020? What a year. Kara and I reflect on the year and talk about the perspective that maybe 2020 didn't actually suck, that perhaps it was what we gave our attention to, is what shaped how we thought and felt about the year.

Rashidat is not someone who intentionally puts on a mask, instead, she felt like she was being chased by someone who wanted to put a mask on her.  She had been labeled as too intense, too direct, and cold. But there was something inside of her that fought back and said, "But this is who I am. Why do I have to be somebody else?" Something needed to change, but she was determined to be who she. 

The current events going on in America with fighting for equality, bringing awareness to a flawed system, and different facts that dont coincide with each other, and flood of political opinions, reminds me a lot of my time in the Middle East. Things are not always so clear cut, a lot of the time we have to live in the gray area; the messy middle. We have to experience our way through change. And when we are changed through experience that is when revolutions happen.

Such an interesting, unprecedented, and confusing time we live in right now with the Coronavirus in our world. I know we talk a lot about "unmasking" on the podcast, but in this episode we will be talking about how we are doing with our new masked reality. From whats been good, to whats been hard, mental health, and how to continue to move forward when we feel stuck. Hope you enjoy it! 

I am stoked to introduce to you my awesome friends, whom I look up to so much- Tina and Chris Ferry. With 18 years of being vowed to one another, you can imagine the different seasons and challenges they have had to overcome. They share with us their secret sauce of how they have made their marriage work with this interesting concept called, negotiating. Chris and Tina share what that looks like to negotiate, and how they have defined certain roles within their marriage, to continue to commit, work together and love one another. They also speak on why they think marriage is so important and vital to stick it out in the long run. Hope you enjoy!

Welcome back to the Unmasked Podcast! Here we are with Season 3, and I am so dang excited to kick this off again and come out with new stories from amazing people. This first episode of Season 3, I have a very special guest with me, and that is my mom! I like to think my mom and I are kind of like the show Gilmore Girls in a sense where I was a surprise, and she was a teenager when she found out she was going to be a momma. You'll hear what it was like for my mom to raise me as a young 18 year old, what she went through and our journey together of having a super close relationship, to going through a really rough patch were we were not speaking and grew apart, to now navigating a mother adult daughter relationship. You'll hear the good, the bad, the ugly, but also the beauty of mending what was broken. Hope you enjoy!

Wrapping up Season 2, and bringing in the new year with inspiration, empowerment and a fresh start, with these highlighted episodes! Tune in to hear a break down of each one! 

Instead of having a guest come on and share a part of their story, my friend Cheryl and I talk what it can be like during the holiday season. Though its supposed to be a joyful time of year, it can feel overwhelming, stressful, and sometimes lose sight of being present and just get caught up in the doing. We talk about why sometimes this season is dreaded and just a time we are trying to get through, and we have some insight and encouragement to help you along the way. I hope you enjoy! 

Kyle shares in his story what it meant to take a leap of faith by leaving everything he knew, and everything that was comfortable, to do something completely different and embracing the unknown. What I love about this is conversation is it speaks straight from my heart as well. I love hearing stories about how someone, despite fears and worries of what could happen, they take the risk anyways and find out the reward was greater on the other side.