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Goodbye 2025....Hello 2026 · Black Girl Interrupted Podcast

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Speaker 1: Oh, what's up? What's up? What's up? Y'all know it's
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your girl Ash.
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Speaker 2: Bring y'all another episode of Black Girl interrupt that podcast.
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Speaker 1: What's up? What's up?
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Speaker 2: Y'all? How is everybody doing? Let me first jump on
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and say, happy New year.
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Speaker 1: We have made.
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Speaker 2: It into twenty twenty six, y'all. Can y'all believe it? Man,
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I'm still like still trying to take in the fact
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that we just flew through twenty twenty five. Excuse me,
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but I just want to jump on here tonight. Not
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gonna have a really long show, just something quick, maybe
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a little thirty minutes, just kind of give y'all the updates,
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excuse me on what's been going on and what is
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to come for a Black Girl Interrupted for the year
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of twenty twenty six. So anyone that is new that
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has never been here on Black Girl Interrupted the podcast. Hey,
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he love. I appreciate y'all for coming out and showing
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me so much love. Shout out to y'all for just
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the way y'all just carry me. You understand like I
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appreciate the love that y'all give me. Let me not
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get emotional tonight. I promise I'm not because again, this
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episode is not gonna even be long.
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Speaker 1: Enough for me to get emotional.
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Speaker 2: So anyone that is new to Black Girl and World
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the podcast, I always do my mental health check ins
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just to check the temperature. I just want to see
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how everybody's feeling, what's been going on, how has your
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week been? So will jump Let me go ahead and play.
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Like I said, I always show something that's encouraging, inspiring, inspirational,
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and then we'll jump into tonight's show and give you
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all the updates of everything that's going on.
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Speaker 1: So here we go.
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Speaker 3: Commit yourself to stretch, to get outside of your comfort
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zone and not be concerned about what people think about you,
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because they're thinking it anyhow, don't worry about what they
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will say. They already saying it, So what do you care.
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Speaker 4: I hate plans B because we have so many doubters,
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We have so many of those people that's in know
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and you can't do it.
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Speaker 5: That's impossible. That is okay because we just.
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Speaker 4: Turn off as I said earlier, and we listen and
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we hear the no being a yes, you can't do it,
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do it, you can't do it and all that, so
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that that is possible to do that amongst all.
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Speaker 5: The negative people around you. But when you start doubting yourself,
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that's very dangerous because now what you're basically saying is
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is that if my plan doesn't work, I have a
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fallback plan. I have a Plan B. That means that
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you start thinking about Plan B, and every thought that
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you put into Plan B, you're taking away now that
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thought and that energy from Plan A.
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Speaker 3: Decide that that your life has so much meaning to
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the planet. Decide that you have something to give. That's
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why you're here. So you don't just show up. You
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brought something here.
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Speaker 6: You're a journey.
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Speaker 3: You have a destination, mission to achieve, to do, to implement, to.
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Speaker 6: Perform, to experience.
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Speaker 3: Decide to commit yourself to be an adventurer in life.
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Look out on life around you, look within yourself and say,
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where is it in my life that I need to
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make a commitment right now? Where is it that It
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might be for your health, It might be to be
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a happier person, It might be to make a difference
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in your community.
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Speaker 5: It might be that where is.
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Speaker 3: It I say that commitment shows up and the man
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or woman who has some ideas, some dream that they've
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been nurturing within themselves, and no one believed it, no
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one saw it for them that they weren't masters at it,
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they weren't experts at it. No one would build a
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statue and never call their name and recognize, and they
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never made it to the front page of the newspaper.
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But they had something that was there, something that was
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their baby, something that they loved and they believed in,
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and they just did what they could with what God
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gave them with their dream.
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Speaker 6: It is very important to understand and that we function
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better if there is no safety net, because plan B
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becomes a safety net.
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Speaker 5: It says that if.
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Speaker 4: I fail, then a fall and I get picked up
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and I have something else there that that will protect me.
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Speaker 1: All right, all right, all right.
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Speaker 2: So again I always love to do my mental health
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check ins because I want to know how you're feeling.
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Speaker 1: Many of you know that I have.
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Speaker 2: Suffered from depression and anxiety, so I try to make
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it my duty to ensure that I check it on everybody.
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I try to make sure that I'm making sure your
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mental is good and also learning to keep my mental
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in checks. So this is why I do these mental
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health check ins.
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Speaker 1: Again.
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Speaker 2: Shout out to everyone that is tuning in tonight, two
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black girls are up the podcast dropping the comments. Let
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me know how you're feeling. You know, like I said,
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excuse me, it's imperative again, because mental illnesses is real.
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You know, it is a real thing. There are people
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that are sitting in there is suffering in silence because
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they're afraid to speak because they don't want.
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Speaker 1: To be judged.
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Speaker 2: And I say, just be kind to people because you
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don't know what a person is going through. I say
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this all the time every episode. Be kind to people,
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and also learn to be kind to yourself. Give yourself
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the grace, extend yourself to grace.
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Speaker 1: Know that.
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Speaker 2: We make these plans and plan like you know, the
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video said, Plan A may not go through, so you
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have to have a plan, be a plan, see a plan,
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d et cetera. So I want y'all to know that
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whatever it is that you have going on, whatever it
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is that you're working on, I'm proud of you. I'm
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very proud of you, and I love you, and I'm
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rooting for you. I'm cheering for you. I want you
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to win. I want you to know that everything that
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you feel like you're lost. In twenty twenty five, twenty
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twenty four and sold back forth, come back and get
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it in twenty twenty six. You have the ability, you
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know now what to do differently. You know now that
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whatever you've allowed people to take, maybe you gotta come
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and you gotta take it back. You gotta reclaim what
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is maxan water say. You gotta reclaim your time, babe.
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You gotta reclaim that. And you gotta know that it
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does take time. You have to understand it doesn't happen overnight.
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So again I'm gonna say this to you. Extend and
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give yourself the grace. If you fall down, baby, get
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back up. That's the only way to do it. Sometimes.
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You know, I'm learning that sometimes it's just not always
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on my time, but it's on God's time. So I
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encourage anybody, whatever plan that you have set forth for yourself,
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you got this and you could do this. So don't
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worry about what people have to say. Stop being focused
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on well so and so said this.
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Speaker 1: Baby.
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Speaker 2: Let me tell you something, man, when man says no,
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God will always say yes. So remember that. Remember that,
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remember that, remember that, Remember that you have a purpose.
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Remember you are a light. Remember you are a to
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some people. You could be a beacon of hope. I
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don't know, but just know that I'm rooting for you.
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I'm cheering for you. I applied you again. And I'm
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gonna say this, and I say this all the time.
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We don't care about how many times you fell down.
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We just want to know how many times you got
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back up, because you may not get it right the
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first time.
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Speaker 1: And that's one of the things.
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Speaker 2: And I say this because I'm saying this to myself.
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I'm learning that myself is that, no, I'm not where
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I want to be right now, but you know what,
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I'm where God has me in the moment. So I'm
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okay with that.
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Speaker 5: You know.
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Speaker 2: Do I want to be further than where I am, Absolutely,
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but in God's timing. Never on mind, because I noticed
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the last time that I tried to do it on
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my own, baby, don't.
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Speaker 1: Even get me started. That was that was so terrible.
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Speaker 2: But you're live and you learn.
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Speaker 1: So I'm learning to.
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Speaker 2: Learn from those mistakes that I made. I'm learning that, Okay,
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Plan eight didn't work, so let me go to Plan B,
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let me go to Plans SEE, let me go to
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Plan D, et cetera. So that is my little message
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for y'all tonight. But anyway, happy twenty twenty six to everybody. So,
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like I said, tonight is not gonna be a long night.
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I just wanted to jump on and just wish everyone
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a happy new year. I wanted to give you guys
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the updates regarding my husband and things that are going
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on in life and just where the Black Girl Interrupted
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stands for twenty twenty six. So again, y'all, welcome back
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to Black Girl Interrupted the podcast. Like I say, happy
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twenty twenty six. I pray that twenty twenty six is
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as grace is, let me correct, I pray that twenty
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twenty six is everything that you ask for. I pray
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that you get everything that you didn't achieve in twenty
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twenty five. Just know that your time is coming and
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you are special. You are precious, you are worthy, you
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are loved, and you're beautiful and you deserve it all,
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all right, all right? So I got the little mushy
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part out the way. So for those that don't know,
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for those that are just new to Black Girls Wrought
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the podcast, or for those that have been following my journey,
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do know that my husband was diagnosed with stage two
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prostate cancer back in September and he had twelve tumors.
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Initially it was twelve, so now we are down to six.
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He does radiation five days a week and it's exhausting.
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Health Wise, he's good, his mental is good, but it
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is starting to take a toll on him his body,
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so he is a little more tired than normal.
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Speaker 1: And that's to be expected.
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Speaker 2: His last day, we're praying his last day of radiation
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treatment will be January the thirtieth, And even though the
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radiation will be complete, he still has to excuse me,
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take the cancer medication, and then, of course, you know it,
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go back for his scans again to make sure that
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the cancer is gone and that it has not spread
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to any other parts of his body. So that is
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a beautiful thing. I'm so happy for that. I'm grateful
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for that. It has definitely been a journey, not only
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for him but for me. It gets overwhelming at times.
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You know, when you're dealing with a partner that is
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you know, has has an illness, you know, it's hard,
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it's difficult to see them go through it.
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Speaker 1: It's rough.
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Speaker 2: You know, it's overwhelming, And one of the most beautiful
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things is that I'm able to express to him, you
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know how things how it's overwhelming, you know, to see
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him like that and not be able to help him.
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And then the fact that I am working two jobs now,
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but hey, bills don't stop when you get sick, you know, they.
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Speaker 1: Still keep rolling, They still keep going.
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Speaker 2: So I am working two jobs. So I do appreciate
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the love to support, the prayers, the phone calls, the
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text messages.
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Speaker 1: Thank y'all for calling and checking on not just me,
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but my husband as well.
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Speaker 2: So I've already spoken to God and we've declared a
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clean bill of health. So on January thirtieth, my husband
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will be cancer free. I've already spoken that, I've been
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specific in my prayer, so and I'm gonna leave it
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at that. So from my mouth to God's ears, we
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all know what he could do, all right, all right,
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all right, So again I've gotten a little cute, mushy
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stuff out of the way, so I want to jump
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into letting y'all know Black Girl Interrupted will still go on,
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but due to me working two jobs and you know,
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still being present for my husband, I am going to
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scale back doing Black Girl Interrupted podcast to just one
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day a week and it will be on Wednesdays, simply
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because I like Wednesdays, because I like to do my
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wellness Wednesdays. I will if anything pops up, you know,
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anything changes, if any new topics, any new conversations, I
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will definitely be the first to jump on here and
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let y'all know. So, baby, if it's a Tuesday, Baby,
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if I gotta stop and do breaking news, this is
13:48
an emergency episode, That's what I'm going to do. But
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I do want y'all to know you will still be
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getting quality content, although I will just be scaling back
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to one day a week.
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Speaker 1: And it's not it was not. You know.
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Speaker 2: Let me say this because I can talk to you.
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Y'all are my family, you know. Y'all are y'all are
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like my diary, y'all are everything. But I think it's
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just been a little overwhelming for me to do two
14:16
days a week, you know, now that I'm working two
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jobs again, you know, dealing with a spouse that has
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cancer and.
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Speaker 1: Trying to do all of this.
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Speaker 2: So my focus again on those one days that I
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will be here, which will be every Wednesday, I'm still
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gonna give you good quality content. I'm still we're still
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gonna do our praise and worship. We're still gonna do
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our wellness Wednesdays. We're still gonna do our mental health checkings.
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Nothing is going to change where Black Girl entre up
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the podcast other than I will only be live on
14:49
Wednesdays at seven pm Central Time, maybe seven seven fifteen ish,
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just because I get off work at six o'clock, give
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me time to unwind, get my husband said you waited,
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and then I'm coming in here to highlight my family.
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So that is the only thing that is going to
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change with Black Girl Interrupted podcast. Another surprise is Miss Nicole,
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who I had with me.
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Speaker 1: On doing our.
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Speaker 2: Grief session, will be a permanent fixture on Black Girl
15:22
Interrupted podcast. So yeah, as baby, I love that. I
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also want to say thank y'all for the love and
15:29
support for that episode. I am so glad and appreciative
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of the messages that I receive regarding that episode. I'm
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glad that it helped a lot of people in dealing
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with your grief. So I just wanted to say that.
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But going back again, Miss Nicole will be a permanent
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fixture on Black Girl Interrupted podcast, and I just cannot
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wait for you guys to see what we have planned
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for the episodes.
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Speaker 1: That I do have coming.
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Speaker 2: So for this month January, we're just gonna wing it.
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We're just whatever, you know. So next Wednesday, let me
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say this next Wednesday, because that will be somewhat the
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middle of the month, I will be doing my wellness
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Wednesday and a lot of people are like, well, what
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is your wellness Wednesday?
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Speaker 1: I come in.
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Speaker 2: I want to check on your I want to know
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how you are physically. I want to know how you
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are mentally, emotionally, spiritually. That is the day that I
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take the time and baby, I'm gonna pour all into you.
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When I tell you, baby, I'm about to labb of
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you down like Diddy, like uh, like the baby all
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at a Diddy party.
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Speaker 1: Okay, I'm sorry, y'all, I just had to throw that
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little party in.
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Speaker 2: But that's what we will do on wellness Wednesdays. I
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will do that once a month and again that's just
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a check and see how y'all are doing. That gives
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y'all time to post how you're feeling and just have
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fun doing our wellness Wednesdays. Because again, mental health is
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the third leading cause of death amongst black men under
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the age of fifty five. We are seeing more of
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an increase in suicides, and I just want people to
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know that there are people out here that really truly
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care about you, that are really truly concerned about your
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health and your well being. So for the month of January,
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we're just gonna be winging it. Whatever comes up, that's
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what we're gonna be talking about. But again, next Wednesday
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will be wellness Wednesdays. For February that is Black History Months.
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So baby, I'm talking about everything black. We're gonna be
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talking about health care. We're gonna be talking about excuse me,
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health is wealth, you know, taking care of yourself, how
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important it is to go to your doctor's appointments, how
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imperative is for you to take care of your physical health.
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Because you only get one body, you only allow one body.
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You're allowed one life, and when that life is over,
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we don't there's no do overs. So everything Black I
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will be together. I believe for the month of either
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March or April will be Financial Literacy Awareness Months, So
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I will be collaborating with.
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Speaker 1: Some other.
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Speaker 2: People that specialize in financial literacy. Financial literacy, so we'll
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be talking about credit repair, We'll be talking about income tax,
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how to stretch your income tax so you will start
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to see a lot of collaborations on Black Girl Interrupted
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for twenty twenty six. I'm just so proud of myself
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for being consistent. I just want to say to you guys,
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thank you for loving on me, thank you for supporting me.
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Shout out to the mothers, Shout out to the fathers,
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Shout out to you. You know, your beautiful people, and
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I want to know what you have going on. If
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you want me to shout you out, let me know.
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I mean, I see where people will charge you for
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a shoutout.
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Speaker 1: Let me.
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Speaker 2: Let me say this. I support those that support me.
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So if you have a business or you have a
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project you're working on and you just kind of and
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you want to get it out on various platforms, hit
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me up. Hit me up because support is free, you understand.
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And there's enough food on the table for everybody to eat.
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Speaker 1: Another thing. I'm not here to gate keyp.
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Speaker 2: You know, if anyone is interested in starting a podcast,
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or anyone that's interested in anything, and if I feel
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like maybe I can help you, hit me up.
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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying.
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Speaker 2: I can answer any questions, explain to you what I
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did to get started and doing a podcast. That's what
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I'm here for. You know, whether they say each one
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teach one, each one, teach one, you know, so I'm
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here to pass. I'm here to pass the mustard seedson.
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I'm here to encourage someone that is thinking sorry in
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a business or whatever the.
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Speaker 1: Issue may be. I want to support you.
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Speaker 2: You know, if you if you have a clothing line,
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if you have a makeup line. Now I don't now
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let me say this lipstick is all I wear. You know,
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I don't put all the makeup on my face, but
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I love some good lipstick.
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Speaker 1: I think that's all I need, you know.
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Speaker 2: I just I'm fat all of that, so it doesn't matter,
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doesn't make me a bit of difference. I still think
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I'm cute at the end of the day. So and
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I'm hyping myself up, baby, hype me up, Hey, HiPE
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me up. So that's what I'm doing. Let's see what
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else can I tell you that it's going on with
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black Girl interrupted, So AnyWho again, you'll see more collaborations. Also,
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if you have any topics or if there's some news
20:44
that you want to report, hit me up, you know,
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let me post my email address. I need to fix that.
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But black Girl Interrupt that part. Black Girl Interrupt that
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podcast at gmail dot com. Send me an email. If
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there's a topic that you want me to discuss. If
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there's something going on in your neighborhood and you want
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to get it out on other platforms, hit me up.
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I support for free. You understand. I'm not up here
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to charge you thirty dollars for a five, ten, twenty
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second shout out. I'm not doing that.
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Speaker 1: I think that's crazy. I don't not nobody hustle.
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Speaker 2: But again, if you have a brand, clothing line, whatever
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it is, and you want support and you want me
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to shout you out, hit me up.
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Speaker 1: I have no problems.
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Speaker 2: We're doing it because again, support is free. It calls
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zero dollars to share a post to like comment. It
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takes nothing away from you. Your paycheck doesn't change, your
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lifestyle doesn't change. Help somebody, you understand, because somebody had
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to help you. So let's get back. Let's start giving back,
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so again, you will start to again. You'll see more
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collaborations on black Girl in tro Up the podcast. You'll
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see a lot of conversations that some people stay away from.
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Speaker 1: But I'm here to bring it back to the forefront.
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Speaker 2: I do ask that anyone that does come in collab
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and there's a guest with me, I ask that you
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be respectful on the platform. We don't do the disrespect
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over here. I'm not allowing the disrespect. If I don't
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give you disrespect, don't give it to me. In return,
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I'm gonna treat you the same way you treat me.
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So that's how it is over here on Black Girl Interrupted.
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We love one another, We pour into each other. I
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want to see people win. You know, I'm not a
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hater by any means. Again, if I see that you
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have a business I don't have. I don't have a
22:37
problem with liking, sharing, commenting on your posts because again,
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the table's big enough for everybody to eat that. So
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what are you gatekeeping for?
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Speaker 1: I don't know.
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Speaker 2: Maybe I'm just I don't know. Maybe I'm just a
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different person. And God is gonna bless me a day
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in anyway. So I want to be a blessing to
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others because people have been a blessing to me. You know,
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even when I wasn't the best, people have always learned
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and they've been a blessing to me. So what else
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can I say? So again, next Wednesday. Let me know that,
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let me let you know. The time will not change.
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So I will be going live streaming to Facebook as
23:16
well as YouTube every Wednesday at seven pm Central time.
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You can follow black Girl Interrupted on Instagram. I am
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on TikTok. I'm also on Facebook, I'm on Twitter. I'm
23:28
gonna start getting active again on Twitter because there's some
23:32
people I hope to see on my podcast in twenty
23:35
twenty six. So I'm really looking forward to all the
23:38
beautiful things that are to come for black Girl introp
23:42
the podcast in twenty twenty six, because again, my goal
23:45
is I want to do this full time. One of
23:49
the most beautiful things that I can say is I'm
23:50
the happiest is when I'm right here in front of
23:53
this camera, when I'm doing my podcast, when I'm able
23:56
to talk to y'all, when I'm able to then and
23:58
just release every thing that's been on my shoulder for
24:01
the week, or for the day, or maybe even in
24:04
the moment. But I love doing this. So my goal
24:09
is to do this permanently. I do have a couple
24:14
of magazine interviews that I have to do, so I'm
24:17
so excited about that. Y'all can't wait till I finish
24:21
those interview so that way I can post and hopefully
24:24
you guys will share and you'll read about me and
24:28
you'll learn everything that's been going on with Ashley. Let's
24:33
see what else can I tell you, guys? Life has
24:39
just been great.
24:40
Speaker 3: You know.
24:41
Speaker 1: I won't complain. You know.
24:44
Speaker 2: Yeah, God tested me in twenty twenty five, you know,
24:47
but I'm grateful for it because God is preparing me
24:52
for the blessing. So I say that to you that
24:57
your test is almost over. The blessings are on the way.
25:01
You just gotta hold on a little bit longer. I
25:04
know we want it right now, but I also want
25:09
to be able to enjoy what it is that I'm
25:14
praying for. So again, I can't wait for you guys
25:18
to see what is to come for Black Girl into
25:21
the podcast. I can't wait for you to see some
25:24
of the collaborations. I can't wait to see some of
25:27
the topics that you say you want to hear me discuss.
25:31
So again, for the month of January, we're just winging it.
25:35
But next Wednesday will definitely be excuse me, I will
25:39
wellness Wednesday. So come get some love poured onto you.
25:43
Come get some love poured into you. Come get encouraged,
25:46
some come get in powered, you know, be able, Come
25:48
and get uplifted, Because again, I want to see you win.
25:51
I want to see you win. I'm so proud of you.
25:55
I'm proud of you standing tall despite every obstacle that
25:59
you encountered. And again, although I may be talking to you,
26:02
I'm talking to myself at the same time because I'm
26:05
proud of myself. I'm proud of how far that I've come.
26:08
I'm proud of what's to come for me. So I
26:12
say that to you too.
26:14
Speaker 1: I'm proud of you. I'm rooting for you regard.
26:18
Speaker 2: Don't let the outsiders tell you what you can't do,
26:22
because God says you can. You understand, So you just
26:26
keep doing every beautiful thing that it is that you do.
26:30
And I'm rooting for you. I'm cheering for you, and
26:33
I want you to know I'm proud of you. I'm
26:35
proud of you for not giving up. I'm proud of
26:37
you for not throwing in the towel. I'm proud of
26:40
you for following it on with Plan B because Plan
26:43
A didn't work. I'm proud of you for even though
26:46
you fell down you said, you know what.
26:48
Speaker 1: I got this. So I'm so proud of you. I'm
26:50
ecstatic for you.
26:51
Speaker 2: I'm elated for you, and I want you to know
26:56
you're gonna win. And just know that everything that you're
27:01
lost or you feel like you're lost. In twenty twenty
27:04
four twenty five, God is about to give it to
27:07
your baby. He's about to bless you ten times over.
27:11
So be ready for that blessing. Be ready to catch
27:14
that blessing. But also learn to protect your peace. You understand,
27:20
Learn how to tell people no, it's okay, be selfish
27:24
with yourself. In twenty twenty six, put you first. Stop
27:28
putting everybody's problems and issues over you when you're hurting.
27:34
Speaker 1: Take care of you first.
27:35
Speaker 2: And that's one of the beautiful things that I've learned
27:38
in twenty twenty five, and I'm carrying with me in
27:41
twenty twenty six. I'm not allowing any more disruptions and
27:45
that includes family. You understand, so it doesn't matter. I
27:49
don't have a problem with telling family no. I don't
27:51
have a problem with telling my friends no. I don't
27:53
have a problem with just telling people no. Because I'm
27:56
gonna take care of Ashley at all times because I
27:59
have to stay grounded it, because I have to stay
28:01
strong and in strength for my husband, you know, as
28:05
he battles this horrible disease that we are seeing more
28:08
and more Black men succumb to. And that's prostate cancer.
28:13
We're seeing them succumb to colon cancer, We're seeing them.
28:16
Speaker 1: To ancor it.
28:17
Speaker 2: I'm so sorry, pancreatic cancer. So I say that take
28:21
care of yourself. Ladies, go out there and make sure
28:24
you're getting those mammograms. Ladies, make sure you're getting your
28:28
annual physicals because you're needed. Black women have the highest
28:35
maternal death rate then Whites, Asians and Latinos. So if
28:40
something feels wrong about your body, go to the doctor.
28:43
If the doctor won't listen to your baby, you go five.
28:46
Speaker 1: You keep going.
28:47
Speaker 2: It's like buying a call. You keep going to. You
28:49
find the one that you're like, you keep going to,
28:52
you find the one that listens to you. You keep
28:54
going till you find the one that addresses your concerns,
28:57
that puts you at ease. Because we need you here.
29:02
Speaker 1: I know it's.
29:02
Speaker 2: Easier said than done, but just know you are loved, baby,
29:06
you are wanted. You are beautiful, to my fellas. You're handsome,
29:11
you are a king, to my ladies, you are a queen,
29:15
and I'm proud of you. You're doing an amazing job.
29:19
I know it may not feel that way, but I
29:22
see you and I just want to say I'm proud
29:24
of you.
29:25
Speaker 1: Thank you for not giving up. Let's see. I don't
29:31
know if you could.
29:32
Speaker 2: I don't know if you could hear the round of applause,
29:33
but I just gave a round of applause for everyone
29:36
that is stuck through the storm. That's what I want
29:40
to do. I want to congratulate you. I want to
29:44
salute you and let you know I am proud of
29:47
you that you stood tall that regardless of however many
29:51
obstacles you encountered, you said, and you said, you know what,
29:55
I'm gonna get through it. So my husband says, he says,
29:59
love you, tiny red. God put us together for a reason,
30:02
in his arms and with his arms around us, there
30:05
is nothing that could hold us down.
30:06
Speaker 1: Man.
30:07
Speaker 2: Let me tell you something, baby, You better believe that.
30:09
You better believe that because I told you when you
30:12
were diagnosed with cancer, you were already gonna be healed.
30:15
I had already spoken complete healing over your body. You
30:19
have gone and you just started radiation December nineteenth. You
30:24
started out with twelve tumors and now you have six.
30:29
You have six, So Kate, nobody let me tell you
30:32
someth y'all not gonna get me choked up tonight. Y'all
30:34
not gonna do that. They're go my beautiful baby, Hey,
30:37
beautiful girl, I love you.
30:40
Speaker 1: But I told you the.
30:42
Speaker 2: Moment you made that phone call to me, baby, I
30:44
told you you were already healed. I had already told
30:47
the God. I was already specific in my prayer. I
30:50
had already told him I need this man here, you understand.
30:54
So God said I got you, and he has moved
30:58
on our behalf. I'm not even give me a crying tonight.
31:01
Speaker 1: Now. We're not gonna do this. Nope, nope.
31:05
Speaker 2: But hey, you know, crying is good for the soul,
31:07
So I'm good on that. But I just want you
31:11
to know, give yourself grace.
31:14
Speaker 1: I'm proud of you. I see you, I.
31:17
Speaker 2: Know what you've gone through, and you know what you're
31:20
doing an amazing job. I know you feel like it's rough.
31:24
I know you feel like you're ready to throw on
31:26
a towel.
31:26
Speaker 1: You're ready to give up, but don't do it. Don't
31:28
do it.
31:28
Speaker 2: You're too close to your breakthrough. And I had to
31:32
do that. I had to break down the other night.
31:35
I couldn't let my I just and I know he's watching,
31:38
but I'll go and say. I couldn't let my husband
31:39
see me cry. I was devastated. I was overwhelmed. But
31:45
then I had to remember who I am and who.
31:47
Speaker 1: I belonged to.
31:49
Speaker 2: If God will bring you to it and bring you
31:51
through it, so I had to put on my big
31:55
girl panties. I had to suck it up. I'm working
31:59
two jobs. Guess what, We're not missing a beat over here.
32:03
I had someone say, you're working two jobs? Really, I said,
32:07
I am? I say because in this moment, my husband
32:10
needs me as his support system. That don't negate that
32:15
he's not. He is still the provider. So I want
32:18
people to know, don't ever get that misconstrued. My husband
32:20
is still the provider, but right now I'm the provider. See,
32:25
in a relationship, it's a partnership. And I stood and
32:30
I stepped up and I stood in the gap on
32:33
his behalf. You understand with God, though, but God pushed
32:36
me to move on.
32:38
Speaker 1: My husband's behalf.
32:39
Speaker 2: God said I actually, I know, I hear you, he said,
32:42
but you got this. Think of how victorious you're gonna
32:45
be when you come through this storm. So I carry
32:49
that do. I get overwhelmed, absolutely, But I'm human. I'm
32:54
human first, but I keep God first. And God has
32:59
carried us again. My husband has only been doing radiation,
33:02
not even a month, and he's down from twelve to
33:06
him us to six. So can't nobody tell me God
33:09
ain't real. Can't nobody tell me God don't move because
33:12
I know he does. God has kept me. I'm still here.
33:17
Speaker 1: M y'all not gonna give me the grind to night.
33:21
We're not gonna do that. Nope, Nope, nope. Y'all know
33:23
how I am.
33:24
Speaker 2: When I get to tell by God, babe, may, I
33:26
gets very emotional. But I'm proud because I'm giving myself
33:31
the grace. I'm proud that I finally sat down and
33:34
I had a conversation with my husband and I explained
33:36
to him and I expressed to him, I understand you're sick,
33:42
but I get overwhelmed a little bit.
33:44
Speaker 1: And he told me he understood. But I was able
33:46
to explain to.
33:47
Speaker 2: Him and were good.
33:51
Speaker 1: We're in a beautiful place.
33:53
Speaker 2: God has moved us into a beautiful place we walked
33:55
in in twenty twenty six beautifully. So I say that
34:01
to y'all, give yourself a grace. Don't never carry that
34:07
Lord of Figure's too heaven. You give it to God.
34:10
I'm learning that, I'm learning to believe. I'm learning to
34:15
trust more. Excuse me again. I'm human first, and God
34:21
understands my feelings.
34:25
Speaker 1: But I'm almost learning to trust.
34:27
Speaker 2: Him and believe that he'll work things out. I believe that,
34:34
and I'm always believe that I'm gonna continue that because
34:37
God has kept us even in our darkest times. God
34:41
has kept us even in our darkest moments. God has
34:44
been a light, even when the light seeing them. God
34:48
cut it back up what I thought it was about
34:52
to go out. God replace the ball.
34:55
Speaker 1: So he's done it.
34:56
Speaker 2: He's done it for me, and he'll definitely continue to
34:59
do it for you. Man, man, man, I love y'all
35:04
so much, Like I just really don't think y'all understand
35:07
how much I love y'all and how I appreciate the support.
35:13
I appreciate the phone calls, I appreciate the text. I
35:18
appreciate that. I really do so as I get ready
35:23
to bring this to it is.
35:26
Speaker 1: When we begining my final thoughts. Actually I just did,
35:30
but that's okay, we'll run it back.
35:33
Speaker 2: But I do want to say thank y'all again so
35:35
much for the love and the support. I appreciate y'all
35:38
coming and hanging out with me each and every week.
35:44
Thank y'all again for caring and supporting me and encouraging
35:48
me and empowering me and holding me accountable. I appreciate
35:52
that it does not go unseon. That's why I always
35:57
try to take the time. Matter of fact, let me
35:59
read word that I will always take the time out
36:02
to shock y'all out and to say thank you and
36:04
how appreciative I am of you guys for you know,
36:08
thinking of us and keeping us in your prayers and
36:10
your thoughts. Thank you for the positive polls, thank you
36:14
for the positive messages, the positive vibe.
36:16
Speaker 1: It's so appreciated.
36:18
Speaker 2: I don't even think y'all understand how much that really
36:21
truly means, not only to me, for my husband, you know,
36:24
to know that we have a circumference of people that
36:26
are really rooting for us, that are really supporting us.
36:30
We're grateful for that, and there's not enough tea in China.
36:34
I don't know, I just I'm grateful.
36:38
Speaker 1: But again, Black.
36:39
Speaker 2: Girl Interrupted is back for twenty twenty six. Again, Black
36:43
Girl Interrupted will be streaming live every Wednesday at seven
36:47
fifteen about seven seven fifteen. Again, I get off wur
36:51
gets six, so I need to have a little time
36:52
to decompress and get ready to come in here and
36:55
give y'all beautiful quality content because y'all deserve it, absolutely
37:00
deserve it. Again, I can't wait for the collaborations and
37:07
for y'all to see all the beautiful things that are
37:08
going to transpire within Black Girl Interrupted podcast. So don't
37:13
forget to like, comments, share, and subscribe. Again, you can
37:17
follow black Girl Interrupted on all streaming platforms, put in
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the name and watch me pop up. So on that note,
37:25
I do want to say thank you, thank you, thank you,
37:27
Happy Wednesday. I love love, love you guys. Take care
37:32
of yourself and if there's anything y'all know how to
37:35
reach me, baby hit your girl lot, let me know.
37:38
But on that note, I just want to say I
37:40
love you, I love you, I love you, God bless you,
37:43
and take care of yourself. And again, don't forgive, don't forget,
37:48
give yourself that grace. He love
38:07
Speaker 6: Scott