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Black Effects Podcast Festival Re-Cap · Black Girl Interrupted Podcast

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Blackrupt. Y'all already know how y'all already know how that girrupt? What's up?
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What's up? What's up? Y'all, y'all know it? Sugarl ash,
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bring y'all another episode of Black Girl interrupted, Babe bed, Let me
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tell y'all, let me let me just see this and and then let me
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apologize. But not be alive lad week because I was trying to shake off
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a sinus infection the right the week prior, and then y'all know, Big
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Daddy has moved in, so I had to get Big Daddy it all settled
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in. So now I'm back. I'm feeling better, y'all, don't mind
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my voice. This has been one long, crazy weekend, so I just
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I have to get on here and I have to just show y'all some love.
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So tonight's conversation is going to go a little different. Okay, tonight
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is just a recap of my weekend in Atlanta. So unfortunately, I could
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not post and let anyone know that I was coming to Atlanta simply because I
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have a stalker, okay, and I didn't want no issues of once I
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arrived in Atlanta, so I couldn't really just post and let everybody know that
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I was coming to Atlanta until after the fact. So I do apologize for
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the people that I did not get to see. Buddy, it is what
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it is. I was down there for business and maybe we could, you
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know, connect at another time. Whatever you know. So hold up.
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We got a couple of comments. So my friend Frederick, Hey, Frederick,
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thank you for tuning in tonight to a black girl. Interrupted. Oh
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that got my girl, Babe. God, let me tell you I have
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not stopped smiling since we have touched back down in the great state of Texas.
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Okay, tonight, I mean, this weekend was nothing short of amazing.
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Okay, BB says we had a blast, girl, and we did,
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because when I tell y'all, Atlanta owes me nothing. I want to
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first start off by saying to you, BB, Brittany Brown, BB,
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whatever you want me to call you, thank you for showing up for me
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this weekend. Thank you for pulling up, thank you, thank you for
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just supporting me the way that I needed to be supported. Thank you for
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encouraging me, and I hope I had the same effect on you. I
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do want to see you do great and beautiful things. Don't worry about what
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other people have to say. I believe in you and as long as I
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keep winning, and you're gonna win with me, so don't worry about anything
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else. We've made it to the finish line. Only way to go now
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was up. That's the only way we go now was up. When I
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stop, and we are all gased, no breaks. And I'm gonna say
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this, if we keep betting on ourselves, can't nobody else be against us?
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You get what I'm saying. So I'm not worried about that. Because
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Black Girl Interrupted, it's gonna be a household name. Y'all can sit up
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here and say, oh no, no no. But when I am,
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I want you to keep that same energy y'all have now when I make it.
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A lot of people don't understand why I do what I do. Black
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Girl y'all always make me get emotional every time I do a show. So
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let me say this, Black Girls start. Black Girl Interrupted started when I
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was in one of the darkest places of my life. I did not know
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how far Black Girl Interrupted would really truly take me. I was not consistent.
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I had I took l's after l's after l's after els, and so
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finally I said, you know what, I can't take anymore else. I
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need some WS now. When my father passed away, that turns my whole
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world around. But my niece was murdered that flipped me back down again.
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And then to have my godmother pass away one year and ten days after I
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lost my father, I was done, and one of the safest places that
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I created for myself I ran from. So I say all of that to
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say is no matter how many l's you take, there's gonna be some ws
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that come behind. I don't ever want you to give up on whatever your
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goals, your dreams, and your aspirations are. I want you to focus
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on the quality that you give out and not so much the quantity, because
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that was my problem in the beginning, was I focused on the quantity and
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not the quality. So once I started to put my energy into the quality,
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my work started to get better. People started to notice, people started
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to recognize, people started tuning in, people started to recognize my greatness.
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But then too, I had to see my greatness. No matter how many
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times you fall down, get up, dust yourself off, and keep going.
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And just know what didn't work the first time doesn't mean it's not going
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to work the second time. So this is why I stressed this, because
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this past weekend really showed me and really solidified my mark, and I finally,
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finally, finally now know where my purpose is. Like I told Charlemagne
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God when I met him, you're gonna know who black girl interrupted is before
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I leave here today. I said that with a direct eye contact and a
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firm handshake, and I said, You're gonna know who I am. I
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purposely came out of my comfort zone because a lot of people don't know how
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very introverted I really truly am. And I was very proud of myself that
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I didn't crumble. I was very proud of myself that I didn't fall down.
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I was very proud of myself that I kept it together, that I
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was able to interact and mix and mingle with a lot of people. And
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all all of that to my sister BB for being that pillar to hold me
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up, for being my focal point while I was there, for keeping me
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focused and keeping me grounded. So to you, Bb, I think also
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I want to give a shout out to my girl Shaan, my Sagittarius sister.
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When I tell you, God puts people in your path for a reason.
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This was not planned. We didn't even know one another was going to
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this Black Effects Podcast Festival in Atlanta, but we have been friends for so
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many years on Facebook and I ran into her. I saw her. I
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went up to her and I looked and I was like Sis. She was
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like, oh my god, Ashley. And when I tell y'all we all
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stuff together, baby, let me take like a rat to a stick a
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trap. That's how thick and tight we were this weekend. So to my
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sister Shonda, I don't know if you're watching, I love you, Thank
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you, and shout out to Brown Liquor. Let me tell you something,
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y'all have got to tap in with my girl. When I tell you,
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my girl came prepared for this. But now we know how we got to
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come next year. Now we know how we got to step in the next
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year. But a Black Effects Podcast festival, we know how we have to
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step in there next year. So in so many comments, let me roll
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through the comments because y'all know, I have to get into my mental health
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check in because I definitely really want to give y'all an insight on this weekend.
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So Frederick says, you know you already know. BB says, we
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in this for life. Sister, baby, I'm trying to tell you we
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stuck together like dollar bills and a stripers booty. Okay themeil On BB,
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Shanda says that, oh my god, she is watching. Oh my god,
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I love you, thank you, you and your wife. I love
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y'all so much. Oh my god. I enjoyed y'all. I had a
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beautiful time with y'all. I really did. And I can't wait to see
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y'all next year. Rashanda says. Amen. BB says, and this past
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weekend showed us that you show them who. Black Girl interrupted the podcast who
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and was it's going to go as far as God plans for it to go.
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I'm I'm I'm at the top. I'm at the top. She says,
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Baby, you fit in like you were supposed to be there. I
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owned it. I owned my spot because I'm screaming. I'm talking to everybody,
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everybody. BB says, I got your back forever, man, you
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better know it. I got you. We down like four flats on a
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Cadillac, where Shanda says absolutely. BB says she and her wife was a
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huge vibe girl, huge is not even they were an enormous vibe. Baby,
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when I tell y'all us full when I say, we came in and
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we represented our podcast and our businesses, we were walking business cards. Okay,
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I feel like we came over prepared than everybody else and we looked like
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our business. You get what I'm saying. But we'll get into that later
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on. So Shanda says, together the whole time, girl, from the
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start, all the way today, and I promise you we had such an
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amazing time. It was great, it was beautiful. Phoebe says she had
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the shot cups and they were so bombed. Yes, Lord, because I
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still have mine. Okay. So my brother, oh hey brother, thank
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you for tuning in. So my brother Sammy says, keep doing your thing.
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Proud of you. To God be the glory. Let me say this,
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every morning when I wake up, I give God the grace and the
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glory. Every day when I lay down, I thank God. Had it
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not been for him, I wouldn't be sitting in a position I mean today.
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So it's imperative to give God all the grace, the glory. I
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give it all to him. I wouldn't be where I am at the warrant
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for him. I wouldn't have overcome the obstacles and things that I've encountered in
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life if it wasn't for God. So absolutely, I'm gonna keep giving him
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the grace, the glory, the power, the love because He's the only
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one that could take me where I'm trying to go. I got to put
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in a word, but God says, if I trust him, He's gonna
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handle the rest. And so far God has been showing up and showing out
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for me because I took my hands out of this. I took my hands
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out of this, and I say, you know what God is, It's
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on you. However you want me or where you want me to be.
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I'm gonna depending on you. I'm trust in you, and God is not
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not one day let me down nor disappointed me. So thank you for that.
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Brother. Shanda says, girl, you know I had to come through.
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Girl. And when I tell you we had such week, I just
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I can't wait to just get into tonight's conversation. So my cousin Carlos says,
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stay in the game. God got you, baby. When I tell
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you, God has been carrying me for these last three years. Anybody that
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has followed my story that has followed my journey from where I've come from to
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where I am today. Y'all know it wasn't nobody but God and me.
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But I had to put in the work, and the work was hard.
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I had to go back and I had I had to revisit a lot of
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situations that I thought I had heared from, but I really truly didn't.
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So God said, hold up, wait, wait, wait, you can't
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keep asking me to prepare a meal for you if you're gonna stay in the
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kitchen. So I didn't understand what that meant. So you know what,
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I had to take a step back and I say, you know what,
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God is not gonna give me everything I asked for right now because God doesn't
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feel like I'm ready and I wasn't ready. I wasn't ready in a mental
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state, in a physical state, in an emotional state. I was not
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ready for everything that God was getting ready to give me. You get what
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I'm saying. So I always have to work on God's time, in never
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my time. So I waited. I sat back and I waited, and
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I said, you know what, God, I'm gonna let you have your
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weight. I'm gonna let you do whatever you will with me because you brought
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me through a mini storms and you've always kept me dry. See a lot
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of that that's gonna go over people's heads when I say that. Like I
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told y'all before, just because it rains doesn't mean you have to always get
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wet. Some of y'all gonna miss that. So shout out to my cousin
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Carlos. We family for life, My love, family for life. Shonda
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said, we showed up and showed out. Let me tell you something,
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when I tell you, we pulled up to that event and we rocked it.
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We owned it. I said, were going to the front because they
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couldn't see us in the back. We pulled up to the front. They
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saw us in the front, and they're gonna always remember who we were because
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we came in and we conducted ourselves like ladies. We came in and we
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conducted ourselves like business people. You understand, we did exactly what God told
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us we were supposed to do. And Baby, when I tell you,
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He's putting us in these positions because whatever God has ordained for me, man
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can't take away from me. So regardless of how much and how many times
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the devil tries to come to seek killing, destroy. God has me covered.
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God says, I got you. Don't you even worry about it.
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I got you covered. I got you protected because I know the higher I
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elevate, the busier and the hearter, the devil's gonna fight to attack me.
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And the higher I go, the more I have to stay connected to
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God. And once I get to where I'm trying to go, I got
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to keep asking God, keep me humble, let me know how to how
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to handle this once I get to where I'm trying to go. And that's
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all I ask for. See a lot of people get in the game to
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do podcasting or entertainment or whatever for the fame and the money. I don't
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want to do this for the fame. I don't care about the money.
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A lot of people don't understand I do this because this is what I enjoy
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doing. Through my pain, I found purpose. I may be small,
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but I got a big mouth. And God says, I need you to
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do something for me. I need you to get out here and I need
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you to spread the word. I need you to get our people back together
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because we're so disconnected right now. So I need you to start sharing your
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story. I need you to be a testimony because there are a lot of
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people that share my story that don't have that don't want to talk about it.
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So everything I talk about I'm Black Girl Interrupted, is my experience.
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It's not something that I pulled up and I, oh, I just want
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to talk about it. This is stuff that I've gone through. This is
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stuff that I know full firsthand, people that I know that have gone through
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this, So I speak on their situations. I speak on things we go
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through as a community because I feel like if I could change one person,
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I've done exactly what God has wanted me to do. So I don't do
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this for fame. I don't do this for money. I don't do this
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likes. I don't do this for use. I do this because this is
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what I enjoy doing. This is what I like to do. This is
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my passion. But I'm behind this camera and I'm in front of this company
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Peter, and I'm talking to y'all. Y'all don't understand. Y'all are a
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released for me. Y'all are like my diary. Y'all are who I can
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convey and I convent to with no judgment. So this is why I do
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Black Girl interrupted. I love this, I really do. I love this.
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I'm gonna be a householding it. Can't nobody tell me differently. Every
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day. I'm gonna keep showing up. I want everyone to keep showing up
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for themselves. Stop worrying about who's not cheering for you, who's not supporting
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you, Because someone on the sideline is watching you and they're rooting for you
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to win. But you got a root for yourself. You gotta stop depending
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on other people for validation. As long as you're validated by God, baby,
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that's all that matters. I'm validating I'm already approved. Not by man,
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but buy this man up here, God says, this is why I
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do what I do for you. I don't care what you've done in the
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past. I just want to see what you're going to do in the future.
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So stop worrying about what happened back then and focus on what's going on
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now. It's never how your s thought, but it's how you finish.
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See a lot of us we get to a space in life where things don't
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go right and we're ready to throw in a talent. We're just ready to
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give up without even trying again. How many times you think God died for
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us. How many times do you think God is for giving everything that we've
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done? So you need to bet on yourself, pray for yourself, get
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up in short for you because somebody is rooting, somebody's watching you and want
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you to win. The ones that don't want you to win are the ones
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that have the evil jealous spirit. Those are demons. Yeah, sometimes some
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of us walk amongst demons. Some of us walk amongst haters that don't want
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to see you win. But I'm gonna keep showing up. You're gonna keep
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seeing my face. I don't care if you don't like it. God loves
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it and I love it. So Sammy says, hey, you better annoy
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it. My sister Joe hates us. I love you. Oh uh,
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don't forget when you come back. Don't forget to make my problems. Baby,
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I love you. Thanks God blessed. Sammy says, Amen, Kalila
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hates us. We're shying to say in his time and not our own.
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Hey, y'all, very good to see yoursels. Tasha says, he will
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order your steps, and baby, let me tell you he been ordering and
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I'm no longer playing hopscotch. Do you hear me. I'm one, two
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three, so I'm going. I'm going. I'm going in my finish line.
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I see it the light at the end of the time that I didn't
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think that I can really truly see. I see it now. I see
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it. It's within arms lend. But that's okay. I'm still patiently waiting.
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Patty Van draws. He says, you on your shit for shore.
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Keep standing on business. Let me tell you something, I'm gonna forever stand
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on it. I kept telling y'all everything that I allowed the devil to take
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from me. I was coming back to get times ten and I'm back.
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I'm back. I went to Atlanta and I owned it. I took everything
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that was old to me, everything that I allowed the devil to come in
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and take away from me. I'm coming back times ten for it. Stop
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playing with me. I don't care what y'all say. I know y'all get
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tired of looking at me and oh Ashley, and I'm pretty sure with somebody
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in the back that don't want to see me win. But I want to
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see you win. And I love you anyway because that's what I'm supposed to
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do. I'm supposed to love on you, because it's table that God created
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for me. He didn't make for me to eat alone. That may go
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over a lot of y'all heads. God built the table big enough for me
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to feed everybody, whether you support me or not, because I'm gonna be
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blessed in anyway. God says, you keep allowing your enemies to be your
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footstool. So I'm gonna keep stepping on y'all, but I'm gonna pull you
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up with me too. The very same people that broke me, God is
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rebuilding me right in your face. And I bet you don't like You need
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to get some healing. You need to seek some therapy. You need to
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heal the broken or the hurt version inside of you. And come on and
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be happy. Because I no longer sit in a place of darkness. I
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sit in the light. I'm my own light. I don't need to dim
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nobody else for my light to shine bright because I shine bright by myself.
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That's a message. Stop trying to dim other people's lights to make your shine
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brighter. Because guess what if every same way God gave it to you,
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ya, shoul will take it back from you. Did you hear me?
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Let me get a little closer so you can hear me. God will give
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it to you, and he'll take it away from you. You'll really truly
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be humble. So I stay humble. I stay grateful for the small things.
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Yeah, I celebrate the big ones, but I love the small ones
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even more. BB says Mama said. When new levels come new devils.
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Stay prayed up every day. Every day when I wake up, I give
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God all the praise and the glory. Every day I wake up and I
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tell God, thank you, thank you for giving me another day. No,
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i may not like the job that I work at, but I'm grateful
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for it because this big business that I work for is gonna keep under my
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little business, so my little business gonna be a big business. So I'm
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grateful. But every opportunity that God gives me, I'm grateful for every person
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that God has removed from my life, because each person that God removed was
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a lesson. So no, do I regret the woman I was back then,
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Absolutely not, because it wouldn't have made me the woman I am today.
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See some of y'all have a lot of regrets. I don't because without
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those things that I went through, I wouldn't have been able to go.
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I'm sorry, grow through where I'm at right now. So there, I
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have no regrets, none zero. Because I had not gone through that,
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I wouldn't have been able to experience and become the woman, the mother,
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the person, and the fiance that I am today. That's who Ashley is.
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Some of y'all may know Ashley from five, ten years ago, but
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how let the Ashley the day. I bet you my mindset is different.
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I bet you the way I move is different. I bet you my energy
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is different. And I rode it all to that man up there because I
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had to surrender. I had to stop, I had to take a step
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back, and I have to say, you know what, God, I
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can't keep doing this. Why do you keep doing this to me? Why
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do I keep going through these situations? God says, because I need to
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make sure you're ready for what I'm about to give. That's deep, That's
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real deep, Tasha says. Amen sus So shout out to big brother Ga,
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well, little brother Glasses, Malone, Charlemagne, the God baby.
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We got just hilarious. Let me tell you something, Javert Sa is glad
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you had a great networking event. Absolutely I did. B Dot Kalia says,
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we love your two sisters. You got that right. Keep on keeping
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on, sam It says that part. Jule says, this is much needed
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words for many people. I'm so proud of you, Sis. I've told
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you this is your season. I love you. It's absolutely my winning Seatson.
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I've lost so many things, but God reply. Whatever he took away,
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God replaced for something bigger and something better, and I thank him for
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that. I thank God for turn it, picking me up and cleaning me
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off and making me whole again. I appreciate you for that. To the
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people in my circle, I appreciate you. I'm humble. Did I fall
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down A lot of times? I did, but I got back up and
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I'm going all gas, no breaks, all gas, no breaks. I
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told y'all, I wasn't walking into twenty twenty four with the same energy I
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had in twenty twenty three, or the same energy I had in twenty twenty
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two, or the same energy I had in twenty twenty one. I told
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y'all, Black Girl Interrupted was coming back, and I was taking note for
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an answer. I was not, Jules says, shaking my head, I
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can't believe y'all. Eighteen problems in two days and we did. So that's
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okay. I'm gonna be wide back for the summer. It's okay. But
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my man loves it, so that's all that matters. It does, It's
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okay. So collileas as my sister got to her skates on and she's rolling,
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they see me rolling sway, Hey, oh, i've it go trying
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to catch me ride and dirty. That's the highway go. Y'all noticed all
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about coamellionaires. But I'm rolling. I'm definitely rolling and I'm gonna keep rolling.
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I got my little knee passed and I got my elbow pads on just
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in case I fall down. But I'm gonna get back up. That's one
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thing you can't. You can't stop me. Huh. I'm telling you.
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BB says you're rocking. I'm rolling. Let's go, baby, I'm gonna
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tell you something. Oh my goodness, BB, what I tell you?
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We did it. We did it. We did it, We did it
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with God. We did it. K says as always, So y'all,
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I gotta do my mental health check in y'all I do. I need y'all
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to drop in the comments. Today is Tuesday. I know, I miss
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mental Monday yesterday. But that's okay. Y'all know I do my mental health
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check ins every day, but I need y'all to drop in the comments.
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How are you feeling today. I'm not gonna do the video like I always
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do. We'll do that for Thursday, but I need to know drop in
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the comments. I need to know everyone that's tuned in, everybody that's watching,
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please drop in the comments and please let me know how you are feeling
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today. I'm doing my mental health checking. Everyone that is new to a
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Black Girl interrupt the podcast, thank you so much for tuning in tonight.
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At the start of every episode, I do a mental health checking. I
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simply do a mental health checking because mental health is often oftentimes overlooked in the
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black community. So as a person that deals with depression and anxiety, it's
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imperative that I check in with y'all. I need to know how you're feeling.
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What can I do to help you get over the hump? Do you
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need me to love on you? Do you need me to be an ear
26:36
for you? What do you need from me? Because with mental health,
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we need to remove this stigma, especially in the black community. I do
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encourage therapy. I do encourage that you, please seek help. Please do
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not wait until it's too late, because I would rather for you to bother
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me now than for me to see an RP behind your name. This is
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why I do these mental health checking at the start of every show. Again,
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to everyone that's new tuning in to Black Girl Interrupted, y'all welcome.
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Thank you so much for tuning in. Thank you for loving and supporting on
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your girl, Ashley. But I need everyone in the comments, everyone that's
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tuned in. I need to know how you are feeling today. I right
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now, in this moment. How are you feeling? If it's an a
27:23
kind of day? What can I do to help you get over the hump?
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If you're having a great day, let me know you're having a great
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day. If you're having a not so great day, let's talk, let's
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talk. Let's talk. How can I encourage you? How can I push
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you? How can I uplift you? How can I empower you? What
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can I do to help you get over that hump? What can I do
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to make your date end better? Because I want you to wake up tomorrow
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and do it all over again. I don't want you to go to sleep
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with this wind on your shoulders. I don't want you to go to sleep
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with this heavy on your mind because stress will kill you. And again I
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would rather you bother me. And I'm bombarded. Not bother but bombard me
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with messages and say, Ashley, I'm not doing too good today. We
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need to talk. If I need to cry with you, if I need
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to pray with you, if I need to love on you, whatever it
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is I need to do, please let me know because like I say this
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here at the bottom dis mental health check it. It's imperative because a lot
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of people don't understand. Suicide is a third leading cause of death amongst black
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men African American men. Okay, so if you are not in a safe
28:29
space, please get in a safe space somewhere. If you need message me,
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please, please please message me. If you just need me to listen
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to you, message me please. I would rather not have an rip behind
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your name. I really would not. So we have some people that have
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tuned in the white say can I be the camera man? You can't at
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Vandross you already know, you already know. Julie says, we don't act
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like we got it, We act like we want it, and that's how
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we get it. You better annoy it, You better annoy it. Hello,
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Pettie Vandross Kalala is laughing at you. Okay, Dwight Kate says she's
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relaxed. BB says, I'm on cloud nine. What the temptations, Lord
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Have mercy. I'm gonna leave that part of the story out. Okay,
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I promise I'm gonna leave that part of the conversation out. I won't tell
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nobody how you acted this weekend, how many times you walked around that bed
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about fifty times, Lord have mercy, Pray for her. Rashanna says she's
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feeling good, confidence, feeling bold, and just love absolutely because I love
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you. BB says, what the temptations say, I'm high, on cloud
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nine or whatever they say. I understand. I'm like sunshine on a cloudy
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day. Today was a rough, a little irritated. I woke up in
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a good mood, but I have to stop allowing certain situations dictate my mood
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for the day. So once I'm done with my show, I will go
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into prayer. I will go on to meditate so I can bring it back
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together. So again, I'm still doing my mental health checking. I need
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y'all to drop in the comments, let me know how you're feeling today,
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let me know how you're doing. I love you. I promise I would
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rather you send me a message excuse me, then for you to go into
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a dark space that you can get out of. Jules says. My daily
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and nightly prayer is that God keeps me focused despite what goes on around me.
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Give me tunnel vision and clear discernment. I ask for discernment every day
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in tunnel vision. And when I tell you, God just he keeps pushing
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me, pushing me down down to the end. I had a young lady
30:57
as we were leaving. She was ahotographer, and she said, you made
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it. You're at the finish line. And when I tell you, y'all
31:08
just don't understand how much that touched my soul. A complete stranger who I'd
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never met, who told me your greatness, she said, the way you
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look sitting up on that stage, I see you. BJ says, I'm
31:27
pretty cool. So so hit me up if you need to talk. You
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know I got you my love. You know it sending your bootkool Love,
31:36
baby bookool Love. But let me say this to you. What can I
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do to make you have a great day. I know you're pretty cool and
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you say so so, but what can I do to make it better?
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Juel says, the devil tried me today, but God stepped in and should
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out. I know, the devil just tried me right before my show.
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He tried me. So once my show is a I gotta go back and
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I gotta regroup, and I got to do this all over again. See,
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I'm very honest with y'all, very honest with y'all. Hey girl,
32:10
so Lisa says, hey, love, I've learned to give out positive to
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get get back positive instead of taking on others negative energy. Absolutely, and
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that's one of the beautiful things. And that's one of the beautiful things that
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I've learned how to do, is to disconnect from the negative energy. Because
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when you have a negative and a positive, you're gonna get a negative.
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But when you put two positive people together, you're gonna always get a positive
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reaction. So I've learned how to disconnect myself from negative people. You know,
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me and BB and a BB. If you don't mind us me disclosing
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our conversation this weekend, So Sunday, after the event on Friday, I
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writ on Saturday, I really want to get into the event first and then
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get into the conversation. So again, y'all, welcome to a Black Girl
32:54
Interrupted. It's your host, your favorite girl friend fiv O, fool your
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Girl Ash, bring y'all another beautiful episode on Black Girl interrupt that podcast.
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So tonight's conversation, it's the Black Effects Podcast Festival recap. Oh my goodness
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when I tell you, I've been on cloud nine since I've been back,
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and I just cannot come down off this cloud. I just I just cannot
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come down off this high. So we have one more comment. So Bb
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says, go ahead, baby. The call says, Hey, sus today
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was not a really good day for me on my job. I'm surrounded by
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negative people there. But I know at the end of the day, God
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got me. Let me speak into you, Nicole a real quick. Every
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day I wake up, I say, God, just get me to another
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day. Just keep pushing me closer to the finish line, because I know
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this is not my final destination. Every day was it wasn't a good for
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me either. I'm surrounded by and I want to say this in the most
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respectful way, dumb smart people. If that makes sense, and I really
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don't want to call nobody out of their name, but I know I got
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to keep utilizing this big business to fund my little business, so my little
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business will be a big business. So I try to keep that focus every
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day when I log into this job. It's not my final destination. God
34:36
has already told me that. He says, I'm not gonna keep you here
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forever, but I need you to just hold on for just a moment.
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So I speak to you, sis and say, just hold on. I
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know it's hard, and it's easier said than done, but God says,
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just hold on a little longer. He's preparing something for you, specifically for
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you to no one can take away from you. I don't know what it
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is, only you know. So maybe I'm saying something and you like,
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girl, how you know? But that's what God just told me to tell
35:08
you. He says, He's preparing something specifically designed for you that can't nobody
35:14
take away. I don't know what your gift is. I don't know what
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you're working on in the background, but God says, just hold tight,
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Just hold tight. He's about to show out for you, but just hold
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on, because he says you've already planted the seeds. Just keep letting him
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water your garden. So I speak that unto you right now, Lisa says,
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keep doing your thing. I'm so happy for you. Thank you,
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Sis. I don't think y'all understand how appreciative I am of y'all and how
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appreciative I am of the love that's reciprocated. Without y'all, it would not
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be me, it wouldn't be Black girl interrupt the podcast. Shanda says,
35:59
same love was so real. Girl, we are connected. You my sagittary
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is sister. You my sister for life. Now you stuck, so can't
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nobody but God, me and you a snap. You know how it go.
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You can't God, only Jesus gonna separate us. Nothing but death to
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keep me from it. You know how that goes. No Cale says,
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I'm definitely holding on. I know God got a plan for me. I
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don't know what your gift is. I don't know what you're working because apparently
36:25
you're working up, working on something in the background. Nicole, you up
36:30
to something, Okay, you up to something. You're just not posting about
36:36
it. But I feel like you got something going on that's about to be
36:38
major. Let me know in the back channel if if that's what's up,
36:44
and if it is, how can I support? Sean just says, if
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baby, it's up and it's stuck, and it is and it is.
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Hey, Marie, how you doing? My love? Good to see your
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sweetheart soul. This Black Effects Post Festival. This is the second annual Black
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Effects Podcast Festival, created by Charlemagne the God for black content creators and podcasters.
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I didn't hear about it until this year. I received the email.
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I know only God sent that to me. So I told BB me.
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So me and BB fell off for a moment and we reconnected. And after
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I reconnected it, I received this email about this Black Effects, about the
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Black Effects Podcast Festival. So I said, oh, hell yeah, I'm
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going. I'm going to this. Oh yeah, this is my opportunity to
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show out and show up. So I purchased the ticket and I bought the
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vip it as we can Greek. But Charlemagne the God, I said,
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this is my opportunity, this is my chance. So God loaded my gun.
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He loaded my pistol up for me and said, I need you to
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shoot your shot when you get there. So I'm planning. I'm telling BB,
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I said, we gotta do this. Bob said, well, I
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don't have the money. I have to wait. I said, well,
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I already purchased mine. I bought my plane ticket and everything. I said,
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don't worry go I'm gonna make a wait. So no, sooner,
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I want to say, like maybe a day or two later. BB say,
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oh, I just bought my ticket. What I thought you said you
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didn't have She said, I just bought my ticket. I'm about to buy
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my plane ticket. What day? We say? We leaving cool back.
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So I'm about to tell you how to devil really try to step in.
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Okay, So we're planning. We're getting our shirts made everything, because I
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said BB, we're gonna be walking business cards. I want a shirt made
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our with our QR co's on my back. BB said. I tell BB,
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I say, you know what, I gotta get my website up and
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you're gonna do it. Bob say, what you're gonna do my website and
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you have three weeks to get it done. BB said, okay, what's
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your vision? I say, well, I'm gonna send you this and you
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do what you do. Website was up. She got a rolling we was
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up three four o'clock in the morning, working, website is up and running.
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We got it. Okay, I tell BB it's winding down. You're
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ready, you're excited? She said, yeah, you know, she was
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a nervous, a little reserve. I said, no, come on,
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now, we're going to Atlanta. We're going to show out picked out our
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shoes. I say, BB, I think these shoes aire be so cute
39:45
for you. Oh yeah, she's stay cute. Okay. I order the
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shoes, get them shipped to her. All while BB is transitioning from Indianapolis
39:53
to Texas. So when the mister her packing up her babies and trans you
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know, moving to Dallas, she's trying to do my podcast. You know,
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I mean, you know, she's trying to do my website. She's
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trying to get her business and everything. But I'm on her neck. BB,
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I gotta have this done as my assistant, as my sister. You
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gotta have this done. I'm not playing with you. So she kind of
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falls back. I get up, Get up, Get up. So three
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weeks we're ready. Shirts have come in, outfits picked out to wear to
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this Black Podcast Effects. Black Effects Podcast Festival Friday rolls around BB text me.
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She says, did your flight get delayed? No, that's the devil.
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Y'all listen to me. BB say, oh, they they delayed my
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flight. I'll get there before you. All right, I'm working. I'm
40:55
anxious, but I can't let nobody see that I'm anxious because I got to
40:59
be a y'all understand like, I can't let nobody know that I'm nervous anxious
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all at the same time. So I gotta stay reserved, I gotta stay
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cool. Call me and collect. So we head out. I get to
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the airport. I'm looking around for BB. I don't see her at the
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airport. I'm texting her. Where you at thought you was gonna be here
41:16
before me. Oh no, I'm still on the plane. What I'm frustrated
41:22
Now I see now the devil. Now you're coming in. Now you're playing
41:24
with us. Now. I made it to Atlanta, but for her,
41:28
so she texted me, she says, well, just go to the hotel.
41:30
I'll catch an uber. What. No, I'm awake because that wasn't
41:35
nobody but the devil, because that if I would have left, I would
41:37
have done exactly what the devil wanted me to do. So I stuck around,
41:40
hung out at the airport when it's changed, you know, changed the
41:44
rent across everything. So I finally pull around. Bibi says, we just
41:49
laying and I say, do you have a bag to pick up? She
41:51
said, no, I checked it, you know, carry on cool,
41:53
I pick up. I'm irritated because she's late. I'm tired, she's tied,
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and we got to get us something to eat. We got to check
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into the hotel. We gotta lay up because we gotta be up to seven
42:06
thirty in the morning. So we didn't make it to the hotel till like
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almost one o'clock. When it got something to eat, made it back to
42:13
the hotel. Were unwine. We lay down. I ain't sleep much because
42:16
I'm anxious. Y'all. B be slept good, b be snoring, she
42:22
laughing, talking all in us sleep everything. I'm like, who the hell
42:24
is this girl talking to She's sleep So we get up. Before we get
42:30
up, Like when we get up, we're getting ready, I say,
42:32
do you mind. I gotta do my praise and worship in the morning.
42:37
First song I put on was Fred Hammond Breathe into Me, Breathe Breathe into
42:43
me. Oh Lord, by Fred Hammond, Psalms one nineteen. That's the
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song. So we're as we're getting dressed, I'm doing my praise and worship
42:52
because again I got to wake up. We got to give God all the
42:54
praise in the glory because we're up now today or breaks us. We either
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go in and we own it or we flop. So we go get us
43:06
some breakfast. We get there early, okay, because we had already said,
43:08
you know, because we're like, oh, this line is gonna be
43:10
long. We gotta get there because it's the seats, the first come,
43:14
first serve. So we get there. We make it. I see Shonda,
43:22
Me and Shanna have been Facebook friends. Oh Lord for too many years
43:24
to count. I didn't know she was coming. She didn't know I was
43:28
coming. We link up. We stuck all four of us, the whole
43:31
entire festival, from beginning to end. Fest of all went from twelve from
43:35
twelve to eight. We there, we in there. When I tell you,
43:39
we were the only ones dressed for our business. A lot of them
43:45
people look like they just rolled out the bed, just threw something on and
43:49
king. Now y'all wn't gonna catch us slipping. I'm talking about Shonda,
43:53
cute a wife, cute Me and Bbie. We dressed to the nines.
43:59
Okay, all four of us didn't even know we were all gonna be there.
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So we get there, We get ready for the meet and greet.
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Okay, we vi P. You know, we got our little past.
44:09
Now, mind y'all, let me tell you how great God is. BB
44:14
didn't even have a VIP pass, but God saw fit for her to come
44:17
in and meet Charlemagne. Okay, Bb, she holding her little stuff up.
44:22
She's like, she hiding behind people. Girl, if you don't get
44:24
your ass from behind me, but you don't have girl, get your ass
44:28
from behind you don't get from behind me. Y'all forgive me for cussing.
44:30
Girl, get from behind me. She gets in. We going. Shaun
44:37
and her wife are right behind us. So we all go in together to
44:39
meet Charlemagne, and no God, BB meets him first because she's in.
44:43
BB's in front of me. So BB shakes his hand whatever, blah blah.
44:46
Day they take a picture. So I pull up, you know,
44:50
to around the Charlemagne a guard and uh, I was like, hey,
44:54
how you doing blah blah. So we take the picture. So I shook
44:57
his hand and I say, I'm an up and coming podscat. He said,
44:59
what's the me a podcast? I say, black girl intereth I said,
45:01
you're gonna know who I am before we leave here today. I guess
45:05
Charlamagne thought I was playing. I guess huh. Y'all thought I was play
45:08
play. Y'all thought I was this a play play. Y'all thought it was
45:12
Lulu. No. So we get out and the ladies like, oh,
45:16
yeah, to be our people can sit right here. I say, well,
45:19
can we sit up in the first She's like, oh yeah, you
45:21
know, see's the first come, first up. I told babe, were
45:22
going to the front. Shanta and her wife are behind us. Nope,
45:25
we're going to the front. We're not sitting in the back. We're not
45:28
sitting in the middle because they're not gonna see us. We're trying to be
45:30
seen, okay, and I'm talking about were trying to be chosen, and
45:32
I mean in a good way. So I pull up, We pull up
45:36
to the front. Were in a very front row. So they come out.
45:39
You know, I'm jamming, I'm vibing, I'm hyping myself. I'm
45:43
on the phone with my sister. Y'all, FaceTime and she was like hey.
45:45
I was like, baby, they seeing us, they playing the music.
45:47
I'm vibing again. I'm not dimming nobody else's life because I shined right
45:52
by myself. Okay, so we vibing. I'm telling were rocking out every
45:59
person that hit that stage. I'm interacting with pretty V and be Dot Hey
46:04
cousins. Let me tell you. They told me I was they cousin b
46:07
Doe say, New Orleans. You wanna be a problem, And I am
46:10
in a good way, of course, because y'all gonna know who I am.
46:15
I want you to see me because I don't want you to forget black
46:17
girl interrupted the podcast. I don't want I don't want anyone to ever forget
46:21
that. So they hold sting. We vibing whatever soul. Poor Mine's the
46:28
very first podcast host. The ladies came out. Very beautiful ladies, very
46:31
wonderful presentation, everything beautiful. Be die pretty V come back out. I'm
46:37
rocking, egg. I got my awns I'm talking about. I'm standing in
46:40
front of people. I'm hyping a crowd up because that's who Ashley is.
46:45
Okay, when when I come out of my comfort zone, baby, I'm
46:49
I'm hyped. Y'all gonna have always have a good time with me when I
46:52
come out of my comfort zone, y'all gonna always have a great time with
46:55
me. So we vibing whatever soul just hilarius. You know, well,
47:00
Damon John John Hope they come out. They're giving us the game on how
47:06
to Mono Tasha podcasts. I'm taking all of this in now, y'all know,
47:09
Damon John, see all fooble and on Shark Tank. Okay, so
47:14
everything this man is saying, baby, I'm taking up in hill and I'm
47:17
not letting that information go. So of course pretty vb Dot come back out.
47:22
We vibing again everything. So then my little brother Glasses comes out and
47:28
mister Simms comes out, excuse me and their hosting, and so we see
47:35
we see Glasses, and we're like fud Glasses because that's our brother, like
47:38
we know him in real life, not not for play player. Okay,
47:40
we not the Lulu like some people be claiming they know certain people and really
47:45
truly don't. So we vibing out. We having a really good time.
47:50
So we see Glasses. Then Jess Hilarious comes out with her beauty. Let
47:55
me tell y'all. Jess Hilarious is very beautiful in person, up close and
47:59
personal. I know some people may not like her, but she's very down
48:02
to earth. She's very sweet. And I just had a vibe on stage.
48:07
So they were like, okay. She She's like, I need four
48:10
people up on the stage. Meet baby. I'm almost stepping on people's feet.
48:14
Hey me, me, me, you know. So she pulled me
48:16
on a stage, y'all. I'm shaking like a striper at Magic City.
48:21
Okay, y'all, no, lie, I promise you. BB was like,
48:24
I got you. I got you. So I go up there on
48:29
the stage and we're talking, we're vibing out. BB gets up now now
48:35
mine, y'all. Okay, BB is my focal point because BB's who I've
48:38
been looking at the whole the whole entire time, because I'm like, I
48:42
have to have a focal point so I don't get nervous, so I don't
48:44
look crazy up here. BB gets up and walks away. I'm like,
48:47
you know what, I've got to own this right now. So, you
48:52
know, just with the mess, she fixes up me. She said,
48:53
you know what, I'm gonna fix the mess today. So she says,
48:58
so what's your mess today? So I go into and let her know.
49:00
I say, you know, my boyfriend, we've been together three years,
49:05
has just moved to Houston. And of course y'all know, I've been in
49:08
my space by myself, just me. How do I make this a home
49:14
for him and still being and still this being able to be a home for
49:17
me? How can I handle it mentally, emotionally and spiritually. So she
49:23
said, well, how long have y'all been to guy said, we've been
49:25
together three years? She said, well, how long has he been there?
49:28
I say, it'll be a week Sunday. She talking a girl a
49:30
week. She's my y'all need to have a conversation. You need to let
49:36
him know. I say, you know, because I can come across very
49:37
aggressive. I can't and I own that. So just being able to be
49:44
on a stage and not look nervous, I was very proud of myself,
49:50
very proud of myself. We got a couple of comments. So Nicole says,
49:53
you have come such a long wais since and I am so proud of
49:57
you. You're gonna make a big real soon. Love you. I love
50:00
you too. And I received that. Rashan says, I'm so proud of
50:05
you, big Sis. Let me tell you something, love bro man,
50:08
we got it. We on the way. Hey cousin, My cousin v
50:15
is tuned in. Hey cousin, it's good to see your baby. Rashanda
50:20
says, Yep, you definitely did your thing. She says, Sis was
50:22
glowing with that little baby bump, wasn't she She looked so cute. She
50:28
said, you were very She said, you were very much so in your
50:30
element. You are a natural on that stage. But y'all don't know.
50:34
Baby, my onder arms was sweating. I was like, Lord, have
50:37
mercy. I hope I don't get musty down here. I was just all
50:39
my mom was just going on thousand miles a minute. So Biebe says,
50:45
baby, you fit in on that stage. I was like, she don't
50:46
need me, she is in her element. Yeah, but I had to
50:51
get comfortable and I really truly did. I had a really good time.
50:54
So shout out to Jess hilarious and she did tell me follow up with her
50:59
in thirty days. Me know how everything that's going So Jess hilarious. If
51:01
you're tuned in and you're watching, I got you on that thirty day update,
51:05
don't you worry it's gonna come. It's definitely gonna come. So we
51:10
go back down, you know, We go back and then Debbie comes on
51:14
stage with her wellness podcasts. Very beautiful. But at that point, y'all,
51:17
I had to get up and I had to go get something to eat.
51:20
I was thirsty. I was hungry, and I felt my energy going
51:22
way down. So we get up, go get something to eat. We're
51:27
mixing and mingling with people while we're waiting to get food, and like,
51:30
people are like, man, you did good up there on that stage.
51:32
People that I don't even know. People we didn't even know, was like
51:36
man, man, so Bb talking to she networking with people, were trying
51:38
to eat and everything. So that leads me over to BB says, I,
51:44
we're not going back in there right now. You need to go over
51:46
here to this pitch of podcast booth. All right, BB, let's go.
51:53
What the hell do I say in this boot? This is your pitch
51:57
your podcast. This is where Charlemagne and to Guard picks podcasts to be on
52:04
the Black Effects Podcast Network. So I'm like, okay, were standing young
52:12
lady in front of us, we just you know, you know, ras
52:15
the dads or just having a little general conversation. So then it's my turn
52:19
to get in the booth. I'm like, BB, what do I say?
52:27
You just you gotta pict you got two minutes to pitch your podcast.
52:30
Two minutes. So I get in the booth, say my name. Let
52:37
me tell you how nervous was I was? Girl, y'all, I gave
52:39
them the wrong email address. That's how nervous I was. So I go
52:46
on, I pull it up and I said, okay, you know,
52:50
welcome. The black girl interrupted. I give I give him my spell,
52:52
you know, And I did it in one minute and seven seconds. Okay.
52:57
BB was like, you did good. I recorded the whole thing.
53:00
What okay? Thanks. So we go back in and by this time,
53:06
uh, Wallow and Gilly the King are come. Oh I forgot the ball
53:12
of Alert because we did get to see TI as well. Shout out to
53:15
TI for Hope for recognizing us in the front. Hey T, I thank
53:20
you, thank you, thank you. So then Wallow two sixty seven and
53:24
Gilly the King come on stage. They're like, all right, we need
53:30
people to get on the stage, you know, we need couples, best
53:31
friends, whatever. So I'm jumping, jumping, jumping, I grabbed BB.
53:36
They called me and BB to the stage. So we get on the
53:38
stage, and we could have won two thousand dollars. Had I had known
53:42
her favorite movie was Loving Basketball, we could have won two thousand dollars.
53:45
I thought it was sing because every time I talked to BB, she's always
53:49
watching Sing within Babies. Okay, So I just assumed that that was her
53:52
favorite movie. But I didn't even care that we didn't win the money.
53:57
It was the fact that we were on stage and people saw us. That's
54:00
all that mattered to me. I didn't care about the money. It was
54:01
the fact that people saw us. So I'm coming down off. So we're
54:07
coming down off the stage. So Charlemagne is backstage, y'all. Charlemagne says,
54:10
you on the stage again, I said, And I am, I
54:15
said, And I gave him another firm handshake and direct eye contact and said,
54:19
then I tell you you're gonna know who Black Girl into what the podcast
54:22
was before I left here the day. He's talking about you. You're right.
54:25
So then we're walking off and then I see Sway y'all Sway from MTV
54:30
y'all Sway Callaway, No, Yeah, this Way, last name when I
54:37
tell you, I must have hugged Sway so tight. Sway hugged me because
54:40
me and Sway we've interacted before on Clubhouse, and so he was like,
54:45
you know, he was like, that name, you know, black Girl
54:47
Ntoer. I said, yeah, you know, it's my podcast. He
54:51
was like, I knew it sounded familiar. And so I hugged him and
54:52
I said, you know what I said of Southern people. We hugged,
54:57
baby, and when we hug we hugged tight. And he hugged and I
55:00
told him I was so proud of him. Keep doing what he does.
55:06
So I get So we see Tara from Love and Hip Hop. Shout out
55:07
to Tara from Love and Hip Hop, we love you and you looked so
55:12
beautiful. Shout out to Pretty V's mom. I want to say this to
55:16
your mom, Pretty V. Thank you mom for just saying beautiful and positive
55:22
things to me backstage as I was heading back out to the audience. Thank
55:24
you so much for that. And I promise y'all Pretty V mama looks like
55:29
her older sister. They don't even look like they mom and daughter. But
55:32
shout out to Pretty V. I love you, cousin, and I hope
55:35
to see you in New Orleans in July. Cousin, she said, we're
55:38
going uptown downtown seven one seventeen ward. That's what she said, y'all know,
55:42
Pretty V it's crazy. Pretty V has zero sins, y'all, y'all
55:46
just pray for her because she's so crazy. So I was like, BB,
55:52
I need to go to the bathroom. So, you know, we
55:55
go to the bathroom, I see Glasses and then I run into MC eight.
56:00
Anybody that doesn't know who MC eight is, Baby, y'all need to
56:02
go back and watch Minister Society, okay, because yeer oh that man.
56:08
Tell y'all I told m C eight. I was like, man, I've
56:12
been a big fan of yours for years. You know, I wasn't starstruck
56:15
anything, and I was so happy that I was able to get a picture
56:17
with him. Man, Glasses Glasses shout out to you, little brother.
56:22
Definitely gonna connect with you when you come to Dallas. We definitely gonna make
56:25
some magic because I'm definitely gonna bring him on the show on a podcast.
56:30
So y'all just stay tuned for that. So me and Baby would go back,
56:35
were vibing, and then at this point, We're like, you know
56:37
what, let's get up. We need to move around now. We need
56:39
to really connect. So shout out to everyone that I interacted with this weekend,
56:44
because when I say, Atlanta owes me nothing, Atlanta olds b be
56:51
nothing, Atlanta owes us nothing. Oh yeah, I did get petty.
56:55
At one point they did the ball of alert pad cast. They did ask
57:00
if Keith Lee came back to Atlanta, where should he go eat at.
57:04
I did say he should not go back and eat it any at any place
57:07
in Atlanta. Either come back to Houston or go back to New Orleans where
57:09
he can get some real Southern hospitality. I was just being fun of y'all.
57:14
That was no shade. But I'm always be remembered for that because I
57:19
told y'all. So we're mingling and it's winding down. So we go back
57:24
over to where Shanna and her wife is and we hug and we tell each
57:29
other we're gonna see each other next year. Everyone looked great. We had
57:30
a beautiful time. Now write us as greeting sister, Hey brother, how
57:36
you feeling tonight? Thank you so much for tuning in to the episode.
57:40
Soul. We're mixing and mingling and at this point we're like, we're really
57:45
in a eupharic state. We're almost like in euphoria. Like the Kendrick Lamarson
57:52
they just dropped today. Oh that was so patty, y'all, that was
57:55
so patty. But anyway, but we were in this eupharis state that was
58:00
nothing short of amazing. When I say Atlanta, thank you, when I
58:12
say to God, thank you for giving me the opportunity to be able to
58:17
connect the network with some beautiful, beautiful people. I especially want to give
58:24
a shout out to my cousins pretty v and be that, because be that.
58:30
Thank you so much for the conversation backstage. Thank you for just loving
58:42
on me the way that y'all did. Thank you. I'm humbled. I'm
58:47
grateful to be in the company of beautiful energy. I especially want to give
58:55
a shout out to Charlemagne of God. I know a lot of people don't
58:59
like him. I know I've had my views about him, but putting all
59:05
of that to the side, thank you for doing a beautiful thing for the
59:08
people and for the culture to have this up and running two years in a
59:15
row and it be a success that speaks volumes. I say all of that
59:22
to say, keep doing what you do for the culture, keep pushing and
59:30
opening doors for people to walk through who didn't who don't believe in themselves.
59:38
Thank you for the positivity and the beautiful things you said, not only to
59:43
me, but to everyone that you interacted with at this Black Effects Podcast Festival.
59:50
Shout out to TI for coming through and dropping some gems. Shout out
59:55
to John Hope, Damon, John Jolani Raw. Oh my god, my
1:00:01
mind is blanked, so I can't just call out all the names, So
1:00:05
Willie Lucas, who is the black man in Tech, thank you so much
1:00:09
for that. For the jewels, thank you to mister Simmons. Thank you
1:00:14
to Glasses Malone. Thank you to Horrible Decisions Podcasts, thank you the Poor
1:00:22
Minds. Thank you to deVie. Everyone that graced that stage drops some gems,
1:00:30
and I just I will forever be humbled and grateful for the nuggets in
1:00:37
the gyms that you drop that I could carry along with me along the way
1:00:40
as I continue on my journey to park, my podcasting journey. I'm gonna
1:00:46
leave you guys with this as I bring this episode to a close. Always
1:00:52
remember it's not how you start, but how you finish. Focus on the
1:00:57
quality and not the quantity, because you could have millions of people but have
1:01:01
poor but give poor quality. I'm gonna always give you great quality episodes and
1:01:09
great conversations. The conversations are gonna be deep and personal, but also fun
1:01:21
and loving. Yes, I'm gonna have uncomfortable conversations, but that's because I
1:01:29
want us to heal as a people. I really want us to come back
1:01:31
together as a culture, as a as a group and make magic. I
1:01:37
really want to see all of us win. So as my table gets bigger,
1:01:43
the more seats I'm gonna put at the table for everybody to come and
1:01:45
eat it. Whether you're with me or against me. I'm not gonna let
1:01:51
you starve. I may not allow you to eat as much as I'm gonna
1:01:53
eat, but I'll feed you because that's how God is gonna continue to bless
1:02:00
me. I'm not gonna do anything to block my blessings. I will love
1:02:05
you from a distance, and I will handle you accordingly. But all I
1:02:09
can do is just wish you well and still want to see you win.
1:02:15
I'm leaving y'all with that. Forgive people. Love people, even your enemies,
1:02:23
love them. Baby, Pray for them because there's something in them that
1:02:28
they don't like about themselves that they try to project on you. So I
1:02:32
cannot let you drain me or take what God is ordained for me. So
1:02:38
I'm gonna put boundaries up, but I'm still gonna love on you, just
1:02:43
from a distance. I'm still gonna pray for you. I'm still gonna roof
1:02:49
for you. I'm still gonna want you to win. But just know I'm
1:02:54
not gaatekeeping no information, hiding or withholding information. If you want to get
1:03:01
into podcasting and you want to know how to start, hit me up.
1:03:05
I don't have a problem because God is gonna keep blessing me. Love on
1:03:14
the people that love on you. Feed people, feed your soul, your
1:03:21
spirit, take care of who takes care of you. But remember, stop
1:03:27
pouring from empty cups, because as long as you keep going from empty cups,
1:03:30
you're gonna stay dreamed. And I can't keep letting you drink from me
1:03:35
and I don't get anything in return. I'm not gonna keep giving and people
1:03:38
keep taking. So my table it's a enough place for everybody to eat it.
1:03:46
It's enough place. You can't take nothing away from me. Because even
1:03:52
though you try to take, God is gonna keep providing. And that's the
1:03:57
beautiful thing about him. God removes, but he adds. He subtracts,
1:04:05
but he adds. God never leaves you empty. You may feel like he
1:04:11
asks, but I promise you everything that you pray for, those blessings are
1:04:15
definitely gonna come down. I see him, I feel him. God may
1:04:23
have took, but he replaced and I didn't understand that. But this weekend
1:04:28
showed me that although actually I've taken you through every hurdle and I've made you
1:04:34
go through every obstacle, What's happening now Every door that I didn't think I
1:04:41
could walk into, God is opening for me. Keep trusting in God,
1:04:45
you lean on him your pray, and just know God is never working on
1:04:51
our time. He works on his time. Because if God gave us everything,
1:04:56
if everything that we ask for God gave us, would we really truly
1:04:59
be able to have? And I'm gonna be honest and tell you no,
1:05:05
I'm almost there, but not quite. And That's how i'mna close this episode
1:05:12
tonight. So again, shout out to the Black Effects Podcast Festival. Shout
1:05:15
out to our Heart Radio for bringing this beautiful opportunity, not only to me,
1:05:20
but to the thousands of others that were there. You guys did a
1:05:28
great job and I'm proud of you. And keep going. Don't give up.
1:05:32
Keep going. Rashanda says, Yes, the festival was dope and we're
1:05:36
gonna be there next year. Carlos says, Amen, you better know it,
1:05:42
Cousin, you better know it. I love y'all. Thank y'all again
1:05:48
for the continuous support. Thank y'all for loving on me, pouring into me.
1:05:54
But if anybody is interested, y'all check out the Black Effects Podcast Festival
1:05:59
is hosted in Atlanta. If you're a podcaster, if you're some type,
1:06:03
if you're a content creator, I advise that you show up to this next
1:06:06
year. I advise that you pull up to this. So as I bring
1:06:11
this episode to a close, uh, let's talk about I've already done my
1:06:15
closing, my final thoughts, but I do want to talk about the upcoming
1:06:18
episodes for Black Girl Interrupted podcast. Unfortunately, y'all, I was not able
1:06:23
to finish out my episodes for the month of April for Sexual Assault Awareness Month,
1:06:29
so I will pick that back up in June. For the month of
1:06:31
May. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so everything in May is gonna
1:06:35
be mental health related. Every episode on Black Girl Interrupted. We're gonna speak
1:06:41
on depression, We're gonna speak on anxiety, We're gonna speak on suicide.
1:06:45
So if you are triggered by any of those episodes, I advise that you
1:06:49
do not tune in. Also in the month of May, I will be
1:06:54
doing my Mental Monday episodes as well as my Wellness Wednesday episodes, so again
1:07:00
is dedicated to mental health awareness. That will be Mental Health Awareness Month.
1:07:04
I will also be doing a special episode for Mother's Day. I do ask.
1:07:09
I will make a post but for all the mothers, please send me
1:07:12
your pictures because I do want to do a Mother's Day collage because I do
1:07:15
want to recognize the mother's, stepmothers, bonus mothers, whatever you call yourself.
1:07:19
If you are a mother, I don't care if you have children,
1:07:21
if you don't have children, if you consider your dogs, your cats,
1:07:25
your pets, your children, I want to recognize you for Mother's Day.
1:07:30
So again I will make that post. I do would love for you to
1:07:32
send me your pictures, excuse me, so I can go ahead and get
1:07:38
that collage together, because I do want to recognize mothers for the month of
1:07:41
May. Also, the website is up. The link is down at the
1:07:45
bottom of your screen. It is www dot bgipodcast dot o RG. That
1:07:53
is the website. That website will keep you updated on all the upcoming episodes
1:07:58
or Black Girl Interrupted, as well as any upcoming events that I do have
1:08:01
plan that I am trying to collectively put together. I will speak a little
1:08:06
bit more about some of the events I'm trying to put together for the month
1:08:10
of June as well as July, so y'all stay tuned for the updates.
1:08:15
Again, the website link is down at the bottom. It is www dot
1:08:18
bgipodcast dorg. I do want to let you know Black Girl Interrupted does stream
1:08:25
live every Tuesday. Every Thursday night at eight thirty pm Central Time nine thirty
1:08:29
Eastern Time. I stream live to Facebook as well as the YouTube. Excuse
1:08:34
me if you are a person that does not like visual podcasts. I am.
1:08:39
My podcast streams on all the major platforms Spotify, iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts,
1:08:44
Google Podcasts, I am on Amazon. I'm all over the place.
1:08:48
If you put in black Girl Interrupted, it will pull up. You could
1:08:51
also follow me on Instagram under black Underscore Girls Underscore Interrupted. I am also
1:09:00
on TikTok under Black Girls Interrupted as well. So I do want to say
1:09:03
thank y'all so much for tuning in to such a beautiful episode. Thank y'all
1:09:08
for supporting it and loving on me the way that you do. Again,
1:09:13
I will forever be humbled and grateful for all the love and support that I
1:09:16
continuously get from you guys, from on every week. So on that note,
1:09:20
I love you, guys. I do hope everyone has a great night.
1:09:25
I will see you guys Thursday as we kick off Mental Health Awareness Month.
1:09:30
So love your love, your love you again, take care of yourself
1:09:33
and I will see you guys Thursday. Love you, Holla.