Navigating all types of grief

The multiple layers of being a Black woman

I thought I had my career path figured out in my early 30s. I was making decent money as a freelance contractor at Viacom in New York and I...

Episode Notes I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have lingering PTSD from my past work experiences being the only Black woman or Black person in an all...

As an Afro-Caribbean woman, I’ve had to navigate multiple worlds beyond my comfort and rarely with enough language. When I fell into a dark space at the end of...

Having immigrant parents, getting a good education was over emphasized in our household. Lucky for me, I was down for traditional schooling, having gone to a four year college...

I thought I had my career path figured out in my early 30s. I was making decent money as a freelance contractor at Viacom in New York and I...

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have lingering PTSD from my past work experiences being the only Black woman or Black person in an all white corporate...

Being unemployed [for a third time] in New York crushed me and this time around, the additional bump in benefits, because of the pandemic, was gone. There were more...

In the words of Jay-Z, “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.” I studied entrepreneurship in undergrad because my natural inclination was to always be in charge of...

And then the music stopped. In a game of musical chairs, I was left without a seat. But the game wasn’t musical chairs, it was my health. I had...

In my best Biggie rapping voice but remixed, “What’s grief? Grief is when you need any noise to go to sleep, grief is isolating yourself for several weeks.” You...