Thriving while Black in systems designed for whiteness is hard. We must have a strong foundation supporting our sense of self, and we must engage in ongoing calibration, healing, and community care. Liberated Love Notes™ is a starting point for integrating self and community affirmations into your daily practices. Liberated Love Notes center the experiences of Black folks existing in white systems and speak to overcoming imposter syndrome, disrupting injected & internalized forms of oppression, embodying an abundance mindset and building a healthy racial identity. Tune in for a new episode every Monday wherever you listen to podcasts!
Brittany Janay reminds us of the beauty and power that exists in “the pause.” In a culture of white urgency, we often carry this burden and expectation to immediately respond, react, and DO…without attention to our bodies, our spirits, our minds. We don’t always hold space to process, to work though, name and lean into…
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“We will not lose our souls.” Brittany Janay offers a loving affirmation, a reminder that even as we exist in systems not created with us in mind, we have the choice (and responsibility) to stay true to our values and community. She shares her thoughts on the difference between assimilation & code-switching and healthy adaptation,…
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Existing in a culture that is heavy on the “individual,” heavy on the “bootstrap,” heavy on “climbing the corporate ladder, and “dog eat dog,” can have us forgetting what is true to us: COMMUNITY. In this week’s episode, Brittany Janay encourages us to unlearn patterns of individualism and REMEMBER the significance of community to our…
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Brittany Janay is back this week with a loving affirmation for those moments when we are questioning whether or not we “belong” in the room. Within the context of a system of domination influenced by white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, among others, it is a common experience to question our since of belonging and internalize the…
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“Interrupting white supremacy and toxic individualism be like…” Brittany Janay reflects on what it means to unlearn what can feel like this perpetual need to be validated through mainstream, oppressive norms–to be seen as the ONE, to be seen as better than, to be regarded as THE best. She asks us to consider, “What happens…
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This week, Brittany Janay shares her reflections on the language of surviving and thriving and how she’s been evolving in her understanding of this juxtaposition. She offers up how positioning surviving and thriving as a good/better binary might unintentionally lead to qualifying someone’s state of being, living and existing as better than others. Brittany talks…
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In this week’s episode, Brittany Janay reflects on the mainstream conversations surrounding Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, Black women, mental health and boundaries. She shares her thoughts on the beautiful opportunity in this cultural shift we’re experiencing, specifically as it relates to how we show up in community with each other, at work and at home….
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Inspired by her re-reading of bell hooks’ “All About Love,” Brittany Janay shares her reflections on our learned norms around power. She talks about how we’ve come to understand power as something to be “asserted over” others, whether in relationships, parenting, and even the workplace. Brittany challenges us to interrogate and unlearn some of our…
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Brittany Janay kicks off this episode feeling reaffirmed. She briefly revisits a previous episode, “Our Refusal is Divine,” offering a timely connection to recent announcements shared by Dr. Nikole Hannah-Jones. Brittany focuses the remainder of the episode reflecting on power– how ingesting the need to assert “power over” can lead us to devaluing the beauty…
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“They are not my work.” It might sound harsh on the surface… and in this week’s episode, Brittany Janay affirms how clarity and being able to track others’ “work,” unresolved traumas, unhealed forms of injected white supremacy helps her create healthy boundaries in conflict and disagreement. We should not internalize other folks’ work (internalized perfectionism, scarcity…
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