Healthy is The New Black

We Sit Down with Nish as she speaks about her advocacy for gender based issues such as gender equality LBGTQ and others alike and how to eliminate marginalization within our own community. We speak about her spiritual journey and how she ended up becoming Buddhist, and also her support group Black Women Meditate which focuses on Mental Wellness for Black Women! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Healthy is The New Black Returns!!!!! After a brief hiatus the Healthy is The New Black Pod returns for another season; Speaking about the importance of self care and what to expect moving forward from the podcast!!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Thank you HITNB family for getting through this year with us!!!! We reflect on the year, speak about the importance of gratitude and being present and mindful; cherishing people and moments considering 2020 has been hellacious. However we manifest more life in 2021!!! The Healthy Is The New Black Pod will be back in 2021 stronger than ever giving you more and improved content and we are happy to continue to grow with you all and hope that it is likewise! Can't wait to speak to you all and bring back a new and improved podcast in 2021!!!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sit down with LMSW Aleya as we speak about eliminating the stigma behind getting therapy and the misconceptions about therapy in the community. We speak about how people with low income still have access to therapy and also how to access it. We also speak about other resources to access with dealing with grief and other mental health crises. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sit down with Talia who wants to work in Secondary Education; We speak about the importance of representation in education and why it is important to have teachers that come from where you do to understand you eliminating Prison to pipeline system. We also speak about how to improve teaching styles in ways that resonates with all kids. She also speaks about her company Sisters in Success Co. which is acompany that provides resources for women and teaches them how to collaborate and essentially still be able to learn to do/create businesses even if they do not go to school and keying on essential elements of uplifting women and her podcast; Success Tee Podcast Series which is an extension of the company! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We interview Dea owner of Vivid Creations as she speaks about her creative design business she started during a pandemic, making custom design pieces for her customers and also the trial and error of figuring out wholesale and getting all the right prices in order to make profit. She also talks about her aspirations to have a storefront that holds her crafts and designs --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We speak about the importance of setting healthy boundaries and not overextending yourself; we also speak about speaking life into yourself, overcoming “imposter syndrome” practicing self appreciation not self deprecation and setting your own value and self worth! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sit down with Degaryia; owner and CEO of Euphoric Flame Candle company, and speak to her about starting her own candle company in the midst of adapting to the pandemic, speaking about her candles that are made with soy wax and the benefits as opposed to typical in store candles. her collection the "Ky collection"; what it as been like adapting to the entrepreneurial lifestyle, overcoming adverse life situations, the importance in truthfully doing what you love to do and the market of candles and knowing her value and establishing that value and setting the market in contrast to accommodating based upon the market. website: www.euphoric-flame.square.site ig; euphoricflameco --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We Interview with CEO of Mack Delfino; Brian as he speaks on his management company and how the landscape of the music industry is changing and how artists need to adapt. How big named labels are no longer serving to the artists and reclaiming their power within the industry. We also speak about notable artists he has worked with such as Ayo and Teo, Day Hillfigerrr and more. We also speak about the future and what to expect it will look like shifting to mostly and online and streaming experience --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We speak with TéLor and Daryl; Who have been together 8 years about how they maintain and sustain their relationship; understanding the necessary commitments it takes to take on life partnership. We speak about how they met, the importances of tended to each others love languages, setting healthy boundaries, relearning and adjusting to each phase of the relationship in order to grow together and being able to healthily handle each other's triggers. We also speak on overcoming obstacles in order to maintain this life partnership and understanding how to not only love on another but look inward and love ones self in order to be able to be the best partner for one another. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We speak with Cleveland Reporter Tiarra Braddock; as she speaks on navigating the industry of Journalism/reporting as a young black woman, she also speaks about the trials and tribulations of the industry of having to take on new challenges moving and adapting to COVID. She speaks on how certain stories have impacted mental health as well as constantly moving and what it is like to have representation not only at a large level but a local level and being engaged within the communities that she reports in. Speaking also on the elevated responsibilities that come with media during times of the protests and recent incidents of police brutality and what the relations is like at the station! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sit down and speak with actor Tristin Taylor who played in the notable series Snowfall; as he speaks about coming from and environment where black actors were ostracized and breaking that norm and laying the foundation for next generations of young black talent in acting. We also discuss the importance of black representation and creative control and him being around the likes of John Singleton and actors such as Woody McClain. In his journey we also discuss the importance of staying persistent in your passion and the ebs and flows of following your dreams and what it was like along his journey taking risks and betting on himself. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We Address The Importance of Mindfulness, Grieving Properly and expressing gratitude in a time where there is a lot of tragedy and travesty. Properly channeling and expressing your emotions in a healthy way and being around a great support group. We also speak on the importance of cherishing the connections you have with your love ones! #RIPChadwickBoseman #RIPKyesha #RIPJohnThompson and everyone else lost this year New Merch also available https://teespring.com/stores/healthy-is-the-new-black-merch --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We speak on the importance of envisioning yourself attaining your goals regardless of what they may be; practicing positive self talk and speaking on how a mindset can change and open up opportunities --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

There is no love that you can give yourself that is better than self love; In this episode we speak about the importance of inward thinking, holding ourselves accountable and giving ourselves the proper due diligence and acknowledgment of things we have accomplished while also not allowing ourselves to be complacent and allowing our fears to push us not to control us. This self reflection experience and perspective that the host gives is very quintessential to understanding who we are and allowing ourselves to grow and be that person that we want to be. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sit down and speak with Tot @coconutoiltati; as she speaks with us about how she got into creative direction and consultation, birthing various different ideas and starting her own agency that operates in different states in the country. She also speaks on where she got her entrepreneurial spirit from, her fashion taste and what it's like being a black woman in the creative space. She also speaks on her dream projects and collars and what she does to maintain her mental health while doing these things and maintaining inspiration when coming to a creative funk. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sit down with Kyra as she prepares us for the upcoming election(s); Giving us all the information we need for the state primaries August 4th as well as the General Election. We also speak about her endeavors in activism, her leadership in NAACP, and her upbringing that has always made her inspired to be vocal in these different social issues. We also speak about the future and how it will transcend and what it will look like in generations to come. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We interview Alannah as she speaks about her inspiration of why she is involved in the different social justice movements; her experiences being apart of the Afro Latina community and the differences and similarities in cultures and also her leadership roles and how she has maintained during COVID https://www.gofundme.com/f/detroit-blm-protester-medical-relief-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We bring on Certified Midwife Cynthia Jackson and also aspiring mid wife Kya as she speaks about the beautiful side of pregnancy we never see; home birth for black women and how we have been conditioned to believe hospital births and providing an alternative which are home births. She also speaks about the mortality rates in hospitals, the mistreatment of pregnant black women in these hospitals why this happens and why to consider home births. She informs us of the holistic part of home births, the process of homebirths and also postpartum depression, pre/post clamps and also about why we need more black midwifes and midwifery schools in our community --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sit down with Ces the poet as she speaks on her experiences in which inspires her poetry, how she started, the ultimate vulnerability of the craft as well as finding the thin line between art and expression of internal battles. We also speak on the importance of finding other outlets such as finding therapy and her breaking generational curses being the first graduate, entrepreneur amongst other things in her family of West Indian and Trinidadian roots; Then conclude with one of her great poems! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sit down with Nurse Twannesha and Degaryia, as Twannesha speaks about the landscape of opportunities for black people in the medical field and how they are limited in advancement. We also speak about the disparities in proper treatment that black people and people of color receive at these facilities and share experiences about these disparities in treatment at these facilities. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We sit down with@ShotBySpecs as he speaks about his experiences as a black photographer/cinematographer in a field dominated by white males; we speak about his plight, growth as an artist, how his art could potentially spark social change, how he expresses himself in his art and how it's reflective of his reality, and his upcoming projects. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode we interview EJ @_jizzleman_ covering a range of topics such as; his experiences growing up on the South Side of Chicago, also discussing the culture, the racial injustices, family and how he has created his own path despite facing different obstacles and being able to not succumb to the pressures of his environment. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What to look forward to from Healthy is The New Black, embracing our stories and tearing down stigmas through dialogue, open discussions and storytelling. RIP to all the victims we recently lost due to police brutality and the fight shall continue!!