I Won't Belong

On the final episode, I bring everything full circle! I'm catching you up on what I've been up to, and the additional steps I've taken to get myself out of the season that was affecting me so much. Sometimes, life requires you to re-learn yourself. We experience so many different changes at many different points of our lives, it's important that we understand how to maintain the good and manage the difficult. You may also find the difficult changes to be trauma resurfacing in different ways. Heal. Heal. Heal. Take the time that you need to Heal. Use the resources you have to Heal. Put the work in to Heal. I promise, on the other side of that healing is a better, healthier, and happier you. The message here is a recurring one. No matter how challenging life gets, do not allow giving up on yourself to be an option. Thank you to everyone who tuned in to my journey! I hope you've been able to take something away that may help you on your own. Until next season remember, If I can help it - We Won't Belong.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

On this episode, I continue to share my recent experiences with anxiety. This time diving more into how it's affected me socially, and the impact its had on my return to podcasting.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Tune in as I talk through what's been holding me back, and my plans for getting back to Me.⁣ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

 “Where focus goes, energy flows.”⁣ ⁣ On this episode, I speak openly about the increased level of anxiety I've been experiencing and how it's affected me personally. ⁣ ⁣ Focus plays a huge role in this. I took some time to research how to focus on the positives and “what is” vs. the negatives in the scenarios I'd create in my mind. ⁣ ⁣ Tune in as I share some exercises that helps when your mind starts wandering in the wrong direction. ⁣ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

Episode 2 will highlight my thoughts surrounding my mood swings and the overthinking that has brought them on. This has by far been one of my biggest challenges to overcome in this phase, simply because this isn't something that just impacts me, but those around as well. Often times, negative thinking can shape everything around you - from how you see yourself, how you see others, the aura you give off and your decisions. I talk through my experience, and how those around me have played a key role in keeping me grounded. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

Season M3 starts out with me simply talking through it… A crucial conversation with a not so nice client helped me realize that only I could give power to the negativity spewed my way. This episode was the turning point in all I had been dealing with over the last 12 or so months. I did things differently and decided not to sit in my thoughts and simply talk through how the interaction made me feel. If you don't have anyone you can “talk through it” with, give yourself a listening ear. Fill your mind with positive thoughts and affirmations. Thanks for listening tribe! IG: @iwontbelongpodcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

On this episode, I'm joined by special guest, Adarius Davis, who shares his story on how he was motivated to move across the country, the toll it ultimately took on himself and his family, and his secret for pushing through. Tune in!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

On this episode, I tell the story of how what I thought would be my dream career, actually turned out to be the stepping stone that I needed to get me in the space that was meant for me all along! Fair warning - this one got kinda long ;) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

On this episode, I'm joined by a special guest, who shares her story of an unimaginable loss. She details her experience throughout this difficult journey as she navigated through grief, depression, hopelessness but most importantly.. how she still managed to find purpose for her life after loss. This is Treasure's story. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

IWBL is finally back with Season 2!  On this episode, I'll be catching you up on all that's happened in these last 5 months. From moving, to my first merch launch, to joining business with my best friend! The experiences I've endured along the way.. - the doubt, the worry, the "NO's", the discouragement, the restless nights - all were necessary for me to get here and to be able to accept and appreciate this point in my life. I've never been more FULL, happier, and secure with my vision and my life than I am in this moment. None of which would have happened, if I hadn't taken the leap towards a New Beginning.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

We've made it to the Mid-Season Finaleeee!! For this episode, I'll be talking about how incredible of a journey this has been so far. From starting off with a podcast, to the goals accomplished along the way, and to ultimately growing this into a much bigger opportunity than I could have imagined. I want to thank you all so much for rocking with me so far, and I cannot wait for you guys to see what's to come!  PS: In the meantime, I'm challenging you all out there – to find the positives, in everything! Those obstacles you're experiencing? Find the lessons in them. Those challenges? Find the messages that God is trying to send you, find the opportunities for growth – so that you can always keep going. Happiness is the goal – don't ever stop until you've reached it.  As always, if I can help it - We Won't Belong ;) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

In this episode, I'll be talking to you guys about my experiences with protesting, my recent experience at the March on Washington, and my answer to the question that follows each protest - "What's Next"?  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

Checking in! On this episode, I'm discussing my experience with navigating my most recent journey of podcasting, conquering the challenges along the way, and sharing a little of what's to come! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

How do you respond when you're thrown out of your routine? Do you embrace it? Get frightened? Anxious? When it came to change, my natural reaction was to question it— sometimes, get overwhelmed. On this episode, I'm discussing my experiences with difficult changes, that in the end taught me how to embrace them and the growth that comes with it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

Imagine you and your friends having a good time, just kicking it, choppin' it up, LAUGHING lol and giving advice.. It's been awhile since a lot of us have had that moment, (thanks to COVID

At some point, we‘ve all been there.. felt it, seen it.. The mark of ‘Being Single'. On this episode, I'll be breaking down how the stigmas associated with this status, led me to placing my value/worth in the hands of someone else. Join me as I discuss my experiences with dating and relationships that taught me in order to truly find the love and happiness I deserve, I'd have to first learn how to pour love and happiness into myself. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

On this episode, I discuss my journey to discovering my voice. I haven't always been the most outspoken individual, and as a result of that, I've experienced a lot of things that could have been avoided. Not knowing my worth, meant accepting any worth given to me. Not knowing my voice, meant following anyone else's. Today, you'll learn how those experiences, ultimately became motivation for me to discover and use a power that I had all along. The Power of ME. "People will only do what you allow - To know your worth, is to know WHAT to allow." - Ericka M.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

On this episode, I address Mental Health as there is still a stigma surrounding this topic, preventing those who are in need to heal. It wasn't until recently that I realized I was one of those people who needed healing before I could fully devote myself to helping others. So today, I confront never before shared details of my past, and also share the perspective I've adapted that's kept me moving forward. Join me as I release the fears, release the past, and release the trauma that has defined me for far too long. "Love yourself enough to know that when something, or someone does not serve you, you must walk away. Love yourself to know that your trauma does not define you. Love yourself enough to know that you are worthy of life. You are still here because you deserve to be. Never forget that." - Ericka M. UPDATE: The book that I referenced in this episode is "Women of Inspiration: Volume One: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Love & Sisterhood" by Amea Islom ; excerpt - "The Regal Road" by: Rebeccah Hannah --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

Breaking the cycle isn't easy. Especially when the cycle's you have to break aren't visibly bad. On this episode, I discuss my own personal battle with breaking through generational cycle's that I once found comfort in. This is my story of how, with a push :), I was able to let go of tradition and familiarity to discover a greater version of myself.   "All it takes is one person to break through, to create a new path for the generations to come." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

This episode, I will be hosting my very first guests, two motivational and influential friends of mine: Regal and Ziggy! Join us as they get candid about their experience with breaking cycles, what's kept them motivated, and how they plan to continue to inspire the generations to come. We're celebrating Black today, yall! HAPPY JUNETEENTH!! ✊

From marching and letting our voices ring out in the streets, to bringing our calls for justice and accountability to the front door of a system that has been on the wrong side of justice one time too many - the Revolution is here. For this episode, join me as I walk us through a Cycle that has lingered on far too long within our Country and our Generations. Breaking down the similarities in how we got here, and pointing out - now that WE are here - just how we will take the steps to rewrite our own history in the making, instead of recreating the one we have known. NOTE: The fight to bring Breonna Taylor's murderer's to conviction continues! To access the steps on how to help, please copy/paste the following: #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor in any social media outlet. Every voice helps!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

This episode comes days after the murder of George Floyd surfaces, adding to the many lists of black victims who have died at the hands of Police. Join as I walk you through the reality of being Black in America - break down why we are tired - and remind you of why we still rise.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support

On this episode, I discuss my journey of discovering and going after my passion. Come along as I reflect on the negative stigmas faced along the way, and uncover how the ultimate lesson in this discovery, is staying true to yourself.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iwontbelong/support