Mindful Musings

Guess who's back?! Sharing a few updates on all I've been working on and my next big thing coming July 6, 2023! All the deets at gamenightish.eventbrite.com, follow the event on IG @thenodpresents, follow me on IG @thegenevasays

Lots of researchers and news outlets are saying we are in a loneliness epidemic. People are losing friends, and more people than even say they don't have any close friends. Can we do anything about it? Or is it just the era of 'no new friends'? Referenced article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/01/09/how-to-adult-friends-relationships/

I reflect on the emotional toll of witnessing another Black life lost at the hands of police - Tyre Nichols. As this downward spiral of police violence against Black people continues, where are the Black leaders we can look to? Sure we have the NAACP, the National Urban League, Color of Change...but is the community at large really looking to those organizations or their leaders for guidance? Is the era of well known Black civil rights leaders gone, and do we need to try to get it back?

I talk about how we should think more critically about the ways we expose Black culture in the name of satisfying an ever evolving demand for more and more content. Tweets/trends referenced in the episode: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1615745850180763648 https://twitter.com/elle__monique/status/1612303065205325830 https://twitter.com/CamTheKing/status/1615733064025489410

2022 was a year of healing and growth but nobody told me that healing would hurt so much! Still, I chose me, and I'm not sorry. 

Reflecting on the 2022 midterm elections, my own thoughts as my term as Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner comes to an end, and the fact that all these political pundits were wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wronggggg.

Therapy journey + mental health check-in: the power of acceptance. For more pods, subscribe on YouTube & iTunes (search Brittany Geneva).

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock doesn't mean anything when it comes to the Black community or toxic masculinity - but it does mean something. For more pods, subscribe on YouTube & iTunes (search Brittany Geneva).

When it comes to the pandemic, it's time for us to shift to the phase where we stop pretending we're protecting people and just let folks make their own decisions (originally recorded Oct 2021). For more pods, subscribe on YouTube & iTunes (search Brittany Geneva).

[Originally recorded April 2021] In times like these it's hard to feel like any real change can be made, but after reading Charles Blow's The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, I felt new energy and encouragement. For more pods, subscribe on YouTube & iTunes (search Brittany Geneva).

Somehow, someway, against all the odds, in the face of nothing but absolute madness, we made in out of the hell that was 2020. More at brittanygeneva dot com slash blog.

Even with all the false starts it's been important for me to find a good therapist because I believe in the value of mental health -- and I don't want to turn my friends into unofficial therapists (well except for one, you know who you are).  Here's hoping my journey inspires anyone else struggling to find the right match. More at brittanygeneva dot com.

Seeing Black people being killed in the streets, often at the hands of white police officers who face no consequences, has become more than tiring. More than stressful. More than heartbreaking. We have to find a way to extend the fight beyond social media. More at mindfully over matter dot com.

From people using COVID to prove friendships, to the feelings that Molly and Issa's failing friendship on Insecure seem to be bringing the forefront, it's time to talk about expectations and how some people's are way too high. More on mindfullyovermatter dot com.

Confessions of a girl who is not dealing well with this coronavirus quarantine. *NEW LOOK & NEW BLOG at mindfullyovermatter dot com*

Even at my big age of 30 years old, I am often still dumbfounded to learn about the many creative ways in which this world conspires to oppress women and Black people. My latest revelation -- men don’t want women to have friends. *NEW LOOK & NEW BLOG at mindfullyovermatter dot com*

I fall victim to downplaying what I know and what I've accomplished and the knowledge I have. In this (slightly more explicit than usual) podcast, I talk about that ah-ha moment -- the realization that I don't need to make myself small anymore. More at mindfulishy dot com.

If you saw Queen & Slim, you probably have thoughts on the movie. But when it comes to critiquing Black art, can we ever see things objectively?

As I learn more about atrocities like this from companies worldwide *Carrie Bradshaw voice* I can't help but wonder, if we don't cancel, then what do we do? Read more: https://www.mindfulishly.com/post/trying-to-figure-out-cancel-culture

I've been down so long it look like up to me...I got fake people showin' fake love to me, straight up to my face.  Read more at mindfulishly dot com.

When money gets in the way of dating, you get stories like the ones I am sharing. P.S. extra cussin. Read more at mindfulishly.com.

Valentine's Day reflections on the voices and messages that sometimes have us all jacked up. Read more at www.mindfulishly.com

For some reason this question has come back to the surface in certain circles. More on mindfulishly.com. (Disregard that part about me doing a great job of sticking with my schedule.)

This podcast is about the perfectly well-adjusted, non-clinically-diagnosed, regular degular folks who have just come to take for granted the idea of being men and women of their word. Read more at www.mindfulishly.com

I realize toxic masculinity is all around me, cleverly hidden amongst the "wokeness" and "confidence" I once thought I perceived. Accompanying blog post at www.mindfulishly.com.

If you're black and you feel threatened in black neighborhoods this episode will definitely offend you. Read the blog post that goes along with this podcast: https://www.mindfulishly.com/home/black-people-fearing-blackness-gentrification

Trying to find a silver lining within the midterm election disappointment.

I pulled an Issa. Read the blog post that goes along with this podcast: https://www.mindfulishly.com/home/i-quit-my-job-with-nothing-lined-up