1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:35,560
Speaker 1: Welcome. You are now listening to the Professional profession. Hey,

2
00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,879
Speaker 1: Professional home Girls is the kid of a name from

3
00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,599
Speaker 1: the PSD podcast, the only place where you would hear

4
00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,839
Speaker 1: interviews from black women an honestly on stories that will

5
00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,839
Speaker 1: enlighten and expand on taboo topics. Now, if you hear

6
00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,920
Speaker 1: someone that sounds familiar, mind the business that pays you child.

7
00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,120
Speaker 1: If you like the PhD podcast, please rate, review and

8
00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:57,200
Speaker 1: subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Please five star reviews only hold

9
00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,200
Speaker 1: me down, don't hold me up. Merchants now enveloped on

10
00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,280
Speaker 1: the site as well as my book list, so please

11
00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,320
Speaker 1: make sure you visit the link in the show notes below.

12
00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,920
Speaker 1: You can connect with the kid on Instagram at the

13
00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,399
Speaker 1: Professional home Girl and at the PhD podcast. If you

14
00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:14,240
Speaker 1: are on Twitter, please follow me at the PhD podcast now.

15
00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:16,360
Speaker 1: If you are all caught up with episode, listen to

16
00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,720
Speaker 1: the bonus episodes by supporting the PSD podcast Patreon account.

17
00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:24,639
Speaker 1: To support, please visit www dot patreon dot com. Forward

18
00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,160
Speaker 1: slash the PSG podcast now. Please keep in mind and

19
00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,360
Speaker 1: all of my guests are anness. So let's again this

20
00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:36,559
Speaker 1: week's episode. Hello, Hello, Hello, I haven't done a solo

21
00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,440
Speaker 1: episode and so long so I thought that it was

22
00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,200
Speaker 1: only right that keep key with y'all for a second,

23
00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,240
Speaker 1: so let y'all know about the great things that's been

24
00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,360
Speaker 1: happening for pH G. PhD turned three years old on

25
00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,880
Speaker 1: January eighth. I started the podcast during the time when

26
00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,360
Speaker 1: everyone a daddy had one out, Okay, but I just

27
00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,760
Speaker 1: knew I had what it took to wrote this baby

28
00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,480
Speaker 1: if for it to stand out. I knew that I

29
00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,560
Speaker 1: wanted to create a show that was a love lord

30
00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,720
Speaker 1: to black women and to showcase the beauty and range

31
00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,480
Speaker 1: that women of color have. With that being said, I

32
00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,160
Speaker 1: have interview close to two hundred women from many walks

33
00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,880
Speaker 1: of life that were embraced by y'all and that y'all

34
00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,519
Speaker 1: want to know more about each woman because their story

35
00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,880
Speaker 1: was able to humanize them despite their journey travel. The

36
00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:30,480
Speaker 1: PhD podcast has been future in Essence, Magazine, Glamour, and

37
00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:34,120
Speaker 1: Pop Sugar, along with other media outlets that I am

38
00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,440
Speaker 1: so thankful for. When I found that I was an essence, y'all,

39
00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,720
Speaker 1: I cried so hard because one I was saying so

40
00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,760
Speaker 1: many other girls in essence, and I knew my ship

41
00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,800
Speaker 1: was letter than arrors, no shade, no teeth, but I

42
00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,040
Speaker 1: just knew. I was praying, like, come on, God, why

43
00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:51,959
Speaker 1: did I do to get in Essence? Because I see

44
00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,800
Speaker 1: what you do for others. Two, I was crying so

45
00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,880
Speaker 1: hard because I grew up on essence, Like I remember

46
00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,160
Speaker 1: reading Essence with my Nana and it just felt like

47
00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,760
Speaker 1: a full circle moment. I remember sharing in my story

48
00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,320
Speaker 1: on Instagram that I was coming for Essence and next thing,

49
00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,240
Speaker 1: you know, and a few months later, a bitch was

50
00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,720
Speaker 1: in Essence child. Now, one thing about me is I

51
00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,880
Speaker 1: have so many ideas, y'all. Sometimes I drive myself and

52
00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,200
Speaker 1: my friends crazy because my ideas be like hunting me. Seven.

53
00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,200
Speaker 1: So a little backstory for the coloring book. Right. Initially,

54
00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:28,959
Speaker 1: when I first came up with the idea for the

55
00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,360
Speaker 1: coloring book, it was supposed to be with someone I

56
00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,400
Speaker 1: knew the concept was completely different, but I just knew

57
00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,200
Speaker 1: that a coloring book was in but one thing for sure,

58
00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,400
Speaker 1: and two things with a certain child. You can't expect

59
00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,640
Speaker 1: everybody to see your vision and work hard for it. Eventually,

60
00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,960
Speaker 1: that idea what that person didn't come through, but something

61
00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,640
Speaker 1: was telling me to keep going going with creating a

62
00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,880
Speaker 1: coloring book. I drove myself crazy on how I can

63
00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,400
Speaker 1: implement the idea into pH G and as always, God

64
00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,040
Speaker 1: came on through child. Okay, the Professional A Homegirl Coloring

65
00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,640
Speaker 1: Book is now what It became available on July nine,

66
00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,800
Speaker 1: and now it is available in seven bookstores. I put

67
00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:11,680
Speaker 1: the link in the showing us below for you to

68
00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,560
Speaker 1: see the location of each bookstore. But we are currently

69
00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,120
Speaker 1: available in three stores in New York, one store in Nashville,

70
00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,320
Speaker 1: one store in l A, one in Portland's and now

71
00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,039
Speaker 1: in my hometown Mepis. So I'm super excited about that,

72
00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,520
Speaker 1: and one of my goals for this year is to

73
00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,840
Speaker 1: definitely have the coloring book and a larger retailer like Target,

74
00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,880
Speaker 1: Walmart or Barnes and Noble. So let's keep our fingers cross,

75
00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,200
Speaker 1: because y'all know I am hustling. Okay, I'm currently working

76
00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,000
Speaker 1: on a second coloring book that will be available in summer,

77
00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,039
Speaker 1: so make sure y'all sign up for the email list

78
00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,479
Speaker 1: when that drops. In addition, I am currently working on

79
00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,200
Speaker 1: two more books. One would be a children's book, which

80
00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,279
Speaker 1: I am super excited about because it's going to be

81
00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,080
Speaker 1: so fire. Plus it would be something that most some

82
00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,000
Speaker 1: of us can relate to. And my goal is to

83
00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,720
Speaker 1: have that out by next year. That second book is

84
00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,520
Speaker 1: going to be an inspirational book series. And y'all, when

85
00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:11,880
Speaker 1: I say this is gonna be it, this is going

86
00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,800
Speaker 1: to take me out the hood child, just mark my words.

87
00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:17,520
Speaker 1: I try to stay closer things that I can relate

88
00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,920
Speaker 1: to and what I need doing what I needed during

89
00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,320
Speaker 1: certain times in my life. So definitely stay tuned for

90
00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,800
Speaker 1: more details, because this inspirational book it's going to be

91
00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,520
Speaker 1: just like I just know, it's gonna be amazing, and

92
00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,479
Speaker 1: I'm gonna definitely need your help with this one. So

93
00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,000
Speaker 1: I should have everything finalized by March and we'll have

94
00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:42,560
Speaker 1: more details available for you all very soon. I recently

95
00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:47,520
Speaker 1: create the Professional Homegirl coloring book Color and Sip, and

96
00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,440
Speaker 1: I had my first event at a Black Woman On

97
00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,159
Speaker 1: bookstore and Brooklyn was like a cute workshop where a

98
00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,679
Speaker 1: group of young women got together and we just colored

99
00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,320
Speaker 1: pages from the coloring book and hell like so I

100
00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,520
Speaker 1: really deep conversations and we all just got to know

101
00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,200
Speaker 1: each other and it was very therapeutic. It was like

102
00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,560
Speaker 1: so magical. So I decided that I wanted to make

103
00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,960
Speaker 1: this workshop available to the masses. I'm currently working on

104
00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,839
Speaker 1: a collaboration with my Homegirl forc this workshop and this

105
00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,000
Speaker 1: will go live towards the end of the month, so

106
00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,719
Speaker 1: I would definitely keep you all posted with that. As

107
00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:25,440
Speaker 1: you can see, my goal is to diversify PSHD portfolio

108
00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:30,280
Speaker 1: and make PSD at household name like No Limit in

109
00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,440
Speaker 1: the next three to five years. I definitely want to

110
00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,599
Speaker 1: have an app out and create a festival, which I'm

111
00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,200
Speaker 1: really excited about. Plus I want to get into the

112
00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,080
Speaker 1: Vendom machine game. I keep your updated with that one

113
00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,120
Speaker 1: as well, But my goal is to have my very

114
00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,719
Speaker 1: first Vindom machine by the end of this year. You know,

115
00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,400
Speaker 1: there are so many opportunities out there, y'all, but you

116
00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,039
Speaker 1: gotta believe in invisible to do the impossible. And I

117
00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,920
Speaker 1: always tell people to take the idea that's gonna take

118
00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,599
Speaker 1: the least amount of money that's gonna postibly make you

119
00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,400
Speaker 1: the most amount of money. Also, once this pandemic is

120
00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,039
Speaker 1: fully over with, I plan to do a few pop

121
00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,600
Speaker 1: ups in your city so we can meet and keep

122
00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,400
Speaker 1: keep I feel like I have enough pH G, So

123
00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,920
Speaker 1: y'all hold me down. Don't hold me up because I

124
00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,400
Speaker 1: don't want to come out to your city. Ain't nobody

125
00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:23,200
Speaker 1: showing up, child, Okay? Oh, and another thing. When it

126
00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,760
Speaker 1: comes to supporting pH G, y'all know, I am very

127
00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,840
Speaker 1: appreciative because I couldn't have made it this far without y'all.

128
00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,680
Speaker 1: I made a few changes to the Patreon page, so

129
00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,800
Speaker 1: if you've got the coints to support your girl on

130
00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,240
Speaker 1: a regular basis, Patreon is for you. I would make

131
00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,320
Speaker 1: updates here and there, but your support will go to

132
00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,200
Speaker 1: the development of PSD. I noticed that a lot of

133
00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,040
Speaker 1: y'all want to working with the Patreon page, so I

134
00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,760
Speaker 1: decided to stop making separate content for it and just

135
00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,520
Speaker 1: leave it open for support. If you would like to

136
00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,520
Speaker 1: support when you can, you can also use a link

137
00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,960
Speaker 1: and the showing us below title buy me a coffee,

138
00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,600
Speaker 1: which is like super cute, super easy, and you're only

139
00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:03,080
Speaker 1: good charged one um. I was recently asked by one

140
00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,320
Speaker 1: of my podcast sisters, how do I personify PhD and

141
00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,080
Speaker 1: my everyday life. It's literally me not giving up because,

142
00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,600
Speaker 1: as we all know, for every peak, there are always

143
00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,559
Speaker 1: some values. I have had a lot of failures y'all

144
00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,960
Speaker 1: in my life, more than successes, but I can honestly

145
00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,800
Speaker 1: say I wouldn't change that for anything because it made

146
00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,360
Speaker 1: me who I am, and I and I am obsessed

147
00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,720
Speaker 1: with who I'm becoming. I hope that y'all stay encouraged

148
00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,880
Speaker 1: and to remember that tough times don't last, but PhDs do.

149
00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:37,760
Speaker 1: Plus PhD's doing better. I have so many new content,

150
00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,000
Speaker 1: so many new stories come. Y'all way to be patient

151
00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,720
Speaker 1: with me because y'all know it's my birthday month, but

152
00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,040
Speaker 1: we will have some new stories coming very very soon.

153
00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,480
Speaker 1: I promise hopelly by next week for sure. So as always,

154
00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:53,280
Speaker 1: thank you all so much, and until next time, everyone Later,