1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Hey, ba fam, let's be real for a second, and 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: y'all know I keep it a book. The job market 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: has been brutal, now not brutal trash, especially for women 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: of color. Over three hundred thousand of us have disappeared 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: from the workforce this year alone, and not by choice, 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 1: but because of layoffs, disappearing DEI programs, and stagnant wages 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: that keep cutting us out of opportunity. Our unemployment rate 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: has jumped to over seven percent, while our pay gap 9 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: continues to widen. I know all of that sounds dire, 10 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: but here's what I want y'all to know. You do 11 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: not have to wait for the system to save you. 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: That's exactly why I created the Mandy money Makers Group 13 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: coaching community. It is a coaching community that is built 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: for us by us. Inside the community, we're not just 15 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: talking about how to negotiate or to how to get 16 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: the job that you want. It's about finding purpose in 17 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: your career. It's about finding communities and others, feeling seen, 18 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: feeling heard, and also having a sounding board and a 19 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: mirror to reflect your own magic, your own sparkle right 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: back to yourself. In this community, you'll get group coaching 21 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: led by me, but you also get peer to peer 22 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: accountability with proven tools and resources that can help you 23 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: do what we have always done since rise. Even when 24 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 1: the odds are stacked against us, despite all the challenges, 25 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: we will rise. If you're interested in joining the Mandy 26 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: money Makers community and having that support to bolster you 27 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: and help you tap back into your magic so that 28 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: you can lead your career with intention and heart and 29 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: your own intuition, trusting that again, please join us. You 30 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: can find information in the show notes of today's episodes, 31 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: or go to mandymoney dot com slash community. That's Mandy 32 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: m A n d I money dot com slash community. 33 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: I would love to see y'all there. Enrollment is open, 34 00:01:55,080 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: so please go check out mandymoney dot com slash community today. Hey, hey, 35 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: bea fam You know what, at a certain point, I 36 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: just have to hit record. I will sit here for 37 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: hours talking to y'all in my head, preparing everything that 38 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: I want to talk about, what's happening in the news, 39 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: things that I think are really relevant, catching up and 40 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: I swear I've been sitting here for like three four hours, 41 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: and I'm like, girl, if you don't hit record, they're 42 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: not going to get a show, and I just can't 43 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: do that to y'all, not at a time like this. 44 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: So Hello, be a fam Welcome back to the show. 45 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 1: It's your girl, Mandy Money. I could not be happier 46 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: to be here with y'all today. It's snowing. I don't 47 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: know what to make of that. It's Veterans Day. Shout 48 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: out to our black and brown veterans. We see you, 49 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: We honor you, and thank you so much for your service. 50 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: And yes, your service matters and we are just so grateful, 51 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: so we want to honor you today. How are y'all? 52 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: How are y'all feeling? Daylight Savings time is over? So 53 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: I want to do a check in with my girls 54 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: and guys. If y'all are struggling with the shorter days, 55 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: the longer nights, I'm right there with you. I actually 56 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: want to make a game plane with y'all, a game 57 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: plan on how we are going to get through this 58 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: dark winter. It can really start to affect your mood. 59 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: It can make it hard to show up and do 60 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: the work that you know you need to do to 61 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: get the coins that you need to survive. I feel it. 62 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: It also can feed into any anxiety and depression underlying 63 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: that you may already have going on. It's so much 64 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: harder to get up and push and to get through 65 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: those difficult times when you look out the window and 66 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: it's gross, it's gray, it's dark, it's gloomy. Something that 67 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: has helped me other than getting one of those therapeutic 68 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: daylight monitors kind of things. I'll put a link in 69 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: the comments that the one from the one that my 70 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: therapist recommended to me a few years ago. The one 71 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: that I have is big and clone. She's a big girl, 72 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: and I especially used to use this daylight. It's basically 73 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: a big monitor, like the size of a computer monitor, 74 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: that shines bright daylight at you and you use it 75 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: sort of like a form of therapy. So in the morning, 76 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: when I was working down in my cold, dark basement 77 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: that barely had half a window, I especially needed that 78 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: kind of light therapy, so I would plug it in. 79 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: And I think it's recommended. I mean, you can talk 80 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: to your doctor, but between like twenty to thirty minutes 81 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: is what I was sort of going for, and I 82 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: would try to do something. It's very bright, so I 83 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: would try to meditate or just listen to some music 84 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: while it was sort of just beaming on me. And 85 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: it's meant to just be a way for your body 86 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: to wake up, to know that it's daytime and to literally, 87 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: you know, get your body to generate some energy and 88 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: to can really help you stave off that seasonal depression. 89 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: So that's one thing, but something that I'm trying this 90 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: year because I don't have the same iss. I'm up 91 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: in the daylight. My office is set up, I have 92 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: a window. I can look out of it. I can 93 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: see the light. It's very nice. However, the shorter days 94 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: do challenge me, especially when it comes to, you know, 95 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 1: just getting the time, getting the energy to work and 96 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: to work for my after my after work job, which 97 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: is you know, finishing the book, the brand Ambition book. 98 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 1: So for me, I'm really going I'm leaning into the 99 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: whole idea of romanticizing winter. I recently purchased a brand 100 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: new pair of fuzzy nice house slippers. I tend to 101 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: run my house slippers ragged. For those of you who 102 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: work from home and you're always in your slippers like 103 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: maybe you're with me, but I wear them joints out. 104 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: So I needed a new pair, and I didn't just 105 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: get a cheap pair from TJ Max. I got a 106 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: nice pair, very comfortable, very cozy. Picked up it because 107 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: you can never have enough cozy blankets, right, I got 108 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: a new blanket for myself. And I went to the 109 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: library and while I was there, I picked up a 110 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 1: cozy like cookbook. I got a cookbook that has a 111 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: bunch of like good seasonal, like holiday recipes and soups 112 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: and baked goods. And I decided that at least once 113 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: a week, I'm going to try to go to the 114 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: grocery store, bring my kid with me. He loves helping 115 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: me in the kitchen, and we're just going to pick 116 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: a new recipe and try some new cozy recipes. So 117 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: last night I was kneading dough, I made some I 118 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: made homemade bow buns, which is one of my favorite 119 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: things to eat out. I love bal buns. Pmn't tried them. 120 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: I don't know what you're waiting for. And I made 121 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: this recipe and it was so good. I'm not going 122 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: to say the bow buns turned out perfectly, but like 123 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: I for my first time, for my first try, okay, 124 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,799 Speaker 1: this ain't the Great American bakeof like, I did my best, 125 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: but it was good and it kind of yeah, and 126 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: it did make the evening, made the evening a little 127 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: bit more sparkly and fun, and the kids had fun 128 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:57,119 Speaker 1: watching me make a huge mess. And yeah, so romanticizing 129 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: it by having some fun little like, you know, new 130 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: recipes to try and looking forward to the holidays. I'm 131 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: trying to make plans. I know, even now, there's some 132 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: of y'all who before Mariah Carey even told y'all it 133 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: was time y'all had your holiday calendars planned out. That 134 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: is not me. Nah, it's not me. I have so 135 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: much going on, but I have tried to plan a 136 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: couple of things now. The holidays is one thing what 137 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: really gets difficult is that January February post holiday slump. 138 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: This is when we really need to be on it, y'all. 139 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: What are we doing in January to soothe ourselves to really, 140 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: you know, get out of those winter doldrums when it's 141 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: not so cute because the lights are taken down, you know, 142 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: there's not a ton of holiday events to look forward to. 143 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: One of the things I'm looking forward to that I'm 144 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: going to bring back this year is I hosted a 145 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: Mama's Night In party a couple of years ago post 146 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: holiday season, just to appreciate the moms in my life 147 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: and all the hard work that we do making that 148 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: holiday magic happen. Because the kids don't know, but Santa 149 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: Ate real, it's us, it's me, We're doing it. We're 150 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: making the sparkles happen, right So just to give a 151 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: night just for mamas. We make nice food, make cocktails, 152 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: We get together and support one another. So that's something 153 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: that I'm really looking forward to. So again, just heading 154 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: into the winter months, we don't have that much like 155 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: think of it this way. In just another month, we're 156 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: going to be the days will start to get longer, 157 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: you know, once we get past that winter solstice. But 158 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: if you, like me, are thinking okay, here comes the darkness, 159 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: just let me know what you're sort of doing to 160 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: take care of yourself and to get through, you know, 161 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: these cold, cold months in our lives. Right now, All 162 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 1: right now, speaking of hearing from y'all, I want to 163 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: share a couple of listener reviews. Y'all have been making 164 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: your girl blush. I happen to be checking out our 165 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: reviews on Apple, which I haven't checked in a minute, 166 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: and couple of really really sweet reviews I wanted to read. 167 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: One is from listener Kia Real. Keia says, I have 168 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: been listening to you for years. Your episode taking Off 169 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: the Mask resonates with me. We support you. Taking off 170 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: your mask makes you human and relatable. Thank you, Kia, 171 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: that's so kind. And also another listener, this one doesn't 172 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: really have a real name. Stsp eight says Mandy, It's 173 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 1: okay to be depressed. I started therapy again this week. 174 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: I felt myself spiraling into the dark spaces, and I'm 175 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: fighting my way back to the light. Fight when you 176 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: can rest, when you're tired, cry when it hurts. You 177 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: have to live where you are. It's okay. I'm proud 178 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 1: of you for sharing your struggles. Your honesty is helping 179 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: me heal. Well. Way to make your girl cry on 180 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: a Tuesday, Well, it's knowing outside. Thank you. Thank you 181 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: so much. Y'all's support love. You know. Whether or not 182 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: you know the idea of being relatable, it's not necessarily 183 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: always the goal, I guess, but I think whether you're 184 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: going through something similar to me or you have in 185 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: the past, I think it's just an act of like 186 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: love and for me, authenticity. I really abide by that, 187 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: and I want to bring my full self to this 188 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: show so that y'all really can understand what's going on 189 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 1: behind it. And you know what's happening behind you know 190 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: the mask the curtain a little bit. And I honestly 191 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: trust y'all, I genuinely trust you be a fan like 192 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: I trust you with the like a little bit of 193 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,719 Speaker 1: a deeper inside look into what I'm going through. And 194 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 1: we have built this community, this relationship, you and I, 195 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: you and us for ten years now. If this was 196 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: just a podcast I started last month, I don't know 197 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: I'd be sharing all this. But when you feel that 198 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: really connected to your community, of course I'm going to 199 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: show up for y'all and you know, be authentic in 200 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: that way and you're you're showing me the love right back, 201 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: and I just I just say thank you so much 202 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: for that. Now, speaking of the holiday season, I wanted 203 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: to talk about the idea of this boycott. There is 204 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: this I think I talked about this a little bit 205 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: last week that you know, I was on the Win 206 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: with Black Women, zoom call that happens every other weekend, 207 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: amazing call. If you're not registered, go register Win with 208 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: Black Women. I'll put the link in the show notes 209 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: for y'all. But that was the you know, there were 210 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 1: some conversations around, you know, we should be really voting 211 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: with our dollars in a way and being mindful about 212 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: where we're spending this holiday season. And then, of course 213 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: there's a larger, more organized boycott right now that's happening 214 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: through a couple of different civil rights and social justice 215 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: organizations to make a d Mallories until Freedom. There's a 216 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: couple of others, but the idea is we're going to 217 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: be boycotting, all right, not just boycotting target, but actually 218 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: going beyond that, and specifically they want us to boycott 219 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: Amazon Home depot target of course, and make sure that 220 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: this boycott lasts between Black Friday, which is November twenty eight, 221 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: through Cyber Monday, December one. But if you're gonna ask me, 222 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: like why wait until Black Friday? Like why not just 223 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: start the boycott now? Let's make it happen, all right. 224 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: So in the press release, they say, from cravenly abandoning 225 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion, to enabling the 226 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: terrorizing of our communities, corporate collaboration must stop. They're urging 227 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: the boycott until these major retailers cease collaborating with and 228 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: enabling this administration's harmful policies. From the day he stepped 229 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: foot into office, Donald Trump has done everything he can 230 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: to tear apart the fabric of our communities and strip 231 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,199 Speaker 1: us of our power and the necessary tools to help 232 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: us resist his fascist agenda. Instead of fighting back and 233 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: supporting the people who put money in their pockets, corporations 234 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: and retailers have bowed at Trump's feet. But we ain't 235 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: buying it. That's quote from Latasha Brown, who co founded 236 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: Black Voters Matter, which is one of the organizations behind 237 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,559 Speaker 1: this protest. So the theme is we ain't buying it. 238 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,839 Speaker 1: Your wallet, your power. You can actually if you want, 239 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: like the signed the petition to pledge that you will 240 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,839 Speaker 1: not be buying it. Wait, what did I just do? You? Sorry? 241 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 1: The Wisconsin white girl and me just came out, not me. 242 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: What's the opposite of codes which we will we will 243 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: not be buying it. No, we ain't buying it. Anti 244 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: Trump groups that are calling on an economic boycott ahead 245 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 1: of Thanksgiving weekend, you can sign that petition. I'll put 246 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: the link in the show notes. Whatever you want to 247 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: call it. We will not be buying it. We ain't 248 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: buying it, y'all just sign But the point is, let's 249 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: actually take our money and honestly, in this economy, the 250 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: limited money and resources that we have, and make sure 251 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: that we are pouring back into the communities to support 252 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: one another. So I will absolutely be looking to buy 253 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: black and brown this holiday season. Let me know where 254 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: y'all are shopping this holiday season, if at all, if 255 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: you're planning to take part in this boycott, let me know, honestly, 256 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: even this is one of those years where if you 257 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: go ahead and talk to your family now, especially if 258 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: you have a situation and we've talked about this on 259 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: the podcast in the past, you have a situation where 260 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: you know some people in your family are struggling and 261 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: others are doing okay, and maybe traditions of holiday past, 262 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: like you know, you would do like what do you 263 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: call like a white Elephant or a secret Santa, or 264 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: people would get everybody would get gifts, and you get 265 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: gifts for your you know, your sister's kids, your brother's kids, 266 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: and the whole thing. And if that's not feasa for you, 267 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: I think that this is a really good time to 268 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: go ahead and have those heart to hearts with your 269 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: family and just let them know what you're going through 270 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: and listen. Being vulnerable is not easy, having only just now, 271 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: I think recovered from my own vulnerability hangover from sharing 272 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: with y'all what's been going on, you know, a few 273 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: weeks ago on the show. I get it. It can 274 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: be really challenging. But I think what's even more painful 275 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: than if you were to be vulnerable and honest with 276 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: your family about what's going on is if you push 277 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: your way through the holiday season trying to fake it 278 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 1: till you make it, you know, putting yourself in a 279 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: precarious financial situation. If you, you know, try to buy 280 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: the things and to be at that level that you 281 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: were financially, you know a year ago or even a 282 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, when you're actually not. You could 283 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: potentially be racking up credit card debt. That's just going 284 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: to be a cruing interest. And it may feel good 285 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: in the moment, and listen, I know, I mean literally, 286 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: research shows it feels good to be a giver, right 287 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: and to see people open your gift and to see 288 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: the light on their face, and that is really beautiful. However, 289 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: think of yourself a couple of months down the line, 290 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: opening that credit card statement and saying, oh my goodness, 291 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: I can't afford to pay all this off. Now you've 292 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: got double digit interest that's you know, piling on top 293 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: of that. And while they're off enjoying the present that 294 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: you got them, you're still you know, facing those bills. 295 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: And I just want to, you know, we have to 296 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: take a moment and slow down and you know, not 297 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: get so caught up in the immediacy and the here 298 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: and now, and think about ourselves in the future and 299 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: try to visualize that version of yourself in the future. 300 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: I know on the show, Tiffany would always talk about 301 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: her eighty year old self Wanda, And you know, I'm 302 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: not even talking about eighty year old while I'm talking 303 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: about like a few months from now. Think about yourself 304 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: and that's going to be the dark winter, doldrum season. Okay, 305 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: post holiday I think honestly, I think the financial over 306 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: the holidays is one of the reason it can be 307 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: really depressing post holiday season. So I don't want that 308 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: for us. I don't want that for you. So I'm 309 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: really encouraging all it to have those conversations, even if 310 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: they are a little bit uncomfortable, go ahead and have 311 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: them now, and make plans with your family and your 312 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: loved ones, chosen family, whatever it make, your community. Make 313 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: a plan that doesn't involve, you know, putting yourself in 314 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: a precarious financial situation. That may mean, Okay, we're not 315 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: going to be traveling for the holidays this year, or 316 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 1: if we do travel, then we're going to have to plan. Okay, 317 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 1: no gift giving this year. Maybe we're gonna have a 318 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: nice dinner, have pot luck, you know, have a game night, 319 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: really spend some quality time. Just be frank, honest, authentic 320 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: with your family, chosen or otherwise your friends, and do 321 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: it as an act of love towards yourself. I think 322 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 1: what can be tied up in us not wanting to 323 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: share that, you know, share our struggles with family and 324 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: friends sometimes is like there's a little bit of shame 325 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: around that too, which honestly is just damaging yourself. Right. 326 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: So if we are honest and we open up, it's 327 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: like we're owning our situation. We're not judging ourselves for it. 328 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 1: We're not gonna shame ourselves and make ourselves suffer because 329 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: of what we're going through and I think this is 330 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: one way to just, you know, protect ourselves and to 331 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: love ourselves. And I love y'all, and I'm telling you 332 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: now you are enough, just as you are without the gifts, 333 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 1: without the money, without the dream job. Right now, I 334 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: don't know who needs to hear this, sometimes I do. 335 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: You are more than enough and deserving of love and 336 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: comfort and coziness this holiday season. And that does not 337 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: have to come, you know, at anyone's expense. Those things 338 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: are free, okay, and you still deserve them. Now, speaking 339 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: of that busted white house, I saw quote. Y'all know 340 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: Michelle Obama. I love when she releases a book or 341 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 1: she's promoting something, which seems to be She has a 342 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: new book every year, every other year. So her new 343 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: book is out this holiday season. It's called The Look, 344 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: and basically it's a post mortem on all of her 345 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 1: iconic fashion and not just you know, what she wore, 346 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: but why she wore it and the team that helped 347 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: her put those looks together over her years. And she's 348 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: doing this press for now. She was in Brooklyn with 349 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: Tracy Ellis Ross, one of her you know, and they're 350 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: like besties, so it sounds like it was a really 351 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 1: fun conversation. I wasn't in the room, I wasn't lucky 352 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,959 Speaker 1: enough to get a ticket, but I was reading some 353 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: of the quotes, and you know, she really heartfully heartfelt, 354 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: you know, spoke about what's happening at the White House, 355 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: the demolition of the East Wing so they can build 356 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:43,239 Speaker 1: this three hundred million dollar corporate gilded ballroom for you 357 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: know who. And you know, Michelle is basically saying like 358 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: that's where a lot of her work as First Lady 359 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 1: and her team created a lot of the work and 360 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: the heart of what was happening in the in the 361 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 1: White House. So for her it was heartbreaking, And yeah, 362 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: just another sign that the current administration couldn't give two 363 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: flying f's about the hardworking people and the you know, 364 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: really like the disrespect for the for the work of 365 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: you know, for the American people that happened on that 366 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: part of the White House. So it's always nice to 367 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: hear from our forever first Lady. But you know what else, 368 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: someone else's president, not my president, was talking about. I 369 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: just don't like the policies over social media, like creating 370 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: new policies and just you know, spitballing giant policy initiatives 371 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: that would have sweeping impacts on so many people on 372 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: social media seems to be this guy's mo o. And 373 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 1: there were a couple of things I wanted to talk 374 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: about that Trump recently floated on his social media his 375 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: own social media platform, truth Social, which honestly, this is 376 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: where I got to trust other journalists because I ain't 377 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: about to download or sign up for nobody's truths A 378 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: no a, no way, it ain't happening. But according to 379 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: journalist who have done the dirty work and followed this 380 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 1: man on his own social media platform, two things Trump 381 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: has floated the idea of a two thousand dollars tariff 382 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 1: rebate check and also the idea of a fifty year mortgage, 383 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 1: a fifty year mortgage in an effort to increase or 384 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: the idea is to increase housing affordability. So I got 385 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: to talk about this. The first thing, on the two 386 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 1: thousand dollars tariff rebate, Then why have the tariffs? Like 387 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: why put us all through this hell? And why put businesses? 388 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 1: You know, this is not like I know, we think 389 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: about tariffs and we think about you know, like big 390 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: corporations overseas that it's going to be harder for them 391 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: to you know, make their whatever, make their products and 392 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: goods overseas because they're going to have these tariffs on them. 393 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: And yes, those prices, those tariffs really get passed down 394 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: to us the consumer, right, they make the products that 395 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 1: we buy more expensive. However, like these tariffs have also 396 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: brought small businesses to the brink of closure, if not 397 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: actually having to close, because of how much more expensive 398 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: it became for them to do business and how their 399 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 1: customers couldn't afford to take on and carry those costs. 400 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: And so we've actually seen small businesses be really harmed 401 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: by these types of tariffs. So for him to be like, oh, yeah, 402 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: well you guys are struggling, like I'll just write well 403 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: two thousand dollars check, this is like giving you know 404 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: what they sort of did, you know, during the pandemic 405 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: with the stimulus checks. And it just doesn't make any sense. 406 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: I would anyone love to get a two thousand dollars 407 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: check in the mail, of course you would, of course. 408 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: But the whole point of the tariffs, at least politically, 409 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: or what was said, was to show that America, you know, 410 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 1: we are these tough negotiators. We want to bring more 411 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: business to American shores. And we want to show you know, 412 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: these companies that they need to be invested and building 413 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: business in America. And if we're just going to be 414 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 1: handing out two thousand dollars checks to Americans to better 415 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: afford the goods of these companies that are still producing 416 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: products overseas, then like, is the effect, the intended effect 417 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: actually working. This is only going to further disincentivize companies 418 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: from investing in American you know, American manufacturing because they're 419 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: just basically giving Americans money to purchase the products that 420 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: they're making overseas anyway, And these companies can't just up 421 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: and create a new manufacturing plant, you know, in Tucson 422 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: or Kentucky or wherever you know. They want to build 423 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: a manufacturing plant that takes time and in the meantime, like, 424 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: the incentive for us is going to go away if 425 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 1: you give us these checks. And honestly, while you're thinking 426 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 1: about this two thousand dollars tariff dividend check or whatever 427 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: you want to call it, rebate check, how about we 428 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: provide healthcare and maybe food subsidies and snap benefits for 429 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 1: low income families, the millions who are going to be 430 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 1: missing out on these subsidies because of this frickin government shutdown, 431 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,199 Speaker 1: Like make it make sense, Like can we actually focus 432 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: on what could you know, really help people who are 433 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: struggling out here? Government shutdown is still underway. It's been 434 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 1: day forty something. My husband ain't been paid, neither have 435 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands of other federal workers who have been furloughed. 436 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: And the status there is that the House, we've had 437 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: some Democrats who have crossed over party lines and said, fine, 438 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 1: we're going to sign this stop gap, you know, measure 439 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: this new bill spending package that Republicans have you know, 440 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 1: presented as a compromise, which completely leaves out the subsidies 441 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: that we need for Obamacare recipients, which was the whole 442 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: sticking point. That's why Democrats you know, basically said like, 443 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 1: we're not going to play ball. Let the shut down rain, 444 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: but in this new compromise, those subsidies are not included. However, 445 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: if this passes the Senate, then it would effectively see 446 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 1: the shutdown ended. Federal agencies will be funded, we'd see 447 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: the snap benefits be reinstated, other things like that, you 448 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: know what, Like I don't know about y'all. I'm conflicted 449 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: on it. I just want people who need who need 450 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: food on the table, to have food on the table. 451 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 1: And I just want hardworking federal employees like my husband 452 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: to get their damn paychecks. And I understand the fight. 453 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 1: I can, like intellectually understand why, you know, Democrats have 454 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: chosen to maybe die on this hill and to push 455 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: back at this time. I get it, But also like 456 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,159 Speaker 1: there's enough shit going on, like can they find another way, 457 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: Like can't we be putting these efforts into like the 458 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: mid term elections and creating a blue wave so that 459 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 1: we can undo some of these really damaging policies. Like 460 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 1: I just I just don't know if it's helping or 461 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: hurting progressives. And I'm leaning toward the side of hurting 462 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: because I'm sitting here as a progressive myself, and I'm 463 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: freaking over it very much so. And I don't know 464 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: how y'all are feeling. Y'all let me know if I'm 465 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: missing something here, But just just where I'm at right now, 466 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: heyba fam, we got to take a quick break, pay 467 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: some bills, and we'll be right back now. The fifty 468 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 1: year mortgage, this one actually genuinely pisses me off, because 469 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: do you know who's going to benefit from a fifty 470 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: year mortgage? The insult here is that they really don't 471 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: think that we know how to do math, and we 472 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: don't understand how mortgages work in this country, Like they're 473 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: really underestimating our collective intellect, and that just pisses me 474 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: off right off. Okay, but look here, fifty year mortgage. Right, 475 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,719 Speaker 1: you're gonna be paying a higher interest rate on a 476 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: fifty year mortgage than someone with a thirty year mortgage, 477 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: who benefits from the interest that we pay on anything. Really, 478 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: the banks do fifty year mortgages, it's like writing unlimited 479 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: blank checks to financial institutions who are going to just 480 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 1: I mean, they are going to make brillions of dollars 481 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 1: off the back of Americans off of these if these 482 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: fifty year mortgages go through. Now, the homeowner and I'm 483 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 1: putting homeowner in big quotations because when you take out 484 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: a fifty year mortgage on a home and you're targeting 485 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: low income people or people who just aren't able to 486 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: afford a traditional mortgage, they're not going to be able 487 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: to put up a huge down payment. So you're basically 488 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: saying you're never going to own any part of this house. 489 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 1: It's going to take you forever to actually build equity 490 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 1: in this home, so you're not actually going to own anything. 491 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 1: And I ran this calculation through my best friend perplexity. So, 492 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,880 Speaker 1: just hypothetically speaking, let's think about homeowner A and homeowner B. Right, 493 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: So they each get a five hundred thousand dollars home, 494 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: and based on today's mortgage rates, that's like six point 495 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 1: five percent for homeowner A. And then homeowner B has 496 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 1: the fifty year fixed rate mortgage. I don't know what 497 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 1: the interest rates could be, but just to be on 498 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: the more conservative side, let's say they're just one percentage 499 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: point higher. So homeowner b's paying seven point five percent 500 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: on a fifty year mortgage. Just look at the difference. 501 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: So the thirty year mortgage at six point five percent, 502 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 1: they'll pay a total of six hundred thousand, six hundred 503 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,959 Speaker 1: and thirty seven thousand dollars of interest over thirty years 504 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: on a thirty year mortgage. The fifty year mortgage, girl, 505 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: y'all gotta worry about her, Okay? The total interest, This 506 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: the total interest they would pay over fifty years one 507 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: point four million dollars in interest over a fifty year 508 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: term and not even like a little bit of equity 509 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: earned over that time. So let's let's break that down, 510 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: and just five years, homeowner A, you know, making that 511 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 1: monthly payment is going to be it will have about 512 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: six percent equity. Homeowner B, who's making it with a 513 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: fifty year mortgage, will have one percent equity in their home. 514 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: By year twenty, the thirty year mortgage homeowner will have 515 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: forty four percent equity in their home, the fifty year 516 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: homeowner eight percent. Twenty years in, that's all you have 517 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 1: to show for it. So like, in what world does 518 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: this make sense? Like just keep renting at that point, 519 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 1: because you're not even talking about once you own a home, 520 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,719 Speaker 1: you got to pay for your own maintenance. You know, 521 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: anything happens, it's on you. Like there's just just no 522 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: it's just dumb, and it genuinely it makes zero sense. 523 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: And again this is why we shouldn't just be spitballing 524 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: policies on social media. Clickiti clack clack clock and at 525 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: the keys, because unfortunately, like this is the thing about 526 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 1: having an incompetent leader, his henchmen, his minions, they're like 527 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: they're ready. They're at his beck and call, and when 528 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: he puts out things like this, these ideas, they're running, 529 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 1: they're scrambling. Okay, how can we make this happen? Let's 530 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 1: get this da da da da. Like the cats out 531 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: of the bag, it's hard to put the genie back 532 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 1: in the bottle and these things can start to actually exist. 533 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: And for a product like this, I mean, it's extremely toxic, 534 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: and like, if there's any even whiff of this thing 535 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: actually becoming real, then I will just do my day. 536 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: I'll do my damnes to keep educating all and helping 537 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: y'all understand what this really means. What I can tell 538 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 1: you right now, the only people those benefits are the 539 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: big bad banks, Okay, and who do they really need more? Like, 540 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: let's be for real, No they don't. I think. Which 541 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: one of y'all has also had that song in your 542 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: head since Halloween sends about the time Kayla Nicole now 543 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 1: viral Tony Brexton tribute video unbroke the Internet? And what's 544 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: happening to cayleb right now? And I didn't even know 545 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: who she was. Let's be honest before this whole like 546 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: Taylor Swift Travis Kelcey, Kayla Nicole, you know, beef started 547 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 1: to happen. I just love a good time. I mean, 548 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 1: I love me some Tony Braxton as a daughter of 549 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 1: the nineties in the daughter of a woman who was 550 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: going through a brutal divorce. We used to crank that 551 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 1: shit up. We used to crank up Tony and Celine 552 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 1: Dion in the car. So I love that music and 553 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: I just love that there was a tribute to it, right, 554 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 1: But in posting that video, Kayla incited the wrath of 555 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 1: the swifties. And you know what's like even more, I'm 556 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 1: finding it hard to believe any dumb dumb who understands 557 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: how to hit delete on an old tweet. We could 558 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 1: do our own social media cleanups, but Kayla Nicole caught herself, 559 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: like in twenty twenty five, are we really still having 560 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: prominent figures get embarrassed by their past cells and the 561 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 1: ludicrous things that used to post on the Internet, Like 562 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 1: it is so lazy at this point that it's like, Okay, 563 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: well you kind of deserve it if you're not going 564 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: to clean it up yourself. But yeah, they went and 565 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 1: uncovered some really racist class list just dumb tweets that 566 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: Kayla had posted. I mean, in one she was saying 567 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: some racist things about I think Indian people, gay people. 568 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 1: I saw some jokes that were like, well, at least 569 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,960 Speaker 1: she's you know, racist across the board and not just 570 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: to anyone group. But listen, girl, like you really could 571 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: have gone out on a win, and I just I'm like, 572 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: come on, y'all, clean up your socials, Like what actually 573 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: is going on? Other pop culture news? The Rock and 574 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: Roll Hall of Fame inductees, like, it was really gratifying 575 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 1: to see outcasts get inducted into the Rock and Roll 576 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. Y'all watch Tyler the Creator do bombs 577 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 1: over Bagdad with a big Boy and Andre three thousand 578 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 1: that was iconic, epic, but also Salt and Peppa come 579 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: on now, push it, push it real good. Always exciting. 580 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 1: I think we had Grammy nominations also come out and listen, y'all. 581 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 1: I can't really say that I follow a lot of 582 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: like music news, but yeah, I was excited to see 583 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 1: Cynthia Arrivo and get nominated for Defying Gravity. That's the 584 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 1: kind of dork I am these days, just keeping it 585 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:40,280 Speaker 1: a buck, but yeah, fun times. Grammys are happening the weekend. 586 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 1: Apparently has no beef with the Grammys anymore. He's like 587 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,960 Speaker 1: all cool now. And then they went and didn't nominate 588 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: him for anything that he put out, and Tony Dog 589 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: kind of sucked. But yay for you know, building bridges 590 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 1: and getting over things. That's always that's always nice. All right, 591 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: be a fan. I want to take a quick break 592 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: and I will be right back with brown Boost or 593 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:12,320 Speaker 1: brown Break? Which one is it going to be? Stick around? 594 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 1: Heyba fan, We're back, Welcome back to the show. I'm 595 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: here with brown Boost Brown Break? Which one is it 596 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:20,919 Speaker 1: going to be? I think I'm gonna take a little 597 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,279 Speaker 1: bit of both today. I am going to take a 598 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:30,319 Speaker 1: big break for some more truly depressing layoff news. In October, 599 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:37,680 Speaker 1: the highest number of corporate layoffs in over two decades. 600 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:43,920 Speaker 1: We're talking two decades, the highest number of corporate layoffs. 601 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 1: Something on the order of one hundred and fifty three 602 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:52,480 Speaker 1: thousand Americans had their jobs cut in October. That is 603 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:57,399 Speaker 1: more than about triple, almost three times as many from 604 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,799 Speaker 1: this time last year when we only lost fifty five 605 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:06,479 Speaker 1: thousand jobs. And it's yeah, the highest total sense two 606 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: thousand and three. If that person. If you're one of 607 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,360 Speaker 1: the one hundred and fifty thousand, you know, our heart 608 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: goes out to you. I hope you were getting, you know, 609 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 1: the support that you need at this time. But that 610 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:28,319 Speaker 1: is brutal, brutal. So the leading sectors that were cut 611 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:32,000 Speaker 1: in October, we had Tech, which has continued to lead 612 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 1: in these job cuts. And at this point I'm kind 613 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,360 Speaker 1: of tired of y'all blaming like, oh, this is to 614 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 1: course correct after the hiring search of the pandemic, Like 615 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:44,759 Speaker 1: that's not what's happening. It's pure I think automation and 616 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: paving the way for AI and you know, these these 617 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: efficiency creators, these AI tools, and that's why we're seeing 618 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:59,839 Speaker 1: such steep, steep job cuts. In October they were responsible 619 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 1: for thirty three thousand job cuts, and in total this year, 620 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 1: Tech has announced one hundred and forty one thousand job cuts, 621 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 1: which is just just an insane number. Also, retail they 622 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,920 Speaker 1: announced two thousand job cuts in October, and also just 623 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 1: going down the list, warehousing, consumer products. Nonprofits. Nonprofits are 624 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 1: actually you know, I don't think we're talking about this enough, 625 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:30,600 Speaker 1: but a real victim and you know, really being hurt 626 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 1: by the government layoffs, the whole doge of it all, 627 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: and the decrease in funding for basically any progressive initiatives, 628 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:45,719 Speaker 1: any progressive especially anything DEI related. The government ain't funding it. 629 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,320 Speaker 1: A friend of mine also, she works in cancer research, 630 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:53,080 Speaker 1: and even her of their funding has been cut, you know, 631 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:56,919 Speaker 1: if anything is tied to you know, anything that would 632 00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:02,080 Speaker 1: be seen as progressive or anti the current administration. So 633 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:07,240 Speaker 1: nonprofits also have been have had huge cuts, twenty seven 634 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: thousand job cuts and nonprofits this year, which is up 635 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 1: four This is nuts, up four hundred percent from twenty 636 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,879 Speaker 1: twenty four. In twenty twenty four, only five thousand, three 637 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 1: hundred nonprofit jobs were cut this year twenty seven thousand. 638 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 1: That's crazy, Jesus. Media also it's been tough, especially in 639 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:35,719 Speaker 1: black and brown you know, newsrooms or news teams, the 640 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,320 Speaker 1: media industry. And now sixteen thousand job cuts in twenty 641 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:45,440 Speaker 1: twenty five, up from thirteen thousand last year. Yeah, really 642 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:51,080 Speaker 1: really chilling stuff. Yeah don't there's not really a way 643 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,920 Speaker 1: to silver lining this, all right, So my Brown boost 644 00:37:55,120 --> 00:38:01,840 Speaker 1: this week is going to be art and inspiration and creating. 645 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,560 Speaker 1: I know, we talked about romanticizing the winter months and 646 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:08,799 Speaker 1: creating moments to embrace and celebrate artists. I think like 647 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:13,359 Speaker 1: these artists were always, you know, the first I think 648 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:17,240 Speaker 1: to struggle during tough economic times. And at the same time, 649 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,520 Speaker 1: I mean, the way that art can move you and 650 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,440 Speaker 1: inspire you and help you to keep going is so powerful, 651 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:27,000 Speaker 1: and it just doesn't make sense why we underappreciate the 652 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:30,880 Speaker 1: artists in our world. But I had the opportunity to 653 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,480 Speaker 1: support Cibo Campbell. He's the author of our Brand Ambition 654 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,319 Speaker 1: book Club pick, first ever Brand Ambisian book Club pick, 655 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,960 Speaker 1: sky Full of Elephants. If you haven't read it yet, 656 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,280 Speaker 1: what are you waiting for? Please? It's an incredible book. 657 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,960 Speaker 1: But that book came out over a year ago, and 658 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,680 Speaker 1: Siebo was inspired and had so many artists who were 659 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,799 Speaker 1: inspired by the book that he decided to put on 660 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,280 Speaker 1: a whole event all around the Sky Full of Elephants, 661 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,760 Speaker 1: and he had different artists in their chosen mediums create 662 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:02,759 Speaker 1: art that they create and inspired by his book and 663 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:07,600 Speaker 1: sky Full of Elephants. If you don't know the short version, 664 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,240 Speaker 1: well a little. I don't want to give any spoilers, 665 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,359 Speaker 1: and this actually it sounds like a spoiler, but it's not. 666 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,040 Speaker 1: In the beginning of the book, we are in post 667 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:19,680 Speaker 1: America that that's happened after an event where one day 668 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,000 Speaker 1: all of the white people in America find the nearest 669 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 1: body of water, walk into it and drown themselves. And 670 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,000 Speaker 1: the book picks up there and we meet a couple 671 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,440 Speaker 1: of key characters and we kind of see what happens 672 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:34,840 Speaker 1: and in America where black and brown people no longer have, 673 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,320 Speaker 1: you know, are no longer have to compare ourselves or 674 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,920 Speaker 1: see ourselves through the lens of the majority, through you know, 675 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,800 Speaker 1: the white American lens, and what that actually means and 676 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 1: what happens. And so at this event in New York's Ebo, 677 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:54,239 Speaker 1: there was a there were singers, dancers, painters, and most 678 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:58,040 Speaker 1: beautiful art on display, art that your girl definitely could 679 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,160 Speaker 1: not afford, but yeah, I hope someone bought it. It 680 00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:08,680 Speaker 1: was co hosted by Lena Waithe incredible talented artist herself write, 681 00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:14,000 Speaker 1: you know, screenwriter and actor, actor, and that was just 682 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,800 Speaker 1: very exciting. Oh my god. The food. It was catered 683 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,240 Speaker 1: by Aunts and Uncles, which is a vegan spot in Brooklyn, 684 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:24,320 Speaker 1: and they created this beautiful table scape. Like if you 685 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,200 Speaker 1: read the book, you know that there's this point when 686 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,799 Speaker 1: one of our when then one of the main characters 687 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:33,440 Speaker 1: sort of embraces her black identity and kind of gets 688 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:37,880 Speaker 1: welcomed into this the new kingdom that exists, you know, 689 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: after this event, and they called it Vivian's Table. And 690 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:43,960 Speaker 1: this is a lot of like inside stuff. If you 691 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,279 Speaker 1: haven't read the book, I don't want to bore you 692 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,280 Speaker 1: with it. But it was just a really beautiful event. 693 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,279 Speaker 1: And you know, Siebo we talked a little bit. He 694 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,000 Speaker 1: dipped into his own pocket to put in put on 695 00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,000 Speaker 1: this event. He couldn't even find sponsors for it, which 696 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:59,760 Speaker 1: really pisses me off, but you know, he made it happen, 697 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,719 Speaker 1: and it was. It was a really beautiful celebration of art. 698 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,920 Speaker 1: And I got to I couldn't afford thirty thousand dollars paintings, 699 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:12,920 Speaker 1: but I was able to support this incredible incense what 700 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,239 Speaker 1: do we call it, like an herbal herbal list. I 701 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:18,400 Speaker 1: don't know. She was there. Her name's Jasmine. Her company 702 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,080 Speaker 1: is called The Black Myth. I'll put a link in 703 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,000 Speaker 1: the show notes you can check her out. And she 704 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:27,440 Speaker 1: sells these little mini incense sticks that she handmakes with 705 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:31,480 Speaker 1: different herbs, and she created some custom sense inspired by 706 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,880 Speaker 1: the book. But I got a little I'm not a 707 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,680 Speaker 1: big incense girl, but I was like, I'm going to 708 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,960 Speaker 1: try this because they smelled really nice. Incense is like 709 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:42,600 Speaker 1: really strong for me. But at the same time, I 710 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,840 Speaker 1: liked the idea of like a mini version so wouldn't 711 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,680 Speaker 1: burn as long, and like it kind of like incorporated 712 00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:51,600 Speaker 1: into my cozy, romanticized winter routine and have a little 713 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,880 Speaker 1: moment of reflection meditation and have my little incense. And 714 00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,239 Speaker 1: I already used one and it was really nice. It 715 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:02,360 Speaker 1: actually wasn't like terror strong. I mean, is incense so 716 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,120 Speaker 1: like your house is going to smell like it if 717 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:06,560 Speaker 1: you burn it. My husband's like, what are you doing 718 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:08,560 Speaker 1: out here? I'm like, just leave me alone, Just leave 719 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,480 Speaker 1: me alone. I'm having a witchy moment. It's fine, okay. 720 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,799 Speaker 1: And I did my little meditation and it was it 721 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:18,160 Speaker 1: was really nice. And Jasmine Black owned business out of 722 00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:20,600 Speaker 1: Nashville and she came up just for that event, So 723 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:24,439 Speaker 1: thank you to Cebo for and I called. I tried 724 00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:26,440 Speaker 1: to articulate to him how I was feeling at the 725 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:28,040 Speaker 1: end of it, and I was like, I was like, 726 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:32,880 Speaker 1: you're just like this nucleus like this, this, this center point, 727 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:36,839 Speaker 1: this like you know, like light source at the at 728 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:40,360 Speaker 1: the center of all these other you know, powerful beings, 729 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:42,040 Speaker 1: and like the way that he could bring the artist 730 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:46,360 Speaker 1: together to celebrate his work. It was the word for 731 00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:50,160 Speaker 1: it was inspiring, truly, and especially after the hell week 732 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,759 Speaker 1: that I had with sick babies and being sick myself, 733 00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,560 Speaker 1: I'm really glad that I dragged myself out the house 734 00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:00,000 Speaker 1: to go and it was it was just yeah, incredible 735 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,160 Speaker 1: special And so my brown boost goes to Cibo and 736 00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:06,200 Speaker 1: the talent he was able to bring together to celebrate 737 00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:09,680 Speaker 1: his work and to amplify it. And wherever you can 738 00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:14,319 Speaker 1: support artists, you know, especially these cold dark months coming, like, 739 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,799 Speaker 1: let's go out support art especially if we're not going 740 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,680 Speaker 1: to be spending at you know, these big box retailers 741 00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:24,120 Speaker 1: we're doing that. We ain't we ain't buying it protests 742 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,960 Speaker 1: this holiday season. How can we support you know, local 743 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:30,480 Speaker 1: black and brown artists and and yeah, and keep their 744 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:35,680 Speaker 1: work going, especially at dark times like these, All Riba fam, 745 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:38,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna leave it there. Thank you so much for 746 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:41,600 Speaker 1: tuning into the show this week. I'm back on Friday. 747 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:45,200 Speaker 1: I promise we're bringing ba Q and A back. I 748 00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,680 Speaker 1: took a little time off we're going to be bringing 749 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:51,640 Speaker 1: you fresh. Baqa's also taking a little look back as 750 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,720 Speaker 1: some of the most popular episodes of twenty twenty five 751 00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:57,840 Speaker 1: as we head into closing out the year this holiday season. 752 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,080 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for the love and support. If 753 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:02,880 Speaker 1: you want to leave a review, I would love that 754 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,400 Speaker 1: so much. You can leave me a review on Apple Podcasts. 755 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:09,560 Speaker 1: You can also comment on this episode specifically on Spotify. 756 00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:11,840 Speaker 1: I love to see y'all's comments. Shout out to Nedda 757 00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,799 Speaker 1: and Asia who are always commenting on every like. I 758 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,320 Speaker 1: love y'all and I read everyone and I look forward 759 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,200 Speaker 1: to I'm like, what are Nedda and Asia going to 760 00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,560 Speaker 1: think about the show this week? And to Regina on YouTube, 761 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:26,960 Speaker 1: one of my my loyal YouTube viewers. You can catch 762 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:30,480 Speaker 1: these shows on YouTube y'all at Brown Ambition Podcast. Thank 763 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:34,640 Speaker 1: y'all so much for the love and I hope that 764 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:38,520 Speaker 1: this episode finds you wherever you are. Just know that 765 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,640 Speaker 1: you are enough. I love you so much. Thank you 766 00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:44,360 Speaker 1: for listening, and I will see y'all on Friday for 767 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:53,319 Speaker 1: the Baqa Bye. Take care, Hey ba fam, Let's be 768 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:55,120 Speaker 1: real for a second, and y'all know I keep it 769 00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:57,719 Speaker 1: a book. The job market has been brutal, no, not 770 00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:02,200 Speaker 1: brutal trash, especially for women of color. Over three hundred 771 00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:05,719 Speaker 1: thousand of us have disappeared from the workforce this year alone, 772 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:11,040 Speaker 1: and not by choice, but because of layoffs, disappearing DEI programs, 773 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:14,680 Speaker 1: and stagnant wages that keep cutting us out of opportunity. 774 00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:18,520 Speaker 1: Our unemployment rate has jumped to over seven percent, while 775 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,120 Speaker 1: our pay gap continues to widen. I know all of 776 00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:23,360 Speaker 1: that sounds dire, but here's what I want y'all to know. 777 00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:25,880 Speaker 1: You do not have to wait for the system to 778 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:29,520 Speaker 1: save you. That's exactly why I created the Mandy money 779 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:33,080 Speaker 1: Makers Group coaching community. It is a coaching community that 780 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:36,759 Speaker 1: is built for us by us. Inside the community, we're 781 00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,239 Speaker 1: not just talking about how to negotiate or to how 782 00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,960 Speaker 1: to get the job that you want. It's about finding 783 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:46,160 Speaker 1: purpose in your career. It's about finding communities and others, 784 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:51,040 Speaker 1: feeling seen, feeling heard, and also having a sounding board 785 00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:54,000 Speaker 1: and a mirror to reflect your own magic, your own 786 00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:58,080 Speaker 1: sparkle right back to yourself. In this community, you'll get 787 00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:00,759 Speaker 1: group coaching led by me, but you're also get peer 788 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:04,560 Speaker 1: to peer accountability with proven tools and resources that can 789 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,840 Speaker 1: help you do what we have always done since rise. 790 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,600 Speaker 1: Even when the odds are stacked against us, despite all 791 00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:15,960 Speaker 1: the challenges, we will rise. If you're interested in joining 792 00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:19,719 Speaker 1: the Mandy money Makers community and having that support to 793 00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:22,880 Speaker 1: bolster you and help you tap back into your magic 794 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,640 Speaker 1: so that you can lead your career with intention and 795 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:31,000 Speaker 1: heart and your own intuition, trusting that again, please join us. 796 00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,360 Speaker 1: You can find information in the show notes of today's episodes, 797 00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:38,920 Speaker 1: or go to mandymoney dot com slash community. That's Mandy 798 00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:43,080 Speaker 1: m A N d I money dot com slash community. 799 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:46,680 Speaker 1: I would love to see y'all there. Enrollment is open, 800 00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:50,680 Speaker 1: so please go check out mandymoney dot com slash community 801 00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:51,120 Speaker 1: today