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Fall 2023: Session 280 (Winning and Grieving with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2023: Session 279 (When It's Time to Pivot with Dr. T'Airra Belcher)

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Summer 2023: Session 277 (Stop Ignoring the Signs with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2023: Session 276 (History Notes: How to Accept Change with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2023: Session 275 (History Notes: STOP Sitting On Your Dreams with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2023: Session 274 (Don't Wait To Be Enough with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2023: Session 273 (Your Life Matters with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2023: Session 271 (Can You Handle It? with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2023: Session 269 (History Notes: Acknowledging Your Truth with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2023: Session 268 (Tell Folks What You Feel with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2023: Session 267 (Do What You Want to Do with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 266 (Being in Evolution with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 265 (Being Without An Apology with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 264 (Being the Prototype with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 263 (Being A Loser with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 262 (Being Loved with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 261 (Being Wounded with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 260 (New Season, New Movements with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 258 (Stop Sleeping On Yourself with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 257 (History Notes: Getting Through the Storms with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 256 (History Notes: Everything is Going to Work Itself Out with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D).

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Spring 2023: Session 255 (Get What You Need with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 254 (The Paper Stack with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 253 (Return to Yourself with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 252 (Pay Attention to the Signs with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 251 (History Notes: Black First-Gen and Black Greek with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2023: Session 250 (Puttin' Yourself First with Evingerlean D. Blakney, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2022: Session 249 (Just Breathe with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2022: Session 248 (Take Your Time with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2022: Session 247 (History Notes: Everything is Going to Work Itself Out with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2022: Session 246 (History Notes: Stop Playing with Your Coins with Mykail James)

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Fall 2022: Session 245 (How to Trust Yourself with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2022: Session 244 (Acknowledging Your Truth with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2022: Session 243 (Making Home Improvements with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2022: Session 242 (History Notes: 3 Reasons Why Failure is Good with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2022: Session 241 (When S#!t Flops with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2022: Session 240 (Shutting Down Successful Businesses with Dr. Emmanuela Stanislaus)

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Fall 2022: Session 239 (Entrepreneurship Ain't Easy with Quin Taylor)

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Fall 2022: Session 238 (Memory Lane: Why Holding On is Holding You Back with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2022: Session 237 (Memory Lane: Delayed But Determined with Dr. Echell Eady)

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Fall 2022: Session 236 (Memory Lane: How to Make the Most of that 9 to 5 with Kimberly Barrett)

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Fall 2022: Session 235 (Memory Lane: Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matters with Dr. Marsha Lue)

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Fall 2022: Session 234 (Memory Lane: How to Embrace and Empower Yourself with Ivy Felicia)

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Summer 2022: Session 233 (History Notes: Life is A Blank Canvas with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2022: Session 232 (Stop Being Cheap with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2022: Session 231 (Why I Left Higher Education with Eve Hudson, Ph.D)

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Summer 2022: Session 230 (History Notes: Do What's Best for You with Nzinga Mpenda)

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Summer 2022: Session 229 (How to Be A Champion with Kia Edwards)

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Summer 2022: Session 228 (You Already Have the Answer with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2022: Session 227 (How to Pivot with Ease and Peace with Dr. T'Airra Belcher)

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Summer 2022: Session 226 (May Your Life Be Your Ministry with Dr. Marvin L. Tiller, Jr.)

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Summer 2022: Session 225 (How to Handle Daunting Situations with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2022: Session 224 (How to Be Assertive with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2022: Session 223 (History Notes: 5 Questions to Improve Your Life with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2022: Session 222 (Advice for New and Aspiring Speakers with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2022: Session 221 (When to Say No to Opportunities with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2022: Session 220 (Regrets About Entrepreneurship with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2022: Session 219 (What'cha Gonna Do Differently? with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Summer 2022: Session 218 (Know Who You Are and Don't Rush with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 217 (History Notes: Why Businesses Fail with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 216 (Everybody's Got Some S--t with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 215 (Please STOP Sitting On Your Dreams with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 214 (New Friends or Nah? with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 213 (Getting Out of 50k of Debt in Two Years with Ja'Net Adams)

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Spring 2022: Session 212 (How to Accept Change with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 211 (Are You Choosing Your Life? with Dr. Eve)

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Spring 2022: Session 210 (History Notes: Who is Going to Look Out for You? with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 209 (History Notes: Giving Up vs. Letting Go with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 208 (What You Ought to Know About Black Women with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 207 (Getting Through the Storms with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 206 (Might Need to Check Yourself with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 205 (Why You Should NOT Expect Your Friends to Support Your Business with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 204 ("I'm Sick of You!" with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 203 (Celebrating 5 Years and Happy Birthday with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 202 (History Notes: Grieving the Loss of A Mentor with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 201 (How Being First-Generation in a BGLO has Changed My Life with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2022: Session 200 (Why Some People Will Never Be Successful with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2021: Session 199 (Being Enlightened Through the Ups and Downs with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2021: Session 198 (How I Nearly Quadrupled My Revenue with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2021: Session 197 (Why You Shouldn't Be Scared of Entrepreneurship with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2021: Session 196 (Don't Miss the Moments with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2021: Session 195 (Why You Need to Keep Learning If You Want Lifelong Success with April Tillet)

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Fall 2021: Session 194 (How to Use Your Voice to Influence Change with Dr. Sindy Augstin)

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Fall 2021: Session 193 (Why It's Okay to Fail, As Long As You Try Again with Fabio Peña)

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Fall 2021: Session 192 (When College Takes Longer Than Initially Anticipated with Dr. Echell Eady )

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Fall 2021: Session 191 (Why Your Life Does Not Have to Follow a Traditional Timeline with Kimberly Martin)

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Fall 2021: Session 190 (Black Talent Matters: Why Diversity and Inclusion is a Struggle in Corporate America with Anastaisia Talton)

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Fall 2021: Session 189 (Why Entrepreneurs Need to Target the Right Audience with Latrice Sampson Richardson)

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Fall 2021: Session 188 (What It Means to Be A First-Generation American and Entrepreneur with Dr. Argelis Ortiz)

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Fall 2021: Session 187 (Why You Need to Apply For a Scholarship with Aleanya Moore)

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Fall 2021: Session 186 (How to Find and Close a Gap In The Market with Dr. Shariva White)

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Fall 2021: Session 185 (Why Leaving a Corporate Job Might Be a Good Decision with Dr. Natalie Nagthall)

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Fall 2021: Session 184 (You Made A Mistake. So What? with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Fall 2021: Session 183 (Why You Should Expect More from Yourself with Eve Hudson Ph.D.)

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Summer 2021: Session 182 (Tackling Mental Health Issues in North Carolina with Alicia Tetteh)

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Summer 2021: Session 181 (How to Overcome the Fear of Entrepreneurship with Jhenai Chandler)

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Summer 2021: Session 180 (Changing the Game in Mental Health as a Black Man with Darius Washington)

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Summer 2021: Session 179 (How First-Gens Navigate Social Mobility with Rufeida Alhatimy)

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Summer 2021: Session 178 (History Notes: 5 Ways to Face Failure with Eve Hudson, Ph.D.)

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Spring 2021: Session 177 (How to Overcome College Guilt as a First-Gen with Anthony Webster)