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Too Smart For This — 199 episodes

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From Nurse to Billion-Dollar Founder | Monique Rodriguez (Mielle Organics)

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No one is coming to give you permission: how to activate your power

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The Power of Taste: A Masterclass in Power and Poise with Former LVMH Chairman Pauline Brown

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From good girl to powerful woman: An ambitious girl's guide to reclaiming your power

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Your dream life is one DM away: the 100 connections challenge ft. Phoebe Dodds

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The Ambitious Woman's Guide To Not Settling ft. Jodie Taylor

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How to Build Your Dream Career in 2026 With High Agency & Personal Branding ft. LinkedIn's Julia Cabral

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Style is strategy: Your guide to finding your look in 2026

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You Can’t Outperform Your Environment: How to design your space for momentum and ease

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What smart girls were never taught about money

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You can't build a big life in a body you're ignoring — the alignment edit, week 2

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The enemy of great is good: how to turn your B+ life into an A+

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9 Rules Ambitious Material Girls Follow for Smart, Stylish & Savvy Lives

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185. the secret weapon is you: how to finally unlock the answers within yourself

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How to Plan 2025 Like a Pro: Goal Setting, Life Audit & New Systems

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184. 26th birthday reflections: 7 lessons from a year of chaos

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183. My 2024 favorites + gift guide

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182. audacity: what we can learn from men about getting what we want

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181. smart girls are not waiting to be saved

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180. your next 50 days to level up (winter arc blueprint)

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179. breaking free from the need to impress

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178. my framework for balancing work, social life, and wellness

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177. it doesn't have to be forever but it has to be now

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176. he broke up with me for being too much

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175. Fall reset: new routines, mindset shifts & new favorites

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174. You’re not lazy, you're probably just burnt out - let's fix that

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173. The identity shift that transformed my life in a year

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172. The Realities of Running a Sephora-Approved Beauty Brand with Hyper Skin & Oui The People Founders

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171. Life updates: they want to expel me from Wharton, burnout recovery, and my trip to the Paris Olympics

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170. Hate to admit it, but I’m burnt out - here’s what I’m doing about it

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169. Choosing yourself and making the changes you’ve been avoiding

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168. (Q&A) What no one talks about: resenting family, dating, early career, personal finance, and more!

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167. Q2 recap and everything I’m doing to look and feel my best (clothing, skin, health)

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166. motivation is fake: how to get through the hard days

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165. Forbes 30 Under 30 (in finance!) recipient Temi Butler on charting your own path, fusing your creative and career interests, and self love as a Black woman in finance

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164. Hot girl summer glow-up

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163. Chasing dreams, dealing with failure, and trusting your timing

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162. Recap of my first year as a Wharton MBA student

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161. Entreprenuership, perfectionism, and the realities of growing a business

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160. Life lessons and material girl favorites (wellness, beauty, fashion)

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159. 8 non-negotiable health and wellness habits

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158. Spring glow up guide

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157. How I manage my money being self employed, career failure, and breakup tips (Q&A)

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156. I’m self sabotaging and here’s what I’m doing about it

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155. Dating life, my new job, and current favorites (Q&A)

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154. From corporate burnout to a multi-passionate career with Madison Utendahl

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153. What no-one admits about self-love

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152. Being selfish is self-care

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151. How to deal with people who try to make you feel small

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150. My ins and outs for 2024 (habits, mindsets and self care)

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149. The 411 on getting off birth control and healthy habits to balance hormone health

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148. My 2023 favorites: skincare, makeup, home, fashion and more

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147. How to reinvent yourself in 2024

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146. Wharton AMA: cliques, finances, academics, parties

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145. Lessons from 24, goals for 25

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144. breaking free from boy stress, desperately trying to stay sane in the chaos, avoiding self-sabotage

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143. Tangbile Tips I Used to Glow Up This Year

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142. q&a: wharton finances, transitioning to single life, should you go to grad school?

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141. Mented Cosmetics Founder KJ Miller Shares the Realities of Entrepreneurship, Pivots, and Her Take on The Beauty Industry Today

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140. From Burnout to Forging Her Own Path with Carly Cardellino, former Cosmopolitan Beauty Director

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139. In My Selfish Era: How to Put Yourself First [& A Life Update]

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138. What All The Hot Girls Are Doing To Glow Up Ft. 4AM Skin Founder, Jade Beguelin

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137. Healthy Habits That Have Changed My Life

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136. My First Month at Wharton: Finances, Schedule, and Life Updates

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135. HBO Sweet Life's @AmandaSaidSo: Living Life on Your Own Terms, Financial Literacy Tips, and Managing Friendships as an Adult

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134. What To Do When You're Starting a New Era (In Career, Life, Or Otherwise)

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133. How to Manage Your Time When Life is Unpredictable

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132. How to Handle [And Give] Criticism Better

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131. Sixtine Rouyre on Why Your Body Isn't Everything, How to Make Your Dreams Happen While Having Fun

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130. Everything You Need to Know About Getting an MBA: Wharton, Choosing Schools, Interviews, Balance, and More

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129. From Scarcity to Abundance with Queen of Confidence, Achieng Agutu - @noordinarynoire

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128. What To Do When You Drop The Ball

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127. The 4 Types of Rest: Why Partying is Good For You & How to Have a Blob Day

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126. How to Glow Up For Real This Time with Dr. Danielle Richardson, Author of "The Glow Up Journal"

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125. How to Deal with Bad Mental Health Days [Sunday Solo]

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124. It's Never Gonna Be Balanced: How to Embrace Flexibility When You're Ambitious

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123. How to Start Journaling, How I'm Paying for Wharton, and Martha's Vineyard Recap

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122. How to Invest in Your Mind, Body, Soul, and Career; Soft Life Living, and Glow Up Tips with Jodie Taylor

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121. How To Deal with Rejection & Survive Post-Grad [Sunday Solo Ep. 4]

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120. Why I've Been Acting Brand New: Mid-Year Check In, Favorites, & Health Updates

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119. How to Make New Friends [Sunday Solo Ep. 3]

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118. Navigating the Music and Modeling Industries as a Multifaceted Black Woman with Olay Noel

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117. How To Have a Hot and Healed Girl Summer [Sunday Solo Ep.2]

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116. How To Be More Consistent [Solo Sundays Ep. 1]

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115. Career Advice that People Aren't Saying Out Loud: 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Google, Accenture, Wharton, and More

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114. How to Advocate for Your Health and Support Those with Chronic Illness with Nancy Davis, Founder of Race to Erase MS

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113. Creating Your Own Opportunities, Keeping an Open Mind, and Fashion Tea with @NYCxClothes

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112. The Smart Girl's Guide to Travel: How I Plan, Budget For, and Pack for Trips

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111. How to Cultivate Your Creativity & Find Your Own Family ft. Cole Habersham, @cashmeretote

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110. April Favorites, How I Got into Wharton & My B-School App Process

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109. Blake Newby on Doing it All, Coming Back from Burnout, and Building a Career on Her Terms

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108. The Smart Girl's Guide to Making & Maintaining Female Friendships

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107. Micaéla Verrelien on Creating Your Dream Career, Overcoming Insecurities, and Refusing to Settle

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106. Life Update: I Failed At My Q1 Goals, What I'm Planning For Q2; How I Got in to Wharton; Favorite Products

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105. 5 Steps to do a Spring Reset

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104. The Smart Girl’s Guide to Time Management

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103. The Smart Girl's Guide to Body Acceptance

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102. The Smart Girl's Guide to Lucky Girl Syndrome

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101. How To Stop Arguing for Your Limitations

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100th Episode: I Quit My Job at YouTube! + 4 Reasons Why I Was Able To

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How To Know If You're Codependent [& What to Do About It] with New York Times Bestselling Author Melody Beattie

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Topicals CEO & Founder Olamide Olowe: The Heart Behind the Hype, Running a Company at 26 Years Old, and How She Became the Youngest Black Wo

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Sometimes Self-Care Isn't Enough: Dealing with Depression & Life Updates

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From Disowned to Major Tastemaker: @Shookerd Gets Real on the Power of Confidence in Dark Times

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How to Cultivate Confidence Despite External Forces with Alexa Jay McCoy, Influencer & Plus Size Model

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UNIEKUE: How To Stand Out By Being Yourself

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The Tea on my 2023 Goals, Product Favorites from 2022, and How to Live a High-End Life when You Don’t Have Unlimited Funds

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BFFR: The Overlooked Step to Achieving Your Goals in 2023

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What to Stop and Start Doing in 2023

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How To Make an Intentional Vision Board for 2023

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Setting Boundaries, Advocating for Yourself with a Chronic Illness, and Building Confidence with SI Swim Model Gigi Robinson

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A Guide to Taking Care of Yourself and Your Health When You're at Your Worst with Alyssa Francois

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How to Stay Independent While In A Relationship with Bri Springs

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20+ Micro-Tips That Help me Win The Everyday as a Business Owner, Woman in Tech, and Creator

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3 Ways to Minimize Seasonal Depression BEFORE It Starts

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What If You Were A Little Nicer To Yourself?

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ICYMI: Building a Herd Mentality with Entrepreneur Madisen Dewey

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How to Manage Your Time When You Want to Do Everything

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A Masterclass in Believing in Yourself: Adina Eden, CEO of Multi-Million Dollar Jewelry Line Adina Eden & Forbes 30 Under 30 Recipient

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The 4 Steps to Finding Balance

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What We Get Wrong About Balance ft. Les Alfred, founder of Balanced Black Girl

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Using Rituals to Accomplish My Goals Faster [My new system!]

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A Deep Dive on How to Set Goals [Solo Episode]

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3 Steps to Create Regenerative Rituals

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My Story: How I Used Rituals to Go From Insecure to Inspired

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Setting Boundaries 101: The Secret to Feeling Better & Getting What You Want

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How to Overcome Setbacks and Burnout by Putting Yourself First with Bria Jones

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Do Any of Us Know How To Relax?

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How to Become an Influencer in 2022 with Kensington Grey Founder Shannae Ingleton Smith

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Why Is Taking Care of Yourself So Hard?

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How to Change Your Life When You're Stuck, Growing on TikTok in 2022, and Founding a Tech Startup with @itxmejules

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How to Stay Motivated while Being Multi-Passionate with Eni Popoola, @enigivensunday

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My SPECIFIC Evening & Morning Routines and Why I Do Them

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The Transformative Tool Haley Hoffman Smith Uses to Manifest Success as a Creator, Speaker, and Singer

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How to Tune Out the Noise & Make the Most of Your Early Career with EveryStylishGirl founder Nana Agyemang

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The secret to routines that ACTUALLY work

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8 Mood-Boosting Tips For Pulling Yourself Out of A Rut

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You Don't Have to Glow Up Overnight with @averagesisi

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How to create thriving businesses in every industry with Dulma Altan

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3 Ways to Stop Feeling Stuck

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Survivng the Corporate World, Influencer Tips, and Dating Tea with Simone Alyssa

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How Not Knowing Yourself Costs You

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The Hard Work Behind Soft Life Living with Chrissy Rutherford

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What's The Obsession With Humbling Other Women?

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The Last Episode of 2021 (and for awhile!)

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Finance & Career Tips

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Vision Boards & Goal Setting for 2022

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My 23rd Birthday Reflections

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Practicing Law & Self Love with Dellara (@LegalBaddie)

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Q&A: Moving to NYC, Working at Google, & More!

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Building a Herd Mentality with Herd Social Founder Madisen Dewey

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Writing the Realities of a Modern Black Woman with Jayne Allen

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My Journey With MS

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Owning Her Identity IRL & Online with Kendra Austin

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The Years Behind An Overnight Success with Kelsey Kotzur

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45. how to manage your finances while living your life with @financesreimagined

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Your Job Doesn’t Equal Your Worth: What I’ve Learned 1 Year into the Workforce

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Do it for You, Bestie: What I’ve Learned from a Year on Social Media

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42. @BalancedLes on Wellness for Black Women, starting @BalancedBlackGirl, and How She Manages Emotions Effectively

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41. Alexa Jay (@flexylexxxy) on Building Confidence, Becoming an Influencer & Midsize Model, and Dating in LA

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40. Q&A: Boarding School, Moving in With My Boyfriend, Plastic Surgery

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39. @nocarbsforsam talks WW, Owning your Personality on Instagram, and Dating in NYC

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38. 4 Crucial Tips to Survive the Corporate World with Alexis Barber [+ my exact tools!]

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37. How Lynette Adkins Channeled Her Spirituality to Skyrocket her Platform & Leave Corporate America

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36. My 3 Step Trick for Managing Anxiety & Building Confidence

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How to Navigate Long Distance, Money Differences, and Find Your Person with My Boyfriend of 4 Years, Jeff!

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Michelle Pellizzon, Holisticism Founder, on Building an Intuitive and Inclusive Wellness Brand with Spiritual Tools & Anticapitalist Values

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33. Staying True to Myself Amidst Influencer Culture, Capitalism, and the Corporate World

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32. How @astasiawill Built a Career In Sports Media From Tweeting

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How To Get Your First Job Post Grad

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30. Helen Phelan on Intuitive Exercise and Building a Digital Business in a Pandemic

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29. @BalanceByKrystle on Being a Nurse During the Pandemic, Learning to Love Yourself, and Her Natural Hair Journey

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28. The Truth About Being a Black Content Creator

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27. @justjazzzyidk talks TikTok Growth, her Real Estate Career, Confidence and Identity

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26. How @kiarablanchette Wrote 2 Poetry Books, Started an Online Editorial Company, and a Wine Business At 22

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25. How To Navigate “Post-Pandemic” Body Anxiety

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24. Co-Founders of KARITE Shea Butter on How to Start a Business with Family while Working Full Time and How Black Women Do It All

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22. @lanibfit on Social Media Growth, Intuitive Eating, And Journaling For Self Care

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21. What Meghan Markle & Being Mixed Have Taught Me About Advocating For Myself, Setting Boundaries & Self Love During the Pandemic

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20. Astrology For Self Discovery with @maxineluzia

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19. @LisaHayim on Our Brains and Food, Anti-Diet Culture, and Cultivating Self-Love

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18. Q&A Part 2: Dieting, Having MS, and How I Got Into Content Creation

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17. Q&A Pt 1: Budgeting, How I Got My Job, and My Move to NYC

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16. Lola Adewuya, founder of @thebranddoula, on Starting A Design Studio, Achieving & Setting Goals, and Corporate Job Realities

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15. Why Do We Love Black Women’s Culture, but Fail to Love Them or Allow Them To Love Themselves?

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14. @insidethenout Founder Nya Jones on Self-Reflection, Starting a Product-Based Business While Working at Facebook, and Stepping Into Your

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13. The Roots of Diet Culture: Racism & Fatphobia

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12. @camarynalejandra on The Pressures of Instagram, Social Justice & Climate Activism, and Growing Into Your Authenticity as A Black Person

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11. 6 Months after Ditching Dieting: I Still Don’t Love My Body

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10. @sami on Betches’ Evolution, Today’s Politics, and Letting Go of Dieting

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09. @bykwest on Blackness in the Wellness Space, Managing 3 Jobs, and Launching A Business

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08. @norajmaxwell on 3 Ways to Be a Better Ally and Breaking Down Systemic Racism on Instagram

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07. The Problem With Not Getting Political

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06. Ali Bonar @avokween on Comparison, Body Image, and Launching a Product Based Business Kween & Co

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05. How I’m Setting Goals for 2021 + New Templates!

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04. @SkinnyHangover on Growing on Instagram, Balanced Eating after Dieting, and Launching her First Product

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03. My Dietitian @lisamnutrition on 3 Ways to Heal from Disordered Eating, Get Rid of Body Bias, and It’s Okay to Want to Lose Weight, Too!

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02. @freckledfoodie on Pregnancy, Relationships, and Getting Political on Instagram

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Episode 01: Too Smart For This