95 | Embracing Your Single Season [Solo Episode]
She's So Lucky
She's So Lucky
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever had a season or period of time that feels like an extended lonely season, which has likely been exacerbated by the pandemic? Do you jump from relationship to relationship to find your worth?
Today’s episode is one that has been on my heart for a really long time. I’m diving into my extended single season. I’ve been single for 4 years now and it wasn’t by accident. Believe me, I’ve had my fair share of good and bad relationships. Relationships where I think I’ve found my person. Relationships that I knew weren’t right for me but I went into them anyway trying to find a connection, a sense of purpose.
In the past four years, I have had moments where I loved it and where I hated it. I’ve had moments where I resented it and moments where I resented myself and others. And I’ve had moments of incredible peace and gratitude for where I am and where I’m at.
The really interesting thing about this place of just being that I’m currently in, is I’ve felt really big shifts all around me. For the first time ever I feel like I’m slowly but surely being seen. I’m attracting new experiences and people that are truly in alignment with my standards and what I’ve envisioned for myself.
In this episode, I discuss:
- The season of solitude
- Letting go of childhood beliefs about relationships that are no longer serving you
- Reflecting on past relationships and your behaviors in those relationships
- Knowing when to shift and become truly aligned with yourself
- Why wanting connection with others is not a sign of weakness
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Balance Black Girl, a podcast dedicated to mental, physical, and emotional |
| 0:10.2 | health from the Black woman's perspective. |
| 0:13.2 | Tune in to hear from Black woman health and wellness experts giving the approachable |
| 0:17.3 | advice you need to help you feel your best. |
| 0:20.2 | I'm your host, Lestrandra Alfred. |
| 0:23.0 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:27.6 | Thank you for tuning into Balance Black Girl podcast. |
| 0:30.1 | My name is Lest. |
| 0:31.1 | I am your host, and I am so honored to be sharing space with you today. |
| 0:36.2 | I'm coming at you with another solo episode. |
| 0:39.8 | I hear from so many of you that you really enjoy the solo episodes and more personal |
| 0:45.3 | perspectives from me, and though I have felt some hesitation and fear, if I'm being |
| 0:51.7 | honest, or I'm putting myself out there with the solos, I do think it's important that |
| 0:56.0 | we continue getting to know each other better, and in full transparency here in Balance |
| 1:01.7 | Black Girl Land, there's a lot going on behind the scenes on the business side of things. |
| 1:09.2 | I'm currently restructuring how I work, restructuring, and rebuilding my team, and I'm pausing |
| 1:14.7 | guest interviews and logistics that come with that for a while while I build a team to |
| 1:20.0 | provide the support that the business needs and just get my processes down because you |
| 1:25.8 | girl is a creative, not necessarily a process person, and as the platform grows, I'm realizing |
| 1:33.0 | that I don't quite have the infrastructure to support bringing you those conversations, |
| 1:36.9 | and I really want to get them in place so that it can be the highest possible quality |
| 1:41.9 | that it can be. |
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