Black Women and the Power of the Group Chat
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Crystal sits down with Jotaka Eadd, Founder of Full Circle Strategies and known as the Olivia Pope of Silicon Valley, for a heartfelt conversation about grief, healing, and finding strength in heavy moments. From navigating personal loss to continuing the work of community, advocacy, and leadership, Jotaka shares how she moves forward through challenges, learns from missteps, and stays connected to purpose.
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| 0:00.0 | Calling all my sweeties to the forefront. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm your host Chris Renee Hazett and this is the Keep It Posit Sweetie Show. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to Keep It Posit Sweetie, a place where we heal, grow, and learn together. |
| 0:14.0 | Today's guest is a strategist, advocate, and movement builder, Joteca Eadie. |
| 0:20.0 | Joteka is someone many people know for her impact, but today's conversation goes deeper, |
| 0:24.8 | from navigating grief and personal healing to finding power in heavy moments. |
| 0:29.7 | This is a chance to hear how she moves forward through challenge, leadership, and purpose. |
| 0:35.5 | Kim's family, please give a very warm welcome to my sister, Jotaka, Eadie. Hi. Hi, sis. How are you? I feel good. I'm happy to be here with you. Well, you look good. You came in here, radiating. You know, I think we got a memo. Like, I got the memo for the brown and the creams today. Though it just feels good as 2026. |
| 0:54.4 | They say, what, the year of the horse? |
| 0:56.0 | The year of the horse. That's what I'm hearing. Let's go. Let's go. We are not playing. Go. Go. Because 2025 was. We made it though. We made it. It was very, yeah. It was tumultuous, but we made it. We made it. Yes, we did. |
| 1:09.3 | Yes, we did. |
| 1:10.3 | So, Jataka, I met you first. |
| 1:12.3 | I believe it was Essence Festival. That was the first time we actually met. Trell had come on and I'm talking about saying your praises. He was like, you've got to meet Joseca, you got to meet her. And we got to finally meet at Essence Festival at his all-white Black Excellence brunch. |
| 1:28.6 | And from there, your name proceeded itself. |
| 1:31.8 | So I knew who you were, but I had never gotten to meet you. |
| 1:35.1 | And everything that we hear about Jotakey, you are that. |
| 1:40.4 | And then you blessed us in Washington, D.C. for our Kipps Live show, |
| 1:43.8 | poured into us like no other. And I just want to say thank you just for in Washington, D.C. for our Kipps Live show, poured into us like no other. |
| 1:45.9 | And I just want to say thank you just for being you, but also coming into our world and sharing a piece of you with us, seriously. |
| 1:51.9 | Well, thank you. |
| 1:52.9 | And I love Trell. |
| 1:54.5 | You know, Trell is my South Carolina brother. |
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