**BONUS** She better preach! Why Iyanla Vanzant wants people to stop clinging on to struggle
Yes, Girl!
ESSENCE PODCAST NETWORK
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Our Yo-Prah, ESSENCE's Yolanda Sangweni, sits down with spiritual coach and author Iyanla Vanzant to talk about the new season of Iyanla: Fix My Life, her upcoming tour and new book. Vanzant also shares her favorite memories from the show, and why this season will be transformative. Plus, “Mama Iyanla" gives us a good talking to about why she wants some Black folks to stop clinging on to struggle. A word was delivered and we received it.
Yes, Girl! host: Yolanda Sangweni @yolizama
Producer: Steven Psyllos @stevenpsyllos
Audio Engineer: @chiquitaPash
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all'all'allanda from Yes Girl Podcast and I have a very special guest here today. |
| 0:08.0 | We're gonna get a little nam y'u'u'u'u'n'k and a little girl what's wrong with you? So we're gonna mix all that with our beloved |
| 0:17.0 | Yandla. We talked about the new season of her show and she has a new book out but |
| 0:21.8 | she also read us as the black community about our issues |
| 0:25.6 | with struggle. She's like she hates that phrase, the struggle is real and how we cling on to struggle. |
| 0:31.1 | So listen in and let me know what you think, but I think you'll enjoy |
| 0:34.6 | this one. |
| 0:37.6 | Sage, I'm alone today. But, dear listener, we're going to go on a beautiful, spiritual ride with |
| 0:50.3 | author, TV host, minister, healer, spiritual guide, and everybody's favorite, no nonsense, tell it like it is, but still let you hug it out, Auntie! |
| 1:00.0 | Miss Ayana Van Zand. Auntie |
| 1:05.0 | Vansant. Thank you, how are you? |
| 1:08.0 | I am good. |
| 1:09.0 | Well, you know, I guess Auntie is better than Grandma. |
| 1:12.0 | Well, you're not my grandma. |
| 1:13.6 | You're like the auntie that I need when I'm doing wrong |
| 1:17.0 | and you need to set me straight. |
| 1:18.3 | Or when you're trying to get away from your mother, |
| 1:19.9 | you come to my house. |
| 1:21.4 | Because I'll let you drink me and smoke. You're the auntie who would let me pierce my nose. Yeah, I am. I'm absolute and I want you to drink |
| 1:30.4 | being smoke in my house so that you don't have to do it out in the street I can keep |
| 1:33.7 | an eye on you. |
| 1:34.7 | So yes, pierce your nose, your belly, drink the beer and smoke the cigarettes in my house. |
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