How to Navigate the Chaos of Life, Leveraging AI and Personal Growth

Brown Ambition

iHeartPodcasts

Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Investing, Business

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

BA Fam we’re back at the Brown Table! It’s been a minute, but the original crew Mandi, Yanely, and Chris are together again and catching up on everything. From West Coast travels and birthday plans to coaching updates and sleep podcast dreams (yes, really), this episode is full of laughs, life, and hard-earned lessons.

Mandi shares the behind-the-scenes of launching her new 12-week VIP coaching program and why one-on-one coaching needs more than just one call. We also get real about the job market and how AI is already shifting the game especially for new grads and folks trying to break in. The tea? Relationships matter more than ever.

Chris is dreaming up a new show (spoiler: it might put you to sleep—in the best way, and Yanely is out here living her best life… and finally seeing Beyoncé live in her hometown.

And of course, we round it all out with a good ol’ Brown Boost / Brown Break—featuring a Pulitzer Prize-winning book and a sobering reminder that hiring bias is still alive and well.

What We Talk About:

- Life & travel updates (hi, Portland! hey, Hawaii!)

- Why Mandi’s shifting back into one-on-one coaching

- Coaching horror stories + how to find the right fit

- AI’s takeover and what that means for your career

- How side projects can keep your creativity flowing

- Book recs, Beyoncé, and a big announcement 👀

Links + Resources:

✨ Apply for Mandi’s VIP coaching: https://mandymoney.com)

📖 James by Percival Everett (Chris's Brown Boost pick)

📱 Essence article: “Black, Qualified, and Ignored” by Aaliyah Jones

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0:00.0	We're approaching the halfway point for the year. And I remember back in January, I said,
0:04.0	2025 smells like money, honey. I think what I meant to say was maybe like the backhand.
0:10.9	Okay. You'd be surprised by having something just like a little bit not related to your business
0:17.1	that you can play with. It ends up, you know, helping you out a little bit in the end when you come back with fresh eyes.
0:22.1	Right now, I'm open to things that may be a little more enjoyable and creative that are
0:26.4	different for what I normally do.
0:27.7	Sounds like a good old midlife.
0:29.8	You know?
0:30.4	No, just kidding.
0:30.8	That's right.
0:31.3	Because me and Mandy are basically 40, so you know how it is.
0:36.3	Why you had to do that to Mandy?
0:38.0	Forget that I edit the show and there's so much I can just tell Gabri-O-Dabria.
0:41.4	You know it is for basically 40 crew, Mandy, you know.
0:48.6	Well, hey, BA fam, welcome to the brown table.
0:54.0	It's been a minute. Well, it's been a minute since the original trio, the OG. OG three are back together again. Yes. Missed y'all.
1:03.5	It's been nuts. I feel like we tried to schedule and then we all couldn't make it and then or Mandy could, but we couldn't and then we rescheduled. But first of all, but I make it sound like I don't just send you an invite out of the blue once in a line.
1:15.3	I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt. I give you no time to think or it's just like,
1:21.9	yeah, I kind of feel like doing the brown table this week. That's authentic though. That's authentic, though. That's authentic, though.
1:28.1	That's how you know.
1:28.9	We're not scripted.
1:29.7	We're not rehearsing.
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