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Balanced Black Girl

How to Stop Comparing Yourself with Elyse Fox of Sad Girls Club

Balanced Black Girl

She's So Lucky

Health & Fitness, #Shessolucky, Balancedblackgirl, Lesalfred, Balancedles

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

#298: We all know comparison is the thief of joy, but what does it mean to truly embody a comparison-free life?

In this episode, I’m sitting down with Elyse Fox, filmmaker, writer, and founder of Sad Girls Club to unpack and dismantle comparison.

Along the way, we also discuss Elyse’s journey of self-discovery, what it means to build community, how she’s redefining success on her own terms, and how you can too. Tap in for candid insights on mental health, entrepreneurship, and making space for joy.


We Also Talk About…

  • Elyse’s mental health journey and how it led to the creation of Sad Girls Club
  • Why it’s okay to not have all the answers
  • How vulnerability led to building a global community
  • The power of asking for help, creating boundaries, and the importance of accepting support
  • What it’s like running a nonprofit and leading a dynamic team


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a dear media production.

0:12.0

Hello, Clovers.

0:13.3

Welcome to this week's episode of She's So Lucky, and thank you for being here.

0:18.2

So tuning in to today's episode, you are in for such a treat. It is an amazing

0:24.0

conversation, all about overcoming comparison, tending to your mental health, building community,

0:31.8

and so much more. I'm joined today by Elise Fox, who is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, writer, and founder of the

0:39.3

nonprofit Sad Girls Club. And if you have been on the internet anytime after 2018, you're

0:46.4

probably familiar with Sad Girls Club, the nonprofit committed to providing access, resources,

0:51.5

and community within the mental wellness space. I have been such an

0:56.7

admirer of Elise and her work with Sad Girls Club for ages and was so excited to have her join the show.

1:04.3

This is one of those episodes where you are going to feel seen, heard, and it's basically like a hug in conversation form. So I'm so excited to

1:14.7

welcome Elise to the show.

1:22.3

Elise, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to have you. I've followed

1:27.2

your work with Cy Girls Club for years now. I'm super excited to finally have you on the show. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to have you. I've followed your work with

1:27.7

Cy Girls Club for years now. I'm super excited to finally have you on the show. Thank you. This is like

1:33.1

such a beautiful moment because I've been following your journey too. So this is like match made in heaven

1:36.7

in my eyes. Oh my gosh. Thank you. So since the rebrand, I've been liking to start the show off

1:42.3

with the same question about luck. I would love to hear

1:46.5

of a moment when you felt really lucky. I feel like a moment I felt really lucky was when I made the

1:54.7

hard decision to leave everything that I knew and I loved and enjoyed about my life and took a risk on myself to

2:03.1

like start my own path, start my own career. And it was the scariest thing I've ever done.

2:07.4

And it wasn't easy at all, but I'm still like grateful that I took that step in that. And I am

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