No Compromises: Building a Platform Rooted in Liberation, Not Capitalism

Brown Girl Self-Care

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this very transparent episode, I share the challenges of staying true to the mission of Brown Girl Self-Care while navigating the harsh realities of capitalism. As a one-woman operation, I discuss how sponsorships have helped sustain this platform but also created inner conflict when values clash with business opportunities.

You'll hear:

Why I’m reimagining the future of Brown Girl Self-Care
The struggles of centering Black women in a capitalist system
How I’m leaning into faith, community, and creativity to move forward
My thoughts on Black women creating sustainable spaces for joy, healing, and liberation

Plus, I touch on what’s next for the platform, including a free Podcasting 101 workshop and a fresh approach to community-building through my new minimalist website.

If you’ve ever wrestled with balancing authenticity and survival in your work, this episode is for you.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	First of all, hey, hey, you are listening to the Brown Girl Self Care Podcast.
0:08.0	The Brown Girl Self Care Podcast is a space of intuition to healing, joy, rest, liberation,
0:11.9	all the beautiful things for the 92%.
0:14.9	Okay.
0:18.0	As you can see from the title, that we'll be talking about a personal situation of mine
0:24.6	when it comes to finances, capitalism, the work that I want to do, and that kind of thing.
0:36.5	And man, I'm nervous. This conversation is looking at my notes here. man, I'm nervous.
0:38.4	This conversation is looking at my notes here.
0:41.3	Like, I've thought about having this conversation for a good minute.
0:45.5	I've kind of danced around it a little bit, but I'm really, really, really nervous.
0:51.8	Okay.
0:53.4	It's going to take me some courage to be able to say some of the things that I want to say as a black woman,
1:03.1	as a black woman who relies on income for survival, as a black woman who is doing the hard work of healing
1:10.6	and being more liberated and living a more free life
1:13.9	and bucking some of these societal norms that we talk about here on the Brown Girl Self-Cure
1:18.2	podcast. So, yeah, this is a little hard. This is definitely one of the moments where I am
1:26.8	stepping out on faith in a huge way.
1:29.0	Because you never necessarily want to bite the hand that feed you, you know, that saying.
1:33.7	But when I told you all in the last episode, I believe it was, that this podcast, this platform, how we want to look at it is shifting.
1:47.5	It's shifting. It's changing. I'm stepping out on faith and I am speaking my truth. I'm trusting
1:53.5	that, you know, God's got me, that my community's got me, that things are going to work out.
2:00.0	I'm going to not experience any significant lack or anything like that, like's got me, that things are going to work out, I'm going to not experience
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