This is the Sly Girl Sly Pat Cast, a space created to uplift, motivate and inspire women of color to be fearless in the pursuit of their dreams, go after what they deserve and show up as their most unapologetic, most authentic selves.

This audio series was created for every woman who is on the verge of her come up creating her own vibe and fiercely transforming her life.

So sit down with me, get your notebook, grab a pen, and let's create the life you've always dreamed of.

I'm your host, Ashley Legs, and welcome to the Sly Girl Sly Pat Cast.

Hey girl, hey, welcome back to the Sly Girl Sly Pat Cast.

I hope all of you are doing absolutely amazing today, and your week is off to a beautiful start, your day is off to a beautiful start, and you're just out there doing your thing.

I took the week off last week, a few of you reached out like, girl, you okay?

And I really appreciate it. It was truly just me taking a break for the week.

We've been going, going, going on stop the last several weeks, so it truly was just a pause moment or back.

And thank you so much for reaching out and just seeing if I was okay.

I really appreciate that. Y'all a few weeks ago, I went to the Black Women's Expo here in Chicago.

And if you are here because I met you at the Black Women's Expo, and you learned about the podcast from there, hey girl, hey, okay?

That was me passing out information to you, telling you all about the Sly Girl Sly Pat Cast and why you should listen.

It was me, boo, for those of you that don't live here in Chicago.

Every summer we host the Black Women's Expo, which is, I believe, three days where Black-owned businesses get to showcase their business, their products, their services, and it's so cool to see.

I've been going for years and it's thousands of people that come and the room is packed wall to wall with Black-owned businesses, primarily Black female owned businesses, and everyone is networking and pitching, and it's so dope.

I really, really recommend if you're ever here in Chicago over the summertime, try to line it up when the Black Women's Expo will be here.

Or if you have a business look into that, I was there, I didn't have a booth, I was on the ground literally just walking up to people and telling them about the show, and shaking hands and meeting new listeners.

So if you are here because you learned about the show at the Black Women's Expo, I am so grateful you decided to check us out and give us a listen.

Thank you for taking the time and just so glad that you're here, boo.

Y'all, I was so nervous walking up to people to promote the show, I'm not even going to hold you, just because I feel like, you know, nobody here for that.

You know, and here I come, wanted to talk about my shows, and I was just so nervous, and I was in my head, and my family was there helping me pass out flyers about the show.

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