Pages From My Notebook: A True-To-Life Podcast

This is the first bonus episode of PFMN; they will serve as anything extra I forgot to include or found after recording/uploading. This bonus is part of the late Chadwick Boseman’s 2018 commencement speech at his alma mater, Howard University, about how taking the road with the most difficulty will produce the greatest results and to follow purpose above everything. I think it serves as a perfect...

Episode 5 dives into the story of how I learned to trust my gut and live in my purpose. Covering my transformative freshman year of college, I get vulnerable and share how I'v worked on myself to find out the person I'm meant to become and try to help someone else along the way. *trigger warning* timestamps for discussions of anxiety and depression: 7:30-12:18 [7:00-7:15 9:08-9:53 10:21-11:07 11:2...

Episode 4 dives into the concept of love, relationships, alternatives to monogamy and the infamous entanglements. I tell you why having relationship goals is trash and how to know what you deserve in order to ask it of others. Read the full episode description on my blog here: Listen to my breakup/relationship hardship playlist ‘resentment’ on Spotify here: Follow the podcast on Instagram and Face...

Episode #3 is about the lived experiences of Black women, in America specifically, and how we continually sacrifice ourselves to still be handed the short end of the stick. Listen to hear me talk about dating, self esteem, activism and knowing when we have to just save ourselves.  Read the full episode description and find links to the video and TedTalks mentioned in the episode on my blog he...

In Episode 2, I cover the popular phenomenon I like to call the Struggle Olympics: the constant  comparison competition (c'mon alliteration!) that students participate in where they see who has it harder. Categories include sleep deprivation, essay length, grades received and more! Why do we feel the need to one-up each other's struggles? We all know college is hard, so why do we take pride i...

This episode of PFMN is a recitation of the essay I wrote to express my feelings after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless other innocent Black people taken by the hands of police and racist violence. This is in no way comprehensive of everything I feel regarding racism (because how can you fit 400 years of generational trauma into one post) but it was what I felt called to s...

The intro to Pages From My Notebook: A True-to-Life Podcast! Learn what this project is all about and has in store. Thank you for listening!