The Dope Black Chick

You can be handling everything, showing up, and getting things done—and still feel disconnected from your own life. In this episode, Kimberly sits with the question: where did I go? She shares how busyness, responsibility, career, relationships, and unresolved circumstances can quietly become the things that determine whether we feel okay. This is a faith-centered conversation about returning to G...

Overqualified, Overlooked, and Tired is a real conversation for Black women navigating layoffs, long job searches, career disruption, and the quiet way professional uncertainty can start changing how you see yourself. Kimberly sits in the conversation alongside you—not with five steps to land a dream job or a promise that job loss is a blessing in disguise. She names what happens when education, e...

Nobody told us this part. In this honest conversation, Kimberly talks about what perimenopause can actually feel like: the heat, night sweats, disrupted sleep, aches, headaches, irritability, cycle changes, and the private question so many women ask—“What is happening to me?” For Black women over 40 especially, this episode makes room for the lived experience behind the symptoms: feeling dismissed...

Friendship after 40 can look different than it did when life gave you daily calls, spontaneous hangouts, and endless access to each other. That does not mean the love, trust, or connection is gone. In this episode, Kimberly talks about building meaningful adult friendships with more realistic expectations, reciprocity, patience, and intention. She explores why one friend does not have to meet ever...

What do you do when your life still looks fine on paper, but it no longer feels like yours? In this episode, Kimberly shares why an in-between season is not necessarily a setback. Using the image of moving through a mountain range, she explores what it means to descend from one peak, cross unfamiliar terrain, and make room for the next version of your life. If you are feeling restless, questioning...

Have you ever caught yourself thinking, I should know this by now ? Maybe you've been in business for years, you've been married before, you've built a career, raised a family, or simply lived enough life that you feel like you shouldn't still be figuring things out. And yet, here you are. In this episode of The Dope Black Chick Podcast , Kimberly A. Spidle explores the pressure wo...

Do you find yourself bracing for disappointment, even when life seems to go well? In this episode, Kimberly explores why we often expect the worst, even when we’re hoping for the best. She shares her personal story of how old beliefs and past disappointments can distort what’s happening right now. With practical steps to pause, reflect, and separate past fears from present truth, Kimberly guides y...

How do you know if the life you're chasing is actually the life you want? If you've been searching for your purpose, trying to find clarity, wondering what you really want in life, or working toward intentional living, this episode is for you. In this episode of The Dope Black Chick Podcast , Kimberly A. Spidle explores one of the most important questions you'll ever ask yourself: Why...

In this episode, Kimberly A. Spidle shares her heartfelt journey of navigating loss, grief, and the importance of embracing pauses in life and business. She offers practical insights on how to trust the process, remain consistent through seasons of change, and come back stronger. Key Topics: The significance of understanding life's seasons and natural rhythms Rethinking traditional notions of cons...

What happens when you build a life that looks like everything — and still lose yourself inside it? In Episode 710, Kimberly sits down with Myesha Chaney, author of the memoir Honest , for a raw and grounded conversation about identity loss in marriage, the quiet cost of silence, and what it takes to finally tell yourself the truth. This one is for every woman who has been performing her life inste...

This Mental Health Awareness Month, we're not recounting the weight. You already know the weight. This episode is about what becomes possible when you heal. Because here's what I've come to understand — a Black woman who knows she is enough, who is no longer available to shrink, perform, or seek validation from a world that was never going to give it anyway — that woman is dangerous. I...

This is a Rewind. And it's intentional. Episode 61 — "Bruised But Not Broken" — was first released in January 2020. But the revelation at the center of it doesn't have an expiration date. In this episode, Isis shares a word she received from the Creator: Nothing I've ever made has broken. Not bent. Not damaged. Broken. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we're bringing this one back — becau...

You did everything right. You built the career. You earned the title. You showed up, performed, and proved yourself — over and over again. And then one day, the structure was gone. Maybe you left. Maybe they left you . Maybe it happened so gradually you didn't notice until the silence hit. And in that silence came the question nobody warned you about: Who are you when the title is gone? In this ep...

The permission slip you've been waiting for? Nobody's bringing it to you. And this episode is about why. If you already know what you need to do — let go, rest, stop holding everything together — but you still can't make yourself do it, this isn't about information. It's about identity. You've been the strong one for so long that stopping feels like a betrayal. Of yourself. Of everyone counting on...

In this episode of The Dope Black Chick Podcast , I’m getting honest about something many of us are feeling but rarely say out loud: the exhaustion of performative living. For years we’ve been told to optimize everything. Optimize your content. Optimize your brand. Optimize your life. But somewhere along the way… life started to feel like a performance. As a strategist and storyteller, I understan...

In this episode of the Dope Black Chick podcast, Kimberly speaks with Karimah Westbrook about her transition from the CW's All-American to her new project, Dream House. They discuss the emotional journey of closing one chapter and opening another, the importance of creative control, and the challenges of storytelling in a saturated industry. Karimah shares her insights on navigating fear and u...

There’s a moment many of us reach where we realize something has to change — even if we can’t fully name what that change is yet. In this episode, I sit down with Joel Steele, author of the book, Life Switch: How to Experience the Power of Living on by Discovering Your Potential, Passion, and Purpose ,for a grounded conversation about those life switch moments — the quiet realizations, internal sh...

Patience is often misunderstood as waiting quietly, holding back, or doing nothing. But real patience is active. It’s intentional. It’s grounded. In this episode, we explore the difference between passive waiting and aligned patience — the kind of patience that still moves, still chooses, still trusts itself. This conversation is for anyone who’s been questioning their timing, their progress, or w...

In this conversation, Kimberly discusses the feeling of being called to more in life, emphasizing that it is not about hustling harder but about embracing one's true self and potential. She shares her journey of shifting her mindset from expecting negativity to expecting positivity and abundance. The discussion highlights the importance of intention, flow, and self-acceptance in personal growt...

Summary In this reflective episode, Kimberly A. Spidle discusses the importance of consciously closing out the year 2025. She emphasizes the need to let go of certain beliefs and habits that no longer serve her, framing this process as an act of love rather than loss. Kimberly shares what she is choosing to leave behind, including survival mode and the pressure to prove her worth through productiv...

The sacred space between who you were and who you're becoming.

In this episode, Kimberly A. Spidle discusses the significance of rest, particularly radical rest, as a form of rebellion against a hustle-driven culture. She shares her personal experience of illness and the guilt associated with not being productive. Through her reflections, she emphasizes the importance of surrendering control and trusting the process of healing. The conversation encourages lis...

After you’ve released what no longer serves you — what comes next? In this powerful follow-up to Making Room for More, Kimberly dives into the art of embodiment: learning to live as the woman you’ve been becoming. She shares her personal embodiment practice, how to align emotionally and spiritually with your next level, and why you don’t have to wait to feel the life you desire — you can start emb...

In this episode of the Dope Black Chick podcast, Kimberly A. Spidle discusses the challenging yet essential process of letting go to make room for personal growth and new opportunities. She emphasizes the discomfort that comes with releasing old habits, relationships, and versions of oneself, and how this process is a spiritual act of faith. Kimberly provides practical steps for listeners to ackno...

In this episode, I share the clarity, peace, and ease that came from intentional living — from teaching at Philmore Academy, to growing my community, to listening to my Higher Self. I talk about the harvest that comes from daily discipline, and why October’s 30 Days to Becoming Intentional Challenge will focus on financial prosperity. Listen in for lessons on becoming, practical tools for intentio...