Cyd Tells All

In this episode, I dive back into a blog post I wrote years ago for my resource hub, Dream On Youth, discussing the 7 things people should stop asking women. I may have added a few additional things but the message is still the same: Equity over equality and women deserve better. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit c...

In this episode, I explore my love for being a Black woman with a fro - because the love wasn’t always there for my kinky 4c curls —, the culture and stories in our textures, and why Black hair is good hair, period. End of discussion. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.substack.com/subscribe

This episode is dedicated to the former gifted kids, people pleasers, chameleon kids, and anyone who has felt the need to fit in a box to be loved, seen, heard, or understood, especially creatives. You are not for everyone and neither is your art, whether that be the art of living, art of self-expression, or art of healing and every little thing in between. This is a public episode. If you'd like...

About a week before the Day of Love a.k.a Valentine’s Day, at 4 am, we dive into the topic of self-love for an episode dedicated to all the lover girls, lover boys, and lover people. So no, this isn’t gender-specific but it is made for those who are tired of avoiding the healing, relying on others as their single source of love, and wanting to know what unconditional love feels like. This is a pub...

In true Cydney fashion, I scrapped and re-recorded this entire episode dedicated to my people, Black people, after proclaiming during Grammys’ night that it was “Black People’s God Year.” A year where we our stepping into our individual power, pouring from our overflow, going after everything we want, and still doing the important work and having the conversations we feel called to while also gett...

What would happen if you chose to have the audacity, in the name of good, and be intentional about being community-conscious in everything you do? In this episode, we explore what community care really looks like in the modern age, the things we need to unpack, and how we can do better for the good of the individual and the collective. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with o...

Let’s deep dive into the mantra or “affirmation”, I declared just weeks before my birthday on someone’s Instagram post: (I may be alone, but) “I am never without love.” Post-breakup after a long term relationship, I really thought I’d never open up to love again but I quickly realized in the following months up until my epiphany that I was looking at love wrong thanks to society, the patriarchy, a...

In this episode, I touch on how I wasn’t always a girls’ girl, when that changed, the 5 levels you need to check before calling yourself a woman who genuinely supports women (trans women included), and what to do now that we know better. I even mention my new digital community, the Girls’ Girls Collective (GGC), towards the end of the episode! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss thi...

Trigger warning: childhood trauma, body image — In this episode, I deep dive into a post that triggered something in the depths of my soul and made me rally to intentionally put an episode out on what we’re not doing in 2024 when it comes to the gifts we give children, especially when we want to make changes for what we as adults believe to be a path to a happier, healthier lifestyle. This is a pu...

In this episode, I touch on 3 things to help lead you through this new year with confidence, ease, and joy. Stress? We don’t know her. Anxiety? We left him in 2023. Fear? We’re doing it scared. Doubt? Someone had to be the first to do it and nobody can do it like you! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.sub...

In this episode, I introduce you to the thing that made my perspective in life shift from niceties to kindness, the mindset shift of work-life harmony, and what environmental wellness is really all about. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.substack.com/subscribe

While I talk about body image in this episode, I make 2 other major points regarding women, the men who want us (yeah, yeah, not all men), and why being a nice guy is a people-pleasing tendency (that’s manipulative!!) that you need to cease like yesterday. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.substack.com/su...

These are the things I wish I would’ve considered before moving into my first apartment, living with roommates, living with a romantic partner. I think I have to make an episode of horror stories with apartment living one day… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, I touch on why I believe in eras (lucky girl, villain, etc), what it’s like recovering from the gifted kid syndrome, and the point of choosing words to lead me through each season of life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.substack.com/subscribe

A plant by plant tour of my garden and some tips to start your apartment/balcony/container/limited space garden today! The first 7 minutes I may (or may not) have made a shameless plug or two. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.substack.com/subscribe

You know to see my live reactions, you’re gonna have to go to my Instagram @itscydneyrai but this short episode is dedicated to Tanner, the Southern girls with swag, and women paving their own lane with their zone of genius. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, you’ll be given permission to explore your faith, change your mind, and maybe even a good laugh. Verbal trigger warnings are placed as frequently as possible to create a safe environment for listeners. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.substack.com/subscribe

In episode 3, I talk the four shades of introversion and what it truly means to be an introvert. I may even call out some past incidents that stuck out as red flags when it came to how people perceive me. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.substack.com/subscribe

When you hear the phrase “moving in silence”, what do you think of? In this episode, I break down why I prefer to move in silence versus telling the masses and how you start defining what this phrase means for you. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.substack.com/subscribe

What this podcast is, isn’t, who it’s for, and why I started it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cydneyrai.substack.com/subscribe