Meanwhile, She with Aisha Beau

What happens when being strong, disciplined, and useful becomes so much a part of your identity that you no longer know how to exist without it? This week, Aisha sits down with burlesque artist and Healing Through Seduction creator Perle Noire for a deeply personal conversation about self-devotion, embodiment, self-trust, and the identities women build around sacrifice. Perle shares how her relati...

Last night, a member of the Meanwhile, She community sent me a DM that stopped me in my tracks: “Remember how sad you were this time last year, about your last retreat?” She was right — and what a year can change. In this solo episode, I'm sharing what it looked like to burn the house down last fall — canceling my Italy retreat, ending things with a manager who had stopped believing in me, an...

There’s a version of you that has to be grieved before the next one can arrive. This week I sit down with Kelly Augustine — celebrity stylist to Danielle Brooks and Gabourey Sidibe, Contributing Editor at Marie Claire, founder of StyledbyKAB — for a conversation that starts with clothes and ends somewhere much deeper. We get into why styling is 80% psychology, the reset she needed after her divorc...

What if the best chapter of your life hasn’t even started yet? This week I sit down with Patti Roberts — Creator, co-host of Between Mothers and Daughters (with her daughter Kamaria), and one of the sharpest voices I’ve had on the show about what it actually takes to build something real in your 60s. She’s living proof that the doors don’t close when you think they do. We get into hiring her own d...

If you’ve been feeling like your life or your career is moving too slowly — this one is for you. For years, I’ve been telling anyone who would listen that I’ve had “slow growth.” It was my shorthand. My peace with the process. My way of making sense of the eight years I’ve spent building this thing from the ground up. Then one comment from a longtime community member broke the mantra open. In this...

What if the biggest thing standing between you and the life you want is the yes you keep saying no to? This week I sit down with Janesha Moore — the Philadelphia-based creator behind The Strategic Influencer, Move Moore, and the faith-based jewelry brand The Merciful Collective. Janesha was laid off from a corporate marketing role in 2023 and used that moment to build a multi-brand business that n...

What if rest and freedom aren't luxuries you have to earn over 40 years — but line items you can budget, plan, and take right now? This week I sit down with Danica Nelson, a Toronto-based money educator and founder of Liberty Leave, the platform teaching women how to fund career breaks and sabbaticals without going broke. Danica grew up in social community housing raised by a single mother, p...

What if the follower count everyone said mattered… doesn't? This week I sit down with Amber Mayfield Hewett — event producer, founder of To Be Hosted, author of Your Turn to Host , Forbes 30 Under 30, and the woman behind the New York Times–covered Central Park picnic 'To Celebrate Black Life and Leisure.' At 33, Amber is the youngest guest we've ever had on Meanwhile, She, and...

What if real luxury isn’t simply being able to afford more—but owning enough of your life that no one else gets to decide what happens to it? This week I sit down with Beverly Beal, an intellectual property attorney, founder of Fine Line Non-Alcoholic Spirits and GiftBiz, and part of the family behind a growing community coffee shop in Detroit. Beverly has never been especially interested in follo...

What if the greatest privilege you could give a child isn't opportunity — it's being allowed to stay creative? This week I sit down with actress, filmmaker, and creator Andrea Lewis — Degrassi's Hazel, the mind behind Netflix's The Black Beauty Effect, and now the creator of Glam Culture, her regional beauty docuseries. Andrea moves through the world with a rare kind of peace a...

How do you build the career you actually want—inside an industry that was not exactly built for you—without softening who you are to fit inside it? Chee Smalls has spent fifteen years answering that question. She is Senior Director of Product Development at Coach, a style voice, and a content creator. She is also a Harlem girl who has never—not once, not in a single meeting, not in a single boardr...

Tenicka Boyd was 21 years old and a new mother when she took a job working for President Obama. Nineteen years later, her daughter is a college junior living in Japan, Tenicka is a fashion voice, former ACLU staffer, and one of the most self-possessed women I've had on the couch. She is also refreshingly honest about the parts of her story most women tuck away. In this episode, we get into th...

We don’t talk enough about what happens to a woman when she has to fight for her child to be heard. Asia Cabello is here to put it on the record. This week, Aisha sits down with content creator Asia Cabello — mom of three, longtime partner to Dwayne Cabello (whom she met at 13), and one of the most honest autism advocacy voices on the internet—for a conversation about the years that nearly broke h...

We’ve been taught that adulthood doesn’t really begin for women until we’ve found a husband and had a baby. Jessica Cruel is here to push back on that — and she has the research to back it up. This week, Aisha sits down with Jessica Cruel, Editor-in-Chief of Allure magazine and the author of the forthcoming book Single Happy Female, for an honest, layered conversation about what it actually looks...

We're taught that if we put in the work and the talent is there, the opportunities will come. Ashley is here to tell us about the other half of that equation — the one most people aren't honest enough to name. This week, Aisha sits down with her dear friend, sorority sister, and Howard alum Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins—actress ( Dear White People ), former host of OWN's Trials t...

What does it actually take to stay yourself in an industry that rewards sameness? This week, Aisha sits down with Tiffany Battle — fashion creator, creative director, storyteller, and one of the original voices in fashion blogging — for a conversation about what it really takes to build a creative life on your own terms.  Before she launched The Werk! Place in 2012, Tiffany was a chemical engineer...

Fashion used to be built behind the scenes. Before influencers, before front row became content, there were editors pulling all-nighters, sleeping under desks, forecasting trends, and shaping culture long before social media existed. This week, I’m joined by Tiffany Reid — fashion executive, stylist, former SVP of Fashion at Bustle Digital Group, and one of the most respected voices in fashion med...

What does it actually take to be seen, selected, and supported in your industry? In this episode of Meanwhile, She , Aisha Beau sits down with Brianna Wright, Head of PR & Influencer Marketing at SheaMoisture, for an honest and insightful conversation on identity, access, self-investment, and what it really takes to stand out. Having worked her way through Unilever with intention and clarity,...

What if the thing that scares you isn’t the real danger?  In this solo episode of Meanwhile, She , Aisha Beau Frisbey opens up about being laid off, ignoring her intuition, accepting what looked like the perfect opportunity, and eventually realizing that staying in the wrong place was costing her more than leaving ever could. She shares the story of choosing an uncertain leap into entrepreneurship...

What if your best chapter is still ahead of you? In this episode of Meanwhile, She , Aisha Beau Frisbey sits down with Angelique Miles for a candid conversation about reinvention, confidence, beauty, wellness, and becoming more yourself with time. Angelique reflects on her journey from music executive to wellness entrepreneur, the personal seasons that shaped her, and why women never have to accep...

What happens when the friendships you’ve outgrown no longer fit the woman you’re becoming? In this episode of Meanwhile, She , Aisha Beau Frisbey sits down with New York Times bestselling author Alex Elle for an honest conversation about friendship, self-worth, boundaries, and the courage to choose yourself without guilt. Inspired by her new book The Company We Keep , Alex shares why many women we...

What does it look like to build a beautiful life… and still feel like you’re not fully experiencing it? In this episode of Meanwhile, She , Aisha Beau Frisbey sits down with award-winning beauty journalist Kayla Greaves to talk about creating your own opportunities, choosing yourself, and redefining what it means to feel good in your life. Kayla shares how she stopped waiting to be chosen in her i...

What if wanting more doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful… but aware? In this opening episode of Meanwhile, She , Aisha Beau Frisbey shares the real story behind this new chapter—why she walked away from Re-Written , what shifted in her life, and what it actually means to start over from a place of clarity, not chaos. This isn’t about reinvention for the sake of it. It’s about recognizing when your life...

What if the moment that broke you… was actually the moment you began to rise? In this episode of Meanwhile, She , Aisha Beau Frisbey reflects on the breakup that changed everything—not just in love, but in how she saw herself. From chasing validation and feeling unworthy… to choosing herself fully, this is a story about what it really looks like to rebuild your life from the inside out. Not overni...

This episode is part of the Re-Written archive, originally recorded prior to the launch of Meanwhile, She. Setting direct, strong boundaries is your foundation to deeper self-love and respect. It’ll unlock your potential in ways you never could have imagined, and signal to those around you, that *you* matter.  Re-Written: The Podcast with Aisha Beau is your weekly dose of all things self-love. Eac...