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How to Deal with Challenges. Sharing our Mid-Year Review
"A mid-year review is a great way to energize your annual goals and performance, in a little-to-low pressure way." In this episode of the Financial Griot podcast, the crew is finally back together. On the table, our mid year recaps from major medical expenses, new pets, inflation and looming recession; it's been a rough six months. Lovely also shares the lessons she is learning along the way. This is going to be heavy. To make this actionable, we highly recommend that you do your own midyear recap. Even invite some friends or family members. This is your opportunity to recalibrate.
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Trauma Bonding and the Importance of Therapy
In the wake of a myriad of shootings in the US, it's ok to allow people to grieve in their own way. Sometimes that grieving is messy. Unfortunately, there are times that the grieving leads to trauma stacking. In this episode of the Financial Griot podcast, we discuss the need for real therapy with the goal that you end up doing the necessary shadow work. Your psyche can definitely keep you away from building wealth. Tackle it.
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Crafting a Better Resume and Rebranding Your Purpose
Crafting a solid resume and brand on social media is incredibly important as the economy heads toward a recession. In this episode of the Financial Griot, we are joined by special guest Michael Theodore, a Higher Education Advisor and Mentor. As the world changes toward reopening, we tackle issues on branding and designing a path that works for you in the short and long run.
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How to Be Present w/the Turn’t 30 Podcast Crew
Today's episode features Jay, one of the two Js from the Turnt 30 Podcast were we discuss if Men give other men gifts? Crazy enough, it's something we never considered so it had to be a podcast. While out numbered, Lawrence holds his own and shares why he believes that men don't give each other gifts. And the ladies banded together like Voltron in opposition. All in jest but none the less an amazing conversation. If you are a male listener, do you remember the last time you gave your male friend a gift?
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How to Find the Right Message during Challenging Times
In the wake of the untimely death of Kevin Samuels (Youtuber and Imagine consultant), there have been a lot of conversations about the importance of the messenger over the message. In this episode of the Financial Griot Podcast, we are talking why you need to fixate on the message over the messenger. The goal is to listen to the good and the bad, but most important learning to take away the key pieces. No one is perfect and no message will resonate every time, but to quote Eddie Griffith "did you get the message?" As such, did you understand the lesson and how it can affect you?
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Are You Really Single-by-Choice? A Turn’t 30 Conversation
On this special episode, the Ladies of the Turnt 30 podcast just us for a joint conversation and it gets contentious. Will they battle it out or will they come to a consensus. The topic du jour, "Being Single by Choice" while others could argue that you are simply single because you weren't chosen. Eeesh, writing that sounded harsh. However it's a great opportunity to get to know the Turnt 30 crew and their journey through adulthood.
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A Recipe for Social Pressure: Materialism, Lifestyle and Inflation
"What I Post, Why I post and How I post about my experience is all intentional" LDG In this episode of the Financial Griot, we discuss the toxic recipe of materialism and the void of purpose that it steals. While the world enters in the late stage of our expansion with a recession looming, it's not even optional to be financial literate any more. Becoming financial literacy and materially free is not a mere act of minimalism for the gram. It's a struggle upstream from the direction of society. Turning toward your purpose changes you.
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Turns Out, There is No Such Thing as Work-Life Balance
In this episode of the Financial Griot, the crew discusses work-life balance or lack there of. The last few months have been tough and filled with challenges and competing interests. Ironically, it's kinda of always been this way. On top of that, these challenges are both necessary and unavoidable on the path of changes. Not going to lie to you, it's hard out here but you have to learn and adapt to beat the odds. In short, work-life balance is the state of equilibrium where a person equally prioritizes the demands of one's career and the demands of one's personal life. As such, Work-Life balance is an enduring cycle, not…
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Curating Your Space. How Your Social Circle Can Make Rich Or Poor.
In this episode of the Financial Griot podcast, we talk about the importance of curating your physical, mental and virtual space. The world is getting more complicated while tasks are becoming easier, and that's not a good thing. While it might sound ridiculous, you are suppose to have just 5 friends compared to Facebook's 5,000 limit. In truth, Social scientist Robin Dunbar hypothesized that an individual’s group can extend to 150 contacts. However, each contact is layered according to the strength of emotional ties. As such, your mind is constantly trying to keep up with over 1,000 people, story lines and complications. It's no wonder why people are entrenched in…
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Why You Need to Avoid Being Morally and Financially Bankrupt
"Don't be too quick to give up your agency, time and happiness for vanity" This episode of The Financial Griot is centered around Consumption and the draining effect on your purpose. Too often, we get stuck in a never ending loop where we buy into a lifestyle only to be indebted to it for even longer. For example, the college experience is an expensive pseudo inflated lifestyle that mirrors affluent middle class. Through loans that extend beyond tuition and books, many fall victim to an expensive experience that's akin to Disney World. All fluff and payment. After 4-6 years, you end up paying for it for 20-30 years. And then…
