On this week’s episode, Ashley and Marcy talk managing professional work evaluations, year-end reviews, and navigating challenging feedback. As the year winds down, annual professional reviews wind up.
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On this week’s episode, Ashley and Marcy talk about sacrifice and suffering and the strong Black women trope that we take on relationships. Listen to this real conversation about relationships, and the sacrifice and emotional labor endured while “birthing” a man.
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On this week’s episode, Ashley and Marcy talk being natural. From hair and makeup to deodorant and lotions, products over the last 10 years have represented a constant campaign encouraging women to go natural.
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On this week’s episode, Ashley and Marcy talk awkward conversations. “So when are you going to give me a grandbaby?” “Looks like you’re picking up a little weight, huh?” “Where did your last boyfriend go?” “You still haven’t graduated?” Is it just us or are you also overwhelmed by people trying to engage you in the most uncomfortable of small talk?
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On this week’s episode, Ashley and Marcy talk sexuality. Sexuality is defined as one’s capacity for sexual feels toward another; basically your sexuality defines who you’re attracted to sexually and romantically. These days it’s a cute quip to say “sexuality is fluid,” but what does that mean for two self-identified straight women.
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On this week’s episode, Marcy and Ashley talk preconceived notions, judging a book by its cover, and fair warnings. People say that when you first meet someone, you’re not meeting them but you’re meeting their “representative.” Very few of us really put our genuine selves out there for the world to see.
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On this week’s episode, Marcy and Ashley talk upgrading. Self improvement is a way of life for many of us as we constantly strive to advance, level up, and grow personally and professionally. But is this culture full of motivational quotes, self help resources, and quips becoming more overwhelming than actually inspiring?
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On this week's episode, Marcy and Ashley talk mentorship. Personal and professional development don’t usually occur in isolation. They require resources, feedback, and instruction, which is why having a mentor is critical.
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On this week's episode, Marcy and Ashley talk bougie behavior. Both of us have been accused of being a little bougie; maybe it's the Ph.D.'s, or maybe the Pink and Green, or it could be the confidence we exude when we walk into a room.
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On this week's episode, Ashley and substitutes, Kisha and Dani, talk implicit bias. We all have a tendency to allow stereotype-confirming thoughts to pass spontaneously through our minds, and doing so is called implicit bias.
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On this week's episode Ashley and Marcy talk birth control. The time came when I knew I wanted to have sex. I also knew I couldn't tell my momma. So at the age of fifteen, I had to figure out how to prepare, all on my own.
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On this week’s episode Marcy and Ashley discuss life’s turning points, what they’ve learned and if hindsight is really 20/20. We all have those moments in our lives. Those critical, pivotal moments that seemingly define how we move forward.
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On this bonus episode Ashley and Keila Hill-Trawick of Little Fish Accounting, talk online dating, faith, and winning while being yourself. At the prompting of a friend in 2016, Keila downloaded Tinder despite her apprehensions that it wouldn't be right for her.
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On this week's episode we talk falling in love. Whether you experience butterflies in your stomach, sweaty palms, and tugs of the heart strings - or you process rationally-balanced decisions about choosing another, falling in love means different things to different people.
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On this episode we talk patience, waiting and being at peace while standing still. There is no rap lyric that more closely aligns with my life right now than I got no patience And I hate waitin' from Jigga Man's (Jay-Z) 1993 track, “Big Pimpin’.
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On this week's episode, we talk love and compatibility. Whether it's zodiac sign alignment, your best friend's approval, or how he offers you his last chicken wing, in relationships we often look for signs of compatibility with the other.
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On this week’s episode we talk self-image, cosmetic enhancements and loving yourself beyond your looks. Teeth whitening, tummy tucks and a trip to Columbia can have you looking and feeling like a whole new person…
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On this week’s episode we talk grief, loss, and why things don’t always get better with time. Over the weekend, (while headed to a date, no less) Ashley was overcome by grief after having a fleeting thought of her mom who died 8 years ago.
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On this week's episode we talk being bossed, being bosses and creating a relationship with your boss that works for you. Horrible Bosses: it's not just a movie but it’s some folks’ everyday-lived experience. Micromanaging, domineering, and bullying bosses …
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On this week's episode we talk ghetto girls. We've all met her (or been her) the gum smacking, lip poppin, trash talking, beeper wearing, blond wig having ghetto girl. Black "ghetto" women are a hallmark of the black community and are a sterotype that...
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