Hey loves, I’m back — and I brought a word with me. 💛
First things first:
🎧 Go on ahead and Click the podcast link right up there ⬆️ to listen to the latest episode of Hey, It’s Halicue. Let it play for a minute, so the download counts—pretty please! It helps support the podcast. 🙏🏽
Okay, now that we’ve got that out of the way…
Did you miss me?
I just returned from a dreamy 10-day adventure sailing along the Rhine River through the Netherlands, Germany, and France with my favorite uncle and my mom. For those of us Black girls with healed/healing wounds from childhood (thank the Lordt for mediation apps and therapy) trust when I say that every moment of the trip was a beautiful practice in rest, healing, and living as my fully grown, soft, healed, adult self.
And this latest episode was born right from that space. 🌿✨
It’s inspired by a friend, mutual and 👸🏾data queen @iquelytics (follow her on Tiktok) and longtime supporter of the pod—and it's all about authenticity, especially what it means for us as Black women in a world that says, “Go on and just be yourself!” when nothing could be further from the truth. Often the same folk who assure us that they want us to be “authentic” are just yacking. In reality, they prefer us to shrink, code-switch, or conform in a way that keeps us smaller and them more comfortable.🙄
This episode is tender, fire-filled, and full of truth. My goal is to make you and any other Black Woman you know, feel seen, loved, and probably a little challenged (in the best way) to show up bigger, bolder, and more you—even though we know that’s exactly what society doesn’t always want from us.
I’m headed off to England next, but I’ll still deliver sweet audio + video goodness to your inbox. The last trip taught me this: don’t stop creating, even when you’re resting because Black Women of the 92 Percent-our voice, your art, your words—are worth making time and space for.
With love and jet lag,
Halicue
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