The Sugar Free Podcast: Recent Episodes
Syd Mack Media
The Sugar Free Podcast is a show where real people come together to discuss real issues and how to resolve those issues with honest actionable advice, tools and resources. All “tea” served at the Sugar Free Podcast is of course (you guessed it), sugar free, which means all thoughts shared are without filters or sugarcoating. It’s a place where we can all show up and be our 100% authentic selves. No flexin’, frontin, or stuntin allowed!
Each week, join host ,Sydnee Mack, a regular degular girl who just so happens to be a lawyer, professor, entrepreneur, best-selling author and HBCU Grad as she engages in honest, open and transparent discussions on a variety of topics, from maintaining adult friendships to maintaining your shape (or lack thereof) that will be sure to entertain, educate and uplift.
Syd will also be joined by plenty of special guests for a good kee kee as they spill their own tea, sharing personal wins, losses and lessons. So tell me, how do you like your tea? Around here, we like ours sugar free.
For more information on the show or the host, visit www.sugarfreepodcast.com.
Syd may be on vacation, but The Sugar Free Podcast is not! This week, enjoy a "rewind" of the Season 2 Premiere: How to Make Peace with my Body featuring Dr. Tangie Grate.
This episode is a love letter to women. A letter to remind us that 1) our bodies, our weights and our shapes ARE healthy; and 2) the current standards of weight, beauty and wellness weren't created with our bodies in mind.
Join Syd and special guest, mother, wellness coach, pharmacist and podcast co-host, Dr. Tangie Grate as they discuss how to make peace with and love on your body during EVERY phase of your wellness journey (otherwise known as life).
Through her work as a wellness coach, Tangie is on a mission to help women feel confident in their current bodies , by helping them to develop sustainable habits that promote self-love and weight loss.
Want to connect with Tangie?
Check out her website: beacons.ai/drtangie
Listen to her podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-body-liberated/id1662053359
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Summer is here and it’s time to get our summer wardrobes (and bodies) in gear! Regardless of the body you’re giving the beach this summer, this week’s guest is here to give you all the tips and tricks you need to not only freshen up your summer wardrobe but also to choose pieces that will make your body look its best for every occasion this season.
This week, join Syd for Season 4 Episode 9, as she sits down with style expert and social media influencer, Jasmene Bowdry for an exciting conversation on how to every BODY can take advantage of this summer’s hottest trends.
Jasmene Bowdry is a retail expert and style maven who has over ten years of experience as a corporate retail buyer for industry titans like Tiffany & Co., Saks Fifth Avenue and Office Depot. She is also a respected stylist in the fashion industry who has served as an Assistant Wardrobe Stylist for 50 Cent and G-Unit and as a New York Fashion Week dresser for iconic brands such as Donna Karan, Vera Wang and Lacoste.
Jasmene is also the owner and founder of Shift Stylehouse, an online boutique for chic, stylish modern women.
Want to connect with Jasmene?
- Shop with her at: https://www.shiftstylehouse.com
- Book her at: https://www.jasmenebowdry.com/styling-services
- Follow her on social media: @jasmenebowdry
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In this episode we will cover:
- How to use shapewear as the foundation for a perfect outfit
- Jasmene’s recommendations for shapewear brands
- How to dress different body types
- Top style trends for summer 2023
- Style influencers to follow online
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The only thing better than spending Mother’s Day with your mama is spending it with mine!
Join me (Syd) this Sunday (Mother’s Day) for a VERY special, commercial free, bonus episode of The Sugar Free Podcast featuring parenting tips from my mama, Dr. Jean Jackson.
Dr. Jean Jackson (my mama) is a life-long educator, child psychologist and author.
Want to buy my mom's book?
For parenting tips and tricks, you can purchase her book, Surviving Kidcatraz here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/surviving-kidcatraz-dr-jean-jackson/1135800730
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When is the last time you prayed? About 32% of U.S. adults said they seldom or never pray (up from 18% in 2007) with 29% of U.S. adults reporting they had no religious affiliation (an increase of 6 percentage points from 2016), with Millennials leading that shift. American adults are connecting less and less with religion and by extension the Church. For those interested in seeking both, how do you navigate that without compromising your contemporary beliefs on diversity, equity and inclusion?
This week, Syd sits down with Millennial church leaders, Joslyn Henderson and Demarius Newsome, for an uplifting conversation on the necessity (or lack thereof) of Church for younger generations in S4 Ep8 How to Navigate Modern Spirituality in the Church.
Minister Joslyn Henderson is the Director of Worship Arts at a multicultural, multigenerational, inclusive church in Northeast Washington D.C. As a nationally celebrated gospel singer and worship leader, she infuses her performative ministry with her scholarship on Black sacred music.
Demarius Newsome in an Atlanta based attorney and worship leader who serves in multiple capacities of ministry and leadership at the Ray of Hope Christian Church, where he constantly seeks to understand “why” and “how” we do church.
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If you’re dating in 2023, chances are you are leveraging the internet or some manner of technology to date people outside of your “safety bubble.” Meaning, you are dating people that neither you nor anyone you know can vouch for or verify the background, history or character of your potential dates.
Technology can be a very effective tool in finding love, but love is not the only thing that daters are finding online. Online daters, especially young women, are also finding frustration and in some cases harassment, assault or death with a reported 16,000 abductions, 100 murders and thousands of rapes being committed annually by online predators.
So, how do we protect ourselves while dating outside of our safety bubbles? BY DOING OUR RESEARCH!!! Join Syd for Season 4 Episode 7 as she sits down with private investigator, Connie B. Ernest, for an informative discussion on how to leverage the internet to properly vet potential love interests.
Connie B. Ernest is a Private Investigator in Atlanta, GA. Connie owns and operates CBE Investigations Inc, where they offer services to those who are in need of clarity, peace of mind and closure.
Want to Connect with Connie?
Visit her website: https://cbeinvestigations.com/
Follow her on IG: @cbeinvestigationsinc
Check her out on Facebook: @cbeinvestigationsinc
Connect with her on LinkedIn- @conniebernest
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In the last month, several of the largest banks in the U.S. along with a handful of regional banks have failed. The average credit card interest rate is at 22% and mortgage rates are at 6%. Inflation remains high and talks of recession still linger; but the job market remains strong and life for the most part unchanged. Are we headed for financial disaster or is everything cruising along just fine?
Join Syd for Season 4 Episode 6 How to Survive Inflation, Recession and Bank Runs as she sits down with financial advisor, Kevin Matthews for an informative conversation on what’s happening in the economy and how to protect your financial interests against an uncertain economy.
Kevin Matthews is a best-selling author, award-winning influencer, former Top 100 financial advisor (as named by Investopedia) and founder of Building Bread, a financial education consultancy designed to educate and advise both organizations and individuals on the basics of financial literacy, investing and retirement planning.
Want to connect with Kevin?
Website: www.buildingbread.com
Facebook: @BuildingBread
IG:@buildingbread
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Have you ever experienced more than a friendly attraction to another woman? I mean you don’t just like her, you feel a little quiver run through your body every time you think about her? Well, you’re not alone!!
The average person is coming out in their teens and early 20’s which can make coming out or exploring your sexual identity as a woman in your 30’s intimidating. But, it is never too late to embrace your authentic self and research suggests that it is perfectly normal and healthy to question and explore your sexual orientation (i.e. your sexuality) well into your late 30’s and early 40’s.
Join Syd this week for Season 4 Episode 5 as she sits down with attorney and LGBTQIA+ advocate, Kim Daily, Esq. for an extraordinary conversation regarding Kim’s journey to come out and embrace her identity as a Lesbian woman in her 30’s.
Kim Daily is an award-winning trial attorney, viral public-speaker and founder of The Qulture, a nationwide community known as heaven on earth for queer Black women. Kim co-owns K&L Daily Law with her sister, who is also an attorney.
Want to connect with Kim?
Visit her website: https://www.kimdaily.com/
Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/iamkimdaily
Join For the Qulture: https://www.thequlture.us
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Join Syd this week for a solo episode where she shares the life lessons she’s learned on her hair journey, learning to love herself as a bald woman with alopecia. You won’t want to miss the first episode of the new year.
The Sugar Free Podcast is the premiere “life advice” podcast for Millennial Women. Join show host, Sydnee Mack, as she explores a variety of topics important to Millennial women from careers, to dating, starting families (or not), financial security and mental health.
Show host, Sydnee Mack, is an attorney, professor, best-selling author and ya homegirl in your head.
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If you’re over 30 and your primary skincare routine consists of soap and water, then it’s time for an upgrade! Studies show that a woman’s face can begin showing signs of aging as early as 25, but most women start to see changes to the skin on their face in their 30’s. In conclusion, unless you're ready to start looking your age, it’s time to put down the soap and pick up some cleanser.
Join Syd as she sits down with award-winning Esthetician, Alicia Dion, for an informative conversation on how to establish or upgrade your skincare routine in your 30’s.
Alicia Dion is owner and operator of 5-star rated AliciaDion Beauty Spa located in Marietta, Georgia. She specializes in hydrobrasion, dermaplaning, microdermabrasion, waxing, chemical peels, high frequency, and lashing and so much more! She was voted a “Best of Georgia Esthetician” in 2021.
Want to connect with Alicia Dion?
Visit her website: https://www.aliciadion.com/
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It is no secret that Millennial women are educated, accomplished and high earners; but, are we balanced? Is accomplishment enough? Forty five percent of Millennial women (ages 25-40) will be both single and childless by 2030. Is this statistic an indication that we are prioritizing work over family or cause for concern? Join Syd this week for Season 4 Episode 2 as she sits down with therapist and relationship coach, Vernique Esther, LMSW, for a healing conversation on how Millennial women can achieve success outside the workplace. Vernique Esther is an Atlanta-based therapist and coach who specializes in Relational Trauma and Healthy Relationships. She is also an Author, Speaker, Corporate Well-being Consultant, and founder of Authentically Wed, a faith-based community for those seeking healthy relationships. Vernique believes the quality of your relationships determine the quality of your life, and uses her expertise to help people become healed and whole individuals that can create healthy and fulfilling relationships. She especially enjoys partnering with High-achieving women who have trouble managing their various responsibilities, causing anxiety in their lives. Want to connect with Vernique?Visit her website: https://www.verniqueesther.com/Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/verniqueestherBuy her book: https://www.verniqueesther.com/shop Want to connect with The Sugar Free Podcast?Check us out at: www.sugarfreepodcast.comSubscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cHoUmESN8CF3uGZ7IyeDA TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE•Assessing the root cause of toxic achievement •Understanding the trauma associated with toxic over achievement•How to incorporate joy, pleasure and peace into your high-achieving life.•How to hear your heart's desires•Understanding what "balance" looks like for you Tune in to the Sugar Free Podcast everywhere podcasts are available:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-sugar.../id1573862487Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/.../aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3VnYXJmc...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0G7127VhGnhnD36X0t72gmAmazon/Audible: https://music.amazon.com/.../ebc55.../THE-SUGAR-FREE-PODCAST ADVERTISEMENTS:Shop with The Sugar Free Podcast advertisers:The Lip Bar – Want lipsticks that pop on EVERY shade of black and brown? Enjoy 10% off at The Lip Bar when you click this link https://thelipbar.com/pages/_go_?ref=4474:355417&discount=SugarFree&utm_source=Affiliates&utm_medium=Homepage or use code SugarFree at checkout.Formally Forms– Need contract templates and forms for your business? Visit www.formallyforms.com for easy-to-use contract templates and forms for your business. Use code: SUGAR to receive 20% off your next purchaseBuilding Bread—Want to start investing in the stock market? Purchase the Investor’s Toolkit by clicking this link: https://buildingbread.thinkific.com/courses/the-investor-s-toolkit?ref=85305c AND this link will also get you 25% off your purchase.
Studies show that women are more likely than men to feel unhappy at work for a variety of reasons that include lack of promotional opportunity and lack of connection to their work. This unhappiness has many women feeling stuck in a career pit that seems impossible to navigate. But what if there was a way out?
This week join Syd for the Premiere Episode of Season 4, as she sits down with “Her Career Doctor,” Dr. Tega Edwin, for some practical advice on how to find a career path that aligns with your purpose and ignites your soul
Dr. Tega Edwin is an award-winning career development researcher, educator, and speaker. She's the owner of Her Career Doctor, where she helps unhappy women at work find their fulfilling careers and job search with confidence.
Topics Covered in this Episode
- The “Costs” of Staying in a Job You Hate
- The number one thing that holds women back from pursuing the career of their dreams?
- How to overcome feelings of being “lost,” “indecisive” and a “failure” when you’re stuck in a job you hate
- How do you determine what careers will be fulfilling to you?
- How to leverage volunteerism and side hustles to change careers
- How to change careers without sacrificing your income
- What steps to take to find a career path that ignites your soul
Want to connect with Dr. Edwin?
Visit her website: www.hercareerdoctor.com
Follow her on IG: @hercareerdoctor
Follow her on Facebook: @hercareerdoctor
Podcast: www.fulfillingcareerpodcast.com
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We’re baaaccckkkk! Welcome to 2023, friends! What better way to start the year than together?
Join Syd this week for a solo episode where she shares some life updates, some show updates and of course plenty of tea that’s 100% sugar free. You won’t want to miss the first episode of the new year.
The Sugar Free Podcast is the premiere “life advice” podcast for Millennial Women. Join show host, Sydnee Mack, as she explores a variety of topics important to Millennial women from careers, to dating, starting families (or not), financial security and mental health.
Show host, Sydnee Mack, is an attorney, professor, best-selling author and ya homegirl in your head.
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For some women the road to pregnancy includes a wild night of passion, but for so many more the road to pregnancy is a process. A process filled with fears, doubts, shame, financial burden, medical intervention, support and hope.
About 10 percent of women (6.1 million) in the US ages 15-44 have difficulty getting pregnant or staying pregnant, according to the CDC. Today’s episode is for the 6.1 million women who have had and the millions of women who will experience difficulty with conceiving and birthing a child. Myself and today’s guest, Shalmeka Sweet, are part of the 6.1 million women. This episode is for us.
Shalmeka is a Counseling Faculty member at South Mountain Community College teaching an array of psychology and counseling classes along with providing counseling services to students. She is also co-host of The Beyond Conception podcast, in which, she her husband share their 9-year infertility journey with a dose of faith, hope, love, and laughter to help couples conceptualize everything that is beyond their conception.
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Visit her on IG: be_conception Listen to her podcast: The Beyond Conception Podcast on all major podcast platforms
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For some women the road to pregnancy includes a wild night of passion and not much else, but for so many more the road to pregnancy is a process. A process filled with fears, doubts, shame, financial burden, medical intervention, support and hope.
About 10 percent of women (6.1 million) in the US ages 15-44 have difficulty getting pregnant or staying pregnant, according to the CDC. Today’s episode is for the 6.1 million women who have had and the millions of women who will experience difficulty with conceiving and birthing a child. Myself and today’s guest, Shalmeka Sweet, are part of the 6.1 million women. This episode is for us.
Shalmeka is a counseling faculty member at South Mountain Community College teaching an array of psychology and counseling classes along with providing counseling services to students. She is also co-host of The Beyond Conception podcast, in which, she her husband share their 9-year infertility journey with a dose of faith, hope, love, and laughter to help couples conceptualize everything that is beyond their conception
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LaKisa Muhammad IG : amothersworth
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Book on PCOS
M.D., F. W., & Ryan, G. (2006). A Patient’s Guide to PCOS: Understanding--and Reversing--Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (1st ed.). Holt Paperbacks.
Naturopathic Medicine in Pheonix Metropolitan Area:
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Does it feel like you’ve been dating the same guy for the last ten years? You know the type. The guy who’s “just not ready to commit,” “not looking for anything serious,” or “isn’t sure why they’re dating beyond the hope of regular sex.” That’s because you probably are!
Research suggests that 50% of singles aren’t looking for anything when dating, 10% of singles are looking for something casual and 26% of singles don’t know what they’re looking for at all. This means 86% of singles are not looking to seriously date. So, if you want to find someone in the 14% of “serious daters”, you had better be asking the right questions.
To help us get to the 14%er’s with our sanity still intact, Syd is sitting down with dating and “vetting” coach, DM Woods to discuss how to ask the right questions to weed out all the wrong men.
DM Woods is a best-selling author, speaker and dating coach who is disrupting the dating world by breaking the limiting beliefs, circles of frustration, and confusion surrounding modern dating.
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As women of color, we are often told that we need to be twice as good to go half as far, but do we need Master’s degrees to be successful? When you factor in the costs ($80,000 for a moderately ranked 2-year program and more than $100,000 for top 2-year programs) compared to the increase in salary (only 10-15% for human services; 25% on average and 60-150%+ for top MBA programs), is the input worth the output? Even if we decide with a resounding, “Yes,” that it is, we must also ask: ‘how do we make the most of this investment? To answer our questions and ensure that we make the most out of our very expensive academic situations, Syd is sitting down with Dra. Yvette Martínez-Vu, a Chicana mother-scholar, author, academic, host of the Grad School Femtoring Podcast and academic coach. She focuses her scholarship and coaching on empowering first-generation students of color as they navigate higher education. After working in higher education for over ten years, she transitioned out and relocated her little familia from California to Portugal. Want to connect with Dra. Martinez-Vu? •Visit her website: www.gradschoolfemtoring.com •Follow her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/gradschoolfemtoring/ •Follow her on FB: https://www.facebook.com/gradschoolfemtoring/ •Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gradfemtoring Tune in to the Sugar Free Podcast everywhere podcasts are available: •Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-sugar.../id1573862487 •Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/.../aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3VnYXJmc... •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0G7127VhGnhnD36X0t72gm •Amazon/Audible: https://music.amazon.com/.../ebc55.../THE-SUGAR-FREE-PODCAST ADVERTISEMENTS: Shop with The Sugar Free Podcast advertisers: The Lip Bar – Want lipsticks that pop on EVERY shade of black and brown? Enjoy 10% off at The Lip Bar when you click this link https://thelipbar.com/pages/_go_?ref=4474:355417&discount=SugarFree&utm_source=Affiliates&utm_medium=Homepage or use code SugarFree at checkout. Formally Forms– Need contract templates and forms for your business? Visit www.formallyforms.com for easy-to-use contract templates and forms for your business. Use code: SUGAR to receive 20% off your next purchase Building Bread—Want to start investing in the stock market? Purchase the Investor’s Toolkit by clicking this link: https://buildingbread.thinkific.com/courses/the-investor-s-toolkit?ref=85305c AND this link will also get you 25% off your purchase.
Millennial women are marrying later than any other previous generation of women. In 1965, the average marrying age for women was 21, and for men, it was 23. Today, the average marrying age for women is 29.2 and 30.9 for men.
Millennial women are citing career and financial stability as the main reasons for delaying marriage until their thirties. This means that Millennial women are entering into marriage with more STUFF than previous generations of women (i.e. homes, retirement accounts, cars, pensions, dogs…etc.) and we need to learn how to protect our ASSets in marriage and more importantly divorce.
This week, join Syd for Season 3 Episode 5 Love Can Cost Everything: How to Navigate Prenups, Postnups and Marital Assets, as she sits down with family law attorney, Jephonne Roy, Esq. for an educational and entertaining conversation on how to navigate the business of marriage.
Attorney Jephonne Roy is a Senior Associate Attorney at The Family Matters Law Group in Morrow, Georgia and specializes her practice on divorce, child custody, pre-nups, post nups and the equitable distribution of marital assets.
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Whoever said that diamonds were a girl’s best friend, had never met the Millennial woman because our best friend’s name is Wander Lusty. Millennials are trading in retail therapy for “travel therapy” and research suggests they may be on to something.
Many psychology professionals recommend travel as a form of therapy. Exploring new sights, smells, sounds, and conversations can stimulate your senses in a refreshing way and possibly even trigger your inner muse as well.
This week join Syd for S3 Ep4, as she sits down with the “Millennial’s Travel Agent,” Marissa Daniels, for an informative conversation on how to satisfy your wanderlust and travel in style on a budget. If travel is considered a form of therapy, then this week Marissa is our therapist.
Marissa Daniels is an experienced travel agent, avid traveler, and founder of Spread Your Wings Travel Agency. Marissa understands that traveling is a major part of daily living. From busy professionals to leisure travelers, she takes pride in taking the stress out of travel for her clients and helping them to create memories that will last a lifetime.
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According to research, men orgasm three times as much as women during heterosexual partnered sex. In terms of percentage, roughly 91% of men verses 39% of women report that they “usually” or “always” reach orgasm as a result of heterosexual intercourse. This data represents the “orgasm gap.” Well ladies, it’s 2022 and it’s time we take back our power, own our sexual pleasure and close the gap.
This week, join Syd, as she sits down with sexologist, Goody Howard, MSW, MPH as they discuss how to take ownership of your sexual pleasure. Whether you choose to love men, or women or both, Goody provides all the tips and tricks you need to increase your pleasure in the bedroom and beyond.
Goody is a world-renowned sexologist, educator, and consultant. She has dedicated her life to “Empowering through sexual exploration, education, and awareness.
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Welcome to Season 3 of The Sugar Free Podcast! In this premiere episode of the show, host Syd Mack, sits down with two fellow Millennial women (Carla Gibson and Jess Moore Matthews) for the FIRST State of the Millennial Woman where the ladies discuss the current state of affairs facing Millennial women from careers to finances, to relationships to mental health and family.
The Sugar Free Podcast is THE premiere life-advice podcast for Millennial women. It's a place where real women come together to discuss real issues affecting Millennial women and to provide practical, actionable advice for resolving those issues. The show is hosted by attorney, law professor, author and entrepreneur, Syd Mack.
Meet Our Guests
The amazingly talented, Carla Gibson, is many things but her main focuses include being a vocalist and event MC that can command any room she enters. She has held residencies throughout Manhattan showcasing her one woman show - The Carla Gibson Show. You can now catch her monthly at Manhattan’s renowned Off-Broadway clubhouse - Broadway Comedy Club.
Jess is the founder and Chief Good Troublemaker at Backbone Digital Leaders, a digital marketing agency of Black women and nonbinary activists spearheading a revolution at the ballot box and beyond by training the next generation in digital activism through work with progressive candidates, correspondents and organizations across the country. With more than a decade in digital communications, Jess Moore Matthews has a proven record in both digital marketing and digital organizing, specializing in owned and paid content development and distribution.
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Welcome to Season 3 of The Sugar Free Podcast! In this premiere episode of the show, host Syd Mack, sits down with two fellow Millennial women (Carla Gibson and Jess Moore Matthews) for the FIRST State of the Millennial Woman where the ladies discuss the current state of affairs facing Millennial women from careers to finances, to relationships to mental health and family.
The Sugar Free Podcast is THE premiere life-advice podcast for Millennial women. It's a place where real women come together to discuss real issues affecting Millennial women and to provide practical, actionable advice for resolving those issues. The show is hosted by attorney, law professor, author and entrepreneur, Syd Mack.
Meet Our Guests
The amazingly talented, Carla Gibson, is many things but her main focuses include being a vocalist and event MC that can command any room she enters. She has held residencies throughout Manhattan showcasing her one woman show - The Carla Gibson Show. You can now catch her monthly at Manhattan’s renowned Off-Broadway clubhouse - Broadway Comedy Club.
Jess is the founder and Chief Good Troublemaker at Backbone Digital Leaders, a digital marketing agency of Black women and nonbinary activists spearheading a revolution at the ballot box and beyond by training the next generation in digital activism through work with progressive candidates, correspondents and organizations across the country. With more than a decade in digital communications, Jess Moore Matthews has a proven record in both digital marketing and digital organizing, specializing in owned and paid content development and distribution.
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Season 3 of The Sugar Free Podcast premieres August 8, 2022, and the theme for the season is ‘Feelin Real Good.’ To prepare for the premiere, Syd is sharing with you the steps that she is taking to feel good and providing y’all a preview of what is to come for the upcoming season of the show. Are you ready!?
The Sugar Free Podcast is THE premiere life-advice podcast for Millennial women. It's a place where real women come together to discuss real issues affecting Millennial women and to provide practical, actionable advice for resolving those issues. The show is hosted by attorney, law professor, author and entrepreneur, Syd Mack.
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Can you believe it? The end of the Season Two Remixes is here and we are wrapping them up with the Season Two Review Session, More Laughs and More Love featuring my sister, Mackenzie Mack. Get ready, because this is the end of season review that you need to prepare for Season Three.
Season Three of The Sugar Free Podcast premieres August 8, 2022. Plug this into your calendars so you don’t miss it!
Mackenzie Mack is a professional golfer and the 4th African American woman in history to hold dual memberships with both the PGA and LPGA. She is also Syd’s big sister and favorite kee kee partner.
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Between The Great Resignation, the demands for many to go back into the office, massive layoffs in the tech industry and the general raggedy nature of work, employee turnover in many industries is at an all-time high. Whether you leave your job by force or by choice, it’s always best to keep your resume ready so you don’t have to get it ready.
This week, join Syd as she sits down with resume-writing expert, Charnay Haynes for a conversation on how to craft a dream-job landing resume, the most valuable tool in your arsenal for surviving an uncertain labor market. Charnay is a certified resume writer, career coach, and ex-recruiter who has written 4,000+ resumes. She is passionate about helping people of color land the career opportunities they deserve.
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Visit her at: www.resumeaddict.com
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What’s the first section that should be on your resume?
A professional summary that is a brief statement that describes your experience and why you qualify for a role. Sample Statement: I am a collaborative, mission-driven, innovative Attorney with 10 years of experience as in-house general counsel for large corporations.
What should be next on your resume?
A bullet point list of key words that describe your skills, titled “Areas of Expertise” or “Core Competencies,” that you pull directly from the job description, to communicate why you’re a good fit for a particular role.
What should be next?
Your work experience section should be next and should be limited to 3-4 roles and should include no more than 10 years of work history.
Should you include internships on your resume as a working professional?
Yes, especially if your internship is directly applicable to the role. However, if the internship is fairly old, then include the internship as an honorable mention instead of a full description of work.
How long should your resume be?
Ideally, a resume should be one page, UNLESS you are applying for director level and above roles. In that case, two pages is acceptable.
Can you lie on your resume?
You cannot and should not lie on your resume. Make sure that the days and months that you worked at a job, your job title and what you did in the role are accurate. If you do try to artificially fluff your resume, at the very least make sure that whatever you include on your application, in your resume and on your LinkedIn profile are consistent.
Should we include Honors, Awards or Community Service?
Only if you have space. If including any of these things will be the difference between you having a one-page or two-page resume, save them for an application, cover letter or interview.
Where should your education go on your resume?
If you’re a recent graduate, include your education at the top of your resume. If you’re more than 5 years out of school include it at the bottom. Only include a GPA with your education if you have above a 3.5 and that goes for graduate school and undergraduate school.
Recession, recession and more recession. Lately, discussions of recession are at the top of every headline. But, realistically speaking, what can you do to prepare? You can prepare by getting your finances together and creating a financial plan that works.
This week, join Syd and guest, Top 100 financial advisor, Tremaine Wills to learn more about how you can prepare for the future with a solid financial plan.
Tremaine is the is the owner of Mind Over Money, LLC, a registered investment advisory firm, where she focuses on helping ambitious black women create and execute financial plans. She is also owner of Mind Over Money Education, a financial literacy resource hub that creates financial literacy content for the culture.
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What is a financial plan?
A financial plan is a roadmap for your finances that brings your dreams to life. It is directions for the assets and income you have in order to achieve your best life.
How do I develop a financial plan?
Set goals. Make sure you set clear, plain and attainable goals for your money. Also, make sure that you have a compelling motivation for the goals that you’ve set to help keep you from deviating from the path of your goals when times get tough.
What are some good goals to have for your money if you don’t have any?
- Determine how much money you need to have in the bank to make you feel comfortable and let that number be your first goal.
- Identify what’s important to you and put those things in your spending plan.
- Determine ways that you can generate more income
What elements comprise a comprehensive financial plan?
- A budget for day-to-day expenses
- Annual Budget
- Debt repayment plan
- Education Financing Plan
- Retirement Financing Plan
- Estate plan (including insurance)
- Tax Strategy
What is a good strategy for debt repayment?
- Avoid incurring large amounts of debt that don’t provide a return. For example, a mortgage is good debt because that is an asset that can appreciate in value and is providing you with a necessity (i.e. shelter). Using credit to purchase a fancy meal, is an example of bad debt because there is no return on that debt besides temporary happiness.
- Don’t rush to pay down low interest debt because you can use that money to invest in higher interest accounts and earn more money than what it’s costing you to borrow that money.
- Prioritize paying off higher interest debt like credit card debt (any debt with greater than 6% interest)
Best advice for creating a solid financial plan?
- Consolidate and Get Organized. If you have a ton of bank accounts, credit cards, bills…etc. eliminate the accounts that do not serve a purpose. Take good inventory of your remaining accounts and make sure you have a reason for each kind of account you have open.
- Have the Right Resources in place
- For banking, check out Ally because it has no overdraft fees and provides high yield savings accounts.
- For credit cards, go to your current bank first. Credit unions tend to provide better rates and are more lenient in their lending requirements. Navy Federal is a fantastic credit union if you have the ability to become a member.
- For help with budgeting, check out the “You Need a Budget” and “Mint” apps to help you get your finances in order.
- Know When to Ask for Help. If you’re not good with managing money, consider consulting with a financial adviser who can help you get a plan together.
Whether you hit your wellness goals or not, the beach will be accepting whatever bodies we give it this year because “Hot Girl Summer” is a state of mind not of body. We deserve confidence and self-love at every phase of our journeys because love…especially the kind we have for ourselves should be UNCONDITIONAL.
Join Syd and special guest, mother, wellness and momfidance coach, Dr. Tangie Grate, as they discuss how to make peace with and love on your body during EVERY phase of your wellness journey (otherwise known as life) because you and we deserve it, sis.
Through her work as a wellness coach, Dr. Tangie is on a mission to help women feel confident in their current bodies , by helping them to develop sustainable habits that promote self-love and weight loss. She believes that a wellness routine can be effortless, energetic and empowering.
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On this episode of The Sugar Free Podcast, Dr. Tangie Grate shares her journey to wellness including the lessons she’s learned along the way. Lessons that she uses to coach her wellness clients and that she has also so graciously shared with us.
Unhealthy Habits that contributed to weight gain for Dr. Tangie
- Eating quick fast meals (spaghetti_
- Eating fast food
- Eating late
- Drinking alcohol
- Not drinking enough water
- Not eating fruits/vegables
- Drinking Energy drinks
- Not exercising
- Not sleeping and/or resting enough
The turning point. The turning point for Dr. Tangie when she realized she needed to make a change in her lifestyle was becoming a mother. She wanted to be healthy for her future children and she also didn’t want to gain additional weight from child birth without having healthy habits in place to get it off. In short, Dr. Tangie got to the point where she was tired of herself and the way she was feeling and decided to make a change.
Dr. Tangie’s Best Advice for Loving Your Body
- Do NOT rely on the scale as your only measure of wellness. The scale CAN be a good tool to keep you accountable on your wellness journey, but it should not be the only thing you use to measure your success. Check to see if you are getting stronger (i.e. can carry heavier weights than you used to), or your clothes are fitting less snugly or your endurance (ability to move for longer periods of time) is increasing. Finally, if the scale is making you feel bad about yourself because you don’t like the number its displaying, STOP USING IT.
- Stand in the mirror naked (if you can), find something you love about your body and say it out loud. Mirror work and affirmations are wonderful tools for learning to love your body.
How to Get Started on Your Wellness Journey
- Identify your why for starting your wellness journey. Determine how you feel about your self and assess how you feel both physically and mentally. then decide whether you like how you feel or what you need to start doing in order to change
- Find a supportive community. No journey should be undertaken in isolation. You need a supportive community to help you stay accountable and consistent on your journey..
- Start small. Develop small, healthy habits. You don’t have to start with working out for 60 minutes a day. Start with 20 minutes a day 3 days a week to develop consistency. Doing small things consistently is better than doing large things sporadically.
Inflation is on the rise, with the average cost of goods up 8.6%. The average cost of gas is $6/gal and the average price of rent in NYC just hit an all-time high of $4,000/mo. Basically, the COST OF LIFE IS WAY TOO HIGH. To help bring the cost of life and goods back down to an affordable range, Syd is sitting down with couponing expert and face of “Coupon Wins with Lins” Linsey Martinez, to get all the tips and tricks we need to be serious (or lazy) couponers.
Lins is a middle school teacher by trade and a professional couponer, deal finder and YouTuber in her spare time. Her deal-finding philosophy is: ‘if it ain’t on sale, it ain’t for sale.’ She is dedicated to finding great deals and sharing those deals with her thousands of followers on YouTube and Instagram.
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When Drake said, “no new friends,” he flat out lied. As we grow as adults our jobs, needs, locations, circumstances and mindsets change. We need friends who can meet and nurture us right where we are and sometimes that requires us to let old friends go so we can welcome new friends in.
Join Syd and special guest, Krystyna Braxton, for remixed episode 2.7 Making New Friends as an Adult, as they sit down to discuss the challenges of cultivating genuine, authentic and deep connection with new people as an adult.
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Trying to take care of yourself is hard. Trying to take care of yourself and a child can seem impossible. That’s why more and more women are ditching “mom vibes” for “rich auntie vibes.”
Join Syd for Season Two Remix Ep 2.6 Rich Auntie Vibes: How to Live a Childfree Life, as she sits down with Isabel Firecracker to discuss Isabel’s choice to live a childfree life and her work as a coach in support of other women who have chosen to do the same.
Isabel was born and raised in Colombia and has called five countries "home" in her 30-something years. A world traveler, avid kite surfer, and childfree intersectional feminist, Isabel is a pragmatic, no-nonsense coach for childfree women who struggle with feelings of insecurity, shame, guilt, or anger that surround their choice to not have children. She has designed her coaching programs specifically for this end: to help childfree women evolve and grow into the very best version of themselves.
Isabel is also host of The Honest Uproar podcast and co-host of Childfree Girls. She is also founder of The Uprising Spark and co-founder of Nunca Madres (Never Mothers). All of her entrepreneurial efforts are in support and celebration of women who desire to live childfree lives.
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Background/Facts:
- New CDC data found the US birth rate fell by 4% in 2020, the sharpest decline in nearly 50 years
- The provisional number of births for the United States in 2020 was 3,605,201, down 4% from the number in 2019 (3,747,540)
- This is the sixth consecutive year that the number of births has declined after an increase in 2014, and the lowest number of births since 1979
- From 2019 to 2020, the provisional number of births declined 3% for Hispanic women, 4% for both White and Black women, and 8% for Asian women
Why do you think women are deciding, at increasingly higher rates, not to have children?
Women have more options and information than ever before in terms of deciding how they want to live their lives.
What is the difference between childfree and childless?
Childfree refers to the conscious and voluntary decision not to parent, whether that be to a biological, foster or adopted child. Childless refers to a person who either wants to have a child, but has not yet had one; or wants to become a biological parent but cannot due to a medical inability to do so.
Is it difficult to date or find long term partners as a childfree woman?
Yes, dating as a childfree woman or man can be difficult because although there are large swaths of the population who do not want to have children, it can be difficult to find those people if you don’t know where to look. It can also be difficult because you are eliminating a large number of potential partners from your dating pool (i.e. men or women who DO want to have children).
Is it common for women to waiver in their decision to have children?
It does happen and people do change their minds. However, it is important to communicate to potential partners AS SOON AS POSSIBLE of your lack of desire to have children. You do not want to wait to tell potential partners that you either do not want to have children or that you’re unsure whether you want to have children. Not being clear and transparent about your position regarding children can cause a lot of issues in a relationship
Why did you decide not to have children?
When I thought about what I wanted my life to look like, having children didn’t align with my vision for my life. I encourage other women to do the same. Imagine what a perfect life looks for you and that ask yourself whether or not a child fits into that life.
What advice do you have for women who are on the fence about having children?
Whatever choice you make, make sure you make it for YOURSELF. DO NOT make such a huge decision for your parents, siblings or even your partner. Make sure that you have a baby because you genuinely want to bring a life into this world.
Hot girl summer is upon us, outside is open and we need to look our best for the 99’s and 2200’s.
To help us get our wardrobes and personal brands back on track for summer and beyond, style expert Solita Roberts, is joining Syd for Season Two Remix Episode 2.5 How to Elevate Your Brand with Style.
Solita Roberts is the creator of Style to Impact, an image consulting platform. She teaches women entrepreneurs and professionals how to ditch the boring corporate uniform and adopt a more self-expressive wardrobe that empowers them, influences others, and has a bigger impact on their careers or businesses.
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What is personal style?
Personal style is your ability to express who you are with what you wear.
How do you cultivate style?
Focus on figuring out who you are and then determine how you can communicate who you are through your clothes.
What are the different style personalities/classifications that we can use to try to define our style?
- Classic
- Creative
- Casual
- Sexy
- Dramatic
What are the different body type classifications?
There are generally 3 areas where women tend to carry their weight, in their bust, their waist or their hips. Determine where you carry the majority of your weight to figure out the general shape/type of your body.
What are some tips for dressing each body type?
Focus on how to disguise or balance out the areas of your body where you carry the most weight or that you want to draw the most attention to. For example, if you carry most of your weight in your waist (around your middle), you may want to consider wearing a top or jacket with shoulder pads or puffy sleeves to draw attention away from your middle to your shoulders and to balance out the proportions of your body.
Is black the most slimming color that you can wear?
No, color does not determine how your shape looks. How a garment fits including the material and cut of the fabric is the most significant factor in determining how your shape looks.
How do you elevate your wardrobe?
Once you have determined your style personality, find brands and stores that fit your style personality even if those brands are out of your current budget. If those brands fall outside of your current budget, determine how you can shift your spending habits to better align with the brands that you want to wear.
Finding real love in 2022 ain’t for the weak or the meek. You need a therapist, a dating coach AND Jesus just to survive.
Join Syd as she sits down with dating coach, Keshia Rice, for a conversation on how to search for love in all the RIGHT places in Remixed Episode 2.4: How to Find a High Value Romantic Partner.
Keshia Rice is a dating coach and two-time Emmy-nominated journalist. As a coach, Keshia helps successful, Christian women learn how to attract quality men without compromising their values, identity, or sanity.
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What is a “high value” partner?
A high value man is a provider, someone who makes you feel safe mentally, emotionally and physically. He is financially stable, makes sacrifices, makes you a priority in his life and puts family first.
A high value man is not the same as a high-earning man. A high earning man makes a lot of money and often times money is the only thing he has to offer.
What’s the key to finding a high value partner?
The key to finding a high value partner is finding yourself first. You must know yourself so that you can easily identify partners who can give you what you want and communicate to them clearly and accurately your specific needs.
The following are steps to finding a high value partner:
Step 1: You must recognize your own patterns.
Most of your insecurities stem from past traumas and/or childhood. You MUST commit to doing the inner work required to fix yourself and heal your past traumas so that you can attract a whole, healed and supportive partner.
Step 2: Make yourself Available
Physical Availability-- Online dating is a great place to meet people. You may also need to go out more, specifically to places where you can find the type of partner you want to attract.
Some Tips for making yourself more available:
-When online dating, set your location to where you believe your potential partner might be. For example, set your location to the more affluent area of town, if that’s where you think your potential partner lives or hangs out.
- When you go to the grocery store or Target, go to the fancy target or grocery to increase the likelihood of finding the man that you’re looking for.
-Wear clothes that you wouldn’t mind your future potential partner seeing you in.
Emotional availability—You must make yourself emotionally available to receive the love you want to attract. This means doing your inner work to heal yourself and cultivating a positive outlook on dating in general by being mindful of the content you consume and the people who you allow to poor into you. For example, if you’re always listening to sad songs that claim, “men are dogs,” you are far more likely to find men who are dogs. You will find whatever you are actively looking for.
Step 3: Set Boundaries and Communicate Them
Know your deal breakers so that you can communicate those and allow men who cannot meet those expectations with opportunities to de-select themselves.
Step 4: Allow Men to be Men
If you treat a man like a child, even a high-value man, he will act like a child. Don’t get in the habit of doing and being everything for your partner. Allow them the space to do and figure things out on their own. This will help them to be a better, more supportive partner to you when you need help.
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Tired of your job? Does burnout have you on the verge of quitting? Good, you’re not alone! According to Business Insider, 38 million Americans quit their jobs within the last year in a movement that has been dubbed the Great Resignation.
Join Syd for S2 Remix Ep 2.3: How to Quit Your Job Like a Boss, as she sits down with attorney, mom, wife, BOSS and GREAT RESIGNER, Liku Amadi, as the two discuss how Liku quit her job and started a business during the height of a global pandemic.
Liku Madoshi is a Bay Area native and CA licensed attorney. Liku helps coaches and consultants establish a solid legal foundation for their online businesses by helping them to create and implement custom contracts within their business plans.
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Show Notes
In this episode, Liku offers some great tips on how to leave your job like a BOSS:
Step 1: Determine Your Next Move. Create a vision for what your next steps will look like whether that may be starting a business or starting a new job. Make sure you have a clear picture as to what your immediate future (1-6 months) will look like.
Step 2: Get Your finances in Order. Quitting your job without another job lined up only sounds good if you have enough money saved and/or financial support from friends, family, significant others…etc. to keep the lights on while you’re in between jobs. Make sure you know where your next mortgage/rent payment is coming from BEFORE you quit your job. You may also want to have a plan for how to continue certain benefits like health/medical/dental insurance without a job.
Step 3: Take Some Time to Reflect. Have a clear understanding of what you liked or didn’t like in your previous role. You want to make sure your new role or career move looks different than the one you just left. Otherwise, you may be leaving a bad situation for an even worse situation.
Step 4: Read the Company Rule Book. Generally, a company may have a right to claim ownership over any work that you create while you’re at work even if you’re creating it for yourself or your side hustle. Make sure you’re following the rules so that you don’t have any issues on your way out.
Step 5: Take Some Time Off. You may need to refer to Step 2 to determine just how much time you can take off in between gigs. However, take off as much time as your spirit and budget will allow. It’s important to take time to re-center and rejuvenate your mind and body before starting something new.
Step 6: Cultivate a Support System. Support of friends and family or even a therapist is super important to successfully navigating big life transitions. Make sure you choose your community wisely.
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On today’s remixed episode of “How to Overcome Burnout,” Syd opens the episode by sharing her burnout story. You won’t want to miss her real, honest depiction of her struggles with energy depletion, unhealed trauma/heartbreak, fatigue and overwork.
Syd is also joined by mental health professional and burnout coach, Tiffany Albury, MPH for a powerful conversation on the effects of burnout and actionable steps on how to overcome it.
Tiffany Albury is a passionate healthcare professional with a focus on wellness education, healthcare management and community programming. As a coach, Tiffany helps professionals recover from burnout, manage stress and reconnect with their passion for work and most importantly themselves. She enjoys working with clients who are ready to change their lifestyles to improve all aspects of their health and lives.
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SHOW NOTES
What is burnout?
A syndrome characterized by chronic workplace stress that has not been properly managed that is specific to the workplace can bleed into other areas of life. There are three dimensions of burnout
- Energy depletion/decrease
- Increased mental distance
- Reduced professional output
How do I know if I’m burnt out or just stressed?
- Stress occurs in cycles, where an event happens, you’re stressed and then the event ends and stress recedes
- Healthy stress should include some type of celebration or rest to complete the cycle to ensure that stress recedes
- Burnout is continuous stress cycles over a long period of time
Can I manage repeated instances stress without getting burnout?
Yes, you can manage stress with preparation and planning in a way that won’t necessarily lead you to burnout. For example, if you know a stressful presentation, case or week is coming up, plan your workouts, meals and downtime in advance. Actually write these things in your schedule. Even if it’s just a 15-minute walk or nap during the workday, put it in your schedule to ensure that you prioritize your well-being. However, repeated instances of stress without proper management will inevitably lead to burnout.
What are the symptoms of burnout?
- Detachment (not really present)
- Loss of concentration
- Fatigue
- Energy depletion
- Headaches/migraines
- Mild depression (i.e. hopelessness and despair)
- Cynicism (for instance everything is terrible, don’t have a positive outlook on life)
How do I know if I’m burnt out or depressed?
Depression is characterized by a deeper and more chronic sense of hopelessness, despair, irritability and/or anxiety that is more difficult to overcome. Mild depressive symptoms may be present in burnout but depressive symptoms associated with burnout are generally more situational/environment-specific and can be cured more easily with a change of environment or habits.
What can happen if we don’t address burnout?
Unaddressed burnout can lead to:
- Depression
- Heart Issues
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (difficulty pooping)
- Poor Diet
- Hair Loss
How do we overcome burnout?
NOTHING. DO NOTHING. The best thing you can do for yourself when you are burnt out is to REST. You need to reset your nervous system so that it can return to a healthy state of rest. Make sure you’re eating a healthy diet, drinking lots of water, getting your sleep pattern back on track, meditating (if that relaxes you) and engaging in light exercise. Building and maintaining a supportive community is also important for overcoming burnout.
The only thing better than spending Mother’s Day with your mama is spending it with mine!
Join me (Syd) this Sunday (Mother’s Day) for a VERY special, commercial free, bonus episode of The Sugar Free Podcast featuring parenting tips from my mama, Dr. Jean Jackson.
Dr. Jean Jackson (my mama) is a life-long educator, child psychologist and author.
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The Supreme Court is poised to make a decision on abortion that could rock the very foundation of American democracy—an individual’s right to choose what “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” looks like for them. We covered this issue last year when a Texas law went into effect that severely limited a woman’s right to an abortion. In light of the Supreme Court’s pending ruling, we have remixed and are re-airing this episode to once again shine a light on this very important topic.
In this episode of the Sugar Free Podcast, Really Humanizing Abortion-- Discussing the Impact of the New Abortion Laws in Texas, Syd delves deeply into the negative impact that more restrictive laws on abortion can have on young women and their abilities to live a life of their choosing. Join Syd and very special guest, Tiffany Clayton, as they put a name and a face to the process of abortion by having a vulnerable conversation about Tiffany’s abortion journey and her road to finding wholeness and peace post-abortion.
GET INVOLVED. Advocates and experts have identified the following organizations as credible places where you can show your support. Do your research and choose an organization that works for you.
- Texas Equal Access Fund: https://teafund.org/
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Tax season may be over (at least for those who filed on time), but that doesn’t mean now isn’t a great time to be thinking about your taxes and developing a strategy for how you can save money next tax season.
This week for the first episode of the Season 2 Remix, join Syd as she sits down with Certified Public Accountant and Certified Financial Education professional., Ms. Atiya Brown for a conversation on tax planning and how to keep more of your money in your pocket and out of the US Treasury.
Atiya, aka The Savvy Accountant, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Financial Education Instructor and owner of The Savvy Accountant. She is dually licensed in both Canada and the USA as a CPA and has over 16 years’ experience in the accounting/finance world.
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SHOW NOTES
What are taxes?
Taxes are the revenue that the government collects in order to fund public goods and services.
What are income taxes?
The tax that’s imposed against the earned money that you make.
How are income taxes calculated?
Income taxes are calculated by adding together all sources of income (W-2 Wages, Rental Income, Wages you pay yourself you’re your business…etc.) and then applying or subtracting all deductions against all earned income.
How do you reduce your taxable income?
You can reduce your taxable income through deductions or credits. Deductions are amounts that you can reduce your taxable income by to reduce your overall tax liability (i.e. the total amount you owe to the government in taxes).
- You can either apply the standardized deduction or the itemized deduction
- Standard deduction is $12,950 applied to all individual taxpayers who have less than $12,950 in itemized deductions
- Itemized Deductions are individual deductions that can be applied against earned income and can include the following types of deductions
- Property taxes
- State taxes
- Mortgage Interest
- Charitable Donations
- Medical Expenses (up to a certain percentage)
- Marginalized Deductions serve to reduce your earned income to decrease your overall tax liability. For example, if you earn $100 in income for the year and have $80 in itemized deductions, your taxable income will become $20. If your applicable tax rate is ten percent (10%), you multiply the ten percent by your taxable income of $20 to get your tax liability which will be $2
- Tax Credits serve as another tool to reduce your tax liability by reducing your net tax liability directly, dollar for dollar. For example, if your net tax liability is $2 as in the example above, and you have a $1 tax credit, your new tax liability will be $1. Tax credits are very difficult to come by.
- Tax rates are the rates at which your income will be taxed and ranges from 10%-37%.
Pandemic Updates to the Tax Code
- Charitable Donations—This year you can apply up to $600 in charitable donation deductions to your overall deductions even if you take the standard deductions
- Stimulus Check Payments – Stimulus check payments will be applied as a tax credit to your 2021 tax return
What are some strategies you can implement to reduce your tax liability?
- Leveraging retirement accounts
- Put money into a Health Savings Account (HSA)
- If you have a hobby or set of specialized skills that you can monetize, consider starting a business.
When is it time to seek help with your taxes?
- When your tax situation has undergone significant change (i.e. you’ve purchased a home, had a child, gotten married…etc.), consider consulting a tax professional to ensure that you are properly accounting your potential change in tax liability
- When the tax code changes
Do any of us really want to be married? Do we really want to make the sacrifices and do the hard work of actual marriage or do we really just want to be chosen?
In this BONUS EPISODE that includes outtakes from S2 Ep14 Making Room for Love Part II: How to Navigate Open Relationships, join Syd as she and guest Breahna Wright, discuss love, marriage and other relationship chit chat.
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Season Two has come to an end, but we are keeping the tea party goin with the Season Two Review Session!! Were there questions that you needed answers to? Were there topics that you felt needed to be fleshed out just a liitttllee bit more? Well, this episode, we are taking an even deeper dive into some of YOUR favorite episodes by answering some of the questions that you’ve submitted to us through comments, social media and from sliding in our DM’s. Get ready, because this is the end-of-season wrap-up that you won’t want to miss.
Join Syd and co-host, Mackenzie Mack, as they spill all the Season Two Tea in S2 EP15 Season Two Review Session: More Laughs and More Love.
Mackenzie Mack is a professional golfer and the 4th African American woman in history to hold dual memberships with both the PGA and LPGA. She is also Syd’s big sister and favorite kee kee partner.
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Finding love is hard. Are we making it harder by trying to apply outdated courtship rules to modern dating? Why is it that as powerful women we can boldly re-write the rules of the board room, but we are timid and hesitant to re-write the rules of love?
For this week’s season finale, join Syd as she explores the mysterious, exciting and dare I say, TABOO world of ethical non monogamy with special guests, professional matchmaker, Yolanda Kelly, and ethical non monogamy practitioner Breahna Wright.
Yolanda Kelly is the owner of Love En Vogue Matchmaking, a boutique matchmaking agency located in Atlanta, GA for people of color. She helps serious singles make meaningful connections for the purpose of marriage or committed partnership.
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SHOW NOTES
Let’s start by defining some terms:
Ethical non-monogamy: an umbrella term that includes open relationships, swinging and polyamory, that describes the practice of taking part in romantic relationships that are not completely exclusive between two people, with the consent of all the people involved.
Polyamory: the practice of engaging in multiple romantic (and typically sexual) relationships, with the consent of all the people involved
Open Relationships: having more than one romantic or sexual partner at a time. It's an arrangement that both parties agree is non-exclusive or non-monogamous.
Monogamy: an exclusive relationship with only one partner (sexual and romantic) at a time.
Can you cheat in an open relationship?
Yes, you can cheat in an open relationship. Generally, the participants in an open relationship set the terms of engagement for the relationship. If one of the participants crosses a boundary or breaks a term of engagement, that would be considered cheating.
Is monogamy dead?
Monogamy isn’t dead. People can still engage in healthy monogamous relationships, if both participants put the effort and time into maintaining the exclusivity of the relationship, However, ethical non-monogamy is probably more pervasive than we realize. People just aren’t openly discussing it.
How do you match people interested in open relationships or how do you begin participating in open relationships?
Yolanda: I mostly match singles interested in traditional relationships. But on the rare occasion that I match a person interested in open relationships, I am typically helping them to find their central partners where there is a hierarchy to the relationships.
Bre: I got into open relationships simply because my current partner asked me if I was interested in being in an open relationship. After that, I did my own research and decided that it was something that I would like to try.
What was most appealing to you about open relationships?
Bre: The most appealing aspect of being in an open relationship was not feeling like I had to choose. I don’t have to choose in my platonic relationships, and I like not having to choose in my romantic relationships.
How do you manage jealousy in open relationships?
Bre: You have to do your inner work to determine your insecurities surrounding sharing your partner. I don’t feel like I have any claim of ownership over my partner(s) and so I don’t mind who else they spend their time with, so long as my needs are being met and they are honoring their commitment(s) to me.
Yolanda: Jealousy isn’t unique to open relationships. Jealousy also exists in monogamous relationships. Everyone has to get to the root of their insecurities to manage their jealousy.
Does engaging in open relationships make dating easier (especially for Black women)?
Yolanda: I think it does because it provides you with more options for finding meaningful relationships.
Bre: I have found that it has made dating more difficult because there are a lot of men who aren’t interested in participating in an open relationship.
What advice do you have for those wishing to engage in open relationships?
Whatever you decide to do, just make sure that it feels right for you. Don’t worry about what other people think or have to say. The only thing that matters is your happiness.
What resources or books do you recommend on navigating open relationships?
Syd’s Choice: “A Happy Life in an Open Relationship” by Susan Wenzel found here: https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Life-Open-Relationship-Nonmonogamous-ebook/dp/B07XVRW218
Bre’s Choice: “The Ethical Slut” by Janet Hardy found here: https://www.amazon.com/Ethical-Slut-Practical-Relationships-Adventures/dp/1587613379
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According to CNBC, half of Black and Hispanic U.S. adults don’t currently own individual stocks, mutual funds, bonds, exchange-traded funds, cryptocurrency or real estate. The reason? Most don’t know just how easy it is to get started.
Join Syd for S2 Ep13 Making Money Moves Part IV: Stocks, Crypto and Coins as she sits down with personal finance influencer, Kevin Matthews, who has come to the tea party to share all the tools and resources we need to start investing today.
Kevin Matthews is a best-selling author, former Top 100 financial advisor (as named by Investopedia) and founder of Building Bread, a financial education consultancy designed to educate and advise both organizations and individuals on the basics of financial literacy, investing and retirement planning.
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SHOW NOTES
What is a stock?
A stock is a portion of ownership in a corporation. Once a company goes public, all ownership of the company will be represented by stock.
What is a penny stock?
Companies that have stocks that trade at $5.00 per share and below.
What is the stock market?
The stock market is a place where you can go to buy and sell stock.
What are the DOW and the S&P 500 and what is the difference between the two?
The DOW Jones is an index that tracks the health of the 30 largest public companies. The S&P 500 is also an index, but it tracks the health of the largest 500 public companies. They are only indexes. You cannot buy or sell stock with the DOW or the S&P 500. You can buy and sell stock using stocking exchanges. The two biggest exchanges are the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq.
What is the difference between the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange?
There isn’t much functional difference between the two. They are both stock exchanges but tech companies traditionally are listed on the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange lists all other companies.
Is bitcoin a stock?
Bitcoin is not a stock; it is a form of currency or payment.
If bitcoin is not a stock, how can you invest in bitcoin?
The price/value of bitcoin fluctuates and because it goes up and down, people will exchange dollars into bitcoin with the hope that the value of bitcoin will increase to more than what you paid for it.
How do you pick a good stock?
Step 1 Know the History : Look at how well (i.e. has increased in value 7-10%) a company has performed within the last 6-12 months. You don’t want to invest in a company that hasn’t been performing well over a long period of time (6-12months)
Step 2 Do Your Research: Do some research on the company to determine how it makes money, how much money it’s making and whether the company’s money is growing. You can look at the public report the company provides on its website or check out the news section of a finance app or website to find information on a company. Some good finance websites to check out are CNBC or Yahoo Finance.
Step 3 Make a Decision: If the company has a solid performance history and your research shows that the company will likely continue to perform well, consider purchasing it. If the company hasn’t been performing well and/or your research suggests that it likely will continue to perform poorly, continue passing on that stock.
SURPRISE!! The conversation between Syd and Charnay was so juicy we had to compile the outtakes from S2 Ep12 Making Career Moves Part III: How to Craft a Dream-Job Landing Resume, into their own episode. Tune in as Syd and Charnay discuss LinkedIn profiles, cover letters and cultural fit in this special bonus episode of The Sugar Free Podcast.
Charnay is a certified resume writer, career coach, and ex-recruiter who has written 4,000+ resumes. She is passionate about helping people of color land the career opportunities they deserve.
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You NEVER know when or where your next opportunity is going to come from. That’s why it’s so important to make sure your resume stays ready, so you never have to get it ready.
This week, join Syd for the final installment of the Making Career Moves Series with S2 Ep12 Making Career Moves Part III:, where she is sitting down with career coach and professional resume writer, Charnay "The Resume Addict" Haynes to discuss all the tips and tricks for getting and keeping your resume interview ready.
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What’s the first section that should be on your resume?
A professional summary that is a brief statement that describes your experience and why you qualify for a role. Sample Statement: I am a collaborative, mission-driven, innovative Attorney with 10 years of experience as in-house general counsel for large corporations.
What should be next on your resume?
A bullet point list of key words that describe your skills, titled “Areas of Expertise” or “Core Competencies,” that you pull directly from the job description, to communicate why you’re a good fit for a particular role.
What should be next?
Your work experience section should be next and should be limited to 3-4 roles and should include no more than 10 years of work history.
Should you include internships on your resume as a working professional?
Yes, especially if your internship is directly applicable to the role. However, if the internship is fairly old, then include the internship as an honorable mention instead of a full description of work.
How long should your resume be?
Ideally, a resume should be one page, UNLESS you are applying for director level and above roles. In that case, two pages is acceptable.
Can you lie on your resume?
You cannot and should not lie on your resume. Make sure that the days and months that you worked at a job, your job title and what you did in the role are accurate. If you do try to artificially fluff your resume, at the very least make sure that whatever you include on your application, in your resume and on your LinkedIn profile are consistent.
Should we include Honors, Awards or Community Service?
Only if you have space. If including any of these things will be the difference between you having a one-page or two-page resume, save them for an application, cover letter or interview.
Where should your education go on your resume?
If you’re a recent graduate, include your education at the top of your resume. If you’re more than 5 years out of school include it at the bottom. Only include a GPA with your education if you have above a 3.5 and that goes for graduate school and undergraduate school.
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After the “slap” heard round the world in defense of a woman with Alopecia, y'all KNOW we were going to have to run this episode back! This Bonus Episode of The Sugar Free Podcast, Real Bald and Boujee Part I (Remix) feat. Michelle Gipson, is an exploration of life with alopecia. Join Syd and Michelle as they share their individual and collective journeys navigating life as women without hair. Michelle Gipson is a writer, host and counselor by trade as well as the founder and publisher of Written Magazine and Wine With Words®. You can learn more about Michelle and Written Magazine at www.writtenmag.com Bald fade, bald and bougie, bald and beautiful, no hair don’t care…etc. Rocking bald or low cuts for women has become widely accepted and incredibly popular. But the vast majority of bald, beautiful, empowered women we see made the CONSCIENCE CHOICE to be bald… and what a beautifully, freeing choice. However, because it was their choice, tomorrow they could choose differently and be halfway to a teeny weeny fro and within a year a full head of beautifully cascading hair. But what about those women who don’t have a choice? What if you woke up one morning to find handfuls of your hair lying on your pillow? This is the reality for scores of people and women who live everyday with alopecia. INFORMATION ABOUT ALOPECIA Alopecia is an auto-immune disorder that leaves those afflicted with little, and in some cases, no hair. The disease effects 6.8 million people in the U.S., including show host Syd Mack, and there is no cure. September is Alopecia Awareness month, a month dedicated to spreading knowledge and awareness about alopecia. If you want to find out more about alopecia, visit the National alopecia Areata Foundation at https://www.naaf.org/ for information, tips and resources on how you can be an ally to those in the Alopecia community. Want to connect with The Sugar Free Podcast? Check us out at: www.sugarfreepodcast.com And Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cHoUmESN8CF3uGZ7IyeDA ADVERTISEMENTS: Shop with The Sugar Free Podcast advertisers: Building Bread—Want to start investing in the stock market? Purchase the Investor’s Toolkit by clicking this link: https://buildingbread.thinkific.com/courses/the-investor-s-toolkit?ref=85305c AND this link will also get you 25% off your purchase. Formally Forms – Need contract templates and forms for your business? Visit www.formallyforms.com for easy-to-use contract templates and forms for your business. Use code: SUGAR to receive 20% off your next purchase. Tune in to The Sugar Free Podcast everywhere podcasts are available •Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-sugar.../id1573862487 •Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-sugar-free-podcast •Google: https://podcasts.google.com/.../aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlY... •Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0G7127VhGnhnD36X0t72gm •Amazon/Audible: https://music.amazon.com/.../ebc55.../the-sugar-free-podcast •Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cHoUmESN8CF3uGZ7IyeDA •Website: sugarfreepodcast.com
Where is your money going when you die? Who takes care of the dog if you go up yonder? Who decides when it’s time to “pull the plug if you fall into a coma?” THESE ARE ALL QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO ANSWER BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.
Join Syd for S2 Ep11 Making Money Moves Part III: How to Build a Comprehensive Estate Plan as she sits down with Attorney Delania Barbee, who answers all the important questions on how to best prepare yourself and your loved ones for your death or incapacity.
Delania Barbee, Esq. is the Founder and Managing Attorney of Barbee Law Boutique, PLLC where she helps entrepreneurs build and protect their businesses and legacies with solid business foundations and estate planning.
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**The information shared during this episode is for general education purposes only. No information shared on this show is legal advice. Speak to a lawyer if you have questions about your specific situation.
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SHOW NOTES
What is an estate plan?
It is a plan that sets forth your intentions for how you wish to protect yourself, your stuff and your loved ones in the event that you die or become incapacitated.
Do I need an estate plan if I don’t own real estate?
Yes, you don’t need to own any real estate in order to have an estate plan. When it comes to estate planning, an estate consists of all money, property or other assets that a person may own in life or at the time of their death.
Does my estate have to be valued at a certain dollar amount to need an estate plan?
No, there is no minimum asset or dollar amount threshold for having an estate plan. Even if you don’t own anything, you should still have an estate plan to determine what happens to you in the event you become incapacitated.
What documents do you need to include in your estate plan for the purposes of incapacity planning?
- Healthcare Power of Attorney
- HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Release
- Advanced Healthcare Directive (aka living will)
- General Power of Attorney
What documents do you need to include in your estate plan to dispose of your assets when you die?
Will—a written instrument that provides instructions on how to divide your assets upon your death.
Trust –a legal agreement that allows a third party, a trustee, to hold and direct assets on behalf of a beneficiary.
If I have limited resources or funds, what documents are most important for me to have drafted first?
If you can afford to at least sit down with an attorney, you should first invest in a consultation with a lawyer in your state who can provide you with state-specific advice based on your individual situation. If you can’t afford to sit down with an attorney:
- Start documenting and organizing all of your assets.
- Designate beneficiaries on all of your accounts (bank, investment, retirement…etc).
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Why would you pay full price for something that you could get for 30%, 50%, 70% or even 90% off!?? Many Big Box Retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, Kohls and Old Navy offer MAJOR discounts on items all-year round, if you know where to look and when to go.
This week, Join Syd for S2 Ep10 Making a Dollar Out of 15 Cents part II: How to Save Money by Bargain Hunting, as she sits down with Victoria Garcia, aka The Target Bargain Hunter, who breaks down her system for tracking sales, clearances and bargains.
Victoria Garcia is a professional shopper known as The Target Bargain Hunter. She helps regular people shop for cheap or even free at the best stores, but Target is her store of focus!
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What is the difference between a clearance item and a sale item?
A clearance item is a product that has been permanently or indefinitely reduced in price so that a store can either salvage or get rid of it. A sale item is a product that is reduced in price for a special reason for a limited amount of time.
Can anything go on sale or clearance?
Yes, generally a store would put anything on clearance that it wants to get rid of at any particular time. That means that anything from a certain variety of apple to a certain kind of rug might go on clearance.
When do things normally go on clearance?
Seasonal items like fresh foods or clothes will generally go on clearance towards the end of a season (i.e. summer, winter, fall, spring) when a store is trying to phase out or get rid of a specific kind of item like bathing suits, short, sunglasses…etc. Seasonal Items tend to go on clearance anywhere between one month to one week after a season ends.
How much of a discount can I get if something is on clearance?
Target will generally discount items at either 30%, 50% or 70% off. However, in very rare instances, with holiday items, they may mark something down to 90% off.
How long does it take for an item to get to 70% off?
Generally seasonal items start at 30% off around one week after the end of the season. If an item is still in stock by around the 6th week after the end of a season, it will go to 70% off. For example, summer clothes tend to hit the 70% off mark at the beginning of October.
How do you find clearance items?
Target generally has a clearance section, but there are tons of items in the store that are on clearance that are not in the clearance section. In order to find the deals, you have to track items in the store. If you don’t have time to track the deals yourself, follow bargain hunters on Instagram, YouTube or Tik Tok to be notified when they find a deal.
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Is it just me or has two years in the house got you feeling real slumpy? March 2022 marks the 2-year anniversary of a global pandemic that has kept us all in the house and in sweatpants more than ever before. Now, that the world is finally opening back up, and many of us are being called (reluctantly) back into the office, it’s time for us to return to the office with elevated style.
To help us get our wardrobes and personal brands back on track, style expert, Solita Roberts is joining Syd for Season 2 Episode 9 Making Career Moves Part II: How to Elevate Your Brand with Style, to share all the tips and tricks you need to get out of this slump and into the best version of you.
Solita Roberts is the creator of Style to Impact, an image consulting platform. She teaches women entrepreneurs and professionals how to ditch the boring corporate uniform and adopt a more self-expressive wardrobe that empowers them, influences others, and has a bigger impact on their careers or businesses.
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SHOW NOTES
Why does looking polished and put together matter?
The halo effect: According to research, good-looking people are more likely to be employed, are paid higher wages, more likely to be approved for a loan, more likely to negotiate better terms for a loan and are more likely to have attractive and higher paid spouses.
Upon a first impression, good looking and well dressed people are presumed to have highly desirable personality traits and/or characteristics such as altruism, stability and intelligence as if beautiful people have an invisible halo hanging over their heads. It is important to look your best to take advantage of the positive perceptions associated with looking good.
What is personal style?
Personal style is your ability to express who you are with what you wear.
How do you cultivate style?
Focus on figuring out who you are and then determine how you can communicate who you are through your clothes.
What are the different style personalities/classifications that we can use to try to define our style?
- Classic
- Creative
- Casual
- Sexy
- Dramatic
What are the different body type classifications?
There are generally 3 areas where women tend to carry their weight, in their bust, their waist or their hips. Determine where you carry the majority of your weight to figure out the general shape/type of your body.
What are some tips for dressing each body type?
Focus on how to disguise or balance out the areas of your body where you carry the most weight or that you want to draw the most attention to. For example, if you carry most of your weight in your waist (around your middle), you may want to consider wearing a top or jacket with shoulder pads or puffy sleeves to draw attention away from your middle to your shoulders and to balance out the proportions of your body.
Is black the most slimming color that you can wear?
No, color does not determine how your shape looks. How a garment fits including the material and cut of the fabric is the most significant factor in determining how your shape looks.
How do you elevate your wardrobe?
Once you have determined your style personality, find brands and stores that fit your style personality even if those brands are out of your current budget. If those brands fall outside of your current budget, determine how you can shift your spending habits to better align with the brands that you want to wear. For example, if you have allotted $1200 per year for your wardrobe, instead of spending $300 on 20 items every quarter, consider spending $150 on two items every quarter. By the end of the year, you’ll have invested in 8 high-quality pieces.
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To have kids or not to have kids, THAT is the question that every adult woman must ask herself. Lately, more and more women are answering that question in the negative and ditching the “mommy” vibes for Rich Auntie Vibes.
Join Syd for S2 Ep8 Rich Auntie Vibes: Making a Life Without Children, as she sits down with Isabel Firecracker to discuss Isabel’s choice to live a childfree life and her work as a coach in support of other women who have chosen to do the same.
Isabel was born and raised in Colombia and has called five countries "home" in her 30-something years. A world traveler, avid kite surfer, and childfree intersectional feminist, Isabel is a pragmatic, no-nonsense coach for childfree women who struggle with feelings of insecurity, shame, guilt, or anger that surround their choice to not have children. She has designed her coaching programs specifically for this end: to help childfree women evolve and grow into the very best version of themselves.
Isabel is also host of The Honest Uproar podcast and co-host of Childfree Girls. She is also founder of The Uprising Spark and co-founder of Nunca Madres (Never Mothers). All of her entrepreneurial efforts are in support and celebration of women who desire to live childfree lives.
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SHOW NOTES
Background/Facts:
- New CDC data found the US birth rate fell by 4% in 2020, the sharpest decline in nearly 50 years
- The provisional number of births for the United States in 2020 was 3,605,201, down 4% from the number in 2019 (3,747,540)
- This is the sixth consecutive year that the number of births has declined after an increase in 2014, and the lowest number of births since 1979
- From 2019 to 2020, the provisional number of births declined 3% for Hispanic women, 4% for both White and Black women, and 8% for Asian women
Why do you think women are deciding, at increasingly higher rates, not to have children?
Women have more options and information than ever before in terms of deciding how they want to live their lives.
What is the difference between childfree and childless?
Childfree refers to the conscious and voluntary decision not to parent, whether that be to a biological, foster or adopted child. Childless refers to a person who either wants to have a child, but has not yet had one; or wants to become a biological parent but cannot due to a medical inability to do so.
Is it difficult to date or find long term partners as a childfree woman?
Yes, dating as a childfree woman or man can be difficult because although there are large swaths of the population who do not want to have children, it can be difficult to find those people if you don’t know where to look. It can also be difficult because you are eliminating a large number of potential partners from your dating pool (i.e. men or women who DO want to have children).
Is it common for women to waiver in their decision to have children?
It does happen and people do change their minds. However, it is important to communicate to potential partners AS SOON AS POSSIBLE of your lack of desire to have children. You do not want to wait to tell potential partners that you either do not want to have children or that you’re unsure whether you want to have children. Not being clear and transparent about your position regarding children can cause a lot of issues in a relationship
Why did you decide not to have children?
When I thought about what I wanted my life to look like, having children didn’t align with my vision for my life. I encourage other women to do the same. Imagine what a perfect life looks for you and that ask yourself whether or not a child fits into that life.
What advice do you have for women who are on the fence about having children?
Whatever choice you make, make sure you make it for YOURSELF. DO NOT make such a huge decision for your parents, siblings or even your partner. Make sure that you have a baby because you genuinely want to bring a life into this world.
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We all know that unless you have a plan, you are planning to fail...especially when it comes to money. That’s why, for S2 Ep7 Making Money Moves Part II: How to Create a Financial Plan that works, we are sitting down with financial planner and professional securer of bags, Ms. Tremaine Wills.
Tremaine is the is the owner of Mind Over Money, LLC, a registered investment advisory firm, where she focuses on helping ambitious black women create and execute financial plans. She is also owner of Mind Over Money Education, a financial literacy resource hub that creates financial literacy content for the culture. Tremaine is a Certified Financial Education Instructor and is passionate about closing the wealth gap.
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SHOW NOTES
What is a financial plan?
A financial plan is a roadmap for your finances that brings your dreams to life.
How do I develop a financial plan?
Set goals. Make sure you set clear, plain and attainable goals for your money.
What are some good goals to have for your money if you don’t have any?
- Determine how much money you need to have in the bank to make you feel comfortable and let that number be your first goal.
- Identify what’s important to you and put those things in your spending plan.
- Determine ways that you can generate more income
What elements comprise a comprehensive financial plan?
- A budget for day-to-day expenses
- Annual Budget
- Debt repayment plan
- Education Financing Plan
- Retirement Financing Plan
- Estate plan (including insurance)
- Tax Strategy
What is a good strategy for debt repayment?
- Avoid incurring large amounts of debt that don’t provide a return.
- Don’t rush to pay down low interest debt because you can use that money to invest in higher yielding interest accounts.
- Prioritize paying off higher interest debt like credit card debt (any debt with greater than 6% interest).
Best advice for creating a solid financial plan?
- Consolidate and Get Organized. If you have a ton of bank accounts, credit cards, bills…etc. eliminate the accounts that do not serve a purpose. T
- Have the Right Resources in place
- For banking, check out Ally because it has no overdraft fees and provides high yield savings accounts.
- For credit cards, go to your current bank first. Credit unions tend to provide better rates and are more lenient in their lending requirements.
- For help with budgeting, check out the “You Need a Budget” and “Mint” apps to help you get your finances in order.
- Know When to Ask for Help. If you’re not good with managing money, consider consulting with a financial adviser who can help you get a plan together.
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Tired of your job? Want to quit? Good, you’re not alone! According to Business Insider, 38 million Americans quit their jobs in 2021 and the trend has continued through the first quarter of 2022. This trend has snowballed into a movement that has been dubbed the Great Resignation.
Join Syd S2 Ep6 Making Career Moves Part I: How to Quit Your Job Like a Boss, as she sits down with attorney, mom, wife, BOSS and GREAT RESIGNER, Liku Amadi (formerly Midoshi), as the two discuss how Liku quit her job and started a business during the height of a global pandemic. Syd will also throw in some special nuggets about her own quitting journey.
Liku Madoshi is a Bay Area native and CA licensed attorney. Liku helps coaches and consultants establish a solid legal foundation for their online businesses by helping them to create and implement custom contracts within their business plans.
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SHOW NOTES
In this episode, Liku offers some great tips on how to leave your job like a BOSS:
Step 1: Determine Your Next Move. Create a vision for what your next steps will look like whether that may be starting a business or starting a new job. Make sure you have a clear picture as to what your immediate future (1-6 months) will look like.
Step 2: Get Your finances in Order. Quitting your job without another job lined up only sounds good if you have enough money saved and/or financial support from friends, family, significant others…etc. to keep the lights on while you’re in between jobs. Make sure you know where your next mortgage/rent payment is coming from BEFORE you quit your job. You may also want to have a plan for how to continue certain benefits like health/medical/dental insurance without a job.
Step 3: Take Some Time to Reflect. Have a clear understanding of what you liked or didn’t like in your previous role. You want to make sure your new role or career move looks different than the one you just left. Otherwise, you may be leaving a bad situation for an even worse situation.
Step 4: Read the Company Rule Book. Generally, a company may have a right to claim ownership over any work that you create while you’re at work even if you’re creating it for yourself or your side hustle. Make sure you’re following the rules so that you don’t have any issues on your way out.
Step 5: Take Some Time Off. You may need to refer to Step 2 to determine just how much time you can take off in between gigs. However, take off as much time as your spirit and budget will allow. It’s important to take time to re-center and rejuvenate your mind and body before starting something new.
Step 6: Cultivate a Support System. Support of friends and family or even a therapist is super important to successfully navigating big life transitions. Make sure you choose your community wisely.
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Finding love is all about having the right mindset, the right tools, the right moves and most importantly THE RIGHT PICKER.
Join Syd as she sits down with dating coach, Keshia Rice, for a conversation on how to search for love in all the RIGHT places in Season Two Episode 5 Making Room for Love Part I: How to Find Love in a High Value Partner.
Keshia Rice is a dating coach and two-time Emmy-nominated journalist. As a coach, Keshia helps successful, Christian women learn how to attract quality men without compromising their values, identity, or sanity.
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What is a “high value” partner?
A high value man is a provider, someone who makes you feel safe mentally, emotionally and physically. A high value man is financially stable, makes sacrifices, makes you a priority in his life and puts family first.
What’s the key to finding a high value partner?
The key to finding a high value partner is finding yourself first. You must know yourself so that you can easily identify partners who can give you what you want and communicate to them clearly and accurately your specific needs.
The following are steps to finding a high value partner:
Step 1: You must recognize your own patterns.
Most of your insecurities stem from past traumas and/or childhood. You MUST commit to doing the inner work required to fix yourself and heal your past traumas so that you can attract a whole, healed and supportive partner.
Step 2: Make yourself Available
Physical Availability-- Online dating is a great place to meet people. You may also need to go out more, specifically to places where you can find the type of partner you want to attract.
Some Tips for making yourself more available:
- When online dating, set your location to where you believe your potential partner might be. For example, set your location to the more affluent area of town, if that’s where you think your potential partner lives or hangs out.
- When you go to the grocery store or Target, go to the fancy target or grocery to increase the likelihood of finding the man that you’re looking for.
- Wear clothes that you wouldn’t mind your future potential partner seeing you in.
Emotional availability—You must make yourself emotionally available to receive the love you want to attract. This means doing your inner work to heal yourself and cultivating a positive outlook on dating in general by being mindful of the content you consume and the people who you allow to poor into you.
Step 3: Set Boundaries and Communicate Them
Know your deal breakers so that you can communicate those and allow men who cannot meet those expectations with opportunities to de-select themselves.
Step 4: Allow Men to be Men
If you treat a man like a child, even a high-value man, he will act like a child. Don’t get in the habit of doing and being everything for your partner. Allow them the space to do and figure things out on their own. This will help them to be a better, more supportive partner to you when you need help.
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As Millenials, we have been working hard since kindergarten AND WE ARE TIRED. Research suggests that a multitude of systemic factors have contributed to an entire generation (millennials) suffering from burnout, including the pervasive idea that we should be working all the time and there’s something wrong with us if we’re not working.
Join Syd for Season 2 Episode 4: Stop Making Yourself Miserable: How to Overcome Burnout, as she sits down with public health professional and burnout coach, Tiffany Albury, MPH for a powerful conversation on the effects of burnout and actionable steps on how to overcome it.
Tiffany Albury is a passionate healthcare professional with a focus on wellness education, healthcare management and community programming. As a coach, Tiffany helps professionals recover from burnout, manage stress and reconnect with their passion for work and most importantly themselves.
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SHOW NOTES
What is burnout?
A syndrome characterized by chronic workplace stress that has not been properly managed that is specific to the workplace can bleed into other areas of life. There are three dimensions of burnout
- Energy depletion/decrease
- Increased mental distance
- Reduced professional output
How do I know if I’m burnt out or just stressed?
- Stress occurs in cycles, where an event happens, you’re stressed and then the event ends and stress recedes
- Healthy stress should include some type of celebration or rest to complete the cycle to ensure that stress recedes
- Burnout is continuous stress cycles over a long period of time
Can I manage repeated instances stress without getting burnout?
Yes, you can manage stress with preparation and planning in a way that won’t necessarily lead you to burnout. For example, if you know a stressful presentation, case or week is coming up, plan your workouts, meals and downtime in advance. Actually write these things in your schedule.
What are the symptoms of burnout?
- Detachment (not really present)
- Loss of concentration
- Fatigue
- Energy depletion
- Headaches/migraines
- Mild depression (i.e. hopelessness and despair)
- Cynicism
How do I know if I’m burnt out or depressed?
Depression is characterized by a deeper and more chronic sense of hopelessness, despair, irritability and/or anxiety that is more difficult to overcome. Mild depressive symptoms may be present in burnout but depressive symptoms associated with burnout are generally more situational/environment-specific and can be cured more easily with a change of environment or habits.
What can happen if we don’t address burnout?
Unaddressed burnout can lead to:
- Depression
- Heart Issues
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (difficulty pooping)
- Poor Diet
- Hair Loss
How do we overcome burnout?
NOTHING. DO NOTHING. The best thing you can do for yourself when you are burnt out is to REST. You need to reset your nervous system so that it can return to a healthy state of rest.
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Is it just me or have you also noticed that the cost of literally everything has increased SIGNIFICANTLY in the last year? Oh good, you’ve noticed it, too? That’s because the consumer price index went up 7% in 2021 and it’s projected to go up another 5-6% in 2022. Couple that with wages that are either stagnant or rising at a much lower pace and the math just ain’t mathin. To help us close the gap between the cost of life and our bank accounts, Syd is exploring the fascinating world of couponing.
Join Syd as she sits down with influencer, couponer and YouTuber, Linsey Martinez of ‘Coupon Wins with Lins’ for Season 2 Episode 3: Making a Dollar Out of 15 Cents Part I: How to Save Money /w Coupons. In this episode, Linsey will share all her secrets on how to score the BEST deals using coupons, rebates and store incentives.
Linsey Martinez is a middle school teacher by trade and a professional couponer, deal finder and YouTuber in her spare time. She is dedicated to finding great deals and sharing those deals with her thousands of followers on YouTube and Instagram.
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SHOW NOTES
What is a coupon?
A coupon is a paper ticket or digital token that you can use to reduce the price of goods sold by a particular retailer.
What is the difference between a manufacturer’s coupon and store coupon?
A manufacturer’s coupon is a coupon issued by the manufacturer of a product to entice consumers to purchase the product. A store coupon is a coupon issued by the store as a reward for shopping in their stores.
How do you stack coupons?
You stack coupons by “stacking” manufacturer’s coupons on top of store coupons and then if the store is having a sale on a product, you get those additional savings as well. Once you have received all the in-store savings, you can use rebate apps like iBotta and Fetch to get a rebate on qualifying products.
Where do I go to find coupons?
- Paper coupons in newspapers/circulars
- Store apps that offer coupons (example: Kroger, Walgreens, Target, CVS, Dollar General, Publix…etc.)
- Walgreens is known for offering the highest valued coupons
What is a rebate app?
A rebate is money offered to you by an app as reimbursement for your purchase.
What are your favorite rebate apps?
- iBotta
- Fetch
Should we focus our attention on one or two stores?
Yes, start with one store and one deal to keep things manageable for yourself as you get started.
What stores do you focus on?
- CVS,
- Walgreens,
- Target,
- Wal-Mart
What couponers should we follow on social media?
- Savings with Sarah (Publix)
- Coupons with Alicia
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This Bonus Episode of The Sugar Free Podcast is a special outtake from Season Two Episode Two Making Money Moves Part I: Income Tax Saving Strategies for Regular People, where Host Syd Mack and guest Atiya Brown, discuss a few of the facts and statistics presented in one of the “Best Books of the Year” in 2021, as named by Fortune and NPR, called The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans and How We Can Fix it, authored by world-renowned tax scholar and my former tax law professor, Dorothy A Brown.
The book paints a FANTASTIC picture of the wealth disparities between Black and White families and how the tax system has contributed to those disparities. This conversation explores how we can use historical data and statistics to change our behaviors and improve future outcomes for us and our families.
Atiya, aka The Savvy Accountant, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Financial Education Instructor and owner of The Savvy Accountant. She is dually licensed in both Canada and the USA as a CPA and has over 16 years experience in the accounting/finance world.
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Are you tired of giving away your hard-earned money to Uncle Sam? Are you tired of tax professionals telling you to “start an LLC” to save on taxes? Are you in search of some tax savings advice that’s applicable for your station in life? Me too! Starting a business, having children and/or getting married aren’t the ONLY ways to leverage the tax code for your benefit.
We just need a seasoned tax professional to give us the blueprint on how to save on our taxes as single, childless, business-less renters. I know, I know sounds like a tall order but that’s exactly what we are going to discuss in this week’s episode, Making Money Moves Part I: Income Tax Strategies for Regular People featuring tax strategist, CPA and owner of The Savvy Accountant, Ms. Atiya Brown.
Atiya, aka The Savvy Accountant, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Financial Education Instructor and owner of The Savvy Accountant. She is dually licensed in both Canada and the USA as a CPA and has over 16 years’ experience in the accounting/finance world.
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SHOW NOTES
What are taxes?
Taxes are the revenue that the government collects in order to fund public goods and services like government operations, public schools and city infrastructure.
What are income taxes?
The tax that’s imposed against the earned money that you make.
How are income taxes calculated?
Income taxes are calculated by adding together all sources of income (W-2 Wages, Rental Income, Wages you pay yourself from your business…etc.) and then applying or subtracting all deductions against all earned income.
How do you reduce your taxable income?
You can reduce your taxable income through deductions or credits.
Deductions are amounts that you can reduce your taxable income by to reduce your overall tax liability (i.e. the total amount you owe to the government in taxes).
- You can either apply the standardized deduction or the itemized deduction
- Standard deduction is $12,950 applied to all individual taxpayers who have less than $12,950 in itemized deduction
- Itemized Deductions are individual deductions that can be applied against earned income and can include the following types of deductions
- Property taxes ◦ State taxes ◦ Mortgage Interest
- Charitable Donations ◦ Medical Expenses (up to a certain percentage)
- Marginalized Deductions serve to reduce your earned income to decrease your overall tax liability. For example, if you earn $100 in income for the year and have $80 in itemized deductions, your taxable income will become $20. If your applicable tax rate is ten percent (10%), you multiply the ten percent by your taxable income of $20 to get your tax liability which will be $2 Tax Credits serve as another tool to reduce your tax liability by reducing your net tax liability directly, dollar for dollar. For example, if your net tax liability is $2 as in the example above, and you have a $1 tax credit, your new tax liability will be $1. Tax credits are very difficult to come by.
Tax rates are the rates at which your income will be taxed and ranges from 10%-37%.
Pandemic Updates to the Tax Code:
- Charitable Donations—This year you can apply up to $600 in charitable donation deductions to your overall deductions even if you take the standard deductions
- Stimulus Check Payments – Stimulus check payments will be applied as a tax credit to your 2021 tax return
What are some strategies you can implement to reduce your tax liability?
- Leveraging retirement accounts
- Put money into a Health Savings Account (HAS)
- If you have a hobby or set of specialized skills that you can monetize, consider starting a business.
When is it time to seek help with your taxes?
- When your tax situation has undergone significant change (i.e. you’ve purchased a home, had a child, gotten married…etc.), consider consulting a tax professional to ensure that you are properly accounting your potential change in tax liability
- When the tax code changes
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The premiere episode of Season Two, Making Peace with My Body: A Conversation About Size, Weight and Wellness is a love letter to women of color. A letter to remind us that 1) our bodies, our weights and our shapes ARE healthy; and 2) the current standards of weight, beauty and wellness weren't created with our bodies in mind.
The prevailing current standard includes the Body mass index (BMI), a standard health assessment tool developed in 1832 to easily identify and detect obesity in adults, that has long been criticized as an ineffective measure of health and/or obesity, yet is still used in most healthcare facilities today.
According to Newsweek, an increasing amount of research shows that BMI and weight are not necessarily the main indicators of a person's health. Additionally, what's considered an unhealthy BMI—a number that may predict the onset of chronic diseases—is not the same across all races and ethnicities. Many who question the use of BMI in clinical settings point out that it's a health metric that's resulted from decades of research mostly conducted on white people.
Research also suggests that weight distribution or where you carry the majority of the weight on your body matters. For example, carrying weight around the middle of your body near vital organs is particularly troublesome; whereas, carrying weight around your hips, thighs and booty are significantly less risky to your overall health These are also. areas of the body where women of color have historically carried a great proportion of their weight.
I say all that to say that the game may not be rigged, but it certainly ain’t fair. We need healthy examples of body image, weight and size that were created with us in mind. Until then, accept this love letter as well as the reminder that YOU GOT IT GOIN ON, GIRL.
Join Syd and special guest, mother, wellness coach and momfidance coach, Dr. Tangie Grate as they discuss how to make peace with and love on your body during EVERY phase of your wellness journey (otherwise known as life).
Dr Tangie Grate is a full-time, working community pharmacist and part-time wellness coach. She is married to her college sweetheart, and they share an adventurous toddler. Through her work as a wellness coach, Tangie is on a mission to help women feel confident in their current bodies , by helping them to developing sustainable habits that promote self-love and weight loss. She believes that a wellness routine can be effortless, energetic and empowering.
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SHOW NOTES
On this episode of The Sugar Free Podcast, Dr. Tangie Grate shares her journey to wellness including the lessons she’s learned along the way. Lessons that she uses to coach her wellness clients and that she has also so graciously shared with us.
Unhealthy Habits that contributed to weight gain for Dr. Tangie
- Eating quick fast meals (spaghetti_
- Eating fast food
- Eating late
- Drinking alcohol
- Not drinking enough water
- Not eating fruits/vegables
- Drinking Energy drinks
- Not exercising
- Not sleeping and/or resting enough
The turning point. The turning point for Dr. Tangie when she realized she needed to make a change in her lifestyle was becoming a mother. She wanted to be healthy for her future children and she also didn’t want to gain additional weight from child birth without having healthy habits in place to get it off. In short, Dr. Tangie got to the point where she was tired of herself and the way she was feeling and decided to make a change.
Dr. Tangie’s Best Advice for Loving Your Body
- Do NOT rely on the scale as your only measure of wellness. The scale CAN be a good tool to keep you accountable on your wellness journey, but it should not be the only thing you use to measure your success. Check to see if you are getting stronger (i.e. can carry heavier weights than you used to), or your clothes are fitting less snugly or your endurance (ability to move for longer periods of time) is increasing. Finally, if the scale is making you feel bad about yourself because you don’t like the number its displaying, STOP USING IT.
- Stand in the mirror naked (if you can), find something you love about your body and say it out loud. Mirror work and affirmations are wonderful tools for learning to love your body.
How to Get Started on Your Wellness Journey
- Identify your why for starting your wellness journey. Determine how you feel about your self and assess how you feel both physically and mentally. then decide whether you like how you feel or what you need to start doing in order to change
- Find a supportive community. No journey should be undertaken in isolation. You need a supportive community to help you stay accountable and consistent on your journey..
- Start small. Develop small, healthy habits. You don’t have to start with working out for 60 minutes a day. Start with 20 minutes a day 3 days a week to develop consistency. Doing small things consistently is better than doing large things sporadically.
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The Season One Remix has come to an end, but you know all good things at The Sugar Free Podcast must end in a RECAP. Join Syd and very special guest, Mackenzie Mack, Sydnee’s big sister, as they re-live all the top episodes from Season One for the Season One Review Session.
And then get ready for Season Two of The Sugar Free Podcast premiering next Monday, January 17, 2022. Season Two is BIGGER, BETTER and MORE SUGAR FREE THAN EVER. Tune in next week for a VERY SPECIAL episode on body image, size, weight and wellness and be sure to tell a friend! See you next week, friends! You won’t want to miss this.
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Every new year comes with it new opportunities for growth, improvement, elevation and re-invention….if you plan for it!! Join Syd this week in a very special BONUS episode as she shares her tips and tricks for how to be your BEST you in 2022.
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Show Notes:
Syd has 7 tips for making the most out of your 2022:
Step 1 Reflection: Before you can set your goals or make a plan for 2022, you must first take inventory of your 2021. What did you do well? What did you do not so well? What made you happy? What made you miserable? What do you want to do more of? What could you live without? Ask yourself these questions before doing any 2022 planning.
Step 2 Let Go of Fear: Fear has NO place in 2022. Leave it in 2021.
Step 3 Be Honest With Yourself: Take a moment to be bare, naked, honest and vulnerable with yourself about what you TRULY want in your life. Not the things someone told you that you should want or the things you think are most likely to bring you success. Be honest about what you want no matter how big or small.
Step 4 Write it Down or Tell a Friend: Once you’ve determined what you want, write it down, tell a friend, make a vision board. Why? You need to make it REAL and you need some way of holding yourself accountable. If your goals only exist in your head, they become too easy to ignore.
Step 5 Sacrifice: Don’t be afraid to let go of some less important things in your life to make room for the more important things. Letting go of things is NEVER easy or comfortable, but if greatness were easy, everyone would be doing it.
Step 6 Be Selfish: Make yourself, your dreams, your goals, your needs, your wants, your finances…etc. your BIGGEST concern in 2022. EVERYTHING and EVERYONE else can take a backseat for just this year. Give yourself 100% for 12 months and see how much your life changes in just one year.
Step 7 DO IT: Go get it!! Do it, do something!! Don’t concern yourself with results or aesthetics, just put whatever plan you’ve articulated into action. ACTION is the key to manifestation.
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Occupying spaces where you are one of a select few or the “only”…the only woman, the only person of color, the only non-binary person…etc. can be a truly isolating experience. The treatment you experience as a marginalized person can not only make you feel alone, but it can also make you feel ‘less than’ or like you don’t belong. This, my friends is the root of imposter syndrome. This syndrome will have you believing you are made of cheap plastic, when in fact, you AND your credentials are as strong, resilient and valuable as platinum. Never again will we allow imposter syndrome to make us see ourselves as anything but what we are, GOLDEN.
Season One Remix Episode 1.10, Feeling Real Fake: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, discusses “Imposter Syndrome,” a disease most often prescribed to women characterized by internal feelings of inadequacy, inferiority and/or lack of belonging in the workplace that often ignores the external factors that contribute to these feelings. Join Syd and guest, Abimbola Oladokun, as they explore the internal and external factors that have contributed to their feelings of imposter syndrome and the tools/resources they have used to overcome those feelings.
Abimbola is a San Francisco-based tech attorney. She’s a lifelong learner, fashionista, traveler, and enjoys spending time with loved ones. When not posting various IG stories about how she sees the world, you can find her planning her next trip or reviewing Netflix for her next fix. You can find her on IG at @the.a.league.
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Show Notes:
Definition: According to the Harvard Business Review, Imposter syndrome is a label characterized by INTERNAL feelings of doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud. It disproportionately affects high-achieving people, who find it difficult to accept their accomplishments that is often assigned to women. One issue with the characterization is that it doesn’t take into account the EXTERNAL factors that ultimately contribute to these feelings for women.
What external experiences have caused you to question your place in a professional setting?
- Seeds of imposter syndrome were planted as early as middle school for Abi when she felf that she was “othered” in homogenous spaces by asking her, the only Black kid in class if she belonged in an Honors Class when other students have to submit any proof of their belonging
- In professional settings, the way people talk to her, not getting promoted, the way people have treated her have contributed to her questioning her place at work
- Microaggressions in the workplace against persons of color can be characterized as death by one million paper cuts because most acts committed against marginalized people are small and covert but over time have the cumulative effect of making people feel like they don’t belong
- The experiences of most Black and Brown people is different than their more privileged counterparts because Black and Brown people tend to have less access and connection to these spaces by virtue of being the first or the second person in their families to gain access to certain spaces.
- Experience also may differ based on socio-economic background. It can be difficult to thrive in competitive academic or professional spaces when you’re also trying to manage your survival.
- Imposter Syndrome can be traumatic because in most cases imposter syndrome manifests itself as repeated instances and experiences that may have scarred you that you need to heal from.
- Having to do more and be better than counterparts in order to find success.
- Differences not being valued and/or understood in the workplace
What internal experiences or thoughts have caused you to question your place in a professional setting?
- A lack of celebration or acknowledgement of successes because of a feeling that you are doing what you’re supposed to do to survive verses that you’ve done something great
- Internal feelings of unworthiness because you haven’t “suffered” enough to earn your place
- Internal thoughts of being unfairly critical of EVERY thought, action and behavior based on a fear that every mistake or misstep may cause you to lose your job or irreparably tarnish your reputation
What work have you done to build your confidence over the years and reinforce the fact that you’ve earned your place in the world?
- Give myself grace—It’s okay to make mistakes
- Practice Gratitude
- Learning to work in a way that’s not abut exacting revenge on those who may have harmed you
- Trust the fact that you’ve done the work
- Build a thick skin
Advice for overcoming imposter syndrome
- Figure out what makes you happy, brings you joy and grounds you and do those things OFTEN
- Develop a support system that keeps you grounded during the tough times
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Holidays are all about family, friends, fun and FOOD. Join Syd as she sits down this week with a VERY special guest, her mama, Dr. Jean Jackson for a fun conversation about holiday traditions, do’s and don’ts.
Dr. Jean Jackson (my mama) is a life-long educator, child psychologist and author. For parenting tips and tricks, you can purchase her book, Surviving Kidcatraz here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/surviving-kidcatraz-dr-jean-jackson/1135800730
To help others celebrate the holiday season, me and my mama have teamed up to give away two $50 grocery store e-gift cards (grocery store of your choice) to make sure your Christmas holiday meal is on point! No struggle plates allowed this year.
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Show Notes:
What dishes MUST be on the holiday table?
- Turkey
- Ham
- Greens (collards, mustards and turnips ONLY. No Kale allowed)
- Yams/Candied Sweet Potatoes
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Cornbread Stuffing (/w sausage)
- Rice and Gravy
- Cranberry Sauce shaped like a can
- Rolls
- Sweet Potato Pie
- Peach Cobbler (optional)
What dishes should NEVER be on the holiday table?
- Green salad
- Pasta salad
- Corn on the cob
Tips from my Mama on how to cook greens for the holidays:
- Use pork (ham hock or neckbone) or some kind of smoked meat to flavor your greens
- ALWAYS cook the meat FIRST
- Boil the meat in water to make a stock
- Add greens at the very end when water is almost cooked down so greens will absorb the most flavorful part of the stock
- If greens still need more flavor, add Lipton’s Onion Soup Mix to taste
Best advice for making the holidays special?
- Keep things festive and interesting. Make sure everyone has a GREAT and memorable time.
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The only thing harder than getting a coin is keeping a coin, especially when the cost of education, affordable housing and good avocado toast just keep rising! Join Syd and Special Guest, Kevin L. Matthews II, for a Sugar Free discussion about finances, 401(k)’s, Investing and building generational wealth.
Kevin Matthews is a former Top 100 financial advisor (as named by Investopedia) and founder of @BuildingBread, a financial education consultancy designed to educate and advise both organizations and Individuals on the basics of financial literacy, investing and retirement planning. He has managed over $140mm during his financial advising career and is author of the best-selling book— Starting Point: How to Create Wealth that Lasts. For more information on Kevin, visit www.buildingbread.com.
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SHOW NOTES
I read an article recently that stated 60% of Millenials making over $60,000 live paycheck to paycheck. What factors/obstacles are keeping us from financial stability?
- Inflation is outpacing earnings
- Cost of living is too high
- College tuition is too high
- Childcare is expensive
How much of your current salary should you be saving for retirement?
- 12-15% including any matching or contributions provided by your current employer. However, you can work up to that gradually if you’re not ready to put a full 12
- The goal for a comfortable retirement should be to save at least $2.1 million or 25x your current salary for retirement. Start NOW.
Is $100k still THE marker for financial stability?
- It depends on your location. One hundred thousand dollars may be enough if you live in Oklahoma, maybe not if you live in New York.
- Generally the marker for annual earnings is probably closer to $125,000 for financial stability but may go up or down depending on location
- You should be striving to have a solid structure and plan in place to achieve financial stability. The plan should include paying your bills, emergency savings, investing and saving for retirement.
How much do children cost?
- The average cost for caring for one child is $300k-$400k from age 0-18 years old, but you don’t need all of that on day one.
What tools do you recommend for new investors?
- Public – a social media app for investing
Best advice for saving and investing
- Start now and be consistent
- The key to investing is time and consistency. Small amounts add up to sizeable amounts over time.
- You can save and invest no matter how much you’re making. If you had put $100/mo in Google stock from 2012-present, you would have $74k now. It’s okay to start small.
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Once you’ve broken the cycle of toxicity, grieved the losses you needed to grieve and healed the wounds that need to heal, there is a beautiful life waiting for you to discover. A beautiful life, I like to call the GLOW UP. Break ups and heartbreak are never easy, but on the other side of heartbreak lies the opportunity for a re-imagined life that is filled with your deepest dreams and desires. Never fear heartbreak. Fear staying stuck in a situation that prevents you from being the greatest, most authentic version of yourself.
Season One Remix, Episode 1.7 of the Sugar Free Podcast, Navigating Real Heartbreak Pt. II: Grieving, Growing, Glowing breaks down the journey towards a healthier, happier and more fulfilled life after healing from some a really painful breakup. Join Syd as she sits down with Life Coach and Attorney, Daphne McGee, for a conversation on how to identify and break toxic cycles to engage in healthier, happier relationships with yourself and others to lessen the occurrence and pain of heartbreak.
Daphne is a legal aid attorney and owner of Golden Daph Life Coaching. Daphne helps people leaving harmful situations move forward with clarity and confidence. Daphne also blogs about her experiences with marriage, divorce, and faith deconstruction.
Want to work with Daphne? Daphne is offering all Sugar Free Podcast listeners an EXTRA coaching session for FREE if they mention “SUGAR FREE” when booking their session. This means Sugar Free listeners will get 7 coaching sessions instead of the standard six sessions that come in Daphne's standard package. Shoot Daphne a message on IG @goldendaph for more details.
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SHOW NOTES
Grieving the loss of a relationship
- It is okay, normal and healthy to grieve the loss of a relationship, even if the relationship wasn’t good.
- When you lose a relationship, you may be losing companionship, financial stability, future dreams, future children, community, your current family structure…etc. and you are allowed and encouraged to grieve those losses.
- For Daphne, much of the healing and grieving process happened during the relationship once she realized the relationship wasn’t what she wanted.
Grieving the loss of Community in the Church
- After grieving the loss of the church, Daphne had to confront her relationship with the church and decide whether she could remain in community and in fellowship with people and ideas that didn’t support her decision for divorce
- Decided she needed to seek a religion and religious community that allowed her space to care for herself, allowed others to care for her and allowed her to make decisions that were best for her life, her goals, her dreams and mental health
Navigating heartbreak in your Career
- You can do “everything right” (i.e. go to college, join all the clubs, get all the awards, participate in all the internship programs…etc.) and still not be guaranteed the life that you want.
- There is no reward “for doing everything right.” A more fulfilled life comes from doing what you WANT to do vs. what you think you SHOULD be doing
The other Side of Heartbreak
- Heartbreak provides an opportunity for a renewed life
- You should start by figuring out EXACTLY what you want your life to look like
- Give yourself permission to indulge ALL of your heart’s deepest desires
- Give yourself permission to change your mind about the things that you want.
Breaking the Cycle
- You must first recognize and understand what about that toxic situation was attractive to you
- Until you change your mindset and your view of what you want, you will continue on the same cycle of toxicity with a new partner
- Seek counseling and/or life coaching to assist you on your journey
Ain’t NOTHIN that hurts worse than a broken heart. Grieving the losses of failed relationships, friendships, career choices or life decisions, NEVER gets any easier, but there may be ways to make it hurt a little less. Learning how to: (1) identify your role in a heartbreak, (2) give yourself grace during the grieving process and (3) move forward with hopefulness and openness has to be one of the most difficult lessons to navigate as an adult. But it’s okay, friend! We will work through it together.
This episode of the Sugar Free Podcast, Navigating Real Heartbreak Pt. 1: Breaking Cycles of Toxicity explores the patterns and behaviors commonly exhibited in toxic situations and how those cycles often lead to heartbreak. Join Syd as she sits down with Life Coach and Attorney, Daphne McGee, for a conversation on how to identify and break toxic cycles to engage in healthier, happier relationships with yourself and others to lessen the occurrence and pain of heartbreak.
Daphne is a legal aid attorney and owner of Golden Daph Life Coaching. Daphne helps people leaving harmful situations move forward with clarity and confidence. Daphne also blogs about her experiences with marriage, divorce, and faith deconstruction.
Want to work with Daphne? Daphne is offering all Sugar Free Podcast listeners an EXTRA coaching session for FREE if they mention “SUGAR FREE” when booking their session. This means Sugar Free listeners will get 7 coaching sessions instead of the standard six sessions that come in Daphne's standard package. Shoot Daphne a message on IG @goldendaph for more details.
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Show Notes
How do you define heartbreak?
The point where your reality fails to meet your expectations.
The Reality
To begin our discussion, Daphne shared the realities of her marriage and her relationship with the church and how both realities failed to meet her expectations. She explained how the realities of both relationships included unhappiness, uneasiness, cycles of toxicity and her own failure to trust her intuition about the toxicity that surrounded her.
The Expectation
Daphne then described how her religious teachings guided her to believe that marriage was the pinnacle achievement of spirituality in terms of bringing her closest to God. Syd then explained how societal pressures are also placed on women to marry to gain access to status, acceptance and financial stability without placing the same value on seeking partnership for happiness, companionship, pleasure or compatibility.
Daphne then described religion as re-packaged patriarchy designed to uphold traditional systems of oppression for women that have been dismantled in recent years through political and economic revolutions. She also described how said re-packaged patriarchy aka religion kept her in a relationship that she knew wasn’t good for her.
Red Flags
She told us how her religion had conditioned her not to rely on her own thoughts and intuitions but to rely instead upon her religion to guide her through life and it was that conditioning that caused her to ignore certain red flags exhibited by her ex-husband. Red flags that many women ignore regardless of religious beliefs to increase chances of marriage. Daphne then described that the biggest red flag that she had experienced in her relationship was her distrust of her own intuition and her own behavior which had become uncharacteristic of her normally rational nature. She had started to behave in ways that she didn’t recognize.
Cycles of Toxicity
Toxicity in the context of relationships generally happens in cycles where a partner displays a toxic behavior and instead of fixing or addressing the behavior, the behavior is ignored, or forgiven and the relationship continues until the behavior is exhibited again and the cycle repeated.
The episode ended with the beginnings of an explanation on how to navigate breaking the cycle of toxicity and the steps Daphne took to end her toxic relationships with both her ex-husband and the church.
In today’s world of inflated costs of living and unaffordable housing, we all need at least two jobs just to survive. This week, we are discussing the ever-popular act of side-hustling, a practice characterized by working a part time job or pursuing an entrepreneurial venture in addition to having a full-time job for the purpose of producing additional income or pursuing a passion.
Join Syd as she sits down with social media influencer, blogger and ULTIMATE side hustler, Ana of Fiddle Leaf Interiors and the Creators Coaching Co., for a conversation on how to leverage your 9 to 5 to chase your entrepreneurial dreams and earn some extra coin through side-hustling.
Ana Ochoa is currently disrupting the Blogging and Business Coaching Industries! Her mission is to help fellow creative entrepreneurs EMBODY the CEO role in their business with positioning, energetics, lead generation, and sales that feel GOOD! She’s a successful blogger and creator at Fiddle Leaf Interiors and the CEO of Creators Coaching Co. Ana recently founded Creators Coaching Co. to share her passion for building a sustainable online business, while helping others do the same.
Want to learn more about Ana? You can visit her at www.creatorscoachingco.com or www.fiddleleafblog.com. Want to work with Ana? Sign up for her latest course, “Create a 5K Course that Sells,” by clicking here: https://creatorscoachingco.com/masterclass
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SHOW NOTES
In today’s episode, our guest discussed her journey on turning her side hustle into a successful full-time entrepreneurial venture. Side hustling is a practice characterized by working a part time job or pursuing an entrepreneurial venture in addition to having a full-time job for the purpose of producing additional income.
We then discussed Ana’s entrepreneurial journey from IG influencer to blogger to side hustler to now CEO of her very own business, the Creator’s Coaching Co.
Ana then shared with us how she was able to monetize her social media platform on Instagram and through her blog through sponsored ads and other content on both her blog and IG. She then explained the four key ways to monetize a blog which are: 1) affiliate marketing, 2) digital products, 3) Google ads, and 4) brand partnerships.
She also told us about the importance of “owning your own real estate” online by having your own website that you control verses relying solely on social media to store/share your content. And even if you’re not ready to build out your website, it’s important for you to secure your domain name to ensure that it will be available for your use when you’re ready.
Ana then shared how she was able to turn her side hustle into a successful business by creating online courses and offering business coaching on how to start a blog and successfully run a business as a business coach or online service provider. We ended the episode with Ana sharing with us some tips on how to best manage your time as a side-hustler and how to know when it’s time to leave your 9-5 to pursue entrepreneurship full time.
Ladies, yesterday was the last day that we will apologize for what we want. Today and everyday henceforth, we will be dating and living life WITHOUT apology. This episode will provide insight, guidance and actionable tips on how to date in a way that empowers women to show up as their true authentic selves at every phase of dating by not compromising any of their wants, needs or deepest desires. Join Syd and, Jephonne Roy, as they share stories about their dating lives and how the lessons they’ve learned have helped them to be bold, fearless and downright unapologetic daters.
Jephonne Roy is the “Roy” in Fairell Roy & Associates, a boutique Family and Personal Injury Law firm in Atlanta that is owned, lead and run by a team of black women. Jephonne leads the litigation division of the firm, helping the firm’s clients to navigate all of their divorce, child support, custody and personal injury needs.
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Show Notes
What is your dating philosophy?
Dating is gathering data. In order to make a competent decision about whether or not to continue dating a person, you need to ask very specific and direct questions as early as possible. You also need to be clear, direct and honest about the data that you are presenting to the other person.
What should we look for on a first date to determine whether a man is serious about dating?
The vibe—check to see if there is some chemistry between the two of you. Make sure that he is mentally stimulating you and that he seems genuinely interested in the conversation. If the vibe is right, Jephonne recommends asking specific questions as early as the first date to ensure that neither of you waste your time.
Some potential questions to ask are:
- What are your goals for dating?
- Are you interested in marriage?
- How long do you believe in dating before marriage?
- Do you have children?
- Have you been married before?
What do you look for in a guy to determine whether you should go on a date with him?
All potential suitors should display the following before making it to a first date:
- Consistency
- Persistence
- Effort
What is the biggest mistake women make when dating?
Over-Accommodating-- Women tend to be over-accommodating in dating because of insecurity and fear of rejection. But the key to dating is setting a standard and/or boundary, giving the other person an opportunity to meet it and WALKING away FEARLESSLY when the standard is not met. Women are the prize. You do not have to bend over backwards to please a man. If he wants to date you, he will please YOU. He will meet YOUR standards.
Not being honest with themselves – It is important to be brutally honest with yourself about what YOU want, clearly communicating to your potential partners what you want and WALKING away from a potential partner if/when it becomes apparent he/she won’t be able to give you what you want/need. If you don’t want to wait around 2-3 years to get engaged, there’s no rule saying you have to.
What is your best advice for women who are still dating?
Be HONEST and UPFRONT at every stage of the process to weed out ALL THE MEN WHO DON’T DESERVE TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE EARLY AND OFTEN.
Maintaining friendships as an adult is HARD WORK. After going to work, working out, drinking 64oz of water (most days), caring for the dog, building a side business and checking in with your mama, who has time to hang out!? This is a question that Syd and special guest will try to answer in Season One Remix Episode 3, Maintaining Real Friendships.
Join host, Syd Mack, and special guest, Krystyna Braxton, as they sit down to discuss the challenges of maintaining your friendships as a working, BOSS adult. Krystyna Braxton is a 7-year veteran in the Sports Licensing Industry with degrees from both Howard and Georgetown University.
You can find out more about and/or connect with Krystyna on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/krystynabraxton/.
Show Notes
What has been the most challenging aspect of maintaining your friendships as an adult?
• Physical Proximity—as friends begin to move to different states and cities and become increasingly more difficult to remain in contact
• Keeping up with Life’s Changes – As you move into your mid 20’s to early 30’s, you find that your friend’s lives begin to progress at different rates and it can be difficult to maintain your friendships with friends when you all are in different life stations.
• Managing Internal Insecurities When Comparing Yourself to Friends – When friends start to hit certain personal goals (i.e. obtaining that dream job, making that dream salary, having children, finding love, getting married…etc.) that you both aspire to attain before you, sometimes their achievement can expose insecurity and/or anxiety about your current position in life. This can cause you to question where you are and you may start finding yourself saying things like, “Why isn’t this happening for me,” or “When is it my turn?” This may be an opportunity for you to address your insecurities and also to find friends who can meet you where you are
• Financial Status – When you’re the “broke friend” it can be difficult to maintain relationships with friends when they want to indulge in activities (i.e. birthday dinners, brunch, travel…etc.) that you cannot afford) How much time do you actually get to spend with your friends as an adult?
• Growing In Different Directions -- As you get older you find that you naturally start to spend less time with friends as everyone is spending the majority of their time managing their own lives, families and careers.
• Priorities Change -- You may also notice that your desire to hang out on weekends has declined as your priorities shift and change from being social to career growth, financial stability and recharging from long weeks at work. This is normal behavior and should not be a point of concern. You will also find that real friends will understand and the two of you won’t miss a beat.
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Season One Remix Episode 2, Setting Real Boundaries, is about setting sustainable, clearly defined boundaries. According to this week's special guest, boundary setting is critical for "protecting that which we are nurturing." Without establishing clearly defined boundaries, it's almost impossible for us to address what we critically need.
Join host, Syd Mack, and special guest Anana Harris Parris, founder of the The Self Care Agency, LLC for a life-changing discussion on how to set and sustain boundaries
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Anana Johari Harris Parris is the founder and CEO of the Self Care Agency, LLC, where she operates as the lead Strategic Business & Self Care Consultant. Anana is also founder of the SisterCARE Alliance, a socially responsible enterprise that focuses on social justice as a form of self-care. She is also author of the book Self Care Matters A Revolutionary’s Approach.
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Summary of Today’s Show
What is a boundary?
A boundary is a very clear, proactive, communicated stance that is tied to what you critically need to fulfill your purpose and it can be a belief or an action.
The most basic function of a boundary is that it serves as protection.
Why are boundaries critical to self-care?
Boundaries are critical to self-care because there is no way to sustain addressing what you critically need if you don’t set a boundary that’s also sustainable
Why is it so difficult to set boundaries?
Setting boundaries is difficult because doing so requires courage. Courage that sometimes cannot be established on your own. Often times, finding the courage you need to establish a clearly defined boundary requires you to ask for help. This can be especially difficult if you tend to be a perfectionist and place immense amounts of pressure on yourself to not make a mistake. This is because perfectionism requires that you not share your struggles with others. Others that you may need to establish sustainable boundaries and a strategy for self-care.
What does it say about you if you have difficulty setting boundaries?
It says that you’re normal.
How do we set a boundary?
Knowing how and when to set a boundary requires you to develop a strategy around your critical self-care needs. Anana recommends evaluating your self-care needs by assessing what you need based on the seven self-care categories. The seven categories of self-care are: (1) Spiritual, (2) Emotional, (3) Artistic, (4) Economic, (5) Physical, (6) Educational, and (7) Social. An assessment of your needs should be taken EVERY DAY and your boundaries should be placed around those needs.
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New look, new season(kinda), who dis? This episode kicks off the start of Season One 2.0, the Remix, where we will be running back all your fave episodes with added commentary (by me), out takes, bonus content and special offers from some of our guests on the show!
To get things kicked off, we are running back Season One Favorite, Getting Real Coin Part III: Negotiating for Your Life with NBA Senior Team Talent Advisor, Nicole Britenriker. In this episode, Nicole breaks down all the things we need to know to get every penny we’re worth in our next salary negotiations for a new role, raise or promotion. In the age of the Great Resignation, I figured y’all needed this one first. You’re welcome!
Want to learn more about Nicole?
A former professional volleyball player and student-athlete for the University of Kentucky, Nicole Britenriker has served in various roles across the professional and collegiate sports landscape including sponsorships, sales, corporate partnership development, ticketing and currently, talent acquisition and talent management with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion.
If you want to connect with Nicole, find her on LinkedIn at: www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-britenriker/.
Summary of Today’s Show
Why is this conversation important?. According to the US Census Bureau:
- White, non Hispanic women are paid 79 cents,
- Black women are typically paid 63 cents,
- Native American women 60 cents,
- Latinas just 55cents, and
- Asian American and Pacific Islander women are paid as little as 52 cents
on the dollar as compared to their white male counterparts.
Why are women of color, gay, lesbian, queer, non-binary, gender non-conforming and other marginalized groups are paid less?
External Resources we can use to determine market rate for purpose of salary negotiations
- Glass Door
- Nerd Wallet
- CNN Money
- National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
- University Career Services Department
What is the “point of no return in a negotiation? When have you gone too far with your demands?
- Asking for something that has not yet been discussed at the end of a negotiation
- Initiate salary discussions by the second round of interviews. Don’t wait until the end of a process to have a discussion regarding salary requirements/expectations.
- Don’t OVER negotiate. An employer is unlikely to come back more than twice with a counter offer during a negotiation
How to initiate and navigate salary discussions
- ALWAYS NEGOTIATE. NEVER ACCEPT A FIRST OFFER
- Potential employers CANNOT ask you what your current salary is. Do not feel pressured to share this information unless you want to.
- Share your DESIRED salary range. It’s okay if that’s considerably more than what you’re currently making, especially if your number is supported by the current market rate
- Never toss out the first number, unless required. In that case, provide a salary range and not an exact figure.
- If the employer is being vague about their salary budget, you be vague as well.
- Your counter-offer should be 10%-20% higher than the initial offer
- Weigh the FULL value of the opportunity when making a decision whether or not to accept a role. There may be other considerations that make a role attractive outside of compensation based on your overall career goals/current position.
Red flags to look out for during the negotiation process that may signal a company is not a good fit for you
Be fearless in holding employers accountable for providing you what they promised you and what you deserve
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Season One has come to an end, but we are keeping the tea party goin with the Season One Review Session!! Were there questions that you needed answers to? Were there topics that you felt needed to be fleshed out just a liitttllee bit more? Well, this episode, we are taking an even deeper dive into some of YOUR favorite episodes by answering some of the questions that you’ve submitted to us through comments, social media and from sliding in our DM’s. Get ready, because these are answers that you won’t want to miss.
Episode 14 of the Sugar Free Podcast, Season One Review Session: Getting Really Real is a re-cap of the highlights of Season One. Join Syd and co-host, Mackenzie Mack, as they spill all the Season One Tea.
Mackenzie Mack is a professional golfer and the 4th African American woman in history to hold dual memberships with both the PGA and LPGA. She is also Syd’s big sister and favorite kee kee partner. For more information about Mackenzie, visit her website at www.mackenziemack.com.
Want to learn more about the Sugar Free Podcast or Host, Syd Mack? Visit our website at www.sugarfreepodcast.com for full episodes and plenty of tea that’s 100% Sugar Free.
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Bald fade, bald and bougie, bald and beautiful, no hair don’t care…etc. Rocking bald or low cuts for women has become widely accepted and incredibly popular. But the vast majority of bald, beautiful, empowered women we see made the CONSCIENCE CHOICE to be bald… and what a beautifully, freeing choice. However, because it was their choice, tomorrow they could choose differently and be halfway to a teeny weeny fro and within a year a full head of beautifully cascading hair. But what about those women who don’t have a choice? What if you woke up one morning to find handfuls of your hair lying on your pillow? This is the reality for scores of people and women who live everyday with alopecia. Episode 13 of the Sugar Free Podcast, Real Bald and Boujee Part II: Life After Alopecia, is an exploration of life after alopecia. The hair is gone and it ain’t coming back… so what's next? Join Syd and guest, Michelle Gipson, as they share their individual and collective journeys navigating life as women without hair. Michelle Gipson is a writer, host and counselor by trade as well as the founder and publisher of Written Magazine and Wine With Words®. You can learn more about Michelle and Written Magazine at www.writtenmag.com Alopecia is an auto-immune disorder that leaves those afflicted with little, and in some cases, no hair. The disease effects 6.8 million people in the U.S., including show host Syd Mack, and there is no cure. September was Alopecia Awareness month, a month dedicated to spreading knowledge and awareness about alopecia. If you want to find out more about alopecia, visit the National alopecia Areata Foundation at https://www.naaf.org/ for information, tips and resources on how you can be an ally to those in the Alopecia community. Want to learn more about the show or its host? Visit the show’s website at www.sugarfreepodcast.com.
Bald fade, bald and bougie, bald and beautiful, no hair don’t care…etc. Rocking bald or low cuts for women has become widely accepted and incredibly popular. But the vast majority of bald, beautiful, empowered women we see made the CONSCIENCE CHOICE to be bald… and what a beautifully, freeing choice. However, because it was their choice, tomorrow they could choose differently and be halfway to a teeny weeny fro and within a year a full head of beautifully cascading hair. But what about those women who don’t have a choice? What if you woke up one morning to find handfuls of your hair lying on your pillow? This is the reality for scores of people and women who live everyday with alopecia. Episode 12 of the Sugar Free Podcast, Real Bald and Boujee Part I: Living with Alopecia, is an exploration of life without hair… a life with alopecia. Alopecia is an auto-immune disorder that leaves those afflicted with little, and in some cases, no hair. The disease effects 6.8 million people in the U.S., including show host Syd Mack, and there is no cure. Join Syd and guest, Michelle Gipson, as they share their individual and collective journeys navigating life as women without hair. Michelle Gipson is a writer, host and counselor by trade as well as the founder and publisher of Written Magazine and Wine With Words®. You can learn more about Michelle and Written Magazine at www.writtenmag.com September was Alopecia Awareness month, a month dedicated to spreading knowledge and awareness about alopecia. If you want to find out more about alopecia, visit the National alopecia Areata Foundation at https://www.naaf.org/ for information, tips and resources on how you can be an ally to those in the Alopecia community. Want to learn more about the Sugar Free Podcast or Host, Syd Mack? Visit our website at www.sugarfreepodcast.com for full episodes and plenty of tea that’s 100% Sugar Free.
Occupying spaces where you are one of a select few or the “only”…the only woman, the only person of color, the only non-binary person…etc. can be a truly isolating experience. The treatment you experience as a marginalized person can not only make you feel alone, but it can also make you feel ‘less than’ or like you don’t belong. This, my friends is the root of imposter syndrome. This syndrome will have you believing you are made of cheap plastic, when in fact, you AND your credentials are as strong, resilient and valuable as platinum. Never again will we allow imposter syndrome to make us see ourselves as anything but what we are, GOLDEN.
Episode 11 of the Sugar Free Podcast, Feeling Real Fake: Battling Imposter Syndrome, defines “Imposter Syndrome,” a disease most often prescribed to women characterized by internal feelings of inadequacy, inferiority and/or lack of belonging in the workplace that often ignores the external factors that contribute to these feelings. Join Syd and guest, Abimbola Oladokun, as they explore the internal and external factors that have contributed to their feelings of imposter syndrome and the tools/resources they have used to combat those feelings.
Abimbola is a San Francisco-based tech attorney. She's a lifelong learner, fashionista, traveler, and enjoys spending time with loved ones. When not posting various IG stories about how she sees the world, you can find her planning her next trip or reviewing Netflix for her next fix. You can find her on IG at @the.a.league.
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Have you ever settled for less than what you deserve in dating and relationships just for the sake of “having a man?” Well, we have too, girl! But we aren’t doing it anymore and we hope this conversation on dating empowers you to do the same. Having ‘it all’ can seem like an elusive, unattainable dream, especially when you’re doing more settling than demanding. You can ABSOLUTELY have everything you want including an incredible love life, but you won’t have it if you don’t get real honest about what you want and real comfortable sharing that with every potential suitor you entertain.
Episode 10 of the Sugar Free Podcast, Dating Real Unapologetically provides insight, guidance and actionable tips on how to date in a way that empowers women to show up as their true authentic selves at every phase of dating by not compromising any of their wants needs or deepest desires. Join Syd and, Jephonne Roy, as they share stories about their dating lives and how the lessons they learned have helped them to be bold, fearless and downright unapologetic in their dating lives.
Jephonne Roy is the “Roy” in Fairell Roy & Associates, a boutique Family and Personal Injury Law firm in Atlanta that is owned, lead and run by a team of black women. Jephonne leads the litigation division of the firm, helping the firm’s clients to navigate all of their divorce, child support, custody and personal injury needs.
If you want to connect with or learn more about Jephonne or Fairell Roy & Associates, you can find out more here: https://www.fairellfirm.com.
SUPPORT WOMEN. PROTECT WOMEN. EMPOWER WOMEN.
A few weeks ago, a Texas Law went into effect that severely limits a woman’s right to abortion and we here at the Sugar Free Podcast could not let such an important moment in the history of women’s rights pass without having a REAL discussion about it. The Texas Law, prohibits women from having access to abortion once the unborn child has a detectable fetal heartbeat. This point for most women comes at the sixth week of pregnancy when most women don’t even know they’re pregnant. This, for most women will amount to either a complete loss of the right to an abortion or the loss of a reasonable amount of time to consider having an abortion. THIS AINT RIGHT AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
Having the right to choose what you do with your body and when is one of the most fundamental rights a human can have. The recent passage and reaffirming of very restrictive abortion laws in Texas threatens to all but remove a crucial component of this fundamental right for women – their right to choose whether or not to have an abortion. Syd is going to 'lower the veil' on abortions and make them a real, tangible, thing for those who may not be familiar with the laws surrounding abortion or the story of a woman who has had one. After tuning into this episode, you should be concerned about the health and safety of women in Texas if not downright outraged.
Episode 9 of the Sugar Free Podcast, Really Humanizing Abortion-- Discussing the Impact of the New Abortion Laws in Texas, is a SPECIAL episode that delves deeply into the negative impact that more restrictive laws on abortion can have on young women and their abilities to live a life of their choosing. Join Syd and very special guest, Tiffany Clayton, as they put a name and a face to the process of abortion by having a vulnerable conversation about Tiffany’s abortion journey and her road to finding wholeness and peace post-abortion.
GET INVOLVED. Advocates and experts have identified the following organizations as credible places where you can show your support. Do your research and choose an organization that works for you.
- Texas Equal Access Fund: https://teafund.org/
- The Lilith Fund: https://www.lilithfund.org/
- Clinic Access Support Network: https://www.clinicaccess.org/
- Fund Texas Choice: https://fundtexaschoice.org/
- Jane’s Due Process: https://janesdueprocess.org/
*THE SUGAR FREE PODCAST DOES NOT HAVE ANY AFFILIATION WITH OR DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACTUAL WORK ENGAGED IN BY THESE ORGANIZATIONS. THESE RESOURCES ARE PROVIDED AS A STARTING POINT FOR YOUR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH. DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE DONATING YOUR TIME OR MONEY TO AN ORGANIZATION CLAIMING TO DO GOOD WORK.
Once you’ve broken the cycle of toxicity, grieved the losses you needed to grieve and healed the wounds that need to heal, there is a beautiful life waiting for you to discover. A beautiful life, I like to call the GLOW UP. Break ups and heartbreak are never easy, but on the other side of heartbreak lies the opportunity for a re-imagined life that is filled with your deepest dreams and desires. Never fear heartbreak. Fear staying stuck in a situation that prevents you from being the greatest, most authentic version of yourself.
Episode 8 of the Sugar Free Podcast, Navigating Real Heartbreak Pt. II: Grieving, Growing, Glowing breaks down the journey towards a healthier, happier and more fulfilled life after healing from some a really painful breakup. Join Syd as she sits down with Life Coach and Attorney, Daphne McGee, for a conversation on how to identify and break toxic cycles to engage in healthier, happier relationships with yourself and others to lessen the occurrence and pain of heartbreak.
Daphne is a legal aid attorney and owner of Golden Daph Life Coaching. Daphne helps people leaving harmful situations move forward with clarity and confidence. Daphne also blogs about her experiences with marriage, divorce, and faith deconstruction.
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Ain’t NOTHIN that hurts worse than a broken heart. Grieving the losses of failed relationships, friendships, career choices or life decisions, NEVER gets any easier, but there may be ways to make it hurt a little less. Learning how to: (1) identify your role in a heartbreak, (2) give yourself grace during the grieving process and (3) move forward with hopefulness and openness has to be one of the most difficult lessons to navigate as an adult. But it’s okay, friend! We will work through it together.
Episode 7 of the Sugar Free Podcast, Navigating Real Heartbreak Pt. 1: Breaking Cycles of Toxicity explores the patterns and behaviors commonly exhibited in toxic situations and how those cycles often lead to heartbreak. Join Syd as she sits down with Life Coach and Attorney, Daphne McGee, for a conversation on how to identify and break toxic cycles to engage in healthier, happier relationships with yourself and others to lessen the occurrence and pain of heartbreak.
Daphne is a legal aid attorney and owner of Golden Daph Life Coaching. Daphne helps people leaving harmful situations move forward with clarity and confidence. Daphne also blogs about her experiences with marriage, divorce, and faith deconstruction.
If you want to connect with Daphne or read her blog, you can find her at www.goldendaph.com
What do you do when you’ve saved all you can, you’ve side-hustled as hard as you can and you’re still coming up short on your financial goals? You negotiate for your life! According to the US Census Bureau, women of color earn as little as 53 cents on the dollar as compared to their white male counterparts. This episode is all about negotiating for your life to take control of your financial life and reclaim every coin you deserve.
Episode 6 of the Sugar Free Podcast, Getting Real Coin Pt. III: Negotiating for your Life is the final installment of our Money Series. Join Syd as she sits down with Senior Team Talent Acquisition Advisor of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Nicole Britenriker, for a conversation on how to use proven negotiation strategies to leave no coin, ducket, dollar or wig unturned.
A former professional volleyball player and student-athlete for the University of Kentucky, Nicole Britenriker has served in various roles across the professional and collegiate sports landscape including sponsorships, sales, corporate partnership development, ticketing and currently, talent acquisition and talent management with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion.
If you want to connect with Nicole, find her on LinkedIn at: www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-britenriker/.
Welcome back to Part II of our "Getting Real Coin" series. Last week, we discussed how to save for the future. This week we will be discussing how to make more coin through side hustling. Let's face it, the cost of life is way too daggone high, job security is a thing of the past and career satisfaction is a luxury reserved for the dreamers, schemers and believers of this world. For most of us our 9 to 5's aren't providing enough coin or satisfaction for us to live the lives we've always dreamed of. If that sounds familiar, friend... it's time to hustle!
Side hustling, which is characterized by working a part time job or pursuing an entrepreneurial venture in addition to having a full time job, has become one of the most popular ways to not only earn some extra coin, but also to chase your dreams. Join Syd as she sits down with social media influencer, blogger and ULTIMATE side hustler, Ana Baugus Ochoa, for a conversation on how to leverage your 9 to 5 to chase your entrepreneurial dreams and earn some extra coin through side-hustling.
Ana Ochoa is currently disrupting the Blogging and Business Coaching Industries! Her mission is to help fellow creative entrepreneurs EMBODY the CEO role in their business with positioning, energetics, lead generation, and sales that feel GOOD!
She’s a successful blogger and creator at Fiddle Leaf Interiors and the CEO of Creators Coaching Co. Ana recently founded Creators Coaching Co. to share her passion for building a sustainable online business, while helping others do the same.
If you want to find out more about Ana, you can visit her at www.creatorscoachingco.com or www.fiddleleafblog.com
The only thing harder than getting a coin is keeping a coin, especially when the cost of education, affordable housing and good avocado toast just keep rising! Join Syd and Special Guest, Kevin L. Matthews II, for a Sugar Free discussion about finances, 401(k)’s, Investing and building generational wealth.
Kevin Matthews is a former Top 100 financial advisor (as named by Investopedia) and founder of @BuildingBread, a financial education consultancy designed to educate and advise both organizations and Individuals on the basics of financial literacy, investing and retirement planning. He has managed over $140mm during his financial advising career and is author of the best-selling book— Starting Point: How to Create Wealth that Lasts. For more information on Kevin, visit www.buildingbread.com.
You can also purchase Kevin's book, Starting Point: How to Create Wealth that Lasts here: https://www.amazon.com/Starting-Point-Create-Wealth-Lasts/dp/0692236104#:~:text=Starting%20Point%3A%20How%20to%20Build,in%20a%20simple%2C%20clear%20way.
Episode 3 of the Sugar Free Podcast is all about setting sustainable, clearly defined boundaries. According to this week's special guest, boundary setting is critical for "protecting that which we are nurturing." Without establishing clearly defined boundaries, it's almost impossible for us to address what we critically need.
As a recovering people-pleaser, setting boundaries as an adult hasn't been easy for show host, Syd Mack. She explores the necessity and difficulty of setting real boundaries for a happy, healthy and DRAMA LESS (cuz a little drama keeps life spicy) life with this week's guest, Self Care Expert and Boundary-Setting Bad-A$$, Anana Harris Parris of the The Self Care Agency, LLC .
Anana Harris Parris is the founder and CEO of the Self Care Agency, LLC, where she operates as the lead Strategic Business & Self Care Consultant Program Designer as well as the founder of the SisterCARE Alliance. Ms. Parris is also the author of the book Self Care Matters A Revolutionary’s Approach. You can purchase her book on Amazon or Audible here: https://www.amazon.com/Self-Care-Matters-Revolutionarys-Approach/dp/0996891013.You can also find out more about Anana and The Self Care Agency at https://www.selfcareagency.com/.
When Drake said, “No New friends,” He lied! There comes a time in everyone’s life when they realize it’s time to level up, reduce or expand their friend circle based on their current platonic relationship needs.
Join, Host, Syd Mack and Special Guest, Krystyna Braxton, as they follow up their conversation from Episode 1, Maintaining Real Friendships, with a discuss on the awkward, annoying two-step that is trying to make new friends as an adult in Episode 2 Making Real Friends.
There is nothing more precious and special than the family that we get to choose but trying to maintain friendships as an adult is HARD. I gotta pay my bills, call my mama everyday, feed the dog, drink all this daggone water, eat air, workout and try to keep up with other grown folks too?? Who has the time…or energy for all that? But, I suppose, for the real ones, we find the time. Join host, Syd Mack, as she sits down with special guest, Krystyna Braxton, to discuss maintaining friendships as a working adult.
The Sugar Free Podcast is a show where real women come together to discuss real issues, with a dash of real talk and a splash of real “tea.” All “tea” served at the Sugar Free Podcast is of course (you guessed it), sugar free or without any filters or sugarcoating.
Each week, join host, Sydnee Mack, for an unforgettable tea party!