The final episode of Season 1! We bookend the season back together in conversation to reflect on where we are, where we’ve been, and what we’ve learned. We share the five themes we heard this season. What did you learn about taking risks this season?

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Topics discussed in this episode:

The podcast evolved from workplaces in the lead to stories taking the lead (1:18)

Make the medicine you need (3:06)

Learn from yourself, listen to yourself, your story is power (4:55)

5 themes from the season (6:08)

1. Don’t do it all at once.

2. Taking this risk does not make the people in your life less important.

3. Let it be messy.

4. Give yourself grace and compassion. All of it.

5. Create community. Gather your people.

You are enough! Melody Godfred’s poem (17:06)

Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude (19:34)

Time to rest (22:00)

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers and Feelers by Melody Godfred (17:06)

In this episode Yashica  talks about the difference between safe risks and risks that provide long term sustainable gratification over your lifetime. Yashica unpacks what risk means to our identity--our gender identity, our racial identity, our identities as mothers, daughters, changemakers, and more.

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Topics discussed in this episode:

Yashica’s story (2:37)

 The term “risk” and how it is defined (8:17)

Taking the risks that are perceived as not for us (12:03) 

Taking meaningful risks (20:21)

Why taking risk on ourselves is so hard (27:10)

Trying to figure out how to love ourselves…and all the things (28:58)

Setting boundaries (33:10)

What are you doing for yourself today? (37:07)

Love languages can be for you too!! (39:02)

Don’t forget yourself (47:23)

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Emotional Self Care for Black Women by Tiara Coleman (39:02)

• Verna Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly towards them (16:59)

In this episode Alison beautifully shares how starting a business changed how she sees herself and how she defines success. She talks through why she started her business, Gather + Sew, how mental health has shaped her life, and the power of honoring the incredible textile work of the women before us.

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Topics discussed in this episode:

Alison’s story (2:33)

How stories are the connective tissue of our lives (7:40)

What is Gather + Sew? (10:34)

Why Alison started her business (13:20)

Redefining our roles as women (18:17)

Defining success (23:59)

Shifting narratives and shifting relationships (29:50)

Take personal health days (33:56)

Pushing back on narratives that aren’t serving us anymore (37:33)

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Narrative Identity, Dan McAdams (6:05)

• Changing the narrative of  yourself, Gregory Berns (7:40)

• Alison’s instagram