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Find Your Voice Early, or Risk Going DEFCON 1 Later 🗣️⚠️
In this powerful clip from Tricks My Dog Taught Me, Kia shares crucial advice on self-advocacy. While young children rely on parents, by around age 16, learning to speak up for yourself becomes essential. Suppressing your voice for years often leads to explosive reactions down the road when you finally reach your breaking point. 💥… →
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Don’t talk to nobody in the tech world! 😅💻
In this hilarious clip, Kia keeps it real about the cutthroat side of the tech industry. From people taking your idea to adding a little “razzle dazzle” to your presentation and claiming it as their own, the hustle to get ahead can feel wildly competitive! Navigating competitive spaces means learning when to protect your work… →
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When Genuinely Kind People Exist, Everyone Looks For ‘The Catch. 😂
Call it a facade or call it naive, but kindness really isn’t an act. In this clip, I talk about how people are often thrown off by my natural warmth and assume I must be naive—while Kia chimes in with a hilarious voucher confirming that my positivity isn’t a front! People are so used to… →
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Nobody is a Monolithic Group 🗣️💯
In this clip, Kia breaks down why we need to stop lumping people together based on a single identity or bad experience. Whether it’s entire groups, friends, or even family, people are individuals—and everyone deserves to be taken on a case-by-case basis. Treating people as individuals instead of painting them with a broad brush is… →
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Some words spoken by educators stick with us forever 💔📚
In this emotional clip, Kia and I look back on a pivotal classroom memory. Kia reflects on how a Black female teacher in a predominantly white school broke her spirit and altered her path in ways she didn’t fully realize until therapy. I also shared my own memory of being publicly shut down by the… →
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I’m Never Wrong, I’m Just Early🔮✨
In this podcast clip, Kia talks about learning to trust her gut instinct. When your intuition tells you something about a situation or person ahead of time, it’s easy to second-guess yourself—thinking it’s just past trauma or personal bias talking. But more often than not, your gut was right all along. 🧠💡 How often do… →
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One bad experience shouldn’t change who you are at your core. ✨💛
In this podcast clip, I share a reminder I always hold onto: no matter how someone treats you, they are just one individual. Their actions reflect them, not everyone else—and they definitely shouldn’t change the person you choose to be. Staying true to yourself is everything. 🧘🏽♀️💡 How do you keep past negative experiences from… →
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Backhanded compliments shouldn’t exist, but they do. 🤐🗣️
In this clip, Kia drops a hard truth: when someone gives you a backhanded compliment or says something hurtful “in jest,” they meant it. Even if they’re laughing while saying it, those words usually carry real truth behind them. Like Biggie said, “I said what I meant, I meant what I said, bite my tongue… →