The Real New Year

Welcome to the real new year! We're chatting celestial changes, retrogrades, and all things ascension forward. Tap in! 

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SPEAKER_01 0:12

We're back. Hello, greetings, salutations. Shalom, shalom. It's that time of the week. Sunday Soul Days. Every Sunday, allegedly, allegedly, every Sunday, we gather for love, life, and everything in between. I am your hostess with the most is Lauren Ely's aka L Boogie. AKA Boogie Down. Prosecco drown. AKA Never Tilt My Crown. That's as far as I can go today.

SPEAKER_00 0:48

It's your girl, Cash. Happy soul days. Happy New Year.

SPEAKER_01 0:54

Happy New Year, everybody. Happy New Year.

SPEAKER_00 0:57

It is a beautiful soul day.

SPEAKER_01 0:59

It is such a beautiful day. It's so I want to go outside. I might sit on my porch then. Maybe that's the cure.

SPEAKER_00 1:07

Yeah, because we've been outside.

unknown 1:10

I've been outside.

SPEAKER_01 1:11

That's what my body like, oh my god. Anywho, y'all. It is a beautiful day. Ooh. Beautiful day. It's a new year. New life. New light for me. And I'm feeling good. We're going to get right into it. I don't think we should waste no time. I forget what the fuck we call it every time, y'all. We're just going to keep it brood time for a minute. Let's just start with the brood time where we discuss current events. You already know we're not very huge fans of the news, so we stumble across our news by other means and just checking in what's been going on with us in our own lives internally and in the world. So cash. Don't start with me. You know I gotta start with you. Because why would I ask myself? Like that's crazy. I mean, I do talk to myself, but I try not to make it a happen again.

SPEAKER_00 2:07

I've been looking around, like, who else can we ask? Um we can see who else can go first.

unknown 2:13

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 2:14

What's life been like? What's current?

SPEAKER_00 2:17

The new year and the weather is the only thing on my mind. I am so, so happy that we have come out of the dark. We have come out of the cold, the snow. I'm very happy. Um spring is my time. Okay. I love spring. I love the sun. I took a walk today and I was just, I cried. I cried because it just felt so good. I was sweating, I was happy. Even with the pollen kicking my ass, I'll take that over the snow any day. So we just celebrated the new year, the spring equinox, and that's really all that's on my mind. New, I'm on some new, new shit. That's about it. I I don't have much to share. I just yeah.

SPEAKER_01 3:21

True. The new year is new, it is current. I I'm very grateful that we get this kind of weather to mark this new year. It's kind of cool. It's like a new season announcing itself. So I'm excited about that. Y'all know we in Ohio, so from what I hear, that weather will break again and it is what it is. But at least we get a little bit of sunshine and warm weather. So I'm excited about that. Um, as for me, honestly, all I can say to y'all is I got a lot going on. So I'm a little overwhelmed, but in a good way. God is good. Um, the most high has blessed and continues to bless. So I'm grateful. And I feel like every time we get on here, I'm telling y'all I got a lot going on. So that's just my life. I have a lot going on, and I'm just juggling all of that, balancing that. Um, I'm having one of those seasons, one of those moments where I'm recognizing how quickly my son is growing. So just kind of like being happy about that and grateful and celebrating that, but also mourning my baby because my baby's not a baby baby anymore. And intentional time with him and learning his thoughts, and he has opinions and a sense of humor and uh taste. Like he's so particular about what he wears, and it's just he's sitting in on listening sessions with me. So he'll listen to beats that producers send me, or he'll listen to demos of mine, so long as they are appropriate for his age, because sometimes mama be talking crazy. Um, and he gives me his opinions, you know. I I put on my threads not too long ago. My son will be added as a co-writer on several songs this year. Nice about generational wealth and intellectual property that'll be passed on to him with his name on it. So I'm very excited about that. That's taken up a lot of not just my time, but my emotional landscape. Of course, working on the music, working on life, working on this body.

SPEAKER_00 5:25

Okay. Adi, adi, adi, adi, baby, this body is T.

SPEAKER_01 5:29

Shout out to Diane, my coach. Um, you know, for me, ushering and discipline in my life generally starts physically. Whether we talk about this on this podcast a lot, how fast, um, along with a host of other things that are more physical centered, if you will. So I've been with a personal trainer. The end of March will be two months. And my body looks amazing. I'm so proud of my body. I love my body so much. This body has carried me, has kept me, um, has honored me, even when I didn't honor it. You know, sometimes a nigga be tripping, you know, and and we all like the party. Weak. But my body still is still standing, still strong. Our bodies, we gotta give our bodies love and honor because they show up for us regardless. Um, so I've been showing up for my body, being very consistent with my diet and my workouts. And not only am I seeing the progress and it's making me happy, I'm excited about a long life. I claim that. I claim a long and healthy life. Um, I believe the most high will bless in alignment as I am doing all the things, take care of my body. So I implore you to do whatever you gotta do to take care of yours. But as far as my current status is, that's happening. I'm very happy about it. I'm very proud of it, and I'm very excited about it. I can't. Y'all ain't gonna know what to do with this summer body. I'm not gonna know what to do with the summer body. I might just lay down like nobody's ready. I'm just gonna go to bed. I'm I'm not ready to see it. Y'all not ready to see it. Night night. I don't know. Um, and then I think the last thing I'll speak on, um, I always chat with y'all about my readings. So I am almost through um The Conjuring of America. As I mentioned, there's been some episodes. I know we took a little break. So I'll remind you, I'm listening to that on Audible. I'm not a big Audible girl at all. But given my new schedule, I'm on the move a lot, and I really wanted to read this book. I just don't have time to just sit around reading books. I got stuff to do. As much as I would love to just sit around and read books. That would be a beautiful life.

SPEAKER_03 7:44

Man.

SPEAKER_01 7:46

So um I think I'm a little over halfway through. I might just be halfway through of The Conjuring of America on my Audible. I listen to it at work and when I'm driving and stuff. And I gotta tell y'all, I do indeed highly recommend it. It is a good read. There are some notes. I've taken some notes and I was trying to pull it up here. The Audible app is kind of cool because you can like do these clips and notes within the app to the audio you're listening to or whatever, like it'll take you right to that audio clip. Very cool. As much as I prefer to smell a book and flip the pages, it's kind of cool to be able to access a book in this way. But um, there are some things I don't really I want to share with y'all maybe next week, you know, as I continue reading. I am just know I've taken notes and clips and I'll be sharing some clips. Um because that shit is deep. It is deep. Uh one thing that really stood out to me um in what some of the earlier chapters is uh the um uh beauty, power, and science of alchemy. Alchemy itself is a science, you know. Um the ability, the gift to uh observe, to see a thing, to break it down and its elements, and uh kind of plug and play what needs to be accessed based on whatever the needs of the time or the being is. And uh the intricate uh process and beauty of doing that in everything. Like there's you can do that with your food, with your diet, you can do that with relationship, whether that's friendship or romantic, you can do that in healing, you know, herbs, botany, and all these things, um, home remedies and stuff. You can do that in goal setting, right? Like how you're gonna get from point A to point D in your goal list. It's all alchemy, baby. So I don't know. I've just been really like deeply meditating on that, but I'll pause that and come back to y'all on that a little later. But I think that's it. I don't even I don't even know, bro. I ain't heard shit about no news.

SPEAKER_00 10:15

Me neither. I was thinking real hard.

SPEAKER_01 10:17

That's why we was like, I was like, uh just been real locked into the grind.

SPEAKER_00 10:22

That's it.

SPEAKER_01 10:23

That's it, that's it.

SPEAKER_00 10:24

So we have been grinding, grinding, and it's gonna pay off. I'm excited to see this the seeds that we are planting, yeah, yeah, bloom, and then we're able to harvest and reap the benefits because I'm trying to tell y'all, me and my girl have been locked in, so locked in, and I'm proud of us.

SPEAKER_01 10:48

I'm proud of us too. I you know, I can't help but to say I just I feel like I could do better. I know I'm grinding my ass off, but I just feel like, damn it, I know I can do more, but gotta be gentle with myself. Like, you just can't do everything. You can't do everything in a day, you can't do everything in a year. Like, some goals require time. So there's a lot going on. There's a lot of hustling, there's a lot of working and planning, and there's a lot of healing. To be healing in the midst of building and doing things, like that's a lot. Yes, that's a lot. So grace upon us, and grace upon you if you are in that season of your life as well. So that's all I got for current. I ain't gonna even hold it. I'm not mad at that. I wish I had more for y'all, but that's life right now. That's life.

SPEAKER_00 11:34

I think last time we came and we were chatting, was I starting Song of Solomon by Tony Morse?

SPEAKER_01 11:41

Yes, you were. Did you start it? I mean, are you?

SPEAKER_00 11:42

I'm halfway through. It is so good.

SPEAKER_01 11:44

Oh, I was gonna ask you how you feel.

SPEAKER_00 11:46

It is so good. It's so juicy. It was I was not expecting.

SPEAKER_01 11:51

Oh, all her books is juicy.

SPEAKER_00 11:53

I can't wait to read to finish as I have some like I've been kind of guessing some things, wondering if like there's some foreshadowing. Um, you know, like meanings of names and things like that. I've been trying to figure out, but I'm excited to finish. I'm I'm very happy. I love reading fiction books, I love reading novels. That's my thing. Um, self-help is cool, you know, inspirational books are cool, but I love a good novel. I agree with you. Because I don't, it's like my TV. I don't really watch a whole lot of TV, so I've been snuggling up at night. It's like a series. Like, I've been like get on my couch, like, I can't wait to get home. My kids and all of a sudden, like, I cannot wait to get home to read the next part of my book. I didn't see what's on happening on episode five.

SPEAKER_01 12:41

It's good tea time.

SPEAKER_00 12:42

It's really good.

SPEAKER_01 12:43

Especially when you're a writer like um the Tony Morrison.

SPEAKER_00 12:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:48

It's written so poetically. And to your point, like a really because some TV is trash, and it's like, ugh, but like a really good series or something where you just be like, you ain't see that shit coming. Like when you used to be locked in on scandal or you know, any good show, uh House of Cards. I'm rewatching that right now. That's how a good book is. Like you read it, and I feel like it's a little better because your brain or your imagination is still like, oh my god, I've had to put books down. Like, I can't believe it, or just burst into tears. So I'm happy that you're enjoying it. I can't wait to see.

SPEAKER_00 13:22

It's given Tyler Perry in the in the novel. Okay. It's it's that offends me. I'm sorry, girl, but the it's so much crazy. I mean, it's incest all up and through.

SPEAKER_01 13:37

Um I mean that is crazy, it shouldn't be happening. That is crazy, but it's that was a reality.

SPEAKER_00 13:43

A lot of Tyler Perry be a reality, unfortunately.

SPEAKER_01 13:46

Yeah, but it's not told in a terrible way. It is not told like Tony Moore's.

SPEAKER_00 13:50

No, it's not.

SPEAKER_01 13:50

But it's not in a parent exploitation just a minute. Listen, this speaking of which Tyler Perry's he got a new season of what's it called? I just like he got a new book. He's getting a new I'm weak.

SPEAKER_00 14:09

Somebody get her back.

SPEAKER_01 14:11

Well, oh, I'm so weak.

SPEAKER_00 14:16

What's wrong with her? Somebody gonna get her.

SPEAKER_01 14:19

I just saw that in a photo of my head. I'm like, this is crazy, man. Um the new seed, the new season of Beauty in Black. I don't watch that.

SPEAKER_00 14:29

I don't watch Tyler Perry.

SPEAKER_01 14:30

It's a hot mess, of course, but I haven't watched it yet. Somebody, my mom was telling me, like, my mom's upset. She said, he has gone too far. You gotta win it.

SPEAKER_00 14:39

It's the moment it's going far. But I feel the same way about this book. I'm trying to tell you, I'm really reading it and I'm like, okay, this is this is getting crazy.

SPEAKER_01 14:52

But see, this is your first Tony Morrison book, right? No, it's not. What else? You you read Beloved. Beloved, which beloved was crazy. And beloved was absolutely dope to see Tony Morrison kind of explore uh spirituality, black spirituality, and all of that, and tie it into real history. That was very interesting. I'm gonna have to reread that. I read that when I was pregnant. That was crazy as me.

SPEAKER_00 15:21

That is crazy.

SPEAKER_01 15:22

I was wilding.

SPEAKER_00 15:23

But I saw Beloved the movie as a child.

SPEAKER_01 15:26

So I was not a fan. Some things I don't think need to become a movie.

SPEAKER_00 15:30

I like the movie. Beloved was crazy.

SPEAKER_01 15:32

I feel like something some things don't translate well to screen.

SPEAKER_00 15:37

I don't really remember a lot. I have to reread it because I read it a long time ago. Um but I had already saw the movie first. So I feel like, you know, it's whichever one you see first, you're always like comparing. So yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:53

Is there something weird in the news recently? I'm not even gonna try to brainstorm it. I feel like when we mentioned Tyler Perry, it made me think like something was happening, everybody was talking about, and I just but it's clearly not that important if I don't remember. So yes, well, that's that, y'all. We'll keep y'all updated on our reading list and uh all that jazz. You thinking?

SPEAKER_00 16:19

I am we didn't look we have listening letters? I know that's not right now. Okay, I'm like, we didn't discuss it beforehand. That's what's like uh prepared, not even gonna break y'all just gonna make sure.

SPEAKER_01 16:33

Good job. Um the sun drop box, you already know. We're just gonna the midst of our current events we're gonna go ahead and head to our sun drop box where we accept your um anonymous letters. I did see a um a DM on TikTok. Cute. And um I will go back and read that, and maybe we'll read that next week.

SPEAKER_02 16:55

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 16:55

But I mentioned that to say you are not limited to the sun drop box. You can DM us, you can email us at soul days the podcast at gmail.com. That's S-O-L-D-A-Z-E, T H E P O D C A S T at Gmail.com. Whatever way you want to get in touch with us, you can do that. And um, we're here. You can share advice, request advice, whatever you want to do. If you just want to, we had an open letter not two weeks ago that I I loved. I still think on that letter. Well written. I like that. Um yeah, and we might read it on air. So we're gonna get straight into this. I am holding the phone, so I am going to choose one. I don't know. Actually, y'all lie. I'm getting dashly. Why should I always do this? I'm overwhelmed. You know, I get anxiety. Y'all, I don't like I don't like too much going on. Like I hate Alyssa choices. Yeah, make it a good one so we can only do one. We can only have to do one.

SPEAKER_00 18:13

I'm just gonna read this long one because it's long and juicy looking.

SPEAKER_01 18:16

Let's do it. She said I'm gonna just read this one because hi Soul Days.

SPEAKER_00 18:22

Hi, my name is Keisha, and I have a personal question I need advice on. I've practiced celibacy now for two years. I went cold turkey after a bad situation ship, and it really has strengthened my self-control, helped me heal with clarity, and given me so much confidence, mind, body, and spirit. That said, I'm about to hump on this man if no one intervenes to stop me. Don't hump that man. I should not read this one. I shouldn't pick this.

SPEAKER_01 18:51

Stop humping on these niggas.

SPEAKER_00 18:53

I've been seeing this guy for about six months, and it is pretty perfect. He is kind, smart, successful, and fine as fuck. Dark chocolate, well-kept beard, hazel eyes, a strong six-foot one can pick me up. You talking too much, girl. Dotes on everything about me.

SPEAKER_01 19:12

Don't be telling everybody your man. You bitches ain't trustworthy.

SPEAKER_00 19:18

I mean, he really is everything I want, and I'm falling hard. He's aware I'm celibate and he's understanding of it, but he's of the mind that it's only fair if he's allowed to sleep with other people.

SPEAKER_01 19:28

Wait, what? So he he said, but he gotta he gotta fuck zone. Oh, okay. Basically. So they're just like an open relationship right now.

SPEAKER_00 19:38

While he waits for is what I'm gathering. Okay, wow. He doesn't want to deter me from my journey at all, but he doesn't want to be forced to abstain from something he wants either. I was actually cool with that so long as healthy boundaries were set and respected. Now I really want my man to myself, and I want us to share that intimate space. At the same time, I feel like I'm kind of just abandoning two years of extreme self-control, and I have mixed feelings on that. I also want to add that while I'm head over heels, I'm wondering if I'm abandoning too much of my list. You see, I made a list of non-negotiables, and while my man is the man for me, he also isn't on paper. My list called for a family man as I want a big family. My man is not that. He does not keep a close relationship with any of his family, and while he wants children, it's not high on his list as it is mine, which gives me pause. My list also called for a man who could respect and support my career goals and my desire to have a family. My man is pretty set on me being a stay-at-home mom once we decide to go that route, which I thought was kind of crazy, since he doesn't seem super eager to get the ball rolling anytime soon. My list called for a man of wait, for a man who is God fearing. My man has a relationship with God, but we are on different faiths, and I wonder how that will impact us down the line. I can go on, but this is getting long. So my questions are these. One, do you think I should go ahead and break my celibacy with my man? I mean, I do want to do it and I think he's my forever man, but with my other apprehensions, I'm like, am I tripping? Which leads me to my second question. Yes. Two, when is it too much compromise? Like if I make a list like Sierra, do I stick with it until the exact man comes? Or can I compromise if it still aligns? How do I know when the compromise is too much? Sorry, this is so long, but I appreciate any advice. Thank you so much. Can't wait to hear from you. Well, thank you, Keisha, for that very juicy long. Nah, I'm playing. It was very juicy. Um I'm gonna let you go, Laura, because this is crazy.

SPEAKER_01 22:02

Um, yeah, it's difficult for me because it's a lot. You say a lot, and so I'm trying to remember everything. But from what I can recall.

SPEAKER_00 22:11

So the first thing, should she break her celibacy? No.

SPEAKER_01 22:14

No, not I'm all about it. Like if you want to smash, smash. I'm all about women having autonomy over their bodies and do what you want to do. I'm saying no to you.

SPEAKER_00 22:22

Do what you want to do.

SPEAKER_01 22:24

Yes. What I just heard. And I and I also heard, you know, you said you really want to do it. I'm saying no because you just gave me a list of shit that don't make sense to me. And you said you could go on. You were it was already no disrespect. It was already long-winded. You gave me a list of things that you really not cool with. Let's just be clear about it. Like you're you're all that shit you listed, what did she say, y'all of different faiths, that the stay-at-home stuff? You listed a whole bunch of stuff, a whole list of things that you're you're uncertain about. So why would you bust it open for a nigga? You're you're at you might like him, he could be fine, pick you up, beard and all, but you're uncertain. Because it's not in alignment with what you want. So why would you fuck him? Make it make sense. Elroy. Shut up. So I just say that to say, I don't say not do it, you don't do it ever. I say you just need to, you need to go ahead and slow your roll and take your time. Keep taking your time. Then it why would you speed up now when things aren't even it? And then I'm not judging this because it's what y'all have going on, but you have this list of things that you're uncertain about or not alignment with your your list or whatever. Um, and to me, those those very much matter. And then you also mentioned that like y'all are in essence in an open relationship in that he's sleeping with other people. Again, you could be cool with that, whatever, but to me, this sounds like a a lot of stuff, a little messy.

SPEAKER_00 24:04

And it's only been six months. I wanted to go back and see that. She says, I've been seeing this guy for about six months. So no.

SPEAKER_01 24:14

What's your next question? The other question was what?

SPEAKER_00 24:17

When is it too much compromise? Like if I make a list, like CR, do I stick to it until that exact man comes, or can I compromise if it still aligns? How do I know when the compromise is too much?

SPEAKER_01 24:30

You know when a compromise is too much because it's too much. It costs you. It feels heavy, you're not happy, you're not at peace. It costs you things, it costs you your peace, it costs you your um confidence, et cetera, et cetera. It costs. You show up empty. I don't I don't know how if I believe in too much compromise. I think I want I envision for women claiming what they want and getting exactly what they want. I've seen it happen, I know it can happen, I I've had it happen. I think sometimes we get impatient. We do. And I think impatience shows up in a variety of ways. And um sometimes we get lonely.

SPEAKER_00 25:28

We get lonely.

SPEAKER_01 25:30

Uh uh uh thing I just started rocking. But um no, no, no, no, no, no. You just you need to be clear about what you want and um get it, get it, wait for it, pray for it, seize it. Because ain't no feeling like selling out your value or your standard for something that was not worth it, and you look back regretting it.

SPEAKER_03 26:06

Yep.

SPEAKER_01 26:07

Like, let's let's get out of that season of regret. I don't want that for none of my homegirls, like tomato, tomato, we tomato regret. No, we stand on business and we trust and believe that what we desire is already ours. That's all I gotta say, you girl. But don't you better not give him no damn pull nani. You wowing.

SPEAKER_00 26:28

Hollering. I agree with a little bit.

SPEAKER_01 26:30

I wish she also I wish she would have said what, just out of curiosity, it don't really matter, you know, because the fact that you even wrote into us mentioning it lets us know that it matters enough to you. It clearly bothers you, but I would have loved to know what y'all different faiths are because faith is important to people.

SPEAKER_00 26:52

Well, I agree with Lauren. I don't think you should break your celibacy. Um not for somebody that you've only known for six months, you've been celibate for two years. And then not only, you know, you've only known them for six months, in that short time, you have a list of red flags. And like Lauren said, you're uncertain about them. I feel like if you are gonna break your celiby for somebody, you need to be sure. Like you need to be sure. You don't want to regret it, you don't want to feel pressured. It almost sounds like you feel pressured, and I don't like that. And it sounds like you're trying to talk yourself into it.

SPEAKER_01 27:40

I agree. Like, where's that coming from?

SPEAKER_00 27:42

Well, because it happens, it happens. There are not a lot of men out here who are willing to wait for women to break their celibacy. There's not a lot of men out here who are willing to be in relationships with women who are celibate. I don't think it's anything wrong though. Um maybe I shouldn't be saying this, but I'm just being realistic and honest. I don't think it's nothing wrong with saying, I'm not giving you no pussy. I want to keep you around. If you want to go get it from somebody else, then do that.

SPEAKER_01 28:16

I don't think so either. I don't think wrong. Um I spoke on that in that I think on top of other things, that sounds like a lie.

SPEAKER_00 28:25

Yeah. But if we just in a situation like But I can tell she's uncomfortable with that even.

SPEAKER_01 28:30

Yeah, the fact that you something about your letter sounds you're uncomfortable overall. This doesn't sound like you should do none of this. It doesn't sound confident.

SPEAKER_00 28:38

I don't want to say that because I know what it feels like when you meet someone and they're a little bit different than your list that you made.

SPEAKER_03 28:51

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 28:51

And I think that a lot of times we do go back and forth about whether or not we should compromise or not even compromise, but just like you don't want to be too shallow, you don't want to be too strict on certain things that you miss out on a good partner because they didn't show up in your ideal package that you had in your mind, like, oh, I'm gonna be with whatever, whatever your list is. Certain things are non-negotiable though. And like if you know for sure, like my faith is important to me.

SPEAKER_01 29:33

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 29:34

So I need to be with a man that can match me in that area.

SPEAKER_01 29:37

Right.

SPEAKER_00 29:39

That may be a non-negotiable.

SPEAKER_01 29:41

I think you just hit the nail on the head there. I think you need to get clear about what your non-negotiables are.

SPEAKER_04 29:46

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 29:47

I don't think they're, to your point, I don't I don't personally think there's anything wrong with flexibility either. Like you got on your list, he gotta make six figures, and he's a little shy of that. Yeah. Okay, that's fine. Or I want somebody who is, they gotta care about fitness as much as me. That's an important thing to have if that matters to you. Um, but maybe you negotiate on that, you compromise on that. Like, well, he don't go to the gym at 5 a.m. like I do, but he's healthy, he's he does not eat red meat, he don't do this, he don't drink, whatever. We can do that. I think to your point, it's important to know you're non-negotiables. I think a lot of women have look at that ant. See? Time to spray that bug spray. Sorry, I didn't even mean to say that loud, but that just pissed me off. I hate bugs. Anyway, um I think a lot of women compromise too much. And I think you like you think back into the past, right? We we like, you know, the wait next hell era. And there was a certain, there have been certain times and waves where I think that became the idea of compromise, don't miss out on a good man, being too strict, became a little too laissez-faire and became to the detriment of women. So then women are excusing a lot of bullshit that you just should not be excusing just to say you have a partner.

SPEAKER_00 31:16

To come up empty-handed and yes.

SPEAKER_01 31:18

So I think you hit the nail on the head when you said non-negotiables. I think it's important to know what your non-negotiables are and stick to those. Yes. If you want to compromise on some other shit, that's cool. But we're not gonna compromise on the things that are that we've considered that we've claimed as non-negotiables because they're important.

SPEAKER_00 31:38

Yeah, and I think now I can't tell you what your non-negotiables are, but some of those things that you mentioned sound like very heavy hitters. Again, different faiths or believing in God or the same God sounds pretty heavy. That could be very problematic in the future. Um, wanting a big family and then getting with a man who doesn't want a family at all, or who's not close with his family, or doesn't value family, that could be very problematic and cause issues between the two of you. Um the career could be important to you as well. Like, that's something that I think I could be flexible or compromise on. But that's because I've done both. I've been a stay-at-home mom as well as been a career-driven woman, and I feel like I can bounce back in either one. So for me as a woman, that don't that's not like it don't have to be. But for some women, depending on who you are and what you value. Like I know Lauren, like she is very much about her career.

SPEAKER_01 32:54

I was about to say, like, that's where it comes in. It's like, so you need to sit down and think about your who you are. Some women, you know, imagine the CEO of a of a nonprofit that helps millions of dying babies. I don't see that woman being like, oh, because I love you, I'm gonna be a stay at mom. You it depends on you. What what what it's like I'm not going for you. If you never saw yourself being a stay-a-home mom, and that does not fit in your vision of yourself, trying to force yourself into a box that you never intended to fit into is going to cost you later. Yeah, we're talking about like that can breed resentment in a lot of different ways. Yeah, resentment towards yourself, your partner, your babies, life. Like, why do you do that? What else did she say?

SPEAKER_00 33:46

Uh those were the three. The faith. The faith, um, family, big family. Um, he doesn't keep a close relationship with his family, which could be a red flag.

SPEAKER_01 33:59

It could be. Well, you know, we just going off what you told us, but it could be.

SPEAKER_00 34:03

So yep, so I guess that's you just need to. I would encourage you to sit down and get very clear about what you want for you. Take him out of it. Just take him out of it for a second. And sit down and get clear on who you are, what's important to you, and what you want, and then you can decide how he does or does not fit into that. And one thing I like about me and my homegirls, I don't know how old you are, Keisha. I don't know if you're around the same age as us or not, but my homegirls and I are at a point where we are not negotiating or compromising on certain things when it comes to relationship. We are at a point where we have learned from our past mistakes, and we have learned from past relationships, and we've learned from ways that we have shown up or failed to show up, and we are holding ourselves and each other accountable when it comes to dating or entertaining other people and being sure not to go down those certain patterns and roles again. Like, and so I just I really encourage you. Six months don't sound like a long time, you don't even know him for real in six months to be trying to make these kinds of heavy decisions, you know what I mean? Just slow down, Keisha.

SPEAKER_01 35:32

Just slow down, look, and listen, girl. Them hormones they be moving. Yes. So if you if that's your hormones talking like, I got to figure this out because I want to fuck, and then do not don't be pushing yourself into nothing crazy with a man just because you want to fuck.

SPEAKER_00 35:48

Because if he really is your man like that, he'll wait. The right man for you should understand your vision and your boundaries and respect them and figure out a way to make that work. And I guess his compromise was like, well, I gotta go get it somewhere else. Some you might have to compromise with that. You might have to just let him go get his rocks off and not talk about it and whatever. But again, I don't want to focus on him. We focusing on you, the woman. Sit down, get yourself, get clear about what you want, what your non-negotiables are, and move in that way. So thank you though. Thanks for writing in, Keisha. And I do wish you luck. I will be praying for you because I respect any woman that is on a celibacy journey and is serious about that. And so I'm rooting for you. I really don't want you to break it for him. I want you to stick to your guns, and I think you'll find out a lot about him and how that shows up. Speaking from experience, she's so smart. I am yes, thank what was her name?

SPEAKER_01 37:02

Keisha. Thank you so much, Keisha. Um, you have a pleasant day. Listen, if you all want us to chat with you, like we just chat with Keisha, you know the vibes. Soul Daysapodcast at gmail.com, slide in our DMs. The anonymous drop box, the sun drop box, it's accessible through our social media. Um, the easiest way to find it is through Instagram. So head over there, click the little link, you'll see anonymous submission box, something like that. Drop it in there, and we might read your letter on air. We thank you all so much for your time and support. It is truly value and appreciate it. We're gonna take a very, very small break. I mean, huh, like that. We'll be right back. Don't go away. I was gonna try to sing, y'all, but I performed last night. My voice is done. I had to stop. Soul days, we've returned. Oh, and a beautiful soul day it is. We're gonna get into the golden time of day. The golden hour.

SPEAKER_00 38:22

Okay, okay, okay.

SPEAKER_01 38:26

And today, y'all, we won't be long-winded, but it's all about the real, the proper new year. We are celebrating it, we are basking in it, we are preparing for it.

SPEAKER_00 38:38

We are grateful for it.

SPEAKER_01 38:39

We are grateful for it. We're swan diving into it.

SPEAKER_00 38:42

You look so a happy girl. You look happy as hell, y'all. I got my dress on, my toes.

SPEAKER_01 38:48

And her hair looks amazing. The hair, I can't stop talking about it. I know, you haven't. Thank you so much for it. I can't I can't even lie. Um, but I digress. We are we're happy about these uh these new flowers that are blossoming. And um, I feel like for both of us, this is like our season to come alive. Like, I know we have our you like certain seasons. I I love a good September going to fall. But my point is this particular time, I think we can agree it's like a very special, special time.

SPEAKER_00 39:22

So I usually get pregnant during this season.

SPEAKER_01 39:26

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 39:27

I do. Um I just be too happy. That's that. You know that's how I'm frolicking and doing cartwheels and it ends up on the dick. Somebody come flicking, I'm flipping, I'm flinging. Kinda.

SPEAKER_01 39:44

That's hilarious. But um, but I mean hey, it is what it is.

SPEAKER_00 39:47

It's just a beautiful time.

SPEAKER_01 39:49

Well, we'll talk about uh we'll we'll speak, we'll alchemize that into fertilizing fertilizing goals, yes, fertilizing travel, fertilizing moving, okay? It's not my alchemy baby. Um so I want to kind of backtrack and walk us into this new year. We just close out Mercury retrograde. Yes, y'all can see y'all can hear the niggas outside right now. Everybody's happy. They're outside, they the music blasting, the cars is broom vrooming. It's what's up. Um we have just recently departed a Mercury retrograde.

SPEAKER_00 40:28

Hallelujah.

SPEAKER_01 40:29

In Pisces, if I'm not mistaken. There were a few other planets in retrograde that I'm not aware of. Off the top of my dome, but I have followed it. As well as a great deal of planets being in Pisces. Pisces is a water sign. Um Pisces, we're the last of the zodiac, so we have a little bit of every zodiac in us, it is said. Some would call us the wisest of the zodiac as a result of that, but I digress. Um that don't make shit easier, but I digress. Smack Brad. There has been a great deal of celestial activity that has affected our mental, spiritual, and emotional states of being, no doubt. Um we can both touch and agree that the last few days, as Mercury was getting itself together to go direct, the universe has been wilding. When I tell you over the course of this retrograde, I have received wild information, clarifying information, informing and aligned information that I was not looking for. And I dreamt it. I dreamt it first. It was the dream first. And I was looking around like, what's going on? Something happened. And everything just started bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop, bop. It was crazy. And when I tell y'all last night, mind you, we are we just fresh out of retrograde now. Last night, I just had a culmination of manifestation of so many different figures and beings in my presence that were it was so my point is none of this is a coincidence. If you have been running into people or thoughts and feelings, like it's not a coinky dink.

SPEAKER_00 42:24

And what is that? Like, we dreamt it. Well, we're different. I know, I know, but I'm just saying, like And some of you are too.

SPEAKER_01 42:31

Some people dream. Some of we all have our own spiritual and celestial gifts.

SPEAKER_00 42:35

But I'm just saying that, like, we dreamt that's crazy. What is that about? But you know what? It's not crazy. It's not crazy. But I'm just saying, like, what is that?

SPEAKER_01 42:48

So I read today that the veil is super thin. You know, you know, um, we know, but if you don't know, that veil between the mundane and the spirit world, celestial things and things and realities, it sometimes it is thinner and sometimes it thickens. Kind of like uh the womb of a woman. Yep. I mean, how can how can y'all not look at God as feminine? I'm sorry, but I digress. Um right now we're in a space where that veil is thin. So I I believe that when that veil is super thin for people with gifts like ours, both the dreamers, the the prophets, the uh the seers, whatever your gifts are in that space, we get hyperactivity. It's more intense, it's a little more frequent, and or it's clearer, like you dream something and it happens to the T kind of thing.

SPEAKER_00 43:42

And that's why my friends, like, is it just that the veil is thin, so you're just now like you're able to see into the future a little bit, or is there meaning and purpose? I think both.

SPEAKER_01 43:53

It's both. I think I think it I mean I can't speak for everybody. I do think it depends on who you are, where you at. I think that's a lot of new. Nuance to that, but we're talking about what we know where we at. Right. Hell yeah. Hell yeah, there's nuance in meaning. I was reading today about that veil being thinner and um about what to do with what you're feeling and seeing, how how to understand it. And I thought that was very deep. Because I think sometimes things come into our our space, and some people misinterpret what it means. You know what I mean? Like just because you dream about somebody does not mean you're supposed to be with them, or you're supposed to reconcile. Um we all have our own unique rites of passages, um, our own unique lessons. And sometimes these situations and and these points in time are simply putting a mirror up to us, or maybe it's not even a mirror, maybe it's just pulling the layer back to say, you have a choice now. This is what's happening. You can continue in the same way, or you can go down a different path. Very Alice in Wonderland. You know what I'm saying? We all Alice's in different wonderlands, you know what I'm saying? And using our free will, what a blessing and a gift. We don't talk about free will enough. We don't talk about free will enough.

SPEAKER_03 45:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 45:26

We really don't. It's that's a holy thing. I'm gonna meditate on that more uh later on in the year. But um, using our free will to choose ourselves and to choose something better for ourselves. So um, as of today, as of right now, as we're speaking, all the planets are direct. We back on regular footing for a minute. Nice. And that's gonna feel good, but make sure you are using the lessons you I pray y'all was paying attention doing y'all retrograde and doing all that crazy celestial shit that was going on, and that you take it and you use it wisely. Use it wisely. It's a good time. And you know what I think my point, let's wrap this up in the way to go in our subject properly. I brought all that backstory up to say I think it is not a coincidence at all, but so amazing and powerful that all this shit happened and did its thing or whatever, and all ceased and settled to move forward right on time with the new year. This was not like, oh, we had retrograde uh two weeks ago and now the new year. It's all happened at once. That's a lot of fucking energy.

SPEAKER_00 46:35

It is. It is. That's all I got to say, y'all. Ushering forth new energy. Mm-hmm. So let's get into that. A lot of people do not know that this is the original new year. So I just want to get into like some of the history of that and explain what we mean because I'm always shocked by how many people just it's not common knowledge, as as common as we think. So um I had a little history lesson for you all. This is one of my favorites. So um back in 1582, France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, and um the reason for that was Pope Gregory the 13th um changed it from the solar year, and I think it has something to do with his birthday or something like that, but that's where we get April Fools from. This is how I I found this out a long time ago. Yeah. So we get April Fools from this. It used to be that April 1st marked the new year on the calendar.

SPEAKER_03 47:51

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 47:52

Which sometimes it gets kind of close. You know, we're only like what 10 days out or nine days out from that. So it it gets sometimes it does fall. Um Spring Equinox closer to April 1st. Um, but anyway, if you were someone who still celebrate the new year, because you know, a lot of people were like, we're not just about to change our new year just because this Pope done came and changed the calendar. And if you go, I want you guys to look it up. If you look it up, if you look up the calendar from 1582, there are 10 days that are missing. They skipped from October 5th to October 14th. Like just like today's the 5th, tomorrow the 14th. Just to let you know time, how much time is an illusion and how they've been playing with time for a very long time. Um, but there were a lot of people who were still celebrating the new year on April 1st. And so when it came up, you know, a lot of people would joke and make jabs and kind of heckle them, like, oh, y'all are fools, like this is not the new year anymore. So that's really where April Fools came from. But the new year dates back even before that, you know. The what is it, the astronomical or astrology. Astrology in astrology, the first zodiac sign is Aries, right? Yes, because you're the last. Pisces is the last, so Aries is next. Aries is the first one because that was the new year. We're coming up on Aries season very soon. And then if we want to go even further back, um in the Bible, back in biblical days, um, this is called the month of Abib. So if you go to Exodus um 12 and 2, um, the Most High declares the month of Abib to be the new year. And it was signified about um that's when he released the children of Israel from the bondage of Pharaoh and brought them out of Egypt. So he made that a new year as well. Which is really, if um, if we go back now that I'm saying that out loud, we're talking about being released from certain cycles and the bondage of certain cycles. I didn't think I didn't even know I was about to go there. Being released from certain bondage and certain cycles right before the new year is crazy. She about to cry. Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.

SPEAKER_01 50:23

When you're saying I'm loud, I'm a cry.

SPEAKER_00 50:24

I did not know. I didn't know. I that blew me away when I was just saying it was like I had a whole epiphany. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for releasing us out of bondage. Thank you for releasing us out of certain cycles. Even when we wanted to keep clinging to it, it's time for some new things. I didn't know I was gonna knock you out like that. That's what they say. The word is a two-edged sword. I don't know, I don't slay my girl. Oh shoot. So, yes, this is the month of Habib. That is the new year, and Habib literally means an ear of corn or newly ripened grain, signifying the springing forth of a new life. So I've always known that January 1st just didn't feel natural anyway to be calling a new year. You're still in the dead of winter, shit is dead. Don't nothing feel new about it. Like you would still snowing, it's still cold, still ugly. Um, you know, we gotta respect it because the powers that be says that that's the new year calendar, new year. But this feels new. Spring comes around, everybody coming out, the animals is out, the birds are back out, the bugs are back out, everybody is out. Like, oh, we made it, y'all. We made it out of bondage, we made it out of Egypt. It's a new year, it's a new time, and so this is a great time to align yourself and to submit to the higher power, to submit to what's going on in the universe, to submit what's going on in the world celestially, um, even just in the natural world, you know, the animals are submitting, the the trees are submitting, everything is submitting to the natural flow of things. So I encourage everyone to do the same. Those New Year's resolutions that you made in January that didn't quite stick, this is the time. This is the time to start them or to restart them.

SPEAKER_01 52:39

I thought about um, I think I did it, but I don't know. I'm pretty sure. Like when I went into my New Year's resolutions for the Gregorian calendar, I thought of it and envisioned it as a uh a test run.

SPEAKER_00 52:53

Preparation.

SPEAKER_01 52:54

Yeah, yeah. It was like a a pre-plan. Yep, yep. And um, I think I was telling you today or yesterday, because you are my sister, looking at my first quarter reflection, I felt like I really didn't, I didn't accomplish the goals I set, but I but I did things in alignment with them. And so going into this second quarter, I'm like, I want to get a little stricter. It was like data collection, as you would say. Yep. I felt like those that first quarter I was collecting data, like what can I really do with what I have to get to where I want to be? And now I feel I do feel a lot more equipped going into the second quarter to be a little more effective. So I I think that is a I we'll revisit this at the end of the Gregorian year, but I think that might be a powerful way to look at things, like that New Year's resolution at the end of you know, December, going to January. Make that a pre, like a practice run or like a school, what do they call them? Like pre-test or whatever.

SPEAKER_00 53:49

Yeah, yep.

SPEAKER_01 53:50

And then really usher things into fruition for the property.

SPEAKER_00 53:54

That's exactly how I did it. Yeah. Like, because I knew I'm like, I'm not, I felt the push just because it was like it was what was going on and the calendar was changing, and you know, um, the fiscal year. So I wanted to get that kind of stuff in order, but I knew I wasn't like putting too much pressure on myself. Like, I'm like, when that spring comes, I know I'm gonna spring forward, spring into action. Okay, so let's that it this is the time. Use this energy, this new energy, this new weather, this new feeling to catapult and spring forward. I don't call it spring forward for nothing. Yeah, it's spring forward. So just a little history lesson on that. Um, this is literally the real original new year. Whether you are going by astrology, whether you are going by biblical times, whether you're going by the calendar that we used to follow. It's all aligned. Y'all know how I feel about alignment. When I see alignment everywhere, I'm stamping it truth. That means that makes it true for me. Like everybody is not gonna be aligned for nothing. Um, so yes, it's the new year. We on some new shit, new ideas, new patterns, new goals, new cycles, new responses.

SPEAKER_04 55:17

New responses.

SPEAKER_00 55:18

New responses. I'm so happy about that. So happy. And grieve. Grieve, what was?

SPEAKER_01 55:26

Don't you need to need to. Y'all know grief ain't got no timeline. Nope.

unknown 55:30

Nope.

SPEAKER_01 55:30

It is what it is. Grieve. But as my therapist Jill would tell me, I shall tell you, deal in the facts. Sometimes we get in our heads and things get a little loopy. Because we letting emotions rule. Emotions can be what they are, feelings can be what they are. But deal in the facts and move accordingly. The niggas out, y'all. Hold on. Let's get on one of their bikes.

SPEAKER_00 56:01

You know what?

SPEAKER_01 56:02

These braids, let them braids go on a win. Um, I when you said what you had said, I thought about our nervous systems. And um we are we honestly are conditioned to ignore them because it works out for society. But tap into it. Your nervous system really be letting you know when some shit ain't right. Like this, I do not feel safe.

SPEAKER_00 56:29

Keisha.

SPEAKER_01 56:30

Mm-hmm. I do not feel secure. I I feel uncertain here. Listen to it, listen to it. So maybe make that something on top of your list for for this new year. I don't know. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 56:45

Side note, we're watching B. Mary Jane in the background. You know, Lauren always should stream in some black cinema. Can we get back to that? She looks so good. Gabrielle Union looks so good.

SPEAKER_01 56:57

Fine shit.

SPEAKER_00 56:58

The the makeup was natural and light. The sew in was popping. No, ain't no lace front, you know crazy makeup. Like, she just looks so good and natural. I just want us to get back to that. I she looks great, and I can't wait for that kind of fashion to return. That's all. I know that was random, but she looked good.

SPEAKER_01 57:24

What are um some of your New Year's resolutions? Maybe top three.

SPEAKER_00 57:38

Health and fitness is at the top, which I started in January. Um and I'm going to continue with that. It's time to up it a notch, because like I said, it was just like a little pre-trial. So um eating clean or always eat clean, but cleaner, cutting out, you know, sugar and dyes and you know, excessive alcohol, all of that. Um staying in the gym at least three days a week. Um all that. Everything around health and fitness, that's one, my main one. You said top three?

SPEAKER_01 58:26

Yeah. Or just that one. I don't care. I just want to know some of it.

SPEAKER_00 58:29

I know that's at the forefront because I'm on the big mind, body, soul alignment. I think taking care of your body affects a lot more than just how you look, how you feel, how you think. Um helps with the clarity of your vision. Both your vision and the visions that you're given. Um, so that's my like main one, I think. Um there's some things that I'm doing with finances that I am working on, getting my finances in order. Um, certain like planning with that. And those are kind of like that is a stepping stone for like a next step, which I'm not sharing with everybody right now. But yeah, so um business and finance, uh some some things, some things I'm tweaking with my businesses and everything. Um and then I have some motherhood goals and um resolutions as far as like being more intentional, carving out some intentional time. My daughters, like you say earlier, they are getting older. I do not have babies anymore. I have young women, little young women. So I just have some different, you know, goals that I've set around motherhood as well for myself and then the way that our family looks and the way we execute those things. Um and I'm gonna add another one. We we talked about um reading. I'm back, I'm back on my reading kick. I've been seeing a lot of other people too. My sister has been reading, her friend been reading, it's been a lot of reading going on. Yeah, so just up in that because sometimes I can fall off and not read for a while just because life begins so busy. So I just want to carve out the time. That's so I'll do five, that's my fifth one. Making sure I carve out the time to do the things that are important to me and that I enjoy. Um, so being intentional with my time and framing out like what that looks like. Make sure I have enough time to rest, make sure I have enough time to um, you know, to work out, make sure I have enough time to cook, have time to spend with my children, like all the things outside of work, because I feel like we're gonna make sure we work, you know what I mean? We're gonna make sure that that happens, and then sometimes everything else is just like, oh, if I get to it, or I never got to it because I was tired from work. And so I want to just be intentional about carving out the time to do the things that hold high priority in my life. What about you?

SPEAKER_01 1:01:21

Fitness is definitely the top. Yes, um, health, wellness, fitness, and I love that made me warm inside my heart chakra because it's become a lifestyle change.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:34

Yes.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:34

Like my body, I have a physical response if I do not make time to work out. I have a my taste for things has changed. Like I might have a little cheat meal, want to go out, have a steak here. I haven't had it in a while, but you know, I might want to do that.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:01:49

Um, but generally my diet is very consistent and clean and in alignment with the vibration that I am ushering into my existence. So that excites me. Because soon that won't have to be like a resolution. That's just my life. Financial wellness and or stability and or abundance. Finance finances are at the forefront. Especially as an artist. Um, I feel like that's something that artists struggle with generally because art to do anything in our craft, it takes money. But when you work in a nine-to-five, it takes away from your time to do your art. So again, like I said earlier, alchemy with everything, putting everything where it needs to be. So that is where I actually would put that before fitness at this point. Just figuring out again how I plug and play certain things. And then you know, I struggle with actually listening to third one. I might leave with that too. Like I said already, I already mentioned certain things with family and my son and whatnot, and being more present and whatnot. But I think if I had a third one, my spirit keeps yelling at you, you, at me. And I don't know what that because everything is associated to me, the wellness associated to me, the finance is associated to me, but I still want to say for this last one, it's me. Like just choosing me.

SPEAKER_04 1:03:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:03:25

Oh, maybe that is what it is. Making choosing myself a practice, and that comes day by day. Like, maybe a homie wanna go out and I want to read, choosing me in that situation. Or even like sometimes, like sometimes choosing you looks like it might look a little irresponsible to some other eyes. Yeah. Like, say you got paid, and you know you down in the dumps, and your nails look a mess, your toes look a mess, but the credit card bill due. I'm not telling y'all not to pay your credit card bill due. I'm just saying, like, sometimes choosing you looks like, all right, I'm gonna pay that $15 late fee, and I'm gonna get my nails and toes done because I need to.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:03

Or I'm walking around being down in the dumps, and you're ugly too. I can't be feeling like that.

SPEAKER_01 1:04:11

I was not expecting her to think that like that at all, but she preaching. No, seriously. Or a lady like, I'm gonna choose to get my hair done and then figure the rest out next week. Yeah. So I will be exploring what that looks like, but I think my third would be choosing me. Because I'm not, I was sharing with someone last night. Um don't nobody know me like I know me. And I know there's a per there may be perception that we all have perceptions of us through other people's eyes. I know that people have perceptions of me just because of what I do and how I do it. And I'm so happy I can move you on stage, baby. But that's not who I am, that's a part of who I am, that's what you know. But the things that bring me joy, I am a stone cold nerd. I love research into it, I love reading, I love making teas. Damn, I didn't restock my apothecary this making. I gotta wait until next week. But I like making teas, brah, binge watching shows. I just like stuff. I like I like doing stuff. I don't know. So that's what choosing me is choosing to do my nerdy, quirky, lonely shit. And that is okay. So I think that's it for me. I'm sure that list will change. I got my um, I got a little poster board today to start a new vision board for the second quarter and for the new year proper. And I'm excited to get creative. And whimsy has been my buzzword. Whimsy. And I'm gonna I think I'm gonna go ahead and usher in uh mysticism. But right now, whimsy is my buzzword. I want whimsy in everything. I want whimsy in my walks, whimsy in my conversations. Like we had a I think we had a whimsical weekend. We did. It was a beautiful weekend.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:18

It was a beautiful weekend. So happy.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:21

So yeah, and I think that's important, right? Because it ushers us into the week with whimsy. I don't want to, I hate that fucking Sunday scary feeling and thought. Mm-mm. We're going, we got Sunday whimsy. Sunday whimsy. Whatever the fuck. So yes, we hope that you all usher some whimsy into your life. Um, that this new year is bright and powerful and beautiful for you. And that love and life finds you. Eat with ease. I think that about does it, girl.

unknown 1:06:57

Cool.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:59

We're gonna take a small break and be right back with our affirmations. Don't go away. Alright, we're back. And we gotta go.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:16

We gotta go outside before it rains.

SPEAKER_01 1:07:18

Yeah, like I see the sun is kicking itself back out now. Y'all we gotta we gotta go. I want to do some whimsical we gotta do some whimsical, cool things. Y'all know how we end every episode. Me and Essie were just, I'm like, we gotta lose y'all. I'm trying not to let we got Mary Jackson in the background and some very crazy shit just happened and we both were just like, and I was trying not to have a reaction, but now y'all are part of it. But I digress. We're here every Sunday at some time. Okay? We're gonna get a little more consistent when figuring it out. But right now, every Sunday, you can catch Soul Days across all streaming platforms. Again, if you have any advice you want to send or you want to seek advice, whatever, open letter. Just want to talk to us. Souldaysthepodcast at gmail.com. The sun drop box is available by available, uh, what available by anonymous link across our week, social media, or you can just slide in our DMs, it's whatever. And um, just thank y'all for y'all support. It's very cool when y'all be like, oh the hell y'all are. That's what's up. We we're grateful you enjoyed listening to us. And again, if you have if you got any topics you want us to chat about, hit us up. It's it's no smoke, baby. It's all Gucci. With that being said, we're gonna close out with our closing affirmations. Let's do this. Everybody, close your eyes. For real, though. Close them. Center yourself, silence those things around you. You know, like just silence the noise for a little bit. Y'all always in noise, every day, all day. Tap into the silence. Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth. Real deep. Inhale again, deep through the nose. And exhale through the mouth. One more time, visualize yourself inhaling all those things that you are manifesting for this beautiful new year. All that love, light, and glory and power and beauty. Hold it, hold your breath. Bring yourself to this present moment without a doubt. Hold it, hold it, and now exhale, releasing all that clutter and mess that might be taking up space. Old attachment, old relationship, old belief systems, it's gone. You just breathe that shit out. You got a clear space for manifestation and receiving. And with that, if you feel so inclined, repeat after us.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:59

I am aligned with the new year, the new energy and new things. I am no longer in bondage, but I am free. This year I respond differently. I respond better and I respond with me in mind.

SPEAKER_01 1:10:37

That's really good. I release what does not serve me to make space for what does. I joyfully look toward my future with excitement and expectation of abundance, of prosperity, peace, and all things good. I do. I'm excited about it.

SPEAKER_03 1:11:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:12

I love and I am loved. And so it is.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:22

I say it is so.

SPEAKER_01 1:11:25

Well, y'all, that about does it. Until next time, love, light, and life. While we are apart, peace.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:34

Shalom, shalom, okay.