Meanwhile, She with Aisha Beau

Episodes

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  Never Treat a Man as a Financial Plan with Danica Nelson 11.08.2026 1h 9m

  What if rest and freedom aren't luxuries you have to earn over 40 years — but line items you can budget, plan, and take right now? This week I sit down with Danica Nelson, a Toronto-based money educator and founder of Liberty Leave, the platform teaching women how to fund career breaks and sabbaticals without going broke. Danica grew up in social community housing raised by a single mother, put herself through university debt-free, and then engineered her own six-month solo sabbatical through...
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  The Six-Figure Rule That Built a 7-Figure Business with Amber Mayfield Hewett 04.08.2026 1h 28m

  What if the follower count everyone said mattered… doesn't? This week I sit down with Amber Mayfield Hewett — event producer, founder of To Be Hosted, author of Your Turn to Host, Forbes 30 Under 30, and the woman behind the New York Times–covered Central Park picnic 'To Celebrate Black Life and Leisure.' At 33, Amber is the youngest guest we've ever had on Meanwhile, She, and she's built a seven-figure event production business with clients like Pinterest, Spotify, Peloton, and Pepsi — all w...
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  The Real Luxury Is Owning It, with Beverly Beal 28.07.2026 1h 15m

  What if real luxury isn’t simply being able to afford more—but owning enough of your life that no one else gets to decide what happens to it? This week I sit down with Beverly Beal, an intellectual property attorney, founder of Fine Line Non-Alcoholic Spirits and GiftBiz, and part of the family behind a growing community coffee shop in Detroit. Beverly has never been especially interested in following the timeline handed to her. Her philosophy is “delusion over doubt,” and beneath the humor a...
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  The Real Privilege Wasn't Money, It Was Being Allowed to Stay Creative with Andrea Lewis 21.07.2026 1h 35m

  What if the greatest privilege you could give a child isn't opportunity — it's being allowed to stay creative? This week I sit down with actress, filmmaker, and creator Andrea Lewis — Degrassi's Hazel, the mind behind Netflix's The Black Beauty Effect, and now the creator of Glam Culture, her regional beauty docuseries. Andrea moves through the world with a rare kind of peace about her own timeline, and this conversation is a masterclass in what that actually looks like in practice. We get in...
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  Landing Your Dream Career Without Code-Switching with Chee Smalls 14.07.2026 1h 40m

  How do you build the career you actually want—inside an industry that was not exactly built for you—without softening who you are to fit inside it? Chee Smalls has spent fifteen years answering that question. She is Senior Director of Product Development at Coach, a style voice, and a content creator. She is also a Harlem girl who has never—not once, not in a single meeting, not in a single boardroom—code-switched a day of her career. That refusal is the whole conversation. In this episode, w...
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  Motherhood Is Harder Without Money with Tenicka Boyd 07.07.2026 1h 30m

  Tenicka Boyd was 21 years old and a new mother when she took a job working for President Obama. Nineteen years later, her daughter is a college junior living in Japan, Tenicka is a fashion voice, former ACLU staffer, and one of the most self-possessed women I've had on the couch. She is also refreshingly honest about the parts of her story most women tuck away. In this episode, we get into the conversation Tenicka is best known for online—the honest one about money and motherhood. What it mea...
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  I Knew My Daughter Was Autistic Before Her Doctor Did with Asia Cabello 23.06.2026 1h 17m

  We don’t talk enough about what happens to a woman when she has to fight for her child to be heard. Asia Cabello is here to put it on the record. This week, Aisha sits down with content creator Asia Cabello — mom of three, longtime partner to Dwayne Cabello (whom she met at 13), and one of the most honest autism advocacy voices on the internet—for a conversation about the years that nearly broke her and the ones that rebuilt her. Asia walks us through what it took to get her daughter diagnose...
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  Single, Happy, and Done Waiting, with Allure’s Jessica Cruel 16.06.2026 1h 28m

  We’ve been taught that adulthood doesn’t really begin for women until we’ve found a husband and had a baby. Jessica Cruel is here to push back on that — and she has the research to back it up. This week, Aisha sits down with Jessica Cruel, Editor-in-Chief of Allure magazine and the author of the forthcoming book Single Happy Female, for an honest, layered conversation about what it actually looks like to build a full life without waiting on partnership to start living it. Jessica is clear: sh...
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  Your Talent Alone Won't Get You There, with Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins 09.06.2026 1h 5m

  We're taught that if we put in the work and the talent is there, the opportunities will come. Ashley is here to tell us about the other half of that equation — the one most people aren't honest enough to name. This week, Aisha sits down with her dear friend, sorority sister, and Howard alum Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins—actress (Dear White People), former host of OWN's Trials to Triumphs, and soon-to-be author—for an honest conversation about access, the doors that opened her career, and w...
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  Individuality in the Age of Algorithms, with Fashion Creator Tiffany Battle 02.06.2026 1h 34m

  What does it actually take to stay yourself in an industry that rewards sameness? This week, Aisha sits down with Tiffany Battle — fashion creator, creative director, storyteller, and one of the original voices in fashion blogging — for a conversation about what it really takes to build a creative life on your own terms. Before she launched The Werk! Place in 2012, Tiffany was a chemical engineer at a major semiconductor company. Six years in, she made the decision to leave stability be...
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  People Are Afraid to Be Seen Trying, with Fashion Executive Tiffany Reid 12.05.2026 1h 23m

  Fashion used to be built behind the scenes. Before influencers, before front row became content, there were editors pulling all-nighters, sleeping under desks, forecasting trends, and shaping culture long before social media existed. This week, I’m joined by Tiffany Reid — fashion executive, stylist, former SVP of Fashion at Bustle Digital Group, and one of the most respected voices in fashion media. We talk about what it was really like coming up in the magazine era as Black women, the...
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  How to Invest in Yourself First, with SheaMoisture's Brianna Wright 05.05.2026 1h 23m

  What does it actually take to be seen, selected, and supported in your industry? In this episode of Meanwhile, She, Aisha Beau sits down with Brianna Wright, Head of PR & Influencer Marketing at SheaMoisture, for an honest and insightful conversation on identity, access, self-investment, and what it really takes to stand out. Having worked her way through Unilever with intention and clarity, Brianna now leads one of the most influential and culturally relevant brand ecosystems for creator...
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  What's Scary Isn't Always What's Dangerous 30.04.2026 12m

  What if the thing that scares you isn’t the real danger? In this solo episode of Meanwhile, She, Aisha Beau Frisbey opens up about being laid off, ignoring her intuition, accepting what looked like the perfect opportunity, and eventually realizing that staying in the wrong place was costing her more than leaving ever could. She shares the story of choosing an uncertain leap into entrepreneurship, learning to trust herself again, and understanding the difference between what feels scary ...
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  What I Wish I Knew at 40, with Angelique Miles 28.04.2026 1h 7m

  What if your best chapter is still ahead of you? In this episode of Meanwhile, She, Aisha Beau Frisbey sits down with Angelique Miles for a candid conversation about reinvention, confidence, beauty, wellness, and becoming more yourself with time. Angelique reflects on her journey from music executive to wellness entrepreneur, the personal seasons that shaped her, and why women never have to accept fading, shrinking, or settling as they age. Together, they explore discipline, identity shifts, ...
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  Choosing Yourself Without Loving Your Family Less, with Alex Elle 21.04.2026 1h 46m

  What happens when the friendships you’ve outgrown no longer fit the woman you’re becoming? In this episode of Meanwhile, She, Aisha Beau Frisbey sits down with New York Times bestselling author Alex Elle for an honest conversation about friendship, self-worth, boundaries, and the courage to choose yourself without guilt. Inspired by her new book The Company We Keep, Alex shares why many women were never taught healthy friendship, how honesty can transform our relationships, and why “selfish” ...
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  Stop Waiting to Be Chosen, with Beauty Journalist Kayla Greaves 14.04.2026 1h 18m

  What does it look like to build a beautiful life… and still feel like you’re not fully experiencing it? In this episode of Meanwhile, She, Aisha Beau Frisbey sits down with award-winning beauty journalist Kayla Greaves to talk about creating your own opportunities, choosing yourself, and redefining what it means to feel good in your life. Kayla shares how she stopped waiting to be chosen in her industry—and instead created her own lane, using her voice, her expertise, and her platform to show...
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  From Waiting to Be Chosen to Choosing Myself 14.04.2026 13m

  What if the moment that broke you… was actually the moment you began to rise? In this episode of Meanwhile, She, Aisha Beau Frisbey reflects on the breakup that changed everything—not just in love, but in how she saw herself. From chasing validation and feeling unworthy… to choosing herself fully, this is a story about what it really looks like to rebuild your life from the inside out. Not overnight. Not perfectly. But intentionally. This isn’t just about heartbreak. It’s about the decision t...
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  For the Woman Who Wants More 14.04.2026 9m

  What if wanting more doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful… but aware? In this opening episode of Meanwhile, She, Aisha Beau Frisbey shares the real story behind this new chapter—why she walked away from Re-Written, what shifted in her life, and what it actually means to start over from a place of clarity, not chaos. This isn’t about reinvention for the sake of it. It’s about recognizing when your life has outgrown the way you’ve been moving—and having the courage to meet yourself at the next level....
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  Re-Written Archive: Big Beautiful Boundaries 25.03.2024 6m

  This episode is part of the Re-Written archive, originally recorded prior to the launch of Meanwhile, She. Setting direct, strong boundaries is your foundation to deeper self-love and respect. It’ll unlock your potential in ways you never could have imagined, and signal to those around you, that *you* matter. Re-Written: The Podcast with Aisha Beau is your weekly dose of all things self-love. Each episode is concise, and features uplifting yet actionable words of encouragement meant to ...
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  Re-Written Archive: The Journey from Dreaming to Doing 18.03.2024 5m

  This episode is part of the Re-Written archive, originally recorded prior to the launch of Meanwhile, She. Our dreams are magic. They’re what make us unique and set our life paths apart from one another. But too often they start and end as just fantasies, it’s time you make them a reality. Re-Written: The Podcast with Aisha Beau is your weekly dose of all things self-love. Each episode is concise, and features uplifting yet actionable words of encouragement meant to kickstart your day, ...