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Welcome to The UNKAGED™ Woman, the podcast where high-achieving Black and Brown women stop shrinking and start showing up fully as themselves.
Hosted by Brig Johnson, APN, MSNA, Master Coach Instructor, Nurse Anesthesiologist, and the Black Woman Thrive Architect, this is not another wellness podcast telling you to breathe and journal your way through burnout. Brig brings neurobiology, clinical insight, real lived experience, and the kind of truth most coaching spaces are too polished to say out loud.
Here is what nobody is telling you: you are not the problem. You are running patterns that were wired into you long before you had a choice, and those patterns are draining your health, your joy, your relationships, and your sense of self.
If you have ever:
- Hit every goal and still felt like something was missing
- Said yes when your whole body was screaming no
- Been the strong one so long you stopped knowing what you actually need
- Kept pushing because rest felt like a luxury you hadn't earned
- Made yourself smaller to avoid conflict at work, at home, in love
- Felt guilty for wanting more when everyone says you should be grateful
- Wondered why doing everything right still doesn't feel like enough
This podcast was made for you.
Each week, Brig gets into the survival patterns that keep accomplished women stuck, exhausted, and disconnected from themselves. And explores how to stop over-functioning, build boundaries that actually stick, and live in a way that matches the woman you have worked so hard to become.
This show is for the woman holding everything together while running on empty. The one who is done performing fine and ready to feel it for real.
You were never broken. You were just never given a framework built for you.
Welcome to UNKAGED™.
New episodes drop weekly. Visit https://brigjohnson.com/ to learn more about Brig Johnson and her coaching services.
Episodes
Oct 10, 2022
Oct 10, 2022
33 min
Visibility capacity is our ability to allow our full selves to be seen in our life and work.
When it’s out of alignment, it shows up as feeling stuck, uncomfortable, and lacking discipline and willpower. But when our visibility capacity is in full bloom, we stop sabotaging opportunities that shine a light on our brilliance and intentionally seek out and attract visibility opportunities that celebrate our true selves.
As high-achieving women of color, we have a sphere of influence where we feel very comfortable. However, on our journey to accomplish our epic shit, this sphere must grow and expand, which will elevate us to a new sphere, our epic zone, where we feel less comfortable. Becoming more comfortable requires us to increase our visibility capacity.
In this episode, I want to talk about recognizing our visibility capacity. Listen in as I share the three reasons you may have a visibility capacity and how to increase it. Let’s dig in!
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE —
- EP. 27 An interview with Dr. Koritha Mitchell, author of From Slave Cabins to the White House
- EP. 23 Emasculate...Is That Possible?
- EP. 22 When The Angry Black Woman Stereotype Follows You Home
- EP. 21 You're Angry, NOW WHAT
- EP. 18 Yes, I'm Angry and I'm a Black Woman, So what?
- Identifying White Mediocrity and Know-Your-Place Aggression: A Form of Self-Care by Koritha Mitchell
RESOURCES —
- Join the Group Coaching Waitlist for Deeply Rooted - https://www.brigjohnson.com/group
- Join the Next Breakthrough Master Class here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
- Register for the Next Melanin Hour here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
- Book a Breakthrough Call here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/Salescall
- Share Your Takeaways With Me - Write to brig@brigjohnson.com
LET’S GET SOCIAL —
Website - http://brigjohnson.com/
Oct 3, 2022
Oct 3, 2022
10 min
When it comes to your epic shit, have you decided that it's going to be hard?
I think we can all agree that accomplishing your epic shit is hard. It requires a great deal of self-responsibility and accountability. Not only that, but you have to be consistent in your new attitudes and behavior required to achieve your goals.
Starting and committing to your journey to your epic shit requires a lot of sacrifices.
Yes, queens, it's gonna be hard, and when we say that what we are really saying is this should be easy, but what happens if you know it's going 10 times more difficult than you ever imagined and you accept that and move forward anyway?
Listen in to hear how this change in your thought process can make a huge difference in your journey to your epic shit.
RESOURCES —
- Join the Group Coaching Waitlist for Deeply Rooted - https://www.brigjohnson.com/group
- Join the Next Breakthrough Master Class here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
- Register for the Next Melanin Hour here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
- Book a Breakthrough Call here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/Salescall
- Share Your Takeaways With Me - Write to brig@brigjohnson.com
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Website - http://brigjohnson.com/
Sep 26, 2022
Sep 26, 2022
22 min
Over the past four years, I have spent countless hours coaching high-achieving women of color to change their life and accomplish their epic shit. While I am clear on what I do and how I help people, I want to make sure that you are also clear on what I do and exactly how I can help you using coaching as a tool.
I know coaching is the thing that will help move you forward as a black woman and so in this episode, I am sharing exactly how I can specifically help you find and maintain a state of balance that literally change your life.
Press play to learn more.
RESOURCES —
- Join the Group Coaching Waitlist for Deeply Rooted - https://www.brigjohnson.com/group
- Join the Next Breakthrough Master Class here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
- Register for the Next Melanin Hour here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
- Book a Breakthrough Call here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/Salescall
- Share Your Takeaways With Me - Write to brig@brigjohnson.com
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Website - http://brigjohnson.com/
Sep 19, 2022
Sep 19, 2022
22 min
In a world that keeps preaching on and on about self-love, it’s hard to believe that self-love is not easy. In fact, self-love, much like other forms of love, takes work, time, and patience to cultivate.
We've been sold this bill of goods that says love should come easy and if you have to work for it, then maybe that's not love. Queens, I am calling BS on this. Listen, there's no autopilot for love. Self-love does not happen naturally and we must stop being judgmental and critical of ourselves based on this lie.
So, why is it so hard to love ourselves? Why can’t we just believe the books and the experts that tell us we are so much more than we feel we are? Well, I don’t have all the answers to why practicing self-love is so hard, but I do have some ideas on how you can start to cultivate this practice.
Press play and listen as I share how to learn to trust, accept, and love ourselves.
MENTIONED -
Maggie Reyes, Marriage Coach - https://maggiereyes.com/
RESOURCES —
- Join the Group Coaching Waitlist for Deeply Rooted - https://www.brigjohnson.com/group
- Join the Next Breakthrough Master Class here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
- Register for the Next Melanin Hour here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
- Book a Breakthrough Call here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/Salescall
- Share Your Takeaways With Me - Write to brig@brigjohnson.com
LET’S GET SOCIAL —
Website - http://brigjohnson.com/
Sep 12, 2022
Sep 12, 2022
1 hr 1 min
As high-achieving women of color, we know what it feels like to walk into a room and be the only one who looked like you. To be asked your opinion on a project that lacks diversity and inclusion. To frequently be asked to participate in conversations where the expectation is that your opinion speaks for all voices from your community. And not be able to talk about specific topics that are important to your culture because no one around you can relate from personal experience.
This is true for our guest today, my coaching client Karen Livingstone. After accepting a promotion to a high-level executive position and being the only person of color on the team, she decided to seek out coaching specifically for her career. However, during the search, she decided to instead get support in a more holistic approach that would not only benefit her career but her life in general.
Listen in to learn how this decision has amplified her confidence, self-trust, positive mindset, and internal safety.
GUEST INFO —
Karen Livingstone, Owner of The Personal Union Ltd.
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-livingstone-mcipd-13942a15/
Lemuel Findlay Supplementary School - https://lfss.org.uk/support-us/
RESOURCES —
- Join the Group Coaching Waitlist for Deeply Rooted - https://www.brigjohnson.com/group
- Join the Next Breakthrough Master Class here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
- Register for the Next Melanin Hour here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
- Book a Breakthrough Call here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/Salescall
- Share Your Takeaways With Me - Write to brig@brigjohnson.com
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Website - http://brigjohnson.com/
Sep 5, 2022
Sep 5, 2022
19 min
Queen, are you waiting to level up when you feel ready? Are you waiting to solve for everything that can possibly happen before you take the next step?
Listen, ready is not a thang! “Being ready” is a measure of whether we think we will fail or succeed at something, that is all. We can be the most prepped and primed version of ourselves and still not feel “ready” to take that next step. This is because readiness happens in our minds.
Don’t waste any more time waiting to be ready, press play to learn how to feel ready NOW and go after your epic shit.
RESOURCES —
Join the Group Coaching Waitlist for Deeply Rooted - https://www.brigjohnson.com/group
Join the Next Breakthrough Master Class here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
Register for the Next Melanin Hour here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
Book a Breakthrough Call here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/Salescall
Share Your Takeaways With Me - Write to brig@brigjohnson.com
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Website - http://brigjohnson.com/
Aug 29, 2022
Aug 29, 2022
9 min
Hey guys! Welcome back to the podcast. This is a super quick message because I wanted to get it in its rawest form.
To explain this point I will use the example of a purchase. When it comes to making a purchase, we often get really excited when we are able to get the hook up on that purchase or obtain it from a sale. Notice that in this scenario you experience a dopamine hit. This is because getting the hookup creates a feeling of pleasure and reward, which motivates you to repeat a specific behavior. Here’s the thing, repeating this specific behavior can actually keep us stuck.
So what would happen if we, as a people, normalize spending full price as much as we normalize getting the hookup the deal?
Listen in to learn how normalizing paying full price benefits us and getting the hook up keeps us stuck.
MENTIONS -—
Grab the replay of The Ultimate Freedom Webinar here -
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FMU_zZ3mx_a-zrcb19HYjfZsBULQ009QC1tPgk9Nrys/edit
Registration is now open! Submit an Application to Deeply Rooted here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/freedom
RESOURCES —
Join the Group Coaching Waitlist for Deeply Rooted - https://www.brigjohnson.com/group
Join the Next Breakthrough Master Class here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
Register for the Next Melanin Hour here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
Book a Breakthrough Call here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/Salescall
Share Your Takeaways With Me - Write to brig@brigjohnson.com
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Website - http://brigjohnson.com/
Aug 22, 2022
Aug 22, 2022
19 min
Have you ever felt that when bad things happen, that must mean that you are not a good person, like, karma has come to get you? And so you go on a search to find what is wrong in hopes of fixing it so that everything will be good again.
It’s like there is this hope in our wrongness. And it's not like, you feel wrong or something's wrong with you, it's more like you have a need to identify what that thing is so you can cure it and stop experiencing the discomfort that you have.
I want to dive into this because I think for some of us, this is key. Listen in as I share my theory on this hope in our wrongness and how you can use it for your empowerment.
MENTIONS -—
Grab the replay of The Ultimate Freedom Webinar here -
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FMU_zZ3mx_a-zrcb19HYjfZsBULQ009QC1tPgk9Nrys/edit
Registration is now open! Submit an Application to Deeply Rooted here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/freedom
RESOURCES —
Join the Group Coaching Waitlist for Deeply Rooted - https://www.brigjohnson.com/group
Join the Next Breakthrough Master Class here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
Register for the Next Melanin Hour here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
Book a Breakthrough Call here - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/Salescall
Share Your Takeaways With Me - Write to brig@brigjohnson.com
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Website - http://brigjohnson.com/
Aug 15, 2022
Aug 15, 2022
23 min
Most of us know that dopamine is called the seeking hormone, the feel-good hormone but did you know that dopamine can also be called the predictive hormone?
You see, dopamine is released, when the world meets our expectations or exceeds them. This is why in scenarios even if there’s a negative outcome, meaning an outcome that we didn't really want, we still get a splash of dopamine. This is when you’re like, ”I figured that would happen or see, I told you so, I knew this was how the world was.” The dopamine is released because you got what you expected. It reinforces that the world is as you predicted it to be and there's safety in that you know exactly how the world works.
This predictive side of the dopamine hormone is exactly why we often rejoice in things we shouldn’t because it feels so right. The problem is that it supports a story that keeps us at our current level. There is another story that we can receive dopamine from too. It’s the one where you create a different experience, uplevel your life, and do epic sh*t. Listen in to learn how.
MENTIONS -—
EP. 03 Playing Fetch - https://breakthroughwithbrig.podbean.com/e/ep-04-playing-fetch/
RESOURCES —
Join the Group Coaching Waitlist for Deeply Rooted - https://www.brigjohnson.com/group
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Share Your Takeaways With Me - Write to brig@brigjohnson.com
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Aug 8, 2022
Aug 8, 2022
22 min
How often do we push something to the side when we can’t decide on what to do or what we want, simply because we don’t want to own our decisions?
I invite you to consider where indecision could be showing up in your life and how the things you are pushing aside affect your capacity to move forward. Because Queen, there is a cost associated with indecision, and especially for black women, this cost is crippling.
Yes, we have been conditioned to not own our decisions but the ultimate reason why we don't own our decisions is that we have not owned our freedom. I really want you to understand this. This is key.
So let's talk about indecision, owning our freedom, and why we don't do it.
And if you want to discover the freedom formula and experience ultimate inner peace, I invite you to join me in a two-day masterclass happening on Friday, August 12th and 13th, both at 11 am CST. Go to www.brigjohnson.com/masterclass to register.
RESOURCES —
Join the Group Coaching Waitlist for Deeply Rooted - https://www.brigjohnson.com/group
Join the Next Breakthrough Master Class - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/calendar/BreakthroughMasterclass
Book a Breakthrough Call - https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/Salescall
Share Your Takeaways With Me - Write to brig@brigjohnson.com
LET’S GET SOCIAL —
Website - http://brigjohnson.com/