The Black Woman’s Stress Solution Podcast: discover the connection between Black women’s stress in work, love, and health—offering real solutions to help you stress less and thrive more!
 

The Black Woman’s Stress Solution Podcast: discover the connection between Black women’s stress in work, love, and health—offering real solutions to help you stress less and thrive more!

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Welcome to ”The Black Woman’s Stress Solution,” the podcast for ambitious black women who are navigating the complexities of success while striving for balance and well-being in their lives. Brig Johnson, your host and go-to coach for stress management, brings you insights, strategies, tools and a little bit of neurobiology to master mindfulness, self-improvement, confidence, and personal growth. With Brig’s guidance, you’ll learn how to become unstuck and manage stress effectively while pursuing your goals and dreams to create your EPIC shit. Each week Brig dives deep into the world of self-care, mindset shifts, and empowerment strategies tailored specifically for Black women in business and leadership roles. With a focus on self-awareness, confidence-building, and goal-setting, this podcast provides the tools and guidance needed to navigate the challenges of work, health, relationships, and modern life with grace and resilience. Whether you’re an experienced women boss or just starting your journey of self-discovery, this podcast is your go-to resource for becoming the empowered, confident woman you were meant to be. Brig addresses common questions and challenges faced by high-achieving black women, offering practical advice and actionable steps to help you unlearn and unleash to live a more balanced and fulfilling life. Examples of these questions are: *How can Black women effectively manage stress while juggling multiple responsibilities? *What are some mindfulness techniques specifically tailored for Black women? *How can Black women develop a positive mindset in the face of challenges and setbacks? *What strategies can Black women employ to boost self-confidence and self-esteem? *How can Black women set achievable goals for personal and professional growth? *What are some practical self-care practices that Black women can incorporate into their daily routines? *How can Black women navigate imposter syndrome and overcome feelings of inadequacy? *What role does self-love play in stress management and personal empowerment for Black women? *How can Black women overcome barriers to seeking help and support for their mental health? *What are some effective techniques for boundary-setting and prioritizing self-care in a demanding work environment? *How can Black women cultivate resilience and bounce back from triggers stronger than before? *What resources are available for Black women seeking mentorship, coaching, or community support? *How can Black women leverage their unique experiences societal bullshit and perspectives to excel in their careers and personal lives? *What are some common misconceptions about stress management and self-improvement for Black women, and how can they be addressed? *How can Black women balance ambition and self-care to achieve sustainable success and fulfillment? * How can Black women become unstoppable and unf*ckwithable being their absolute best self…no matter what the situation—not allowing outside things to impact how they think and feel about themselves, what they do, or how they show up in the world? *Health and relationships and societal bullshit that create stress for black women *Why stress is the biggest block to your confidence, keeping you stuck. *Why is creating safety one of the first things we must address as black women? *Why is stress hindering the growth of our relationships? Subscribe to ”The Black Woman’s Stress Solution” today and embark on a journey of empowerment, resilience, and growth. Visit https://brigjohnson.com/ to learn more about Brig Johnson and her coaching services.

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EP. 133 Panic: The Hidden Enemy To Your Success

Monday Jun 19, 2023

Monday Jun 19, 2023

Today we are talking about the invisible enemy that often stops us from completing our assignments, reaching our goals, enjoying our relationships and truly realizing our potential in our journey toward high achievement. It's called panic. 

Panic is a sudden, uncontrollable fear or anxiety often causing wildly unthinking behavior. Sometimes it's operating under the surface with a constant gnawing in our stomach, or having us operate at 80 miles per hour and we don't even understand why.

Panic, stress, anxiety can all be our most formidable adversaries, but know that these are  responses, not reality. Again, they are responses, not our reality. And since they’re a response we can learn to control them. In this episode, I'll share with you exactly how you can do just that. Press play to learn more.    

And if you need additional support with finding ways to permanently reduce stress, get on the waitlist for the Deeply Rooted Group Coaching Program by visiting www.brigjohnson.com/group for more details.

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EP. 132 The Isolation of Achievement: Understanding and Overcoming Loneliness for High-Achieving Black Women

Monday Jun 12, 2023

Monday Jun 12, 2023

Loneliness is a subjective, unwelcome feeling of lack or loss of companionship. It happens when we have a mismatch between the quantity and quality of social relationships we have and those we want.

Black women suffer disproportionately from loneliness compared to non-minorities because we are bombarded with the pressure from others to value our strength over the need for self-care to preserve our social, economic, and/or professional status.

If we are expected to be strong 24/7 as Black women, when do we have time to be vulnerable? And who can we be vulnerable around? When you consider this, it’s no wonder why Black women suffer disproportionately from loneliness.

In this episode, I want to address this topic of the isolation of achievement so that we can begin to  understand and overcome loneliness as high-achieving black women.  

And if you need additional support with finding ways to permanently reduce stress, get on the waitlist for the Deeply Rooted Group Coaching Program by visiting www.brigjohnson.com/group for more details.

 

MENTIONS —

Masterclass: How To Reduce Stress In Your Work Relationships And With Yourself In 90 Days Or Less | June 25th, 2023 @ 2PM CT | Register here. 

 

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EP. 131 Feeling TRAPPED? Listen to this!

Monday Jun 05, 2023

Monday Jun 05, 2023

Feeling trapped for us as black women is very common. 

Feeling trapped can lead to an increase of stress hormones, and if it continues for a long, it can also lead to completely disengaging with our lives where we will go from fighting it or fleeing it to saying f*@k it. That is the grin and bear it stage or the go through the motion stage. 

Is this you– Are you attending the parties showing up at work, serving on all the community committees, and still empty as f*@k inside? 

If so, this episode is for you! Listen in as I share the three common thought patterns that keep us trapped and how to unlock them so you feel a sense of freedom and growth instead.

And if you need additional support with finding ways to permanently reduce stress, get on the waitlist for the Deeply Rooted Group Coaching Program by visiting www.brigjohnson.com/group for more details.

 

MENTIONS —

Masterclass: How To Reduce Stress In Your Work Relationships And With Yourself In 90 Days Or Less | June 25th, 2023 @ 2PM CT | Register here. 

 

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EP. 130 I’m Spilling The Tea Of My Stress Journey

Monday May 29, 2023

Monday May 29, 2023

Sometimes we become so lost in what’s going on around us that we lose touch with the most important person in our lives, ourselves.

Checking in with yourself means making intentional steps to pay attention to how you feel on an emotional, mental, and physical level.

So, when was the last time you checked in on yourself?

I'm asking because I want to share a powerful story that involves me doing just that– checking in with myself. 

I'm spilling the tea and revealing some things that I uncovered that may benefit you. Listen in as I take a dive deep into my personal journey from a stressed out single mother of three to a calm, grounded mother who sleeps soundly at night.  

And if you need additional support with finding ways to permanently reduce stress, get on the waitlist for the Deeply Rooted Group Coaching Program by visiting www.brigjohnson.com/group for more details.

 

MENTIONS —

Masterclass: How To Reduce Stress In Your Work Relationships And With Yourself In 90 Days Or Less | June 25th, 2023 | Register here. 

 

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EP. 129 The DISCOMFORT ZONE: How To Embrace It

Monday May 22, 2023

Monday May 22, 2023

This episode is a call to embrace discomfort.

Most of us embrace comfort and resist anything that may lead to discomfort. This is because we can only embrace what we are not afraid of. Evolutionary wise, we were designed to seek comfort– to seek pleasure and to stay the same. That is our survival mechanism. It's in our DNA, but also, there are specific societal conditioning and cultural factors that reinforce our desire for comfort.   

However, when we stay in our comfort zone, we can become unfulfilled and stagnant. So how do you embrace discomfort so that we can grow into our epic sh*t? Listen in to learn how. 

And if you need additional support with releasing the good girl standard of living, get on the waitlist for the Deeply Rooted Group Coaching Program by visiting www.brigjohnson.com/group for more details.

 

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EP. 128 The Gap: Tactics Vs. Strategy And The Importance Of Addressing Where We Are And Our Conditioning

Monday May 15, 2023

Monday May 15, 2023

Today, I want to talk about something that I think is important for us to understand and that is the difference between our objective, our tactics, and understanding the strategy behind them. 

As high-achieving women, we are very clear about our objectives. We know exactly what it is that we want to achieve. 

What I want to help us gain clarity around is the tactics that we choose to use to accomplish the objective. It is important for us to know that using tactics without a deeper understanding of the strategy behind them can lead to outcomes that we don't necessarily like. And a lot of times, not only do they not work, but they send us backward. 

Listen in as I share how you can select the correct tactic you need to accomplish your objective by identifying the appropriate strategy to execute the tactic. 

And if you need additional support with releasing the good girl standard of living, get on the waitlist for the Deeply Rooted Group Coaching Program by visiting www.brigjohnson.com/group for more details.

 

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EP. 127 Life Shifting & Moving From Self-Judgement To Self-Compassion: A Conversation With Two Former Clients

Monday May 01, 2023

Monday May 01, 2023

In this episode, we’re catching up with two of my former clients from a year and a half - two years ago, Ruth and Marcia. 

I've brought you several conversations on this podcast with high-achieving women while they're in the coaching container so we know what happens then, but I wanted to talk about the transformation, and how it keeps paying off even after you've left the coaching container. 

So listen in as we talk about everything black women, one-on-one coaching, and why investing in ourselves as black women are so important.

And listen, if you're a high-achieving woman ready to cultivate more meaningful and fulfilling relationships with yourself and others, and you take your business and professional growth to the next level, my coaching program is perfect for you. You don't have to continue putting others first and neglecting your own needs and desires in the process, because remember, you are your greatest asset. Let's work together to create a life that you enjoy.. If this interests you, reach out to book a Breakthrough Call at https://brigjohnson.kartra.com/survey/Salescall. 

 

GUEST INFO—

Ruth Duren, Life Coach for Immigrant Business Women

Ruth Duren, I am a Life Coach and Master in Business Administration. I am the life coach for Immigrant Businesswomen. I help them create the income they want without working longer and harder than necessary. My passion is to help as many immigrants create their dreams without sacrificing the life they dreamt of. I was born and raised in Kenya, East Africa, and live in The Land of Pueblos, aka Albuquerque, NM.

Website: https://www.ruthduren.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruthdurenlifecoach/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/ruthduren

 

Marcia Thomas Paine, Life Coach for women over 35 who are separating and divorcing

Marcia Thomas Bayne is known as the Life Shifting Coach. She helps women over 35 who are separating and divorcing jump off the hamster wheel of their past and live unapologetically in their present.

Instagram: @theothersideofdivorce

Email: mt.tosod@gmail.com

 

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EP. 126 Stop Apologizing To You For YOU!

Monday Apr 24, 2023

Monday Apr 24, 2023

Apologizing to you for being you is like you have this, “ I'm sorry, I am the way I am” kind of vibe going on. 

This may not be something that you do subconsciously or even to other people, but apologizing to you for being you is an internal discourse within you that is keeping you from where you want to be.

Even if you're working on improving yourself, you don't do that through apologizing for who you are, you do that by owning, “This is who I am, and this is where I am”. You don't argue with it, and resist it because you will never get to where you want to be by apologizing and resisting where you are. 

Stop apologizing for reactions in your body to things that happen in this world, inside of you and around you. It is meant to be felt. It is meant to be experienced.  You have a right to be here. You have a right to be yourself. And you have a right to your feelings. No apologies need it. 

I want you to live unapologetically within the confines of your body. Listen in to learn how.

And if you need additional support with releasing the good girl standard of living, get on the waitlist for the Deeply Rooted Group Coaching Program by visiting www.brigjohnson.com/group for more details.

 

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EP. 125 She Wanted To Quit: A Conversation With My Client Maïmouna Diop

Monday Apr 17, 2023

Monday Apr 17, 2023

Have you ever wanted to quit something?

I’m sure you have…most everyone at some point in life feels like throwing in the towel when something gets hard or frustrating.  

This is what happened to my client Maïmouna Diop, a  high-power, bada** black woman who almost gave up on pursuing her epic shit.

In this conversation, she will share …

  • Why she decided to give coaching a try 
  • The importance of coaching for an entrepreneur
  • Her experience with creating a documentary and how coaching has impacted this journey
  • Why she decided to complete a second round of coaching
  • How she address feeling isolated while pursuing her epic shit
  • Her winning strategy now vs. before coaching
  • What it's like to transition from always doing to simply being
  • The value of coaching for entrepreneurs

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE—

Good Girl Series:

EP. 121 Bad Things Happen To Good Girls

EP. 122 Redefining GOODT ENUFF

EP. 123 Suffering and the GOODT Black Women MENTALITY

EP. 124 What to do after a F*%k up

 

GUEST INFO—

Maïmouna Diop, Founder of MDW Consulting

Website - https://mdwconsulting.fr/ 

 

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EP. 124 What to do after a F*%k up

Monday Apr 10, 2023

Monday Apr 10, 2023

Continuing our conversation from EP. 121 Bad Things Happen To Good Girls, EP. 122 Redefining GOODT ENUFF, and EP. 123 Suffering and the GOODT Black Women MENTALITY, today we are talking about what to do when you don't get the results you want.

So we’ve been focusing on this good girl mentality and how we have labeled negative things that happen as a problem and identifying that problem as being us, which leads to a false sense that if we were somehow different, this wouldn't have happened. We forget that life is 50/50, good and bad things happen, and we can't control it, and so when the “negative thing” is happening, we think we did something wrong. 

But what if you made a mistake? What if you did choose something, and now the consequences are putting you a couple of steps backward on your journey? What do you do after a f*%k up?

Let’s go there and discuss how to move forward.

And if you need additional support with releasing the good girl standard of living, get on the waitlist for the Deeply Rooted Group Coaching Program by visiting www.brigjohnson.com/group for more details.

 

MENTIONED  —

Collet McKenzie, Podcast Manager | Website: https://www.colletmckenzie.com/home 

EP. 12 Be A Boy Scout for Your Goals

 

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