S5E8: Nikita Burks-Hale: An Imperfect Journey of Coming Out, Expressing Anger and Building a Business Empire.

Thank you for joining another episode of Race, Culture, and
Beyond! For today’s episode, we will be joined by a very
inspiring, smart, and committed to making a difference guest who
is also very close to our hearts, Nikita Burks-Hale!  


Nikita is the CEO and head creative of JourneyGirl Magic
Productions which is a podcast production company that supports
and empowers women of color as a unique voice through the masses
of podcasting. Nikita is also the host of two podcasts,
JourneyGurl Magic Podcast, and Journey. Nikita is a journeyer in
every sense of the word and truly believes that life is a journey
and that you must be open to endless possibilities. Her coaching
and personal beliefs are centered around living your imperfect
journey to the fullest. How do you do that? By showing up, being
vulnerable, practicing gratitude, being a badass, and enjoying
the ride. 


When Nikita is not coaching and producing, you can find her on
Netflix binge-watching with her wife Jessica and enjoying family
time with her toddler son Adonis and newborn Remy. 


In today’s episode we will be talking about a variety of topics:


What Nikita is currently into, Netflix-wise. For those
interested, the first Nikita speaks about is called Monster, and
the second show is called Black Box.

What does it mean to be on a journey? For starters, being
open in the truest sense. Nikita tries to do everything that the
day brings, and she chooses to completely accept it instead of
fighting it. 

What an imperfect journey looks like and her experiences
during 2020.

Her identities: Being a journeyer, women of color, gay,
postpartum depression (not survivor), educator, and a
mentor. 

The importance of being true to oneself, even if that means
being angry and bitter towards everything that is going on in our
messed-up world.

A little bit more on the relationship between Sage, Erika,
and Nikita.



 


Thank you for listening to the show. It is such an honor to have
these conversations with you. They are necessary and needed, and
we are here to do the work. 


 


If you want to know more about Nikita Burks-Hale, you can visit
her website on www.journeygurlmagic.com, and find her on social
media @journeygurlmagicpodcast.


To purchase the I AM Coloring Book visit
https://journeygurlmagicproductions.lpages.co/coloringbook/


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