ALL THINGS DVN

What starts as a casual trivia night turns into a quiet lesson about power, voice, and what happens when control shows up where collaboration was expected. In this episode, I unpack how dismissiveness hides inside humor, apology, and charm, and how easily good vibes can be used to excuse behavior that doesn’t sit right.

We talk about role seizure versus true authority, why confidence and intelligence don’t automatically equal leader...

In this episode, I share a deeply personal experience that changed the way I understand advocacy, consent, and care inside medical spaces. What began as a routine dental visit turned into a moment where my body was signaling distress and my voice was repeatedly dismissed, forcing me to confront how often patients are expected to endure pain rather than be listened to.

This conversation is not about fear mongering or blame, it's abo...

This episode begins with a number, but it quickly becomes something else entirely.

.69 cents is not a story about money, and it is not a story about lack. It is a story about the moment a pattern reveals itself fully, when giving without awareness reaches its end, and when a role you have been living inside of no longer has permission to continue.

In this episode, I walk through the deeper architecture of transactional attachment, th...

In this episode of All Things DVN, we’re sitting together and talking honestly about why this time of year can feel confusing, emotional, or unfinished, even when the calendar is telling everyone to move on. We walk through what the Year of the Wood Snake actually is, why it does not reset on January first, and how it overlaps with what I call the Deep Winter Passage in my own framework. If you’ve been feeling slower than expected,...

In this episode, we are stepping into the Deep Winter Passage and talking honestly about why this season feels so intense for so many people. Winter brings emotions, memories, and patterns to the surface in a way that catches people off guard, and my intention today is to give you language for what is happening inside you so you can stop blaming yourself for what is simply part of this cycle.

We will talk about the stories that rise...

In this episode, I open the pages of my book The Fat Black Ugly Girl and talk about the conditioning that shaped my voice, my identity, and the roles I learned to play long before I understood I was playing them. I walk you through how code switching became my survival language, not just in work spaces, but in my own culture and family, and how therapy invited me to explore what it means to un-code switch and live in my natural voi...

In this episode, I bring you into a story I've never shared, a story that quietly shaped the entire architecture of my work. When I was a little girl, I spent hours drawing homes on college-ruled lined paper and filling them with tiny stick figures as they moved through each room. I thought it was childhood imagination. I didn't know it was the beginning of DVN THEREPE.

Today, I take you into that memory and show you how childhood i...

In this episode of All Things DVN, we talk about what it really means when the body keeps score. We break down how unprocessed emotion, unspoken truth, and patterns that never got their closure begin to live in the body as energy. You’ll hear how memory becomes matter, how the conscious and subconscious mind shape our responses, and why your body is not against you. It is trying to protect you and guide you back toward awareness.

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In this episode, we are talking about what it really means to manifest beyond survival. For most of my life, I manifested from a place of need. I was calling in safety, stability, and enough to get by. My body only knew how to pray for relief, not joy.

I share how joining the To Be Magnetic community and starting the Money Challenge helped me see the deeper truth about manifesting. It is not just about mindset. It is about the subco...

It’s the final stretch of the year, and this moment is asking us to rise with intention. In this surprise mini episode, Ericka drops in to remind you that the fourth quarter is not just about finishing strong, it’s about finishing true.

She shares where she’s been, the lessons this season has carried, and how her work continues to evolve through her writing and creative projects. Together, we reflect on what it means to return to yo...

EPISODE 50 — WE MADE IT, BABY

This is more than a milestone. Fifty episodes deep, I’m reflecting on where ALL THINGS DVN began, what it’s become, and what it’s awakening next. I’m sharing the risks I took, the truths I’ve lived, and the stories that cracked something open in me first before they ever touched anyone else.

You’ll hear the episodes that changed me, the hardest moments I almost didn’t push through, and the unexpected ble...

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on what happens when you finally stop performing, stop explaining, and stop waiting for permission to be who you already are. I’m talking about the moment you realize you’ve been carrying opinions that don’t belong to you, expectations that never fit, and a silence that cost too much. This is about choosing peace over pretending, truth over performance, and alignment over approval. We a...

In this episode, I take you into the moments we pretend not to hear. The birthday party where I wasn’t truly wanted. The quiet sting of being mocked at the dinner table. And the way I learned to rewrite reality to avoid the deeper truth that some people never intended to love me the way I deserved. We talk about the cycle of silence, illusion, and rage that so many of us carry. I name the protective illusions we create, the version...

In this intimate episode, I share the story of my red glitter jelly shoes, a memory that holds more than just childhood nostalgia. It carries the silent scars of longing, unspoken promises, and the subtle ways we learn to shrink ourselves to fit into spaces that never truly fit us.

Join me as I explore how these early wounds shape the subconscious mind and show up in our adult relationships and friendships. We will dive into the uns...

In this episode of ALL THINGS DVN, we’re talking about the cage. The one you might be living in without even realizing it. The pressure to perform. The fear of being seen. The weight of financial stress, perfectionism, and feeling like your dreams are always just out of reach. I open up about what it looked like for me to fight my way out. Not with dramatic exits, but with quiet acts of consistency. With truth. With showing up as m...

So many of us carry a survival mentality that tells us we have to suffer to succeed. It is a quiet programming passed down through generations, watching loved ones work themselves to exhaustion, never pausing to care for their mind, body, and spirit. In this episode,

I break down how this story traps us in burnout and overwhelm and why it is time to rewrite the narrative. Success can be rooted in ease, rest, and true healing. You d...

You are no longer in a season of playing small or sitting in the shadows of your own life. This is not the warmup. This is not the sidelines. This is the moment where you recognize that your presence, your gift, and your power were never meant to wait for permission. You are on varsity now, which means the way you move, the way you lead, and the way you carry your calling has shifted. The energy is elevated. The standard has risen....

In this episode, I speak from a deeply personal place about the emotional complexity of loving someone who lives with mental illness. This conversation is for those who carry the unspoken weight—the ones who give support quietly, who navigate the emotional shifts, who feel the light flicker on and off in someone they love and still choose to stay. There is often no recognition for the steady presence you provide, no space to expres...

We’ve all heard the phrase — “Put your oxygen mask on first.” But how often do we actually live that truth? In this deeply honest episode, we explore the quiet ways we abandon ourselves in the name of love, loyalty, and survival. From personal heartbreak to the sacred act of boundary-setting, she invites you into the tender, raw reckoning of what it really costs to give from an empty cup. This isn’t just about burnout — it’s about ...