July 6, 2024 • 38 mins
Welcome back to another episode of "Chronicles of a Virgo Podcast." This week marks our Season Finale. It's been an incredible season, overflowing with remarkable guests and profound conversations. This season embodied resilience and courage, showcasing how one can rise above any circumstance they face in life.
Creating a safe space for others has always been at the heart of my platforms. Focusing on mental health, personal growth, and healing has been crucial, not just for me, but for our entire community of listeners. I could not have achieved this without the wonderful people who have shared their stories and insights on the show. Their vulnerability and wisdom have been a source of inspiration and strength. Additionally, the amazing podcasters I’ve met and collaborated with have deepened this journey beyond measure. Your support and love have been invaluable, and together, we have built a network of hope and healing.
Thank you to all the guests who took the time to share their stories and insights on the show & a big thank you also goes to the amazing podcasters for their unwavering support and collaboration throughout this journey. Enjoy your summer and see you next season!
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Creating a safe space for others has always been at the heart of my platforms. Focusing on mental health, personal growth, and healing has been crucial, not just for me, but for our entire community of listeners. I could not have achieved this without the wonderful people who have shared their stories and insights on the show. Their vulnerability and wisdom have been a source of inspiration and strength. Additionally, the amazing podcasters I’ve met and collaborated with have deepened this journey beyond measure. Your support and love have been invaluable, and together, we have built a network of hope and healing.
Thank you to all the guests who took the time to share their stories and insights on the show & a big thank you also goes to the amazing podcasters for their unwavering support and collaboration throughout this journey. Enjoy your summer and see you next season!
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This podcast is a production of UnfilteredStudios. If you would like to know
more about joining Unfiltered Studios, pleasevisit our website at unfpod dot com for
more information. Welcome to the Chroniclesof a Verbal Podcast, the podcast dedicated
to the transformative journey of healing,mental health and personal growth. I'm your
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favorite favorite verbal host Shakita Johnson,and together we'll continue to turn our vulnerability
into strength. As a sexual assaultsurvivor and mental health advocate, I have
a learn to sort through the ashesof my trauma and turn my pain into
power. And this podcast is representationthat healing is possible. And each episode
we'll dive deep deep into conversations aboutovercoming challenges, find an inter strength,
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and emerging from life trials like afeelings from the Ashes. We may even
have some friends drive by from timeto time. Get ready to be inspired
and empowered as we embark on arewarding journey of self discovery. So sit
back and relaxed and let's get intosome healing. What's up, y'all,
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and welcome back to another episode ofChronicles of a Verbal Podcast and as uual,
I'm your favorite favorite favorite verbal hostSHEKEITHA. Johnson and what is up,
y'all? I know it feels likeit has been forever since you have
heard my voice, right. Ifeel like I have all types of nerves
going through my veins right now becauseI have not recorded in so long,
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let alone a solo episode. Buthere we are, and here we are
today with our final episode of singleof season three of Chronicles of a Verbal
Podcast. So this is our seasonfinale. So thank you guys for tapping
back in with me. I trulyhope that you guys are all doing well,
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taking care of yourselves. Hope yourmental health and wellness and everything is
in a good spot and you're doingwell. And if you're not, just
know that I'm sending you lots oflove and positive vibe is your way.
So I hope it is well receivedbecause it is sent with pure intention.
Okay. So I know these lastcouple of episodes, well last couple of
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weeks and months, have been abit rocky with gaps in between with my
episodes, and I do apologize inEdVance. I do, and we are
going to get into all that,but first and foremost, I want to
keep it consistent, Okay, AndI want to start off with my mental
health check that we have continued beencontinuing doing for the last two seasons,
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where we ride our mental health ona scale of one to five. Five
been and we are feeling good,feeling great, in a wonderful space,
and one we're not in the bestspace, have some room for porn,
but we are managing. So howare you guys feeling today From a scale
of one to five. I hopeyou guys are fiving it out or more
okay. But for me today,I'm gonna say I'm a solid four.
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I kind of went back and forthbetween four and four and a half,
but I'm just going to sit ata four. Okay. If I'm being
honest and I'm not feeling bad,my mental health is good. Just sometimes
you know, you feel good,but you're not all the way there and
that's okay. And if you're notnowhere near that and you're just in a
bad space, do you know thatit is okay to not always be okay,
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It's okay to not always have theanswers to what's going on. But
the mental health checks is my encouragementto myself and to you guys to sit
in those moments to try to figureout what's going on. To listen to
your inner dialogue, talk to yourself, where do you feeling? Where are
you feeling a discomfort in your body? Because that may mean something a bigger
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meaning behind it. But really getdown to the bottom and the core of
what's going on. If you needto result to some outside resources, whether
it's like a medical professional, amental health professional, just confined in a
family or a friend, please pleasedo so. But don't feel like you
have to continue to carry all ofthose burdens and all of the weight of
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those things alone, because yes,it has been so many things going on
around us in the world and ourpersonal lives, and sometimes we need to
just release, We need to ultimatelyrelease everything. But some things take a
little bit longer. I do understandthat as I am human, okay,
But I also understand life be life, and you don't have the answer sometimes
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and sometimes things take a little longer, and that is okay. So as
long as you are taking precaution andthe steps that you need to be in
a better space, then that's good. You know a lot of us and
what this season has really taught meand has showed is a lot of us
wear a lot of different capes,and some people have huge roles that they
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have to fulfill not only in theirlife, but in the lives of other
people. And there are a lotof people that may look up to you
for the or look up to youto hold down the household, the job,
the department, whatever it is.And when we are not our better
selves, when our cup is notoverflowing, then we can't continue to pour
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out something that we don't have.Okay, if your gas thing is on
E, how are you going toproceed one hundred more miles if you don't
have the gas in the tank?Okay? So when you feel yourself near
to that E point, don't evenallow yourself to get to that point before
you take action and fill yourself backup. All right. So I'm trying
and say I ain't trying to apprecchto y'all, but y'all know we gotta
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be okay and take a break.Okay. So thank you guys for continuing
to support the mental health checks,continuing to be transparent and vulnerable in spaces
with me where we talk about mentalhealth and where you accept me for my
rambling about my situations and dealing withthe things that I have dealt with previously
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up till now, Like I trulydo appreciate it. I'm glad that I
was able to create the safe spacefor us to have the kind of dialogue
because everyone doesn't have that safe space, you know. And shout out to
all my guests that coming on theplatform that talk about it, you know,
because nothing is scripted over here,as y'all know, so you can
definitely say no, I don't wantto talk about it, but not going
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to get into that, and thatis perfectly fine. But I appreciate everyone
that does, you know. So, like I said, today is the
season finale of this marvelous season.This has been a tremendous season. This
podcasting journey in itself has been sorewarding it's I can't even find the words
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to say how rewarding it has been. And I know I probably said it
last season and then that I didn'tknow that that season was going to be
as monumental in my life. Butthis season I can definitely say that,
being that when I started this seasonin November, I was already twet tweeteling
the line about starting because I wasn'twhere I felt like I needed to be
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physically more so physically to do that. Y'all know, I had just moved
in the beginning of last year,and I didn't move where I wanted to
move. So I wanted to waitto start my season until I got where
I needed to be, not knowinghow long it was gonna take me to
get there or if it was evenreally going to happen. But I had
this gut feeling, had trust myintuition that said, hey, you need
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to do this, and this isthe layout, and he's like a guest,
et cetera, et cetera, andI had to be obedient to that,
and I'm grateful that I did,because things really came full circle towards
the end of the season and Ineeded those people. I needed those messages
and that inspiration, and everything thathas happened this season was so beneficial to
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me. I always say that,even though I've run this platform, you
hear my voice on the face ofit, this place pform, It's not
about me. It's about uplifting people'sstories so they can pour out to everyone
else that's listening. Gained some insights, some motivation from but this season,
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I like I was on the outskirtsof that, like this season was for
me, like listening to what wasbeing said and having to use some of
these things and some of these servicesthat people offered on this season. And
I say all that to say,if you're following me on social media,
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a couple of weeks ago, Iput up a post Labor Day, not
Labor Day, Memorial Day weekend.Unfortunately, I found out that my father
had been found and he was nolonger with us, and I put up
a post just explaining, you know, what I was going through at the
time, and then I just neededeveryone to just bear with me and give
me grace because I wasn't finishing myseason. I needed to get those episodes
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out, you know, even thoughI had already had conversations with those guests
about they knew what was going on. I just wanted to do them justice
and put their stories out and theirmessages because they were too good to hold
on to and I just needed time. I didn't know how much time,
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as I didn't know what was aboutto happen in my life at that point.
I dealt with grief. I talkabout it all the time, you
know, It's been a part ofmy mental health and my healing journey,
but I didn't know that it couldget to the extent of where it was,
and I truly realized that it's sodifferent. I hear it all the
time, but until you're in aposition where you are planning a parent's funeral,
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that's a different feeling. And Iknow I don't discuss or I have
not discussed me and my father's relationshipa lot on this podcast, and I'm
not going to take up all ofthis episode to do that or to really
explain what happened. What I amdoing is I'm working on a video that
want to put out probably about nextweekend, about this whole experience, just
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the grief, the feelings, theins and out of me and his relationship
and where I am at that pointwhen that video comes out. And my
hope with that is people understand mebetter, grief better, and just how
to navigate the uncertainty, because that'sexactly what it was. As I am
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next of ken and the oldest childof my father's I had so much responsibility
that I didn't know what I wasdoing. And I also have a teenage
sister, so having to be thesupport and still be supportive to myself.
You know. Took a lot ofgrace, took a lot of love.
Needless to say, the podcast gotput on the back burner and it continued
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to stay there. Although the episodesrolled out, there became some like disengagement
and there still is there. I'mbe very honest. Grief has a way
of just knocking to win out ofyou and take things from you and you
having to rebuild. I'm okay withthat. However, I went back to
episodes and that people that came onand talked about it, because we talked
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about grief a lot this season,and those people reached out and I needed
that. I didn't know coming intothe season that I was going to need
that. All I knew was thetheme for this season was the rise of
the Phoenix, because I knew andfelt that in November when the season started,
I was in my phoenix mode.You couldn't tell Shakita that she wasn't
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thriving through her phoenix mode. Youcouldn't tell me that I did not rise
through the ashes of what I wasgoing through at that particular time. And
I just wanted to continue to bringmore Phoenixes onto the platform to show how
they had risen through their experiences,through their trauma, and they were continuing
to push through. What I didn'tforesee was me having to endure more things
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that I had to through. Andthat's not to say life it's perfect,
right because as you see, mightbe lifing. Nobody has a perfect life.
However, how my therapist try toexplain it to me was the people
that have come on my platform fromthis season and even go back to previous
seasons. I listened to their messages. I took in their insight, and
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at the time, maybe some ofthe things that was said it didn't apply
to me. But this season,a lot of those things did apply to
me, and I had to navigatethe path and using some of those resources
now that are part of my toolbelt. Like I like to say,
you know so, I'm forever gratefulfor how things panned out, because if
y'all remember back to my December episodeto close out twenty twenty three with me
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and Jess, I wasn't in thebest space mentally. January, I took
the whole month off of my jobto like mentally decompress and just get better.
I burnt out with work the podcastlife, I burnt out with just
everything that was going on around me, and I took the time to just
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be came back fully refreshed. Ifelt like I was a different person.
And honestly, ever since then January, my life has been wonderful. It
has been marvelous. Everything that Ihave seek or everything that has seek me
has found me, and I havejust been blessed. And then the unfortunate
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situation of my father passing. Youknow, so I'm like, oh,
here we go again. You know, needless to say, I know I'm
rappling. I say all that tosay, if you were somebody that saw
the post, commented on the post, dm me, message me, text
me, called me, tried toface timey. If you made contact with
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me on the basis of knowing whathappened, just know that you're worth of
encouragement, Your messages, your supportwas what was getting me through those days.
And I know I shared a lotof that with y'all, because sometimes
you just feel stuck, and Iwas stuck. I was like, man,
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I just started this job. Ican't take time off, like oh,
and my job has helped me downten toes. They've been very supportive.
I'm so thankful for my team,my department, you know, but
to everyone that in the podcasting realm, the podcasters that reached out to me
with telling me their own experiences,things that I've never heard some of y'all
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even disclothes on your own shows,Other supporters in different countries, and just
all over. Just I was overwhelmedwith support. I'm so grateful. It
meant so much to me, Itmeant so much to my family. Thank
you, just thank you for acknowledgingme during that time. Thank you for
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giving me grace, thank you forloving on me. And thank you to
the ones that continue to do it. You know you don't have to.
And that's the thing about life,like we choose, we make choices to
do or we don't. But peoplethat have consciously made an effort to just
know that I appreciate you. Becauseeven though someone can show up on social
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media every day and appear to befine behind closed stores, they may not
be. And I need people toreally really understand that that despite how you
see people always showing up on socialmedia or in a workspace or just out
in public, just know that theymay not always be that way. So
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take it easy with bombarding people withyour issues or just messages that have no
relevance right now, you know,and it's okay to just reach out and
be like, hey, how areyou doing today? Are you feeling good?
You know, just because you mayknow they're going through something or not,
just taking the time to just invitethem in and invite in some positivity
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or some good because you never knowwho may need it, or you never
know when you may be that personthat may need it. Okay, So
thank you guys, so much.Thank you to my family, my mom,
Big Lisa, been holding me downthese last months. Ten toes in
the mud, Okay, I'm sograteful for that woman. But like I
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said, it was a lot ofstuff that happened. I'm gonna do another
video. It's gonna be on YouTubein another week, so look out for
that. Make sure you subscribe tothe channel. I just wanted to definitely
just thank everyone, and it doeshold some relevance to me closing out this
season because like I said, thisseason was the rise of the Phoenix,
right, all of my guests haverisen in their positions in life. They
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have risen through their circumstances and theirunfortunate situations and encounters right, and we
really talked a lot about grief.We talked a lot about grief and just
having the faith to get through,and those conversations was really what I had
to clean to during my time andneed. Sometimes we think we have it
together, and what this season alsoshowed me is you don't always have it
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together, and it's okay to takeresources and assistance from elsewhere. My girl
Panther from Vital Chats with p throughone of our conversations, she said,
continue to lean in to your support. And at the time, I'm like,
damn, I'm not about to bea burden to people. You know.
If people reach out to me,I would respond, But I'm not
going to be the person that's continuingto like seek seek, seek, you
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know. But I took it anotherway. I continue to lean into my
support. Whether it was having conversationswith people or just listening to podcasts,
or if it was just listening tomusic, those to me was supportive things
that was getting me by. Soleaning to your support, however that may
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look for you, whether it's people, places, things, a hobby,
lean into it because there may besomething that you'll look back at later and
you'll realize how beneficial it was toyou on that process. So again,
this season has been all about risingthrough our ashes, rising through our life
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experiences, our trials and tribulations,and just being a better person coming out
on top, even though sometimes itmay take time. You know, you
may give yourself a timeline of whenyou want to have a new job,
when you want to be married,have kids and all this stuff, and
then that time comes and you're like, I failed, but you really didn't.
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You really didn't. Doctor Anita Phillipsdidn't become a doctor or even embark
on that journey until she was inher thirties. And look at her now.
If you don't know what any ofthe Phillips is, google her,
Okay, google her, and that'ssaid. That says something that sets there
presidents of we You can have goalsand aspirations, and if you continue to
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look at everyone else's life outside ofyours and where they are and try to
do things how they did it,you may not succeed the way that they
did, or it may take timefor you to do things. And my
guest, this season, what theyshowed and taught me is even at being
at the highest of the peak oftheir careers are things. Sometimes you do
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get knocked down and I may beright now fulfilling my role and being an
author and an entrepreneur, but itdid not happen overnight. Some people.
It took years and took time.Some people almost lost their lives because they
were in jail, you know,and when they get was given us second
chance, they were able to embarkon a new journey. So, if
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you have listened to all twenty somethingepisodes this season, if you had not
gained anything, one thing I hopethat you could gain is that you can
thrive through any encounter that is placedon your path. And just because things
seem like they're not going to getbetter, it doesn't mean that it won't.
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Because some people have been in veryhorrific situations and encounters where they're like,
I don't know what to do,I don't know how to protect myself.
What am I supposed to do?And then there's a light bulb that
goes, a light switch that goeson, and then here they are now
okay. So this season it hasjust been so feeling. I use that
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word a lot. After a lotof episodes that it was just feeling because
it filled me up with just ammunitionto just keep pushing forward. And like
I said, with everything that havebeen happening in my life these last couple
of weeks, I've had to resolveback to some of their resources and recommendations
that they put out there, like, hey, this is what helped me
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try it may help you, andit did. Here we are now,
right, and I hope that peoplecontinue to come across these episodes and listen
to the clips and things and yougained something from it, because again,
I believe in the power of community. I do, but I also believe
in the power of just being withyourself and finding the things to feed your
soul and to feed you so thatwhen you're needed, you can be of
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service to other people. And everyonethat came on the season has been of
service to someone else in some shapeor form. Okay, so I want
to take the time to acknowledge eachperson that came on to Chronicles of Abergo
podcast this season. And yes,we got a list of people, because
look, I ain't trying to leavenobody out because I don't want no problems.
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And if I do, please don'tcharge it to my heart, just
charge it to my mind. Butyes, I want to shot out mister
Rashad Mills, Antonio Jones, justSayna Lindeman, Michelle j Lamont, doctor
bowl Ony, Tiffany Harvey, myGirlkenisia, Michelle Lane, Allen Scott Skovowski,
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and my good sister Aaron Darden.All of them amazing people came on.
They're in their professions, their authors, they have risen through the ashes
of what they thought they were goingto sink and stay in. But now
they are thriving in their life andcontinuing to push through. And this is
not to say that they never experiencedanything else. This is not to say
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that life don't life for them,but because they were able to do the
work they're able to when things areplaced on their path, they can get
through it. And then we havesome wonderful other podcasters that came on,
that share recommendations, that share theirstories, that share some insightful information in
hopes that they would hit someone elseand be a blessing in their life.
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A lot of these things have beenblessings to my life. A lot of
these people I hold near and dearto my heart because the listener I'm about
to mention a lot of these peoplehave been there in my time and need,
especially these last couple of months.So I appreciate all of y'all.
And again, they are podcasters,so you know what to do. Go
tapping with their shows and follow themon social media. Love on them like
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y'all love on me. Shout outto Mama de from Pedals of Support,
Willi and Fiona, Willie and Fionafrom The Thing About Us podcasts, Coyle
Harrison from Visit Vegas Places, mygood sister, Victoria j from Twelfth Street
Talk Back, Okay, Panther mygirl from Vital Chats with Pete. We
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have Shalia and Janina from a JohnA podcast all Right, my good sister,
Vena from Conversations Corner, Tiff fromTips Tips Tuesday, and Vante from
What Was Said podcast? All Right, I held space. I like to
call them cannon conversations. All ofthose people who are part of Cannon conversations
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where we came and talked about reallife things, things are happening around us,
our black experiences. We talked aboutrelationships, our healing journeys, our
faith walks, all of those things. But the end of the day,
we were the phoenix in those situations, and we have risen. And if
you feel like you're listening and youhaven't fully risen from those ashes, I
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want you to know that you areon your way. Okay, all right,
It's about how you reshaped your mindsetreshape your experience, because you are
the author of your life, allright. So, and of course I
cannot, I cannot and I willnot ever, ever, ever ever beve
out another guest that came on.She's been on every season for numerous episodes.
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Okay, my good virgo bestie,Jessica. Shout out to my good
sis for coming on. Jessica wasa part of a few episodes and conversations
this season offered a lot of insightfrom what I hear and have been hearing
from people, y'all want more ofme and Jess. Y'all want more of
me and Jess. And this isthe season finale, so me and Jess
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shall see what we can do.But until that comes, then, thank
you Jess for coming on. Thankyou everybody I just name for coming on
to being a part of my marvelousseason. Outside of the amazing guests and
lovely conversations we had, I wasinvited to join the Unfiltered Studio podcast network.
That's my podcast family over there.Shout out to each and every one
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of you, guys. I promiseyou if you have not checked out the
Unfiltered Studios or some of their shows, there'll be a linking of description.
You can go tap in listen tothem. You can find a show probably
in any genre, from movies tomusic, to sports, special not special,
self improvement, spirituality, and more. Okay, it's like over twenty
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shows in there. Go tapping withsome of them, people, They are
amazing. Thank you for embracing meis my raw real self. Thank you
for allowing me to be me.Thank you for all the support that you
guys have offered me for the shortperiod of time that I have been a
part of this network work. It'sa truly wonderful space. If you're looking
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for a team, come join us. Okay, again, that link's gonna
make a description. And I actuallyhit another milestone this season that I wasn't
expecting. You know, I hadn'teven been on my radar, but it
happened, and that was Chronicles ofa Vertical Podcast made the Apple charts three
times in three different countries. AndI really had to like check because I'm
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like, is this real? Who'sspamming me? But now, y'all,
y'all made it happen. We didit. We hit the Apple charts in
Jamaica, South Korea, and Hondors. And not only was it three countries
that we hit the charts in onApple podcasts, but it was also in
two categories in each country. Soit was the education and special and I
don't know why I keep saying specialeducation and self self improvement in each of
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those countries. So for all ofmy listeners in Honduras, Jamaica, and
South Korea, thank you so muchfor continuing to listen and tapping with your
girl and my guests. Thank youfor sharing because I can y'all sharing out
there. Thank you for sharing theepisodes and just supporting me. I appreciate
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it. It has been a wonderfulride. It's been a joy to see
those numbers go up in those areaslike I love it all and y'all know
your girls from Baltimore, Maryland,Okay, And this season, I don't
know what it was about this season, but Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland in
general has been holding me down.Like I see, y'all, I see
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y'all. I don't know who y'allare, but I see y'all. Thank
you so much. Like the Marylandnumbers shot up out of the last three
seasons, and I was like,Okay, thank you. I love y'all.
Thank you so much, the onesthat have reached out and said,
yes, girl, be tapping inwith you. I love y'all. I
love y'all all the love and support. I promise you my words will never
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be enough to explain my gratitude forthe support and for y'all to just listen
to me rample sometimes, you know, but also supporting my guests and buying
their programs their books. Like thisseason, y'all have really showed up and
showed out. So I'm ever gratefulfor that. And I hope that this
platform, my voice, and theother voices that I bring forward in the
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future will do the same, willcontinue to pour out to everyone and encourage
people through whatever they may going throughin their life. You know, I
feel like when you rise like thephoenixes we are, you deserve a platform
to tell your story. You deserveto be uplifted in a safe space,
and we need more of that.So I'm glad that I have that for
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all of us, okay, AndI know everyone loves to ask what's to
come with the podcast, what's tocome across the regal podcast, what's going
on with Shakida. Let's get intoShakida's business. What shall be getting my
business a little bit, because it'sbeen some time since, you know,
I really recorded it was sole episodeand told y'all my business and all that
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stuff. So I guess this isthe best time to do it, the
last episode of this season, soas you guys know what's to come first,
let's start there. My main responsehas been, I don't know.
I am taking time off. Asyou guys know, I still am going
through the flows of losing my fatherand just the grief and the situation.
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Like I said, it'd be avideo I'll on YouTube next week talking about
it, but I just need timeto just debrief, get my system back
together, all that stuff, andjust figure out what my next game plan
is moving forward with season four.Right aside from that, y'all know that
I started a new job Aprile first, and it's funny because certain conversations with
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certain people behind the scenes this seasonguests was the influence and push I needed.
I didn't even know I needed ata time to leave my comfortable job.
I was at to do something different, and God bless me in every
aspect that I was looking for ina professional environment and why I'm where I
am today, and not only thatI've been thriving in that position, that
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they pushed me into something else thatI'm extremely busy now, but I love
it and I love my team.I love everything about my company, and
that was one of the main thingsI needed to happen this year for me
to continue to do the things thatwas on my little bingo card. So
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as of August the fifth, Iwill no longer be a Maryland resident.
Okay, so y'all know I haven'ttaught about moving and relocating and on all
this stuff, and I didn't know. I honestly felt like it wasn't going
to happen because it wasn't happening.There was no signs showing that it was
happening or it was possible. Butit's happening. Everything had been happening during
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the doriation of these last couple ofmonths, and as of August fifth,
I will be leaving the Little Statesof Maryland, and that would be a
North Carolina residence resident. So forall of you guys that have had conversations
with me, know that that wassomething that I have been praying on,
betting on, trying to make happen, and it's happening. So this is
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actually my last month in Baltimore,and I wanted to just have a cool,
con collective summer, Okay, spendtime with my family, my friends
until it's time for me to go. All right, So with me making
this transition from Baltimore to North Carolina, once I'm there and I get settled
and stuff, I don't really knowwhat's going to be coming, but the
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podcast is still going to be here. I don't have an actual date right
now when it's going to come back. When I'm coming back, however,
you have to follow me. Ifyou're follow me on social media, you'll
get all your updates right So makesure you're following me on Twitter, Instagram,
TikTok, Facebook, whatever your preferenceof choice of platform is. Because
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of a virgo on all them platforms, or if you're even following me on
one of my main accounts under myname, you'll see the nullification. But
when the episode is coming, I'lltry to do you a little popping episodes
here and there. I can't promiseit, but social media is probably your
best bet to know when something iscoming. Like I said, I will
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have a video coming out next Sundayexplaining more about what had been transpiring behind
closed, the behind the scenes withyou know, losing my father and all
that stuff, and like where I'mat in that whole journey and what's going
on, because honey, stuff isstill happening. But needless to say,
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make sure that you have followed me, you're still tapped in with me in
those aspects. And I'm getting backtrying to eat back into my blog.
And y'all know, chron because ofa virgo initially started as a blog because
your girl, like the right,grief has a way of happening. These
last years, I've had deaths thatkind of knocked me off of doing things
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that I enjoyed, and I wantto get back to it. So I
still have my blog. I'll bedropping new writings soon, So you know,
if you're subscribed, that's fine.If you're not, it's okay.
When I write it, just gocheck it out and I post it and
stuff like that. Needless to say, next season. It's in the air
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right now, and that is okay. Like I said earlier, you don't
have to have all the answers ordates and times for everything. If I
tell you I'll be back in September, gonna be mad if I don't come
back to January. So follow meon social media so you know when I'm
coming back again. Thank you,guys for your endless support. Everyone that
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has been supporting me from day onethese last two years, and people that
is just trickling in that have justfound me and things of that nature.
Thank you so much for the support, the love, the encouragement. You
know, it doesn't go without saying. I appreciate it so much. I
truly do. I have definitely metsome amazing people through this podcasting journey with
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having guests on with me, otherpodcast is doing collaborations from here and there,
and my experiences has been very positiveand I hope that it continues to
stay that way. But I alsodo believe in sometimes, you know,
taking a step back to recalibrate,get yourself together. I've seen a lot
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of you guys coming out now doingrebrands. I'm listening get girls there.
I see y'all doing y'all thing,and I love that for y'all. So
sometimes I feel like mer life transitionfrom one space to another. Like I
said at the beginning of this season, everything gotta transition with it. That's
just me. That's that's my opinion. So crime's love a Virgo Podcasts transition
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this year with the little theme theRise of Phoenix. I don't know what's
gonna happen for next season. Itmay be another thing and we just go
from there. But I'm always goingto pour out positive messages. I'm always
going to encourage you guys to takecare of yourself. I'm always going to
encourage y'all to put y'all mental health, put y'allselves first. And if you
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ever need some extra porn reach out. If I have a roll index of
conversations, you guys can go checkout and be loved on by the guests
and their experiences and different things.And like I said, all these people
they have something to greatly offer becausemaybe I don't have to spend money on
things for additional resources, and ithas definitely helped. You know, just
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never feel like you're navigating any ofthese things in these paths alone. Because
some people have been ordained in theirroles so they can help. Please know
that. Please know that. Soagain, thank you guys so much for
another amazing season. Again, followme on social media Chronicles of a Vertical
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Podcasts on all of my platforms Facebook, Instagram, TikTok Twitter. I don't
think I forgot any All of thelinks will be in a description box.
If you're want to have a conversationor do a future collaboration you get that
future you can email me at Chroniclesof a Verrgo twenty two at gmail dot
com. Again, please give megrace with my response, Tom, because
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I'm not really engaged as much onsocial media. But I'm just not as
much as you know. Sometimes youneed to break kind of brief and that's
okay. Nonetheless, hope you guysenjoyed this episode. Hope you guys enjoyed
this season. Thank you for everyoneagain that was a part of this season
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making it happen to anybody that isin the midst of this season or nearing
this season ending or starting. Iwish you guys nothing but success in any
realm that you are in. Ihope that you prosper in all the areas
that you are looking to and youall of your goals, Okay, all
of them. So yeah, y'all, we're going to end it on this
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note. This the last time you'regonna see me sitting in this spot recording
as a Merlin residence. The nexttime I turn this camera on for a
podcast, I'll be in North Carolina. Okay. So again, guys,
take care of yourselves the most importantly, take care of each other. I
love y'all, and continue to grow, continue to heal, peace out.
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Thank you for listening to an episodeof Chronicles of a Vigal podcast with me
your favorite favorite virgal host, ShikitaJohnson. Your support means the world to
me as I want to continue tosee you all priser and grow. Please
join me back next Wednesday, wherewe will continue to dive into more can
it and empower on conversation that we'llget you a step closer to stepping into
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forget to subscribe to us on socialmedia at Chronicles of a Verbal podcast on
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box below. Until next time,beautiful souls, keep rising from those ashes
and stay true to here and knowyour girl loves you. Peace Out,
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favorite favorite verbal host Shakita Johnson,and together we'll continue to turn our vulnerability
into strength. As a sexual assaultsurvivor and mental health advocate, I have
a learn to sort through the ashesof my trauma and turn my pain into
power. And this podcast is representationthat healing is possible. And each episode
we'll dive deep deep into conversations aboutovercoming challenges, find an inter strength,
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and emerging from life trials like afeelings from the Ashes. We may even
have some friends drive by from timeto time. Get ready to be inspired
and empowered as we embark on arewarding journey of self discovery. So sit
back and relaxed and let's get intosome healing. What's up, y'all,
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and welcome back to another episode ofChronicles of a Verbal Podcast and as uual,
I'm your favorite favorite favorite verbal hostSHEKEITHA. Johnson and what is up,
y'all? I know it feels likeit has been forever since you have
heard my voice, right. Ifeel like I have all types of nerves
going through my veins right now becauseI have not recorded in so long,
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let alone a solo episode. Buthere we are, and here we are
today with our final episode of singleof season three of Chronicles of a Verbal
Podcast. So this is our seasonfinale. So thank you guys for tapping
back in with me. I trulyhope that you guys are all doing well,
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taking care of yourselves. Hope yourmental health and wellness and everything is
in a good spot and you're doingwell. And if you're not, just
know that I'm sending you lots oflove and positive vibe is your way.
So I hope it is well receivedbecause it is sent with pure intention.
Okay. So I know these lastcouple of episodes, well last couple of
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weeks and months, have been abit rocky with gaps in between with my
episodes, and I do apologize inEdVance. I do, and we are
going to get into all that,but first and foremost, I want to
keep it consistent, Okay, AndI want to start off with my mental
health check that we have continued beencontinuing doing for the last two seasons,
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where we ride our mental health ona scale of one to five. Five
been and we are feeling good,feeling great, in a wonderful space,
and one we're not in the bestspace, have some room for porn,
but we are managing. So howare you guys feeling today From a scale
of one to five. I hopeyou guys are fiving it out or more
okay. But for me today,I'm gonna say I'm a solid four.
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I kind of went back and forthbetween four and four and a half,
but I'm just going to sit ata four. Okay. If I'm being
honest and I'm not feeling bad,my mental health is good. Just sometimes
you know, you feel good,but you're not all the way there and
that's okay. And if you're notnowhere near that and you're just in a
bad space, do you know thatit is okay to not always be okay,
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It's okay to not always have theanswers to what's going on. But
the mental health checks is my encouragementto myself and to you guys to sit
in those moments to try to figureout what's going on. To listen to
your inner dialogue, talk to yourself, where do you feeling? Where are
you feeling a discomfort in your body? Because that may mean something a bigger
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meaning behind it. But really getdown to the bottom and the core of
what's going on. If you needto result to some outside resources, whether
it's like a medical professional, amental health professional, just confined in a
family or a friend, please pleasedo so. But don't feel like you
have to continue to carry all ofthose burdens and all of the weight of
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those things alone, because yes,it has been so many things going on
around us in the world and ourpersonal lives, and sometimes we need to
just release, We need to ultimatelyrelease everything. But some things take a
little bit longer. I do understandthat as I am human, okay,
But I also understand life be life, and you don't have the answer sometimes
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and sometimes things take a little longer, and that is okay. So as
long as you are taking precaution andthe steps that you need to be in
a better space, then that's good. You know a lot of us and
what this season has really taught meand has showed is a lot of us
wear a lot of different capes,and some people have huge roles that they
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have to fulfill not only in theirlife, but in the lives of other
people. And there are a lotof people that may look up to you
for the or look up to youto hold down the household, the job,
the department, whatever it is.And when we are not our better
selves, when our cup is notoverflowing, then we can't continue to pour
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out something that we don't have.Okay, if your gas thing is on
E, how are you going toproceed one hundred more miles if you don't
have the gas in the tank?Okay? So when you feel yourself near
to that E point, don't evenallow yourself to get to that point before
you take action and fill yourself backup. All right. So I'm trying
and say I ain't trying to apprecchto y'all, but y'all know we gotta
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be okay and take a break.Okay. So thank you guys for continuing
to support the mental health checks,continuing to be transparent and vulnerable in spaces
with me where we talk about mentalhealth and where you accept me for my
rambling about my situations and dealing withthe things that I have dealt with previously
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up till now, Like I trulydo appreciate it. I'm glad that I
was able to create the safe spacefor us to have the kind of dialogue
because everyone doesn't have that safe space, you know. And shout out to
all my guests that coming on theplatform that talk about it, you know,
because nothing is scripted over here,as y'all know, so you can
definitely say no, I don't wantto talk about it, but not going
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to get into that, and thatis perfectly fine. But I appreciate everyone
that does, you know. So, like I said, today is the
season finale of this marvelous season.This has been a tremendous season. This
podcasting journey in itself has been sorewarding it's I can't even find the words
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to say how rewarding it has been. And I know I probably said it
last season and then that I didn'tknow that that season was going to be
as monumental in my life. Butthis season I can definitely say that,
being that when I started this seasonin November, I was already twet tweeteling
the line about starting because I wasn'twhere I felt like I needed to be
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physically more so physically to do that. Y'all know, I had just moved
in the beginning of last year,and I didn't move where I wanted to
move. So I wanted to waitto start my season until I got where
I needed to be, not knowinghow long it was gonna take me to
get there or if it was evenreally going to happen. But I had
this gut feeling, had trust myintuition that said, hey, you need
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to do this, and this isthe layout, and he's like a guest,
et cetera, et cetera, andI had to be obedient to that,
and I'm grateful that I did,because things really came full circle towards
the end of the season and Ineeded those people. I needed those messages
and that inspiration, and everything thathas happened this season was so beneficial to
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me. I always say that,even though I've run this platform, you
hear my voice on the face ofit, this place pform, It's not
about me. It's about uplifting people'sstories so they can pour out to everyone
else that's listening. Gained some insights, some motivation from but this season,
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I like I was on the outskirtsof that, like this season was for
me, like listening to what wasbeing said and having to use some of
these things and some of these servicesthat people offered on this season. And
I say all that to say,if you're following me on social media,
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a couple of weeks ago, Iput up a post Labor Day, not
Labor Day, Memorial Day weekend.Unfortunately, I found out that my father
had been found and he was nolonger with us, and I put up
a post just explaining, you know, what I was going through at the
time, and then I just neededeveryone to just bear with me and give
me grace because I wasn't finishing myseason. I needed to get those episodes
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out, you know, even thoughI had already had conversations with those guests
about they knew what was going on. I just wanted to do them justice
and put their stories out and theirmessages because they were too good to hold
on to and I just needed time. I didn't know how much time,
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as I didn't know what was aboutto happen in my life at that point.
I dealt with grief. I talkabout it all the time, you
know, It's been a part ofmy mental health and my healing journey,
but I didn't know that it couldget to the extent of where it was,
and I truly realized that it's sodifferent. I hear it all the
time, but until you're in aposition where you are planning a parent's funeral,
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that's a different feeling. And Iknow I don't discuss or I have
not discussed me and my father's relationshipa lot on this podcast, and I'm
not going to take up all ofthis episode to do that or to really
explain what happened. What I amdoing is I'm working on a video that
want to put out probably about nextweekend, about this whole experience, just
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the grief, the feelings, theins and out of me and his relationship
and where I am at that pointwhen that video comes out. And my
hope with that is people understand mebetter, grief better, and just how
to navigate the uncertainty, because that'sexactly what it was. As I am
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next of ken and the oldest childof my father's I had so much responsibility
that I didn't know what I wasdoing. And I also have a teenage
sister, so having to be thesupport and still be supportive to myself.
You know. Took a lot ofgrace, took a lot of love.
Needless to say, the podcast gotput on the back burner and it continued
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to stay there. Although the episodesrolled out, there became some like disengagement
and there still is there. I'mbe very honest. Grief has a way
of just knocking to win out ofyou and take things from you and you
having to rebuild. I'm okay withthat. However, I went back to
episodes and that people that came onand talked about it, because we talked
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about grief a lot this season,and those people reached out and I needed
that. I didn't know coming intothe season that I was going to need
that. All I knew was thetheme for this season was the rise of
the Phoenix, because I knew andfelt that in November when the season started,
I was in my phoenix mode.You couldn't tell Shakita that she wasn't
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thriving through her phoenix mode. Youcouldn't tell me that I did not rise
through the ashes of what I wasgoing through at that particular time. And
I just wanted to continue to bringmore Phoenixes onto the platform to show how
they had risen through their experiences,through their trauma, and they were continuing
to push through. What I didn'tforesee was me having to endure more things
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that I had to through. Andthat's not to say life it's perfect,
right because as you see, mightbe lifing. Nobody has a perfect life.
However, how my therapist try toexplain it to me was the people
that have come on my platform fromthis season and even go back to previous
seasons. I listened to their messages. I took in their insight, and
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at the time, maybe some ofthe things that was said it didn't apply
to me. But this season,a lot of those things did apply to
me, and I had to navigatethe path and using some of those resources
now that are part of my toolbelt. Like I like to say,
you know so, I'm forever gratefulfor how things panned out, because if
y'all remember back to my December episodeto close out twenty twenty three with me
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and Jess, I wasn't in thebest space mentally. January, I took
the whole month off of my jobto like mentally decompress and just get better.
I burnt out with work the podcastlife, I burnt out with just
everything that was going on around me, and I took the time to just
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be came back fully refreshed. Ifelt like I was a different person.
And honestly, ever since then January, my life has been wonderful. It
has been marvelous. Everything that Ihave seek or everything that has seek me
has found me, and I havejust been blessed. And then the unfortunate
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situation of my father passing. Youknow, so I'm like, oh,
here we go again. You know, needless to say, I know I'm
rappling. I say all that tosay, if you were somebody that saw
the post, commented on the post, dm me, message me, text
me, called me, tried toface timey. If you made contact with
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me on the basis of knowing whathappened, just know that you're worth of
encouragement, Your messages, your supportwas what was getting me through those days.
And I know I shared a lotof that with y'all, because sometimes
you just feel stuck, and Iwas stuck. I was like, man,
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I just started this job. Ican't take time off, like oh,
and my job has helped me downten toes. They've been very supportive.
I'm so thankful for my team,my department, you know, but
to everyone that in the podcasting realm, the podcasters that reached out to me
with telling me their own experiences,things that I've never heard some of y'all
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even disclothes on your own shows,Other supporters in different countries, and just
all over. Just I was overwhelmedwith support. I'm so grateful. It
meant so much to me, Itmeant so much to my family. Thank
you, just thank you for acknowledgingme during that time. Thank you for
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giving me grace, thank you forloving on me. And thank you to
the ones that continue to do it. You know you don't have to.
And that's the thing about life,like we choose, we make choices to
do or we don't. But peoplethat have consciously made an effort to just
know that I appreciate you. Becauseeven though someone can show up on social
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media every day and appear to befine behind closed stores, they may not
be. And I need people toreally really understand that that despite how you
see people always showing up on socialmedia or in a workspace or just out
in public, just know that theymay not always be that way. So
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take it easy with bombarding people withyour issues or just messages that have no
relevance right now, you know,and it's okay to just reach out and
be like, hey, how areyou doing today? Are you feeling good?
You know, just because you mayknow they're going through something or not,
just taking the time to just invitethem in and invite in some positivity
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or some good because you never knowwho may need it, or you never
know when you may be that personthat may need it. Okay, So
thank you guys, so much.Thank you to my family, my mom,
Big Lisa, been holding me downthese last months. Ten toes in
the mud, Okay, I'm sograteful for that woman. But like I
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said, it was a lot ofstuff that happened. I'm gonna do another
video. It's gonna be on YouTubein another week, so look out for
that. Make sure you subscribe tothe channel. I just wanted to definitely
just thank everyone, and it doeshold some relevance to me closing out this
season because like I said, thisseason was the rise of the Phoenix,
right, all of my guests haverisen in their positions in life. They
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have risen through their circumstances and theirunfortunate situations and encounters right, and we
really talked a lot about grief.We talked a lot about grief and just
having the faith to get through,and those conversations was really what I had
to clean to during my time andneed. Sometimes we think we have it
together, and what this season alsoshowed me is you don't always have it
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together, and it's okay to takeresources and assistance from elsewhere. My girl
Panther from Vital Chats with p throughone of our conversations, she said,
continue to lean in to your support. And at the time, I'm like,
damn, I'm not about to bea burden to people. You know.
If people reach out to me,I would respond, But I'm not
going to be the person that's continuingto like seek seek, seek, you
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know. But I took it anotherway. I continue to lean into my
support. Whether it was having conversationswith people or just listening to podcasts,
or if it was just listening tomusic, those to me was supportive things
that was getting me by. Soleaning to your support, however that may
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look for you, whether it's people, places, things, a hobby,
lean into it because there may besomething that you'll look back at later and
you'll realize how beneficial it was toyou on that process. So again,
this season has been all about risingthrough our ashes, rising through our life
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experiences, our trials and tribulations,and just being a better person coming out
on top, even though sometimes itmay take time. You know, you
may give yourself a timeline of whenyou want to have a new job,
when you want to be married,have kids and all this stuff, and
then that time comes and you're like, I failed, but you really didn't.
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You really didn't. Doctor Anita Phillipsdidn't become a doctor or even embark
on that journey until she was inher thirties. And look at her now.
If you don't know what any ofthe Phillips is, google her,
Okay, google her, and that'ssaid. That says something that sets there
presidents of we You can have goalsand aspirations, and if you continue to
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look at everyone else's life outside ofyours and where they are and try to
do things how they did it,you may not succeed the way that they
did, or it may take timefor you to do things. And my
guest, this season, what theyshowed and taught me is even at being
at the highest of the peak oftheir careers are things. Sometimes you do
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get knocked down and I may beright now fulfilling my role and being an
author and an entrepreneur, but itdid not happen overnight. Some people.
It took years and took time.Some people almost lost their lives because they
were in jail, you know,and when they get was given us second
chance, they were able to embarkon a new journey. So, if
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you have listened to all twenty somethingepisodes this season, if you had not
gained anything, one thing I hopethat you could gain is that you can
thrive through any encounter that is placedon your path. And just because things
seem like they're not going to getbetter, it doesn't mean that it won't.
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Because some people have been in veryhorrific situations and encounters where they're like,
I don't know what to do,I don't know how to protect myself.
What am I supposed to do?And then there's a light bulb that
goes, a light switch that goeson, and then here they are now
okay. So this season it hasjust been so feeling. I use that
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word a lot. After a lotof episodes that it was just feeling because
it filled me up with just ammunitionto just keep pushing forward. And like
I said, with everything that havebeen happening in my life these last couple
of weeks, I've had to resolveback to some of their resources and recommendations
that they put out there, like, hey, this is what helped me
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try it may help you, andit did. Here we are now,
right, and I hope that peoplecontinue to come across these episodes and listen
to the clips and things and yougained something from it, because again,
I believe in the power of community. I do, but I also believe
in the power of just being withyourself and finding the things to feed your
soul and to feed you so thatwhen you're needed, you can be of
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service to other people. And everyonethat came on the season has been of
service to someone else in some shapeor form. Okay, so I want
to take the time to acknowledge eachperson that came on to Chronicles of Abergo
podcast this season. And yes,we got a list of people, because
look, I ain't trying to leavenobody out because I don't want no problems.
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And if I do, please don'tcharge it to my heart, just
charge it to my mind. Butyes, I want to shot out mister
Rashad Mills, Antonio Jones, justSayna Lindeman, Michelle j Lamont, doctor
bowl Ony, Tiffany Harvey, myGirlkenisia, Michelle Lane, Allen Scott Skovowski,
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and my good sister Aaron Darden.All of them amazing people came on.
They're in their professions, their authors, they have risen through the ashes
of what they thought they were goingto sink and stay in. But now
they are thriving in their life andcontinuing to push through. And this is
not to say that they never experiencedanything else. This is not to say
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that life don't life for them,but because they were able to do the
work they're able to when things areplaced on their path, they can get
through it. And then we havesome wonderful other podcasters that came on,
that share recommendations, that share theirstories, that share some insightful information in
hopes that they would hit someone elseand be a blessing in their life.
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A lot of these things have beenblessings to my life. A lot of
these people I hold near and dearto my heart because the listener I'm about
to mention a lot of these peoplehave been there in my time and need,
especially these last couple of months.So I appreciate all of y'all.
And again, they are podcasters,so you know what to do. Go
tapping with their shows and follow themon social media. Love on them like
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y'all love on me. Shout outto Mama de from Pedals of Support,
Willi and Fiona, Willie and Fionafrom The Thing About Us podcasts, Coyle
Harrison from Visit Vegas Places, mygood sister, Victoria j from Twelfth Street
Talk Back, Okay, Panther mygirl from Vital Chats with Pete. We
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have Shalia and Janina from a JohnA podcast all Right, my good sister,
Vena from Conversations Corner, Tiff fromTips Tips Tuesday, and Vante from
What Was Said podcast? All Right, I held space. I like to
call them cannon conversations. All ofthose people who are part of Cannon conversations
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where we came and talked about reallife things, things are happening around us,
our black experiences. We talked aboutrelationships, our healing journeys, our
faith walks, all of those things. But the end of the day,
we were the phoenix in those situations, and we have risen. And if
you feel like you're listening and youhaven't fully risen from those ashes, I
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want you to know that you areon your way. Okay, all right,
It's about how you reshaped your mindsetreshape your experience, because you are
the author of your life, allright. So, and of course I
cannot, I cannot and I willnot ever, ever, ever ever beve
out another guest that came on.She's been on every season for numerous episodes.
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Okay, my good virgo bestie,Jessica. Shout out to my good
sis for coming on. Jessica wasa part of a few episodes and conversations
this season offered a lot of insightfrom what I hear and have been hearing
from people, y'all want more ofme and Jess. Y'all want more of
me and Jess. And this isthe season finale, so me and Jess
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shall see what we can do.But until that comes, then, thank
you Jess for coming on. Thankyou everybody I just name for coming on
to being a part of my marvelousseason. Outside of the amazing guests and
lovely conversations we had, I wasinvited to join the Unfiltered Studio podcast network.
That's my podcast family over there.Shout out to each and every one
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of you, guys. I promiseyou if you have not checked out the
Unfiltered Studios or some of their shows, there'll be a linking of description.
You can go tap in listen tothem. You can find a show probably
in any genre, from movies tomusic, to sports, special not special,
self improvement, spirituality, and more. Okay, it's like over twenty
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shows in there. Go tapping withsome of them, people, They are
amazing. Thank you for embracing meis my raw real self. Thank you
for allowing me to be me.Thank you for all the support that you
guys have offered me for the shortperiod of time that I have been a
part of this network work. It'sa truly wonderful space. If you're looking
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for a team, come join us. Okay, again, that link's gonna
make a description. And I actuallyhit another milestone this season that I wasn't
expecting. You know, I hadn'teven been on my radar, but it
happened, and that was Chronicles ofa Vertical Podcast made the Apple charts three
times in three different countries. AndI really had to like check because I'm
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like, is this real? Who'sspamming me? But now, y'all,
y'all made it happen. We didit. We hit the Apple charts in
Jamaica, South Korea, and Hondors. And not only was it three countries
that we hit the charts in onApple podcasts, but it was also in
two categories in each country. Soit was the education and special and I
don't know why I keep saying specialeducation and self self improvement in each of
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those countries. So for all ofmy listeners in Honduras, Jamaica, and
South Korea, thank you so muchfor continuing to listen and tapping with your
girl and my guests. Thank youfor sharing because I can y'all sharing out
there. Thank you for sharing theepisodes and just supporting me. I appreciate
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it. It has been a wonderfulride. It's been a joy to see
those numbers go up in those areaslike I love it all and y'all know
your girls from Baltimore, Maryland,Okay, And this season, I don't
know what it was about this season, but Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland in
general has been holding me down.Like I see, y'all, I see
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y'all. I don't know who y'allare, but I see y'all. Thank
you so much. Like the Marylandnumbers shot up out of the last three
seasons, and I was like,Okay, thank you. I love y'all.
Thank you so much, the onesthat have reached out and said,
yes, girl, be tapping inwith you. I love y'all. I
love y'all all the love and support. I promise you my words will never
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be enough to explain my gratitude forthe support and for y'all to just listen
to me rample sometimes, you know, but also supporting my guests and buying
their programs their books. Like thisseason, y'all have really showed up and
showed out. So I'm ever gratefulfor that. And I hope that this
platform, my voice, and theother voices that I bring forward in the
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future will do the same, willcontinue to pour out to everyone and encourage
people through whatever they may going throughin their life. You know, I
feel like when you rise like thephoenixes we are, you deserve a platform
to tell your story. You deserveto be uplifted in a safe space,
and we need more of that.So I'm glad that I have that for
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all of us, okay, AndI know everyone loves to ask what's to
come with the podcast, what's tocome across the regal podcast, what's going
on with Shakida. Let's get intoShakida's business. What shall be getting my
business a little bit, because it'sbeen some time since, you know,
I really recorded it was sole episodeand told y'all my business and all that
(29:00):
stuff. So I guess this isthe best time to do it, the
last episode of this season, soas you guys know what's to come first,
let's start there. My main responsehas been, I don't know.
I am taking time off. Asyou guys know, I still am going
through the flows of losing my fatherand just the grief and the situation.
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Like I said, it'd be avideo I'll on YouTube next week talking about
it, but I just need timeto just debrief, get my system back
together, all that stuff, andjust figure out what my next game plan
is moving forward with season four.Right aside from that, y'all know that
I started a new job Aprile first, and it's funny because certain conversations with
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certain people behind the scenes this seasonguests was the influence and push I needed.
I didn't even know I needed ata time to leave my comfortable job.
I was at to do something different, and God bless me in every
aspect that I was looking for ina professional environment and why I'm where I
am today, and not only thatI've been thriving in that position, that
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they pushed me into something else thatI'm extremely busy now, but I love
it and I love my team.I love everything about my company, and
that was one of the main thingsI needed to happen this year for me
to continue to do the things thatwas on my little bingo card. So
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as of August the fifth, Iwill no longer be a Maryland resident.
Okay, so y'all know I haven'ttaught about moving and relocating and on all
this stuff, and I didn't know. I honestly felt like it wasn't going
to happen because it wasn't happening.There was no signs showing that it was
happening or it was possible. Butit's happening. Everything had been happening during
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the doriation of these last couple ofmonths, and as of August fifth,
I will be leaving the Little Statesof Maryland, and that would be a
North Carolina residence resident. So forall of you guys that have had conversations
with me, know that that wassomething that I have been praying on,
betting on, trying to make happen, and it's happening. So this is
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actually my last month in Baltimore,and I wanted to just have a cool,
con collective summer, Okay, spendtime with my family, my friends
until it's time for me to go. All right, So with me making
this transition from Baltimore to North Carolina, once I'm there and I get settled
and stuff, I don't really knowwhat's going to be coming, but the
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podcast is still going to be here. I don't have an actual date right
now when it's going to come back. When I'm coming back, however,
you have to follow me. Ifyou're follow me on social media, you'll
get all your updates right So makesure you're following me on Twitter, Instagram,
TikTok, Facebook, whatever your preferenceof choice of platform is. Because
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of a virgo on all them platforms, or if you're even following me on
one of my main accounts under myname, you'll see the nullification. But
when the episode is coming, I'lltry to do you a little popping episodes
here and there. I can't promiseit, but social media is probably your
best bet to know when something iscoming. Like I said, I will
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have a video coming out next Sundayexplaining more about what had been transpiring behind
closed, the behind the scenes withyou know, losing my father and all
that stuff, and like where I'mat in that whole journey and what's going
on, because honey, stuff isstill happening. But needless to say,
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make sure that you have followed me, you're still tapped in with me in
those aspects. And I'm getting backtrying to eat back into my blog.
And y'all know, chron because ofa virgo initially started as a blog because
your girl, like the right,grief has a way of happening. These
last years, I've had deaths thatkind of knocked me off of doing things
(33:04):
that I enjoyed, and I wantto get back to it. So I
still have my blog. I'll bedropping new writings soon, So you know,
if you're subscribed, that's fine.If you're not, it's okay.
When I write it, just gocheck it out and I post it and
stuff like that. Needless to say, next season. It's in the air
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right now, and that is okay. Like I said earlier, you don't
have to have all the answers ordates and times for everything. If I
tell you I'll be back in September, gonna be mad if I don't come
back to January. So follow meon social media so you know when I'm
coming back again. Thank you,guys for your endless support. Everyone that
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has been supporting me from day onethese last two years, and people that
is just trickling in that have justfound me and things of that nature.
Thank you so much for the support, the love, the encouragement. You
know, it doesn't go without saying. I appreciate it so much. I
truly do. I have definitely metsome amazing people through this podcasting journey with
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having guests on with me, otherpodcast is doing collaborations from here and there,
and my experiences has been very positiveand I hope that it continues to
stay that way. But I alsodo believe in sometimes, you know,
taking a step back to recalibrate,get yourself together. I've seen a lot
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of you guys coming out now doingrebrands. I'm listening get girls there.
I see y'all doing y'all thing,and I love that for y'all. So
sometimes I feel like mer life transitionfrom one space to another. Like I
said at the beginning of this season, everything gotta transition with it. That's
just me. That's that's my opinion. So crime's love a Virgo Podcasts transition
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this year with the little theme theRise of Phoenix. I don't know what's
gonna happen for next season. Itmay be another thing and we just go
from there. But I'm always goingto pour out positive messages. I'm always
going to encourage you guys to takecare of yourself. I'm always going to
encourage y'all to put y'all mental health, put y'allselves first. And if you
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ever need some extra porn reach out. If I have a roll index of
conversations, you guys can go checkout and be loved on by the guests
and their experiences and different things.And like I said, all these people
they have something to greatly offer becausemaybe I don't have to spend money on
things for additional resources, and ithas definitely helped. You know, just
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never feel like you're navigating any ofthese things in these paths alone. Because
some people have been ordained in theirroles so they can help. Please know
that. Please know that. Soagain, thank you guys so much for
another amazing season. Again, followme on social media Chronicles of a Vertical
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Podcasts on all of my platforms Facebook, Instagram, TikTok Twitter. I don't
think I forgot any All of thelinks will be in a description box.
If you're want to have a conversationor do a future collaboration you get that
future you can email me at Chroniclesof a Verrgo twenty two at gmail dot
com. Again, please give megrace with my response, Tom, because
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I'm not really engaged as much onsocial media. But I'm just not as
much as you know. Sometimes youneed to break kind of brief and that's
okay. Nonetheless, hope you guysenjoyed this episode. Hope you guys enjoyed
this season. Thank you for everyoneagain that was a part of this season
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making it happen to anybody that isin the midst of this season or nearing
this season ending or starting. Iwish you guys nothing but success in any
realm that you are in. Ihope that you prosper in all the areas
that you are looking to and youall of your goals, Okay, all
of them. So yeah, y'all, we're going to end it on this
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note. This the last time you'regonna see me sitting in this spot recording
as a Merlin residence. The nexttime I turn this camera on for a
podcast, I'll be in North Carolina. Okay. So again, guys,
take care of yourselves the most importantly, take care of each other. I
love y'all, and continue to grow, continue to heal, peace out.
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Thank you for listening to an episodeof Chronicles of a Vigal podcast with me
your favorite favorite virgal host, ShikitaJohnson. Your support means the world to
me as I want to continue tosee you all priser and grow. Please
join me back next Wednesday, wherewe will continue to dive into more can
it and empower on conversation that we'llget you a step closer to stepping into
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a new gilt individual. Remember you'renot alone on your journey. Please don't
forget to subscribe to us on socialmedia at Chronicles of a Verbal podcast on
all social media platforms and the YouTubechannel. Check out our website and blog
at chroniclesovivigo dot website dot com.All links will be listed in the description
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box below. Until next time,beautiful souls, keep rising from those ashes
and stay true to here and knowyour girl loves you. Peace Out,
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