Cyd Tells All

As I reminisce on today’s events—Atom Blk’s The Eden Experience and Black Media Guild’s “I Love the ‘90s…in Black”, I strive to remind you that your name is being spoken about in rooms you’re not even in yet because you’re you.

You’re worth the time, energy, and effort of trying something new, going to that event alone, creating that thing, healing. That doesn’t change just because someone is uncomfortable with your transformation....

On Monday, January 27th, as I was talking to God and going about my routine, a statement hit me that until this day that I had never spoken out loud, “I don’t want to maybe my life away.”

In this episode, you will hear the most chaotic (and honest) prayer for all my listeners and learn what I mean by “maybe-ing your life away.”

In the words of Natija, “if you wanted to settle, you would have done it already.” Stop allowing your con...

What started as a conversation about how music is universal, no matter what language the artist is speaking, and my initial reaction to listening to track one (NUEVAYoL) of Bad Bunny’s latest drop, DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS, quickly turned into a sentiment I shared with Perri Jones about constantly working towards being a part of something greater than ourselves and going outside of the boxes we put ourselves in.

Perri is focused on ...

In honor of the New Year, I thought it was appropriate to list a few things we need to leave behind in 2024.

While most people are focusing on resolutions, it’s easy to bypass the baggage you’re bringing in to a new time if you’re not an introspective type or just don’t know how to even start about identifying it and letting it go.

These are things, collectively, I pray we’re all leaving behind in last year so we can move f...

In this episode, I’m breaking down the first 30 minutes of Netflix’s Damsel—no spoilers, just sharing the moments that had me saying, “YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS!”

And no, this isn’t a sponsored review that Netflix requested (how cool would that be?); I’m just here to give my honest take on why Damsel flips some old-school damsel-in-distress narratives on their head and brings something new to the table.

Join me as I talk throug...

In Season 5, Episode 11 of my tell-all podcast, I dive into a transformative journey through a year dedicated to live music.

From the electric energy of Beyoncé’s RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR to soulful vibes at Bonnaroo Festival with acts like Amber Mark and Danielle Ponder or controversial genius like Lil Nas X to longtime faves like Dear Silas and Paramore , and the unforgettable Erykah Badu, who brought on acts Tobe Nwigwe and Ya...

In Season 5, Episode 10, I was up around 4:44 am and started talking around 05:05 am about my journey as a creative in business, why I do what I do what I do, and dropping gems— a little sprinkle sprinkle if you will — about what you could implement to make entrepreneurship easier on you.

I even had the nerve to talk about the digital products I currently offer on cydneyirby.com and hint at what’s to come!

The point of this...

In Season 5, Episode 9, God woke me up around 5 am and immediately had me record the prayer for the next year of your life, or your new year.

You can start over again, with God, at any point.

You can come as you are and embrace the return.

You can accept and agree to God-life integration.

Let our Father in.

He wants to be your friend.

He wants to be your consultant.

He wants to be your everything and forever.

Glory to Go...

I bet you weren’t expecting me to ever record an episode during the final minutes of a football game but here we are!

As the fourth quarter came to a close — and I dramatically live reacted on Instagram to the Georgia vs. Alabama game — I felt the pull to start recording a voice memo and find the word in two undefeated teams going head to head so early in the 2024 season and why you don’t take it easy in the fourth quarter. Kee...

In Season 5, Episode 7, I explain the concept of SBS Live or Small Business Saturday Live, how that expanded into a private Slack community called “The C.O.R.E. Collective”, and how these two things are just pieces of a much larger puzzle to the empire, or kingdom, God is asking me to nurture and lead.

I also give a special shoutout to Charlotte is Creative, Sophia, Sasha, and everyone at the 7th Charlotte Reciprocity Circle wh...

In Season 5, Episode 6, I hint as much as I can to what’s coming for my own kingdom evolution and why everything I’ve ever done makes SO much more sense now when it comes to branding and marketing consulting as it relates to small businesses, building communities of connection, my social impact work over the last 15+ years, any user-generated content (UGC) creation, and whatever else I’ve done that I can’t currently remember.

I...

In an unexpected twist, I decided to record Episode 5 of Season 5 while trapped in the parking lost post-Kehlani concert.

Yeah, you read that right!

For my 34th birthday, I decided to treat myself to an early birthday concert experience and go to see Kehlani who recently gave me another no-skip album to rave about, CRASH.

Opening acts Anycia and FLO also did their thing with FLO giving us 90’s R&B-Pop realness in a way ...

While Season 5, Episode 4 was recorded just days before October began. Since it’s the first official episode in my month, it just HAD to be about celebrating all I’ve done, who I am, and that I exist or at least some major things, up until now!

This was originally inspired by a word by Luvvie Ajayi Jones I stumbled upon on Threads but I don’t believe in coincidences! She said exactly what I needed to hear and what you may need ...

As the month of September draws to a close, my Source (God) asked for me to release a prayer over the next month of your life.

For me, this was concerning the month of October. For you, you may be hearing it at a different pivotal point of time or you may be listening to it at the end of each month or whenever you need it.

Towards the end of this prayer, I was clearly trying to ask God to correct y’all when you’re not resti...