May 12, 2025 • 49 mins
**This episode is a replay of Soul Searching with Brittnie Demosthene, Founder of The Soul Seekers Club | Ep. 27 with an updated intro.**
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Brittnie Demosthene, the inspirational Founder of The Soul Seekers Club, joins us to recount her powerful transformation from pursuing the medical field to the realms of holistic wellness and creativity. Our conversation is a tapestry of personal anecdotes, unforgettable experiences and deep reflection.
Join us for this enriching dialogue that promises to inspire and encourage you to pave your own path towards freedom and fulfillment.
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- The Energy of Money: A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal Fulfillment
- Brittnie's 2023 Recap!
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- Wellness for Black Women ft. Aseanté Renee | Ep. 37
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Aliya Cheyanne (00:00):
Hey friend, welcome back to the show.
I'm so glad that you're here.
We're wrapping up this littleperiod of replays before we jump
into new episodes, but for ourlast one, for right now, I
wanted to revisit an episodethat I'd done about a year ago
with Brittany Demestine, who isthe founder of the Soul Seekers
(00:22):
Club, and that episode wascalled Soul Searching with
Brittany Demestine.
In this episode, we talk allabout holistic wellness and
creativity, and we also talkabout paving your own path
towards freedom and fulfillment.
This is such a good episode.
It's so rich in so many lessonsand gems and I thought it'd be
really powerful to revisit thisepisode once again, particularly
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during this time, because Ijust want Black women to be
rested and well and supportedand taken care of our minds,
bodies and peace.
So with that, let's jump intothis replay.
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All right, friend, let's getinto this episode.
Hey y'all, welcome back to theProlific Hood podcast.
I'm your girl, leah Cheyenne,and I'm super excited today to
be joined by a special guest,brittany Demerstein.
(01:28):
Hi, brittany, hey, thanks forhaving me.
I'm so excited, I'm so excitedto have you and I'm going to let
you jump into telling us alittle bit more about you, but
before that I want to just sharewith our audience how I met you
, how I know of you so reallyquickly and I've spoken about
this retreat on the pod beforebut last year Brittany, through
(01:51):
her company, her group, the SoulSeekers Club, hosted a really
powerful weekend in the Poconos.
That was really special.
My sister, tasia, and I wentand it was just very cozy and
heartwarming.
It was an opportunity to get toknow some other folks that we
hadn't met before.
It was an opportunity to get toknow some other folks that we
hadn't met before.
It was an opportunity to go alittle bit deeper within
ourselves, because there was asacred mushroom ceremony with
(02:12):
sacred cacao and mushroom.
Brittany teamed up with BlackGirls Hike to do a really
awesome hike, which was reallycool and it was just a really
lovely experience.
There was so much love and carethat went into that retreat.
That has stuck with me and I'veshared about it on the podcast
before, but I'm so excited tohave Brittany here to talk more
about the Soul Seekers Club andthe work that she does.
(02:35):
But before we jump into that,brittany, I want to give you an
opportunity to introduceyourself to the people, so
please tell us who you are.
Brittnie Demosthene (02:44):
Thank you so much, oh, my goodness.
Well, hi everyone.
My name is Brittany Demasin.
I'm the founder of the SoulSeekers Club.
I'm a conscious creative, awellness practitioner and a
liver of life, and I mean theSoul Seekers Club the Soul
Seekers Club because I considermyself a professional soul
seeker, so I wanted to embodythat in something that I can
(03:05):
cultivate for the collective,for like-minded people.
I've been a wellnesspractitioner for a couple of
years now.
My journey came from I have abackground in medicine.
So my original path of career Iwas always aiming for, like
medical school and just you knowwhat my parents had in mind for
me growing up.
And after I graduated fromcollege, I tried to apply to a
(03:28):
physician assistant program andI didn't get in and I thought
that was my chance to reallythink about like okay, do I want
to do this again?
Take the test to get into gradschool, be in grad school for
years just off of something thatI'm not even sure that I love.
And I knew in my heart foryears that I always wanted to be
a creative.
I just didn't know what.
Coming from Caribbeanbackground, parents it's like
(03:48):
well, they always used to.
Aliya Cheyanne (03:52):
I've had some convictions.
I know Facts.
Brittnie Demosthene (03:54):
No, you can't what.
You have to be doctor, you haveto be lawyer, you have to be.
So I had taken the opportunityI chose myself is what I always
say after I graduated.
And I took that year off tojust figure out, like, what do I
want to do?
And I deviated into holisticmedicine, wellness practices,
(04:16):
spirituality.
I started solo traveling.
That just opened the door forlike so many things and
literally my life has been adomino effect since that day,
just constant evolution afterevolution.
I feel like I found like myhobbies, my interests after the
age of like 24 and life reallystarted for me and I finally
(04:37):
like felt what it is that I wantto do on this earth and how I
want to serve.
So, yeah, and ever since then,I've just been exploring
entrepreneurship, exploringbreaking out of my mold with,
like different experiences andcreating experiences for myself
and other people.
So with that, to this day, it'scultivated into me being a life
(04:57):
coach, me being a Reikipractitioner and a creative, a
content creator at my core and,yeah, just a professional soul
seeker at heart.
So, I love that.
Aliya Cheyanne (05:08):
Yeah, I love that.
So so many things to unpackwith that.
I love the statement like Ichose me, I chose myself.
So many people don't do thatand they go through life always
wondering what could it havelooked like had I bet on myself
and had I chosen myself?
So I think that's reallybeautiful and I'm like this will
come up in other interviews butI'm noticing how many like just
(05:31):
dope, incredible creative blackwomen started off trying to
pursue medicine, either because,yeah, like either because maybe
parents wanted them to do that,or they thought that was the
way to go and quickly learn.
Like actually I need to be overhere doing this.
I'm like that's so interestingto me.
But yeah, I just so much.
(05:51):
So many things are beautifulabout what you said.
I've been able to witness someof your creativity and
experience some of your magic,like through the retreat,
through our conversation now,and I'm just excited to share
more about you and your workwith our audience.
So okay, before we get into thenitty gritty and all the cool
stuff, real quick.
So you relocated last year.
Brittnie Demosthene (06:11):
I'm a born and raised New Yorker that has
moved to Los Angeles.
Yep, yes.
Aliya Cheyanne (06:15):
All the way from one coast to another.
So how has that been?
In short, like, do you feellike you found your place?
Like, do you feel like youfound your place?
Like, do you feel like youfound your place for now?
Do you feel like this is like,like, what about it?
Like, tell me more.
Brittnie Demosthene (06:32):
Yeah, yeah, it's been definitely a topic in
terms of like it being my place.
I think, going over there andI'll give you the backstory, but
going over there I realizedthat I don't think I have a
place Like, for example, bornand raised in New York and only
living here for my entire life,I never went away for college,
never, you know nothing, juststayed on the block, journey on
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the block for last couple ofyears, 20 years.
So I've realized that afterfinally leaving and being
somewhere else, I actually havea desire, ironically, to become
a nomad now, in a sense, out ofthe only thing that I've known,
just kind of opened my eyes alittle bit more, even though
(07:16):
I've traveled and I've been toso many places for certain
periods of time.
But yeah, and that's alwaysbeen a thing with me.
But back to like the reason.
So I moved for work.
So, aside from being a creativeentrepreneur, I still have, you
know, some nine to five jobsfrom time to time.
And I decided to work with awellness company an herbal
(07:37):
wellness company about a yearand a half ago here in New York
Br and mortar in Brooklyn andthey decided to open up an LA
location.
And I was already going toBurning man.
If you know, burning man isamazing.
They call it a rave, but it'sreally this like camping
festival experience in thedesert in Nevada, already like
(07:58):
purchased a ticket, no notion ofmoving to anywhere.
You know, I was just going andthen coming back and I had
mentioned it to the company, Iwas like, hey, I know you guys
have been sending people over tohelp with the opening of the
new location.
I'm going to be on the WestCoast, do you need help?
And they're like actually weneed a manager to help set up
the store and relocate.
I was like I'll do it.
You know like I want somethingfresh, something new.
(08:20):
So I took the opportunity whenI tell you I had one month to
prepare to let go of myapartment in Brooklyn, to pack
everything into storage, aka myparents' house, and then head on
over and just kind of getsettled.
So with that, my journey intoLA was not the most comfortable.
(08:41):
It was definitely rushedcompared to someone who may have
taken a job opportunity and hadmonths to prepare before a move
.
Mine was so rushed.
And then the store the grandopening was so popular and the
store itself is very successful,so it's been nonstop busy, busy
.
So, it was definitely a lot whenpeople, when people ask me that
(09:03):
, I always say, like the job hashad such an impact on me that
it's affected the way that I canreally dive into a new city and
explore LA for what it is.
Aliya Cheyanne (09:14):
Wow, wow, oh.
That's like rapid, rapid fire,like rapid everything.
That's so interesting.
Thank you for sharing that,though, and I actually love your
correction at the start of thatabout how, like, not
necessarily feeling like it'syour place and adapting more of
like a nomadic lifestyle andmentality, I think I mean, I saw
(09:36):
a quote a long time ago.
I'm going to butcher this, butbasically it was saying like
human beings, we have legs.
If we were meant to stay in oneplace, we would have roots like
as if we were a tree you know,and I saw that and I was like
you know, I think that's true,like that's how I look at travel
, because I love to travel but Ihaven't necessarily moved like
(09:56):
in adulthood, like relocated toa new place.
I've moved in childhood.
That was not in my control,that was not my decision, those
were not places I stayed longterm.
I've been in New York thelongest, but I've always had a
desire to go somewhere else andI don't know exactly where yet.
But even though it was rapidfire, still inspiring to hear
more about how you did relocateand move yeah, I think it's.
(10:19):
Even though it was rapid fire,still inspiring to hear more
about how you did relocate andmove.
Yeah, I think it's.
Even though it's been likehectic, I think it's still
inspiring and cool and I hopeyou will get a chance to really
dive into the city and see moreabout it and experience more of
it that's not just centeredaround like this particular
transition, exactly yeah, and toyour point, like not knowing
where you want to go.
Brittnie Demosthene (10:37):
I didn't know where I wanted to go either
, but I ended up realizing I hadrealized when I got to LA that
everything that I was asking forearlier that year in my journal
as I was script, I think theposition that I was in it was
still at an immediate level andI was like, no, I really want to
(11:01):
be in leadership, I really wanta job that I can be in
leadership, I can be a creativeand I can be potentially remote
so that I can travel or justhave or travel for work in some
capacity.
And I was like I can't see thathere, so I'm just going to
manifest it outside of thiscurrent job and that's what I
was scripting, that's what I waswriting.
And then here I get.
At least like 75% of themanifestation came true because
(11:24):
here I am in a city, I'm livingsomewhere else, I'm technically,
you know, traveling, I feellike I'm a traveler in LA or in
the West Coast just you knowexploring bordering cities and
states and I'm in leadership andI am exercising my creativity.
So all that to say, like if youdon't know exactly where you
want to go, I think it's more soabout like setting the
(11:46):
intention of what you want toexperience and how.
Then Universal provides youthose opportunities, just like I
got mine out of nowhere.
Aliya Cheyanne (11:54):
Yeah, I love that.
I love that Like we talk somuch about the power of the
tongue, but the truth is there'sa lot of power in writing and a
version of the written wordthat's not literal scripture
like religious texts, but youwriting and creating your own
word.
I think that there's a lot ofpower in that.
You're reminding me I need toget back to writing down my
(12:15):
intentions.
I speak a lot what I want,visualize a lot what I want, but
I always write it down and Ineed to get back to doing that.
Brittnie Demosthene (12:23):
Yeah, I think I like journaling as much
as I like everybody else.
Like it's easy for some people,I think for me, I know I have
to get out of my head about noone else is going to read it,
you know.
So I'm like it's for you.
Aliya Cheyanne (12:38):
Just throw down whatever you want to throw down,
but yeah, yeah, and sometimesit's not always easy to free
write and sometimes it helps tohave prompts, and that's one of
the reasons why I created ajournal, like during the
pandemic.
I created a journal for otherpeople to use, to like, help
prompt some of those just thingsthat we know inside that we
don't always speak or write, tojust get it out.
(12:59):
So I think that's powerful.
We can go on and on about this,but we need to get to the nitty
gritty I love this.
So the Soul Seekers Club.
So you shared a little bit moreabout just why you wanted to
start it, like what it meant toyou.
But I would love like the real,deep, like origin story.
Like I know you consideryourself a soul seeker.
(13:21):
That's what led you to the nameand the work and wanting to
inspire that and other people.
But what was the origin story?
Like, how did you wake up oneday and know, like this is the
business I want to form and thisis how I want to help other
people and serve other people?
What's that background?
Brittnie Demosthene (13:38):
Okay, so I think it comes in pieces.
For sure, it's been a minuteLike I've been an entrepreneur
for a minute.
I be trying to discredit myselfand I have to remind myself.
I'm like, no, you've been doingthis, like you really been
doing this, right.
And I want to say, my firstbusiness outside of like, when I
chose myself and I started torealize what I wanted to do, I
(14:01):
started making my own skincareproducts.
That business was calledEssence of Brit and I handmade
products, face masks, bodyscrubs, yoni steams, like all
these herbal blends.
Okay, yoni steams, yoni steamsand then I got into juicing so
that, like I'm my holisticwellness aspect and I started
(14:21):
making like detox juice cleansesfor people and that was called
juice by Brit.
And then what else did I do?
I can't remember there wassomething in between that time
period, but I just likegradually started to create more
streams of creativity formyself to be able to provide
services for people.
So as a content creator, Istarted creating for people and
(14:43):
helping them like creative,directing, edit their videos,
put them together, you know,providing that for them.
And once I started to tap moreinto my spirituality, I also
started to host like classes andwomb circles and just offering
meditation one-on-one.
So my overall like goal was toalways have some kind of space,
(15:06):
either physical or moreprimarily physical, where I can
like combine all those thingsinto one and how can I help
create a space ofself-development for folks and
give them like an overallexperience?
And on top of that, with mytraveling, I've always wanted to
host a retreat.
So and I'm just like throwingit into pieces because it's
making sense Literally theorigin is that I wanted to make
(15:30):
that, I wanted to combine allthose things together and serve
particularly Black women andpeople of color, and that is
changing as I'm seeing who needsme over time.
And I remember when I've onlyvisited LA once before I moved,
so around 20, I believe inDecember I went to go visit a
(15:51):
friend and it was on the planeride or just a couple of days
prior I was just gettingdownloads about what the Soul
Seekers Club would look like and, yeah, like branding wise, a
color scheme, like what is itabout?
And, yeah, and I just kind ofrolled with it and ever since
then it felt like I had the seedplanted for what that's going
(16:13):
to look like.
And I definitely have to give alot of props to all of the
business coaches that I've hadover the years, especially the
one that I'm working with now,like they've all helped brand,
helped me brand this into whatit's supposed to look like, and
so, yeah, that's for the mostpart, it's been a journey of
just like serving the collective.
You know, how can I, how can Iput all of my gifts and talents
(16:37):
into one offer that helps tobring people together but helps
to pour into them so they cankind of be like me?
Oh, wait, hold on, that'sexactly what it is.
I was like, wait, why am Irunning into circles?
But you know, spirit, be justhaving you spit things out.
Yes, yeah, I knew that a lot ofpeople were always so inspired
by what I do online Like oh, youcreate content so well.
(16:59):
I love how you just get up andgo.
I would always get that feedbackand I'm like you could do it
too, like that's literallyalways been at my core.
I just always want to showpeople like, how can you get
there?
And primarily, how you getthere is with self-work,
self-development, creating asound healing vessel for
yourself to be able to tap intoyour authenticity and tap into
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your creativity.
So I think Soul Seekers Club islike a mirror of myself,
wanting to help others unlockthemselves and to get to the
space of the journey that I wentthrough, understanding where I
really wanted to be, chosemyself and made those actionable
steps to be able to create thelife that I actually want to
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live.
Aliya Cheyanne (17:45):
Oh my gosh, you said so much, you said so much I
did.
Brittnie Demosthene (17:49):
I was like you know what, wait a minute,
let me get to the.
Aliya Cheyanne (17:52):
let me get to the you know, yeah, but I think
it's beautiful that, like inyour own self-discovery journey
and finding, joining thesedifferent places and areas and
things that you like, andrecognizing that it sparks a
light in other people, you'vebeen able to craft and shape
such a beautiful and inspiringbusiness.
(18:12):
And I think that not, I thinkthat part of it is a quote that
I'm also going to butcher, butthe idea is that sometimes when
you see people out here doingtheir own thing and just shining
, it often inspires other peopleto do the same, and there's a
saying that we can only see inothers what we recognize in
ourselves, whether that's goodor bad, and people being able to
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witness your work and yourcontent.
You don't even know like what aspark you might be igniting in
other people.
I still think about this.
You did a reel like recappingyour 20s, your highs and your
lows, and it was so beautifullydone, even just taking snips and
clips of these moments in timeand thinking through what you
wanted to say and communicate bystringing like those videos and
(18:57):
clips together.
It was such a beautiful reel.
Like I think I watched it likethree times in a row.
I think I got a little moist inthe eye.
I was like this is so beautiful, this is so inspiring.
But I'm just like even whetherthat was the intention or not
like even in you producing thatyou don't always realize what an
impact it's having on otherpeople and I think that's so
just cool and transformative.
(19:19):
And like just by being yourauthentic self, like you're
already doing the work or you'realready being a vessel for the
work.
Brittnie Demosthene (19:29):
So, yeah, that was good, that was good.
What'd you do?
Yeah, exactly that's what it isand and when I think about it.
And thank you so much.
That is my favorite reel tooand honestly, that was like I
put a lot of heart and soul intoit because of the tremendous
abrupt move and all that cameafter it, like I got into a car
(19:50):
accident when I got to LA.
I've been without a car forlike six months in LA, which is
just crazy.
And just figuring all that outand it actually caused me to
take a hiatus from social media,not so much because I mean yes
and no, like I had a lot ofpeople tell me, like give
yourself time and give yourselfgrace, you just moved to a new
city.
Like you don't have to show upon social media and do it all
(20:12):
and act like everything's okay,like yeah, but like I have so
many people that I don't want toleave hanging and you know, I
just put so hard on myself and Itook that minute away.
So that reel was really likeokay, I've been quiet, but
here's like everything.
But it was more so for me toreally like progression and the
beauty of my progression.
(20:33):
So exactly what you mentioned,like being your authentic self,
online or anywhere, just doingit for you know, at the end of
the day, is going to give thattremendous impact because it's
coming from that space ofauthenticity.
Aliya Cheyanne (20:47):
Yeah, and I think it's always important to
to like step away from a thingand come back to it, like give
yourself space to just live andgain more experience and, you
know, navigate life and enjoylife and then come back to it.
We all need those breaks and itsounded like it was really
important for you and when youdid come back, you came back
(21:08):
bigger and better.
So, yeah, I think that's reallygreat.
So you've already touched onsome aspects about how your
gifts are showing up in the workthat you do, from Reiki,
healing to curating spaces forall people people of color,
black women, everyone who needsyour work or who's drawn to your
work.
(21:28):
I'm curious about how you'veseen other gifts or additional
gifts, like maybe not allspiritual, but even just
recognizing some of your corehard skills and your talents,
how that's shown up and reallysupported you in your
entrepreneurial journey.
Brittnie Demosthene (21:42):
That's a great question.
Yeah, I would say, kind of howyou were commenting on that reel
that I made.
I think I've developed a reallygreat gift of, I guess, within
filmmaking, or understanding howto make content that you can
feel I don't know what that wordis or like how to describe it
exactly but instead of just likeputting things together even
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though, yes, like you know,create for yourself and let that
just let the platforms be your,your stage essentially but I
really like to send a messageintentionally by creating
content that you can feel, and Ifind that it's a beautiful
collaboration between editingand cutting the video, just
right, finding the song thatgoes with the emotion that
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you're trying to promote andtrying to have the people
download when they're watching.
And yeah, just like, yeah, yeah, so, whatever skill that is I
can definitely say that I'vegrown into.
Now I get it.
Now I see why people are alwayslike you're kind of so amazing,
but I'm like I'm not doingthose crazy video edits like the
(22:48):
top influencers that are doingthe holograms or like yeah.
And I'm like I wish I could dothat, like that's cool, or I
appreciate when I see that, butit's just not, it's not my.
Aliya Cheyanne (23:03):
It's not your authentic self-expression, Like
that's not your bag or yourthing.
Brittnie Demosthene (23:08):
Exactly, at least right now, like, who
knows, I could change.
But now I get it.
I'm like, oh, my simplicity iswhat sells?
Yes, so definitely that.
And is what sells?
And that's just so definitelythat, and I want to say
understanding.
So, aside from me managing thisbrick and mortar, for the last
couple of months I've alsomanaged a wellness space in
(23:29):
Manhattan.
Shout out to Gray Wellness.
It's my forever, forever fam,forever home.
One of the best Black ownedwellness massage, acupuncture
spaces, yoga.
Okay, say it again for thepeople Gray Wellness, g-r-a-e
Gray Wellness.
Okay, all right.
Fifth in near Union Square.
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Amazing, the community is justfire and it helped me develop so
much about myself as a leader,as an entrepreneur, as a
creative and a spiritual healer.
But, yeah, so I helped tomanage their operations.
I was their operations managerfor a year and some change, and
I found how much just being inthose spaces like helped me
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understand what it really meansto run a business, so kind of
putting those gifts into like Ithink I've coined the term like
creative, what did I call it?
Creative operation coordinator,something around that term.
My LinkedIn.
You know it's a combinationLike I really love creating
systems, I think that's like mystrong suit Um from working with
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other business owners andbusiness coaches, just seeing,
like when you're creatingstructure for your business,
funnels, your website marketingand like making sure everything
like leads to one thing, andcreating email campaigns Like
there's so many systems behindthat.
And I'm not going to lie, themore that I'm getting into my
business and understanding whatit's going to take to become
(24:55):
successful these are the nittygritty, that I'm just like all
right, I'm not quite at thepoint where I could like just
hire someone.
I mean, I never say never, butyou're always in the infancy
phase of your business where,like, you're the one that has to
do all these things.
Aliya Cheyanne (25:10):
Do everything.
Brittnie Demosthene (25:12):
So, yeah, I think I kind of lost track of
the question, but I thinkunderstanding you answered yeah,
great.
Those aspects really havehelped shape my business over
time.
The more that I've learned fromtrial and error, I can really
like see, like I've recently hadan epiphany of like oh my God,
everything that I've done in thepast has just been preparing me
(25:34):
for that Like, just like theworkshop that I was going to
host in the next six days thatyou were gonna come to and I had
to cancel it because I justmade the executive decision like
, okay, I put so much into itlike I rebranded you'll see like
in a couple days but I'verebranded color scheme wise,
(25:55):
logo wise and I'm just finallylike there's such a difference
between doing something for thesake of doing it and doing it
intentionally, and there's adifference between feeling like,
okay, you need more money, youneed extra income, so, but I
know that I have a passion and Iwant to follow my purpose in
creating whatever this lookslike as a business.
(26:17):
So, because I have this desirefor more money, I'm going to put
so much pressure on myself tomake my passion become
successful.
And sometimes that drive behindthat isn't as, it's not as
intentional or it's not as so.
You do it with some kind ofrush where, like, everything
needs to be perfect because Ineeded to make money, versus
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that's where I used to be,versus now I'm seeing how much
like all of that was just trialand error for me to finally be
in a space where I'm just like,okay, no, I now truly understand
what it means to serve and whatit means to create, and so I'm
going to do this intentionally,without the notion or the what's
the word Immediate gain Word?
(27:03):
Oh goodness, it'll come.
Aliya Cheyanne (27:04):
It'll come, but when you want it Like the
immediate reward, thegratification.
Brittnie Demosthene (27:11):
Okay, instant gratification.
So when you put instantgratification to the side and
you can just focus on creatingfor the sake of creating, not
for the sake of being, likechecked off somebody's box, like
yes, britney's doing well, orlike you know, you know, like um
for for um, now I'm losing myother word.
Damn, what's the other word?
Um?
Aliya Cheyanne (27:32):
it'll come checking off boxes.
It's not, it's not just for,like that, immediate
gratification and satisfaction.
It's like you're actuallypouring your intention and your
purpose into your work andyou're doing it to ensure that
you're producing something to aquality that you appreciate, to
your own standard, and likeputting your work out into the
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world in a way that you can beproud and can be satisfying,
knowing that in doing that workit'll manifest the results that
you want.
It may not be immediate, maybedown the line.
It'll manifest the results thatyou want.
It may not be immediate, maybedown the line, but it's coming.
Bring it on home.
Brittnie Demosthene (28:05):
Miss Olivia , because you just finished my
whole thing.
Aliya Cheyanne (28:10):
I think that's so powerful.
I think there are spiritualgifts, there are your core gifts
and your hard skills, and allthose things go into creating
the life of your dreams and thebusiness of your dreams.
It's funny that you weretalking before about being
really good at identifying andbuilding systems, because so
much of that is what it takes tobuild a brand and a business
(28:31):
that can really thrive and growand serve in the way that it's
supposed to.
And in order to be that leaderand build it from the ground up,
you know how, you have to knowhow to do all of the parts, but
eventually you get to a placewhere you can hire people who
are, like, smarter and better atcertain aspects of it and can
really help to grow your vision.
(28:51):
And I think it's so importantto have had the experience of
working at other places so youcan see what was done well.
You can see what you would dobetter in your own business, but
you have that information andthat experience to help shape
your own vision for your ownwork too.
And I think about that a lottoo in my professional space, my
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entrepreneurial space, likewhat that looks like for me,
like taking the values and thelessons and things that I've
learned working elsewhere andapplying it to what I'm trying
to build for myself.
And doing that with intention,recognizing that it's a long
game, like it's not going to beinstant.
That would be amazing.
I would welcome it.
If it happens, that would be amiracle.
Hello universe, like, please do.
(29:32):
But recognizing that it's along game.
And while you were talking,something I was thinking about
was I'm going to forget theauthor's name Lord, have mercy,
but I was reading the Energy ofMoney, maybe like a year ago,
and I mean there are a lot oflessons in that book, but the
core thing that it always comesback to is how can we use this
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physical plane to manifestthings that are not tangible?
Like each of our souls and ourspirits have a calling and a
purpose and a thing we are meantto do and accomplish in this
world.
Our duty is to materialize it.
So, whatever that thing is inthat spiritual plane, calling in
the energy of money looks likematerializing that spiritual
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thing, and everyone's gift isdifferent.
It could be the Soul SeekersClub.
It could be a communicationsplatform like a podcast.
It could be someone who's anartist who's out here doing
transformational paintings thatare inspiring people and they're
hanging in museums and homes.
It could be literally anything,but our calling and our job is
to materialize that which isintangible and that which is
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immaterial and pulling that intothe physical plane and being
rewarded with money through ourgift.
And I think that's for all ofyou know, that's for all of us.
You know, to find that thingand I think something the book
shares that's one of the easiestways to find that is to lean
into what you're, what bringsyou joy, what are you naturally
good at, what are you naturallypassionate about?
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And when you lean in, when youfind that thing and you lean
into it.
That's one way of making theintangible tangible.
And I hear so much of that inwhat you shared about your work
and inventing, like creatingyour business.
I keep hitting my mic oh, myGod, I'm getting excited.
But so much of that is likewhat you shared about how you've
created the Soul Seekers Cluband how you continue to evolve
(31:22):
and grow it, and I think that'sreally powerful and really
beautiful Wow.
Brittnie Demosthene (31:26):
Okay, no, you're definitely going to have
to share that author, becausewhat is the book called again?
Aliya Cheyanne (31:32):
The Energy of Money.
I'm going to get the author'sname.
I'm like blanking on her nameright now, but the book is
called the Energy of Money.
Get the author's name.
Brittnie Demosthene (31:39):
I'm like blanking on her name right now,
but the book is called theEnergy of Money.
Amazing, that was a reallybeautiful take, and I don't know
if you listen to Abraham Hicks,but he talks about that a lot,
not verbatim, but I've heard hersay that in so many different
ways.
The fact that I love that.
You said that that the money isjust a reward for you doing
what you love instead ofactually chasing money.
And while you were saying allthat, what came to me was to
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mention how much like mybusiness and my the way that I
show up lately has transformedso much because I started
putting spirituality at theforefront of what I do.
Also like involving myancestors and my spirit guides
involving my ancestors and myspirit guides, it's been a game
(32:22):
changer and just like reallybeing intentional about
everything, especially withbusiness.
So, yeah, that definitely madea difference.
Aliya Cheyanne (32:28):
Yeah, I think so too.
I've been saying to myself too.
My late grandfather passed overa year ago and he had an
entrepreneurial spirit back inhis day and I like to think that
I'm channeling that energy inthe flesh and like always asking
for guidance from him and otherpeople in my family and my past
(32:51):
on who also had those spirits,and just entrepreneurial spirits
, and just asking them like am Idoing this right?
Like share your wisdom with me.
Come through in my dreams, likegive me signs.
And I feel like I've had littlesigns here and there, little
messages and dreams, so I thinkthey're showing up how they know
best.
But I love that tapping intospirituality is so important,
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whatever one believes in.
You got all kinds of beliefsystems out here.
Yeah, I think that's beautiful.
So I feel like you've talkedabout so many things and like
hit on so many things that Iwanted to ask.
But I would love to know.
We all define successdifferently.
It looks different to each andevery person.
But for you personally, in thislife and in this work that
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you're doing, what does successlook like to you?
Or, if it's not a look, whatdoes success look like to you?
Or, if it's not a look.
What does it feel like to youin your body?
What will let you know thatyou've been successful, that
you've done the right thing?
Brittnie Demosthene (33:47):
Yeah, I believe success needles like
freedom.
I'm very passionate aboutpersonal freedom.
With the Soul Seekers Club,it's our motto and, yeah, I
think success for me it lookslike being able to travel
wherever I want to go.
I literally think about itoften and I write the same
(34:10):
things.
Success for me means I want tohave the financial freedom to be
able to afford the things thatare going to feed my mind,
spirit and body.
I want to be able to get allthe best wellness services.
I want a massage per week.
I want the organic food that'sgoing to help me feel good.
(34:30):
I want all those things and themore that you realize, then
tapping into the energy ofluxury and the energy of quality
things, like things.
It's not so much about, youknow, oh, being bougie or just
having the best stuff for thesake of like, like, for example,
I had being home and stayingwith my parents and my sister um
(34:51):
.
I'm the older sister but I'mraving through my little
sister's closet because I'm justlike you what I don't really
like, what I brought from LA.
So what do you want in yourcloset?
She had this one hoodie.
I think it's the brandEssentials.
Oh yeah, that hoodie was socozy and I was like, oh, maybe
it's just going to be on mine.
(35:12):
No, not that Whatever thematerial is was so comfortable.
She was like, yeah, the hoodiealone was like a hundred
something dollars.
And then she also has like asweatpants set which was
probably another hundred and forsome people, like, that's
probably not within their budget.
But when I think about it I waslike, oh, after feeling what
that hoodie felt like, I felt socomfortable.
(35:33):
Once you can feel what successlooks like or what like comfort
looks like you have, you won'tbat an eye of like paying for
whatever it is that's going togive you.
Oh yeah, kind of like I thinkit was steve harvey had said and
other like influencers hadrinsed and repeated it like get
yourself a first class airlineticket or get it one time, one
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time, and it will shift yourmindset to say oh, I'm not fly
first class again because thisis cozy, this is comfortable.
That was me when I went toTanzania two years ago.
Oh, yes, no, no, take this Notbad, I didn't, oh, I'm sorry.
A group trip and I saw all myother peers like rolling into
business, rolling into, and theywere taking photos of their
(36:19):
little suite and I was all theway in the back and I was just
like this is like a 10 plus hourflight and for X amount extra I
could have you know.
So I remember how that felt,like just knowing what, like
sometimes you have to putyourself into what success feels
like to be able to shift yourmindset to want more.
(36:41):
But backtracking that's what Iwould want Like.
I want the freedom to be ableto get the things that are going
to make me comfortable but arealso going to elevate my mind,
my body and my soul in so manyways, and that looks like all
those things.
So yeah, personal freedom,everything at its core is what
success looks like for me.
(37:01):
And I would say, success alsofor me looks like being able to
provide for others, whether ifit's my family, whether if it's
you know experiences.
Like the littlest thing thisweekend I was able to come home
and hang out with my friends andlike I got them all drinks and
I was like, ooh, that felt good.
You know, like I want to bemore money in my pocket to be
(37:25):
able to do nice things forpeople but also carry the work
that helped carry me throughouttime.
Yeah, and be able to supportothers and show others how to do
the same thing.
Aliya Cheyanne (37:32):
Yeah, I think that's so beautiful and like
we're aligned in so many waysbecause I'm like so much of what
would make people like and I'musing the word comfortable,
knowing that comfortable canmean many different things, but
so much of what would makepeople comfortable is just being
able to live well.
Like we should all have accessto healthy, organic food that is
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affordable to purchase.
We should all be able toexperience massages often
acupuncture, reiki, like all ofthese things that support us.
I was listening to an olderepisode of Small Doses by Amanda
Seals, her podcast, earlier andshe had a therapist on there
and she was like I want toreframe the language from
everyone needs therapy toeveryone deserves therapy.
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Everyone deserves to have theability to speak to an unbiased
person who's just showing up forthem, like it's not a give and
take relationship, it's a giveand give relationship because
they're there for you.
Like everyone deserves thosethings.
So I think that's so beautifuland I'm wanting the same things
for myself.
Like I want to fly first classat least once in my life and
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I've said that to myself.
I will, I will one day.
I said to myself, tasia and Ihad gone to Seychelles, I don't
know a couple years ago, a fewyears ago, and it was when the
flights it was during a pandemic.
So you know the flights werelower than what they are right
now, but it was such a longflight.
But it was during the time whenthe airlines were still
practicing like socialdistancing so we had like whole
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rows to ourselves but we stillweren't in first class.
We could stretch out but itwasn't a first class experience.
And I told myself if I everflew that far and that long
again, I have to build it intomy budget for that experience
that I fly first class.
It's not.
If I can't do it, I'm not going.
It's so long.
Brittnie Demosthene (39:22):
Yeah, it really is Like, even with a stop
.
Oh, when you know what else,girl, oh my God, when you fly to
that, when you fly to that partof the world like when I went
to Tanzania, the stop was inQatar Okay, the airlines, when
you get there and you actuallypay for those upgrades and you
get access to, like, the loungesat the airport it's such an
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experience it really helps yourwhole, oh everything.
But that's honestly kind of howit has to be, like you kind of
have to build it in, like yousaid, into your budget but, most
importantly, build it into yourmindset and say like no, this
is the experience that I want tohave from beginning to end.
Aliya Cheyanne (40:01):
Yeah, absolutely .
And also just like recognizingthat it's it's not even a I
don't even want to label it abougie or like a luxury thing
like we deserve, if anyonedeserves experiences like this
right black women is indigenouswomen, it's women of color, it's
everybody, but like if anyonereally deserves it, it's us.
(40:23):
So just shifting my mindsetaround, that is important too.
Like we deserve it, we'reworthy of it.
We've been boxed out of it fora long time historically, yeah,
so yeah, well, cheers, cheers tothis year being our.
Brittnie Demosthene (40:37):
What are we making it this year?
Next year, our first firstclass?
Oh, you know what?
Hold on, let's.
I'm acclaiming here right nowbecause you were part of my yes
and I'm happy to have you as afounding soul seeker for one of
my next retreats or it will befabricated and doused in luxury.
That experience, it will be amindset shift from beginning to
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end and we'll be able to.
I'll be able to throw a grouptrip next year, 2020, where I'm
first class and we are okayexperience and it will be all
around that.
Aliya Cheyanne (41:12):
So I love that.
Let me let me start puttingmoney aside now so it can be
possible for me.
Yeah, but I claim that Ireceived that and I want to be
there.
So I'm going to make sure Ikeep an eye out for that.
Make sure I start budgeting forthat from now.
But, yeah, I'm claiming thatthere are a couple of places
that I have in mind that I wouldlove to see this year.
(41:35):
I spoke about it in a previousepisode, but I've had two failed
attempts to go to Morocco and Ireally want to make it there
and a couple of other places andI've said to myself these might
be the ones where I need tobudget for first class.
So I'm manifesting that formyself.
And, yeah, luxury from here onout yeah, I love that.
(41:57):
So I don't know we've covered somuch.
I know we're coming up on time.
So, just really quickly, Iwould love for you to just let
the people know where to findyou.
I know like you've shared a lotabout the evolution of the Soul
Seekers Club and what you'remanifesting to create next year
and a lot of exciting thingsthat are coming up.
So if you want to share moreabout what the next chapter for
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the Soul Seekers Club looks likefor you, you can.
And then, of course, let peopleknow where to find you, your
website, your social media, allthe things Of course.
Brittnie Demosthene (42:28):
Yeah, so next year I'm actually speaking
of retreats I'm looking topartner again with Black Girls,
hike and just other folks nearby.
I'm looking to establish morecommunity and building the Soul
Seekers Club in LA.
I'm not sure if it's going tobe my forever landing spot.
It's funny because back to NewYork just to visit for the week.
(42:49):
I thought like, okay, I have todo the retreat, I have to do
the workshop here, because mynetwork is here.
That's the only way I'll havepeople sign up.
But to my surprise I kind ofhad the epiphany that I can put
the energy out there anywhere,whether if I'm in.
New York or LA, so I'm lookingto branch for both.
My goal is to be bi-coastal.
Aliya Cheyanne (43:10):
my goal is to be worldwide.
Brittnie Demosthene (43:12):
So I'll be able to host workshops and mini
retreats and long group tripretreats overseas at some point
later this year and next year,but primarily also just starting
with one-on-one coaching.
So I'm really like scaling intowhat my offer looks like and I
want to offer more creative,conscious coaching.
Create other healers andcreatives looking for like
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either need a thought partner tohelp them like actualize their
ideas, or, if you actually need,like media assistance in some
capacity and or life andspiritual coaching, because all
those things in my book go handin hand.
So helping kind of, you know,get to your goal, but also
clearing your path, yourenergetic field, so that you can
(43:55):
get to those spaces.
So coaching, workshops,retreats, all those good things
and just more content.
Being more present online andonline, find me, so you can find
the Soul Seekers Club onInstagram and I actually just
launched the website not toolong ago.
Aliya Cheyanne (44:11):
So it's the.
Brittnie Demosthene (44:12):
Soul Seekers Club, and then my
personal page, brittanyDemestine.
I'm sure you'll write it allout, because it's my last name?
Yeah, absolutely, and my firstname is not as traditional, but
you can find my personal pageand the Soul Seekers Club on
Instagram and the website aswell.
Aliya Cheyanne (44:30):
Yes, and I will definitely make sure to link all
of that in the show notes sothat the folks can find you and
just thank you so much fortaking the time to share more of
yourself, your gift and yourwork with our listeners and
joining me on the podcast.
It's been really great and abeautiful conversation and I
appreciate it a lot, thank you.
Brittnie Demosthene (44:49):
Thank you for having me and I'm so happy
to see you doing your thing.
I'm so happy to see thispodcast thriving, and thank you
for having me as a guest, and Ihope to be able to work with you
soon as well.
Aliya Cheyanne (45:01):
Yes, absolutely.
Thank you so much, brittany,and thank you all for tuning in
to this episode.
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Hey friend, welcome back to the show.
I'm so glad that you're here.
We're wrapping up this littleperiod of replays before we jump
into new episodes, but for ourlast one, for right now, I
wanted to revisit an episodethat I'd done about a year ago
with Brittany Demestine, who isthe founder of the Soul Seekers
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Club, and that episode wascalled Soul Searching with
Brittany Demestine.
In this episode, we talk allabout holistic wellness and
creativity, and we also talkabout paving your own path
towards freedom and fulfillment.
This is such a good episode.
It's so rich in so many lessonsand gems and I thought it'd be
really powerful to revisit thisepisode once again, particularly
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during this time, because Ijust want Black women to be
rested and well and supportedand taken care of our minds,
bodies and peace.
So with that, let's jump intothis replay.
If you enjoy the conversationand you enjoy the episode,
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All right, friend, let's getinto this episode.
Hey y'all, welcome back to theProlific Hood podcast.
I'm your girl, leah Cheyenne,and I'm super excited today to
be joined by a special guest,brittany Demerstein.
(01:28):
Hi, brittany, hey, thanks forhaving me.
I'm so excited, I'm so excitedto have you and I'm going to let
you jump into telling us alittle bit more about you, but
before that I want to just sharewith our audience how I met you
, how I know of you so reallyquickly and I've spoken about
this retreat on the pod beforebut last year Brittany, through
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her company, her group, the SoulSeekers Club, hosted a really
powerful weekend in the Poconos.
That was really special.
My sister, tasia, and I wentand it was just very cozy and
heartwarming.
It was an opportunity to get toknow some other folks that we
hadn't met before.
It was an opportunity to get toknow some other folks that we
hadn't met before.
It was an opportunity to go alittle bit deeper within
ourselves, because there was asacred mushroom ceremony with
(02:12):
sacred cacao and mushroom.
Brittany teamed up with BlackGirls Hike to do a really
awesome hike, which was reallycool and it was just a really
lovely experience.
There was so much love and carethat went into that retreat.
That has stuck with me and I'veshared about it on the podcast
before, but I'm so excited tohave Brittany here to talk more
about the Soul Seekers Club andthe work that she does.
(02:35):
But before we jump into that,brittany, I want to give you an
opportunity to introduceyourself to the people, so
please tell us who you are.
Brittnie Demosthene (02:44):
Thank you so much, oh, my goodness.
Well, hi everyone.
My name is Brittany Demasin.
I'm the founder of the SoulSeekers Club.
I'm a conscious creative, awellness practitioner and a
liver of life, and I mean theSoul Seekers Club the Soul
Seekers Club because I considermyself a professional soul
seeker, so I wanted to embodythat in something that I can
(03:05):
cultivate for the collective,for like-minded people.
I've been a wellnesspractitioner for a couple of
years now.
My journey came from I have abackground in medicine.
So my original path of career Iwas always aiming for, like
medical school and just you knowwhat my parents had in mind for
me growing up.
And after I graduated fromcollege, I tried to apply to a
(03:28):
physician assistant program andI didn't get in and I thought
that was my chance to reallythink about like okay, do I want
to do this again?
Take the test to get into gradschool, be in grad school for
years just off of something thatI'm not even sure that I love.
And I knew in my heart foryears that I always wanted to be
a creative.
I just didn't know what.
Coming from Caribbeanbackground, parents it's like
(03:48):
well, they always used to.
Aliya Cheyanne (03:52):
I've had some convictions.
I know Facts.
Brittnie Demosthene (03:54):
No, you can't what.
You have to be doctor, you haveto be lawyer, you have to be.
So I had taken the opportunityI chose myself is what I always
say after I graduated.
And I took that year off tojust figure out, like, what do I
want to do?
And I deviated into holisticmedicine, wellness practices,
(04:16):
spirituality.
I started solo traveling.
That just opened the door forlike so many things and
literally my life has been adomino effect since that day,
just constant evolution afterevolution.
I feel like I found like myhobbies, my interests after the
age of like 24 and life reallystarted for me and I finally
(04:37):
like felt what it is that I wantto do on this earth and how I
want to serve.
So, yeah, and ever since then,I've just been exploring
entrepreneurship, exploringbreaking out of my mold with,
like different experiences andcreating experiences for myself
and other people.
So with that, to this day, it'scultivated into me being a life
(04:57):
coach, me being a Reikipractitioner and a creative, a
content creator at my core and,yeah, just a professional soul
seeker at heart.
So, I love that.
Aliya Cheyanne (05:08):
Yeah, I love that.
So so many things to unpackwith that.
I love the statement like Ichose me, I chose myself.
So many people don't do thatand they go through life always
wondering what could it havelooked like had I bet on myself
and had I chosen myself?
So I think that's reallybeautiful and I'm like this will
come up in other interviews butI'm noticing how many like just
(05:31):
dope, incredible creative blackwomen started off trying to
pursue medicine, either because,yeah, like either because maybe
parents wanted them to do that,or they thought that was the
way to go and quickly learn.
Like actually I need to be overhere doing this.
I'm like that's so interestingto me.
But yeah, I just so much.
(05:51):
So many things are beautifulabout what you said.
I've been able to witness someof your creativity and
experience some of your magic,like through the retreat,
through our conversation now,and I'm just excited to share
more about you and your workwith our audience.
So okay, before we get into thenitty gritty and all the cool
stuff, real quick.
So you relocated last year.
Brittnie Demosthene (06:11):
I'm a born and raised New Yorker that has
moved to Los Angeles.
Yep, yes.
Aliya Cheyanne (06:15):
All the way from one coast to another.
So how has that been?
In short, like, do you feellike you found your place?
Like, do you feel like youfound your place?
Like, do you feel like youfound your place for now?
Do you feel like this is like,like, what about it?
Like, tell me more.
Brittnie Demosthene (06:32):
Yeah, yeah, it's been definitely a topic in
terms of like it being my place.
I think, going over there andI'll give you the backstory, but
going over there I realizedthat I don't think I have a
place Like, for example, bornand raised in New York and only
living here for my entire life,I never went away for college,
never, you know nothing, juststayed on the block, journey on
(06:55):
the block for last couple ofyears, 20 years.
So I've realized that afterfinally leaving and being
somewhere else, I actually havea desire, ironically, to become
a nomad now, in a sense, out ofthe only thing that I've known,
just kind of opened my eyes alittle bit more, even though
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I've traveled and I've been toso many places for certain
periods of time.
But yeah, and that's alwaysbeen a thing with me.
But back to like the reason.
So I moved for work.
So, aside from being a creativeentrepreneur, I still have, you
know, some nine to five jobsfrom time to time.
And I decided to work with awellness company an herbal
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wellness company about a yearand a half ago here in New York
Br and mortar in Brooklyn andthey decided to open up an LA
location.
And I was already going toBurning man.
If you know, burning man isamazing.
They call it a rave, but it'sreally this like camping
festival experience in thedesert in Nevada, already like
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purchased a ticket, no notion ofmoving to anywhere.
You know, I was just going andthen coming back and I had
mentioned it to the company, Iwas like, hey, I know you guys
have been sending people over tohelp with the opening of the
new location.
I'm going to be on the WestCoast, do you need help?
And they're like actually weneed a manager to help set up
the store and relocate.
I was like I'll do it.
You know like I want somethingfresh, something new.
(08:20):
So I took the opportunity whenI tell you I had one month to
prepare to let go of myapartment in Brooklyn, to pack
everything into storage, aka myparents' house, and then head on
over and just kind of getsettled.
So with that, my journey intoLA was not the most comfortable.
(08:41):
It was definitely rushedcompared to someone who may have
taken a job opportunity and hadmonths to prepare before a move
.
Mine was so rushed.
And then the store the grandopening was so popular and the
store itself is very successful,so it's been nonstop busy, busy
.
So, it was definitely a lot whenpeople, when people ask me that
(09:03):
, I always say, like the job hashad such an impact on me that
it's affected the way that I canreally dive into a new city and
explore LA for what it is.
Aliya Cheyanne (09:14):
Wow, wow, oh.
That's like rapid, rapid fire,like rapid everything.
That's so interesting.
Thank you for sharing that,though, and I actually love your
correction at the start of thatabout how, like, not
necessarily feeling like it'syour place and adapting more of
like a nomadic lifestyle andmentality, I think I mean, I saw
(09:36):
a quote a long time ago.
I'm going to butcher this, butbasically it was saying like
human beings, we have legs.
If we were meant to stay in oneplace, we would have roots like
as if we were a tree you know,and I saw that and I was like
you know, I think that's true,like that's how I look at travel
, because I love to travel but Ihaven't necessarily moved like
(09:56):
in adulthood, like relocated toa new place.
I've moved in childhood.
That was not in my control,that was not my decision, those
were not places I stayed longterm.
I've been in New York thelongest, but I've always had a
desire to go somewhere else andI don't know exactly where yet.
But even though it was rapidfire, still inspiring to hear
more about how you did relocateand move yeah, I think it's.
(10:19):
Even though it was rapid fire,still inspiring to hear more
about how you did relocate andmove.
Yeah, I think it's.
Even though it's been likehectic, I think it's still
inspiring and cool and I hopeyou will get a chance to really
dive into the city and see moreabout it and experience more of
it that's not just centeredaround like this particular
transition, exactly yeah, and toyour point, like not knowing
where you want to go.
Brittnie Demosthene (10:37):
I didn't know where I wanted to go either
, but I ended up realizing I hadrealized when I got to LA that
everything that I was asking forearlier that year in my journal
as I was script, I think theposition that I was in it was
still at an immediate level andI was like, no, I really want to
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be in leadership, I really wanta job that I can be in
leadership, I can be a creativeand I can be potentially remote
so that I can travel or justhave or travel for work in some
capacity.
And I was like I can't see thathere, so I'm just going to
manifest it outside of thiscurrent job and that's what I
was scripting, that's what I waswriting.
And then here I get.
At least like 75% of themanifestation came true because
(11:24):
here I am in a city, I'm livingsomewhere else, I'm technically,
you know, traveling, I feellike I'm a traveler in LA or in
the West Coast just you knowexploring bordering cities and
states and I'm in leadership andI am exercising my creativity.
So all that to say, like if youdon't know exactly where you
want to go, I think it's more soabout like setting the
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intention of what you want toexperience and how.
Then Universal provides youthose opportunities, just like I
got mine out of nowhere.
Aliya Cheyanne (11:54):
Yeah, I love that.
I love that Like we talk somuch about the power of the
tongue, but the truth is there'sa lot of power in writing and a
version of the written wordthat's not literal scripture
like religious texts, but youwriting and creating your own
word.
I think that there's a lot ofpower in that.
You're reminding me I need toget back to writing down my
(12:15):
intentions.
I speak a lot what I want,visualize a lot what I want, but
I always write it down and Ineed to get back to doing that.
Brittnie Demosthene (12:23):
Yeah, I think I like journaling as much
as I like everybody else.
Like it's easy for some people,I think for me, I know I have
to get out of my head about noone else is going to read it,
you know.
So I'm like it's for you.
Aliya Cheyanne (12:38):
Just throw down whatever you want to throw down,
but yeah, yeah, and sometimesit's not always easy to free
write and sometimes it helps tohave prompts, and that's one of
the reasons why I created ajournal, like during the
pandemic.
I created a journal for otherpeople to use, to like, help
prompt some of those just thingsthat we know inside that we
don't always speak or write, tojust get it out.
(12:59):
So I think that's powerful.
We can go on and on about this,but we need to get to the nitty
gritty I love this.
So the Soul Seekers Club.
So you shared a little bit moreabout just why you wanted to
start it, like what it meant toyou.
But I would love like the real,deep, like origin story.
Like I know you consideryourself a soul seeker.
(13:21):
That's what led you to the nameand the work and wanting to
inspire that and other people.
But what was the origin story?
Like, how did you wake up oneday and know, like this is the
business I want to form and thisis how I want to help other
people and serve other people?
What's that background?
Brittnie Demosthene (13:38):
Okay, so I think it comes in pieces.
For sure, it's been a minuteLike I've been an entrepreneur
for a minute.
I be trying to discredit myselfand I have to remind myself.
I'm like, no, you've been doingthis, like you really been
doing this, right.
And I want to say, my firstbusiness outside of like, when I
chose myself and I started torealize what I wanted to do, I
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started making my own skincareproducts.
That business was calledEssence of Brit and I handmade
products, face masks, bodyscrubs, yoni steams, like all
these herbal blends.
Okay, yoni steams, yoni steamsand then I got into juicing so
that, like I'm my holisticwellness aspect and I started
(14:21):
making like detox juice cleansesfor people and that was called
juice by Brit.
And then what else did I do?
I can't remember there wassomething in between that time
period, but I just likegradually started to create more
streams of creativity formyself to be able to provide
services for people.
So as a content creator, Istarted creating for people and
(14:43):
helping them like creative,directing, edit their videos,
put them together, you know,providing that for them.
And once I started to tap moreinto my spirituality, I also
started to host like classes andwomb circles and just offering
meditation one-on-one.
So my overall like goal was toalways have some kind of space,
(15:06):
either physical or moreprimarily physical, where I can
like combine all those thingsinto one and how can I help
create a space ofself-development for folks and
give them like an overallexperience?
And on top of that, with mytraveling, I've always wanted to
host a retreat.
So and I'm just like throwingit into pieces because it's
making sense Literally theorigin is that I wanted to make
(15:30):
that, I wanted to combine allthose things together and serve
particularly Black women andpeople of color, and that is
changing as I'm seeing who needsme over time.
And I remember when I've onlyvisited LA once before I moved,
so around 20, I believe inDecember I went to go visit a
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friend and it was on the planeride or just a couple of days
prior I was just gettingdownloads about what the Soul
Seekers Club would look like and, yeah, like branding wise, a
color scheme, like what is itabout?
And, yeah, and I just kind ofrolled with it and ever since
then it felt like I had the seedplanted for what that's going
(16:13):
to look like.
And I definitely have to give alot of props to all of the
business coaches that I've hadover the years, especially the
one that I'm working with now,like they've all helped brand,
helped me brand this into whatit's supposed to look like, and
so, yeah, that's for the mostpart, it's been a journey of
just like serving the collective.
You know, how can I, how can Iput all of my gifts and talents
(16:37):
into one offer that helps tobring people together but helps
to pour into them so they cankind of be like me?
Oh, wait, hold on, that'sexactly what it is.
I was like, wait, why am Irunning into circles?
But you know, spirit, be justhaving you spit things out.
Yes, yeah, I knew that a lot ofpeople were always so inspired
by what I do online Like oh, youcreate content so well.
(16:59):
I love how you just get up andgo.
I would always get that feedbackand I'm like you could do it
too, like that's literallyalways been at my core.
I just always want to showpeople like, how can you get
there?
And primarily, how you getthere is with self-work,
self-development, creating asound healing vessel for
yourself to be able to tap intoyour authenticity and tap into
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your creativity.
So I think Soul Seekers Club islike a mirror of myself,
wanting to help others unlockthemselves and to get to the
space of the journey that I wentthrough, understanding where I
really wanted to be, chosemyself and made those actionable
steps to be able to create thelife that I actually want to
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live.
Aliya Cheyanne (17:45):
Oh my gosh, you said so much, you said so much I
did.
Brittnie Demosthene (17:49):
I was like you know what, wait a minute,
let me get to the.
Aliya Cheyanne (17:52):
let me get to the you know, yeah, but I think
it's beautiful that, like inyour own self-discovery journey
and finding, joining thesedifferent places and areas and
things that you like, andrecognizing that it sparks a
light in other people, you'vebeen able to craft and shape
such a beautiful and inspiringbusiness.
(18:12):
And I think that not, I thinkthat part of it is a quote that
I'm also going to butcher, butthe idea is that sometimes when
you see people out here doingtheir own thing and just shining
, it often inspires other peopleto do the same, and there's a
saying that we can only see inothers what we recognize in
ourselves, whether that's goodor bad, and people being able to
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witness your work and yourcontent.
You don't even know like what aspark you might be igniting in
other people.
I still think about this.
You did a reel like recappingyour 20s, your highs and your
lows, and it was so beautifullydone, even just taking snips and
clips of these moments in timeand thinking through what you
wanted to say and communicate bystringing like those videos and
(18:57):
clips together.
It was such a beautiful reel.
Like I think I watched it likethree times in a row.
I think I got a little moist inthe eye.
I was like this is so beautiful, this is so inspiring.
But I'm just like even whetherthat was the intention or not
like even in you producing thatyou don't always realize what an
impact it's having on otherpeople and I think that's so
just cool and transformative.
(19:19):
And like just by being yourauthentic self, like you're
already doing the work or you'realready being a vessel for the
work.
Brittnie Demosthene (19:29):
So, yeah, that was good, that was good.
What'd you do?
Yeah, exactly that's what it isand and when I think about it.
And thank you so much.
That is my favorite reel tooand honestly, that was like I
put a lot of heart and soul intoit because of the tremendous
abrupt move and all that cameafter it, like I got into a car
(19:50):
accident when I got to LA.
I've been without a car forlike six months in LA, which is
just crazy.
And just figuring all that outand it actually caused me to
take a hiatus from social media,not so much because I mean yes
and no, like I had a lot ofpeople tell me, like give
yourself time and give yourselfgrace, you just moved to a new
city.
Like you don't have to show upon social media and do it all
(20:12):
and act like everything's okay,like yeah, but like I have so
many people that I don't want toleave hanging and you know, I
just put so hard on myself and Itook that minute away.
So that reel was really likeokay, I've been quiet, but
here's like everything.
But it was more so for me toreally like progression and the
beauty of my progression.
(20:33):
So exactly what you mentioned,like being your authentic self,
online or anywhere, just doingit for you know, at the end of
the day, is going to give thattremendous impact because it's
coming from that space ofauthenticity.
Aliya Cheyanne (20:47):
Yeah, and I think it's always important to
to like step away from a thingand come back to it, like give
yourself space to just live andgain more experience and, you
know, navigate life and enjoylife and then come back to it.
We all need those breaks and itsounded like it was really
important for you and when youdid come back, you came back
(21:08):
bigger and better.
So, yeah, I think that's reallygreat.
So you've already touched onsome aspects about how your
gifts are showing up in the workthat you do, from Reiki,
healing to curating spaces forall people people of color,
black women, everyone who needsyour work or who's drawn to your
work.
(21:28):
I'm curious about how you'veseen other gifts or additional
gifts, like maybe not allspiritual, but even just
recognizing some of your corehard skills and your talents,
how that's shown up and reallysupported you in your
entrepreneurial journey.
Brittnie Demosthene (21:42):
That's a great question.
Yeah, I would say, kind of howyou were commenting on that reel
that I made.
I think I've developed a reallygreat gift of, I guess, within
filmmaking, or understanding howto make content that you can
feel I don't know what that wordis or like how to describe it
exactly but instead of just likeputting things together even
(22:04):
though, yes, like you know,create for yourself and let that
just let the platforms be your,your stage essentially but I
really like to send a messageintentionally by creating
content that you can feel, and Ifind that it's a beautiful
collaboration between editingand cutting the video, just
right, finding the song thatgoes with the emotion that
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you're trying to promote andtrying to have the people
download when they're watching.
And yeah, just like, yeah, yeah, so, whatever skill that is I
can definitely say that I'vegrown into.
Now I get it.
Now I see why people are alwayslike you're kind of so amazing,
but I'm like I'm not doingthose crazy video edits like the
(22:48):
top influencers that are doingthe holograms or like yeah.
And I'm like I wish I could dothat, like that's cool, or I
appreciate when I see that, butit's just not, it's not my.
Aliya Cheyanne (23:03):
It's not your authentic self-expression, Like
that's not your bag or yourthing.
Brittnie Demosthene (23:08):
Exactly, at least right now, like, who
knows, I could change.
But now I get it.
I'm like, oh, my simplicity iswhat sells?
Yes, so definitely that.
And is what sells?
And that's just so definitelythat, and I want to say
understanding.
So, aside from me managing thisbrick and mortar, for the last
couple of months I've alsomanaged a wellness space in
(23:29):
Manhattan.
Shout out to Gray Wellness.
It's my forever, forever fam,forever home.
One of the best Black ownedwellness massage, acupuncture
spaces, yoga.
Okay, say it again for thepeople Gray Wellness, g-r-a-e
Gray Wellness.
Okay, all right.
Fifth in near Union Square.
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Amazing, the community is justfire and it helped me develop so
much about myself as a leader,as an entrepreneur, as a
creative and a spiritual healer.
But, yeah, so I helped tomanage their operations.
I was their operations managerfor a year and some change, and
I found how much just being inthose spaces like helped me
(24:11):
understand what it really meansto run a business, so kind of
putting those gifts into like Ithink I've coined the term like
creative, what did I call it?
Creative operation coordinator,something around that term.
My LinkedIn.
You know it's a combinationLike I really love creating
systems, I think that's like mystrong suit Um from working with
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other business owners andbusiness coaches, just seeing,
like when you're creatingstructure for your business,
funnels, your website marketingand like making sure everything
like leads to one thing, andcreating email campaigns Like
there's so many systems behindthat.
And I'm not going to lie, themore that I'm getting into my
business and understanding whatit's going to take to become
(24:55):
successful these are the nittygritty, that I'm just like all
right, I'm not quite at thepoint where I could like just
hire someone.
I mean, I never say never, butyou're always in the infancy
phase of your business where,like, you're the one that has to
do all these things.
Aliya Cheyanne (25:10):
Do everything.
Brittnie Demosthene (25:12):
So, yeah, I think I kind of lost track of
the question, but I thinkunderstanding you answered yeah,
great.
Those aspects really havehelped shape my business over
time.
The more that I've learned fromtrial and error, I can really
like see, like I've recently hadan epiphany of like oh my God,
everything that I've done in thepast has just been preparing me
(25:34):
for that Like, just like theworkshop that I was going to
host in the next six days thatyou were gonna come to and I had
to cancel it because I justmade the executive decision like
, okay, I put so much into itlike I rebranded you'll see like
in a couple days but I'verebranded color scheme wise,
(25:55):
logo wise and I'm just finallylike there's such a difference
between doing something for thesake of doing it and doing it
intentionally, and there's adifference between feeling like,
okay, you need more money, youneed extra income, so, but I
know that I have a passion and Iwant to follow my purpose in
creating whatever this lookslike as a business.
(26:17):
So, because I have this desirefor more money, I'm going to put
so much pressure on myself tomake my passion become
successful.
And sometimes that drive behindthat isn't as, it's not as
intentional or it's not as so.
You do it with some kind ofrush where, like, everything
needs to be perfect because Ineeded to make money, versus
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that's where I used to be,versus now I'm seeing how much
like all of that was just trialand error for me to finally be
in a space where I'm just like,okay, no, I now truly understand
what it means to serve and whatit means to create, and so I'm
going to do this intentionally,without the notion or the what's
the word Immediate gain Word?
(27:03):
Oh goodness, it'll come.
Aliya Cheyanne (27:04):
It'll come, but when you want it Like the
immediate reward, thegratification.
Brittnie Demosthene (27:11):
Okay, instant gratification.
So when you put instantgratification to the side and
you can just focus on creatingfor the sake of creating, not
for the sake of being, likechecked off somebody's box, like
yes, britney's doing well, orlike you know, you know, like um
for for um, now I'm losing myother word.
Damn, what's the other word?
Um?
Aliya Cheyanne (27:32):
it'll come checking off boxes.
It's not, it's not just for,like that, immediate
gratification and satisfaction.
It's like you're actuallypouring your intention and your
purpose into your work andyou're doing it to ensure that
you're producing something to aquality that you appreciate, to
your own standard, and likeputting your work out into the
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world in a way that you can beproud and can be satisfying,
knowing that in doing that workit'll manifest the results that
you want.
It may not be immediate, maybedown the line.
It'll manifest the results thatyou want.
It may not be immediate, maybedown the line, but it's coming.
Bring it on home.
Brittnie Demosthene (28:05):
Miss Olivia , because you just finished my
whole thing.
Aliya Cheyanne (28:10):
I think that's so powerful.
I think there are spiritualgifts, there are your core gifts
and your hard skills, and allthose things go into creating
the life of your dreams and thebusiness of your dreams.
It's funny that you weretalking before about being
really good at identifying andbuilding systems, because so
much of that is what it takes tobuild a brand and a business
(28:31):
that can really thrive and growand serve in the way that it's
supposed to.
And in order to be that leaderand build it from the ground up,
you know how, you have to knowhow to do all of the parts, but
eventually you get to a placewhere you can hire people who
are, like, smarter and better atcertain aspects of it and can
really help to grow your vision.
(28:51):
And I think it's so importantto have had the experience of
working at other places so youcan see what was done well.
You can see what you would dobetter in your own business, but
you have that information andthat experience to help shape
your own vision for your ownwork too.
And I think about that a lottoo in my professional space, my
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entrepreneurial space, likewhat that looks like for me,
like taking the values and thelessons and things that I've
learned working elsewhere andapplying it to what I'm trying
to build for myself.
And doing that with intention,recognizing that it's a long
game, like it's not going to beinstant.
That would be amazing.
I would welcome it.
If it happens, that would be amiracle.
Hello universe, like, please do.
(29:32):
But recognizing that it's along game.
And while you were talking,something I was thinking about
was I'm going to forget theauthor's name Lord, have mercy,
but I was reading the Energy ofMoney, maybe like a year ago,
and I mean there are a lot oflessons in that book, but the
core thing that it always comesback to is how can we use this
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physical plane to manifestthings that are not tangible?
Like each of our souls and ourspirits have a calling and a
purpose and a thing we are meantto do and accomplish in this
world.
Our duty is to materialize it.
So, whatever that thing is inthat spiritual plane, calling in
the energy of money looks likematerializing that spiritual
(30:15):
thing, and everyone's gift isdifferent.
It could be the Soul SeekersClub.
It could be a communicationsplatform like a podcast.
It could be someone who's anartist who's out here doing
transformational paintings thatare inspiring people and they're
hanging in museums and homes.
It could be literally anything,but our calling and our job is
to materialize that which isintangible and that which is
(30:38):
immaterial and pulling that intothe physical plane and being
rewarded with money through ourgift.
And I think that's for all ofyou know, that's for all of us.
You know, to find that thingand I think something the book
shares that's one of the easiestways to find that is to lean
into what you're, what bringsyou joy, what are you naturally
good at, what are you naturallypassionate about?
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And when you lean in, when youfind that thing and you lean
into it.
That's one way of making theintangible tangible.
And I hear so much of that inwhat you shared about your work
and inventing, like creatingyour business.
I keep hitting my mic oh, myGod, I'm getting excited.
But so much of that is likewhat you shared about how you've
created the Soul Seekers Cluband how you continue to evolve
(31:22):
and grow it, and I think that'sreally powerful and really
beautiful Wow.
Brittnie Demosthene (31:26):
Okay, no, you're definitely going to have
to share that author, becausewhat is the book called again?
Aliya Cheyanne (31:32):
The Energy of Money.
I'm going to get the author'sname.
I'm like blanking on her nameright now, but the book is
called the Energy of Money.
Get the author's name.
Brittnie Demosthene (31:39):
I'm like blanking on her name right now,
but the book is called theEnergy of Money.
Amazing, that was a reallybeautiful take, and I don't know
if you listen to Abraham Hicks,but he talks about that a lot,
not verbatim, but I've heard hersay that in so many different
ways.
The fact that I love that.
You said that that the money isjust a reward for you doing
what you love instead ofactually chasing money.
And while you were saying allthat, what came to me was to
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mention how much like mybusiness and my the way that I
show up lately has transformedso much because I started
putting spirituality at theforefront of what I do.
Also like involving myancestors and my spirit guides
involving my ancestors and myspirit guides, it's been a game
(32:22):
changer and just like reallybeing intentional about
everything, especially withbusiness.
So, yeah, that definitely madea difference.
Aliya Cheyanne (32:28):
Yeah, I think so too.
I've been saying to myself too.
My late grandfather passed overa year ago and he had an
entrepreneurial spirit back inhis day and I like to think that
I'm channeling that energy inthe flesh and like always asking
for guidance from him and otherpeople in my family and my past
(32:51):
on who also had those spirits,and just entrepreneurial spirits
, and just asking them like am Idoing this right?
Like share your wisdom with me.
Come through in my dreams, likegive me signs.
And I feel like I've had littlesigns here and there, little
messages and dreams, so I thinkthey're showing up how they know
best.
But I love that tapping intospirituality is so important,
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whatever one believes in.
You got all kinds of beliefsystems out here.
Yeah, I think that's beautiful.
So I feel like you've talkedabout so many things and like
hit on so many things that Iwanted to ask.
But I would love to know.
We all define successdifferently.
It looks different to each andevery person.
But for you personally, in thislife and in this work that
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you're doing, what does successlook like to you?
Or, if it's not a look, whatdoes success look like to you?
Or, if it's not a look.
What does it feel like to youin your body?
What will let you know thatyou've been successful, that
you've done the right thing?
Brittnie Demosthene (33:47):
Yeah, I believe success needles like
freedom.
I'm very passionate aboutpersonal freedom.
With the Soul Seekers Club,it's our motto and, yeah, I
think success for me it lookslike being able to travel
wherever I want to go.
I literally think about itoften and I write the same
(34:10):
things.
Success for me means I want tohave the financial freedom to be
able to afford the things thatare going to feed my mind,
spirit and body.
I want to be able to get allthe best wellness services.
I want a massage per week.
I want the organic food that'sgoing to help me feel good.
(34:30):
I want all those things and themore that you realize, then
tapping into the energy ofluxury and the energy of quality
things, like things.
It's not so much about, youknow, oh, being bougie or just
having the best stuff for thesake of like, like, for example,
I had being home and stayingwith my parents and my sister um
(34:51):
.
I'm the older sister but I'mraving through my little
sister's closet because I'm justlike you what I don't really
like, what I brought from LA.
So what do you want in yourcloset?
She had this one hoodie.
I think it's the brandEssentials.
Oh yeah, that hoodie was socozy and I was like, oh, maybe
it's just going to be on mine.
(35:12):
No, not that Whatever thematerial is was so comfortable.
She was like, yeah, the hoodiealone was like a hundred
something dollars.
And then she also has like asweatpants set which was
probably another hundred and forsome people, like, that's
probably not within their budget.
But when I think about it I waslike, oh, after feeling what
that hoodie felt like, I felt socomfortable.
(35:33):
Once you can feel what successlooks like or what like comfort
looks like you have, you won'tbat an eye of like paying for
whatever it is that's going togive you.
Oh yeah, kind of like I thinkit was steve harvey had said and
other like influencers hadrinsed and repeated it like get
yourself a first class airlineticket or get it one time, one
(35:57):
time, and it will shift yourmindset to say oh, I'm not fly
first class again because thisis cozy, this is comfortable.
That was me when I went toTanzania two years ago.
Oh, yes, no, no, take this Notbad, I didn't, oh, I'm sorry.
A group trip and I saw all myother peers like rolling into
business, rolling into, and theywere taking photos of their
(36:19):
little suite and I was all theway in the back and I was just
like this is like a 10 plus hourflight and for X amount extra I
could have you know.
So I remember how that felt,like just knowing what, like
sometimes you have to putyourself into what success feels
like to be able to shift yourmindset to want more.
(36:41):
But backtracking that's what Iwould want Like.
I want the freedom to be ableto get the things that are going
to make me comfortable but arealso going to elevate my mind,
my body and my soul in so manyways, and that looks like all
those things.
So yeah, personal freedom,everything at its core is what
success looks like for me.
(37:01):
And I would say, success alsofor me looks like being able to
provide for others, whether ifit's my family, whether if it's
you know experiences.
Like the littlest thing thisweekend I was able to come home
and hang out with my friends andlike I got them all drinks and
I was like, ooh, that felt good.
You know, like I want to bemore money in my pocket to be
(37:25):
able to do nice things forpeople but also carry the work
that helped carry me throughouttime.
Yeah, and be able to supportothers and show others how to do
the same thing.
Aliya Cheyanne (37:32):
Yeah, I think that's so beautiful and like
we're aligned in so many waysbecause I'm like so much of what
would make people like and I'musing the word comfortable,
knowing that comfortable canmean many different things, but
so much of what would makepeople comfortable is just being
able to live well.
Like we should all have accessto healthy, organic food that is
(37:55):
affordable to purchase.
We should all be able toexperience massages often
acupuncture, reiki, like all ofthese things that support us.
I was listening to an olderepisode of Small Doses by Amanda
Seals, her podcast, earlier andshe had a therapist on there
and she was like I want toreframe the language from
everyone needs therapy toeveryone deserves therapy.
(38:17):
Everyone deserves to have theability to speak to an unbiased
person who's just showing up forthem, like it's not a give and
take relationship, it's a giveand give relationship because
they're there for you.
Like everyone deserves thosethings.
So I think that's so beautifuland I'm wanting the same things
for myself.
Like I want to fly first classat least once in my life and
(38:42):
I've said that to myself.
I will, I will one day.
I said to myself, tasia and Ihad gone to Seychelles, I don't
know a couple years ago, a fewyears ago, and it was when the
flights it was during a pandemic.
So you know the flights werelower than what they are right
now, but it was such a longflight.
But it was during the time whenthe airlines were still
practicing like socialdistancing so we had like whole
(39:03):
rows to ourselves but we stillweren't in first class.
We could stretch out but itwasn't a first class experience.
And I told myself if I everflew that far and that long
again, I have to build it intomy budget for that experience
that I fly first class.
It's not.
If I can't do it, I'm not going.
It's so long.
Brittnie Demosthene (39:22):
Yeah, it really is Like, even with a stop
.
Oh, when you know what else,girl, oh my God, when you fly to
that, when you fly to that partof the world like when I went
to Tanzania, the stop was inQatar Okay, the airlines, when
you get there and you actuallypay for those upgrades and you
get access to, like, the loungesat the airport it's such an
(39:44):
experience it really helps yourwhole, oh everything.
But that's honestly kind of howit has to be, like you kind of
have to build it in, like yousaid, into your budget but, most
importantly, build it into yourmindset and say like no, this
is the experience that I want tohave from beginning to end.
Aliya Cheyanne (40:01):
Yeah, absolutely .
And also just like recognizingthat it's it's not even a I
don't even want to label it abougie or like a luxury thing
like we deserve, if anyonedeserves experiences like this
right black women is indigenouswomen, it's women of color, it's
everybody, but like if anyonereally deserves it, it's us.
(40:23):
So just shifting my mindsetaround, that is important too.
Like we deserve it, we'reworthy of it.
We've been boxed out of it fora long time historically, yeah,
so yeah, well, cheers, cheers tothis year being our.
Brittnie Demosthene (40:37):
What are we making it this year?
Next year, our first firstclass?
Oh, you know what?
Hold on, let's.
I'm acclaiming here right nowbecause you were part of my yes
and I'm happy to have you as afounding soul seeker for one of
my next retreats or it will befabricated and doused in luxury.
That experience, it will be amindset shift from beginning to
(41:02):
end and we'll be able to.
I'll be able to throw a grouptrip next year, 2020, where I'm
first class and we are okayexperience and it will be all
around that.
Aliya Cheyanne (41:12):
So I love that.
Let me let me start puttingmoney aside now so it can be
possible for me.
Yeah, but I claim that Ireceived that and I want to be
there.
So I'm going to make sure Ikeep an eye out for that.
Make sure I start budgeting forthat from now.
But, yeah, I'm claiming thatthere are a couple of places
that I have in mind that I wouldlove to see this year.
(41:35):
I spoke about it in a previousepisode, but I've had two failed
attempts to go to Morocco and Ireally want to make it there
and a couple of other places andI've said to myself these might
be the ones where I need tobudget for first class.
So I'm manifesting that formyself.
And, yeah, luxury from here onout yeah, I love that.
(41:57):
So I don't know we've covered somuch.
I know we're coming up on time.
So, just really quickly, Iwould love for you to just let
the people know where to findyou.
I know like you've shared a lotabout the evolution of the Soul
Seekers Club and what you'remanifesting to create next year
and a lot of exciting thingsthat are coming up.
So if you want to share moreabout what the next chapter for
(42:19):
the Soul Seekers Club looks likefor you, you can.
And then, of course, let peopleknow where to find you, your
website, your social media, allthe things Of course.
Brittnie Demosthene (42:28):
Yeah, so next year I'm actually speaking
of retreats I'm looking topartner again with Black Girls,
hike and just other folks nearby.
I'm looking to establish morecommunity and building the Soul
Seekers Club in LA.
I'm not sure if it's going tobe my forever landing spot.
It's funny because back to NewYork just to visit for the week.
(42:49):
I thought like, okay, I have todo the retreat, I have to do
the workshop here, because mynetwork is here.
That's the only way I'll havepeople sign up.
But to my surprise I kind ofhad the epiphany that I can put
the energy out there anywhere,whether if I'm in.
New York or LA, so I'm lookingto branch for both.
My goal is to be bi-coastal.
Aliya Cheyanne (43:10):
my goal is to be worldwide.
Brittnie Demosthene (43:12):
So I'll be able to host workshops and mini
retreats and long group tripretreats overseas at some point
later this year and next year,but primarily also just starting
with one-on-one coaching.
So I'm really like scaling intowhat my offer looks like and I
want to offer more creative,conscious coaching.
Create other healers andcreatives looking for like
(43:34):
either need a thought partner tohelp them like actualize their
ideas, or, if you actually need,like media assistance in some
capacity and or life andspiritual coaching, because all
those things in my book go handin hand.
So helping kind of, you know,get to your goal, but also
clearing your path, yourenergetic field, so that you can
(43:55):
get to those spaces.
So coaching, workshops,retreats, all those good things
and just more content.
Being more present online andonline, find me, so you can find
the Soul Seekers Club onInstagram and I actually just
launched the website not toolong ago.
Aliya Cheyanne (44:11):
So it's the.
Brittnie Demosthene (44:12):
Soul Seekers Club, and then my
personal page, brittanyDemestine.
I'm sure you'll write it allout, because it's my last name?
Yeah, absolutely, and my firstname is not as traditional, but
you can find my personal pageand the Soul Seekers Club on
Instagram and the website aswell.
Aliya Cheyanne (44:30):
Yes, and I will definitely make sure to link all
of that in the show notes sothat the folks can find you and
just thank you so much fortaking the time to share more of
yourself, your gift and yourwork with our listeners and
joining me on the podcast.
It's been really great and abeautiful conversation and I
appreciate it a lot, thank you.
Brittnie Demosthene (44:49):
Thank you for having me and I'm so happy
to see you doing your thing.
I'm so happy to see thispodcast thriving, and thank you
for having me as a guest, and Ihope to be able to work with you
soon as well.
Aliya Cheyanne (45:01):
Yes, absolutely.
Thank you so much, brittany,and thank you all for tuning in
to this episode.
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