Keep it Positive, Sweetie

Who are you when the thing that introduced you to the world is no longer the thing that defines you?

This week, Crystal sits down with basketball legend, analyst, and coach Ty Young for an honest conversation about life after the game, reinventing yourself, and discovering purpose beyond the jersey. It’s a conversation about identity, fulfillment, and becoming the woman behind the titles.

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What does it mean to carry the weight of the truth? 

This week, Crystal Renee Hayslett sits down with Dr. Charis Chambers, known as “The Period Doctor,” to celebrate the release of her new book, The Period and Puberty Parenting Revolution. Together, they explore calling, motherhood, and the courage to have the conversations that shape generations—revealing how truth, when shared with...

Some people wait for proof before they move. Others move because they believe.

This week, Crystal Renee Hayslett sits down with entrepreneur and founder Jhalesa Seymour for an honest conversation about faith, discernment, discipline, and the courage to build with conviction. Together, they explore what it means to trust God before you have all the answers and keep moving when the evidence hasn’t caug...

What does it really take to build wealth that lasts?

This week, Crystal sits down with Earn Your Leisure founders Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings for a conversation about entrepreneurship, friendship, and influencing the future leaders of America., From building Invest Fest into a global movement to preparing the next generation for financial freedom, they share the lessons that transformed a podcast into o...

What happens when your purpose becomes bigger than you ever imagined?

This week, Crystal sits down with Jasmine Crowe-Houston—founder and CEO of Goodr, author of Feeding Hope, and one of the nation’s leading voices in fighting food insecurity. From recovering millions of pounds of surplus food to building free grocery markets in underserved communities, Jasmine shares the courage, faith, and stewardship beh...

Crystal Renee sits down with Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and actress Keri Hilson for an honest conversation about purpose, peace, relationships, and embracing every season of your journey.

Together, they discuss her first studio album in fifteen years, why she chose to tell this chapter of her story now, navigating relationships as a woman in the music industry, trusting God’s timing, and th...

This season gave us more than unforgettable interviews—it gave us perspective.

Join Crystal Renee, Shelly, Ashauna, and Wes as they look back on a season filled with powerful conversations, unexpected laughter, personal growth, and life-changing moments. Together, they revisit the stories that stayed with them long after the cameras stopped rolling—from healing and...

In this episode, Toya Johnson and Red Rush open up about marriage, blended family, entrepreneurship, fatherhood, and what it really takes to build love intentionally in public.

From balancing business and family to navigating visibility through reality TV and their content, they’re redefining modern Black love and leadership. This conversation is honest, warm, and deeply grounded in partnership.

In this episode of Keep It Positive, Sweetie, Dr. Key Hallmon talks about community, wellness, entrepreneurship, and the mission behind building The Village Market Enterprises. From expanding Village Retail into the world’s busiest airport to growing Our Village United into more than 30 states and releasing her book No One Is Self-Made, this conversation explores what it means to build intentionally, lead with purpose, and cr...

In this solo episode of Keep It Positive, Sweetie, Crystal talks all things ORS Unapologetic, from the inspiration behind the line to the deeper relationship Black women have with hair, confidence, self-care, and identity.

She opens up about building the products, stepping into founder territory, the emotional launch experience, and why this line is about so much more than just hair.

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In this episode of Keep It Positive, Sweetie, Keisha Lance Bottoms opens up about the deeply personal journey behind her memoir The Rough Side of the Mountain.

From childhood trauma and family secrets to faith, leadership, motherhood, body image, and reclaiming the parts of herself she once felt she had to hide, this conversation explores the humanity behind public strength.

This episode is about healing, identity, authenticity, an...

In this episode of Keep It Positive, Sweetie, Jess Hilarious opens up about motherhood, co-parenting, healing, faith, and the emotional journey behind her memoir ’Til Death Do We Parent.

From becoming a mother at 19 to navigating survival mode marriage, and redefining family, this conversation is honest, funny, emotional, and deeply relatable.

This episode is about healing, softness, and...

In this live episode of Keep It Positive, Sweetie, Yung Miami opens up about growth, motherhood, business, relationships, confidence, and stepping fully into her solo era.

From relaunching Caresha Please and navigating public perception, to entrepreneurship, faith, and evolving in real time, this conversation goes beyond the persona and into the woman behind it all.

This episode is about reinvention, confidence, and embracing every...

In Part 2 of this solo episode, Crystal talks about what it really means to expand with intention.

From being multi-hyphenate, to maintaining privacy while building a public brand, to navigating purpose, faith, and the fear of oversaturation, this conversation is about alignment, timing, and trusting your own path.

Because success isn’t about doing everything at once, it’s about doing the right things, in the right seas...

In PT.1 of this solo episode, Crystal breaks down what it really looks like to build a personal brand while you’re still becoming. From navigating pressure to be perfect to staying consistent, avoiding burnout, and building a brand beyond social media, this conversation is a reminder that you don’t have to have everything figured out to get started.

Your brand isn’t something you wait to become; it’s somethi...

In a world full of noise, what does it really mean to be still?

Touré Roberts joins Keep It Positive, Sweetie to talk about his new book Knowing: The Journey to Certainty in an Uncertain World, and what it really means to find your calling, move through uncertainty, and embrace the power of stillness.

This conversation explores how to slow down, trust yourself, and move with clarity,  even when the path isn’t fully clear...

At 14, Tiffany Willis was a teen mom facing homelessness. Today, she’s a Fortune 100 executive and author. In this episode, she shares how she rewrote her story, from being labeled and overlooked to owning her voice, her power, and her purpose. Through her journey and her new book, Own Your Narrative, Tiffany opens up about family, faith, leadership, and the mindset it takes to turn struggle into strength.

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Chrystal Renee welcomes KevOnStage to talk about how humor helps him tell the truth and cope in real life, especially through his one-man show “Grief Sucks,” inspired by losing his brother. He explains that comedy can help people hear hard things, “People can listen, are more open to listening if you’ve made them laugh”—and admits jokes are part of how he processes grief, even when it’s mes...

From music to business to authorship, 2 Chainz has lived many chapters, but this conversation focuses on what’s beneath it all. In this episode, he reflects on his latest NY Times Best Seller, The Voice In My Head Is God, the role of intuition in his life, and the difference between success and peace.

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