{"podcast":{"title":"Brown Girl Self-Care","slug":"brown-girl-self-care-16850","podcast_index_feed_id":16850,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/9e0a768b-f0d0-495c-ad53-721ad70f82a7","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/brown-girl-self-care","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2022/9/1/21/2ffe137d-af83-4cbe-b62d-7d92ec1659b5_podcast_picture.png","author":"Brown Girl Self-Care","episode_count":355,"summary":"Join Bre, aka The Self-Care Pusher from Southern California, as she shares life experiences, weighs in on current events, amps up her wellness/health habits and finds clean(ish) products to try all for the sake of taking her physical, spiritual and emotional well-being to the next level and (hopefully) inspiring other women of color to do so as well. It's time to become obsessed with our self-care!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T12:18:29.034006+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brown-girl-self-care-16850"},"episode":{"title":"About those times you go out of your way to go against your goals and vision","slug":"about-those-times-you-go-out-of-your-way-to-go-against-your-goals-and-vision","published_at":"2026-06-01T05:00:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brown-girl-self-care-16850/about-those-times-you-go-out-of-your-way-to-go-against-your-goals-and-vision","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brown-girl-self-care-16850","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/9e0a768b-f0d0-495c-ad53-721ad70f82a7/episodes/226108f5-d671-453b-8913-2bb5a94ae561","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/226108f5-d671-453b-8913-2bb5a94ae561/stream.mp3","summary":"Have you ever caught yourself fighting for a situation you already know you don't want because it shrinks you? In this episode, I’m sharing a moment of clarity I had after spending half an hour chasing down someone in a store to inquire about a job. It will make sense when you hit \"play\" and have a listen. We try so hard to make an uncomfortable situation comfortable just because it feels safe. We look for little things, like “well, at least it’s closer to home,” to justify staying on autopilot. But true liberation means you stop fighting for the bare minimum. It means you stop settling for a minute amount of money, space, love, and you actually start allowing the alignment of your true vision (which for me is working less, earning more, and pouring into my purpose). What We’re Unpacking In This Episode: Seeking Derailment vs. Allowing Alignment: What it looks like when you are fighting, inquiring over and over, and pushing for full-time hours in a place that shrinks you, instead of allowing the space to do things that actually align with your vision. Making the Uncomfortable Comfortable: How we look for little things to make a limiting situation feel okay, and how that comfort keeps us limited and stuck on autopilot. The Bare Minimum Trap: The moment you tell yourself that all of your wants, your needs, and your hopes don't matter as long as the basics are taken care of and a little bit of money is coming in. Our Sponsors: * Check out Bilt and use my code joinbilt.com/SELFCARE for a great deal: https://www.biltrewards.com * Check out Chime and use my code chime.com/SELFCARE for a great deal: https://www.chime.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/brown-girl-self-care/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out:…","meta_description":"Have you ever caught yourself fighting for a situation you already know you don't want because it shrinks you? In this episode, I’m sharing a moment of cl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2404,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/brown-girl-self-care-16850/episodes/about-those-times-you-go-out-of-your-way-to-go-against-your-goals-and-vision/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brown-girl-self-care-16850/about-those-times-you-go-out-of-your-way-to-go-against-your-goals-and-vision.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}