{"podcast":{"title":"Softly Unfiltered","slug":"suburban-black-girl-podcast-7091865","podcast_index_feed_id":7091865,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/softly-unfiltered/","website_url":"https://softlyunfiltered.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/802cdc3b-abe7-4334-a6e5-3935a9521a2f/SEASON-2-updated.jpg","author":"Ashlyn & Blake","episode_count":87,"summary":"Hosted by Ashlyn and Blake, two multifaceted Black women based in Houston, Softly Unfiltered is where soft meets honest. Each week, we get real about personal growth, healing, navigating corporate America, and the messy, funny, and complex realities of modern dating. From breaking generational cycles to finding our voice in spaces that weren't built for us, our conversations blend honesty, humor, and hard truths—all rooted in our lived experiences. Whether we're swapping stories, tackling trending topics, or unpacking the unspoken rules of friendship, relationships, beauty, ambition, and womanhood, we're here to remind you that you can be soft and strong, ambitious and at peace, healed and still healing. If you've ever felt like you're balancing a hundred different versions of yourself, welcome. This is a space for the multifaceted girlies. Pull up a seat. The group chat is live. 💕 New episodes every Wednesday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T10:19:48.162993+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/suburban-black-girl-podcast-7091865"},"episode":{"title":"Dating the Potential Rich Man | When Believing in Someone Becomes Emotional Labor","slug":"dating-the-potential-rich-man-when-believing-in-someone-becomes-emotional-labor","published_at":"2026-05-20T15:58:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/suburban-black-girl-podcast-7091865/dating-the-potential-rich-man-when-believing-in-someone-becomes-emotional-labor","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/suburban-black-girl-podcast-7091865","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/suburbanblackgirlpodcast/2843295","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/04a11742-6482-4ac2-af5a-9fc0bd077d89.mp3","summary":"In this episode we are getting into something that a lot of women have experienced but not always been able to name. Dating the potential rich man. What happens when you believe in someone so much that you start abandoning your own timeline to help them stay on track with theirs? When does patience become emotional labor? And at what point do you have to look yourself in the eye and say this potential is not actualizing? We got into: • Why women stay too long in relationships with potential and how it becomes self abandonment without you even realizing it • The difference between supporting someone and actually carrying them • When consistency is the real measure of progress and what stalled ambition actually looks like • Why society praises women for staying through cheating and hardship but shames them for walking away • The moment you realize you thought you were showing grace but you were abandoning your own needs • Why the keep a man conversation is never directed at men and what that man is doing to keep you • What a healthy dynamic actually looks like when both people are contributing and building together Mantra Moment: Potential is not a promise. Consistency is. Real partnership is built on patterns and not projections. If this resonated drop a comment and let us know if you have ever realized you were investing in someone's future more than they were investing in their own present. 📩 Email us: SuburbanBlackGirlPod@gmail.com 📱 Follow us on all platforms: @SuburbanBlackGirlPod ⭐ Leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts & Spotify!","meta_description":"In this episode we are getting into something that a lot of women have experienced but not always been able to name. Dating the potential rich man. What h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2209,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/suburban-black-girl-podcast-7091865/episodes/dating-the-potential-rich-man-when-believing-in-someone-becomes-emotional-labor/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/suburban-black-girl-podcast-7091865/dating-the-potential-rich-man-when-believing-in-someone-becomes-emotional-labor.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}