Ep. 212

What if the very thing you once wished people wouldn't notice became part of your effect?

My conversation today is with Anashay The 6ft4 Goddess

Blend out, not in - What changes when you stop treating your difference like something you have to minimize and begin recognizing it as part of your foundation.

Your authenticity can become someone elses invitation inward - Sometimes witnessing someone fully embody who they are causes us to examine where weve disconnected from who we are.

Presence changes what we bring into the world- How becoming more present with ourselves and developing deeper self-awareness can shift how we respond, connect, communicate, and move through an already overstimulated world.

What makes you different may be foundational to your effect - Because your effect isn't about becoming somebody else. It's what happens when you become more fully who you already are.

Beginning November 3, Anashay joins The Zen Effect Show for her new recurring segment: BOLDLY LIVING IN YOUR EFFECT

We'll continue exploring what it looks like to stand in who you are, navigate life boldly, and live from the parts of yourself you were never meant to hide.

SHAPE YOUR SOUL. SHIFT YOUR WORLD. COME HOME TO YOUR POWER.

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87 days. And Nolan Wells' family is still asking one fundamental question:

What happened to our son? A grand jury found insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges.

87 days and the question remains - Why Nolan's parents continuing to ask what happened shouldn't automatically be treated as an accusation against someone else.

Undetermined matters - Separating the grand jury's finding regarding criminal conduct from the separate question of whether Nolan's exact cause and manner of death have been conclusively established.

Questions surrounding Nolan's phone - What recently released forensic findings add to the family's push for clarity, while recognizing that the available evidence does not establish who deleted the data.

What happens when trust is already fractured - W hy transparency matters when communities have historical reasons to scrutinize institutions and why discernment requires asking questions without deciding the answer before the evidence.

You don't have to know the answer to respect the question.

Uncertainty creates a vacuum. When clear, credible information doesn't fill that vacuum, speculation will.

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There is A LOT happening right now.

Culture is shifting.

Brands are learning that reputation can change.

Generations are figuring out how to pass the baton.

Faith is showing up in unexpected places.

And one family is still asking a question that hasn't gone away:

What happened to Nolan Wells?

This episode is all Conscious Takes! Looking beyond what's trending and asking what these stories reveal about us.

Nolan Wells - Why uncertainty creates room for speculation, and more.

Target and the cost of reputation - After falling out of Fortune's Top 50 following a 24-year All-Star streak, we're talking about what happens when the experience people have with a brand starts to shift from what they believed that brand represented.

Kirk Franklin + GloRilla and evolving the delivery - Can the message remain rooted while the way we deliver it changes? And what happens when generations stop competing long enough to create something together?

A Different World Reboot and Over Opinionated People About Jasmine Guy from changing relationships to passing cultural legacies forward, what are different generations showing us about commitment, evolution, and making room for what comes next?

Celebrating Naomi Whitehead turning 116 years old. And sometimes the wisdom we're searching for isn't ahead of usit's sitting with the people who came before us.

And after everything we're discussing, I'm bringing the question back to us:

Where have you held back the why and when have you felt something was off but didn't push for the truth?

Maybe you've been waiting for an explanation that never came.

Maybe you've known something wasn't adding up but convinced yourself not to ask another question.

Or maybe you've been on the other side, holding back an explanation because telling the truth felt uncomfortable, complicated, or messy.

There's a balance here.

Notice what feels off.

Discern what you actually know.

Reflect before reacting.

Then respond.

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Target. Converse. Mielle. Starbucks. The Washington Commanders.

Different companies. Different controversies. Different communities.

But there's a question underneath moments like these that I can't stop thinking about: How does something make it through the room?

Major organizations don't operate with one person making every decision.

There are executives. Marketing departments. Creative teams. Agencies. Consultants. Legal teams.

Review processes. Multiple opportunities for someone to look at what's being created and ask:

Wait. How could this land with the people we're asking to support this brand?

And yet, sometimes the consumer becomes the person raising that question after the campaign, product, or message has already reached the public. So maybe the deeper conversation isn't simply about what went wrong.

Maybe it's about what is happening inside the rooms where decisions are being made.

When the consumer becomes the final approval process, why does the public sometimes identify cultural or historical concerns after something has already traveled through layers of corporate review?

Who's in the room versus who's being heard because representation means something different when people also have the freedom to challenge an idea, disagree, and raise concerns.

Creating cultures where dissent has value : what changes when questioning an idea isn't treated as being difficult, but as part of making the work stronger.

Putting consideration at the center why understanding the human beings who experience your brand should be reflected in the culture, systems, and decisions behind it.

Why does the consumer so often become the final approval process?

Did someone see the concern before it reached the public? Did someone raise it?

And if they did, was their voice taken seriously?

Because if you're asking people to become consumers of your brand, there's something that comes before the transaction: You have to consider them as human beings.

SHAPE YOUR SOUL. SHIFT YOUR WORLD. COME HOME TO YOUR POWER.

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We talk a lot about getting a seat at the table. But what happens when you finally get there and somewhere along the way, you stop using your voice? Not because you don't see what's happening.

Not because you don't have something to say. But because you've learned to let certain things slide. You've learned what happens when you challenge the room. And maybe you've started believing that speaking costs more than staying quiet. That's where this conversation begins.

We're looking at major brands, corporate decisions, and the moments when consumers are left asking:

How did this make it through all those rooms? But we're not stopping at the headline.

Because we all have rooms. Our workplaces. Relationships. Friendships. Families. Communities.

And sometimes the bigger question isn't whether you have a seat.

It's whether you're still using your voice once you're there.

When the consumer becomes the final approval process, examining how controversial decisions can travel through multiple layers of an organization before the public becomes the one questioning what made it through.

Having a seat isn't the same as having a voice why representation means something different when people also feel empowered to challenge, question, disagree, and bring their experiences into the room.

What you tolerate teaches how something we repeatedly let slide can eventually become normalized, expected, and woven into the culture around us.

You teach people how to experience you what our silence, communication, standards, and willingness to speak can teach a workplace, relationship, friendship, or family about what we'll continue to accept.

Where in your life do you have a seat at the table but you've stopped using your voice?

Where have you started letting things slide?

Where has silence started feeling easier than speaking?

And what has the room learned from what you haven't said?

Because getting the seat was never the whole point.

Your voice is part of why you're there.

SHAPE YOUR SOUL. SHIFT YOUR WORLD. COME HOME TO YOUR POWER.

And that raises a question. We can hold people accountable for what they've said and the impact they've had.

But what happens when they begin showing us something different?

Cam Newton's apology to Black women and what his reflection opens up about influence, impact, and becoming more conscious of the weight of your voice.

Accountability without permanence: whether acknowledging someone's past means deciding they can never become someone different.

When perspective becomes personal and how hearing another person's experience can allow us to see what we couldn't see before.

Making room for evolution how we maintain our standards while remaining open to recognizing genuine growth.

Do we give people room to evolve?

What does accountability look like when someone is showing signs of growth?

Can you acknowledge what someone did without permanently defining them by it?

And how do you personally distinguish genuine evolution from an apology without changed behavior?

Maybe consciousness asks us to hold more than one truth at once:

What happened matters. What someone does next matters too.

SHAPE YOUR SOUL. SHIFT YOUR WORLD. COME HOME TO YOUR POWER.

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EP. 209

How long do we stay in jobs, relationships, routines, environments, and even versions of ourselves simply because nothing has happened yet that feels "big enough" to make us leave?

And what is waiting costing us?

Why do we wait for something to push us out before we allow ourselves to move?

Truth is, the awareness is enough. You can recognize what no longer fits, become conscious of the pattern, and choose to move before the pattern makes the decision for you.

What you tolerate teaches and how repeated acceptance can quietly become the standard you live inside.

Why we wait until something pushes us out and what Cam Newtons public reflection opens up about accountability, impact, listening, and growth.

When comfort becomes expensive from relationships and careers to the places, experiences, and possibilities we keep postponing.

Moving before life moves you, recognizing what no longer fits and choosing your next step before circumstances choose it for you.

• What are you waiting for to push you out of something you already know youve outgrown?
• What have you become so comfortable with that youve stopped questioning it?
• Where are you waiting for another person, company, circumstance, or consequence to make a decision that already belongs to you?
• And what could change if awareness became enough to move?
• Because the comfort you never question can quietly become the life you never intended to live.

SHAPE YOUR SOUL. SHIFT YOUR WORLD. COME HOME TO YOUR POWER.

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What happens when the platform that gave you visibility is no longer the platform you need?

In this Conscious Take, were talking about Don Lemon, independence, authenticity, and what happens when you stop performing for a system that was never designed to hold the full version of you.

After more than a decade at CNN, Don Lemon stepped into independent media and began building something of his own. And honestly? I didnt really care for Don Lemon until he went independent.

Why? Because now, we get to see more of Don. I celebrate his TV return on his own terms and creating opportunities for others.

His voice. His perspective. His personality. His point of view. Without the same corporate filter or network structure defining the boundaries of how he shows up.

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Let's create Impact together. From brand partnerships and sponsorships to speaking engagements, event hosting, creative direction, social media management, podcast production, and content strategy, I'm here to help your brand connect, grow, and make a lasting impact

In this Conscious Take, were talking about Don Lemon, independence, authenticity, and what happens when you stop performing for a system that was never designed to hold the full version of you.

After more than a decade at CNN, Don Lemon stepped into independent media and began building something of his own. And honestly? I didnt really care for Don Lemon until he went independent.

Why? Because now, we get to see more of Don. I celebrate his TV return on his own terms and creating opportunities for others.

His voice. His perspective. His personality. His point of view. Without the same corporate filter or network structure defining the boundaries of how he shows up.