The Breakfast Club - We Talk Back: As A Woman Thinketh, So Is She

Episode Date: January 11, 2025

The Black Effect Presets... We Talk Back!  AJ and TamBam reflect on their New Year celebrations, discuss health, diet changes, and dive into celebrity relationships and public perceptions. They unpack the dynamics of divorce and family, cultural perspectives on relationships and share their predictions for 2025. Also, they explore goal setting, visualization, manifestations, the importance of setting intentions, and the role of guided meditation in achieving personal goals with insights on how to align one's mindset with desired outcomes, the significance of positive affirmations and mental imagery and more. Lets discuss!  Follow us! @wetalkbackpodcast @officialtambam @ajholiday2.0  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Follow us on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Nimminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop. ["Hit The Road With Me"] Each episode is about a different,

inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And if you came with me Did you know, did you know

I wouldn't give up my seat Nine months before Rosa He was Claudette Colvin Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We want to speak out and we want this to stop. Wow, very powerful.

I'm Ellie Flynn, an investigative journalist, and this is my journey deep into the adult entertainment industry. I really wanted to be a playboy, my dog. He was like, I'll take you to the top, I'll make you a star. To expose an alleged predator and the rotten industry he works in. It's honestly so much worse than I had anticipated. We're an army in comparison to him. From Novel, listen to The Bunny Trap on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever

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Get the facts. Go to realdealonfentanyl.com. This message is brought to you by the Ad Council. Happy holidays from me, Michael Rappaport. And my gift to you is a free subscription to the I Am Rappaport, and my gift to you is a free subscription to the I Am Rappaport Stereo Podcast, where I discuss entertainment, sports, politics, and anything and everything that catches my attention. I am here to call it as I see it, and there's a whole lot of things catching my eyes these

days. Listen to the I Am Raport stereo podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast and wherever you get your podcast. Welcome to We Talk Back podcast, the production of iHeartRadio and the Black Effect Network. We're just two unapologetically black women with an opinion who talks back. Oh shit, I forgot the intro already. Hold on, hold on y'all, women, we got a new intro. Welcome to We Talk Back, where we encourage you to hustle hard, laugh louder, and always keep it cute.

So grab your coffee, cocktail, and crown, cause it's about to go down. How y'all like that one? Yeah, that's not good. Y'all like that one? I like it. Y'all see what I'm talking about, Crown Royale. She talking about your crown for your head,

but if you drink that, grab that too bitch. Everybody don't got no crown, but you know, the ones that do. Grab it. Happy New Year. Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Happy New Year AJ, what you do? Girl, I did stay up until 12, okay, so I could catch the new year and I might have fell asleep like 12, 22.

You was in bed asleep. Hell yeah, listen, after I sent you that carpet cleaning video, bitch, I was outta there. You know I love a good dirty rug ass video. Nothing makes me happier than watching dirty rug get clean. I don't know why. Girl, I should be happy in a choke hold, don't it? Yes. But why that video was so long?

I watched the whole thing. How did it get that dirty? That's what I wanna know. Do they just, there's no way that was in no one's house. They're putting it in mud and just letting it sit there How did it get that dirty? That's what I wanna know. There's no way that was in no one's house. They're putting it in mud and just letting it sit there for days or something like that. Or they pulling out a hoarder's house. No, even a hoarder house ain't got that.

I did see one video where they pulled some shit out of a big ass pile of trash. They pulled a rug from a big ass pile of trash and then cleaned it. And I do think people be sending them rugs to clean also. I love that shit. Thank you for sending me that. You know what I like. You know how to get me off, girl. What did I do for the new year? All right. So me, my mom, and my sister, we watched church. We watched the brook online and we brought that into the 12 o'clock and then we ate grapes under the table.

What's that ritual? So shit that was going viral. TikTok about eating 12 grapes under the table at 12 o'clock so you could like manifest your husband or whatever you wanted. And we just ate one and then thought of what we wanted for each, with each grape, 12 different things. And Tanya bought them big ass grapes. I'm talking about, God damn, the grapes was big as well. I was like, I was full as hell trying to eat the fucking grapes.

After that we went outside and we popped a little bit of fireworks. And we bought a, I bought a big assass box and then we only popped like eight of them and came in the house He was like, okay, that was cute Girl I was dead with a nigga snoring next he put that nigga went to sleep at nine o'clock. Oh, he slept the new year Yes, I didn't drink listening. That's how I know I'm getting more mature cuz I More mature which were because I didn't drink not one single liquor. Well, I have been sick so I could not drink anyway, but I

Part of me wanted me like a little cocktail champagne or something But instead I just had my grapes and went to bed. Church, I like, I will participate in the church service and typically I'll go to one, but go to church then the club, that's been my life. You know, when I just saw church online, ate some grapes and popped some fireworks

and went to bed like a real auntie. You know, every January one, I do feel new. You don't feel new? I do. Like I just feel like, oh, I got a new start. Like I got a new 12 months to do some shit. Like I really be feeling like that every January 1. You know what?

No, I feel new, but I don't feel as new as spring. For whatever reason reason around March that's when I start feeling my newness. Well that's like Easter. Something about the the flowers blooming all the dead things going on like the earth makes me feel new for whatever reason so my new year really don't start that's when when I start working out. It's March. It's not January 1 for me. Don't wait till March. I can't wait till March. The back of my arm says start now. Today. And I feel motivated too. Like, so I know for sure I don't do enough protein in my diet. So now I'm listening for this whole month.

All I'm eating is like protein and potato, like salmon and potato, shrimp and potato, or maybe I might add a green like asparagus or something like that or Brussels sprouts. But I noticed like when I keep like a very simple diet, I'd be losing the most weight. So that's why I'm about to eat the same shit every day for this month, see what happens.

Amen, let's go, let's go. Go get y'all some potatoes while they on sale. I had the neurovirus and I haven't gotten on the scale, but I do feel a bit slimmer from not eating for like three days, almost three days. Like the first day I didn't eat anything and then the second day I just had some ramen noodle broth, no noodles, just the broth off of it.

And then the next day I had the same thing with rice and then I had like applesauce packets and that was it. And I feel great now. I feel like my second chin is not as huge. And you do fast. Induced fast. Yeah, so. Well, that should kick your diet off in the new year. Right.

Y'all, this is the last year we dieting. Okay, we changing our life. Yeah, we not even dieting, we changing. It's a lifestyle change. Living it. Living it. What? Living it. Dieting.

We about to fuck it up. Living it. Let's get into sins, it. Die. We about to fuck up. Living it. Let's get into sins, man. Yeah. So Mariah Carey has a new man. Okay. Girl, that nigga been smiling so big. That nigga is happy for 2025. Anderson Pack, y'all.

Mariah Carey, well, we assume, right? People are assuming because they saw them out to dinner twice now and holding hands this last time paparazzi caught them. And that niggas showing all his teeth like Nellie with a shine to you. Just trying to get that Christmas check up out of her. He look happy. He looks so happy. I hope they stay together forever. Mariah, no? I think she a lot man. together forever. No, I think she a lot man. I think Rykeri probably a whole fucking lot. It's just enough for him. Some men like that like some men like extra women. I like Rykeri. Me too. So I'm hopeful for them. Did you see what Jerea had to say about Mimi and Anderson? She basically said that people be having selective outreach

because there's a 17-year gap. Mariah Carey is 55, Anderson Pack is 38. Still a grown ass fucking man. How you gonna compare them old ass people to you and that young man? Like it's not the same. I mean the age gap is the same, but the maturity level is not and that is the difference. And maybe she's not mature because how do you not know that like now like why now these people about to be on your ass all over again bitch because you just cannot compare

the two. We already know that men mature way later than women already right.. Here you are damn near 40 yourself. And this little boy, just now being able to buy alcohol, right? You try to compare to two grown ass people who've been married before with children and all that having a whole life. No, it's not the same. It's not the same. It's not the same. It's not. You tried it. You definitely tried it. You can come back in 20 years and and say that but right now you just can't. If y'all still together in 20 because he might be a whole another person by the time he gets to be 38. Right. You know and you're gonna be real old

by the time well no well yeah hell yeah. You're about 60. So her tweet was, uh, that's, uh, that's that 17 year gap smile. Go Mimi with y'all selective asses. That's what her tweet was. She really think that's the same. That's crazy. 17 year gap. So I grew it as a double standard. Get over it.

They exist. Double standards exist. Cause you didn't wear wear Roblox books. Like, I don't know, let me stop. I don't even know what that is. Oh, did you see Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are finally divorced after an eight year divorce. It took them eight years.

And I guess it was separated for eight years, right? Yep. Shame. I don't know if y'all care about that or not. They've been divorcing for eight years, right? Yes, basically. Didn't one of the daughters change her name to Jolie? Her last name.

The daughter changed her name from Pitt to Jolie. Damn. So what you did, nigga? Brad Pitt looking weird nowadays too. Remember how fine he was? You know, he older white men. She's so pretty Angelina Jolie. Yeah, she still look good but you know,

they don't always age the same. Yeah, we, you know, white people age pretty quick anyway, but I still think women still be looking younger than the men like no hair at 25. Yeah sometimes he look old as shit. He look weird though he look like he morphing into some other shit. Yeah well I'm happy that they finally got that complete because damn eight years is a long time to be splitting up with somebody. Shit black people really don't get the voice like they may they might be black maybe it's finalized because they ready to marry other because damn, eight years is a long time to be splitting up with somebody. Shit, black people really don't get divorced. Like they may, they might be black. Maybe it's finalized

because they ready to marry other people because that's what my mom and daddy did. Yep, same. My mama, my mama finally filed for divorce from my daddy, like a month before she married my stepdaddies. That's what my daddy did. My mom and my dad was still married like 20 years after they had been apart. Hell yeah.

My daddy would use it as an excuse to not marry nobody else. I'm already married. I'm still married. Shame. So the internet is going crazy because Eve with her family, Mr. Maximilian, she has a son with him. For Christmas, there's a photo out there now. They posted their family photo and it's his family, right?

Cause Eve is a black woman. So they're at a table in some big mansion, probably out the country somewhere. And Eve is at one side of the table. Her husband is at the other side of the table, which I think traditionally like that's how she's supposed to be now. She was sitting on the bean bag.

I don't know about that part. How y'all run out of chairs and a mansion, but whatever. And why she get in the bean bag? Or maybe it's for posture. I don't know. But that's the only part that I noticed that was like weird. She's married to a woman. That's the only part that was weird to me.

What is wrong with y'all? What's wrong with you? She's married. That was weird. What is wrong with you all? What what what's wrong with it? It didn't all right. It didn't look weird per se, but get out. It did look a bit uncomfortable because it was just, you know, to one black face in that white room. And it just looked uncomfortable. But that's her family essentially.

So, I mean, it is what it is. Have you ever seen any other family of Eve's? Does she have siblings? Where's her mama? Where's her daddy? Like this week, when she got with this man, this is when we started seeing family. So maybe-

This is her family. Yeah. You know? And people from New York, they just be, is she from New York or Philly Philly the New England people from New England They'd be real estranged from their families a lot of times like they be having living Parents that they don't fuck with like they they talk to them. Yes I know a few bitches from New York

That do not speak to their parents and haven't spoken to their parents in years. Damn. I don't think they'd see family like we do in the South. I don't know, New York, y'all shout out to us and let us know, is that a thing up there? New England. Because Eve, if you need help, blame bitch, we love you, girl.

We love you, girl. The comments were terrible. Like people were saying- People are so mean. People are so mean. They were saying hateful things, but she looked very wealthy. She looks wealthy. So, and I hope she's happy. But would she be happier? This is my question.

I mean, first of all, who gives a fuck, right? It's her life to live, and if she's happy, she's happy. But would she be happy if she had that same thing going on and she be happier? This is my question. I mean, first of all, who gives a fuck, right? It's her life to live and if she's happy, she's happy. But would she be happy if she had that same thing going on but with a completely black table? Would it change the level of happiness

or does that even matter? I don't know. I mean, it's preference. For me, that's what I like to see. I'm not like one of those people who think success is living in a neighborhood full of white people. For me, like I aspire to live in an affluent black neighborhood. Okay. But that may not be the right thing. And I do feel like we might be getting a little bit more away from like race, I hope anyway, in 2025. Like, I'm not saying don't see race and don't see color, I hope anyway in 2025.

Like I'm not saying don't see race and don't see color. I'm not saying that, but love is love, is it not? That's our family. I'm about to start dating outside my race. You about to divest out the black community? I'm not gonna divestest but I'm just going to not explore. Yeah I'm gonna not turn down white men so much. I mean bitches be looking happy. I've only seen one like crazy ass like this girl who would post

like her relationship with her white baby daddy And he's putting her and her baby out of an apartment when the shit got real bad White man, if I start dating a white guy do that mean I gotta stop flaring out in my leave out and blending it together with You could be yourself for real, for real with others. I think that's what black men probably like too. Like they don't have to show up a certain way, right? To appease this particular community.

Like I don't know something about a nephew we with on a black girl, with a white guy is go together. Like that social media trend is funny as fuck. It's a thing. You're only a sister like that, though. Those those are a certain type of like I think white men are just now starting to get fly girls. Right.

But we know the aesthetic of the black women that normally date white men. And they act different. You know what I'm saying? Like they already act, they're already different. They from the majority. How are you evaluated in a way that? Yeah, they were born that way. I love y'all. Y'all still my sisters and I love y'all. You had any predictions for 2025? I guess I do. As a matter of fact, I predict a stimulus check. I predict a stimulus check. They do have one $1400. That's supposed to be coming out for people who didn't take advantage of it before. But it's like, damn, you got to create your own stimulus this year. Okay. And then I also predict,

Dale, I thought I was gonna get it. I got one. Oh. I'm pretty sure I got a STEMI. I want STEMI's for us all. Every year we should get a STEMI every January. Yeah. And then I predict that I we should get a stemmy every January. Yeah and then I predict that

I'm gonna get a man this year because I ate them motherfucking grapes and bitch you better work. Yeah motherfuckers stay trying to manifest people. Like what I always try to focus on is like mental clarity because with that comes all the other things. Bitches be trying to do witchcraft just to get a man all the fucking time. Y'all skipping the money. Y'all skipping mental health. Like get all that shit in order.

We want that too, but. But the main focus is on this opposite sex. No, that ain't the main focus. That's just what I predict for this year. I predict. Because you eat the green. Shut up. Laying up with your nigga every night talking about your clarity. I still be trying to work on my mental clarity every day. Don't talk shit to me because I want a nigga in my bed too. Oh yeah, my man was asleep by now. My man was asleep by now. He was asleep by now.

Girl, fuck you. Girl, do you? You always want what they don't got, boy, till you get. Shit. What's your relationship? So, okay. Now I said this since August, right? Baltimore Ravens are going to the Super Bowl.

I don't give a fuck what y'all talk about. I feel like they are, I feel real strongly about it. Lamar Jackson has been doing a phenomenal job. They moved up from plus 1000 on the low betting websites to plus 700 now, okay? So they are moving up. I feel like now they may, I can't make the prediction that they'll win,

but I believe that they are going to the Superbowl and they will play against Kansas City. So that's one of my predictions. Okay. I don't know nothing about that. Let me see. I predicted I'm gonna go to the Super Bowl party and I bought this cute little jersey

that got sequins on it. You already got it. Yeah. And I hope one of the teams match the colors. I think this year is gonna start a golden age for us. Like it's gonna be a lot more technology, like rapid, rapidly being like put out there. You know, they already got this technology, right?

But they just introduce it to us in little spurts and act like they have it. Yeah, what about that quantum, quantum, calculator, not calculator, quantum. Oh, that Google has? Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, that that that shit is already here. Like these things already existed. I don't believe nothing new is our ancestors from the future left all this shit for us. And now the people who are in power and who have control of the things they just be giving us little bits and pieces every other year. Cause you think they've been, didn't have like, they've been had cell phones. You know what I'm saying? But we got cell phones like 20 years ago now.

Yeah. Something like that. Quantum computing. Yeah. That's what it is. Yeah. Imagine like the iPhone 40. You gonna be able to...

See the future. Not able to see the future. Not even just see the future, go to it. You know what? You know airlines, I remember when we used to fly on planes, bitch. No, we just use our cell phone in quantum jump. Basically. I also, you know, one thing I feel real hopeful

about the future. Like I feel like these next few years, like America in particular going to be the most successful. We're going to see a lot of good things, but I still feel like there are going to be some hiccups, right? Oh, absolutely. So I feel like there's always some fucking wicked ass man in a laboratory somewhere trying to figure out how to keep the human body alive forever.

And they're going to fuck up. man in a laboratory somewhere trying to figure out how to keep the human body alive forever. And they gonna fuck up. So you might see some zombies this year. Some more zombies. I already seen some zombies in real life. Some more zombies. I think they be working their lives. I heard there's like zombies.

Who? Some of these drugs that these people is using got them looking like zombies already. Hell yeah. What was that about Joe Biden running around naked? Was he, was he on drugs? That's what I was wondering, like, yeah, somebody said that, well, he got in some trouble

for like running down the street as naked. Maybe he lost a bit or maybe he was on drugs. Maybe he got arrested. The only times I've seen like a human being running around naked, they definitely was on drugs. Or drunk, I've seen before. I have too, but like in a secluded place where you have to worry about random police pulling up.

Right, same. Yeah, we definitely not ran, and not even high or drunk, just betting each other to do it. I was, yeah, I was drunk though. It was actually New Year's in England and I ran down the street naked. Good times. He might have just been having fun. Just dicks slinging all out there. I hear that Joe button. Anyway, after this break, you know, every year we talk about like setting goals and New Year's resolution. Like that's usually our first episode, right?

But how do you actually execute on those goals? Like for me, visualization is one of the main tools I use for manifestation. So I wanna talk about visualization. about as a woman so she is god damn we don't get into it period we'll be back I'm Jason Alexander and I'm Peter Tilden and together on the really no really podcast our mission is to get the true answers to life's baffling questions like why they refuse to make the bathroom door go all the way to the

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Sup y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids

starting on September 27th. I'm gonna toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimini, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimmini here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop.

Flash slam, another one gone. Bash bam, another one gone. The cracker, the bat, and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks

did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Colvin. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Some people won't give you the real talk on drugs, but it's time we know the facts.

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Go to realdealonfentanyl.com. This message is brought to you by the Ad Council. We want to speak out, we want to raise awareness, and we want this to stop. Wow, very powerful. I'm Ellie Flynn, and I'm an investigative journalist. When a group of models from the UK wanted my help, I went on a journey deep into the heart

of the adult entertainment industry. I really wanted to be a Playboy model. Lingerie, topless. I said, yes, please. Because at the center of this murky world is an alleged predator. You know who he is because of his pattern of behavior? He's just spinning the web for you to get trapped in it.

He's everywhere and has been everywhere. It's so much worse and so much more widespread than I had anticipated. Together, we're going to expose him and the rotten industry he works in. It's not just me. We're an army in comparison to him. Listen to The Bunny Trap on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Happy holidays from me, Michael Rappaport, and my gift to you is a free subscription to the I Am Rappaport Stereo Podcast where I discuss entertainment, sports, politics, and anything and everything that catches my attention. I am here to call it as I see it, and there's a whole lot of things

catching my eyes these days. Here's a clip from one of my favorite episodes. You are not a real fighter. You will never be discussed anywhere in boxing history. Ever. Fake Paul. The movie is The Apprentice, and the movie is about young Donald Trump

and his apprentice, Roy Cohen. Real character, obviously both are real characters. It kinda has a Scarface vibe to it, which I thought was very interesting. Listen to the I Am Rapaport Stereo podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, and wherever you get your podcast. All right, listen, I did try to organize this conversation a little bit, so I'm not all over the place and tell me what I nothing I want to do. I want to do got it meditation. Can we do that?

Cause that's one of my goals for this year. I want to do it first. You got to tell me what it is. Oh, excuse me. Yeah. I think I'm allergic to my cat at this point. I don't know, but I feel like something be going on on my damn nasal cavity. You know, visualization is just like,

basically imagining yourself already doing the thing that you wanna do, right? So you gotta put yourself in that frequency with your subconscious mind. You said it and forget it, essentially. Forget it? Yeah, like when you harping on something, like wanting it to happen so bad,

you kind of, it might get further away from you. You know what I'm saying? So sometimes when you just set the thing, this is what I want to do,, is like planting a seed, right? So if you plant a seed, you're not about to dig it up every day to see if the shit growing or not. You set it and forget it and every day you water it, right?

So this is what, to me, what visualization is about. So I wanted to start by talk about the Bible. Talk about God. My favorite thing with religion, when people don't really, I don't want to say religion, because I don't want to confuse religion with spirituality. Right? So for me, I am is one of the most important just statements period, right? Cause anything who adds to I am is what you become. So people gotta be real, I just messaged one of my home girls the other day because she has

like some form of cancer, right? But when people be like, my cancer, like taking ownership of these things, you're never gonna be able to release them. It's not your cancer, it doesn't belong to you. Fuck that shit, right? So, you know, in 2025, we just manifesting like real good health.

Amen. For sure. Good things. When I was in there praising God into the new year, I was dancing. And I was like, look at me dancing. I couldn't dance just a couple of months ago. And I'm in here dancing. I broke a sweat. So anything y'all add to I am going this year,

we're not adding anything negative to I am. So I am successful. I'm confident. I am powerful. I am strong. I'm getting better and better every day. All I need is within me right now. And everything else is on the way.

I woke up motivated. I am unstoppable. I am an unstoppable force of nature. Doesn't that feel good? Yeah, that's what I do. That ain't the God of meditation though. That ain't the part. No, I was doing it.

It had my eyes closed. And my favorite part about, so people do different things with visualization. So you could do your vision board. I do a vision board every year, or I at least update the original one I did. I subscribe to Canva. You don't have to do Canva.

You can get old magazines, cut up some pictures, put some shit together in a book. That's like the oldest, I think more popular thing or tool people use for visualization. Like they map out what they want using the images. So you can do that or you can draw it or you can just go on a computer. If you got office or when the thing paint,

take clip pictures from different places or you can use Pinterest, I guess, to do a vision board. But I like the mental imagery. I like to close my eyes and already see myself where I want to be. where I want to be like the, the, the, where I missed the mark the last time I doing this when we did the first live show last year. Mm hmm. I was so fucking nervous. I was so nervous because I didn't I wasn't prepared. I feel like right. And then I didn't see myself there already doing the thing.

And I feel like that. Yeah, I feel like that's a very important, when you got something real important to do, you need to already see yourself doing it. You need to already see what you're going to say. You need to already see all the things. So it's almost like I already did this. You didn't appear nervous to me. Girl, what? And maybe that might be something that may never go away. You know what I'm saying? You may always be nervous. Maybe we need to ask somebody who performs a lot. Like, are y'all always nervous?

Yeah. I think I was nervous, but I wasn't, I was so excited. I couldn't wait to get up on that stage. I can't wait to do it again. I can't wait to do it where we have more creative control over the whole thing. Like when we do our own shit. That's what I can't wait to do.

And that's coming 2025 also. It's not a prediction, it's the facts. Amen. Okay. So look out for our live show soon and I'm already visualizing visualizing myself doing the thing I sent you a location to this week. Did you see it? I'll send it to you again. No, I did. I think I did it was it I think I did in Charlotte. Yeah

That's our first stop young So mental imagery the process of creating vivid mental images using the imagination. Visualization can be used in many ways, including relaxation, using a guided imagery to keep to help the body relax, for example, close your eyes and imagine, imagine being in a relaxed place. So what's a happy place for you? The bank. OK.

OK. So close your eyes and visualize yourself in the bank. I'm joking. I'm joking. Like, shit, that's a happy place for me, especially if I'm getting withdrawn. But, or deposit it, either one is good. I like deposits. I don't like having to take money out because that means I'm about to go spending somewhere. I like money.

Excuse me, that means I'm about to go circulate it somewhere. Excuse me. Listen, I like having money to circulate, but I think a happy space for me, home. Home, candle, light, lids, everything's clean. I got a nice little joint, a good book, and a fine man next to me. Looks good, and a glass of water.

With a big penis. That's your happy space? Yeah. I hear that. And some good food. What else I need? I definitely like a big penis. That's your happy space? Yeah. I ain't getting that. It's some good food. What else I need? I definitely like a clean environment. Yes, nothing like a clean space. Did y'all clean up your house for the... Listen, Black people, I don't know if this is a white tradition, but Black people, we do not let the New Year catch us with no dirty clothes, with no dishes in the sink, no trash in

the trash can. That house is gonna be clean for the new year. Because there's, look, what you feel about the black eyed peas and collard greens and stuff like that? So I didn't get any of those things because I'm not eating that. No, I probably could have gotten some greens, but I hate black eyed peas, never ever liked them. And I feel like they probably only taste a little good

when you got the neck bones and all that shit and I don't eat that. Yeah. Your mama cooks them? Yeah, she definitely cooks them. I know her mama cooking her black eyed peas and collard greens. I don't know if everybody else does that outside the South.

Does anybody like, up in the world? Yeah, let us know. Do y'all do that? Is it a tradition to make it? Cause it's like your greens is for your money and the black eyed peas. On your wisdom. Right, so yeah, it's like a whole ritual for New Year's.

You do it today. I typically don't eat that shit but I'm gonna eat some today because 2024 turned me every which way, but loose bitch. Shame. Oh goodness, I had a stomach virus right before the new year. You and a lot of other people. Like what is happening? Did the arms of the strings like dropping diseases in the air?

Like what the fuck is happening? I don't know. That thing been going around. It's like a good 24 hours and then the next day you kind of weak but that's it Whoo, that thing with my ass bad I was going to go to LA for the new year, baby didn't go nowhere right at home But I'm right where God want me to be that's how I feel like and that's that's how you got to look at things You know I'm saying we be wanting to do so much

If your body telling you to lay down bitch lay down Lady fuck that't had no choice. I'm making some t-shirts that say I love to lay down. That is my favorite thing to do. That's your happy space? Yes, in my bed. Fresh sheets kicking my feet. Yes. So here are some visual, I can't even fucking talk. Here are some visualization techniques. Okay. I need you to say, I am a good talker. I am a good talker. Okay.

I am a good public speaker. Amen. Okay. Amen. And don't say I'm, I am. I am a good reader. I am a good reader. I am a good reader. Bitch.

I am. All right, so color breathing. It says visualize a color while breathing in and out. Now this is, I guess how you get into like that space, right? Visualize a color while breathing in and out. Different colors can represent different emotions or sensations. For example, blue can promote calm and relaxation.

So before you close your eyes, just think blue. Like think a blue dot or a blue ball. Blue face. A blue, it could be a blue face, a blue balloon, a blue sky, a blue balloon, a blue sky. Blue skies only. Using all five senses, use your sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing to help you visualize your goals.

So if you're a chef, I don't know, can you smell what the rock is cooking? Touching something, tasting it, like you have to, in your mind, but still feel and smell and taste the things. I already mentioned doing a vision board. So create a board to help you visualize your goals, sketching the goals, sketch out your goals.

And then the last one is mental rehearsal, practice mental rehearsal to help you visualize your goals. So again, that's just you already doing the thing. So whatever your goals are, like what's one of your goals for this year? Well, my goal for today after we finished recording is to go get me a new car. So while you were doing that, I was like smelling the leather, smelling the new car smell, imagining

myself driving it. So that's what I'm doing right now. That's a today manifestation. Touching the wheel, touching the leather on the wheel. On the road. Touching the hood of the car. Yeah. I see the car. Yeah. I see them both.

Yeah. I know. All right, so here's a brief overview of the concept of manifestation, because we talk about these things, but do we really know what it means to manifest? So manifestation is the process of turning your thoughts, desires, and intentions into reality

by aligning your mindset, emotions, and actions with what you want to achieve. Rooted in the idea that thoughts and energy can influence outcomes, it often involves techniques like visualization, affirmations, and goal setting. So all these things have to go together. So writing the goals down with no actions behind them is not gonna work. Manifestation, affirmations, and goal setting. So all these things have to go together.

So writing the goals down with no actions behind them is not going to work. You're going to be right back here next January 1. Manifestation operates on the belief that focusing on positive outcomes and taking an inspired action attracts opportunities, resources, and circumstances that help you bring those goals to life. It's about creating a clear vision of what you want and working consciously and subconsciously to make it happen.

See, I work on, when I say clarity, it's like me letting my subconscious mind meet the conscious mind. And you remember that article that came out that said people don't have like that inner dialogue? Like I have conference calls with myself all the time, but some of them, not intrusive, but some of them conversations could be like

out of whack sometimes. Like you be, you kind of talk yourself out of things sometimes. So programming your subconscious mind. Well, sometimes you gotta talk yourself out of things because don't throw that baby. No, bitch, I'm not talking about intrusive thoughts. I'm talking about like positive things.

Like you wanna do something, but you let your subconscious mind psych you out of it. Oh yeah. Right? So it's about reprogramming your subconscious mind. It's the thing that is not at the front of your mind. Right? And not allowing other people's thoughts about your goals and ideas to deteriorate.

You know? Mm-hmm. So visualization is a powerful tool for manifestation because it bridges the gap between your desires and reality by training your mind to focus on what you want. It involves mentally creating detailed, vivid images of your goals as if you've already achieved them. This process engages the subconscious mind, which influences your thoughts, beliefs and actions. When you visualize consistently, your brain interprets these mental images as real experiences, strengthening neural pathways that enhance confidence and motivation.

Visualization also helps align your emotions with your goals, generating a sense of excitement and belief that makes these goals feel attainable. By reinforcing a clear vision of success, visualization can inspire you to recognize and seize opportunities that bring you closer to your desired outcomes. Okay, that's excellent. Let's do the guided meditation. I'm ready for that part. You ready? I'm Jason Alexander.

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So y'all this is quest love and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the story pirates and John Glickman called historical records. It's a family-friendly podcast Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm gonna toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimini, to tell you all about it.

Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all, Nimini here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop. Flash slam, another one gone. Bash bam, another one gone. The cracker, the bat, and another one gone.

The tip of the cap is another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it! And it began with me Did you know, did you know

I wouldn't give up my seat Nine months before Rosa It was Claudette Colvin Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeart Radio app,

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Get the facts. Go to realdealonfentanyl.com. This message is brought to you by the Ad Council. We want to speak out, we want to raise awareness, and we want this to stop. Wow, very powerful. I'm Ellie Flynn, and I'm an investigative journalist. When a group of models from the UK wanted my help,

I went on a journey deep into the heart of the adult entertainment industry. I really wanted to be a Playboy model. Lingerie, topless. I said, yes, please. Because at the center of this murky world is an alleged predator. You know who he is because of his pattern of behavior. He's just spinning the web for you to get trapped in it. He's everywhere, and has been everywhere.

It's so much worse and so much more widespread than I had anticipated. Together, we're going to expose him and the rotten industry he works in. It's not just me. We're an army in comparison to him. Listen to The Bunny Trap on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Happy holidays from me, Michael Rapoport, and my gift to you is a free subscription to the I Am Rapoport Stereo Podcast, where I discuss entertainment, sports, politics, and anything and everything that catches my attention. I am here to call it as I see it and there's a whole lot of things catching my eyes these

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and his apprentice, Roy Cohen. Real character, obviously, both are real characters. It kinda has a Scarface vibe to it, which I thought was very interesting. Listen to the I Am Rapaport Stereo podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, and wherever you get your podcast. All right, y'all, let's get into the guided meditation so we can manifest all the great things for 2025.

Okay. meditation so we can manifest all the great things for 2025 okay all right so first I want you to find a quiet place a quiet comfortable space where you won't be disturbed you can sit down or you can lie down in a relaxed position are you there okay Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths, inhaling through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. Allow your body to relax with each exhale. I want you to now clarify your goals. Think of one specific goal or feeling you want to manifest. It could be a personal achievement, a relationship, financial success, or a sense of peace and happiness.

I want you to clearly state your goal in your mind in a positive and present tense form, as if it's already happened. For example, I am thriving in my dream career. Or I feel joyful and at peace. I want you to create a mental scene. I want you to create a mental scene. Imagine a vivid scene where your goal has already been achieved. Picture yourself living in this reality. Are you there yet? I want you to engage all your senses. Come on, bitch.

We got gotta finish. It's not good, it's not good though. All right. Okay, well, I feel like, all right, slow down though, slow down. All right. All right. Sight. We're engaging sight first, okay?

What do you see around you? What colors, objects, or people are present? What sounds do you hear? Is there music, laughter, or nature in the background? Are there any scents in this environment? Perhaps flowers, fresh air, or a favorite meal? What do you feel physically? The warmth of the sun? The texture of your clothing, or a handshake.

If applicable, imagine a taste like celebrating with a special meal or drink. I want you to embrace these emotions. Focus on how achieving this goal makes you feel. Are you joyful, proud, grateful, or excited? I want you to now amplify those emotions, allowing them to fill your entire body. Smile or even laugh if it feels natural. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha experience. I want you to anchor this vision. Repeat an affirmation tied to your goal such as, I am deserving and capable of achieving this. This is my reality now. Visualize this scene again briefly and mentally. Lock it in as though you're storing it in your heart

or mind for safekeeping. Now I want you to release and trust it. Take a final deep breath and slowly open your eyes. I want you to trust that the energy you've created is already working to attract your desired outcome. Let go of any attachment to how or when it will happen and carry the positive feelings with you throughout your day. You did it. You did it. Excellent AJ, that was so good.

Y'all got some T.I. You're a police. You're a police. Yes, that was good. What you saw? I did it. You saw some stuff? I don't want to tell everybody what I saw.

Okay. But I did it. While you were talking But I did it while you were talking. I did everything that you were saying. That was so good. What are you doing here? What are we doing this part of the year, guys? I hope y'all participated. If y'all didn't rewind it and give us another stream.

Look, bitch, I can't be skipping words and messing out while I'm trying to read while somebody meditating, Lai. No, that was good. They brain go and rewind and fast forward and rewind and press play. My advice to y'all, if y'all need a little bit more time, pause.

Pause it so you can give yourself a second to visualize those things. You can't stop the meditation to pause the recording though. Why not? So yeah, it would be a lot slower, right? But this is just, that was just like a guide on how to get into that meditative state. Okay.

Right, so you can start visualizing all those things that you wrote down and you can see yourself there. You gotta meet yourself in a quantum realm. Okay. I did it. We quantum jumping all 2025. Yes. Hey, what a way to start the kick the year off. He said, they say that though the the you you want to be already exist at a different universe.

You just got to meet yourself there. So that's what I'm jumping is I'm about to meet me That I wanna be where I want to be What I want to be I'm about to meet that one amen period period I am who I say I'm is period Let's close out bitch that was good. I gotta go to the dealership. If you're in, y'all if you enjoyed this episode because we can change in the outro. If you enjoyed this episode, y'all tune in every Thursday on the Black Effect I Heart Radio app

wherever the fuck you get your podcast at. It is happy new year. It is day two of the new year. Okay. Yeah, now we made it. Yes, we made it. We live in, we breathe in, we healthy and we getting all the things we want this year. Y'all with it or no?

Yeah. Y'all gonna be with it. Y'all gonna watch period that part. Okay. I'll use scrollers, Instagram scrollers, watching other people live life. You trying to live and all your cohost AJ, holiday, kick a tan bam. Y'all is tan bam, guess what? I love y'all, I love y'all so much. I'm glad y'all back with us another year.

We appreciate y'all. We gonna be coming to you live real soon. So we get to meet some of y'all that's been in the DMs, talking to us and everybody that follows us. We love to see y'all this year. So we're so excited for that. Can I say, I'm gonna say it. What?

Oh no, follow AJ on Instagram, AJ how they too. Oh, I say that? Nope, follow me, official Tam Bam on Instagram. Remember speak now. And never hold, I don't know. Never hold back from going after what you want. Period. Period. Let's go get it y'all 2025.

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Hey y'all, Nimminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop. -♪ Flash slam, another one gone, fast bam, another one gone, the cracker, the bat, and another one gone,

a tit for the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different, inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15 year old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it.

And it began with me, did you know, did you know, I wouldn't give up my seat? Nine months before Rosa, the closet for my... Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We want to speak out and we want this to stop. Wow, very powerful.

I'm Ellie Flynn, an investigative journalist, and this is my journey deep into the adult entertainment industry. I really wanted to be a playboy model. He was like, I'll take you to the top, I'll make you a star. To expose an alleged predator and the rotten industry he works in. It's honestly so much worse than I had anticipated. We're an army in comparison to him. From Novel, listen to The Bunny Trap on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever

you get your podcasts. Some people won't give you the real talk on drugs, but it's time we know the facts. Fentanyl is often laced into illicit drugs and used to make fake versions of prescription pills. You can't see it, taste it, or smell it. Suppliers mix fentanyl into their products because it's potent and cheap, and the dealer might not even know. Keep yourself and others safe by knowing the real deal on fentanyl. Get the facts. Go to realdealonfentanyl.com. This message is brought to you by the ad council Happy holidays from me Michael Rappaport and my gift to you is a free subscription to the I am Rappaport stereo

Podcast where I discuss entertainment sports Politics and anything and everything that catches my attention I am here to call it as I see it. And there's a whole lot of things catching my eyes these days. Listen to the I Am Rapaport Stereo podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast and wherever you get your podcast.