Erica and India discuss their intentions for the shows Pause on the Play® and Flaunt Your Fire®. After nearly 300 combined episodes, they pause to explore how to use them as continued resources and how to stay in the loop about future projects.

Dalina Soto, MA, RDN, LDN joins Erica for a conversation about diet and wellness culture, why ancestral and cultural foods too often get left out of the conversation, and the policy and systemic influences on what we think of as “healthy” food.

Amanda McKinney joins Erica for a replay from a live conversation about success, accidental entrepreneurship, and maintaining a balance between your business and your life.

Gabi Day joins Erica for a conversation about identity, work, capitalism, and her journey out of the corporate world to entrepreneurship.

María-Victoria Albina joins Erica for a discussion about resentment and obligation, setting and holding standards, and tending to your nervous system as you pursue embodiment and change.

Erica shares her thoughts on releasing the ideas and narratives you no longer want to hold, creating space to grow, and affirmations to support you along the way.

Betsaida Lebron joins Erica to discuss setting J.A.N.K.Y goals that allow for imperfection, changing course, and getting outside of your comfort zone to make real change.

Erica and India discuss rethinking how your values show up in your business and why being clear on your values helps you build lasting relationships.

Doing the work of shifting systems toward equity and equality can take a toll physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Erica shares a reminder about the debts that we owe, and the importance of doing the work in community.

Guest host Cher Hale discusses why she chose to shift her business to working exclusively with underrepresented voices, how she sets and keeps her boundaries around client fit, and how she supports clients on their DEI journeys.

Danielle Tucker joins Erica for a conversation about the speaking industry, building thought leadership, and how people of color can be more visible and get paid well for what they do.

Erica discusses what it means to be in leadership, why leadership is social, and why leaders must consider the collective whole.

Jeffrey Shiau joins Erica for a conversation about building a liberatory business, what it means to honor your capacity and the humanity of your team, and why we need to reclaim pleasure and care as we work toward liberation.

India joins Erica for a discussion about acknowledging and honoring the land, what Erica has learned about gardening, and how she’s evolving in her work and relationships.

María-Victoria Albina joins Erica for a discussion of survival skills, authenticity, embodiment, agency, and choicefulness with the systems of white supremacist patriarchy, colonization, and capitalism.

For the final episode of Black History Month, Erica discusses why we need to be more conscious of when we use “but.”

Erica and India discuss the importance of recognizing and celebrating Black joy during Black History Month, and all year long.

Erica digs into showing up as yourself and how fostering interdependence creates counterbalances and safety nets as we navigate liminal spaces, planning for the future as we understand the present.