Welcome back. I know it’s been a little bit since the last time you heard from my podcast. Sometimes a break is needed to reboot my creative energy. I love sharing stories of friends and people that I admire doing inspiring things. This new season of my podcast is no different.
Today, I’m Brave
We often define ourselves by our tragedies, but rarely our triumphs. My lifelong habit has been to focus on the pain instead of the pleasures of life. I’m doing my best to change that bad habit and look on the sunnier side. Part of what makes me turn to the darker side so often is […]
Fighting Your Fears: Achieving Success + Staying There
It’s the thing that stops you from doing what you want to do. That thing that keeps you from opening up, exploring, and getting to know your true self. It locks you in a suspended state of discomfort that you consider to be “just life”. Well, life doesn’t have to be this way. It wasn’t […]
One Year Later: I Fell in Love with Tahiti
Escaping from the harsh realities of life has been heavy on my mind since I was a teenager. I would imagine myself on an island in the middle of the ocean with complete peace and tranquility away from the negativity of modern humanity. When I learned that The Godfather himself Marlon Brando once owned an […]
The Nikia Phoenix Podcast Ep. 3: Vaughn Dabney
Discovering who you are is no easy feat. Think of it like you’re Indiana Jones searching for the Holy Grail. Self discovery is literally an epic adventure with lots of supernatural disasters, evil henchmen chasing you, ghosts of your past haunting you, and finally finding your treasure. Thank goodness there are people like my friend […]
You’re Okay
My soul felt like it was fighting to disconnect from my body. The edges of my reality were caving in. My vision went from normal to blurry and dark. Moments before I was fine. I was happy. I was dancing. How in mere seconds could I go from blissful to terrified? It’s called anxiety.