Hello, Renrenspeakers! Happy Friday and almost end of August! How are folks doing? Feel free to send me a message! It has been a nice and relaxing month overall for me with a few stressors sprinkled in. Gotta have a few stressors to live life, right? I don’t have many updates for you all, but it has been a great social media week for Renrenspeaks. Renrenspeaks was featured in a PODCAST, friends! How fun, right? I had the wonderful opportunity to collaborate with an old friend, Kyler Nathan IV, whom I met at UC San Diego on his dynamic podcast, The Banquet Hall Podcast.

A little about Kyler’s podcast – it is “designed to highlight future leaders, influencers, entrepreneurs, artists, activists, and more, who are tired of looking for a seat at ‘the table.'” In his podcast, Kyler “invites each of [his] guests into the hall to share their journeys and aspirations as they grow into the fully bloomed version of themselves.” The podcast aims to “tell tomorrow’s stories, today.” I LOVEEEE what the pod stands for and for giving people the opportunity to share their beautiful stories!

I’ve been only featured in one podcast prior (shoutout to my friend Vay who started her pod journey in 2020), but this was the first time that Renrenspeaks got to share her voice verbally instead of in the written form yall are accustomed to. Through this podcast episode, yall finally get to know and experience the face and voice behind Renrenspeaks! Fun fact – when starting my blog, I contemplated making it a podcast. A loved one recently told me that I have the gift of gab (LOL) so I guess a podcast could have been pretty fitting. But yall know that I am a storyteller at heart. Hence, the podcast episode I was featured in was such a suitable name and speaks volumes to my content on this blog. This podcast episode was very fun and refreshing, as I got to chat about many memories such as the moment I met my grandparents in Congo, my love for travel, skincare, and photography, what OT is all about, and Renrenspeaks, of course. The goal of The Banquet Hall Podcast aligns well with some of my own content because I was graced with the opportunity to also highlight amazing stories through features such as my Black is Beautiful series and my Occupational Therapy Speaks series. Through the podcast, I learned that my voice is powerful and that my story speaks volumes to who I am as a person today. I am glad that Renrenspeaks was able to represent and shine through The Banquet Hall this week. Who knows, maybe Renrenspeaks will start embracing her gift of gab through a microphone one day. 😉

CHECK OUT MY EPISODE DOWN BELOW! It is available on multiple platforms! Renrenspeaks is on the map, yall!

Youtube link

Spotify link

Instagram sneak peak

Peace and love,

Irene