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Committed To Success
Authenticity and Evolution: Balancing Personal Growth and Staying True to Yourself with Vanessa Freeman
What does it truly mean to stay authentic while evolving? In this heartfelt episode of Committed to Success, I, Cloé Luv, guide you through the delicate balance of personal growth and staying true to your brand. We discuss why evolving doesn't mean selling out but rather adapting to what serves you best at different life stages. Confidence is key, but so is humility and supporting others on their journeys. Learn how your brand can be a fluid reflection of who you are and why it's perfectly acceptable to let go of past elements that no longer serve you.
I'm thrilled to welcome Vanessa Freeman, a dynamic producer, journalist, philanthropist, mom, and wife, to share her motivational journey. Vanessa's story is one of dedication, perseverance, and defining success on her terms. From her early days as a mass communications student and intern at NBC News to her current role as a news anchor at PIX11, Vanessa offers invaluable insights into achieving your dreams by setting and accomplishing personal goals. This conversation is a testament to the power of determination and focus, and Vanessa's experiences will undoubtedly leave you feeling inspired and motivated.
In addition to personal stories of success, we shine a spotlight on the impactful Panty Power project by One Woman for All. This initiative addresses the urgent need for basic items like underwear for women and girls in poverty-stricken and war-torn areas, emphasizing how these essentials can enhance safety and self-esteem. We also touch on balancing career and family, especially during the challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic. The episode wraps up with practical tips for organizing your life and finding inspiration, blending digital tools with traditional methods to keep you on top of your game. Tune in for a mix of heartfelt stories, practical advice, and empowering insights that will inspire you to pursue your own version of success.
Are you looking for a blueprint to help you find your lane in success? There is no one blueprint and everyone's journey is different, but by listening to the stories of others, you can and will find your own lane. This podcast is dedicated to helping you find your unique version of success and will arm you with enough information that you can cherry-pick what works for you. You'll hear interviews of some of your favorite people and learn from their expertise in their respected fields. Everyone has the ability to be successful, and your host, chloe Love, will show you how. This is the Committed to Success podcast.
Cloé Luv:Hello, my Clovers, and welcome to another episode of Committed to Success with your girl, chloe Love.
Cloé Luv:Today we have an amazing guest, vanessa Freeman. But before we bring the amazing, beautiful, gracious, glammed-out Vanessa, you know I like to talk to you guys one-on-one and just clear my thoughts and give you some Chloe time. So I want to talk about staying true to your brand right now and what that really means. Some people think that when you evolve in certain areas that you're selling out, and that's just simply not true. At different stages of your life, different things serve you and when they no longer serve you, it's okay to let them go. We get so caught up in feeling like, oh, when you change or you expand or you like new things or you're introduced to new things, that you're selling out from where you started, especially if you started in you know not the best situations, like if you were poor, if you come from the hood, if you come from the trailer uh, trailer parks or if you were struggling middle-class and now that you've gotten a taste of what is considered the high life, you like it there. You don't want to go back to struggling middle-class, so you align with the things to keep yourself there. It's okay. People are going to criticize you. People are going to feel offended by that, because that's their self-reflection of not being happy that you were able to accomplish something that they wasn't able to. There's ways to go about it without being arrogant. You don't have to throw anything in anyone's face. You don't have to be smug about it, but it's okay to be confident in what you achieve, because achieving goals are not easy. Change is not easy. Achieve because achieving goals are not easy. Change is not easy. Showing up with what you're used to and progressing is not easy. So it's okay to be confident and proud of that, but you don't want to down those who haven't gotten there yet. When it comes to staying true to your brand, your brand is whatever you're feeling at that moment. So you can start off with the brand that is pro something and, after learning, growing, being educated and creating authentic, new, original knowledge around it for yourself, you can now become anti that and your brand story will explain that journey on how you started here and got there. And your brand story will explain that journey on how you started here and got there. As a mother, as a parent, as a wife, as a husband. Sometimes we start off in one place when it comes to our brand, and we've made a name around that. We've made a brand around that, but those things can no longer serve you, depending on your situation, depending on your relationship, depending on what makes you happy, and it's okay to let those things go. But if they still do serve you, then it's okay to stay true in that intention and stand firm in it. Remember, branding is about what you identify with your brand. Integrity is you showing up that way each time and people knowing what to expect. So keep your brand value high by hitting those expectations, but keep your brand values pure by making sure you don't compromise it. So I hope that you guys enjoyed our little one-on-one. Stay tuned, we have a short commercial break and when we come back we will bring on the amazing Vanessa Freeman. Be right back.
Cloé Luv:Hello, my Clovers and welcome back to another episode of Committed to Success with Cloé Luv. girl,. Today we have an amazing guest, vanessa Freeman, your friend and mine. Vanessa is a producer, journalist and philanthropist, mom, wife, and everything that you want to be is a superwoman. Welcome, Vanessa.
Vanessa Freeman:Hi, Cloé, I'm honored to be on here. I'm so proud of you
Cloé Luv:.
Cloé Luv:This is amazing, thank you, thank you, I'm honored to have you.
Cloé Luv:You know, the first time I met you, you left such an impression on my heart and my spirit. I talk about you all the time, brag about you, and you know, the good thing about meeting people like yourself and you just living up to the expectations is so refreshing, because I've had some conversations with some of the vets in the game and your name comes up a lot, and in a positive way. So it's amazing to know someone and have someone in your circle, you know, not just on a business level, but also as a friend, as a sister, and just hear great things about them and you're like, yeah, that's my girl, uh-huh, and you know I can vouch for that. So kudos to you for being, you know, authentic and pure within your brand, within your personality, because people are recognizing it as they should.
Cloé Luv:That's amazing. That's amazing. It's kind of surreal to hear, because you know like we all just get up and we try to do our best. We try to operate at our full and best capacity in all of our many roles. You have a lot of roles. I always look at you like, how do you even have time to do?
Cloé Luv:that stuff that you have accomplished, which is incredible. But we're all just striving to do our best and make our families happy and our co-workers and our bosses happy. So I'm just excited that I'm able to leave a positive imprint in the work that I do. So that's honestly. I'm just humbled to hear that and we appreciate you. So tell us a little bit more about yourself. How did you get into this work you? So tell us a little bit more about yourself.
Cloé Luv:How did you get into this work? I started in the media field in a pretty traditional way. I went to school for mass comm, mass communications, with an emphasis in broadcast journalism, and then, just before I graduated my sophomore my junior year rather I started an internship at NBC News in Washington DC. So I interned and I kind of just went up the ranks. I tried to get my hands on as much as I could get as much like in the field experience as I could as an intern, and then I graduated to desk assistant, production assistant, and while I was there in all of those roles I was working on my tape, which is that's the old term Back in the day. It was like literally like the VHS tapes that you would shop around and it became a.
Cloé Luv:CD. Now it's just a link that you send an email to prospective news directors. But that's where I worked on my first tape at NBC News in Washington DC. And then, of course, you go out. You start in a small market. So I worked in Maryland, I worked in Stroudsburg, pennsylvania, as a reporter in both of those states and then I had my first like hosting gig, which was huge because that's really what I wanted to do. I loved news, I love politics, but I really wanted to be like a lifestyle host Right, don't we all? So that was my first opportunity in Dayton Ohio. And then from there, mind you, during that time I was dating a gentleman. We got engaged just as I left to go to Dayton Ohio. So I was in a long distance engagement that turned into a one year long distance marriage and we were like, okay, we got to get you closer. We got, we got to figure out if we can, like make living together in the same state actually work. So that brought me to New Jersey. So I started at News 12 Bronx in Brooklyn, then moved to News 12 New Jersey and then anchored News 12 Connecticut. After that I got to get a job in New York City working at Cheddar and then now I am at PIX11 as a news anchor Amazing.
Cloé Luv:I love your story because my past stories have had people who started somewhere else and recognized that they wanted to do something and made a pivot. But I love your story and I just said this in my last podcast that we're going to have a story of what it looks like to work from the bottom up towards your goals and keep that like horse with blinders, on to get to your level of success. So I'm really excited to have you share that story and that perspective, because everyone's road to success is different, but yours, even though you think it's traditional. So many people don't understand starting from where you started from and working your way to where you are. They think like, okay, I'm good at what I do, I'm going to come out of school or I'm going to do a few things here and there and boom success. You know I have the face for it, but, like you said, you went from desk. You went from so many different outlets to get to where you are now and I just know that there's so much more to come and I love that about your story. I love the dedication and the focus, but that speaks a lot to your personality that you're cause.
Cloé Luv:That was bringing me to my next question what is your definition of success? Not just career, but everything Success. I think success is something that has to be self-defined, because success is different for everybody, right? And once you figure out what that is, you have to plot your points, plot those coordinates that lead to whatever that goal mark is, and I think I consider a success and being successful accomplishing every point along that way, because it sounds so cliche but it really is the journey, cause I know you have spoken to so many people who work, work, work, because they have this goal right. They have this idea of success.
Cloé Luv:When they get there, they're like, well, you know what? They're still not fulfilled, because maybe that wasn't their success. They just kind of saw this thing and they wanted to achieve it and in doing so you kind of miss a lot of the experiences along the way. That kind of help make you who you are, that build that shield that becomes your personality and your fortitude. So, to me, being successful is whatever it is having that goal and plotting your coordinates and working towards it, whatever that is, that's success. That's being successful. I love that.
Cloé Luv:You said that because the fact that you were career driven but you had a marriage and you didn't say well, there's so many times where people feel like I can't date, I can't be in a successful relationship while chasing my success. So what I love about your story and what makes it so unique, is that you didn't let one go for the other. You didn't say, well, you know what I'm off with it, this is where my opportunities are. You still said listen, I'm married, we got to make this work. This is something that is a priority in my life, even though these are my goals. This is my, these are my goals as well, and success is balanced in the both of them. So I love, love, love that point and it's so important for people to hear that, because I've heard so many people feel like or say, like you said, I work, work, work and they're missing out on life. So they're in this hamster wheel, if you will, of accomplishing career goals but they're missing out on life, on the things that make them happy, the personality moldings, the social events, their health. Even so, I love that you are that story and that living proof that, yes, success is the balance and alignment of your goals, not the over dedication to one, leaving the others behind.
Cloé Luv:And speaking of which you have a nonprofit One Woman for All. Can you tell us about that? Yes, one Woman for All was the idea was conceived about five years ago and it was. It was really born of talking to my grandmother years ago she passed about 15 years ago. But hearing her stories, talking to my mother both that you know, my mom's side of the family are all West African and hearing the plight of women, hearing how so many of their social issues, health issues, are seen as taboo. There's no real specialized care for women, women that do so much, that carry the entire family and really the community on their backs. So I was really inspired by their story and seeing the things that needed to be built to support them. So that's how I came up with One Woman for All.
Cloé Luv:I heard this really interesting statistic. That said, in West Africa, or really in any country where they're dealing with civil wars and poverty, women who have underwear are far less likely to be raped just from having underwear. And I was like, really, it seems like it's something that's so insignificant because we have, we have underwear, underwear we don't even have to think about it. Um, but just having that being covered, being being supported in that way, metaphorically, literally, it, it was, it was, it was powerful to me. So that is our core initiative.
Cloé Luv:Our core initiative and even in the United States, domestically, right here, underwear is one of the least donated items. It's significantly donated along with socks. But when you think about underwear and the role it plays with empowerment, holistically, we can feed these young girls all the educational resources, all of the inspiration, tell them our story, but if they don't feel good and you know what it's like when you feel good you look presentable, you thrive, you're able to truly show up in these spaces and these boardrooms as your best self. If you don't have that, it's hard to apply all of these resources that have been poured into you, right? So that is the core initiative for One Woman for All, in addition to mentorship, in addition to social and career counseling. So we're starting this initiative domestically, but the end goal is to broaden our tentacles abroad, and the first place is going to be West Africa, since that's a place that is near and dear to me. Absolutely Okay, and that's what the Panty Power project.
Speaker 1:That's Panty Power.
Cloé Luv:That is a Panty Power project, so people can donate, of course, clean new underwear or money to get those things. Okay, absolutely clean new underwear or money to to get those things.
Cloé Luv:Okay, absolutely so. That that's that's kind of our responsibility, because there is so much there's kind of there's embarrassment, there's a lot, a lot of reluctance when it comes to underwear donation. So you donate to us and we will work with our donor partners in the tri-state area and literally purchase the underwear based on the needs of that organization. They deal with women that come to them who are fleeing domestic abuse situations. They're leaving with their daughters and they come to these centers and you know there's there's no underwear, you know, so we are, we're supplying that for them. I love that you thought of, because sometimes people think about the bigger picture. Okay, you have food, you have shelter and, of course, you're grateful for that, but it's the humane things that we forget the hygiene, the toiletry, and that can make the difference on feeling like a person and feeling secure. Also, shout out to you and kudos to your organization for doing that. I definitely will be having a discussion with my nonprofit. Also shout out to you and kudos to your organization for doing that. I definitely will be having a discussion with my non-profit on how we can support and uh, you know, collect donations and make that happen. I love that initiative and that that, that train of thought.
Cloé Luv:Uh, when it comes to women, you're absolutely right. There are there's so many stereotypes as well, as there are so many things, rules and boxes that we're put in. As a mother, do you feel that if your brand is sexy or if your brand is, you know, seductive, do you feel that, after you become a mother, that you should tone it down? I'm laughing because I hear my husband's voice in my head right now, because he's like he calls himself like wardrobe supervisor. He's like peeking in to see everything I'm about to wear the next day. I'm like calm down, but yes, I mean as, as as a wife. Yes, there there is compromise. There may be something that you really want to wear, and he's like ah, so you have to find that middle ground, and I think the same can be said as a mother in that role. We all want to be fun, we all want to feel like we still got it, but I do think we have to think ahead. And yes, they're babies now, but what happens when they can pull up these images?
Cloé Luv:and yeah so, and you have to now, you have to be accountable, yeah, and defend that decision, um. But I think, if that, if that is a discussion and a and a um, a choice that you're willing to make and have, then stand by. Absolutely, stand by. I don't think that. I don't think there's anything wrong with women, um, being in control of how they want to communicate their femininity, uh, their sexuality, their femininity, their sexuality. I, I, I stand for it, but everybody has their own lane of what they're comfortable with. Absolutely, I completely agree. So funny, my husband is the opposite of your husband, so I've been conservative my whole life, like I used to wear business suits in junior high, I don't know, I just loved it, right. And he's like show a little skin. You need to wear a short skirt, because I like skirts to my knees and pencil skirts and things like that, you know.
Cloé Luv:And he's Jamaican, so he's like a part of that, like dance all life cultural he's like you know, my girl put on some short shorts and I'm like absolutely not, so we're on the exact. I've never heard him say a day like he's never said that ever, ever, oh my. And then my husband is also a musician. You know, he writes rap music, he produces, he's creative. So he loves that kind of like showing up stuff and I love I keep calling it the granny clothes. I love a little granny outfit, you see my brooch.
Cloé Luv:I love it. I love it. But I wanted to have that conversation with you and it came up about because I was, I overheard a conversation about a celebrity on social media and they were like you know, she has pictures with her baby here, her kids, here, it's a mom, and then boom, her, her, her bum is in the air. You know the next picture, or her boobs are out. So it's like even what you're going to her page for is emotionally confusing, because her brand before that, that's how she made her money. She's so sexiness, she's so sex, she's so seduction. So you know, that's how she, she, she makes her money, although she's a mom now.
Cloé Luv:So I saw on your website that you do fashion blogging, like statement pieces, things that you, you, you, you need to have. Do you think that there's a way to still show up sexy and seductive in a conservative way and still embody being a mother, you know, or, as they call it, like becoming a MILF, without having to show it all out? You know, I don't know. I think. I think women. That's why women are just amazing.
Cloé Luv:Like you, you're covered up wearing this gorgeous in this gorgeous blouse, but to me you are still sexy, you're still a beautiful woman, but you you have you have lots of appeal, and I think you know we are every woman. I think we could do everything we can. We can be so many things because we are so many things we have to be. It's nothing that we even have to try hard to do. It does get difficult, though, like if you have a brand. You know there are different incentives to show and do now for monetary benefit, and if you have have found a lucrative avenue in doing that. That's how the baby eats and gets clothes and will be put in school. So it's hard to now say, now that I'm a mother, I can't do those things anymore. That's different.
Cloé Luv:This is just who you are and it's like, okay, I'm not single anymore, I have a person to be responsible for, and even though, like, sexual liberation is one of our initiatives responsible for, and even though, like, sexual liberation is one of our initiatives, um, to be liberated in a safe way, to be liberated in a way that, um, it's it's your mindset, that it's uh, how do I put it? Cause I went to an event the other day and it was about liberation. But what I did notice in the event is that some people think acting out a certain way is liberation, but it's actual lack of healing. So I think showing up, especially after you have a little person that now looks up to you for guidance, it's really answering and addressing those questions. Why am I doing what I'm doing? Because I now have to be a role model for this little person. Right, that's deep. That is very true, because it could also be a I don't want to say a trauma response but maybe in some cases absolutely Not all, but some.
Cloé Luv:Yes, you're trying not to lose yourself and in doing so you're maybe going to another extreme. That probably isn't true to you, but you're acting out in this fit of anxiety and you know that's interesting but then, yeah, shout out to my sexy women.
Cloé Luv:All women are sexy, that embody who they are. But shout out to my women who, you know, they like to show the little cleavage, they like the little, you know, cheeks out and that's what makes them feel empowered. If you're comfortable, if you know that you're doing it because, hey, you have no problem with naked you know we support you. But if you're not sure and you're going from one extreme to the other, then we want you to look into what's causing it, especially when you have a little person.
Cloé Luv:You actually obviously had your child after you were already knee deep into your career. How did that? How did that news? Or did you plan it? If you don't mind us asking, was it something that was planned? Oh, you play girl. You are really you. You talk about me. You're like okay, we got the marriage down, pat, check the career is moving, check baby. All right, let's plan that in there. All thanks to god. Like all you do is like try. But he he ended up being like it was a very, very plan. We joke about it because my husband's birthday is in August, my birthday is in September.
Cloé Luv:And we're like, oh, it would be so fun if we, like baby tried, and you know we got first. Yeah, and sure enough, he's like smack dab in the middle, in the middle Between our birthdays, middle in the middle our, between our birthdays. Um, and it worked out that my maternity leave pretty much expired at the top of 2020. So I went back to work for two months and they're like look, we got y'all. Y'all gotta go home. Here's some lights, there's a can't. You know, we have to now do our full production. Wow, because that's when COVID became a thing. We were in a pandemic, so it was interesting because I ended up having almost an extended maternity leave is what it felt like, and at that time is actually I interviewed with pics during my maternity leave and, um, when I got the position, I was like, like, so, because COVID, I'm like, is this, is this still happening? I guess.
Cloé Luv:So I ended up kind of working from home as I started my my time at PIX11, which was great because I was still working. But I got to spend even more time with the baby, even though obviously a crazy backdrop with COVID and the uncertainty and what is it?
Cloé Luv:I get it Like we were going through all that at that point, but it was nice to still kind of have an easier transition into the work, the new life. And then, when I actually started working, I was working the mornings, which is great for new moms because even though you have to wake up very early 2 am, 1.30 am- your day is done by like 10 am, 11 o'clock, so you get to kind of go home and spend the day the true daytime, yeah with the baby.
Cloé Luv:So oh, my goodness, honestly, it worked out very well so far. I feel like that's what happens when you're confident and plan it out and stick to it and you're just like what, what is going to happen? That needs to happen for this to be successful. Well, I put the work in and now it's time to move out the way for the miracle. You are a, I mean, I'm so taken aback, like, like that you're, you, you've, you've just knocked these things out the park. You are the perfect example of just that. Faith without works is dead. You put in the work, but you also have to have that faith, what they call mindset. You know, and and set your mind to know that I'm going to accomplish this thing and the things that are out of my hands will align, because I put that work and that energy out and it aligns very well for you. I'm so proud of you, like I, I, I, I had no clue about the last part.
Cloé Luv:You know I asked a lot of questions, especially from what's what you're saying, and I'm like, well, wow, was it. Was it planned or not planned? Because my, my kids were not planned. So I was just like surprise, we're in the middle of a project. So I got a trip coming. I never knew For me there was never going to be a time, because I started off in the music industry and then I expanded. There was never a mental moment where I felt like I was ready. You know, we never planned but just like you, we had. We have a child right in the middle. I'm November.
Cloé Luv:King is December my husband is December, so we're all Sagittarius I love it Right and you know it worked out the way it was supposed to. Night is my pandemic baby. So being home with him, you know as well, and having that extended time, it gave me a different experience from King, even though I had my studios and I worked for myself. But it gave a different experience because, like you said, it's like all this stuff is going on outside and you don't want this, any of your kids to get sick, but this little person that just came in who hasn't built up certain immunities and you're trying to figure out the world while you're going through, but you're kind of grateful that there are things in place that you can go through it inside, you know, in some cases, without having to lose everything. So, yeah, that that that's. That's a phenomenal story and a great example of what planning can do for you. Or I mean, your boys are beautiful, perfect, healthy.
Cloé Luv:I think if you have the intention, like you said, the universe, god, will kind of guide Absolutely or give you what you don't think, that you. You know I I'm not gonna lie, I never knew if I ever wanted to be married. I have kids. I was Cruella, as you can remember. I just knew I needed the, the, the, the damnations, the dopamine pinchers. That's it, you know. So I I was, I was, I never. I asked my mom did you always know you wanted to be married with children? My mom is the embodiment of femininity and she's like, of course, and I'm like I wouldn't have it any other way. So I think if you're open to expansion and good change, those things will happen as well. Because now that I'm here, I'm like, wow, you know I was that career, career, career person.
Cloé Luv:But I love my family, I love you know, I love my husband and I just love the life that I have. I wouldn't, I wouldn't want to know it any other way. So it can work out on both spectrums. But you were so speaking of Cruella, you were just so fabulous, like I can't. I was girl fanning over you when I met you at the space and I'm just like you're talking and you look like a filter. You know what I mean. You just look like a beauty filter in person.
Cloé Luv:Have you ever done any modeling, considered any modeling? Can we look forward to maybe you being more into like fashion, journalism and bringing us all that life? I see you have a lifestyle blog as well, but are you looking to go in that direction? I mean from your lips? I mean who I love.
Cloé Luv:I love entertainment. Growing up, even before I realized what I wanted to do and labeling it as news, tv anchor, tv host, I was just. I love media, I love arts, I love entertainment. So in my mind, I would love for this TV career to be, you know, a catalyst for other ventures, other avenues, to access people, to inspire people. So if that means, if that means the silver screen, if that means movies, oh, yeah, yeah, because, girl, you definitely have to do it all. I don't. Okay, yeah, there's no limits. So what advice would you give? Uh, people, entrepreneurs, workpreneurs, that want to accomplish multiple things but may have a lot of dynamics and different things going on at their life, in their life at the same time, hmm, I would say you almost have to have a really good method to compartmentalize everything you have going on, and for me, it's something I had to learn to do. I don't know how you do it, because you do a lot. Remember, I just started the Google calendar, so I'm actually working on that as well. Listen, that will come through. That will come through for you.
Cloé Luv:I have mine, I have Evernote, I have Google Keep, like I actually oh, I don't have it with me, I would show it to you I have an actual. My husband makes fun of me because he's like you realize. You have digital ways of note keeping, but I use those. But I love to have an actual hard, like physical notebook where I can write things down, highlight things, emphasize things, check things off. But I have tabs and each one has the different things. So I have, like the interviews that I want to set up the have tabs and each one has the different things. So I have, like the interviews that I want to set up, the pieces that you know this is what producers want to run. You know, in five months, in two months, you know this is the one woman for all section where I'm writing notes down for, like, future fundraising opportunities.
Cloé Luv:If I want to do a blog post, I'm writing that down. So I think for me, I'm trying to do it all but I'm trying to find the most organized system to affect the structure. That's what I would advise. You know someone who wants to be, like you, a multi-hyphenate find a way to organize your life. Like us, girl, I don't know where you're going with all that stuff. You got going on. Like us, I love that you brought it back to the.
Cloé Luv:You know some people think, like you know, as technology transitions, that the old things that work don't work or aren't as effective anymore. Writing something down has power to it. It kind of makes you accountable in that moment. And I'm not saying that having an app doesn't help, but sometimes I forget to go in that app. But if you have that book that you know you have written down, you know you know to check that book, or even, if you use apps, put an alert to support that book and say, hey, this is what's go back to the book at this time, you know, so you can remember to open up the book.
Cloé Luv:But that is power in actually holding a pen and piece of paper and writing it down and it helps with even furthering your intentionality, because you have your phone and your phone does so many different things, but that notebook it is there for you. Press that purpose and hold it.
Speaker 1:You got one job.
Cloé Luv:One job, yes, so I'm all for having that hard copy bound spouse. I love that. I love that. I love that. And this brings us to that fun trivia part. Right, I'm going to ask you three questions, and whatever you know aligns with you the best in trivia, especially because you love entertainment. Oh boy, just share with us.
Cloé Luv:So the first question is what is that power song that you rock out to when you're getting geared up for a big meeting or you're looking for that confidence? What's that record that you play in the back? Man, I can't say it's one record. I would say I alternate between, like Lizzo and Drake. All right, yes, there's something about like that confidence Drake has. That just kind of gets you going. That is so cool. Yeah, yeah, as of late, for sure, like before a show, I'm like reading scripts, I'm editing and I have like certified love a boy on in the background, nice, I was just talking about Lizzo and her confidence and just loving her brand and loving how she shows up. Just even thinking about Lizzo makes you feel empowered as a woman. So that's so funny that you mentioned her and I literally just was talking about her before we got uh on on this episode.
Cloé Luv:What is a yeah, total yep. What is a movie that gets you going, that inspires you or invokes, uh, an emotion of inspiration and and motivation? Hmm, hmm, a movie or a TV show series or anything like that, because I'm sad to report as of late, I have not been watching the most inspirational television. It could be. Of late I have not been watching the most inspirational. It could be an old one. I've been watching Portia's Family Matters. That could be it. That could be it, oh, my goodness. Well, my one of my favorite movies is like the Color Purple that I haven't seen in a while, but but that's like I, just I love that movie. You know, when you talk about, when you talk about, fortitude, okay, absolutely, absolutely. We've heard about a journey towards self-discovery and ownership. You know, absolutely, wow. What's another good one? I'm blanking on the movies, but in terms of a series, insecure, that just-.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah.
Cloé Luv:Yeah, yeah, everything about her, her story, what that series means for women, for the coming from you to awkward black girl, yeah, I mean that that's a journey right there. That's a journey to success. That, that to me, that is inspiration. I mean I cry. I cry watching that series finale because just everything seeing that the characters.
Cloé Luv:What they went through wasn't yeah yeah it was like it was boohooing for so many different reasons, but, yeah, to me, yeah, that's probably the the most inspirational series I've seen as of late. That really I, I agree it was. It's amazing. No, she's like friend in our head, you know, yeah, that's how I feel about her and I feel bad for her because you know folks just gonna be walking up to her and Molly like, hey, girl, what we doing? Later you got so sucked into the series. You feel like she's my real home, absolutely, and that's the magic of it, that's the magic of it. Absolutely, yeah, absolutely. And that's why, magic of it, the magic, that's the magic of it. Absolutely, yeah, absolutely. And that that's what's. That's why you know she has diehard fans that are waiting for confident and that supports her through it, because she brought it with that, that authenticity. Yeah, but last but not least, since you are the embodiment of fashion, glam and everything, beauty, what is your favorite article clothing, clothing and who is your favorite designer?
Cloé Luv:Wow, my favorite article of that just makes you feel, uh, empowered and and and and just feminine, and just I just love it. What, what, what is that? And just I just love it. What is that? It's funny because my Doc Martens, they're not feminine, but there's something about wearing them and knowing that they're not feminine that makes me want to even like like prance a little harder. I love that, Right, it's something about it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I love that Cause. You know I'm from.
Cloé Luv:Brooklyn. So the Timbs, is it for me? The construction Tim's, I put on my Tim's and I'm like you know, Chloe has arrived. I completely understand that fashion article and how that makes a power statement and empower you. I love that.
Speaker 1:I love that.
Vanessa Freeman:That's great that you said the Tim's too, because it's like they're more they're a masculine shoe, but they're also sexy. It's it. You said the Tims too, because it's like they're more they're a masculine shoe, but they're also sexy, it's it's you know.
Vanessa Freeman:I love my Doc Martens, as, of late, my favorite designer. I've been a fan of Gucci lately, yeah, yeah, no, I love, I love the. You know, the Gucci shoes, the belts, the pants, um, yeah, that's kind of been my designer vibe as of late.
Cloé Luv:Um, and rightfully so. They've been doing their thing with how they're um, rolling out these amazing garments.
Vanessa Freeman:Yes, absolutely, and they're comfortable. I have the. Um, oh my gosh, I forget what the the sweats are called. Molly, molly wore them, and I think the second to the last.
Cloé Luv:Yeah
Vanessa Freeman:She had the baby the powder powder blue. Yeah, yeah, they are so comfortable, nice, fashionable and comfortable. That's, that's a win-win for me. Absolutely, yep, Wow, vanessa, you made it through our trivia segment.
Cloé Luv:You did an amazing job. We love all the advice and everything that you gave. Can you tell people where they can find you, follow you and how they can join in the movement?
Vanessa Freeman:Absolutely so. The organization's website is one, the number one woman, number four allorg. My personal website is Vanessa Freeman dot TV and I'm on Twitter, instagram and Facebook at Vanessa free F R E E TV
Cloé Luv:Yes, and do you have anything that you want to tell us to look out for any upcoming projects?
Vanessa Freeman:Yes, yes, yes, so One Woman For All is going to be holding a fundraiser very soon. We're going to have a cycle fawn pedal power, so it's a play on the panty power. Okay, yes, those that want to participate, I'm going to have some social media blasts on that. You can purchase tickets and we'll have there, uh, huddling our lives away, and it was such a pleasure to have you. I can't wait to do our follow-up and see how things are going. And thank you for coming and we'll see you soon. Yes, Cloé, an absolute honor. You have been an inspiration to me. I fell in love with you the moment I walked in. Thank you so much for the opportunity to chat with you, number one, but to share a little bit of my story. Thank you for the opportunity.
Cloé Luv:Thank you for sharing. Well, my Clovers we'll be back right after this short commercial break, so stay tuned.
Vanessa Freeman:Welcome back my clovers from that commercial break. Listen, what an amazing episode today and an amazing story.
Vanessa Freeman:I love bringing you guys these stories like I do this, because I'm blessed to have these authentic conversations with people, uh, people that you may see on TV or hear on the radio or read about, and I get to know some personal but inspirational and motivational things that I want to share with you guys. You know I don't want to keep it all to myself, because these people also motivate me. As ambitious as I am, it's really great to be able to pull motivation from the people that are around you. That's why who you surround yourself with is so important, and I hope that I show you guys that by bringing in some of the guests that I actually have relationships with and you hearing their stories and hearing the advice, the quality that they bring, the value that they bring to not just myself, but are able to show up to bring that to my audience, so we can inspire you guys as well. Vanessa's story I hope you guys pull these jewels. You know I got to do my recap.
Vanessa Freeman:When you plan things out and you add structure, organization and intention to your life, there is nothing that you can't accomplish. Who would have thought that in the middle of launching her dream career, vanessa got married? Vanessa found a way to balance her marriage in two different states and didn't stay comfortable there. She made sure that she added that success factor, that it wasn't just a marriage, but it was a successful, loving marriage. So let's come together on a medium ground so that we both can excel. That is just. It stands out to me so much because, again, I hear so many people feel like, okay, I don't have time for love, I don't have time to date, I don't have time for that person because my career, my career, my career. But success is balanced. Success is not leaning so far to one thing that you're missing out on all the other aspects of life. She then decides to plan her child.
Vanessa Freeman:People give me compliments all the time on doing it with. You know my two, my two kids, and you know my husband and managing his career and doing all the stuff that I'm doing. But a lot of these things come, I don't want to say, by accident, but they're not planned out. I'm spur of the moment so I may have a conversation and say you know what? We're going to open up something by the Barclays Center, because I'm so Brooklyn and that's what we do. But there's so much power in that planning, that intention, that structuring and making sure that you give yourself the best chance for aligning with what your end goal is. And Vanessa is that staple story of what that does.
Vanessa Freeman:I love that last tip on holding yourself accountable by getting a good old journal. I love that last tip on holding yourself accountable by getting a good old journal. I think I'm going to create some journals for you guys, some journals that have, like, some nice affirmations, some reminders, some quotes that I love. I really think that she really inspired me to want to give that to you guys, to put that product out there. That would help you hold yourself accountable.
Vanessa Freeman:And the power in writing is that there's magic in it, right? So you ever heard the term rewrite your own story. You'll literally be doing that, all right, and we're going to put a little clover on it to make sure it's sealed with luck and good intentions. So Vanessa has also inspired me to do something else to support my, my followers and support my audience. And that's what it means to be around inspirational people and pull from that inspiration for yourself. You're not supposed to follow somebody's story. You're not supposed to mimic what anyone's doing, but find that inspiration to show up the best way that you can that's authentic to you. So if you like this episode, subscribe, like, leave a comment, tell me what your favorite part was, tell me what you wish you would have heard that we can address when we bring her back or bring other people in. And until next time, peace out Clovers.
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