This week on The Mediocre Black Woman, I sit down with Dr. Ebony Stone—executive coach, author of The Power of the Pause, and a truth-teller about what it really means to take the cape off.
Dr. Ebony opens up about the moment she realized she had been “functioning in a deficit” for years, and the journey that followed—crying in her car during therapy sessions, learning to protect her peace, and discovering sanctuary in writing and gardening. She reminds us that burnout doesn’t mean you failed. It simply means something in your life is asking for change.
Together, we talk about:
* Growing up with the message that Black girls must work twice as hard for half as much
* The pressure to collect accolades, titles, and roles—even at the expense of self
* Finding identity outside of résumés, status, or job titles
* How gardening blossomed into both self-care and community care
* The expectations placed on Black women in corporate spaces and why many of us are over “proving”
* Building community, finding therapy, and holding space for emotions while staying hopeful for the future
Dr. Ebony challenges us to sit with the question: Who are you, really, when the titles, roles, and résumés fall away?
📚 Don’t forget—Dr. Ebony is offering The Mediocre Black Woman listeners an exclusive 20% discount on her book The Power of the Pause. The code is in the show notes.
* www.drebonyston.com/my-book (20% discount with code $2025Mediocre$
* www.drebonystone.com/freebies
This conversation is a reminder that our worth is not measured by the letters after our names, the companies on our résumés, or the titles on our business cards. It’s measured by how deeply we allow ourselves to live, rest, and simply be.
xoxo,
Goddess Thea
