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IT'S GOOD OVER HEREDemetria L. Lucas on Moving to Ghana and Gallivanting the GlobeSend us a textFelicia Pride chats with OG blogger, author, podcaster, and world traveler Demetria L. Lucas. Demetria shares how she decided to follow her heart across an ocean to the Motherland to find peace. Lucas' viral and highly coveted global exploits under the hashtag #SEESOMEWORLD have thousands vying to join her on her next adventure. She digs into why she lets her younger self co-pilot her life alongside ‘Honey’ Demetria and has some sage advice for women that are looking to take a leap in their own lives. Note: We taped this episode befor...
2025-03-2544 min
IT'S GOOD OVER HERECassandra Freeman On Hollywood Staying Power, Becoming an Artist, and Motherhood as Her Ultimate RoleSend us a textIn this inspiring episode of It's Good Over Here, host Felicia Pride sits down with the multitalented Cassandra Freeman—actress, entrepreneur, artist, mother, and writer. Best known for her role as Aunt Viv on Bel-Air, Cassandra shares her journey of self-discovery, resilience, and creativity.From her early struggles in the entertainment industry to redefining success on her own terms, Cassandra opens up about embracing joy, navigating motherhood, and stepping into her power as an artist and businesswoman. She discusses the transformative role that led her to motherhood, her passion for visual ar...
2025-02-251h 00
IT'S GOOD OVER HERERobinne Lee On Writing Bestselling Romance for Women Over 40 and Living Out Her Parisian DreamsSend us a textHead Honey Felicia Pride welcomes actress and author Robinne Lee to talk about writing romance for women over 40 and living out her Parisian dreams. Robinne also tells us about her early years balancing her passion for acting with her pursuit of a law degree and how she is truly comfortable in her own skin at this stage in her life. Plus, we dive into her bestselling novel The Idea of You, it's wildly popular adaptation to the big screen that starred Anne Hathaway, and the importance of women owning their desires–unapologetically....
2025-02-1142 min
IT'S GOOD OVER HEREStephanie Perry + Roshida Dowe On Taking Sabbaticals, Working Less, and Traveling the WorldSend us a textHead Honey Felicia Pride chats with ExodUS Summit co-founders Roshida Dowe and Stephanie Perry to get the scoop on what’s GOOD about being an ex-pat extraordinaire. What happens when we de-center work and center our peace? They share how they successfully built a community for Black women to learn how to make their dreams of living abroad a reality and how they pull back the curtain to demystify the process of leaving the U.S., and all of it’s BS, behind.For bonus podcast content, more Honey storytelling, shenanigans, and...
2025-01-2857 min
IT'S GOOD OVER HERENicole Crowder On Finding Love and Getting Married on the Brink of 40Send us a textHead Honey and host Felicia Pride chats with renowned furniture designer, editor, and curator Nicole Crowder. Felicia and Nicole talk about how she cleared out and curated a space for the love that led to one of her latest adventures: marriage. Nicole also shares about her entrepreneurial journey in design and what’s GOOD about not being afraid to pivot and remaining open to your heart’s true callings.For bonus podcast content, more Honey storytelling, shenanigans, and community, subscribe to YES, HONEY: https://yeshoney.substack.com/Keep up with...
2025-01-1750 min
IT'S GOOD OVER HERECandice Denise Owens On Becoming a Self-Care, Pro-Aging Advocate and Mastering the Career PivotSend us a textHead Honey Felicia Pride chats with wellbeing and lifestyle designer and content coach, Candice Denise Owens. Candice shares how revealing her own challenging journey of navigating self-care led to her career pivot into the wellness space. Candice wants Honeys to know that “there is a higher version of you that wants to meet you”. Felicia and Candice discuss some Honey specific self-care struggles but also highlight her pro-aging perspective about how GOOD it can be over here in your forties.For bonus podcast content, more Honey storytelling, shenanigans, and community, subscribe to Y...
2024-12-3150 min
Come Get Your FlowersEpisode 60 with Driadonna RolandEPISODE 60 with Driadonna Roland is out now!
We talk about her time at Florida A&M University, her transition from sports journalism to digital media, her creative executive role at Honey Chile, and much more!
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2024-07-3033 min
The Creative Cut UpEp 18 - How to Create a One Woman ShowSend us a textThere are so many different ways for us to tell our stories. We delve into the one woman / man / person show, which has spawned TV shows like Fleabag, Baby Reindeer, and Chewing Gum. Our guest, Dahéli Hall, is no stranger to the form. Her latest one woman show, SPADURA, injects her personal life experiences as she “unapologetically takes on the unique fertility obstacles faced by Black women in America.”In this episode, we cut up about what it takes to pull off a one-woman show, the stamina that comes...
2024-07-1055 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 17 - Ways to Build an Audience For Your WorkSend us a textAs intentional as we are about creating the work, we must be just as intentional about who we’re creating for. Hint: It’s not everyone. But defining your audience isn’t always easy.Still, there is magic in the specificity. In this episode, we cut up about getting honest about who you want to write and create for, why trying to appeal to everyone shouldn’t be a thing, and the importance of establishing a direct connection with your audience.If you’ve been needing a jump start, no more ex...
2024-07-0238 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 16 - Additional things I wish I knew before breaking into HollywoodSend us a textIn our premiere episode, "Cuttin Up About Breaking into Hollywood", me and my co-hosts, Dria and Georgette, spoke about the things we wish we knew before breaking into Hollywood as a writer / director, creative executive, and producer.In this bonus episode, I had a lot more to say about other things I wish I knew, including:Romanticizing folksDifferent levels of commitment to the workChoose your own adventureWhat revelations are you having about the business of your art?Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice...
2024-06-1105 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 15 - How to Start Creating Again After Abandoning Your ArtSend us a textWe’ve all needed pick me ups to get back to our work but the one mistake we have made as artists was walking away from our craft. In this episode, we cut up about getting unstuck, our creative comeback and challenges, and how The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal was one way for us to get back to our creative practice.If you’ve been needing a jump start, no more excuses. Sign up for The 21 Day Creative Comeback Challenge starting in June. Your creative self will thank you later! Get our...
2024-06-0428 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 14 - What We’d Do If We Were Trying to Break Into Hollywood TodaySend us a textHollywood is a mess right now. Yet and still, there are so many things we would’ve done differently to break in had we known what we know now.In this episode, we cut up about the privilege of hindsight, the importance of networking, creating no matter what, and not putting all of your eggs into one basket.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to su...
2024-05-2827 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 13 - What It's Like Working on a TV SetSend us a textThere isn’t much like seeing a group of people come together to make something, be it a television show, a film, heck a commercial. There’s a magic in it all.We cut up about the roles of a writer and producer on set, why writers should produce their episodes, and the levels of pre-production that goes into making an episode of TV come to life. It’s a lot.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Pat...
2024-05-2127 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 12 - What Does It Take to Get a TV Show On AirSend us a textIs it just us or does the process of selling a TV show or film in Hollywood seemed cloaked in mystery? Like how is it done? And then once you sell it, how does it make it to air? There are many, many steps. So in this episode, we cut up about what it means to actually sell a show, the roles studios and networks play, why selling a show doesn’t guarantee it being greenlit, and why films are often easier to pitch than TV shows.Get our FREE minicourse De...
2024-05-1437 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 11 - How to Manage Your Finances and Grow Your Income as an ArtistSend us a textWe don’t play about our money. And in this business, we don’t have the luxury to, especially when we’re part of historically excluded groups. As an artist, it’s important that we cultivate a healthy relationship with money and to ensure that our money is working for us. In this episode, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up about having multiple streams of income as freelancers (cause this business will try to play in your face), not having any job be our master, and what financial freedom looks like for us. Hint: Lo...
2024-05-0740 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 10 - How Therapy Can Help You Become a Better StorytellerSend us a textIn this episode, it got real with Felicia, Dria, and Georgette having a vulnerable discussion around navigating their personal sh*t in therapy and how our mental wellbeing is connected to our art-making. We’re clear that sitting with the uncomfortable emotions helps with the work we create, but that the self-work ain’t easy. We cut about our entry points into therapeutic practices and how therapy helped give us a deeper perspective. Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by P...
2024-04-3038 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 9 - Why Writers Need a Creative ProcessSend us a textWriting ain’t for the faint at heart and not having a process can make it miserable. In this episode, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up about their own writing processes, learning to trust the process, and the importance of being aligned with projects they want to work on. Because on the other side of that is not putting out your best work. And we can’t afford to do that.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our...
2024-04-2340 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 8 - How to Get Better At Your CraftSend us a textThere is so much that is out of our control in Hollywood. But the one thing they can’t take away from us is how we choose to show up for ourselves in the work we create.In this episode, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up about different forms of inspiration that helps them hone their skills, how putting in the work landed more opportunities, and the importance of remaining a student of the craft.Grab your notebook. In addition to this episode, The Creative Comeback Workbook & Journal is a...
2024-04-1635 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 7 - How to Find, Secure, and Adapt IP for Film and TelevisionSend us a textOur sister production company, HONEY CHILE, knows a thang or two about adapting IP, as we’re fresh off the announcement that we’ll be adapting Tia Williams’ New York Times’ bestselling book, SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE for Amazon, along with our production partners, Will Packer Media and Kinetic. Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up about HONEY CHILE’s unique approach to sourcing the right stories for Honeys, the nuances of adapting books, articles, and life rights, and what makes a story worth adapting. For a more in-depth look, check out our first o...
2024-04-0930 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 6 - So You Want to Be a Comedy Writer?Send us a textNo shortage of laughs, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette cut up with our first ever guest, award-winning writer and stand up comedian, Rochée Jeffrey, as she walked us through her initial resistance to becoming a comedy writer, her fear of being funny on the page, and how she honed her comedic voice. Rochée will also be teaching The Create Daily Lab’s multi-week class on comedy writing starting April 14. Learn more at https://www.thecreatedaily.com/crafting-comedy.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!...
2024-04-0241 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 5 - How to Deal with Rejection in Your CareerSend us a textRejection is the one thing that remains consistent in life and in the work we create. Cutting up per usual, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette remind themselves to focus on the things they can control, to move with integrity, and to detach their worth from how the business chooses to respond to the work they create…cause folks be wildly insecure.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to su...
2024-03-2626 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 4 - What it’s Like to Work in a TV Writer’s RoomSend us a textFelicia Pride is an award winning (and working) TV and film writer, producer, and director. And one of her happy places is being in a writer’s room. Currently working on Bel-Air S3, with past rooms including Grey’s Anatomy and Queen Sugar, she shares what a healthy writer’s room looks like, her journey to getting staffed, and insight for aspiring TV writers looking to get hired in their first room.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreo...
2024-03-1930 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 3 - How to Work with Agents, Managers, and Other RepsSend us a textHaving the right team - reps that have your back - can make all the difference in Hollywood. In this episode, we’re cutting up about landing representation, why you want folk chasing you (and not the other way around), and how to boss up and lead your team.Get our FREE minicourse Developing a Writing Process, Practice, and Schedule!Join We Create Daily, powered by Patreon, our hub for bonus content, exclusives, discounts, and more resources to support your craft and career.Follow us on Instagram.
2024-03-1243 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 2 - Why You Should Consider Making a Short FilmSend us a textOur Head Storyteller, Felicia Pride, knows a few things about making successful award-winning short films if we do say so ourselves. With LOOK BACK AT IT coming off of a successful festival run, Dria and Georgette learn more about Felicia’s process on films serving as great proofs of concepts, writers needing to direct, and Felicia pushing past the lie she told herself of “not being a director.” ICYMI: As part of The Create Daily Lab, Make Your Short Film intensive, taught by Felicia, is available on demand access at thecreatedaily.com.
2024-03-0526 minThe Creative Cut UpEp 1 - Cuttin' Up About Breaking into HollywoodSend us a textThe Creative Cut Up podcast is a lively and honest space for storytellers that sits at the intersection of craft, business, and creative freedom.Being an artist is hard AF, especially without purpose, community, and support. Join us weekly, where Felicia Pride and her co-hosts, Dria Roland and Georgette Pierre, talk shop and smack, share the good, the bad, and the ugly, and provide tangible tips to support your creative practice, your career, and your artist self.In our premiere episode of The Creative Cut-Up, Felicia, Dria, and Georgette...
2024-02-2731 minThe Creative Cut UpThe Creative Cut Up TrailerSend us a textWe’re so excited to share that The Creative Cut Up, a weekly podcast by The Create Daily, is premiering Tuesday February 27! Our Head Storyteller, film and TV writer / producer Felicia Pride, and her co-hosts, Driadonna Roland, and Georgette Pierre, will be cutting up about craft, career, and navigating Hollywood and beyond. Tune in and cut up with them every week wherever you get your podcasts.
2024-02-2401 min
This is Good for YouInstruments are Good For YouI’ve always been fascinated by musicians, their ability to translate sound into harmony and improvise something that sounds good out of thin air. Sure, I love making playlists and thinking about Prince, but the act of playing music feels like such a mystery to me. How do musicians feel about what they create? I reached out to a professional musician finding himself performing for a new audience, and my friend finding a new hobby in the bass guitar. IndulgenceNichole recommends the body butters from Butter Me Up Goods and Jinsa Ess...
2021-03-1939 min
Thirst Aid KitThat Sturdy Feeling ft. Driadonna RolandHappy Halloween! This week there are no tricks, and only BIG OLE TREATS thanks to the top tier selection of Thirst Objects gathered. We asked our friend, writer and covert thirst-bucket Driadonna Roland to help us break down the dudes that make her weak in the knees… We started on Baldwin’s Beale Street with Stephan (StePHOINE) James, pivoted to the Boardwalk for Bobby ‘something’s about to go down’ Cannavale and traversed the Jabari kingdom for Winston ‘dem thighs!’ Duke. Fanfic Wars was a mixed bag of thirst as usual — don’t forget to vote for your fave drabble!As...
2019-10-311h 05
Guts N' Glory"A Little Woo Woo" with Driadonna RolandToday we’re sitting down with Writer, Editor and Producer, Driadonna Roland.
Too many times have we associated the act of getting to know oneself to be that of a rather unfavorable position to be in. If I don’t already have a grip on my truest self, then how is who I am and what I do valid? “Figuring it out”, a daunting little phrase when you’re the subject in question, but in listening to Driadonna, you might start to think a little differently about taking yourself out on that date.
In a convergence between religion, gut instinct and therap...
2018-09-2625 min
Guts N' Glory"A Little Woo Woo" with Driadonna RolandToday we’re sitting down with Writer, Editor and Producer, Driadonna Roland.
Too many times have we associated the act of getting to know oneself to be that of a rather unfavorable position to be in. If I don’t already have a grip on my truest self, then how is who I am and what I do valid? “Figuring it out”, a daunting little phrase when you’re the subject in question, but in listening to Driadonna, you might start to think a little differently about taking yourself out on that date.
In a convergence between religion, gut instinct and therap...
2018-09-2625 min