Today's guest is Aley Arion, wellness creative and founder of Black Girl Playground. Aley shares why brands don't want to work with you, how to manifest a move to a new city and the importance of play. I hope you enjoy! Follow Aley - @yagirlaley where else to find me: Instagram: www.instagram.com/angell.foster The FOSTER'D IG - www.instagram.com/thefosterd TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@angell.foster
Timestamps:00:00 - Intro: Meet Aley Arion
01:50 - Finding your lane through storytelling
03:15 - Starting a blog
04:20 - Aley's Astrology
05:47 - Post grad depression
08:40 - What we would tell our younger selves to start doing to be a content creator
10:23 - Networking
10:50 - Living in New York
12:08 - Following Ease: Leaving New York for Chicago
15:30 -How to manifest your next move
21:20 - Leaning on faith
24:12 - Aley on starting Black Girl Playground
28:40 - The Importance of play
31:34 - Connecting to our inner child
33:10 - Trying to find balance with social media as a content creator
36:10 - How to measure your progress
41:50 - How to be authentic online and build an engaged audience
43:53 - How to land brand partnerships and keep them
48:15 - not letting made up social media posting schedules bully you
51:10 - Aley's wellness practices and habits
52:26 - Reality TV - Martha's Vineyard, Vanderpump Rules
54:40 - The importance of sleep
56:44 - quick workouts
59:28 - what Aley is fostering
1:00:00 - outro For business enquiries: angellvisions@gmail.com