She's So Lucky

I normally use podcasts for educational information but wanted to try something else. I searched black women and stumbled on to balanced black girl now she’s so lucky and wow. I am a successful black woman mother and physician but that is hard to be at times. People in my community expect me to know all the answers and people in other communities don’t expect me to know anything. This podcast feels like home. Listening to women who are at the top of their game but yet still figuring out life that are Black?! I do not have a rule book and I can not ask a lot of ppl. But here I can be myself I hear my stories my challenges my struggles and I hear solutions advice and community.

I’ve been a listener for years and will not be following this podcast anymore. I’ve listened as Les has turned into a creator that seems to “fuss” at her listeners for simply being invested/supportive and asking questions. Making comments to her listeners such as “use your words” is unprofessional and creating exactly the opposite of a safe space for Black women. She seems more sensitive since leaving corporate and definitely appears to be selling out her authenticity for influencer culture. Go over to “Black Girl Burnout” podcast sistas for real inspiration and practical advice from an actual psychologist and not an influencer trying to make it big.

I became a listener back when this show was Balanced Black Girl, and what drew me in was the honesty and community-centered conversations for Black women. It was a space where we were seen and supported. That’s what kept me coming back. The rebrand to She’s So Lucky feels less like evolution and more like erasure. Carrying over all the past episodes and reviews under a new name without acknowledging the shift is misleading. These five-star ratings were for Balanced Black Girl, not for this new direction. As a Black woman who valued what this space once offered, I’m disappointed to see the heart of the original mission watered down in order to appeal to broader (and whiter) audiences. Representation matters, and so does integrity. I hope in the future, the host and network find ways to honor the community that built this platform instead of leaving us behind.

I was hooked on her when she had balanced black girl. It was so relatable and needed in the community and now this rebrand seems like such a sellout. Hope she comes back to where she started and where her following came from