Episode Details

What's it like to walk away from 50k Instagram followers & a full roster of paid partnerships? Let’s find out.

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Lauren Ash, an artist, wellness practitioner + community gatherer who shut down her socials & pressed pause on brand partnerships almost a year ago.

Tune in to our conversation to hear about—

• Lauren’s journey starting Black Girl in Om & how she grew to 50k followers on IG
• The spontaneous moment when she deactivated her account
• What being an “influencer” meant to her & why she never embraced the term
• How her work has changed since leaving Instagram & taking a break from paid partnerships
• Her vision for embodying liberation from the social media matrix for Black women & women of color

 
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