What happens when you spend years believing you always have to be doing more?

In this episode of We Ain’t Dying For This, Crystle Johnson sits down with DJ Fre-Quency, a DJ, sound healer, creative, and community builder who moved from Texas to Mérida, Mexico, and began learning how to live differently.

They talk about leaving the hustle behind, learning to just be, getting out of survival mode, following your heart, and creating a life that gives you room to breathe.

Sometimes the next level isn't about doing more. It's about giving yourself permission to receive.

In this episode:
• 00:00 — Learning to just be
• 03:51 — What she got back when she moved
• 05:05 — Working multiple jobs and living in survival mode
• 12:44 — What she had to unlearn
• 20:36 — Making time for the things you're passionate about

I'm Crystle Johnson, founder of Kinory®️, a global social dining community and belonging ecosystem for Black women.

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Zach sits down with Matthew Confer, Chief Strategy Officer at Abilitie, to discuss planning for failure and how downside thinking can help leaders make better decisions, anticipate challenges, and turn potential setbacks into opportunities for growth.

In this episode, Zach and Matthew explore the importance of preparing for uncertainty, recognizing potential risks, and using strategic thinking to navigate challenges in leadership and business.

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Book: https://www.theupsideofdownsidethinking.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewconfer/

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What if the life you built is actually costing you your peace?

In this episode of We Ain't Dying For This, Crystle Johnson sits down with La Gloria to talk about leaving behind a life that looked good on paper, moving to Mérida, Mexico, and learning that liberation doesn't always mean blowing your entire life up. Sometimes, it means giving yourself permission to imagine something different.

In this episode:

• When the life you built is no longer sustainable
• What staying was costing La Gloria
• Putting your peace at the center
• Letting go of FOMO
• Giving yourself permission to think bigger

The biggest question isn't always, "How do I escape?" Sometimes it's, "What if my life could actually be better than this?"

I'm Crystle Johnson, founder of Kinory®️, a global social dining community and belonging ecosystem for Black women.

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Zach sits down with Keith R. Wyche, a leadership, career, and change management keynote speaker, Fortune 500 board director, leadership consultant, thought leader, and bestselling author of Uncommon Leadership. In this episode, Zach and Keith discuss leadership, career development, and navigating change in today’s workplace. Learn more about Keith R. Wyche: https://keithwyche.com/ Connect with Keith on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithwyche/ Check out our merch! https://living-corporate-shop.fourthwall.com/ Learn more about Living Corporate's offerings and services: https://work.livingcorporate.com/ Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/livingcorporate

What if your next chapter wasn't supposed to be forever?

Obi moved to Mérida, Mexico, expecting a six-month adventure. Five years later, she helped build one of the city's recognized Black communities while rethinking permanence, legacy, and belonging.

In this conversation, we explore:

• Moving abroad without a perfect plan
• Why community changes everything
• Building Black Mérida
• Creating legacy without staying forever
• Why waiting for certainty keeps us stuck

Whether you're dreaming of living abroad or wondering what's next, this episode offers a fresh perspective on choosing presence over perfection.

Crystle Johnson, founder of Kinory®️, a global social dining community and belonging ecosystem for Black women.

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Zach sits down with Dr. Martin Uwah, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Colon and Rectal Surgeon at UChicago Medicine.

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We Ain't Dying For This | S3 EP2 - Building a Living Legacy

What if legacy isn't the money you leave behind, but the life you create while you're still here?

In this episode of We Ain't Dying For This, Crystle Johnson sits down with Jhanay Marable to explore what it really meant to move her family of seven from rural North Carolina to Mérida, Mexico.

Together, they discuss:

• Why America was costing their family more than money
• Redefining legacy beyond wealth and inheritance
• Raising five children abroad
• Healing through healthcare and motherhood
• The importance of breaking generational cycles
• Why small decisions can completely change your family's future

Whether you're considering moving abroad or simply wondering how to build a healthier life, this conversation will challenge how you think about success, family, and legacy.

🎧 Subscribe for more conversations helping Black women imagine a life that feels safer, freer, and more aligned.

I'm Crystle Johnson, founder of Kinory®️, a global social dining community and belonging ecosystem for Black women. I spent over a decade as a DEI leader at Nike, Pandora, and Electronic Arts before building the thing I needed and couldn't find: rooms where Black women don't perform, prove, or shrink.

Now I build them full-time, from dinner tables to retreats to a home base in Mérida.

If the conversation stayed with you, there's more waiting.

Kinory's Liberation Starter Kit (https://bit.ly/liberationstarterkit) is a workbook for the woman who's ready to stop waiting for permission and start choosing herself.

When you want to go deeper in person, our next retreat, Belonging, Abroad, is this November in Mérida. And everything else begins at kinory.co.

Connect with the ecosystem:

👉🏾 Kinory → www.kinory.co + @kinory.co on Instagram & TikTok

👉🏾 The Liberation Starter Kit → https://bit.ly/liberationstarterkit

👉🏾 Belonging, Abroad, the November retreat at Ixchel Balam → https://bit.ly/4oqSFcv

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Zach sits down with Malinda Sanna, Founder of LookLook.app, Author, Disruptor, Curator of Cultivated Communities, Software Designer, and Insights Expert.

In this episode, Zach and Malinda discuss customer communities, building meaningful connections, and the ideas behind creating cultivated communities that bring people together.

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For the Love of Black Women | We Ain't Dying For This | S3 E1 What does it mean to dream as a Black woman? In the Season 3 premiere, Crystle Johnson sits down with Rachel Z. Harris, founder of Black Woman Sanctuary and Ixchel Balam, for a conversation about what it takes to build a life on your own terms, and the spaces that make that possible. Rachel left behind so many careers and multiple lives when she moved to México. What she found on the other side was something she'd been reaching for all along: the freedom to step outside the white gaze and rediscover what she actually wants. In this episode, she and Crystle get honest about hypervisibility and invisibility at the same time, about the kind of underbelonging that lives outside the workplace, and about why rest and real life change, not just stress management, is the work in front of us. This is a conversation between two women building parallel ecosystems in the same city. Kinory is a global social dining community and belonging ecosystem for Black women. Black Woman Sanctuary is a place designed for restoration. Both rooted in the same belief: that Black women deserve spaces built for who we actually are. If you've been sitting on a dream, waiting for permission or proof, this one is for you. ----- I'm Crystle Johnson, founder of Kinory®️, a global social dining community and belonging ecosystem for Black women. I spent over a decade as a DEI leader at Nike, Pandora, and Electronic Arts before building the thing I needed and couldn't find: rooms where Black women don't perform, prove, or shrink. Now I build them full-time, from dinner tables to retreats to a home base in Mérida. If the conversation stayed with you, there's more waiting. Kinory's Liberation Starter Kit (https://bit.ly/liberationstarterkit) is a workbook for the woman who's ready to stop waiting for permission and start choosing herself. When you want to go deeper in person, our next retreat, Belonging, Abroad, is this November in Mérida. And everything else begins at kinory.co. Connect with the ecosystems: 👉🏾 Kinory → www.kinory.co + @kinory.co on Instagram & TikTok 👉🏾 Black Woman Sanctuary & Ixchel Balam → ixchelbalam.com 👉🏾 Belonging, Abroad the November retreat at Ixchel Balam → Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4oqSFcv 👉🏾 Liberation Starter Kit → https://bit.ly/liberationstarterkit

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Zach sits down with Johanna Jones, President & CEO of ITSMF, to discuss Black leadership, career development, and the future of leadership in Corporate America. Johanna has held several leadership roles at ITSMF, including Vice President of Development and Advancement, Director of Special Projects, and Executive Director.

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ITSMF LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/itsmfleaders/

Zach sits down with Julia Rock, Founder of Rock Career Development, to discuss leadership in the modern workplace.

Julia is an Executive Coach, Keynote Speaker, Burnout & Leadership Strategist, and LinkedIn Top Voice who focuses on uncomplicating leadership for today’s workplace.

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