It’s increasingly common for people with traditional jobs to be building their own businesses and brands outside of their regular working hours. But when you have a traditional job, it can sometimes be difficult to assess how and where to show up publicly. This can be especially true if you work in a field like government or law enforcement.Officer Kenny Dean joins India to discuss how he started and evolved his social media presence and developed his podcast while actively working in law enforcement.In this discussion: Why Officer Dean felt that it was the right time to clarify and demystify police work for the public How he approaches hosting his show while balancing the needs of his department Officer Dean’s advice for building an audience while respecting your day job Connect with Officer Kenny Dean: Let’s Talk Law Enforcement Period Instagram: @letstalklawenforcementperiod Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire: Flaunt Your Fire LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson Instagram: @FlauntYourFire Ready to dive deeper?We’ve been conditioned to show up to work as our “professional” self and leave our personal beliefs behind. But the truth is, values inform every area of our life, so why try to compartmentalize?Each month in The Pause on the Play® Community we explore one specific way to make your values more explicit. Our curated connections and learning experiences will help you challenge harmful norms, show up as an imperfect ally®, and live in alignment.Learn more at pauseontheplay.com/community

Fashion is part of everyday life.Whether you love it and follow the latest trends, or you’re a minimalist with a capsule wardrobe, or none of the above, we all have to wear clothes.E.K. Powell joined India for a live conversation within The Pause on the Play Community about the lesser-known history of fashion, gender norms, and the role of capitalism in what we think are just preferences.In this discussion: The real history of nail polish and high heels How cultural norms about childhood, gender, and color have evolved under the influence of capitalism The difference between trends set by people and norms created to sell more product How norms of gender and fashion prey on people’s fears Connect with E.K. Powell: Instagram: @whatsgoodenglish TikTok: @whatsgoodenglish YouTube: @whatsgoodenglish Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire: Flaunt Your Fire LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson Instagram: @FlauntYourFire Content Note: This episode includes mentions of gender norms, bullying and hatred.Ready to dive deeper?Want the ability to participate in conversations like these? Join The Pause on the Play Community. The Community regularly hosts live conversations and workshops along with Q&As, community conversation, co-working hours, and more, alongside our evergreen library of resources and replays.Learn more at pauseontheplay.com/communityResources:F.D Signifier - YouTube

Change is inevitable, whether in you, your brand, or the humans who are a part of it.How we meet change is up to us. How do you honor the life and death cycles that come with change?Brionna Ned joins India for a conversation about death, rebirth, growth, and change within life and business.In this discussion: How Brionna helps people navigate death cycles and change  Why Brionna believes it’s vital for people to gain fluency in legalese How to tease out the difference between comfort and safety when approaching a growth edge How Brionna breaks down overwhelm How capitalism and entrepreneurial culture teach us to create boxes and isolate ourselves Connect with Brionna Ned: The Everyday Lawyer Instagram: @the_everyday_lawyer, @thesubmissivelist Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire: Flaunt Your Fire LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson Instagram: @FlauntYourFire Ready to dive deeper?Get access to more live conversations like these in The Pause on the Play Community. Members are able to ask their questions and share their observations in the chat, as well as get access to the recordings, along with our full library of past workshops and resources, community conversations, Q&A with India and Erica, co-working hours, and more.Learn more at pauseontheplay.com/community

Being explicit about your values in your business used to be frowned upon, but it’s vital to how you market your brand, how you build your company culture, and how you relate to your clients. In this replay of a 2020 conversation on Racheal Cook’s Promote Yourself to CEO podcast, Racheal and India discuss infusing your values into all aspects of your business, addressing mindset challenges and fears when it comes to getting explicit, and Racheal’s own experiences with making her values known. In this discussion: How marketing with your values as the starting point helps differentiate your business Why it’s vital to understand the ways that consumers are voting with their dollar Leaning on your values to guide how you show up in public Taking steps to articulate your values How leading with your values builds connection and community around your brand   Connect with Racheal Cook: Promote Yourself to CEO Podcast The CEO Collective Instagram: @racheal.cook   Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire: Flaunt Your Fire LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson Instagram: @FlauntYourFire Ready to dive deeper? Get clear on what matters. From Implicit to Explicit is a framework to get clear on what matters and how it informs the way you live and lead in your workplace. This 3-hour masterclass helps you evaluate your personal and professional values, how those intersect with your team and your clients, and how those values need to show up in your brand. Learn more at pauseontheplay.com/explicit   Resources: Gingko Public Relations  ON1E Clothing

Books are powerful tools for learning, connection, evolution, and reconsideration.  From storytelling through fiction to learning about the real lives of others in nonfiction works, books help us reshape our thinking, communicate with the people in our lives, and sometimes just get lost in a really good story. Erica Courdae joins India to discuss some of the books that have strongly impacted them and how they think about everything from storytelling to gentrification to minimalism.   In this discussion: Storytellers who took us on unexpected journeys A book that helped us rethink what we know about gentrification Reconsidering minimalism and intentionality   Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire: Flaunt Your Fire LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson Instagram: @FlauntYourFire   Ready to dive deeper? Want to learn more about our favorite and recommended books and support Pause on the Play® at the same time? Head to our bookshelf at pauseontheplay.com/books. 10% of every purchase goes to Pause on the Play® to help keep the podcast and our other free resources available. Buying through Bookshop also supports independent bookstores that are vital resources in their communities. Align the way you shop with your values and vote with your dollars at pauseontheplay.com/books Resources: Pause on the Play® Bookshelf Pause on the Play® Ep 98: Weaving Story, Experience, and Humor into the Way You Communicate with Jon Goode Flaunt Your Fire® Ep 54: Creating Consistent Curated Content with Jon Goode

Are you more comfortable calling yourself a content creator rather than an influencer? The word “influencer” has developed something of a negative connotation, but at its core, to be an influencer simply means being someone who is influential to others. If we model actions and behaviors that reflect our values, we can have a positive influence on those who witness us.  Erica Courdae and India dig into being a positive influence and how behavior modeling has been showing up in their lives and decision-making recently.   In this discussion: Defining what behavior modeling means for India and Erica right now How Erica has modeled confidence and making any day an occasion Why India has been giving herself freedom to experiment with her hair and how she shows up How to rethink using what you already have to live your life out loud Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire: Flaunt Your Fire LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson Instagram: @FlauntYourFire Ready to dive deeper? The Pause on the Play® Community is where brands and professionals create new normals in work and life.  The community helps people connect with values-aligned entrepreneurs and employees, across titles and industries, move from implicit to explicit® values, evolve the way we show up for ourselves and others and grow our influence, together. Members have access to community discussion, live Q&As, co-working hours, workshops, and our evergreen library of replays and resources. Learn more at pauseontheplay.com/community

We might think of trends as things that come and go in the worlds of fashion and style, but trends impact the world of work and entrepreneurship as well. Trends aren’t necessarily negative, but when we follow trends in any capacity without questioning them, it can take us down a path that we didn’t intend to be on.  In a replay of a live conversation from within The Pause on the Play Community, Brooke Monaghan and India discuss what it means to consciously and intentionally challenge the status quo and how to be a responsible disruptor. In this discussion: How being a disruptor is about more than calling out what you’re against Why you need to be clear on who your audience really is when you’re challenging norms in your industry Why staying in conversation with your community is a key aspect of responsible disruption How intentionality and awareness of your audience will inform your content   Connect with Brooke Monaghan: Website Transcend Your Dichotomy Podcast Instgram: @briggsmonaghan   Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire: Flaunt Your Fire LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson Instagram: @FlauntYourFire Ready to dive deeper? This conversation with Brooke Monaghan was a live event within The Pause on the Play® Community. As part of our commitment to accessibility for our global membership, all of our events allow members to submit questions ahead of time, and all events are recorded and replays are available 24/7 as part of our resource library. Get access to events like these, along with community conversation, Q&As with Erica and India, co-working hours and more by joining the Community. Learn more at pauseontheplay.com/community   Resources: Transcend Your Dichotomy Ep 160. Strategic, Values Aligned Branding with India Jackson  Transcend Your Dichotomy Ep 161. Sustainable Visibility with Mai-kee Tsang

What role does consent play in your life? How does it affect the way that you show up? Consent plays a major role in visibility, from the use of your image, to the agreements you make–or don’t make–when you appear in venues like podcasts, to how much you’re compensated, and more. Stacie Lampkin interviews India about how consent, or lack thereof, has shown up in her life, from modeling contracts to healthcare and beyond. In this discussion: How consent allows you and your collaborators to fully show up  Making your values transparent in your agreements  How consent impacts content creation and partnerships across industries Suggestions for taking action on consent in your life and your business   Connect with Stacie Lampkin: Website LinkedIn: Stacie Lampkin   Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire: Flaunt Your Fire LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson Instagram: @FlauntYourFire Ready to dive deeper? Posting photos or stories about the kids in our lives has become habitual for many of us. We need to move away from making assumptions and move towards a place of consent and autonomy with children. Inside The Pause on the Play Community, Stacie Lampkin and Shannon Collins’s workshop Sharing About Our Kids Online: Do You Have Their Consent, encourages you to reexamine your approach to how we share about children on online spaces.  With space for education, reflection, and accountability, this resource is part of our evergreen library of workshop replays within the community.  Learn more at pauseontheplay.com/community   Resources: Pause on the Play Ep 176: Legal Agreements: Integrating Your Values and Creating Consent with Autumn Witt Boyd Pause on the Play Ep 185:  ​​Autonomy, Personal Ownership, and Consent: A Conversation With Shannon Collins

People often talk about what their visibility goals are, or how they want to get more visible, especially at the beginning of a year or in the first quarter. But oftentimes we don’t discuss what we don’t want our visibility to be, what doesn’t feel aligned with how we show up. And that’s important too. Erica Courdae joins India to discuss feeling invisible, how we judge people for wanting to be witnessed, and why visibility is about so much more than how you show up in your business. In this discussion: How the male gaze, and the judgment behind “pick me” and “thirsty” impact how we view visibility How difficult experiences and transitional periods impact our sense of self and contribute to feeling invisible How leaning into who you are and who you want to be can you feel truly witnessed Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire: Flaunt Your Fire LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson Instagram: @FlauntYourFire Ready to dive deeper? Want to get involved with Flaunt Your Fire® and Pause on the Play®? Support change, amplify visibility, and vote with your dollars by making a contribution to the shows. Contributions go towards the costs of producing the podcasts and making them free, accessible, and equitable through the audio and the written articles. You can learn more and make a donation at pauseontheplay.com/show Resources: Urban Dictionary: pick me, thirsty, male gaze The Ultimate Pick Me: Beyoncé, Fab Socialism The phrase ‘pick me’ has added fuel to the fire that is internalized misogyny. - The Berkeley Beacon

So often, when we think about visibility, we think about brand deals and marketing. Visibility is so much more than that.  Visibility includes those that deal with us and navigate our daily lives with us and their impact on our visibility and how we show up in the world, and how we show up for ourselves.  Mim Jenkinson joins India for a conversation about applying minimalism and the KonMari Method to more than just the physical objects in your life, how major health crises have shaped their values and their relationships, and how to be an ally when someone in your life is experiencing a crisis. Content Note: Discussion of cancer, miscarriage In this discussion: How a medical crisis caused India to reprioritize her values and relationships Why it’s important to amplify the people behind the businesses and brand How Mim’s applied the KonMari Method to her relationships in the wake of her cancer diagnosis How to be a good ally to someone experiencing a medical crisis   Connect with Mim Jenkinson: Website Create + Cowork Club Instagram: @paperplannerclub, @lovefrommim The Planner Podcast   Connect with India Jackson and Flaunt Your Fire: Flaunt Your Fire LinkedIn: ​​India Jackson Instagram: @FlauntYourFire   Ready to dive deeper? If you love this conversation, support change, break barriers, and vote with your dollars via a financial contribution to The Podcast. Your contribution goes toward podcast production, show notes, and article writing expenses necessary to continue providing this free resource to those seeking to take action and create a more equitable future. Make your contribution at pauseontheplay.com Resources: Learn more about the KonMari Method Read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo Mim Jenkinson: How to use the KonMari Method on your Friends  Mim Jenkinson: What to Say to Someone who has Cancer  Mim Jenkinson: 8 Things NOT to Say to Someone with Cancer