Najah Monique Todd is a pillar of the Tacoma Community, a master hair artist at Embellish Multispace Salon, a plus size model, globe trotter, and half of the duo that is the 90's pop influenced Tacoma band, known as Mirrorgloss.
In this episode, we cover her recently established love for traveling and how impossible it isn't (even if you have to go it alone), keeping yourself safe in a Covid world and how important self-care and self-love is, especially amidst the chaos of a world grappling with racism head on.
Najah also shares her thoughts on police violence, while recalling her own story of being arrested after calling the cops to help her in a domestic violence situation, and how betrayed she felt as a woman when the female officer threatened to book her for resisting arrest if she continued to cry.
Through every dip and dive, in true Najah style, she embraces the good in all of these experiences, and shares how right now, America is loving itself, because you can't make a real change until you've looked into the darkness and purged it at the core. Najah is a strong, beautiful, and powerful woman, and it's an honor to give her a platform to share a snippet of her life with my listeners as she talks about her music and her life.
"Love yourself in the truest form possible." - Najah Monique Todd
Music from the show:
Intro clip: I'm The Asshole by Zebrana Bastard
End track: Fantasy by Mirrorgloss
Links from the show:
Follow Najah on Instagram
Sewell Trips - Travel The World, starting with the Dominican Republic, one of Najah's favorite travel planners that works with a payment plan that fits your budget, and also builds trips focused on helping African American women to see the world.
Sewell Trips on Facebook
Embellish Multispace Salon - Book your hair appointment with Najah!
Big Girlz move - Najah's Workout program
Mirrorgloss - Najah's music project with her bestie, Del Brown.
Mirrorgloss Website
Mirrorgloss on BandCamp
Mirrorgloss on Facebook
Mirrorgloss on Instagram
Mirrorgloss on Spotify
Zebrana Bastard Links
Zebrana Bastard on Patreon
Zebrana Bastard Website
Zebrana Bastard on Youtube
Zebrana Bastard on Facebook
Zebrana Bastard on Bandcamp
Zebrana Bastard on Instagram
Zebrana Bastard on Twitter
Show Sponsor:
Becka Makes Buttons, LLC