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Keep it Positive, Sweetie
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Keep It Positive, Sweetie is more than a podcast—it’s a movement rooted in purpose, faith, and healing. Hosted by Crystal Renee Hayslett, this show creates a safe space for raw conversations and real connections that uplift, inspire, and empower.
Each episode brings together culture-shifting guests for unfiltered talks on love, self-worth, growth, and navigating life with grace and grit. Whether we’re laughing, learning, or leaning into tough truths, the goal is always the same: to keep it honest, keep it healing, and always… Keep It Positive, Sweetie.
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More Than Couple Goals
4d ago00:51:45Summary readyIn this episode, Toya Johnson and Red Rush open up about marriage, blended family, entrepreneurship, fatherhood, and what it really takes to build love intentionally in public. From balancing business and family to navigating visibility through reality TV and their content, they’re redefining modern Black love and leadership. This conversation is honest, warm, and deeply grounded in partnership. This episode is about love, family, and building a life rooted in intention.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryBuilding Beyond Yourself
2w ago00:56:17Summary readyIn this episode of Keep It Positive, Sweetie, Dr. Key Hallmon talks about community, wellness, entrepreneurship, and the mission behind building The Village Market Enterprises. From expanding Village Retail into the world’s busiest airport to growing Our Village United into more than 30 states and releasing her book No One Is Self-Made, this conversation explores what it means to build intentionally, lead with purpose, and create opportunities that extend beyond yourself. This episode is about collective care, responsibility, healing, and the power of community.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryMore Than Hair: Confidence, Care & Building ORS Unapologetic
3w ago00:28:24Summary readyIn this solo episode of Keep It Positive, Sweetie, Crystal talks all things ORS Unapologetic, from the inspiration behind the line to the deeper relationship Black women have with hair, confidence, self-care, and identity. She opens up about building the products, stepping into founder territory, the emotional launch experience, and why this line is about so much more than just hair.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryThe Woman Behind the Armor
4w ago00:56:25Summary readyIn this episode of Keep It Positive, Sweetie, Keisha Lance Bottoms opens up about the deeply personal journey behind her memoir The Rough Side of the Mountain. From childhood trauma and family secrets to faith, leadership, motherhood, body image, and reclaiming the parts of herself she once felt she had to hide, this conversation explores the humanity behind public strength. This episode is about healing, identity, authenticity, and what it means to finally show up as your whole self.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryFamily, Healing & The Life We Didn’t Expect
May 2400:52:21Summary readyIn this episode of Keep It Positive, Sweetie, Jess Hilarious opens up about motherhood, co-parenting, healing, faith, and the emotional journey behind her memoir ’Til Death Do We Parent. From becoming a mother at 19 to navigating survival mode marriage, and redefining family, this conversation is honest, funny, emotional, and deeply relatable. This episode is about healing, softness, and learning how to move forward even when life doesn’t look the way you imagined.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryYung Miami: Beyond the Persona
May 1800:33:05Summary readyIn this live episode of Keep It Positive, Sweetie, Yung Miami opens up about growth, motherhood, business, relationships, confidence, and stepping fully into her solo era. From relaunching Caresha Please and navigating public perception, to entrepreneurship, faith, and evolving in real time, this conversation goes beyond the persona and into the woman behind it all. This episode is about reinvention, confidence, and embracing every version of yourself along the way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryThe Right Things, In The Right Season
May 1000:48:39Summary readyIn Part 2 of this solo episode, Crystal talks about what it really means to expand with intention. From being multi-hyphenate, to maintaining privacy while building a public brand, to navigating purpose, faith, and the fear of oversaturation, this conversation is about alignment, timing, and trusting your own path. Because success isn’t about doing everything at once, it’s about doing the right things, in the right season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryStillness, Clarity & the Courage to Transform
Apr 26Summary readyIn a world full of noise, what does it really mean to be still? Touré Roberts joins Keep It Positive, Sweetie to talk about his new book Knowing: The Journey to Certainty in an Uncertain World, and what it really means to find your calling, move through uncertainty, and embrace the power of stillness. This conversation explores how to slow down, trust yourself, and move with clarity, even when the path isn’t fully clear.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryReal Life, Real Love, & The Truth In Between
Apr 1400:56:52Summary readyChrystal Renee welcomes KevOnStage to talk about how humor helps him tell the truth and cope in real life, especially through his one-man show “Grief Sucks,” inspired by losing his brother. He explains that comedy can help people hear hard things, “People can listen, are more open to listening if you’ve made them laugh”—and admits jokes are part of how he processes grief, even when it’s messy and too soon. Kev also gets real about boundaries and burnout (why he stopped meet-and-greets), parenting two very different sons, and what he’s learned in 22 years of marriage—like how you can “do hurt and harm with good intention,” and how marriage requires staying updated, “like being up to date on your cell phone.” Biggest takeaway: growth is ongoing, and Kev is choosing to be “unapologetically me,” even if everyone won’t like it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryThe Voice Within: Faith, Success & Self-Trust
Mar 2900:57:52Summary readyFrom music to business to authorship, 2 Chainz has lived many chapters, but this conversation focuses on what’s beneath it all. In this episode, he reflects on his latest NY Times Best Seller, The Voice In My Head Is God, the role of intuition in his life, and the difference between success and peace. Connect @luvCrystalRenee Red: The Voice In My Head is GOD By 2 Chaiz Visit: CrystalReneeHayslett.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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