We Ain't Dying For This

About We Ain't Dying For This

We Ain't Dying For This: A Black Woman's Guide To Liberation is a community of Black women demanding our collective liberation through radically soft living. We feature the stories of Black women who have set themselves free from the expectations of others and are choosing to live on their own terms.

Publisher

Crystle Johnson

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Feb 2025

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Why I’m Ending We Ain’t Dying for This

   After three seasons, I’m bringing We Ain’t Dying for This to a close. In this final episode, I reflect on burnout, identity, belonging, and the decision to build a life beyond other people’s expectations.For three seasons, I’ve shared stories of Black women choosing to live differently. Those conversations helped me reimagine my own life, too.I share how divorce, work, loneliness, and the pressure to meet expectations led me to question the life I was living. I also explain “underbelonging”, the experience of being allowed into a space without feeling that you truly belong.Finally, I share what comes next: my plan to open Casa Kinory in Mérida, Mexico, in February 2027, a space where Black women can rest, work on meaningful projects, connect with community, and simply be.Thank you to every guest who shared their story and everyone who listened throughout these three seasons. I hope these conversations have helped you imagine a different life for yourself, too.#BlackWomenEmpowerment #BurnoutRecovery #StartingOver

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   She Left Her Dream Life in the US to Start Over in Mexico | We Ain't Dying For This S3 E9

   Markita Privott had the house, the money, and the career she was told to want. But inside, she felt like she was slowly losing herself. At 52, she left the United States and moved to Mérida, Mexico, in search of a life that felt more like her own. In this episode, she joins Crystle Johnson to talk about starting over, rediscovering herself through solo travel, finding unexpected community, and experiencing the kind of rest she struggled to find back home. Timestamps 00:00 - Feeling like she was slowly losing herself 05:40 - How solo travel changed her 08:00 - When success no longer feels fulfilling 09:45 - Why she considered leaving the US 10:25 - Finding unexpected kindness in Mexico 12:40 - Why she chose Mérida 14:45 - Selling everything and starting over 16:00 - Feeling safer in a new country 17:00 - How Mexico changed her relationship with rest 19:40 - Learning to feel at home in her new life 20:15 - Advice for women considering moving abroad 20:55 - Where to find Life Redesign Abroad Subscribe to We Ain't Dying For This for more conversations about Black women abroad, liberation, and creating a life on your own terms. Connect with Markita: Life Redesign Abroad on YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok. #WeAintDyingForThis #MarkitaPrivott #LifeRedesignAbroad #BlackWomenAbroad #MovingToMexico #RadicallySoftLiving ____ 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) (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 (www.kinory.co) + @kinory.co on Instagram & TikTok 👉🏾 The Liberation starter kit: www.kinory.co/liberation (www.kinory.co/liberation) 👉🏾 Belonging, Abroad the November retreat at Ixchel Balam → Learn more here: www.kinory.co/retreats (www.kinory.co/retreats)

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   She Moved Her Family to Mexico Before She Felt Ready | We Ain't Dying For This S3 E8

   A lot of us will wait around, gathering information before we actually move. Alisha Nicholson-Ting did the opposite. In this episode, she talks with Crystle about spending five years thinking before finally making the leap to Merida, Mexico with her husband and son, and why no amount of research can fully prepare you for a decision like that. Alisha opens up about the real, unseen hardest part: not the logistics, but the fear of not knowing if she's making the right choice. She shares how she and her husband navigated the financial uncertainty of leaving behind his role as the breadwinner, how she built community from scratch through spontaneous "side quests," and why she believes that once you've truly decided, everything else moves fast. This conversation is for anyone stuck in the planning phase of a big decision, whether it's moving abroad or anything else you've been sitting on. Sometimes the information isn't the missing piece. The decision is. Timestamps: 0:00 Waiting to gather information vs. just moving 3:26 How Alisha decided on Merida and convinced her family 5:51 Meeting through the SideQuest for Black Women group 9:34 Learning through play, not planning everything out 15:24 The hardest part nobody saw 17:12 Advice for a woman stuck gathering information for 5 years 20:34 Where to find Alisha online 🎧 New episodes every Thursday. Follow Alisha: TikTok @WanderTogetherCo Subscribe to We Ain't Dying For This: A Black Woman's Guide to Liberation, hosted by Crystal Johnson. ____ 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 (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 Starther Kit: https://bit.ly/liberationstarterkit (https://bit.ly/liberationstarterkit) 👉🏾 Belonging, Abroad the November retreat at Ixchel Balam → Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4oqSFcv (https://bit.ly/4oqSFcv) 👉🏾 Liberation Starter Kit → https://bit.ly/liberationstarterkit (https://bit.ly/liberationstarterkit)

Who has been a guest on We Ain't Dying For This

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Najmah Ahmad
• DreChir Whitfield
• Marisha Dixon
• Dr Lawanda Hill
• Jasmine Smalls

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

43,760

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 25 / 100

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Quality

4

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

32

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