Life Things with Maquita Donyel

Life Things with Maquita Donyel


Latest Episodes

Be About It: Let Go and Simplify
April 16, 2022

Recorded in March 2022 Whew, it must be Good Friday. In the first episode of season three, Maquita Donyel introduces "simplification as an infinite being" by way of the new podcast format, s

Tying Up Loose Ends: Letting Go and Shifting Life Forward (w/ J’Nell Jordan)
February 08, 2022

On this final episode of Season 2, Maquita Donyel wraps up the "So I Resigned" series by discussing "tying up loose ends", working in seasons and discusses with Portrait Painter J'Nell Jordan how to o

Conscious Uncoupling, Marriage, and What is Love? Part 1 (w/ Mink)
November 08, 2021

Maquita Donyel (single) and Mink (spouse of 20+ years) take a moment to discuss relationships, conscious uncoupling, marriage advocacy, the unnecessary stigma attached to "divorce," and exactly what i

Living Within the Flow of Our Different Selves, Various Roles, and this Human Realm Called Life w/ Christyal Rood
January 02, 2021

Easing into the new year with my homegirl Christyal, visual artist and poet, dc area police officer and mother of two boys, discussing how to and the importance of operating within the natural flow of who we were designed to be and the world around us....

So, I Resigned (Part 2) + Life Things with Maquita Donyel
October 05, 2020

This is So I Resigned Part 2, where Maquita Donyel discusses what life is like post resigning over 1.5 years later. She discusses the importance of letting go, healing, and coming face to face with what it looks like when you don't.

How to Actually Implement Self-care: In alone time, in Friendships, in Romance, in the hustle (with Carter Sade) Part 2
September 22, 2020

Maquita Donyel and Carter Sade take a moment to discuss exactly how this self care thing looks, how they manage to work it into their lives individually and through their intimate relationships, and discuss how it can elevate you/your purpose/your walk...

How to Actually Implement Self-care: In alone time, in Friendships, in Romance, in the hustle (with Carter Sade) Part 1
September 12, 2020

I don't really care for instructing others on "How To" as it's often an over simplified 1-10 robotic list of quick-fix directives not at all tailored to one's individual experience; but here we are, providing a few dope ass how to self care options in ...

How to Actually Implement Self Care: When alone, in Friendships, in Romance, at Work (with Carter Sade) Part 1
September 12, 2020

I don't really care for instructing others on "How To" as it's often an over simplified 1-10 robotic list of quick-fix directives not at all tailored to one's individual experience; but here we are, providing a few dope ass how to self care options in ...

Navigating Corporate America as a Black Woman (with Chantal)
August 18, 2020

Maquita Donyel (DC area) chats with friend, Chantal (Bay area), during quarantine to discuss navigating Corporate America's minefields successfully as a Black woman. Follow Chantal: @_ofchantal Women in the workplace 2018 Report: https://www.