The First Woman in My Bloodline to Break the Blueprint: Zithobe Macheli on Career, Money & Love

<p>What if becoming the person who gets to live your dream life starts long before the dream actually arrives?</p><p>Zithobe Macheli has transformed more than one area of her life-from dropping out of university to betting on herself as a content creator, healing her relationship with her skin and body, building her confidence, and ultimately creating a life that once existed only in her imagination.</p><p>This week, she pulls up a chair at the A2B Café to talk about the inner work behind the outer transformation.</p><p>We get into self-concept, journalling, shadow work, learning to see yourself differently, taking inspired action and what it really means to become the kind of person capable of building the life you want.</p><p>Because sometimes the biggest glow-up isn&#39;t the life changing around you-it&#39;s the person you become along the way.</p><p>🥂 This episode of According to B is powered by Bernini.</p><p><br></p><p>✰ TIMESTAMPS✰</p><p>00:00- Coming up</p><p>01:46- Intro </p><p>04:27- Bokang introduces Zithobe to A2B </p><p>05:42- Game: The starter- for the plot</p><p>16:40- The main: The conversation</p><p>16:55- Zithobe’s fondest memory that indicated she would become the creative she is today</p><p>19:29- The significance of the support Zithobe received from her parents </p><p>21:28- Zithobe on being the first woman in her bloodline to pursue creativity</p><p>22:49- Zithobe’s university journey</p><p>27:13- What happened when Zithobe decided to leave university</p><p>32:29- Zithobe on reading back her 2020 journals </p><p>36:09- How Zithobe closed the gap between where she was vs where she is now</p><p>38:59- How Zithobe was able to evolve beyond being a beauty creator</p><p>40:12- The biggest difference between the person who wrote in the journals vs the person living in it</p><p>41:44- Being the first woman in Zithobe’s lineage to build a 7 figure business</p><p>43:25- Some of the other work Zithobe does</p><p>45:31- What Zithobe has had to learn the hard way in business</p><p>48:12- Zithobe’s relationship with money</p><p>51:41- Zithobe on what was expected of her when it comes to love</p><p>56:18- The traditional things vs the non-traditional ones Zithobe believes in</p><p>59:06- Zithobe’s perspective on whether she wants marriage or not</p><p>01:00:56- Zithobe’s ideal kind of love</p><p>01:04:52- What Zithobe hopes future generations will continue to inherit</p><p>01:06:51- Dessert: Zithobe recieves her Bernini bag </p><p>01:07:26- Outro</p><p><br></p><p>✰ SOCIAL MEDIA ✰</p><p>Bokang</p><p>➜ Instagram: @sheisbokang-<a href="https://www.instagram.com/sheisbokang"><u>https://www.instagram.com/sheisbokang</u></a> </p><p>➜ Tik Tok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sheisbokang"><u>https://www.tiktok.com/@sheisbokang</u></a> </p><p> </p><p>The B Word</p><p>➜ Instagram: @thebword_za -<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thebword_za"><u>https://www.instagram.com/thebword_za</u></a> </p><p>➜ Tik Tok: @thebwordza <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thebword_za"><u>https://www.tiktok.com/@thebword_za</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p>Guest</p><p>➜ Instagram: @zithobemacheli-<a href="https://www.instagram.com/zithobemacheli"><u>https://www.instagram.com/zithobemacheli</u></a></p><p>➜Tik Tok: @zithobemacheli-<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@zithobemacheli"><u>https://www.tiktok.com/@zithobemacheli</u></a> </p><p>✰ BUSINESS INQUIRIES ✰</p><p>E-mail: <a href="mailto:hello@thebwordmedia.com"><u>hello@thebwordmedia.com</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p>✰ TEAM/CREDITS ✰</p><p>Producer: Bokang Lehlokoe &amp; Tshegetso Moepi </p><p>Videography: Shutter Scope</p><p>Post Production: Thapelo Mogashoa</p><p><br></p>