#235 – Motherhood Broadway and Knowing Your Why: A Real Conversation with TyNia Brandon

Baby Ajax made his podcast debut. And yes he had a lot to say about it.

In between the chaos of new motherhood and recording from New York for a limited window of time, Salisha sat down with her girl TyNia Brandon for one of the most honest conversations about career choices, knowing your worth, and what it really means to build a life in this industry.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• What happened when Salisha received two major job offers on the exact same day and how she made the call
• The audition she walked into fully intending to throw and what changed her mind mid hallway
• TyNia's three point framework for deciding whether any opportunity is worth your time and energy
• The Holy Grail of theater and why Sex and the City explains it perfectly
• Why Salisha describes herself as a loyal long term girly and what that has meant for her career
• The dumb prayer she prayed before meeting Andrew and exactly how it came true
• What it actually feels like to balance being a performer and a new mom when both demand everything from you

Some conversations you do not plan. They just happen. And this was one of those.

CHAPTERS

• [00:00] Baby Ajax joins the recording and chaos ensues
• [02:27] Welcome to a new season with TyNia Brandon
• [04:48] The difference between being a mom and actually parenting
• [05:51] Being Ajax's mom has been the most unexpected gift
• [06:29] Motherhood was not on the bucket list and here is how that changed
• [07:59] The dumbest prayer she ever prayed and how God answered it
• [09:11] Would you rather: lead off Broadway or swing on Broadway
• [10:05] She got both offers on the same day
• [10:48] What makes a job better on paper
• [11:58] The audition she tried to throw and what stopped her
• [13:51] Shoutout to Yasmine playing Diana Ross on Disney Plus
• [15:40] TyNia's three point framework for knowing your why
• [17:00] The Holy Grail of theater explained through Sex and the City
• [19:24] Why Salisha is a long term loyal girly and what it built for her
• [20:32] Elena new girl and other legendary phone contacts
• [21:15] Thank you TyNia and thank you Carla

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Many thanks to Gotham Network in NYC, TyNia Brandon for writing and laying vocals down for the updated theme song and Big Red Studios for the intro video wherever you watch the latest season of The Salisha Show!