From Netflix Heartbreak to Building Her Own Brand | Zaina Sesay | Coffeez Ep. 315

Joseph Shalaby (0:14)

Zaina.

Zaina Sesay (0:15)

Nice to meet you.

SPEAKER_3 (0:16)

Alyssa, nice to meet you. How are you today?

Zaina Sesay (0:18)

I'm great. Great.

SPEAKER_3 (0:20)

Welcome to Coffeez.

Okay, wonderful. Because here at Coffeez with Joe Shalaby, you get some coffee or some tea. Now I'm going to... What do you take, coffee or tea?

Zaina Sesay (0:30)

I do coffee. Very boring.

Joseph Shalaby (0:32)

Very basic.

SPEAKER_3 (0:33)

Now I'm going to give you an ultimatum, hot or cold.

Zaina Sesay (0:36)

Even if it's 1000 degrees outside, I need hot coffee.

SPEAKER_3 (0:39)

Hot coffee. I got you, girl. Hot coffee. Do you like chocolate?

Zaina Sesay (0:43)

I do.

SPEAKER_3 (0:45)

We have an assortment here. I want you to choose what calls you and take a bite while I get your coffee ready.

Zaina Sesay (0:51)

I love.

SPEAKER_3 (0:52)

Yes. Go ahead and choose something out there. I'm going to get this set for you.

I also want all the tea, girl, because I've seen senior shows. You know.

Zaina Sesay (1:05)

I'm down to spill it for sure.

SPEAKER_3 (1:07)

Okay. So then tell me, are you dating anybody now?

Zaina Sesay (1:10)

I actually am.

Joseph Shalaby (1:12)

You are? Yeah.

Zaina Sesay (1:13)

I just did a hard launch. Amazing.

SPEAKER_3 (1:15)

I love that for you.

Joseph Shalaby (1:16)

Not too long ago. Okay.

SPEAKER_3 (1:18)

Who was the guy? Oh my God.

Zaina Sesay (1:20)

So we actually have known each other for like 15 years, right? You know when you meet someone and it's like, right person, wrong time?

Joseph Shalaby (1:27)

Yeah.

Zaina Sesay (1:28)

That was the story. So we reconnected over this past holiday.

And he asked me out and was like, okay, sure.

SPEAKER_3 (1:35)

I guess.

Zaina Sesay (1:36)

And then I was like, wait, I still like you. What's going on?

SPEAKER_3 (1:39)

The sparks are flying.

Joseph Shalaby (1:41)

Yeah.

SPEAKER_3 (1:41)

I love that.

Zaina Sesay (1:43)

And we've known each other, never dated, and we didn't have any like weird history.

SPEAKER_3 (1:47)

Okay, so it worked out and love is in the air. You happy?

Joseph Shalaby (1:51)

I'm very happy.

SPEAKER_3 (1:52)

I'm so happy to hear that for you because you deserve that.

Zaina Sesay (1:54)

Listen, after everything I went through.

SPEAKER_3 (1:57)

Amen. Amen, girl.

So would you say he's the hottest guy to slide into your DMs?

Zaina Sesay (2:02)

Oh, for sure.

SPEAKER_3 (2:03)

Okay.

Zaina Sesay (2:04)

And we met traditionally.

SPEAKER_3 (2:05)

I love that.

Zaina Sesay (2:06)

At Fridays.

SPEAKER_3 (2:07)

That's beautiful.

Zaina Sesay (2:07)

During college days.

SPEAKER_3 (2:09)

That's how you know it's for you.

Well, come on over. I have your coffee ready. I'm going to take you over here to Joe.

Joseph Shalaby (2:18)

Hello. Zaina, it's a pleasure to meet you.

Zaina Sesay (2:21)

Nice to meet you. I'm loving the green.

Joseph Shalaby (2:26)

What's up, everybody? Welcome to another episode of Coffeez. I'm your host, Joe Shalaby. Today, we have a very special guest. She is a hit star on several Netflix shows. She's also a serial entrepreneur, founder and social media influencer. Please welcome the one, the only Zaina Sesay.

All right, Zaina, I like to start the show the same way I start with every single one of my guests. What's your morning routine?

Zaina Sesay (2:52)

Okay, very complicated question because it varies. Okay, I'm a very type B plus person, meaning I know everyone's like, what's the plus? So I can actually tap into type A when I need to, but it takes a lot of effort for me to get there. It's like a hybrid. Like I can get there, my default type B.

So I always try. I'm a B plus.

Joseph Shalaby (3:16)

It's kind of like, I refer to that as how I like my steak, medium rare plus.

Zaina Sesay (3:21)

Medium rare plus, that is hilarious.

But no, like seriously, my morning routine varies, but I like to, my ultimate like when I'm actually like on my grind, like all right, I hit everything. I love to wake up with the sun. I like to not necessarily like have an alarm clock unless I have something to go to, but like wake up organically. I like to meditate while I'm in bed, like say a prayer, and then I go straight into gut health. So I have water and then I have some type of supplement, whether it's like my probiotic. Then lately, I've actually been doing olive oil and lemon shot. Have you done that before?

Joseph Shalaby (4:03)

I do olive oil every day. I haven't added the lemon in it. The lemon?