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Love: Decoupling, Growth and Reciprocity featuring Kalkidan Gebreyohannes Jul 26, 2020

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In this episode, we’re talking about love, decoupling and maintaining our sense of self through both. The conversation features Kalkidan Gebreyohannes, an Oakland based boutique owner of Alyce on Grand, a designer, and a mother of three.

Self-Care and Self-Soothing: Love, Awareness and Acceptance featuring Esther Boykin, Relationship Therapist Jul 20, 2020

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In our quest for love, what are the best ways to put love for self first? What are the patterns that keep us from surrendering? And are emotional intimacy and vulnerability interchangeable?

Transparency and Vulnerability: Family, Anxiety and Self-Preservation featuring Shay Jiles, Lifestyle Blogger, The Prince and the P Jul 12, 2020

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Shay Jiles is an influential mommy blogger and entrepreneur. Her lifestyle and kids fashion blog, The Prince and the P, documents the experiences of her beautiful family of very dope human beings. Through her journey, Shay has been transparent about her challenges coping with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety and how it has interfered with her self-confidence and focus, all while she’s managed a growing family brand. Today’s table topic: How can we thrive day-to-day when our mental health jeopardizes and distracts from our sense of self?

Pregnancy Loss and Grief: Art Therapy, Depression and Community featuring Josefina Sanders, Writer and Art Therapist Jul 05, 2020

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Josefina Sanders is a writer and an art therapist. Josefina specializes in the beauty of self-care and art. Her life's work, she says, is to create fearlessly, cultivate community, and celebrate the journey of life.
She has openly shared her journey through grief after the loss of a pregnancy, an experience that is hard to understand, whether it is your own womb or whether you are supporting as a friend or partner. In this episode, Josefina and I chat about the loss of pregnancy, mental illness, and the impact both had on her marriage and self-acceptance.

Intentionality: The Power of Affirmations featuring Julee Wilson, Beauty Director, Cosmopolitan Magazine Jun 29, 2020

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Julee Wilson is the Beauty Director at Cosmopolitan Magazine. Julee has worked in media her entire career and has made a true dent in the industry. But as with so many of us, her success has come at a cost in terms of balancing her ambitions with motherhood, being present for her family, and prioritizing her own well-being. One way she fights through each day is by setting intentions.
How do you weave intentionality into your holistic self-confidence? And in spite of worry, how do you reconcile living through the fragility of life while also trying to live in faith?

Rewriting Our Story: Narratives and The Terrible featuring Yrsa Daley-Ward Jun 22, 2020

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Yrsa is of mixed West Indian and West African heritage. Born to a Jamaican mother and a Nigerian father, Yrsa was raised by her devout Seventh Day Adventist grandparents in the small town of Chorley in the North of England. She is a writer and poet, whose words drip off of your lips. In this episode we talk about what it means to let go of old narratives and the importance of interpreting the terrible events in our lives as beautiful texture of our stories.

Global Citizenship: Exposure and Perspective of Third Culture Kids featuring Nneke Julia, Writer, Photographer and Storyteller Jun 08, 2020

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Nneka is an ambassador of the world. Her and I share a few special loves--of culture, of photography, and of the neverending exploration of stories. Nneka is also a writer and a photographer--tools she’s used to create what she calls an archive of understanding. Half Cambodian, half Nigerian, Nneka was raised by two parents who were survivors of genocide.
In our chat, we talk about what it’s like being Third Culture Kids, how that translates into our experiences in the United States and abroad, and how the black experience takes shape in different global contexts.

Identity and Migration: The Black Diaspora, Creativity and Stillness featuring Wayetu Moore, Author Jun 01, 2020

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Wayetu Moore is a Liberian-American author and social entrepreneur. Her writing can be found in The New York Times and The Atlantic, among others. On June 2, she releases her second book and memoir, The Dragons, The Giant, The Women.
In this episode, Wayetu talks about her initial resistance to writing a story about the war in Liberia and how that changed, as she understood her own role in rewriting history. We also discuss how cultural exposure and a binary existence influence our world views.

Journey to Joy: Self-Trust, Wellness and Spirituality ft Alex Elle, Author, Wellness Consultant May 24, 2020

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Alex Elle is an author, poet and wellness consultant who specializes in self-care. She teaches workshops and retreats that help others in finding their voices through storytelling, poetry, and narrative writing rooted in truth without shame.
In this episode, I chat with Alex about putting self and self-trust first, so that we can stay close to our truth as we author our lives.

Biraciality: Betweenness and Feeling More Than Enough featuring Elaine Welteroth, New York Times Bestseller May 18, 2020

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Elaine Welteroth is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist and judge on Project Runway. Many of you may know her for her groundbreaking work at the helm of Teen Vogue where in 2017 she was appointed the youngest Editor-in-Chief at a Conde Nast publication. Her debut book More Than Enough, released last summer, explores what it means to come into your own--on your own terms.
Today we’re talking about the spectrum of betweenness, navigating both black and white worlds, and how that journey has laid the foundation for her identity, community and life’s work.

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