Best Carmen Chloe Podcasts (2024)

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CHAPTER 1 - Who the Hell is Señorita Flores? 14:58

5M ago14:58

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Meet our Spanish heroine, Pepa Flores, and her eccentric world. She moved to New York to become a mystery writer against her mother's wishes. Still, she makes ends meet by working as a wig stylist at an Orthodox Jewish hair salon, where she sometimes moonlights as an amateur private detective for her salon's clients. She uncovers little dark secret…

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CHAPTER 2 - The Mystery you would Never Wish 11:29

5M ago11:29

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Pepa and her best friend in NYC—BEN—make an emergency stop at the gynecologist's office, where she discovers the biggest mystery of her life on the most inconvenient day when we all meet Ben's family: his mother YAFFA, his father BARRY, his brother DAVID, and the family rabbi, RABBI ALLEN. Voice Actors: Paula Roman as Pepa Flores Adam Lebowitz-Lock…

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CHAPTER 3 - First Clue and Love on Cue 16:39

6M ago16:39

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Ben tries to cheer Pepa up after the surprising news: her due date has changed (meaning her ex can no longer be the father, but who is it, now?) while there is an unexpected arrival in NYC: Pepa’s ex – JEAN PAUL – who now he thinks he is the father of Pepa’s baby. Pepa starts the investigation and finds the two first clues that lead her to meet her…

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CHAPTER 4 - The Culprit has hands 11:24

5M ago11:24

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Following the elevator tape (clue #1), Pepa gets some exciting information about how she arrived at her apartment the night of. Ben and Pepa visit a graphologist in Chinatown to examine the written note, someone left behind the night of (clue #2) and discover a scoop that…well you will listen.. At Ben’s apartment, Pepa and Ben are preparing a Spani…

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CHAPTER 5 - The Serrano Ham Killer 11:13

5M ago11:13

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Unannounced and straight from Seville, CARMEN, Pepa’s mother, shows up at Ben’s apartment at the exact moment when Ben’s family is downstairs, eager to come up to indulge a delicious Spanish dinner. There is a big problem: Pepa has told Ben’s parents that her Mom is dead. Pepa hides her mother from Ben’s family while they enjoy the tapas until the …

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CHAPTER 6 - Bananas, Moms, and 4 Suspects 10:00

5M ago10:00

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Ben is out of shape after learning that his mother, Yaffa, and his entire family has decided to stay in the city until the baby is born. Pepa tells the truth to her mother, Carmen, who goes bananas. After the storm, Carmen joins the investigation with Pepa and Ben, and inspecting the photos taken the night of, they manage to put together an interes…

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CHAPTER 7 - The Sankofa Symbol 16:22

5M ago16:22

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Pepa starts interviewing everyone on the LIST OF SUSPECTS, but there is one nobody has a clue of who he is: the man with the Sankofa symbol. Meanwhile, Yaffa and Barry run a separate investigation to discover what the hell Pepa is hiding. Following Pepa around, who is also pursuing her clues, can only bring more chaos and disparate (folly fun). Voi…

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CHAPTER 8 - Who's the Mysterious man? 11:01

6M ago11:01

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Pepa goes to dinner with Martin at his dad’s favorite Italian restaurant, and Yaffa and Barry follow them, concluding that… well, you will listen. Voice Actors: Manolo Roman as Little Italy restaurant Host Kitty Swink – Yaffa – Ben’s mother Lon Fiala – Barry – Ben’s father Daisun Cohn-Williams as Martin - Pepa's neighbor's son Paula Roman as Pepa F…

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CHAPTER 9 - Ron Jones and the list of Suspects got out of control 13:13

5M ago13:13

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Pepa finds the man with the Sankofa symbol, RON, and discovers something shocking when she meets him in person. Pepa also manages to interview the bartender who worked at her birthday party, TYLER, one of the suspects. And even though, she finds out he is no longer a suspect, he reveals a crazy fact about the night of. Following the scoop from Tyle…

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CHAPTER 10 - The Unexpected Suspect 17:58

5M ago17:58

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Pepa gets out of jail with the help of Martin, Carmen, Benjamin, and Ron. On the way home, Ben and Pepa have a big fight revealing the unexpected suspect. Voice Actors: Lindsay Casto as Jail Woman Paula Roman as Pepa Flores Eddie McGitty as the Jail officer Camille Natta as Caroline Henri Laborde as Jean Paul Gerard B Fillmore as Ron Adam Lebowitz-…

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CHAPTER 11 - The Mighty Truth 15:46

6M ago15:46

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Madness ensues when Pepa, Ben, Ron, and Carmen get together with the graphologist to examine all the suspects’ handwriting to see if any matches the anonymous note (clue #2). Pepa’s apartment is like the Marx Brothers' cabin; everyone shows up with different intentions… even an immigration officer… In the middle of this folly, Pepa breaks water. Vo…

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CHAPTER 12 - And the Father is... 10:36

5M ago10:36

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Everyone gets on Leopoldo’s hearse and drives to the hospital. While waiting for the doctor’s report on Pepa and the baby, the immigration officer reveals that Pepa’s application for permanent residence is pending because there is evidence of possible marriage fraud. All is resolved with the birth of Pepa’s healthy baby, and she finally discovers w…

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The Aquarian Entrepreneur featuring Jas Moon 46:37

1+ y ago46:37

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Jas Moon is an Aquarian Entrepreneur and champions others to be too—to embed practices that support the holistic wellbeing of themselves & their customers into their mission driven businesses. Links: Connect with Jas Moon on Instagram @jasofmoon Follow The Aquarian Entrepreneur on Instagram @theaquarianentrepreneur Purchase the book (Life, I Swear:…

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The Body, Black Imagination, and Genius featuring Carmen Harris 35:36

1+ y ago35:36

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This week I welcome Carmen Harris into conversation, a visionary, healer, and co-founder of Two Inches Beyond Black. This episode is an offering, a meditation, a call to come back into yourself an invitation to breathe. Links: Connect with Carmen Harris on Instagram @carmendharris Purchase the book (Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women …

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Love, Care, and Intersections featuring DaTiana Guerrero 37:42

2y ago37:42

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In this episode, we have DaTiana Guerrero, a doula and care consultant. We talk postpartum and the recurring familiarity that arises in life in different seasons between birthing and grieving. Links: Connect with DaTiana Guerrero on Instagram @datianaguerrero Purchase the book (Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing a…

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Freedom, Liberation, and Afro-Futurism featuring Imani Samuels and LaTonia Cokely 32:22

2y ago32:22

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Imani is the founder of HURU, which creates sacred spaces for vast experiences that foster emotional well-being and wholeness. LaTonia is the founder of Adjourn Teahouse, which is the product that brings the practice of rest into our daily rituals. Imani Samuels and LaTonya Cokeley, both visionaries who truly understand and I believe embody the pow…

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Grief Is Love featuring Marisa Renee Lee, Author, Grief Is Love 31:16

2y ago31:16

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In this episode, we have Marisa Renee Lee, author of Grief is Love. We unpack grief, moving away from the limited definition society has of it to the expansive journey it can be. Links: Connect with Marisa Renee Lee on Instagram @marisareneelee Visit the Maria Renee Lee’s website Purchase the book: Grief is Love Purchase the book (Life, I Swear: In…

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Season VI Opening: One Year with Host and Author Chloe Dulce Louvouezo 14:17

2y ago14:17

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We are back! After a summer and fall hiatus, we are back with season SIX. Chloe starts this season with lessons on discernment, a gift of community, and an invitation to join the conversations.

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Season V Closing: The Bonfire, I Deserve, Community Questions 10:00

2y ago10:00

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Chloe closes season five with three questions for listeners. — Fitbeads is a self-love platform centered around waist beads and their ability to uplift, enrich, and encourage self-care. They cultivate conversations around culture, history, and meaning, while also creating spaces for personal connection and self-discovery. Follow Fitbeads on Instagr…

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Sisterhood, Vulnerability and Second Chances featuring Kenda Fields 39:13

2+ y ago39:13

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In this episode, Chloe speaks to Kenda Fields, content strategist, about the power of second changes, her history in sisterhood, and the mysteries, divisions, and unity that decorate our family experiences. She speaks about the vulnerability required to move past her fear and through her own healing. Links: Connect with Kenda Fields on Instagram @k…

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We Are The Ones: Community Care, Excess and Access featuring Hannah Tall, The Loveland Foundation 39:46

2+ y ago39:46

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I chat with Hannah Tall, Director of Programs at The Loveland Foundation. Hannah begins by sharing the excess of love and the access to love that she learned was possible through her mother. We also go on to talk about what and who got her here as a village child. Follow The Loveland Foundation's work on social channels because the community care t…

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Poetry, Vulnerability, and Levels featuring Lyn Patterson, Poet 38:23

2+ y ago38:23

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I chat with Lyn Patterson, poet and artist, about her life story. We chat about overcoming trauma through poetry, shifting dynamics of family, accepting your wild, and awareness of "how we consume life, or how it consumes us if we aren't careful." Links: Connect with Lyn Patterson on Instagram @poetryntings Explore ways to give to The Loveland Foun…

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Black Masculinity and Black Girlhood featuring Omó Pastor, Photographer 30:29

2+ y ago30:29

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In this episode, Chloe speaks with Omó Pastor, writer, photographer and filmmaker who uses these artistic mediums to heal, to empower and to express the reality of African people across the globe. In this conversation, Omó Pastor shares her recent work around Black male masculinity. Links: Connect with Omó Pastor on Instagram @omopastorr Visit Omó …

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Telling the Story of the Story featuring Adriana Parrish, Healer 34:16

2+ y ago34:16

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Chloe speaks with her best friend Adriana Parrish about the experience of telling her story for the first time. Adriana was a contributor to the Life, I Swear book, where she chronicled her experience of losing her mother and navigating life without her. Links: Connect with Adriana Parrish on Instagram @adrianamparrish Explore ways to give to The L…

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Loving and Leaving New York, featuring Renae Bluitt, Filmmaker and Creator, She Did That 38:49

2+ y ago38:49

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In this episode, I chat with Renae Bluitt, filmmaker and advocate for Black women entrepreneur’s narratives, and Creator and Executive Producer of the Netflix documentary “She Did That.” We talk about what calls us to be passionate about telling other Black womens' stories, negotiating balance in our lives, and the invitation of new seasons and loc…

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The Sex Lives of African Women featuring Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Salem Afangideh 55:29

2+ y ago55:29

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Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Ghanaian feminist activist, award-winning blogger, and author sits down with Salem Afangideh, lawyer, consultant and sexuality anthropologist. They talk about Nana’s book “The Sex Lives of African Women”, self-agency, the ideologies that influence our assumptions or judgements around sex, and the perspectives of anthropology …

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Truth, Light, and No Blueprints featuring Brandie Freely, founder of Lumin Magazine 31:25

2+ y ago31:25

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In this second episode, I have with me Brandie Freely, founder of LUMIN Magazine and The Escapism Retreat. We talk about light—how we follow it, how truth helps us keep it going, and how the path to it looks different for each of us. Plus, the power of breaking rules. Links: Connect with Brandie Freely on Instagram @brandiefreely Follow Lumin Magaz…

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Season Opening: Transformation and Perspective 16:27

2+ y ago16:27

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Welcome to season five of the Life, I Swear podcast! In this episode, Chloe starts the season with a few words of her own on this journey, this season, and the reflections she's been having lately, answering the question: what do we do with that freedom from our pasts? How do we leverage our new perspectives? How can we share these new versions of …

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A More Perfect Union: To Be Black, Woman and American featuring Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Poet 25:57

3y ago25:57

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Teri Ellen Cross Davis is a phenomenal poet and author of A More Perfect Union (Ohio State University Press, 2021) and Haint (Gival Press, 2016). She is also the Poetry Coordinator for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. In this season four finale, Teri talks about the desire she has for the country to create a more perfect union for…

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Authentic Voices: Because Our Voices Matter featuring Natalie Obando, President, Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) 35:02

3y ago35:02

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Natalie Obando, president of the Women’s National Book Association, talks about the organization’s Authentic Voices program, which introduces women writers to publishing through four weeks of writing, editing, marketing, and publication. She also covers the resources writers need to do share their stories as published works, and the affirmation wom…

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Conditions of a Creative: Stop, Start, Listen featuring Courtney Phillips, Creator, GumboMedia 22:16

3y ago22:16

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Courtney Phillips, co-founder of Gumbo Media and Gumbo Fit chats about her journey to creative entrepreneurship, how she’s encouraging Black people to define success differently, and what she needs to stay creatively inspired and focused. {Pre-order a copy of Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing and Self-Trust. Visi…

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Sensuality and Sexuality: Feminism, Religion and Mental Wellness featuring Brianne Patrice, Sensuality Doula 35:12

3y ago35:12

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Brianne Patrice breaks down for us how she sees sexuality, sensuality, and spirituality mastering their own lane but also overlapping--and when they do, this is the wholeness we speak of. {Pre-order a copy of Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing and Self-Trust. Visit www.chloelouvouezo.com}…

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A Love Letter to Ancestors: Writing, Motherhood and Burt Bridges featuring Cassandra Lane, Author and Editor 28:43

3y ago28:43

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In this episode, Cassandra Lane shares the journey of her book and the truths she’s discovered in the process, including how her intentional parenting has focused with the ancestral blueprint she’s unearthed. {Pre-order a copy of Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing and Self-Trust. Visit www.chloelouvouezo.com}…

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Resistance in Bloom: Black Bodies, Freedom and Representation featuring Aqueene Wilson, Creator of Nene Creates 24:00

3y ago24:00

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In this episode, Aqueene Wilson shares her journey of migrating from the Caribbean to the Netherlands, the transition from Black to white spaces, how the lack of representation impacted her as an artist, and what freedom of the Black body means to her. Credits: Interlude poem from Where are the black bodies dancing? Title: An ode to black bodies in…

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Self-Healing: Emotions, White Spaces, and No Graduation featuring Yasmine Cheyenne, Teacher and Mental Health Advocate 30:20

3y ago30:20

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Yasmine Cheyenne talks about racism in some predominately white healing spaces, her previous work in the military, and how all of that has led her to create her own community focused on self-healing, plus how the practice is both distinctive and necessary, particularly for Black people. {Pre-order a copy of Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Blac…

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Restorative Healing: Traditional Medicine, Alternatives, and the Diaspora featuring Dr. Leslie Nwoke, CEO, HeartWork EQ 31:15

3y ago31:15

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In this episode, Dr. Leslie Nwoke talks about the gap between understanding how to live more intentionally in theory vs in practice and how to close it, the gap in traditional medicine vs. holistic approaches to healing, and bringing restorative healing back to the continent of Africa. {Pre-order a copy of Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black…

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Season IV Begins: Abundance, Wisdom and Worry featuring Chloe Dulce Louvouezo 7:29

3y ago7:29

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An intro to the fourth season, on abundance mindset and learning from our shared wisdom while managing our worry. {Pre-order a copy of Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing and Self-Trust. Visit www.chloelouvouezo.com}

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Parting Words: Loss and Gain, Podcast Therapy and Book Things with Host Chloe Dulce Louvouezo 10:18

3+ y ago10:18

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Season three finale with finals words from Life, I Swear host, Chloe Dulce Louvouezo {Pre-order a copy of Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing and Self-Trust: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/life-i-swear-chloe-dulce-louvouezo}

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Art Therapy: Autism, Connection, and How Far We Have Come featuring Morgan Harper Nichols, Artist 38:51

3+ y ago38:51

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In this episode, Morgan Harper Nichols shares how for years she used art and writing to cope with her journey of unknowingly living with Autism for much of her life. Her new book, Har Far You Have Come, releases April 27, 2021. {Pre-order a copy of Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing and Self-Trust: https://www.har…

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Decolonizing Sexuality: Autonomy, Boundaries and Pleasure featuring Salem Afangideh, Lawyer 32:29

3+ y ago32:29

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Salem Afangideh, a lawyer and sexual anthropologist, shares her experience navigating sexuality as a Nigerian-American and the intersection of spirituality and sexuality. {Pre-order a copy of Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing and Self-Trust: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/life-i-swear-chloe-dulce-louvouez…

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Seeing Our Mothers: Expectations, Let Downs and Forgiveness featuring Shakira Hill Taylor, Author 39:35

3+ y ago39:35

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We talk about the connections we have with our mothers, despite the nature of our relationships with them; the decision to love from afar; and what forgiveness can look like, as we get older and are able to humanize our mothers more.

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Redefining Endings: Divorce, Pivots, and Self-Trust featuring Christine Platt, Afrominimalist 39:36

3+ y ago39:36

39:36

In this episode, we talk about our right to tell our stories of love endings, the importance of understanding our intentions and expectations for marriage without romanticizing the idea of it, and the possibility of healthy decoupling.

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Choosing Joy Through Recovery featuring Dr. Kristian Edwards, Founder, BLK + GRN 38:32

3+ y ago38:32

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After a near-fatal car accident, Dr. Kristan Edwards shares how her relationship with self has deepened and how she now thinks about motherhood, sacrifice, accountability, and love.

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The Black Woman’s Happiness Project featuring Imani Joye Sanders, founder HURU 28:41

3+ y ago28:41

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Imani Joye Sanders is founder of HURU, a restorative, sacred space in DC that offers a thoughtful experience curated to harvest clarity, discovery and affirmation through rest. In light of International Day of Happiness, I chat with Imani about the relationship between rest and joy, rest and freedom, rest and international peace-building, and how t…

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Back to My Motherland, Back to My Mother featuring Doriana Diaz and Eniafe Isis 39:41

3+ y ago39:41

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Doriana Diaz, writer and creator of The Diaz Collection, shares a reading from her book, Mami Calls Me Gabriella, and talks about her trip to Puerto Rico to meet her birth mother for the first time helped her better understand herself, her family, and her identity. Eniafe Isis, writer and created of All Her Words, also shares why she was drawn to D…

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Troublemaking: Fearlessness, Orikis and Claiming Our Space featuring Luvvie Ajayi Jones, Author 24:39

3+ y ago24:39

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Luvvie introduces her new book, The Professional Troublemaker. We also talk about fearlessness, the work it takes to get back to ourselves, what it means to betray ourselves, how to recognize when fear shows up, and knowing what you do when it does.

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Intimacy: Desirability, Love and Discovery featuring Simi Muhumuza 28:07

3+ y ago28:07

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Simi Muhumuza (of Simi Moonlight) talks about the desirability training we receive as a young girls, what intimacy and discovery can look like in relationships, and how love, above all else, is a tool for survival.

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Partnership in Grief and Radical Gentleness ft. Felicia Gangloff-Bailey, Mother and Ed Psychologist 56:27

3+ y ago56:27

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Felicia and I talk about how partnership supported her grief, how she herself has grown since her daughter’s double transition, and what radical gentleness means to her.

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Season Three Begins: Love in Our Words, Voices of Listeners 24:11

3+ y ago24:11

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Happy Valentine’s Day! Season 3 kick-off with a compilation of women who share how they define love and show up for it.

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2020: Pandemic Resilience, Possibility and a Special Announcement featuring Danasia Fantastic 9:17

3+ y ago9:17

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A 2020 wrap up with takeaways by Danasia Fantastic, creator of The Urban Realist, plus some special news about what’s ahead for Life, I Swear in 2021.

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