Cocoa Butter and Communion

Hey Village ALONDRA IS HERE!!!!! I didn't care what we talked about or if we talked at all. We could have sat and stared at each other for all I care. I just adore and love her that much. The good th…

Hey Village! As you all know I love a good book, an independent bookstore and making sure that the bookstore stays in business because we need them. One of our local bookstores needs our support. A S…

Heeeyyyy we are at episode 40! This week I am bringing in the heat (literally and figuratively) with Chi Chi Anyanwu. We chat about names, the elders telling us lies, drinking wine and bourbon, being…

Hey Village! It has been a few weeks since the last episode but here we are, in the HEAT of the summer, but staying cool with conversation. This week, I am communing with the future Mayor of Sacramen…

We are almost to episode 40 and what is a better way to celebrate than to bring in more of my family? My grandparents had 5 children and 10 grandchildren (I am #5, Olivia is #8 and Dallas is #9). On …

My husband tells me that I make friends wherever I go. I think he may be on to something because on one of our latest trips to Atlanta, at a family gathering (not even my biological family), I met on…

Hey Village! Today is the first day of summer and what better way than to kick it off with my dear friend, Timiza Wash. Timiza's works passionately to communicate to the community about domestic viol…

Sheeee's back... Our friend of the village, Malikka Rogers is back on the show! On the last show she visited, we left on a cliffhanger and I promised she would come back. Luckily, she did! Malikka sh…

Hey Village! On today's episode y'all get to hear me become a fangirl. Books and stories are so powerful and when I had the opportunity to chat with today's guest, I almost lost it. She is definitely…

Hey y'all. I am back! Back from vacation, back from my birthday celebration...I am just back. I have missed y'all.

I love the questions, comments, or curiosities that you send to me through email, we…

My lovely guest, Malikka is back and we are talking about some things that give us joy but also makes us ponder, blackness (of course), my son's choice for an influential Black American, and Jonathan…

Hey Village! This week, my cousin, Yolanda Hughes, is up. I am glad she is here to talk about a conversation that has been slowly unfolding for years, the relationship with her mother. This conversat…

Happy May! Or as N Sync says, "It's gonna be Maaaayyy". This week, I am conversing with Emily Autenrieth, the owner of A Seat at the Table Books. Her and I talk about the importance of indie bookstor…

She is back. Theresa is back and this time we are discussing protecting your peace, entering into new spaces, and loving. 

Theresa Fortune is a mama, activist, author, actress, filmmaker and beautifu…

Hey y'all! I am glad you have stopped by! Today's episode I am joined by my dear friend, Melissa McMurrey and we talk about the dynamics between Black women and White women, who is responsible for di…

Charge it to my head and not my heart, y'all. Today's episode is a little late due to...life but we are back and we are back with another great episode! This week, I welcome my spirit twin, Rose-Stel…

Y'all we have made it to episode 25!! What a ride it has been! This week, I chat with my dear friend Sabrina Berhane, the ultimate badass. Sabrina is an entrepreneur, a mother, a sister, a friend, a …

This week I talk with Troy Roberts, a new friend of the village. Him and I sit back and chop it up about his work as a doula. Yes, you read that right. This is a man, a man that is a doula...a Black …

We have marched into March with another episode and another phenomenal guest. This week, I chat with Brandy Jones-Thomas! She is the professor that we all should of had. 

Brandy is a licensed Marriag…