Cultivating H.E.R. Space: Uplifting Conversations for the Black Woman

Hey lady! We all have guilty pleasures. Some love wine, some love weed, but here at Cultivating H.E.R. Space Podcast, we love true crime which is why we’re thrilled to welcome Kayla, host of Black True Crime Podcast, to discuss the power of cults, how to stay safe in this wild world we’re living in and why choosing joy is always your best weapon to combat the seriousness of our times.

Kayla shares her journey from growing up in a cult to freeing herself from challenging relationships so that she could take those experiences and chart a path of expansion for herself. While true crime is a passion of Kayla the podcast has grown into a mission to help women advocate for themselves and strengthen their inner wisdom.

Tap in!

Quote of the Day:
"Be safe. Protect your peace and protect your space. So, we don't have to cover your case..."
– Kayla

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Where to find Kayla:
Website: Black True Crime Podcast
IG: @blacktruecrimepodcast
Twitter (X): @BlackTrueCrime
YouTube: @BlackTrueCrimePodcast
TikTok: @blacktruecrime
Facebook: Black True Crime Podcast

Resources:
Dr. Dom’s Therapy Practice
Get That Pitch Workshop: Turn your story and expertise into speaking gigs, media features, and collaborations, without a publicist. Visit GetThatPitch.com and Use code HERSPACE for a special listener discount.
Branding with Terri
Melanin and Mental Health
Therapy for Black Girls
Psychology Today
Therapy for QPOC
Therapy Fund Foundation

Where to find us:
Twitter: @HERspacepodcast
Instagram: @herspacepodcast
Facebook: @herspacepodcast
Website: cultivatingherspace.com
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Sis! With conversations of how we show up for our sisters running the news cycle, we thought we would share a nice throwback this week. Dr. Dom and Terri are thrilled to welcome Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, the force and founder of Therapy for Black Girls and author of Sisterhood Heals to discuss unique dynamics in Black sisterhood. Dr. Dom, Terri, and Dr. Joy share the importance of finding your tribe, cultivating real relationships, and address the prickly parts of growing and growing apart in friendships.
Dr. Joy is a leading voice on mental health and emotional wellness, and she’s poured a lot of her wisdom into her new book, while also learning a lot about herself in the process. Lady, if you’re ready to transform your relationships so that they are deeper and more meaningful then this is the episode for you! Dr. Joy offers perspective on what building new friendships really entails (hint: rejection is a possibility) and why understanding your needs can help you call in your people.

We want to hear from you! Tap in on Instagram and let us know how sisterhood has helped you along your journey.

Quote of the Day:
"That thing Black women feel when we gather is a kind of glue, a stabilizing force we actively created out of the pain and trauma of our lived experiences in order to hold us up and together."
– Dr. Joy

Where to find Dr. Joy Harden Bradford:
Website: Dr. Joy Harden Bradford
Website: Therapy for Black Girls
Website: Sisterhoodheals.com
Instagram: @hellodrjoy
Instagram: @therapyforblackgirls
Instagram: @sisterhoodheals
TikTok: @hellodrjoy
TikTok: @therapyforblackgirls
X: @hellodrjoy
X: @therapy4bgirls
YouTube: Therapy for Black Girls

Wisdom Wednesdays with Terri
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Resources:
Dr. Dom’s Therapy Practice
Branding with Terri
Melanin and Mental Health
Therapy for Black Girls
Psychology Today
Therapy for QPOC

Where to find us:
Instagram
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Hey lady! It’s getting warm outside and you might be in the mood to mix and mingle. Before you welcome a handsome stranger into your life and begin the beautiful dance of getting to know them, we welcome you to some self-inquiry so that you can introduce your authentic self to your potential lover and not a mask of who you think you need to be.
Terri and Dr. Dom explore the key conversations you should be having with yourself to prepare for the blessing of love and companionship should you so choose to engage. If you listened to Loving Ourselves Through the 7 Dimensions of Wellness, you’ll remember Dr. Dom discussing the wellness wheel. This week, Dr. Dom and Terri apply that framework and apply it to the most important relationship of all – the one with yourself.
Have you checked-in about how you’re faring on the wellness wheel and are you having conversations about what you would like to improve or continue? Use today’s conversation as a guide that you can adapt to necessary conversations with your potential boo to keep you happy, healthy, and on track.

Quote of the Day:
“In order to create the relationship that you’re dreaming of you need to first start from the inside and work your way out.”
– Dr. Jeanine Staples

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Goal Mapping Starter Guide
Cultivating H.E.R. Space Sanctuary

Resources:
Dr. Dom’s Therapy Practice
Get That Pitch Workshop: Turn your story and expertise into speaking gigs, media features, and collaborations, without a publicist. Visit GetThatPitch.com and Use code HERSPACE for a special listener discount.
Branding with Terri
Melanin and Mental Health
Therapy for Black Girls
Psychology Today
Therapy for QPOC
Therapy Fund Foundation

Where to find us:
Twitter: @HERspacepodcast
Instagram: @herspacepodcast
Facebook: @herspacepodcast
Website: cultivatingherspace.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey lady! We can be honest about the tenor of this year – even with personal joys – this year has an air of heaviness to it. We are collectively grieving so much and some of us are also grieving on a personal level as well. Grief is not something that we do well in this country, which is why this week Dr. Dom and Terri are excited to welcome Marisa Renee Lee, award-winning and bestselling author of Grief is Love and her book Waiting for Dawn, to discuss the levels of grief and how to navigate a challenging world with loads of self-compassion and care.
Marisa shares how she has built a life around the grief that showed up in her late adolescence and has showed up in various ways despite building a high-achieving, ambitious life. She offers a grounded, authentic perspective about the levels and layers of grief and how learning how to live with it and give it space in your life can actually open up room for deeper love, deeper understanding, and a more connected relationship with life.
Marisa’s journey includes profound loss and a new relationship with her body by understanding its needs after being diagnosed with chronic illness.
Lady, grief is a real component of life. It is inevitable and unavoidable but knowing that there is a path through the grief and that there are tools to support the journey can make all the difference between a life of suffering and a life of self-discovery and self-fulfillment. Which path will you choose? Whatever road you take, lady, we’re walking right beside you towards our joy. Be well!

Quote of the Day:
“Hard times are simply a part of life, and I think we all want to know how to do them well.”
– Marisa Renee Lee

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Goal Mapping Starter Guide
Cultivating H.E.R. Space Sanctuary

Where to find Marisa Renee Lee:
Website: Marisa Renee Lee
Book: Waiting for Dawn
Book: Grief is Love
IG: @marisareneelee
LinkedIn: Marisa Renee Lee

Resources:
Dr. Dom’s Therapy Practice
Get That Pitch Workshop: Turn your story and expertise into speaking gigs, media features, and collaborations, without a publicist. Visit GetThatPitch.com and Use code HERSPACE for a special listener discount.
Branding with Terri
Melanin and Mental Health
Therapy for Black Girls
Psychology Today
Therapy for QPOC
Therapy Fund Foundation

Where to find us:
Twitter: @HERspacepodcast
Instagram: @herspacepodcast
Facebook: @herspacepodcast
Website: cultivatingherspace.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey lady! By now it is clear that we are living through an extreme backlash to the gains made by Black Americans, non-Black minorities, and women. The most glaring manifestation of this is the rollback of Affirmative Action and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs across the country. Not only were programs built to uplift non-Whites completely eliminated but they were removed with a velocity that made many American’s head recoil from whiplash. Seemingly overnight companies united to align with the current regime’s warped ideal of what the American workplace should operate as.
The thing is we, as Americans, have long moved past civil rights era workplace politics and practices. Black Americans have consistently demonstrated our aptitude and ability to be top contributors to the corporate workforce and that doesn’t have to stop despite this regime’s best efforts, according to Dr. Marissiko Wheaton-Greer, Assistant Vice President for People, Purpose and Policy at an affordable housing nonprofit and researcher on social identity, critical consciousness building, and leadership.
Dr. Wheaton-Greer offers a balanced perspective about why this moment feels different and how you can navigate hostile, tenuous workplace situations. Tune in lady and have your Cultivating H.E.R. Space journal with you so you can write down a few of the scripts Dr. Wheaton-Greer offers. Her guidance will have you managing challenging scenarios with grace, dignity and the class you’ve already cultivated.

Quote of the Day:
"We cannot talk about DEI in broad categories. In order to dive deeply and give people the competence they need to be good colleagues and stewards of this work, we need to be specific and engage in the unique experiences of various communities and identities."
– Dr. Marissiko Wheaton-Greer

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Goal Mapping Starter Guide
Cultivating H.E.R. Space Sanctuary

Where to find Dr. Marissiko Wheaton-Greer:
Website: Greer Consulting
IG: @marissiko
IG: @greerconsulting
LinkedIn: Dr. Marissiko Wheaton-Greer

Resources:
Dr. Dom’s Therapy Practice
Get That Pitch Workshop: Turn your story and expertise into speaking gigs, media features, and collaborations, without a publicist. Visit GetThatPitch.com and Use code HERSPACE for a special listener discount.
Branding with Terri
Melanin and Mental Health
Therapy for Black Girls
Psychology Today
Therapy for QPOC
Therapy Fund Foundation

Where to find us:
Twitter: @HERspacepodcast
Instagram: @herspacepodcast
Facebook: @herspacepodcast
Website: cultivatingherspace.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.