In this week's episode, Tamara and Abbey will be discussing burnout and why taking a break makes them feel guilty. They ultimately come to the conclusion that it's okay to shut off once in a while as they need to schedule in guilt-free days for a more productive, balanced life. 

They'll discuss:

• What it's like being forced to shut down during the Pandemic
• Why they feel they have to force themselves to take a break
• How a personal day is never just a personal day in which you can do nothing
• Burnout and the effect it has on their health
• Living to work as opposed to working to live
• The constant need to succeed and validating yourself at work
• Guilty pleasures during downtimes
• How to stay present

In this episode, Tamara and Nilusha get to talking about friendships and their different friendship dynamics

They'll discuss:

• Different types of friendships: friends you can't go a day without talking to and the friends that you can go months, but when you do catch up, it's like nothing is changed. 
• How some friendships, unfortunately, cannot stand the test of time, thus testing you and making you wonder if it's even worth it anymore. 
• Tamara and Nilusha's experience living nomadic lives the set of challenges that come with especially when you factor in the different time zones. 
• Remembering that "good friends are hard to find, harder to leave and impossible to forget." 

In this episode, Lindsay discusses her journey in motherhood and having a child with multiple disorders.

They'll discuss:

• Lindsay's firstborn Hudson and his life with a deletion of the fifth chromosome, apraxia, and autism. 
• Lindsay experience receiving diagnosis after diagnosis in the span of 5 years
• The effects it's had on her marriage and friendships
• How she and her husband deal with medical professionals who lack bedside manners
• Mother's guilt and Lindsay's overall mental health and how she's remained resilient through all of this. 

In this episode, Whitney, Donyal and Tamara, each give their accounts on what it's like dating interracially.

 They discuss:

• The challenges and frustrations they face with their partners when in an interracial relationship
• The different races they've dated throughout the years
• How they educate their partners on race
• Whitney talks about what it's like being a first-time mother to a biracial son and what that all means today with everything happening in America and around the world
• She discusses the conversations she and her (white) husband will need to have with their son and how to navigate that

In the second part of this episode, Whitney, Donyal, and Tamara discuss family and their upbringings.

 They discuss:

• They evaluate if this has played a role in the men they've dated
• Their experience of feeling a lack of comfort with dating outside their race especially in different parts of the US; the Norther vs. Southern perspectives
• How society perceives interracial relationships in all parts of the world
• Digging deep to really understand themselves and the men they go after

In this episode, Jess, Layla, and Tamara talk about cheating and everyone's capability of cheating. 

 They discuss:

• The question of cheating and what it's like being cheated on
• What it's like cheating on someone 
• The process of learning about yourself and relationships
• Everyone is capable of cheating but is cheating every forgivable and in what aspect
• At what point in a relationship do your eyes start to wander and why do people stay in toxic relationships
• Ultimately, what lessons can be learned from being cheated on

In this episode, Faysal and Tamara talk about mentors and the values they bring to their lives.

 They discuss:

• Whether through career or life, they'll look at different examples of how having a mentor figure in your life can shape, support and guide
• Two kindred spirits who uprooted their lives to different parts of the world as well as their perspective on what got them to where they are today
• The possibility of self-mentorship through books and podcasts

In this episode, Tamara is joined by her friend Abbey, discussing love, heartbreak, and a journey towards self-discovery.

They'll discuss:

• Their past relationship experiences
• Ending a relationship and the process of moving on
• The need to give themselves time to be selfish and do some much-needed self-reflection
• Enjoying time alone
• Taking personality quizzes
• Asking friends for a character assessment 

In this episode, Dianna discusses her experience living in NY and taking part in the peaceful protest which led to her arrest after missing curfew

They'll discuss:

• The situation with the protests in the US and the world around black lives matter and an end to police brutality
• The meaning of BLM and Dianna's perspective of the movement as an Asian American living in Manhattan

In this episode, three women discuss three very different hair journeys, but one fact about how black women and their hair are perceived in society. 

They'll discuss:

• Their different upbringings 
• What was deemed as beautiful hair within the black community
• Living up to unrealistic standards
• Where the perceptions of their hair came from and the effects it has on their self-esteem growing up
• Not wanting to carry the same ideals as their parents and wanting to break the generational cycle
• What is the natural hair movement and what does it look like for today and future generations