Beyond Tea With Chai Podcast

In this episode, Jai helps us unpack common myths about polyamory and explore how core poly tenants  like communication, consent, accountability, and intentional care can strengthen families, friendships, and collective spaces. Through real-world examples and community design work, this conversation invites you to rethink love, support, and what it truly means to build a village. 

What if polyamory had less to do with sex—and more to do with building better communities?

In this episode, Jai helps us unpack common myths about polyamory and explore how core poly tenants  like communication, consent, accountability, and intentional care can strengthen families, friendships, and collective spaces. Through real-world examples and community design work, this conversation invites you to rethink love, support, and what it truly means to build a village. 

On this episode Chai & Patricia delve into the importance of community and what it means to provide access to women of color. We discuss what it means to be an outsider in a space that was not meant for us yet making ourselves  unapologetically present without feeling less than because WE DESERVE!

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On this episode of #BeyondTeaWithChai, I’m chatting it up with Luis Martinez, MSOL, a Brooklyn raised Garifuna and founder/CEO of We Tha Plug, to discuss how it all got started and the need to make space for the Black and Latinx Entrepreneurs. He shares with us his journey and philosophies that led him to where he is today and what the next chapter looks like for him. 

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On this episode of #BeyondTeaWithChai, I’m chatting it up with Alaina Salerno, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as well as a Master Life Coach, to discuss what it really means to raise your vibe! She not only shares the difference between a life coach and a therapist but also what it takes to address our traumas and reach our highest vibrations. There is no one way to better ourselves!

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On this episode of #BeyondTeaWithChai, I’m talking with MissBeHelpful aka Yanely Espinal, Financial Educator and Youtuber, to discuss money! She not only shares her journey but gives us insight on how to start our own healthy journeys. It is never too late to learn how to manage our coins!

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On this episode of #BeyondTeaWithChai, I’m talking a with CC Coleman, founder of When The Light Hits You, to discuss the power of community and how we can find balance when showing up for ourselves and others.

CC’s community and social club, When the Light Hits You, is centered around Black, Brown and LGBT+ voices and experiences to let their light shine daily. When the Light Hits You hosts community events, shares invaluable resources, and highlights dope people you should know among many other things. You don’t want to miss what they’ve got in store.

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* CC Coleman- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ccsaidit

* ‘When The Light Hits You’ - Website: www.whenthelighthitsyou.com/

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In this lighthearted conversation, Natalie shares with us her journey into a life of wellness, entrepreneurship and what it means to take a leap of faith. You can find Natalie on IG: nataliefriedman._ or visit her website https://linktr.ee/nataliefriedman._

Jasmine Tate Lammert  joins us this episode to share her experiences living a poly lovestyle while balancing parenting, boosting her self-identity, and battling stigmas.

Book Recommendation: More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory Paperback – by Franklin Veaux  (Author), Eve Rickert  (Author), Janet Hardy (Foreword), available on Amazon