In this episode of Chitchat with Aliecat, I had the chance to chat with Mozell Ward again. We reflect on our journeys and how we navigate play, forgiveness, and worthiness

In this episode of Chitchat with Aliecat, I talk about the impacts of burnout and overall exhaustion. I share ways I make space for nourishment and what I’ve learned from past experiences. Bodacious Saloon is an arts & literary networking space happening 04/25 at 6pm at Third Eye Soul Kitchen in Oakland ✨

In this episode of Chitchat with Aliecat, I reflect on the concept of permission. The practices that allow for our expansion, care, and expression. I also share questions for y’all to ponder.

In this episode of Chitchat with Aliecat I have the honor of chatting with Raina J. León. She is a scholar creative, mother, and visual artist from Philadelphia (Lenni Lenape ancestral lands) Attunement for us is an expansive and elemental container for memory and so much more.

In this episode of Chitchat With Aliecat, I reflect on the practice of being present.

In this episode of Chitchat with Aliecat, I had the fortune of chatting with Phaedra Tillery-Boughton. We talked about exploring creative passions while working 9-5 and the permission you give yourself to shine.

In this episode I share a grounding meditation. I invite you to make five minutes to breathe deeply & drop into your personal root system.

In this episode of Chitchat with Aliecat I chatted with London Pinkney about cultivation. London is a writer, editor, and educator. She is a fiction MFA candidate at San Francisco State University. Pinkney is also the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Ana. Her work can be read in various places, including Mirage #5 / Period[ical], Black Warrior Review’s Ugly Boyfriend, and OmniVerse. She’s from the Los Angeles area.

In this episode of Chitchat With Aliecat I had the opportunity to reflect and celebrate with Ra. Within our gradation portals we looked back and the beginning of our academic journeys. Each lesson along the way came with challenges as well as blessings in disguise.

Ra Malika Imhotep (Ra/They) is a Black feminist writer and performance artist from Atlanta, Georgia with a PhD in African Diaspora Studies and New Media Studies from UC, Berkeley. As a scholar and cultural worker, Ra is invested in exploring relationships between queer Black femininities, Black vernacular cultures, and the performance of labor. As a steward of Black Studies and Black feminist thought, Ra dreams, organizes, and facilitates spaces of critical reflection and embodied spiritual-political education. Ra is co-author of The Black Feminist Study Theory Atlas and their debut poetry collection gossypiin was published by Red Hen Press, April 12 2022. ramalikaimhotep.com

In this episode of In this episode of Chitchat with Aiecat, I talk about belonging. What does it mean to feel like you belong? What does it look like to cultivate belonging and where do we hold space for that