Dayna Lynn Nuckolls joins me to talk about the idea of taking marriage beyond strictly romantic and/or sexual relationships to ultimately benefit women. We talk about the pitfalls of the institution as it is currently accepted and the freedom that can come when one chooses not to organize their life around finding that one unicorn.  Some fact checks: 

On interracial marriage rates http://pewrsr.ch/3tOMh2f

On IPV rates: https://bit.ly/3u0Vt3I

Financial Strategist Star Melancon and I discuss money topics we missed out on as kids. She shares info on changing your relationship to money, how to make it work for you and where to start with investing if you don't have a lot to risk. She also breaks down what was happening in the GameStop/stock market melee. 

Founder of the Yeaux Mama clothing line talks about when she realized she was trying to save everyone but herself and how she overcame it. I also got her to share a heaux tale from her past and her plans for her next Heaux Tales project. 

Jackie, owner of Spice Pole and Aerial Fitness joins me to talk about our journeys to reconnecting with our bodies through pole and sensual dance. We discuss the power of tapping into your sensuality and she shares the risk she took in starting her own studio. 

In the second part of the conversation with D. Danyelle Thomas of Unfit Christian we discuss what manifestation really means (to us, anyway) and what many understandings of manifestation are missing. She talks about the impact of blackness and different types of manifestors. 

In part one of this conversation, D. Danyelle Thomas of Unfit Christian explains how traditional teachings of the Black church can deter Black women from having the lives we deserve. In this episode we unpack beliefs we grew up having around sex and subservience to reveal their impact on us (and maybe you, too) through adulthood.

Thank you for tuning into season one of Not The Wifey Type: The Podcast! To commemorate the end of season one, I'm holding a giveaway. Winners announced Friday, Nov 27, 2020. More details in this episode.

Season two will be back the first week of January!

Giveaway form link: https://hello864601.typeform.com/to/CITBjXGO

Creator of "Blaxit Global" Chrishan Wright joins me to talk about her decision to leave the U.S. We discuss why it seems so many are reluctant to imagine life beyond borders, reasons to leave this country behind and everything there is to gain from starting over elsewhere. 

Part 2 of 2: Based on Tiffanie Drayton's 2018 article Marriage Isn't for Black Women, Tiffanie and I discuss challenges and considerations for heterosexual Black women in the U.S. seeking marriage to Black men. Catch part 1 on last week's episode. 

Tiffanie's article: https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a17884845/black-couples-marriage-issues/

Fact check:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/marrying-down-costs-educated-women-25k-a-year/433050/

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6628a1.htm?s_cid=mm6628a1_w

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/11/19/why-men-who-make-less-than-their-wives-lie-about-their-earnings?fbclid=IwAR2WmWDkVq8UZxiHTbZ4vvAsySgQLnVLQSMqBnEOctL8r5JUG7jbTr9V5Y0

Part 1 of 2: Based on Tiffanie Drayton's 2018 article Marriage Isn't for Black Women, Tiffanie and I discuss challenges and considerations for heterosexual Black women in the U.S. seeking marriage to Black men. Catch part 2 on next week's episode. 

Tiffanie's article: https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a17884845/black-couples-marriage-issues/

Fact check: https://www.trellisfoundation.org/black-student-debt-a-summary-of-recent-research/