In this episode, Erica talks with friend Nicole Kana all about plants, the ancestral energy they carry, and more! We even get into some tips for buying plants, and also how to keep them free of pesky pests.

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In this episode, Pam & Erica discuss their own experiences and processing of grief. Going beyond the stages, absent of shame, and in celebration of softness.

There is beauty and strength in crying and there is power in rest. We start with a card pull which only affirmed this space of where power and strength exist in freely feeling through the various ways grief presents itself.

"Grief is the acute pain that accompanies loss. Because it is a reflection of what we love, it can feel all-encompassing. Grief is not limited to the loss of people, but when it follows the loss of a loved one, it may be compounded by feelings of guilt and confusion, especially if the relationship was a difficult one.“

Pam’s Blog Post on Grief: Thought to Adventure: Grief (pamelarenee12.blogspot.com)

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Friends - thank you so much for taking the journey of the Blunt & Curious with us for the past 6 months! We are so very thankful for the process and the experience involved with this podcast. In this episode Pam & Erica take time to prepare you for a mix called Girl Talk, which Pam put together in an interesting season of 2019. As we began to prepare you for the mix, we ended up getting really vulnerable in discussion about what the last few months have looked like for us and what has come up, and a whole episode was born from it. There's been a lot of heaviness many of us have encountered in the last several months, and with that we are going to potentially see some delays in the releases we can bring to you moving forward. We are having to step back and let go of some of our own controls, to ensure we are making room for the various events taking place in life.

We are continuing to do our best to be the most authentic versions of ourselves, and we appreciate your ongoing support and understanding as we navigate what works best for us. We’re not giving up, we’re just flowing with the seasons.

We hope you enjoy this episode of us getting vulnerable with ya’ll and we can’t wait to share more with you in the future!

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This episode marks the completion of our miniseries conversation with you India, Jermaca and Travelle. We are so honored for the time and space, these ladies allowed for telling us their stories and letting us sit with their joy! 

Please use this last episode, to take a deep breath, exhale and experience the joy and passion, as India and Jermaca discuss how they continue to cultivate joy in their own lives! 

Thank you all so much for joining us on this journey, we hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed creating, and we can’t wait to have these ladies back again down the road!

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@indiarose — @jermacabrown — @travelle-robinson

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As we have taken time in the last few episodes to hear from our friends India, Jermaca and Travelle - we are honored that they have chosen to close out the series with expereince of Joy! In this episode, India & Jermaca discuss the Black womxn of the past, present and future that have taught them many crucial aspects of Joy! With release of the heavy, we can allow room for the joy! Please take time in this epsiode to breathe and reflect!

Joy - a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

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In pt. 4 there’s a new depth to our conversations around spirituality and the entanglement of religious institutions. There are many layers to our experiences that we discuss in this episode, around how specificly Christianity (the institution) has impacted our lives. We get vulnerable about what it means to realize the projection of personal religious idealism, and how it is at the core of some of our issues with systemic racism. We ask of ourselves and of you, that you pause and consider; not reject your religious beliefs, but consider how are you projecting your beliefs that may give you peace but cause harm to others.

Key Terms & Resources Referenced in this Episode:

*Racist: a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another.

*White Supremacy: beliefs and ideas purporting natural superiority of the lighter-skinned, or “white,” human races over other racial groups. In contemporary usage, the term white supremacist has been used to describe some groups espousing ultranationalist, racist, or fascist doctrines. White supremacist groups often have relied on violence to achieve their goals.

*Accountability: the quality or state of being accountable; especially: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions.

**definitions defined according to Merriam Webster Dictionary & Britannica**

*Yellowstone on Amazon Prime or Peacock

*What does the Separation of Church & State Really mean?“Intolerance of another person’s faith is a personal choice, not a legal requirement."

*Canonization: The process of canonization was relatively long and remarkably flexible and detached; various books in use were recognized as inspired, but the Church Fathers noted, without embarrassment or criticism, how some held certain books to be canonical and others did not. Emerging Christianity assumed that through the Spirit the selection of canonical books was “certain” enough for the needs of the church. Inspiration, it is to be stressed, was neither a divisive nor a decisive criterion. Only when the canon had become self-evident was it argued that inspiration and canonicity coincided, and this coincidence became the presupposition of Protestant orthodoxy (e.g., the authority of the Bible through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit).

*”The original, Mr. Steal your girl!" King David's Wives and Marriages in the Bible (learnreligions.com)

*Scripture Referenced: James 2:12-14 NASB & Phil 3:14 NASB

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Parts 3 & 4 of our mini series will be a bit different than Parts 1 & 2. For Part 3, you will hear from our guests: Jermaca & Travelle. As we prepared to continue on our conversations from Part 1 & 2, we went into the conversation ready to discuss redlining, gerrymandering, various issues with the zoning processes, and the impacts these items have on our school systems, and beyond. We ended up getting slightly derailed with current events at the time of recording and talked a lot more about religion than originally intended, but it made for a great natural flow of conversation, and we still covered most of what we intended to.

Access is a privilege and there’s not a lot of room for tolerance... We do a deep dive for accountability in this episode and I hope you listen!

Key Terms & Resources Referenced in this Episode:

*Gerrymandering - to manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.

*Redlining - a discriminatory practice that puts services (financial and otherwise) out of reach for residents of certain areas based on race or ethnicity. It can be seen in the systematic denial of mortgages, insurance, loans, and other financial services based on location (and that area’s default history) rather than on an individual’s qualifications and creditworthiness.

*Fair Fight is Leading the Charge to Protect Voting Rights!

*Mrs. America on Hulu

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This episode is part 2 of our mini series. During this episode our guests India, Jermaca, and Travelle continue getting BRAVE AF to tell us about their life experiences! This episode will continue to likely be uncomfortable for some, and that’s GOOD, as we get uncomfortable with social norms and the harmful experiences associated, we can begin to reassess and CHANGE!

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” - Maya Angelou

Take time in this episode to reflect, reassess, and maybe re-examine how you’ve considered your own experiences!

Key Terms & Resources Referenced in this Episode:

*Philip A. Randolph: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/randolph-philip

*Things you didn’t learn in school about the Black Panthers: https://time.com/5937647/black-panther-medical-clinics-history-school-covid-19/

*Amend on Netflix

*The United States vs. Billie Holiday on Hulu

*Truth of Dr. Seuss books FACTS:

*Examples of Inclusive Children’s books:

*Ericka Hart: @ihartericka - Activist & Educator

*Patricia A Taylor: https://somethoughtsfromyourblackfriend.com/

*Be the Bridge - Latasha Morrison: https://bethebridge.com/team/

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This episode is part 1 of what is turning into our first mini series. During this episode we introduce the guest of the series: India, Jermaca and Travelle. Our guest are BRAVE AF! These women honor us with their time to tell us about their experiences! This episode will be uncomfortable for some, and that’s GOOD because as we get uncomfortable with social norms and the harmful experiences associated - we can begin to reassess and CHANGE.

Key Terms & Resources Referenced in this Episode:

*Tokenism: “The practice of doing something (such as hiring a person who belongs to a minority group) only to prevent criticism and give the appearance that people are being treated fairly.” -Merriam Webster

*Code Switching: “Alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation.” -Oxford Languages

*Intersectionality: Kimberle’ Crenshaw coined the term and defines it as “a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects. It’s not simply that there’s a race problem here, a gender problem here, and a class or LBGTQ problem there. Many times that framework erases what happens to people who are subject to all of these things.”

*Double Consciousness: “A concept in social philosophy referring, originally, to a source of inward ‘twoness’ putatively experienced by African-Americans because of their racialized oppression and disvaluation in a white-dominated society. The concept is often associated with William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, who introduced the term into social and political thought, famously, in his groundbreaking The Souls of Black Folk (1903).” -Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 

*Uplift Suasion: “This strategy of what can be termed uplift suasion was based on the idea that White people could be persuaded away from their racist ideas if they saw Black people improving their behavior, uplifting themselves from their low station in American society. The burden of race relations was placed squarely on the shoulders of Black Americans. Positive Black behavior, abolitionist strategists held, undermined racist ideas, and negative Black behavior confirmed them.”

*A Promised Land by Barack Obama

*Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

*Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

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In this BONUS episode, we get a bit vulnerable with our spirituality and our connection as friends. Erica gives more insight into The Curious Capricorn and Pam takes the space to listen to the universe speak through the Goddess Guidance Oracle deck. Take a moment to breathe with us, take what resonates and leave the rest.

You can reach out to Erica to learn more about readings or to book a reading at: @thecuriouscapricorn on Instagram and Curious Capricorn Coaching on Facebook. 

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