Friends Jo Smith and Veronica Hynes stop by to unpack their experiences with being wives and the assumptions of what makes a successful marriage. We unpack being submissive yet divorced and married, but independent and getting back in the dating scene.

Season 1 guest Denetria Brijel comes back to unpack parenting and how both of their childhoods impacted them as adults and mothers. Everything from unrealistic beauty standards, chemical treatment trauma, the two parent household "myth", and struggling to heal childhood scars.

Cookie unpacks respecting your calling, humble beginnings, and being confident in your lane and your pace. She breaks down the moment she knew she was called to truth telling.

Cookie minds the celebrity news that doesn't pay her. She unpacks the Dani Leigh vs. B. Simone controversy and DaBaby's responsibility, Erica Banks and her social circle aesthetic requirement, and Nia Long in the midst of her fiance Ime Udoka's cheating scandal.

Host of Infertility And Me Podcast Monique Farook joins Cookie to unpack creating a platform around her personal experiences with infertility. They discuss everything from intentionality with using your voice, the responsibility that comes with creating your own community, and what support looks like. What is it to be vulnerable in the podcast space? How different is being a creative in comparison to a business professional? How do we best serve our audience?

Cookie takes a walk down memory lane revisiting some of her most transformative years and the growing pains that came as a package deal. She reads through old journals documenting everything from her church girl era, relationship with a drug addict, and what eventually led to her "failed hoe phase". This episode gives a BTS of becoming Cookie.

Cookie unpacks the standards with black women in media. Everything from the controversial statements made by comedian Aries Spears on Lizzo's weight, Tabitha Brown's new show being pulled from its original prime time spot and suspicion of her not watering herself down, and Brittney Renner's emotional social media testimony. How do we allow black women to be their authentic selves without ridicule? Is that a realistic ask?

This episode does a deep dive into the costs of vulnerability in art and our interpersonal relationships. Cookie manages to tie in the correlations of "Plastic Off The Sofa" to Beyonce's criticism from pastors and the irony of women feeling disconnected from religion. She also ties in vulnerability in friendships in the wake of Omarion revealing his former bandmate RazB's mental health breakdown.

Cookie gives her quick take on the reactions to Beyonce's new "Renaissance" album, the backlash from Kelis, and understanding how to navigate support as an artist or lack thereof. 

KMo, Founder of Black Girls Of Texas, unpacks her journey of creating a community of over 50,000 black women simply from the desire to create genuine friendships in a new city. We talk purpose, navigating your calling, and dealing with adversity.