The Pleasure Temple

We are returning from a short hiatus here in the Temple. Our first full episode of course begins with a tough conversation about our mothers and the damage that has been done. Clearing out old wounding and working through generational trauma is on everyone's minds right now and we are no strangers to the scene when it comes to being raised by wounded black womxn. Join us as we figure out how to undo what has been done.

Welcome Back to the Pleasure Temple and Happy New Year from us to you. D and Theresa return with New Year's wishes and desires. Sliding in with commentary about the human experience, seeking pleasure without love and going to your roots. 

This week in the Temple we are diving in and learning about what it means to plan for your life and also for your death. Chioma shares with us how important it is to take care of your life, making life commitments and creating other avenues for love. Journey with us into the legal aspects of estate planning and building in your pleasure. enjoy. 

Welcome to December, as we move into winter it's nice to cozy up and talk with other beautiful beings. This week Kay, RN and founder of Healing Our Daughters, joins us in the temple to talk about life, running away, finding a place for love. This episode if heavy, please be mindful of your own needs. CW *Sexual Assault, Suicide*. 

welcome back to part two. When you are in the temple you will be fed. Ayanna Grady- Hunt continues the feast with knowledge about womxn misbehaving in the bible, self-gratitude, honoring and understanding it is your divine right to commune with your ancestors and your spirituality. no middleman needed. Let us feast. 

When you are in the temple, you will be fed. Ayanna Grady-Hunt sits down with us to talk spirituality, hair, womxn in the bible, Hoodoo & more. Clean your feet & dine with us. 

We're back with Liz Gilliam, celebrating black women, more inclusion and diversity in film & television. Reimaging love for the future, remembering Al "Grits" Green and healing one another through honest commentary about love and living in a capitalistic society. Journey with us for part two of Hollywood & Relationships. 

This week, Liz Gilliam joins the Temple for a peek into the ways Hollywood influences how we show up in relationships. "If you kiss a hundred frogs, one of them will be a Prince".  Let's dive right into Hollywood portrayals of unrealistic, idealized love stories. We are still mad at Charles for blowin' those bubbles and having big fun with the Wretched. We are learning to stop working so hard for ain't shit folks, and ain't nobody fixin' your plate. 

We're back with part 2: Thoughts of being adult children of alcoholics, working through trust issues unrelated to romantic relationship trauma (childhood), and finding a safe space within our own vulnerability. we are reaffirming existence, acknowledging grief in the in between places and looking deeply at how our early life experiences show up in our romantic relationships. 

This week we settle in and discuss the rowdy retrograde, emotional expansion, gentle resolutions, friendship break ups, lifelines and more. Sit with us as we discover the ways we have over romatisized reality and remember that we are worthy.