Ticia The Diva “This Is For My Ladies”

Episode 18: I brought my best friend license clinical therapist and social worker Shana Simmons to discuss the "Superman Complex" concept and how African American women normalize everything.....including trauma and try to hold on to the society vision of "you gotta be strong", "you gotta keep the family together", "you'll get through it" while trying to manage every day life.

We openly discuss vulnerability between women and how we dim our light so we are less intimidating to others, the act of being brave all the time within your own creativeness, emotional neglect specifically in the black family and the disconnect of the family, getting out the comfortableness of unforgiveness and the "Transparency vs Ethics" among the professional therapist.

In that, we discuss the "ride or die" phrase or "struggle love" we discuss the video and article about Pastor John Gray stating, "My wife has endured more pain birthing me than both of our children. She has sacrificed, these last eight years, uncovering the painful areas of my manhood and covering the areas that could have exposed me."

Have women taken on roles of raising boys into manhood while sacrificing the development of ourselves for the development of their egos?

Episode 17: Perception vs Reality I brought @xo.tiyana on to discuss what's reality is verses the perception of what we see on social media. We breakdown what beauty standards and seeing the uniqueness in all things, we talk about fake love and it coming from a real place, Law of Attraction, coming into womanhood and the reality of womanhood and our roles as women.

Episode 16: Election Day, I brought Jym back as a guest host and Mike from The Locker Room Podcastt (no typo) to discuss being an informed voter and knowing who your candidates are, The Diva Cup and women's moon cycle, practicing safe sex, being "strapped" and knowing and understanding the woman body. We also get social media tips from Jym on how to cleanse and detox from social media and using it for the purpose of building a personal brand and monetizing from social media.

Episode 15: VirginGrooves with @jymmyyy is a candid conversation that discusses her Night of the Live and Dead 2 Halloween Party from 10pm-2am at O'Conner Brewing Company, the act of giving, being a type A Virgo, staying fuck boy free, securing the bag, traveling, mental health and anxiety.

Episode 14: Ticia Table Talk discusses the recap of Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith Red Table Talk and the conversation about their marriage and the importance of communication, exhausting all options when trying to save your marriage, and withholding sex from your spouse. I also talk about anxiety and how I'm trying to understand what it is, my natural hair, NSU Homecoming, tonight's City Hall Meeting, me reteaching Usher "Hey Daddy", and others who are inspired to become community advocates.

Episode 13: Fail fast but get up faster discusses how to overcome failure and getting back on track after obstacles have been presented to you, being realistic about your goals and how to conquer them and "The Mommy Burnout " event hosted by my BFF Shana Simmons, LCSW. on October 27, 2018.

Episode 12: The Parable of the Persistent Petitioner discusses my second Norfolk City Hall Meeting that I'll be attending tonight, October 9, 2018 7pm 810 Union Street Norfolk, VA 23510. I'm inviting everyone to come out and support not only me but the family and legacy of Gregory Bateman Jr,.

Episode 11: Compassion equals advocacy discusses me petitioning for a traffic light, attending my first city hall council meeting and standing up for change within my community. Also, October is the Domestic Violence Awareness month and I'm opening up this platform for survivors and Domestic Violence advocates to offer resources, help and support for those who are and have been victims of domestic violence.

Episode 11: PSA is a call to action to sign the petition for the installation of a traffic light in my neighborhood, after a 12 year old boy was tragically killed leaving the library.

Episode 9: Relationships with Women discusses the highs and lows of friendships, why do we mistreat other women of color and why do we support women we don't know verses the women that we do, and more ways to be inspired.