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Episode 26: Woo-Woo and We Know It 

What exactly makes something “woo-woo”? Is it spirituality? Intention? Ritual? Connecting with nature? Or is it just a word we use when somebody’s beliefs start getting a little outside our comfort zone? 👀

In Part One of this conversation, we’re getting into the world of woo-woo, hippie culture, spirituality, and intentional living, while asking a bigger question:

Can we be open-minded about practices we don’t necessarily understand without believing everything we hear?

We start by defining what “woo-woo” actually means and unpacking what sits underneath the label. From there, we talk about spirituality, nature, intention, and manifestation as a form of inner work rather than simply wishing things into existence.

Then things get a little spicy.

We play “Hippie or Trippy,” talk about judgment and where we draw the line, and get into a conversation about a “witch war,” cultural appropriation, and the way spiritual practices get shared and repackaged online.

Ashley also shares her experiment with living according to her cycle, which opens up a larger conversation about being intentional about how we live instead of simply moving through life on autopilot.

And then we bring it home. Literally.

We talk about cleansing spaces with sage and incense, the idea of energy shifting from room to room, how clutter can affect the feeling of a space, and what it means to intentionally create an environment that supports the life you’re trying to build.

By the end of Part One, we’re asking whether “fake it till you make it” is actually useful when it comes to lifestyle alignment, and what happens when you start building community around the life you say you want.

This is only the beginning. 🌿✨

Part Two goes even deeper.

In this episode:

• What “woo-woo” actually means
• Hippie culture vs. “woo-woo”
• Spirituality, nature, and intention
• Manifestation as inner work
• Judgment and the “Hippie or Trippy” game
• Spiritual practices and cultural appropriation
• Online spiritual gifting and the “witch war”
• Ashley’s cycle-based lifestyle experiment
• Why “woo-woo” doesn’t have to mean harmful
• Creating a home and lifestyle that feel intentional
• Sage, incense, and cleansing spaces
• Energy, clutter, and the feeling of different rooms
• The idea of lifestyle alignment
• Building community around the life you want

🎧 Listen to Part One now, then come back for Part Two.

Two Things Can Be True. No hot takes. Just real ones.

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Episode 25: Free, Protected, or Both?

A young man goes missing off the Mississippi Gulf Coast over July 4th weekend. The official ruling doesn’t add up to his family and they’re not the only ones asking questions. This week we sit with the case of Nolan Wells.

But this episode isn’t just about Nolan. It’s about every mother of a Black boy who has ever had to think twice about which friend group, which car, which house, which unsupervised night is safe and which one isn’t. Two things can be true: we want our sons free, and we want them protected. We want them trusted, and we want them prepared. This is the episode where we talk about how you hold both.

This case also forced us to sit with our own choices; the environments we’ve put our children in, and why. Were they the right ones? What were we really weighing when we made those calls? Nolan’s story has us questioning whether it’s time to alter the spaces we let our kids move through. Free or protected — should we have to choose?

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Episode 24: Body Positivity or Fetish? Big Girls WANTED

We watched Big Girls Wanted: Escaping Pearadise so you don’t have to go in unprepared — and girl, we have THOUGHTS. Two things can be true: body positivity is real and necessary, AND it can be used as a mask for control, dependency, and straight-up exploitation. This episode, we’re breaking down the grooming red flags, the “unspoken rules” that are really coercion, and why women keep building community around men who were never actually building it for them. Get in the Group Chat — we’re going there.

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Episode 23: Low-Key We Still Love It!

Two things can be true — you can be judged for it, and still not care. This week Keelah and Ashley are dropping the filter completely for a no-holds-barred confessional: the big back meals they know they shouldn’t love, the lyrics they probably shouldn’t be quoting, and everything else they’re enjoying without apology — judgment be damned. 

 Oh, and it’s chaos from the jump — an alarm debacle right out the gate, and actual firecrackers going off outside mid-recording. Realest, rawest episode yet. 

 Two besties. Zero filter. Get in the group chat. 

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Episode 22: Can I Ask You Something? | Single

Part 2

What really goes on when you build a life entirely on your own terms?

In Part 2 of this special interview series, Aqueelah flips the script and asks Ashley the questions so many women have wondered but never had the chance to ask. Not to judge. Not to compare. Simply to understand.

From freedom and loneliness to dating, identity, family pressure, timelines, and the everyday decisions that shape single life, nothing is off limits. Ashley opens up about her singleness with a level of honesty she’s never shared publicly — reflecting on the expectations she’s faced, the realities she’s living, and the woman she’s still becoming.

This isn’t a debate between marriage and singleness. It isn’t relationship advice. And it certainly isn’t a blueprint for how anyone else should live.

It’s one woman’s lived experience.

Whether you’re single, dating, engaged, married, divorced, or somewhere in between, this conversation invites you to listen with curiosity instead of comparison. Because sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is understand a life that looks different from our own.

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Episode 22: Can I Ask You Something? | Marriage

What really goes on inside a marriage?

In Part 1 of this special interview series, Ashley flips the script and asks Aqueelah the questions so many women have thought but never had the chance to ask. Not to judge. Not to compare. Simply to understand.

From sacrifice and partnership to identity, motherhood, loneliness, intimacy, and the everyday decisions that shape married life, nothing is off limits. Aqueelah opens up about her marriage with a level of honesty she’s never shared publicly, reflecting on the expectations she had, the realities she’s faced, and the woman she’s still becoming.

This isn’t a debate between marriage and singleness. It isn’t relationship advice. And it certainly isn’t a blueprint for how anyone else should live.

It’s one woman’s lived experience.

Whether you’re single, dating, engaged, married, divorced, or somewhere in between, this conversation invites you to listen with curiosity instead of comparison. Because sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is understand a life that looks different from our own.

No hot takes. Just real ones.

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This is Part 2 of TTCBT Ruins Your Child: Y2K Creeper.

We saved this part for last. Because some stories deserve to be the ones you leave with.

In the middle of the Chris Stokes conversation, there is a name that deserves more than a footnote. A boy who had one of the most extraordinary voices the Black music community has ever heard. A young man who spoke up about what happened to him — publicly, painfully, and at great personal cost. And a life that was cut far too short.

This part of the conversation is dedicated to him. Not just the tragedy. Not just the allegations. But the talent, the beauty, and the very real human being behind the story. Because Quindon Tarver was more than what was done to him — and if you don't know his name, you should.

Two Things Can Be True: he was one of the most gifted voices of his generation. And the industry failed him completely.

This one's for Quindon Tarver. Get in the group chat.

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TTCBT Ruins Your Childhood Series: Y2K Creeper (Chris Stokes)

You know the music. You grew up on it. But do you know the man who made it?

Chris Stokes built the careers of some of the biggest names in R&B — B2K, Omarion, Immature, Marques Houston. He also spent nearly twenty years at the center of allegations that never made it to a courtroom, never got a documentary, and never got the reckoning that comparable stories have. The industry kept moving. So did he.

Two Things Can Be True Ruins Your Childhood is a new series inside  where we revisit the people behind the moments that defined us. No nostalgia without accountability.

Episode 1 is Chris Stokes. We are going there — the career, the allegations, the timeline, and the silence. Some things don’t get resolved. But they deserve to be said out loud.

We loved that music. Some of us still do. But we’re grown now — and we have questions.

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Episode 20: We’re Running Our Mouths

This week, we’re doing what we do best: pulling up a chair, hitting record, and seeing where the conversation takes us.

We kick things off Ashley’s talking about RTT (Rapid Transformational Therapy) and the surprising insights she’s uncovering about her personality, relationship patterns, and the stories she’s been carrying around longer than she realized. From self-awareness to self-accountability, we get into the messy, funny, and sometimes uncomfortable work of figuring yourself out.

And then… the conversation takes several scenic detours.

We’re talking relationships, personal growth, random observations, life lately, and all the little side quests our brains love to take. By the end, we’ve somehow landed in a discussion about Etsy witches, and honestly, that feels exactly right.

No hot takes. Just real ones.

If you’ve ever started a conversation about healing and ended up discussing something completely unrelated 45 minutes later, more like 2 1/2 hours, this episode is for you.

🎙️ Grab your favorite drink, settle in, and come hang out with us for a classic Two Things Can Be True free-flow conversation. Sometimes the best episodes are the ones with absolutely no map. 💜

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🎧 Episode 19: Two Things on the Aux Vol. 2 | Summer Edition – Ashley’s Playlist

The aux cord belongs to Ashley this week, and she’s taking us on a journey.

From soulful reflections and dreamy melodies to global rhythms, dance-worthy beats, and songs that feel like a sunset you don’t want to end, this playlist is a collection of the sounds currently living rent-free in her head. It’s equal parts healing, feeling, vibing, and living.

In this installment of Two Things on the Aux, Ashley shares ten songs that capture her summer energy right now. Some tracks will make you want to roll the windows down, some will have you planning a vacation you haven’t booked yet, and others might just become the soundtrack to your next main-character moment.

So grab your headphones, your favorite drink, and wherever summer finds you, come along for the ride.

🎶 Want to listen with us? Search “Two Things on the Aux” on Spotify and follow the playlist as we break down the songs, the memories, and the vibes behind each pick.

Now press play and let Ashley take the wheel.

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