There's so much to talk about with food that we're surprised we could fit it in one episode! We share our favourite cultural dishes, our least favourite dishes and sharing our experiences growing up with all these delicious dishes. Share your favourite cultural dishes on our social media pages! 

We've all been through it and we're all still going through the pandemic. So we're exploring how our relationships were pre-pandemic and during the pandemic. Have they changed? Have they stayed the same? Have you dropped some, unintentionally?  Or was it intentional? Like many, we all tried different things to connect with the people we love the most during the pandemic and we were able to learn more about each other than we did in the years we've been friends. So take a listen and share your experiences on our social media pages. 

In our traditional potluck ways, we are actually in the same room for this episode! We're talking about US politics, history and so much more while having wine and chips. Join us as jump through several topics as we reflect on America with the upcoming Fourth of July celebrations, discuss patriotism vs nationalism and throw a little bit of COVID discussion in there too. 

We're honoring all the fathers and father figures on this episode. We also talk about the relationships we've had with our fathers' and father figures and how it has affected us growing up.  Different from our Influential Women episode, we talk about the fathers in and out of our lives. Whether you have a good or bad relationship, we're acknowledging and thanking those who have been there for us since the beginning! 

In this episode, we're celebrating Amanda's 30th birthday! Find out what she plans to do to celebrate it. We also have fun trying to guess each other's personality types in three different personality tests: Enneagram, 16 Personalities and DISC. We had so much fun trying to figure out each other's type and we think this would be a fun way to learn about your friends too! Though not all personality tests are accurate, we still had a great time learning about each other. Share your findings on our social media pages! 

For Mother's Day, we spoke to the wonderful women in our lives. In every episode, we share different cultures and perspectives, but today's episode is where we have seen the most differences thus far. We spoke to Amanda's and Taylor's moms, sharing their favorite stories and learning how they grew up in their culture, the relationships they had with their mothers and how it affected how they raised their children. Amanda's mom shares an amazing story of growing up in the projects and achieving a better life for her and her family; Taylor shares her history, explaining that her mom is really her aunt since her biological mother passed away when she was just a baby and Justine's shares memories and how she's been coping without her mother, who passed away last year. Whether you have a great relationship, bad relationship or somewhere in between with your mother or mother figure, make sure you tell them how much you appreciate and love them. Don't forget to continue the conversation on our social media pages. Happy Mother's Day!

Joining our conversation in this episode are mental health experts and hosts of HeartsChat: Erica Johnson, MFT and Akilah Robinson, LMFT. 

In many cultures, and especially in ours, mental health isn't discussed or widely recognized. Akilah and Erica share their journey to becoming therapists, being therapists during the pandemic and best practices to start thinking about own mental health and self care. 

Have you thought about your own mental health? Do you have a self care routine? Take the time to think about your mental health today and take care of you!

In honor of National Siblings Day, we invite some of our siblings to join us on the podcast. We'd like to introduce you to Malori, Taylor's sister; Cristina, Amanda's sister; and Anthony, Justine's brother. We share our favorite or, depending how you look at it, embarrassing stories; good and bad qualities; and reflect on our relationships with them. What type of relationship do you have with your sibling? Are you really close, very distant or somewhere in the middle?  What type of relationship would you like to have in the future?  

Apologies in advanced for the poor sound quality in this episode. Technology was not on our side! 

Join us as we continue the conversation about our cultures' beauty standards. If you didn't listen to Beauty Standards Part 1, make sure to listen to that first! In Part 2, we reflect on inner and outer beauty, our beauty evolution and wrap up with advice to our younger self. If you're feeling the pressures of your culture's beauty standards, we know exactly how you're feeling. We hope these two episodes can take the pressure off and help you feel beautiful just the way that you are. 

What are the beauty standards in your culture? Being women, we are constantly pressured to fit these beauty standards that affect us in many ways that we don't realize until later on in life. We reflect on those cultural beauty standards and how it has affected us through the years. Beauty is such a big topic for us, that we had to break it into two episodes. Make sure to check back next week for Beauty Standards Part 2. In the meantime, make sure to join the conversation on social media. Let us know your culture's beauty standards and how it has affected you.