A safer space with allyship for Muslim women and girls. Sister's Dialogue opens its doors creating a environment of creativity, mental health, community, representation and healing.

IG: sister.dialogue ; website: HOME

Self-love through therapy, two chairs and one short story. In this episode I am celebrating the one-year anniversary of the release of Two Times Removed Volume III with this narration of my featured short story, "Fourteen Sessions".

Two Times Removed Volume III: https://a.co/d/0slWAsP

IG: halima_huss ; @whatsyourhustlepodcast

Top 5 Songs:

1) Bigger - Beyonce

2) Miss Independent - Ne-yo

3) Anxiety - Docheii

4) Love - Kendrick Lamar, Zacari

5) Little Girl Gone - Chinchilla

Kev and Liz of Shop Bantu are creating unique pieces, honoring heritage, building their own structure of a greater table and taking care of their own mental health in the quiet of healing.

IG: @shop.bantu ; website: shopbantu.com ; Tik Tok: @shopbantu

Songs and artists mentioned in this episode:

Truc en plus - Jeady Jay

Sis - Titilope Sonuga

Sanctuary - Titilope Sonuga

Peter Gregson

All Up In Your Mind - Beyonce

Sweet Honey Buckin - Beyonce

Run It Up - Hanumankind

Shake Loose - Lanell Grant

Agape - Nicholas Britell

Food, culture and a history lesson. With guest Rochelle Ignacio, we have a chat about the initiative "Feed The Soul". What started out as a platform that highlights Black and Caribbean restaurants has grown into a fusion of flavors and community.

IG: @feedthesoulyeg; @roamwithrochelle

Website: feedthesoulyeg.ca

Rochelle's Top Songs:

1) Feel A Way - KAYTRANADA, Don Toliver

2) Places To Be - Fred again...Anderson.Paak, CHIKA

3) Love $ick - Mura Masa, A$AP Rocky

4) Grateful - Kabaka Pyramid, Jemere Morgan

5) Joy, Joy! - Valerie June

6) Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack

Culture, love of books, vulnerability and stepping outside of the box. In this episode I have a chat with Toronto editor, author and blogger Tiara Jade Chutkhan.

Tiara and I talk about the inspiration behind the series Two Times Removed and maintaining culture while forging our own paths.

IG: @bookwormbabee @browngyaldiary

Two Times Removed Series:

Volume I: https://a.co/d/bYgy4cl

Volume II: https://a.co/d/0o8p4vR

Volume III: https://a.co/d/dS9AthD

Tiara's Top 5 Songs:

1) Kickstart My Heart - Motely Crue

2) Dr. Feel Good - Motely Crue

3) Hysteria - Def Leppard

4) Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard

5) Wheel In The Sky - Journey

Saudi Arabia's first female music producer, DJ Viva sits down with me to talk about western music's impact in the middle-east, taking the leap into music and creating your own path.

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Soundcloud:

DJ Viva's songs:

One Way or Another - Giorgio Moroder, Raney Shockne and Chole Chaidez

Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) - Kate Bush

Dark Angel - DJ Viva

In this episode Cheryl-Ann Ramdin and I reflect on being 35 and share our top 5 things we would tell our younger selves.

Everything from, confidence, values, family and growing in trying new things.

Our Songs:

1) Motownphilly - Boyz II Men

2) Rhythm Of The Night - Corona

3) Lady, Hear Me Tonight - Modjo

4) Points of Authority - Linkin Park

5) Try Again - Aaliyah

6) Thriller - Michael Jackson

7) Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell

8) Nuit de mes reves - Scratch Massive

9) Rhythm Alive - David Jones

10) Hunting for Witches - Bloc Party

11) The Sign - Ace of Base

12) Say My Name - Destiny's Child

13) She Got Her Own - Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx, Fabolous

14) Mudergram Deux - LL Cool J, Eminem

15) Headsprung - LL Cool J

In this episode I sit down with Shahada of Ethnicity Artistry. We talk about her foundation as a Muslim woman and breaking cultural stigmas and redefining beauty standards through her art.

IG: @Ethnictyartistry

https://hennaethnicity.wixsite.com/ethnicityhennayeg

In this episode I am joined by the founder of When African Women Talk, Rehana Malik-Mbanga.

Rehana and I talk about creating a community of sisterhood, collaboration and uplifting women in phenomenal ways.

www.whenafricanwomentalk.com

IG: @whenafricanwomentalk

FB: When African Women Talk

In this special episode I sit down with Audrey Powell as we have a conversation about her Indigenous roots. We talk about her connection to residential schools, reconciling her own family history and belonging in every space you walk into.

#indigenouslivesmatter #everychildmatters #nationaldayfortruthandreconcilation