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Women in Bloom is back for a second season! In this season opener, we're sharing life updates, reflecting on our favorite moments from season one and in conversation with Yolanda Jenkins, founder of Santee + Redwood Wellbeing Studio. We're talking wellness but through a very specific lens, the lens of women of color. What does it mean to create safe spaces for women of color to access wellness, fully, authentically and safely. This is a conversation you won't want to miss. We hope you enjoy part one of this interview.

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This week we are joined by none other than Mothyna James-Brightful, an award-winning speaker, storyteller, and community builder with over 22 years of experience. She has trained over 100,000 individuals, focusing on communication, leadership, and community transformation. 

As the Founder of MeRise LLC and NisaNova®, she enhances organizational effectiveness and supports melanated women through personal development. Her expertise includes public speaking, dignified storytelling, and capacity building. 

Mothyna's work has been featured in various publications, and she is the author of notable books on leadership and education. Her mission is to empower people to find their voice and create meaningful change in their communities.

We're discussing all things Black women in community. What it means to hold space for melanated women, how closeness and trust are built and the restorative power of good company.

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What if the answers you’ve been searching for are already inside you?

In this episode of Women in Bloom, we sit down with educator, author, and cultural worker Mya D. Ajanku to explore the transformative power of journaling as a tool for healing, self-discovery, and personal growth. Drawing from decades of experience in education, dance, and reflective practice, Mya shares how journaling can become more than a habit. It can become a lifelong companion.

Together, we discuss:

• How to create a sustainable journaling practice
• Simple ways to get started, even if you’ve never kept a journal
• How to protect your privacy and safeguard your thoughts
• What to write when you’re staring at a blank page
• Why old journals become powerful mirrors of your growth, resilience, and transformation
• Whether you’re beginning your journaling journey or returning to the page after time away, this conversation offers practical guidance and gentle encouragement to help you reconnect with yourself.
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About Our Guest

Mya D. Ajanku is an educator, author, and cultural worker whose work centers on storytelling, mindfulness, and reflective writing. Rooted in the Akan principle of Sankofa—“go back and fetch it”—she empowers individuals to honor their experiences, deepen self-awareness, and preserve their personal and cultural legacy through the practice of journaling.

✨ If this conversation resonates with you, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who may need the reminder that their story is worth writing.

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Today we're joined by Kimberly Whitmon, an Operational Growth Engineer, Founder & CEO of ASCEND Optimization, Certified AI Consultant, speaker, and author. For years, she helped women navigate personal transformation, emotional wellness, and leadership development through facilitation, coaching, and community-building.

Today, Kimberly brings those same principles into entrepreneurship, helping founders transform vision into execution through operational systems, AI, and business infrastructure. Her work sits at the intersection of personal evolution and business growth, proving that the way we build ourselves and the way we build our businesses are more connected than most people realize.

She is the author of the #1 mental health adult coloring book, Color to Clarity, and is passionate about helping people create lives and businesses that are aligned, sustainable, and built with intention.

Join us for a candid conversation about shedding old deficit-focused identities and adopting new ones of prosperity, freedom, abundance and peace.

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This week on Women in Bloom, we’re catching up with a few personal life updates before introducing something we’ve been so excited to share: the very first installment of our new advice series, Ask an Elder, Ask a Coach.

Our first anonymous question comes from a listener who asks: How do you lovingly navigate a relationship with a mother who continues to offer opinions and advice that weren’t asked for?

It’s a dynamic so many of us know well. How do you honor the wisdom of a parent while also honoring your own voice, boundaries, and decisions as an adult?

In the second half of this episode, Eldress offers her perspective from a lifetime of lived experience, while Jasmine brings a coaching lens to the conversation. Together, they explore how love, communication, and healthy boundaries can coexist, even in complicated family relationships.

Be sure to listen all the way through because the advice segment begins in the second half of the episode. And if you have a question you’d like us to discuss in a future Ask an Elder, Ask a Coach episode, you can submit it anonymously here:

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Life comes at you fast, and to that we say: Bloom anyway.

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Wellness doesn’t have to be another thing on your to-do list.

This week on Women in Bloom, we’re sitting down with sensory wellness designer Jamie Conner (@jamieonwellness) to talk about creating spaces that actually support your well-being.

🏡 Think home hacks.
🌿 Think wellness integration.
✨ Think simple shifts that help your environment work with you, not against you.

Let’s be honest: many of us know what supports our wellness, but integrating those practices into everyday life is where we get stuck. Jamie’s work is all about making wellness practical, accessible, and beautifully woven into your daily routines.

Join us as we explore how your home, your habits, and your surroundings can become part of your healing journey.

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts.

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In this walk-and-talk episode of Women in Bloom, Jasmine and Eldress Jackie take the podcast back to its roots with a candid conversation recorded on the move.

The mother-daughter duo reflects on how their zodiac traits show up in their relationship and creative collaboration, shares updates about exciting upcoming guests, and discusses a new listener advice segment where community questions can be explored through a multigenerational lens of wisdom, healing, and lived experience.

They also reflect on their upcoming presentations at the Wadadli Healing Symposium in Antigua and the importance of creating spaces that nurture wellness, connection, and growth.

Join Jasmine and Eldress Jackie for a conversation filled with laughter, honest reflections, and a few behind-the-scenes glimpses into the evolving journey of Women in Bloom.

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What does healing really look like for Black women across generations?

In this deeply heartfelt episode of Women in Bloom, we sit down with Rev. Coach Tanishia Johnson of Beyond This Moment Coaching & Business Consulting LLC for a powerful, soul-nourishing conversation you don’t want to miss.

Together, we explore what it truly means to heal—beyond the buzzwords. From overcoming inner childhood wounds to redefining self-care, this conversation reminds us that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to wellness.

Across three generations—Baby Boomer, Gen X, and Millennial—we unpack:

✨ The real work of healing and self-discovery

✨ Spiritual hygiene and how we each access wellness differently
✨ The unique healing journeys of Black women
✨ The power of boundaries and choosing yourself first
✨ What it looks like to hold space for your own becoming

There’s something sacred about this moment—three Black women, connected by decades of shared history, speaking truth, love, and healing into each other in real time. It’s honest. It’s warm. It’s necessary.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re carrying too much, pouring into everyone else, or trying to find your way back to yourself… this conversation is for you.

🌸 Want to go deeper?

Learn more about Women in Bloom and coaching with Jasmine at:
 https://inbloomwithjasmine.com

Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe to stay connected with more conversations that support your growth, healing, and becoming.

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What does it really mean to feel beautiful… without needing anything external to validate it?

In this episode of Women in Bloom, we sit down with Tanisha Janae (@holistichomegirll), aka your Holistic Homegirl, holistic esthetician, herbalist and doula, to talk about healing, self-love, and redefining beauty from the inside out.✨

So many women have been conditioned to only feel “ready” or “worthy” when they’re done up—but what happens when you begin to see yourself as whole, pure, and enough as you are?

Tanisha is doing powerful work guiding women back to themselves through intentional self-care, energy healing, and a deeper relationship with their own reflection. She shares her journey, her purpose as a generational curse breaker, and how her work is helping women reconnect with their worth in a real way.

This conversation is soft, honest, and necessary.

If you’ve ever struggled with how you see yourself… this one is for you 🤎

🎧 Watch the full episode now
💬 Drop a comment: What does “feeling beautiful” mean to you?

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This week kicked off Women in Bloom's mini-series titled Women Healing & Leading Boldly in honor of Women's History Month. In this episode, Ashley Fell of The Imperfectly Perfect Space, LLC shares her spiritual framework for transformation and how she supports women navigating those “in-between” seasons—the ones where everything feels uncertain, but something powerful is being formed.

If you’ve ever found yourself in a season of becoming, this conversation is for you!