Taboo: The Stories of Caribbean Women
Episodes
74 episodes
Neola Zama
In this week’s episode, Neola Zama shares her journey of navigating maternal abuse, fertility loss, and how those experiences shaped her work as a trauma therapist and her own path to healing.
Charla Hobson
In this week’s episode, Charla Hobson shares her journey through fashion design and education, moving from Anguilla to the Cayman Islands, navigating the loss of her mother, and building a business centred on everyday style for Caribbean women....
Fiona Branker
In this week’s episode, Fiona Branker shares her journey in the fitness industry, challenging stereotypes in bodybuilding, and empowering women over 40 to navigate perimenopause and menopause.
Lesley Bradshaw
In this week’s episode, Lesley Bradshaw shares her journey through multiple marriages, heartbreak, healing, and finding love again.
Xannah Moniq
In this week’s episode, Xannah Moniq shares her journey of overcoming childhood abuse, heartbreak, health challenges, and embracing a new chapter of purpose.
Cavelle Davis
In this week’s episode, Cavelle Davis shares her journey through young motherhood, a legal battle with her former employer, building her childcare business, and enduring the loss of her brother and father.
Giselle Mashama
In this week’s episode, Giselle Mashama shares her journey of love, loss, faith, and resilience, from marrying a formerly incarcerated partner and continuing his NGO after his passing, to finding love again while being anchored by her faith in ...
Leeonney Bentick-Gilliam
In this week’s episode, Leeonney Bentick-Gilliam shares her journey from accounting to becoming a chef, and how that path led her into culinary wellness for hormone health while still honouring her Caribbean roots.
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Gayatree Dipchan
In this week’s episode, Gayatree Dipchan, a Trinidadian living in Norway, shares her lived experience of sexual violence and trauma, and how navigating that journey as a therapist has shaped both her healing and her work with survivors.
Teneisha Grimes
In this week’s episode, Teneisha Grimes shares her journey from a successful corporate career to becoming a full-time Caribbean Relationship and Money Mindset Coach, and what inspired her to make that life-changing pivot.
Afiya Francis-Riley
In this week’s episode, Afiya Francis-Riley, the force behind In Season Life, shares her journey of growing up across different countries, her love for travel and carnival, and finding love in her late thirties.
Raisa Marshall
In this week’s episode, Raisa Marshall shares her journey through pregnancy, loss, and resilience, and how after many challenges she was finally able to welcome her baby girl.
Chantal Juman
In this week’s episode, Chantal Juman shares how she returned to Trinidad, built the highly successful Babe Cave from the ground up, and in her 30s boldly pivoted into interior design while juggling and growing two businesses in entirely differ...
Lyndi-Anne Koylass-Rennie
In this episode, Lyndi-Anne Koylass Rennie shares her journey into the fitness industry, the creation of her brand Fit Appeal, and how she manages running a business alongside a full-time corporate career while balancing her personal life.
Rosana John-Mitchell
In this episode, Rosana John-Mitchell, attorney, content creator, lecturer, children’s book author, and new mom, shares how she juggles her many roles while finding balance and purpose in both her personal and professional life.
Letina Mata
In this episode, Letina Mata, a mindset coach, reflects on her journey through childhood challenges, heartbreak, motherhood, and career shifts, while sharing the mindset transformations that have fuelled her healing, growth, and daily pursuit o...
J'elle Valdez
In this episode, J’elle Valdez, a counselling psychologist, shares insights into her upbringing, her journey into the mental health field, and how her podcast is bringing mental health awareness to the foreground for Caribbean people by working...
Nikita John-Walters
In this episode, Nikita John-Walters reflects on living through the La Soufrière volcanic eruption during COVID-19, her unexpected shift from teacher to frontline worker, postponing her wedding, and her journey as an organic pad distributor.
Candice Bailey
In this episode, Candice Bailey shares her journey through profound loss, from losing her father as a child to the death of her fiancé, and how she channelled her grief into writing a book and eventually found love again.
Stephanie Ramlogan
In this episode, Stephanie Ramlogan opens up about her transition from the world of fashion to writing and teaching, while navigating relationships and grieving the recent loss of her father.
Rohanne Persaud
In this episode, Rohanne Persaud shares her journey as a content creator and mixologist, and reflects on how being plus size may have affected her experience in both worlds.
Shannon Parris
In this episode, Shannon Paris shares her story of marrying early in life, moving to Italy with her husband, navigating the challenges of marriage and divorce, and rediscovering herself and what she truly wants out of life post-divorce.
Shenelle Nangoo
In this episode Shenelle Nangoo shares her experience with limb loss, specifically losing her leg, and how she navigates life today.
