Booked, Blessed, and Busy
In creating this podcast, we have a unique opportunity to talk about our challenges, our failures, and our victories while we are actively pursuing purpose. This platform allows us to talk about our lives from a unique perspective- Black Caribbean women navigating the world of Marriage and Family Therapy. Join the pursuit!
Episodes
28 episodes
Looking Toward the Mountaintop
We are at the end of season 3 and we have definitely grown in our valley experience! Thank you for journeying with us! We hope that you were able to relate and engage well throughout the season. We hope it has encouraged you in your valley expe...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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28:33
Finding Our Way Out
In this episode, we take a look back at where we came from. Much has changed in our lives and we are all experiencing some element of newness in our journey. Join the conversation with us, as we reflect on our perspective shifts and move toward...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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24:36
Getting Back to Our Roots
Reconnecting with our inner child can be so healing. Our childhoods carry so many nostalgic memories and using play can be a way for us to access what we need in adulthood. Join us in this episode as we chat about how our needs have evolved and...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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27:57
Part 2: Vulnerability and Safety - Can We Have Both?
In this episode, we share more intimate details of how we have journeyed through scripture in the valley. This episode is part 2 so go back and listen to episode 4, “Vulnerability and Safety - Can We Have Both?”! God has met us in some incredib...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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32:52
Vulnerability and Safety - Can We Have Both?
Have you ever felt overwhelmed, disengaged, or guarded when someone asked, “How are you? You good?”We have definitely experienced it and in this episode, we share how we navigated our well-being while in relationships with others. Join ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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31:07
Reconnecting with Ourselves in the Valley
In the midst of the valley, we often feel compelled to find a sense of grounding. For this episode, we discussed how we found moments of fulfillment in dry and disconnected places. Music, relationships, solitude, journaling, and other outlets h...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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32:06
Coming Face-to-Face with Ourselves
"Stop the world and let me off" accurately sums up how we often felt while we were in the valley! Journey with us in this episode as we share how we lived in the valley and ways we began to see God and ourselves differently as we moved toward h...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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33:23
Where Have We Been: Life in the Valley
Welcome back to season 3 of the Booked, Blessed, and Busy podcast! In this episode, we discuss what it means to live in the valley - generally and personally, and we dive into deeper conversation about the significance of Psalm 23. Join us as w...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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27:42
Bridging the Gap: Mental Health & The Church
As we conclude this journey of dismantling expectations, we discuss a place where our worlds collide - mental health and the Church. As therapists who are Christians, it is important for us to find ways to integrate two worlds that allow ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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33:05
Going Beyond the Walls of Church Culture
As followers of Christ, we often engage the expectation that to be a good Christian means to devote all of our time, interests, and essentially identity to the specific church body that we are a part of. In essence, this has established a churc...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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30:31
Obtaining the Freedom to Heal
Experiencing trauma can leave a lasting impact on our lives, and the expectations surrounding how we process trauma can muzzle our freedom to heal. Trauma impacts our ability to cope, and in this episode, we dive into a conversation about our o...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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28:24
Removing the Pedestals of Leadership
Leadership roles require so much from us and the expectations often leave us drained. This week, we engage in a discussion about important characteristics of leaders, personal experiences with/as leaders, and the power of embracing our humanity...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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27:19
Embracing the Fullness of Womanhood
Navigating life as a woman can be so complex. There are expectations from every angle concerning the need to be a strong, independent woman who is successful in career, but also a mom, a wife, someone who is assertive while being meek and not o...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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29:08
Expanding Our Cultural Expectations
In this episode, we enter into a great dialogue about our cultural experiences as immigrants and first-generation children in the United States. We have learned so much, yet our experiences come with sacrifice. Tune in to hear more about how we...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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31:53
To Be Gifted and Black
To be gifted and black comes with many challenges and stereotypes that make it difficult to strive; needing to overcome pressures, judgment, and many obstacles. In this episode, we share our experiences and observations of expectations in the b...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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28:31
The Freedom in "I Don't Know"
Who said that being educated meant that we need to know everything? This week, we're dismantling expectations in education to be the ONLY resource and continuing to embrace the mentality of being a lifelong learner. Listen in as we talk through...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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26:57
We Don't Adult Alone?
For this week, we tackled the topic of dismantling expectations of adulting. We explored the source of these expectations and even the potential of pride being a part of the equation. It’s just the beginning of season 2, but we’re coming out th...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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27:38
The Pursuit of Being a Lifelong Learner
We are all on a constant pursuit of growth, change, hardship. This week, we shared our journeys toward purpose. Experiencing growing pains can be an arduous process, yet it yields so much fruit. In this episode, we discuss approaching the...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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30:15
Acknowledging the Gift of Time
Time management is something we all struggle with, but viewing it as an opportunity to invest well in ourselves shifts our perspective of time. In this episode, we discuss our struggles and intentional moves we make in using time efficiently.&n...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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22:36
Learning That Our Voices Are Valuable
Finding your voice is a very personal growing pain. When we find our voices in relationships, professional, and spiritual places we begin to get a richer understanding of our needs and search for ways to advocate for the needs of others. In thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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33:57
How Do I Hold Grief and Growth?
In this episode, we discuss our responses to personal growth and difficult changes in our lives. Holding the reality of relational changes and learning when to extend grace and accountability in relationships can be very challenging experien...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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29:17
Grieving What I Thought Was Meant to Be
Transitions and change can be a huge growing pain, but in this episode we explore the grief that accompanies our journey to purpose. Grief looks and feels different for many of us but it is important that we acknowledge its presence and o...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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28:17
Sacrifices Made for Change
We have officially hit everyone’s favorite topic-BOUNDARIES! Listen in as we unpack types of boundaries, their necessity, and how we choose to maintain them in busy seasons. The booked, blessed, and busy lifestyle isn’t always so glamorous, and...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:22
Moving Beyond Doubt to Embrace Identity
The impact of imposter syndrome on our identity is a tiresome process to walk through alone. In this episode, we share how we move through self-doubt and solidify who we are through perspective changes, relational support, and spiritual integra...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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28:41
Should I be here? I feel like an imposter!
In this episode, we discuss our experiences of self-doubt through imposter syndrome and adjustment to new environments. Imposter syndrome can drain our ability to feel competent, yet it yields a great opportunity for us to reassess our expectat...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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30:04