Black Women in Europe® (BWIE) Podcast

In this episode, Adrianne and Kate explore how racial stereotypes create harm long before anyone says something directly. They talk about the exhaustion of being misread, profiled, processed, and treated as if your humanity has already been decided by someone else. The conversation looks at how stereotypes are built over time through media, institutions, workplaces, and everyday interactions. They...

Your body has been paying attention, even when the world refused to. In this episode, we talk about the validity of nervous system responses shaped by racial trauma—why anxiety, exhaustion, vigilance, and shutdown are not personal failures, but intelligent survival strategies. Naming this truth is the beginning of compassion, and compassion is the beginning of healing. Your One Shift Solution is t...

Survival mode is a response—not an identity. In this episode, we unpack the impact of racial trauma on the body, mind, and sense of self, and begin a deeper conversation about healing, rest, and reclaiming identity beyond survival. This conversation sets the foundation for this special new season of healing racial trauma, committed to truth-telling, healing, and liberation. Your One Shift Solution...

Episode excerpt: Kate Pearl: You know, it's almost as if healing's on this kind of, you know. Checklist something you can go and complete on a Sunday afternoon, and then, you know, frame on your wall with a certificate, you know, something like that. So you know, I just think it's time to get really honest and talk about what's actually real, especially for black women and black people. You know,...

It's been ages since Adrianne and Kate got together to record and the reunion was a love fest. Listen and learn what you missed in Season 1 of Healing Racial Trauma if you weren't here. Then find out what's up this season and why you won't want to miss it. Plus, listen as the co-hosts catch up with what's been going on in their lives. Find Adrianne at rootedfor.care Find Kate at katepearl.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

How does being Black and a woman intersect with your sense of purpose or spiritual identity? Do you resonate with the idea that Black women embody “a deliberate act of love for the world”? Why or why not? What does “responding with clarity and care” look like in the face of racial trauma? What do we risk or gain when we see Black womanhood as sacred instead of struggling? Follow Kate - katepearl.c...

In this thought-provoking episode, Kate Pearl takes us on a journey where healing is not just personal—it's political. Healing from racial trauma isn't just about survival; it’s an act of resistance and revolution. Kate discusses how resting, raging, and resisting are all part of the same process that allows us to reclaim our joy, creativity, and collective care in the fight for freedom. K...

🎙️ Season Of Healing Racial Trauma – How Black Culture, Ancestry, and Rituals Heal and Ground Us 🌍✨ Co-Hosts: Adrianne, Black Women in Europe, and Kate Pearl @katepearlspearls |  katepearl.com Mindfulness by: Adrianne, Host and Founder of the Black Women in Europe Podcast In this powerful episode, Kate takes us on a deep dive into how Black culture, ancestry, and rituals are not just vital for s...

🎙️ Season Of Healing Racial Trauma – Why Black Women Shouldn’t Have to Educate Everyone 💥 Co-Hosts: Adrianne, Mindfulness Activist | wellnessontheweekly.com & Kate Pearl @katepearlspearls |  katepearl.com Truth-telling by: Kate PearlMindfulness by: Adrianne, Host and Founder of the Black Women in Europe Podcast In this powerful episode, Kate dismantles the exhausting and deeply ingrained expe...

In this powerful episode of Season of Healing Racial Trauma, we’re joined by Bree the Champagne Gal—media critic, cultural commentator, and truth-teller. Bree unpacks the British media’s long-standing treatment of Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, and how it reflects deeper issues of race, power, and protection in the UK press. She breaks down: Why the media’s "defense" of Meghan was...

TikTok Live Replay: Meghan Markle, the British Media & Why We’re Still Talking About It 📅 AFull Podcast epidose Air Date: August 7, 2025 👥 Guests Bree the Champagne Gal (Guest) Kate Pearl (cohost) Adrianne (host, mindfulness activist + author) 🔊 Episode Summary This episode is the replay of our powerful TikTok Live featuring Bree the Champagne Gal and Kate Pearl, where we took the conversat...

🎙️ Season Of Healing Racial Trauma – Why Black Women Shouldn’t Have to Educate Everyone 💥Co-Hosts: Adrianne - Black Women in Europe @bwietoday Kate Pearl @katepearlspearls |  ⁠katepearl.com⁠ Mindfulness by: Adrianne, Host and Founder of the Black Women in Europe Podcast In this powerful episode, Kate dismantles the exhausting and deeply ingrained expectation that Black women must always educate,...

🎙️ Season of Healing Racial Trauma: Breaking the Silence That Broke Us Co-Host: Kate Pearl @katepearlspearls |  katepearl.com Mindfulness by: Adrianne, Founder of the Black Women in Europe Podcast | blackwomenineurope.com In this powerful follow-up episode, Kate explores the silence we’ve been taught to keep—and what it costs us. Drawing from her own experiences of growing up in small-town Britain...

🎙️ Season of Healing Racial Trauma: This Isn't Burnout; It's Racial Battle Fatigue Co-Host: Kate Pearl @katepearlspearls |  katepearl.com Mindfulness by: Adrianne, Author of Wellness on the Weekly: 52 Fun Prompts for Mindfulness, Movement, and a Whole Lot Less Stress! In this opening episode of the Black Women In Europe podcasts Season of Healing Racial Trauma, Kate dives deep into the rea...

What better way to launch SEASON FIVE! than with the amazing Nkonye Oyewusi in England? Not only is she a mother, wife, systems engineer, and skincare formulator, but she is also a skincare formulator. Listen in! Tall Chic Naturals https://www.tallchichnaturals.com Find us where you are. Black Women in Europe ® | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

In light of the current post US election situation, it's time for Black expats to get their finances in order. It's always a good idea, but now that people are feeling some kind of way, and for good reason, Lisa R. Mitchell is here with sound advice, as usual. Updated for 2025. She loves to receive personal finance questions from expats via email! #expatfinances #money2025 Find us where you are ht...

Sometimes to you have to walk away from organizations that don't serve you and make you sick. Listen to this conversation with Tonya from The Angry Black Women in Germany. WARNING: This is a L.O.N.G. conversation. Maybe take a pause when we take a pause. Be sure to check out The Angry Black Women website: https://theangryblackwoman.de/ Be well. #seasonofhealing #walkingaway #walkaway

When We All Vote Volunteer-Hosted Zoom Event Americans living outside of the United States can vote in Federal elections back home. Register, request your ballot, and download and submit a FWAB. The Federal Emergency Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB) can be used if your ballot doesn't arrive on time. You can submit an FAWB now and if your ballot does come in time to get it back to your State by thei...

Love TaShia Asanti podcast is a US-National Speaker on Race & Racism, Success Planner, Retreat Host, Author of 9 Books, Celebrated Journalist & Filmmaker, Award-winning Poet & Performing Artist, Book Doctor, and Priestess & Spiritual Teacher. Pick up your copy of The Seer . Pick up your copy of Any Heart Open . Visit her website to learn how you can partake of her magic: http://www...

We're super excited to welcome former co-host, and Black Women in Europe Power Lister, Angela Fobbs to the podcast! She's here for our Season of Healing to talk about voting in the US elections from overseas. Why is this part of our Season of Healing? Because we're broken, we American abroad, looking at the state of politics back home. And we can vote and make our voices heard. Prep no...

Huntsville, AL-based Renee Lucas is a Life Coach, Yoga teacher, online Yoga studio owner, herbalist, and nutritionist. She's also written a book of poetry. Find her online. @ Tranquilyogastudio Inner Exploration, Outer Expression, and Holistic Expansion Find us ⁠ where you are ⁠ . Keep up to date with our ⁠ community via our newsletter ⁠ .

Liz Okoh is a Women Empowerment and Self-love Advocate through Art. She's London-based and if you can get there, she'll show you who you really are through her boudoir photography . Visit her Women on The Frontlines exhibition: https://elizabethokoh.com/gallery/women-on-the-frontlines/ Visit Liz's social media: Instagram LinkedIn Youtube Teejay , the person who inspired the reason for...

Janet M. Taylor is an organizing and project management expert with over 25 years of experience. Her experience ranges from managing multiple government contracts to helping a corporate client downsize from 10,000 square feet to less than 3,000. Janet has provided organizational transition recommendations and developed procedures for growth, eliminated wasteful expenditures, and increased workflow...

OK, yes, it's time for black Americans living in Europe to prepare to vote in the US elections. In this episode, we take a look a voting in 2020, what's happening for black politicians aiming for high office, why we should vote from abroad, look at black Trump and Biden supporters, and Robert Kennedy Jr's Super Bowl ad. Request your overseas ballot from https://fvap.gov or https://vote...

Twanna Hines helps us heal our intimate relationships and take stock of our sexual health. She keeps it real the entire time. We tour her home and get practical tips for making moves abroad. Visit Twanna's website to find out how to work with her on your relationships, or grow your business . #sexpert #relationships #portugal #sexualhealth 🌿✨ "The Season of Healing" Podcast Series!...