Dragged N Divine

In today’s episode, I’m talking about a moment that doesn’t get named enough—the space between the Fool and the Magician. We talk a lot about the Fool leaping. We talk a lot about the Magician having tools. But we don’t talk enough about what happens in between. That moment right after the leap, when the excitement settles and you realize: Oh… I actually need to know how to hold this. That heart-d...

If you’re new to my voice notes—this is literally how I talk to my friends. Voice notes, Marco Polo, all of it. When I started The Mediocre Black Woman , I wanted y’all to feel that same rawness and intimacy. These voice notes come whenever they come—any time, any place, even if there was already an episode earlier that day. That’s the intimacy. That’s the beauty of them. After last night’s live /...

In this special episode of The Mediocre Black Woman , Empress Theadora is joined by Qubilah Huddleston , creator of Black Women Get to Be , for a deeply honest conversation about burnout, perfectionism, and the quiet violence of over-performing. Together, they explore how Black women are conditioned—through education systems, corporate culture, and even creative spaces—to believe that suffering, e...

I didn’t feel called to offer a full end-of-year collective message this time. But I was sitting in my prayer closet this afternoon—after waking up late AF because I went to sleep at 6 a.m. adding more cards to our music oracle, now officially dubbed the Heart Strings Music Oracle . In the prayer closet, I asked Spirit one simple question: what is the main thing we need to carry with us as we cros...

I am really the queen of moving through life and sometimes only having a prayer to my name. I literally picked up my two suitcases, my six cans of chicken noodle soup, and hopped on a plane to Texas—booked a one-way ticket—and didn’t look back. I didn’t have a master plan. I didn’t have every detail ironed out. What I had was excitement. Possibility. A feeling in my body that said this matters , e...

Happy Capricorn Season ♑️ This is the part of the year where the air gets colder, the days get shorter, and the truth gets harder to ignore. The holidays have a way of surfacing things we’ve learned to manage quietly — expectations, obligations, family dynamics, and the subtle pressure to show up in ways that don’t always honor where we actually are. A lot of us were raised on the idea that “no i...

I’ve been thinking a lot about how often people talk about healing as if it’s somewhere you arrive. Like there’s a point where you’re finally “there.” Where triggers stop showing up. Where old patterns stop activating. Where you can confidently say, I’m healed now. And I think a lot of people are tired because they’re chasing that idea. They keep asking themselves questions like: * When am I going...

Listen… if y’all only knew the spiritual whiplash I’ve been experiencing behind the scenes. Spirit really had me out here getting snatched, humbled, stretched, initiated, and lowkey bullied into my purpose — and somehow, it all led us right here. Season 2 of The Mediocre Black Woman Podcast has officially entered the chat, and this time? We’re not just making a podcast or a publication. We’re buil...

As we close out Season 1 of The Mediocre Black Woman, I wanted to leave you with a bonus episode — a story that reminds us what it means to heal, to transform, and to keep moving forward with grace. In this conversation, I sit down with Mahogany Purpose — an artist, poet, musician, and founder of Black Greeting Cards — to talk about how trauma can become a pathway to purpose. This Substack is read...

It’s 3:33 in the morning and I’m sitting straight up in bed, mind blown. I’d already finished writing this post to go with the episode, had it ready to go, and then Spirit was like, nah, we got more to say. I saw a random clip on YouTube earlier tonight, tracked down the show — American Gods — and decided to watch it. Season 1, Episode 2. What’s wild is, the clip that pulled me in wasn’t even in t...

Before we begin — it’s Election Day. If you’re reading this before the polls close, go vote. Vote with your heart. Vote with your ancestors in mind. Vote like your livelihood depends on it — because in many ways, it does. Now, let’s talk about becoming. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been in this portal — a stretch of time where Spirit has been asking us to surrender, release, and transform. I’ve...

Thank you Margaret Williams, MS, ACC , Warrior Womanhood , Mac , and many others for tuning into my live video with LaMakhosi (La Mar) ! Join me for my next live video in the app. We’re early with this week’s episode — because this one really couldn’t wait. Before you press play, I want you to pause and read the reflection I shared on Saturday — and LaMakhosi (La Mar) beautiful response in the com...

We’re taught so many things about God that make us afraid to listen to ourselves. Afraid to leave. Afraid to change. Afraid to disappoint the image of who we were supposed to be. And quite frankly, afraid of God. For some of us, it starts in the church. For others, it’s in the family systems that told us to be good, to endure, to make it work. And when we don’t — when we choose differently — we’re...

In this week’s episode, I sit down with my friend Lakeisha | Temple Priestess — for a conversation that’s sacred and necessary. We’re unpacking what happens when Black women’s creativity, labor, and leadership are constantly extracted, praised, and imitated — but expected to compromise our value and safety . Somewhere in the middle of our laughter and incense smoke, I said: “I don’t want to hear a...

Thank you Stephanie Graham , 🌙Luminous Soul Love , Deidre Keller , and many others for tuning into my live video with Daniëlle van den Stoom ! Join me for my next live video in the app. This week’s live Soul Session was a beautiful reminder that we are never past our prime—spiritually, creatively, or otherwise. My guest, Daniëlle van den Stoom , joined me for an intimate conversation on reinventi...

Thank you Stephanie Graham , Spoken Black Girl , and many others for tuning into my live video with Daniëlle van den Stoom ! Join me for my next live video in the app. We were just supposed to test the mic… but the conversation was too rich not to share. 🌹 So welcome to the Pre-Party — a spontaneous live with Daniëlle van den Stoom that set the tone for tomorrow’s Flowers for the Living episode....

We say we’re protecting our peace all the time—but sometimes, if we’re being honest, we’re really just protecting ourselves from the possibility of being hurt again. This week’s episode with India Monee' was such a vulnerable share. India is a lifestyle content creator and wellness advocate who wrote a post about being “the girl with the big personality”—the one who walks into a room full of light...

Happy Tuesday y’all. It’s been a little while since I left you a voice note, so consider this a love note from me to you. A little over a week ago, I took a trip with my family and friends to celebrate my baby sister’s birthday. And oh did we CELEBRATE! But then something happened I wasn’t prepared for. When we attended the concert at the end of the trip, El DeBarge came on stage. And the very fir...

Hey y’all, This conversation with Dr. Eboni Truss made me think about how many of us are living lives that don’t actually belong to us. Not because we’re lazy. Not because we don’t know who we are. But because somewhere along the way, somebody else’s voice got louder than our own. You know the ones: * “Tone it down.” * “Be seen, not heard.” * “Speak when spoken to.” * “Do as I say, not as I do.” *...

This week on The Mediocre Black Woman , I sit down with Dr. Ebony Stone—executive coach, author of The Power of the Pause , and a truth-teller about what it really means to take the cape off. Dr. Ebony opens up about the moment she realized she had been “functioning in a deficit” for years, and the journey that followed—crying in her car during therapy sessions, learning to protect her peace, and...

Compassion & Accountability The Pisces Lunar Eclipse carries powerful, emotional energy—a call to release illusions, strengthen boundaries, and reconnect with intuition. Pisces is compassion, surrender, and softness. But under an eclipse, those qualities get tested. Over the past week, I kept seeing the same theme arise in conversations around me: the tension between compassion and accountability....

Hey y’all! As I mentioned in the video, I’m hosting a podcast workshop this Sunday 🎙️. This round is capped at 15 women , and we’ve only got 2 spots left — so if you’ve been thinking about it, now’s the time to grab your seat! 👉 If registration fills up, no worries — you can join the waitlist . And while this round is focused on women, the waitlist is open to everyone for future workshops as I ex...

This week, I wanted to give us something we don’t always get enough of: space to breathe. The past month on The Mediocre Black Woman has been full of transition for so many of us, endings and beginnings of many kinds. Many of you have even reached out to share your own stories with me, and I just want to say thank you for trusting me with them. I know these times can feel heavy. Sometimes survival...

Earlier this week, my bestie Goddess Jasmine came on the pod to talk about not letting people play with us anymore. Well… Spirit heard that and said, “Bet. Let’s take it to the next level.” 😅 In true dramatic fashion, Jasmine went from dreaming about fighting coworkers to literally getting on a Zoom with HR and her micro-manager. But before they could even get the script out, she dropped the mic...

August has been Bestie Month here at The Mediocre Black Woman , and this week y’all get to meet thee bestie —the one I voice note with on the daily, Goddess Jasmine of Housewife Turned Healer . This episode is giving “stop playing with me before I write about you” energy 😂. Not because anybody’s out here taking notes with revenge in mind, but because sometimes the stories are just too funny, too...