Girrrl... Can I Ask You Something?

Recorded Sept 20 , 2020  Mercury's in retrograde...whatever that means, our business plans keep hitting a brick wall  and my technology is acting up. Are these things related? How do the movement of the stars and planets affect us?   Questions/Topics: What is Astrology? How is it different Astronomy? I've heard about Mercury in Retrograde. When does it happen? What does that mean? We've only recen...

Recorded Sept 26, 2020 We're back! After a month of releasing our oldies but goodies, we kickoff season 2 with new content and a new attitude. Oh and  I do mean attitude!!  While listening to a podcast Rhumel heard a guy say  that women's intuition either isn't real or women suck at it.  We had A LOT to say about that.  Topics 1. How to support the podcast. 2. What we did during our "workcation" 2...

Don't forget to rate/review and subscribe!!  Support our podcast. CashApp $GirrrlPodcast  or Patreon   https://www.patreon.com/girrrlpodcast Have a question or topic you want us to talk about? We want to hear from you!! Twitter: @girrrlpodcast Instagram : @girrrlpodcast Facebook : @girrrlpodcast Email us : Talk2Us@girrrlpodcast.com            

Does 2020 have you needing a laugh. Join Twanda and Rhumel for our Unpopular Opinions Episode. We cut up while telling you exactly how we feel about just about everything. We had so much fun with this one.

When you are in a relationship, do you tell you partner everything? Are you giving over your pass codes for your phone? Touching base on money expenditures? Or, can you talk to your spouse about your attraction to other people? Is 100% transparency in a relationship a thing? We talk about it. Come join us.

Do you struggle with managing stress? Sis we got you! In this episode Hosts, Rhumel and Twanda interview meditation guru, Althea Lawton-Thompson. You’ll learn what meditation is, why it’s an effective tool for combating stress and how to get started. We learned a lot in this episode. We believe you will too. Lean in. This is good stuff.  Don't forget to rate/review and subscribe!!  Have a question...

Have you ever had a dream so real, it just had to be true? Shellee Mendes had one of those dreams. She woke up one day with a clear vision of what she wanted, but no clear way to get it. At one point Shellee was homeless with two young kids. But she pushed through the obstacles to become one of the most sought after hair stylists in Boston, MA. Shellee tells us about her journey. And if you have e...

Question: GIrrrl... Why don't women talk more about our orgasms? Answer: Most women are socialized not to talk about our sexual pleasure. Sundi (Guest): We absolutely should be talking more about orgasms and we should be talking to our daughters about it too.  We should also acknowledge and then deconstruct the "The Good Girl Syndrome" which teaches us to make partner happy in the bedroom without...

Summary: Naturally, as moms, we want to make sure we form and maintain strong relationships with our children. We each asked our kids for suggestions for accomplishing this goal. That little exercise generated some great advice that we believe would apply to any parental relationship. Tune in, we'd love to share what we learned. Girlfriend question :  Do you think your kids comfortable talking and...

  Stuff we referred to in this episode: Alicia Keys - Superwoman - YouTube Karyn White - I'm Not Your Superwoman - 1988 - YouTube If The Dress Fits, Wear it #1  (Phylisha Rashad and Debbie Allen on The Cosby Show "Peggy Lee I'm A Woman" (Original Song + Lyrics)   Don't forget to rate/review and subscribe!!  Have a question or topic you want us to talk about? We want to hear from you!! Twitter: @gi...

 It's the usual season for school re-opening but nothing is as usual this year. As such, we parents have the harrowing responsibility of deciding whether or not to send our children back to school. All over the country, parents and their students are toiling over what happens next for our kids. Whether it is day care or college, there are no easy decisions in our households.  Rhumel has one colleg...

In linguistics, code switching is the practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation. However, for African-American's (and other minority populations) code switching is more of a survival technique. Rather than switching languages, its more like a switch of personas. Let me explain, the words we choose, the content we select, as well as the intonatio...

We know it takes a village to raise a child.  But who is in your own personal village?  Better yet, who is in your tribe? Dr. El Brown, from the Straight Talk Podcast with Dr. El, tells us the difference between a tribe and village, and who we should allow in them.  It's a fun and informative episode. Join us. Dr. El’s Bio  Dr. El Brown is the Founder of KinderJam and host of the podcast Straight...

Disclaimer: THIS EPISODE INCLUDES SPOILERS (but this description doesn't)   It's time to spill the tea on the final episode of this season's HBO series, Insecure. Yes, we pick apart all the events in this last show but we boil it down to one question. Girrrl, Can I ask you something? What would you do if you were Issa?    Don't forget to rate/review and subscribe!!  Have a question or topic you wa...

Our parents are back!!! No matter if you are single, newlywed, or long-time married, our folks are back to share their 50 years of marriage  experience. They were transparent about therapy, raising kids, arguments, losing identity, and more. This is an absolute must-listen.   Marriage resources: Marriage Works! Articles and Merchandise 5 Love Languages for better communication in marriage The Gott...

Dr. Simone Whitmore, from Bravo's Married to Medicine, has real talk with us about how we should communicate with our doctors. Dr. Simone is a "lady doctor", specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  These are the healthcare appointments I like the least and I know I'm not the only one! During this episode, Dr. Simone shares with us her special appointment style that includes laughing (yeah I sa...

Can we talk about Issa and Molly (of the HBO series insecure) for a minute? Spoiler alert: this episode will discuss the friendship between Molly and Issa through this season’s finale. (You have been warned.) These ladies' friendship has had its ups and downs and many of us can relate to the experience. In this week's episode, we not only explore the TV show drama but we reflect on our own life ex...

The “ Year of Return , Ghana 2019 ” is a major landmark spiritual and birth-right journey inviting the Global African family, home and abroad, to mark 400 years of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia. In this episode our guests, Krystal Barnes & Robert Ansah recount their personal experiences in Ghana, specifically during the Year of Return.  A host of activities are...

How to Take Action Register to vote Vote411.org Check in on your black friends, family, partners, and colleagues Educate yourself and read up on what it means to  be anti-racist Screenshot, share, and re-post resources to educate those around you Don't center the narrative around you. Identify privilege and condemn it Stop supporting organizations that promote hate Be an ally and advocate after th...

We are NOT Ok. George Floyd was murdered in the street in front of our collective eyes. Protests, riots, and the uncertainty of justice have us feeling all of the emotions. This episode we talk about how we are coping and how we are helping our families through these turbulent times. We are not OK.

A lot of us believe we can tell if our kids are going through something with their friends. We *think* we know them enough to decipher whether their boy/girlfriend is mistreating them. However, studies show that we parents don’t know the warning signs and are therefore likely to miss the red flags. In this episode, I realized that I wasn’t asking the right questions and I didn’t really know what t...

Whether you are single, newly married or married for 20 plus years like us, you can learn so much from our parents. They each have been married for more than 50 years. Their love and devotion to each other is adorable and the advice they give is immeasurably wise. This is an amazing episode. Grab your headphones.

Everyone wants to take a peek into the thoughts and rants in someone's diary. In this episode, we give you permission to hear our pandemic diaries. It's all of what we miss and what we are grateful for in spite of our current environment. You'll have fun, come on by.

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**Disclaimer: Despite what it sounds like, Rhumel was not drunk during this recording. Due to a technical issue, the audio from her side had a notable drag causing distortion. That's our story and we are sticking to it. lol ** Now that salons are closed, are you doing the right thing for your hair? I'll admit it, I'm not. Personally, I'm frustrated with my hair and have been eyeing the scissors on...