Meet Me at the Highland™

What does it take to grow something without burning the soil it grows in? Katara McCarty arrives at the Highland in the second episode of Season 2 with an answer shaped by both her flourishing and her depletion. Katara McCarty is the founder and CEO of Exhale, an award-winning, inclusive well-being app and resource that centers the mental health and well-being of Black women. She also leads Exhale...

What does it mean to plant something for people you may never meet? Season 2 of Meet Me at the Highland™ opens with Brittany Packnett Cunningham, who arrives tracing her lineage and offers the season the faith of a mustard seed. With Gabrielle Wyatt, she explores truth as a daily practice, taking your rightful place, and how to hold love and power in the same hand. Brittany is the founder of Love...

A quiet note of gratitude honoring the lineage, wisdom, and healing presence Dr. Gail Parker brought to Season One. A reflection on love as inheritance and love as practice. In this Love Letter from the Highland, Gabrielle reflects on the tenderness and truth Dr. Gail Parker brought to Season One. She honors the lineage that shaped her, the wisdom she carries with grace, and the healing she offers...

In this conversation, Gabrielle Wyatt and Dr. Gail Parker explore love as a living inheritance and a life practice. They dive into the ways lineage shapes us, how rest and stillness help us return to ourselves, and why awareness is essential for healing and belonging. Dr. Parker reflects on the women who formed her, the lessons carried from her father’s service as a Tuskegee Airman, and the power...

Journal Reflection: Becoming the Bridge Before you write, find a quiet moment. Place one hand over your heart, one hand over your belly. Breathe in slowly for a count of four, hold for two, exhale for six. Whisper to yourself: “ I am the bridge. I am the beginning. ” Now, reflect: * What stories, teachings, or practices from those who came before you are alive in your work today? * Which quiet, or...

In this conversation, Gabrielle Wyatt and Chelsea Miller explore legacy as a living act—claiming authorship of our stories, organizing creatively, and centering rest, stillness, and joy as practices of freedom and sustainability. Chelsea reflects on lessons from the front lines, honoring history while building new blueprints, and the audacity required to move our communities forward together. ⏱️ C...

Journaling Reflection: Returning to the Village This week on Episode 5 of Meet Me at the Highland ™, Dr. Key reminds us that freedom is not theory—it is practice. It is the rooms we clear, the tables we extend, the doors we leave open behind us. After you listen to this week’s episode, find a quiet place. Close your eyes and breathe in for a count of four, out for six. Repeat until your body softe...

In this episode, social entrepreneur and visionary founder of The Village Market, Dr. Lakeysha “Key” Hallmon, joins Gabrielle to reflect on the call to gather, dream, and build together. From her beginnings as an educator in Mississippi classrooms to her evolution into an ecosystem builder in Atlanta, Dr. Key shares the lessons that guided her shift from resisting growth to embracing her destiny a...

Journaling Reflection: Returning to Ourselves This week on Episode 4 of Meet Me at the Highland ™, Octavia teaches us that rest is not the end of the work—it is the work. That stillness is not absence, but presence. That slowing down is not giving up—it is making space for what is sacred to arrive. Take a breath here. Let it fill you. Let it soften what has been hardened by urgency. Consider this:...

In Episode 4 of Meet Me at the Highland™ , Gabrielle sits down with author, yoga teacher, and rest advocate Octavia Raheem to explore how rest as self-leadership helps leaders move beyond burnout and into sustainable creativity. Together, they discuss why rest vs sleep is more than semantics, how daily pauses act as a sacred practice , and why saying no to dysfunctional success can open the door t...

In this heartfelt episode, Gabrielle sits down with actress and advocate Erika Alexander for an expansive conversation about the power of imagination, legacy, and creative expression. Erika reflects on the significant role Afrofuturism plays in helping reclaim stories and redefine possibilities for the future. She discusses the cultural influence of her groundbreaking character Maxine Shaw, who in...

"Because of them, I know I can do the impossible. Because of me, I know that liberation is possible in my lifetime." – Monica Simpson In this episode, Monica Simpson — artist, activist, and leader in the reproductive justice movement — joins Gabrielle for a moving reflection on what it means to center our health and healing in our lives, leadership, and legacies. Monica shares her journey of layin...

"Because of them, I can live. Because of me, many will live after me." -Latosha Brown In this episode, civil rights organizer and Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown joins Gabrielle for a powerful conversation about beginning again. From her roots in Alabama's Black Belt to her early lessons in power and justice, LaTosha shares how she learned to lead with love even in the face of challen...

Meet Me at the Highland is a new podcast from Gabrielle Wyatt, founder of The Highland Project, rooted in the belief that liberatory futures—where everyone, especially Black women leaders, can thrive—are not only possible, but already in the making. Season one— The Breathing Season —invites you to slow down, reconnect, and imagine again. Join us for powerful conversations with leaders like LaTosha...