Roots and Reflections Podcast

Greetings and welcome! Welcome to our first Roots and Reflections episode of 2026! The close of the year brought the beginning of a new season of my life. Singlehood is an experience many of us go through for different lengths and reasons.    In this episode, we explore what has shaped our ideas of being single and what it has manifested into today.    Do you know what has infl...

Greetings everyone! Welcome to another episode of Roots and Reflections! In this episode we look into being Black, Blackness, and the idea of identity reproduction. As a young Black woman I find myself wondering how best to manifest my blackness, with so many times in history to choose from and the daily experiences I encounter, developing a strong sense of self can be challenging. Join me in this...

Hello and Welcome back! In this episode, I explain the reason for my absence and the new direction I plan on taking this podcast! Thank you for tuning in!

Hello and Welcome to episode 05 of Roots & Reflections podcast! We've been able to continue as a society because of the traditions, customs, and rituals that those before us have passed down. Some of these traditions were started by our parents and others by ourselves, but can we use traditions to heal generational wounds and connect through shared principles of traditions? Join the conversati...

Hello and Welcome to episode 04 of Roots & Reflections podcast! When you think about progress on a national scale, what criteria would you use? We live in a world where progress is often told to us and we don't get to define it in our own context (self and country). In this episode, we sit down and discuss what this phenomenon looks like and how we expect progress to look like based on where w...

Hello and Welcome to episode 3 of our podcast: Roots and Reflections! Do you remember when we couldn't wait to grow up? We imagined how life would be in our 20s and we couldn't wait for the freedom! Now that we're here, we can hardly wait for the next decade, or the next, or the next. Why are we so impatient? What is it that makes us uncomfortable with being in a waiting room? Is it the silence, t...

Hello and Welcome to episode 2 of our podcast: Roots and Reflections! As we grow we often need to restructure ourselves to fit into the new spaces we need to occupy. This requires moments of not being able to live up to particular standards and expectations and often leading to deep feelings of inadequacy. But in this episode we want to understand the roots of this feeling and explore its usefulne...

Hello and Welcome to our podcast: Roots and Reflections! In this debut episode we wanted to understand the journey of growing discipline. We want to understand how we can create steps towards building discipline, discuss our relationships with discipline, and share ways to shift our perspective on approaching the skill! We can't wait to have deep rooted and curious conversations about our youth wi...

Hello and Welcome to our podcast: Roots and Reflections! Follow us on  Instagram @midweek.r.and.r Tiktok @midweekr.and.r We can't wait to have deep rooted and curious conversations about our youth with you!