The Buffet Pod

What’s good fam! Welcome back for another week of The Buffet. This episode Brandan & Ciandra sit down and discuss the status of marriage in 2022. Is it something that should still be sought after? Grab a plate and let’s eat! Email : TheBuffetpod@gmail.com Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPhe9JF5uQJZwbAvinIkTLA IG : @TheBuffetPod Brandan : @TheDon1023 Ciandra : @Wherethereissun

What good fam! Another week down, another plate of that fuego ready to serve. This week Brandan & Ciandra explore the relationship expectations for in-laws and step-children. There may be a lot more relationships you have to cultivate than just the one with your partner. Grab a plate, pull up a seat, and let’s eat! Email : TheBuffetpod@gmail.com Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPhe9...

Happy Monday Fam! Another week and another episode ready to serve. This week Brandan & Ciandra discuss their recent baecation and the many benefits that can be found in and during a vacation with your bae. Grab a plate and let's eat! Email : TheBuffetpod@gmail.com Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPhe9JF5uQJZwbAvinIkTLA IG : @TheBuffetPod Brandan : @TheDon1023 Ciandra : @Wherethereis...

What's good Fam! We’ve all heard the phrase “Happy wife, happy life” but is it true? What have been the results of this motto and belief system? This week Brandan & Ciandra sit down over a nice drink and discuss this very topic. So pull up a seat, grab a plate and let’s eat! Email: TheBuffetpod@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPhe9JF5uQJZwbAvinIkTLA IG: @TheBuffetPod Branda...

Happy Monday Fam! Another week and another episode served hot and ready. This week Brandan & Ciandra discuss dating with age gaps. Does it matter how large the gap is? If so, how much is too much? Why would you even want an age gap? Grab a plate, pull up a seat, and let's eat! Welcome to The Buffet. Email: TheBuffetpod@gmail.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPhe9JF5uQJZwbAvinIkTLA...

What’s good family! We’re back at it after a brief break. This week Brandan & Ciandra discuss the impacts of social media on relationship expectations. Needless to say both sides make it seem like it's a food desert out here, but is it really? Pull up a seat and let’s eat!   P.S. Check us out on YouTube bih, we on video now! Email: TheBuffetpod@gmail.com Youtube: TheBuffetpod  IG: @T...

What’s good fam! This week Brandan & Ciandra cut their teeth on the topic of Self-Worth. What can you do without a healthy sense of self-worth? How does a lack of self-worth impact your life and relationships? These questions and more are discussed and we invite you and yours into this conversation. Welcome to The Buffet, let’s eat! Email: TheBuffetpod@gmail.com IG: @TheBuffetPod Brandan: @The...

Good Day Fam! This week Brandan & Ciandra discuss the importance of relationship check-ins. This episode is for when you ask “how are you doing?” and you want the real answer. If you’ve ever felt unsure or felt the need to know how well you are doing in your relationship, it’s time for a check in. It could be a simple set of questions or a detailed conversation. So what’s your policy? Grab a p...

What it do fam! We got another one for ya. Brandan & Ciandra going far into the future on this one as they discuss Legacy. What will be your legacy? Will your partner be a part of it and what role(s) will they play? Grab a plate, pull up a seat, and let's eat! Email: TheBuffetpod@gmail.com IG: @TheBuffetPod Brandan: @TheDon1023 Ciandra: @Wherethereissun Music Credit Intro/Outro music song ‘Yip...

What’s good people. This week Brandan & Ciadra discuss making decisions as a couple. Asking questions such as: Can you still make single decisions when you are in a relationship? When do you start making decisions as a couple? What type of decisions do you need to make together? Y’all know the deal by now. Grab a plate, pull-up a seat, and lets eat. Welcome back to The Buffet! Email: TheBuffet...

What's really good fam! Y'all ever think about why breaking up is so hard to do? This week Brandan & Ciandra sit down and discuss their thoughts on this topic. Could it be a combination of shame and the cultural norms that encourage unhealthy responses to the end of a relationship? Or maybe errrbody toxic AF? Finally, they discuss the relatively new idea of conscious decoupling as an alternati...

Damn you busy AF! What? You don’t have time to date? Well this week Brandan & Ciandra sit down and discuss some of the frustrations of trying to maintain a healthy relationship while being busy AF. It was hard y’all. Pull up a seat and let’s eat!  P.S. Congrats to Ciandra for completing her Graduate Program and to all the 2022 Grads! Email: TheBuffetpod@gmail.com IG: @TheBuffetPod Brandan...

What’s poppin! Everyone has that voice in their head that tells you if something is wrong and helps you get out of potentially bad situations, but sometimes that voice can ruin relationships if you let it. This week Brandan & Ciandra discuss the inner saboteurs that we all have that can be negatively affecting your life whether that be in relationships or life in general. We all have 'em, but...

What it do baby, it's the Ice-Man Paul Wa…wrong intro. What’s good Fam! Another week down and another episode fresh out the Kitchen. How do you define a successful relationship? What metrics do you use to measure that success? What examples did you see that influenced these metrics? This week Brandan & Ciandra sit down and discuss these questions. Y’all know what time it is. Grab a plate, pull...

Good Day Fam! Have you ever considered the messaging you have received growing up about dating and when you should (or shouldn’t settle down)? This week Brandan & Ciandra sit down and discuss what these messages were and how those messages may have affected your timeline aka when you started taking dating seriously. Y’all know what time it is, pull up a seat and let's eat! Email: TheBuffetpod@...

What's good fam! Another week down and we got another serving for you. This week Brandan & Ciandra discuss whether you should still be dating for love in 2022. Is it the most important part of a successful relationship? Does it matter? They also discuss some love bombing hijinks and how you can unexpectedly find yourself in an entanglement. So y'all know what time it is, pull up a seat and let...

Alright y'all, hopefully after this we are done talking about Will & Jada. This week Brandan & Ciandra discuss The Slap (not the TV mini-series) and the broader discussion of protecting of Black Women. Things may heat up a lil bit about this seldom discussed topic. What's your stance on the protection of your woman? Do you swing first and ask questions later/never or is it a no violence zo...

What's good fam! There's been a lot of talk about "settling" but it's said as if it's such an ugly word, why is that? Brandan & Ciandra are sure the reasons are many but during this week's episode they discuss some of the ways that misunderstanding, miscommunication, false expectations mixed with sprinkles of insecurities & bad history have contributed to arguably ones of the largest divid...

What's good fam. Ya'll ever wonder when you should have the sex talk (insert clapping sounds, IYKYK)? do you have a rule about when to have sex? Perhaps you have some non-traditional ideas about sex and you wonder, when do I broach this topic? 1st date? 3rd date? before or after? Brandan & Ciandra are here this week to discuss these topics, it's a lil spicy but y'all already know what time it...

What's good everybody! This week Brandan & Ciandra get right into discussing a very important but often overlooked topic: Self-love. We hear it said, but do we know what it is or better yet, do you practice it in real life? Have you considered how loving yourself can affect your relationships (romantic or otherwise)? Well if wanna hear more, then you know what to do. Grab a plate and pull up a...

What's really good fam! This week Brandan & Ciandra sit down and get into the sharing of their relationship on social media. They ask each other and the people, Are we ready to be on the gram? Can I tweet about our last fight? What do you put on the internet and what do you keep off? We all have our preferences for how we curate our relationship online and in the real world. So is your relatio...

What's good fam? This week Brandan & Ciandra discuss a hot topic in the community. There's been a lot of talk about "alpha" this and "high value" that but are you ready for an alpha? and is single motherhood good for the community? "Alpha," "Beta," "Sigma," Leo, Scorpio, Cancer. They are all ways in which we label and classify each other, but to what end? “It’s because I’m an Alpha male” can b...

What's good fam! My ex is calling by 6lack might just be the soundtrack of this episode. This week, Brandan & Ciandra sit down and discuss what kind of things do you keep or let go of from your past relationships. Does your new partner have a say so in that conversation? We talking relics of the past ya'll so pull up a seat and let's eat, welcome to The Buffet! Email: TheBuffetpod@gmail.com IG...

What it do fam! Brandan & Ciandra are back at it again this week discussing the stages of relationships. We have all heard of the Honeymoon stage, but what happens after that? It certainly can't be the only part of the relationship, grandma and grandpa don't look like they in that stage anymore and they may been married decades. Let's find out, so grab a plate, pull up a seat, and let's eat! E...

Good day to you fam! Compromise, Accommodation, Agreeableness and Submission. We are hitting all the buzzwords in this episode. This week Brandan & Ciandra discuss if you need them in a relationship. For some of you this is a review but for those of you who are new to being in a relationship you might want to listen real close!  You may have never had the opportunity to practice these ski...