The Family Table Podcast

EPISODE SUMMARY In this powerful masterclass, Tanya Alkhaliq deconstructs one of the most neglected forms of harm in the Black church: the spiritualization of financial suffering . Using the now-viral meme - “I used to rob Peter to pay Paul to pay tithes and offering” - as a cultural touchpoint, Tanya leads listeners through a deep, honest examination of how sacrifice, scarcity, shame, and inherit...

Episode Summary In this powerful teaching session from the ABBA Impact 2025 Conference , Tanya A. Alkhaliq, LMFTA leads listeners through a transformational journey of releasing subconscious agreements with pain. Using the combined wisdom of Womanist theology, Black psychology, metaphysics, somatic grounding, and Narrative/Contextual therapy, Tanya exposes how trauma writes hidden contracts into t...

In this episode of Conversations with Tanya, we break down the political, spiritual, and cultural violence behind the push to strip “female-dominated” careers—teachers, nurses, social workers, counselors, and therapists—of their professional status beginning in summer 2026. This isn’t just workforce restructuring. This is gendered economic warfare. This is anti-Black backlash. This is religious na...

THE FAMILY TABLE PODCAST Episode Show Notes Episode Summary In this powerful and deeply reflective episode, Dr. Tanya Alkhaliq confronts the spiritual and moral collapse unfolding in America by unpacking a shocking question someone recently asked her: “Why is it so wrong to rape children.” Rather than treating it as ignorance, Tanya recognizes it as a revelation. A revelation of a society where em...

Host: Tanya Alkaliq Podcast: The Family Table Podcast Date Recorded: [Insert Date] Episode Summary: In this deeply personal and emotional episode, host Tanya opens her heart about the pivotal people and moments that have shaped her journey—from family sacrifice and grief to professional renewal and the launch of a life-long dream. She invites listeners into her world of vulnerability, triumph, and...

Last night’s class gave our students a glimpse of what happens when theology, ethics, and lived experience collide. This wasn’t a lecture… it was a liberation lab. We explored how race, religion, and politics shape our sense of justice and how moral leadership demands both accountability and courage. The discussion was rooted in our opening modules from Race, Religion & Politics and Cultivating Mo...

🎙️ DAILY LIBERATION THROUGH OUR EYES Episode Title: Unchecked Power and Unprotected People: When Safety Becomes a Privilege Air Date: October 28, 2025 Host: Dr. Tanya A. Alkhaliq Platform: tanyaalkhaliq.substack.com | thesacredpsyche.substack.com 🧭 EPISODE SUMMARY In this deeply reflective and unapologetically prophetic episode, Dr. Tanya Alkhaliq breaks down the cost of unchecked power and how g...

Scriptural Focus: Psalm 39: 1–3 and Judges 11: 29–40 “My heart grew hot within me; while I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue.” - Psalm 39: 3 🕯️ Episode Summary In this opening episode of The Womanist Word , Dr. Tanya A. Alkhaliq re-reads the story of Jephthah’s daughter through a Womanist, psychological, and liberatory lens. She explores how silence has functioned as both san...

This one needed to be spoken, not just written. For three days, I sat behind steel and concrete…but those walls taught me something the world never could. This is the sound of my reflection from Cell HCA235 …part testimony, part revelation, part call to remember that freedom begins inside. Tales from the Theologian, Therapist, & Researcher is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts an...

✨ Show Notes – Daily Liberation Through Our Eyes 🎙️ Episode Title: Fascism, Fractures, and Fear: Seeing the Empire Crumble 📡 Podcast: The Family Table – Daily Liberation Through Our Eyes 🗣️ Host: Dr. Tanya Alkhaliq “Collapse isn’t the end of empire; it’s the sound of truth finally being heard.” This Daily Liberation Through Our Eyes journeys through the chaos of today’s headlines, the government...

✨ Show Notes – Daily Liberation Through Our Eyes 🎙️ Episode Title: Daily Liberation Through Our Eyes – Shutdowns, Raids, and the Unmasking of Fascism (10/3/25)📡 Podcast: The Family Table🗣️ Host: Dr. Tanya Alkhaliq Tales from the Theologian, Therapist, & Researcher is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Tales from...

✨ Show Notes – Daily Liberation Through Our Eyes 🎙️ Episode Title: Daily Liberation Through Our Eyes – The Shutdown, New York Freeze, and the Addendum You Need to Hear (10/1/25)📡 Podcast: The Family Table🗣️ Host: Dr. Tanya Alkhaliq Tales from the Theologian, Therapist, & Researcher is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subsc...

✨ Show Notes – Daily Liberation Through Our Eyes 🎙️ Episode Title: Daily Liberation Through Our Eyes – Inaugural Episode (9/30/25)📡 Podcast: The Family Table🗣️ Host: Dr. Tanya Alkhaliq Tales from the Theologian, Therapist, & Researcher is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. “Headlines don’t just happen to us. They...

“Take up your cross.”But what happens when the cross becomes an idol, and pain itself is worshiped as holy? Welcome back to The Family Table .In this second episode of Let Us Reason Together , we’re calling out the theology of sacred suffering, the lie that the more you hurt, the more holy you are. Tales from the Theologian, Therapist, & Researcher is a reader-supported publication. To receive new...

“Interpretation that denies Black life is sin. Interpretation that silences women is sin. Interpretation that condemns queer folks is sin. Interpretation that props up empire is sin.” Tales from the Theologian, Therapist, & Researcher is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Welcome back to The Family Table. In this e...

“Take up your cross.”But what happens when the cross becomes an idol, and pain itself is worshiped as holy? Welcome back to The Family Table .In this second episode of Let Us Reason Together , we’re calling out the theology of sacred suffering, the lie that the more you hurt, the more holy you are. Tales from the Theologian, Therapist, & Researcher is a reader-supported publication. To receive new...

“Take up your cross.”But what happens when the cross becomes an idol, and pain itself is worshiped as holy? Welcome back to The Family Table .In this second episode of Let Us Reason Together , we’re calling out the theology of sacred suffering, the lie that the more you hurt, the more holy you are. This isn’t just about endurance. It’s about the systems that trained us to glorify trauma, normalize...

Praise Is My Weapon: When Faith Becomes Pacifism in the Face of Fascism Episode Overview: In this episode of The Family Table , we dig into the phrase “Praise is my weapon” - a beloved declaration in Black churches - and ask what it means in a time when MAGA extremism sanctifies violence, Christian nationalism glorifies death, and both political parties fail to protect our communities. Is praise b...

“Faith without works is dead.” But what happens when your works are simply… waiting? Waiting on G-d. Waiting on a sign. Waiting on a blessing that never comes, because deep down, you were never taught to move. Welcome to The Family Table In this inaugural episode of Let Us Reason Together , we’re naming what so many of us feel but have never had language for: The impoverished mind . This isn’t jus...

Welcome to The Family Table Podcast with Tanya Alkhaliq. In this first episode, I’m laying the foundation for what this space is, and what it isn’t. This podcast is a gathering place for diasporic Africans to unpack the weight we carry, spiritually, politically, psychologically, and emotionally. Here, we blend theology, therapy, and historical research to challenge systems that have distorted the...