Love Letters to Our Bodies
Conversations on health, healing, and happiness for and by African American women. An exploration of the mind, body, spirit connection. and opportunities to hear from spiritual teachers and holistic health practitioners.
Episodes
13 episodes
BLACC - Peer Navigation Research Project
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the Black community, and we need to be about helping to save these lives. Today’s guest, Starla Gay, believes that she was born a community health advocate because she has been standing up for wha...
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Episode 12
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30:41
A Life of Purpose & Self-Advocacy
Self-love in times of physical and mental challenges is the best medicine.’ This powerful quote comes from today’s guest, Ms. Delorme McKee-Stovall, in her letter that was part of our first Love Letters to Our Bodies booklet. An ordain...
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Episode 11
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36:42
Beyond Chemotherapy: Integrative Cancer Care Supports Healing
Show Notes What if cancer care could go beyond managing symptoms to help patients truly heal in mind, body, and spirit? Joining us today is Melbra Watts, Executive Director of Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, a women’s health clinic...
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Episode 10
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28:23
Food, Nutrition and Cancer
There are many ways in which your health and nutrition affect your chances of getting cancer and how your body recovers from a cancer diagnosis. Today on Love Letters 2 Our Bodies, Assistant Professor of the Department of Nutritional Sciences a...
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Episode 9
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32:03
The Black Beauty Justice Project
Episode 8: Show Notes Could the beauty products you're using be silently harming your health? In this powerful episode of the Love Letters 2 Our Bodies podcast, we’re joined by Dr. Astrid Williams, Director of Programs and Initiative...
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Episode 8
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30:57
The Role of a Cancer Doula
Today’s episode shows how a cancer diagnosis is not the end of one’s life. We are joined by Talaya Dendy, a renowned cancer doula (and 12-year cancer thriver!) who in her daily life and work, goes above and beyond to provide guidance & supp...
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Episode 7
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29:20
The Power of Intention and Sacred Space
What if setting a simple intention could transform your life? In this powerful episode, Gwendolyn Mitchell sits down with Astrid Richardson-Ashley, a licensed clinical social worker and Reiki practitioner, to explore the profound impact of inte...
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Episode 6
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38:55
The Power of Living Authentically
Show NotesWhen a woman receives a breast cancer diagnosis, it can feel earth-shattering. However, as today’s incredible guest demonstrates, it can also serve as a powerful wake-up call to reevaluate and make meaningful changes tha...
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Episode 5
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34:40
Embracing Life Navigating Multiple Myeloma
According to the International Myeloma Foundation, African Americans in the US make up 20% of all multiple myeloma patients, despite comprising only 14% of the country’s population. While science has yet to find a cure, today’s guest, Valarie T...
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Episode 4
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25:02
Losing a Leg and Finding a Life Purpose
What if your greatest challenge became the key to unlocking your true purpose? In this inspiring episode, we’re joined by internationally renowned motivational speaker, personal trainer, and triathlete Erin “Bionic” Brown, who turned a life-alt...
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Episode 3
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27:46
Making Peace with Life's Challenges
How do we find peace and healing in the face of life’s toughest challenges? In this episode, host Gwendolyn Mitchell is joined by Dr. Lucretia Bolin, a Ph.D.-trained family nurse practitioner, advocate, and BIPOC wellness coach with over three ...
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Episode 2
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44:10
Why Love Letters 2 Our Bodies
Welcome to the first episode of Love Letters 2 Our Bodies, with your host, Gwendolyn Mitchell, Founder and CEO of MOYO Institute, Inc. As a lifelong spiritual seeker and energy worker, Gwendolyn leads thoughtful conversations on health, healing...
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Episode 1
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38:45