Culture Over Coffee

In this episode of Culture Over Coffee with R & R, we explore the quiet strength of soft power—the kind that shows up through boundaries, honesty, and the courage to choose yourself.Over warm cups and real conversation, we unpack how grief reshapes identity, why protecting your peace is not selfish, and what it actually looks like to honor your needs in a world that often rewards self-abandonment. This is a space for reflection, healing, and truth-telling without pressure to perform or have it all figured out.If you’re learning to let go, speak up, or simply breathe again after loss or transition, pull up a chair. You’re not alone here.Sip slow. Just breathe. Stay true.

February talks a lot about love, but not enough about self-preservation. This conversation is about protecting your heart while still loving fully.Love isn’t supposed to cost you your peace. In this episode, we talk about how to love deeply without losing yourself in the process.

ALL NEW!!!! As promised, our ladies have kicked out an all new series for the month of love, the month of February. This episode starts sort of where Riva left off, and with Ragya back in the studio you don't want to miss this! Episode One: Creating Space, Not Pressure is everything you have been waiting for and you get to here it all from Ragya, herself. So tune in to: February Series: Choosing Yourself 💛Because growth doesn’t come from pressure… it comes from space.

In this final episode of the first series of 2026, we finally get an update on Ragya’s time away, and Riva wraps up the series with possibly the heaviest topic yet: guilt and grief.Tune in to hear the end of the beginning of many more heart to hearts like this one to come!

Catch the second part of our 2-part series, "No More Resolutions." Referencing an article on psychology and wellness, Riva shares what she learned on the Rest and Recharge Protocol, and how she and Ragya are applying this practice to their own resolve of retiring resolutions, choosing to focus on rest, instead.

Welcome to COC 2026!!! And Happy New Year to you all. It is January and as promised, we have an all new series this month. Let's just call this one, "Relax, Relate, Release." IYKYK, lol.This month you will be hearing our very own original host and founder, Riva. Kicking off this series, we will be discussing grief, trauma, and there will even be some challenges for every listener who has decided January is their time to rest and recharge, restoration NOT optional.Tune in for this two-part series.

Join the ladies of Culture Over Coffee ("2.0" as Riva always says - lol) as they discuss the 'Grows and Glows' of 2025. What/Who are you grateful for? What have you overcome? What life lessons will you never forget?Listen as our ladies share all this and more on the final episode of their first ever series: The Year That Changed Us.

Listeners, family, and friends - and now, new cohost... All of you have been waiting for this episode. Hear it here first! Our visionary, founder, and original host formerly known as Riva Jaye, shares her story. Tune in to witness and experience the journey our founder, Riva "Riv" Norris, has been on since this podcast has started. Relive with her, learn with Ragya, and listen with others as she shares how life has been, and where she has been, over the past 5 years!!!This is 'The Divorce' episode.

Part one of a 3 part series: The Year That Changed Us. For the month of December, the ladies of the COC podcast are recapping 2025. All the highs, the lows, and in between is why this series is one you don’t want to miss.Part One kicks off with getting to know Ragya in ways not even Riva was expecting.

Hey everyone! Guess what? We’re back! Season 2 of Culture Over Coffee is officially brewing, and we cannot WAIT to share what’s coming.

In this episode of Culture Over Coffee (season 2), we talk about gratitude, thankfulness, and the small moments that inspire us — all through the lens of Thanksgiving. Join Riva and Ragya as we reflect on what we're thankful for and how gratitude shapes our everyday lives.

Welcome to the first episode of Culture Over Coffee season 2! In this introduction, host Riva and co-host Ragya Sorour share the story behind the podcast and the friendship that fuels it. Get to know my co-host Ragya — a teacher, writer, and storyteller — whose humor, heart, and real-life experiences shape the conversations ahead.Join us as we talk culture, connection, and the everyday moments that inspire this show. If you love authentic conversations, relatable stories, and women who keep it real, this is the perfect place to start your journey with us.

Join us for our special holiday episode! This week our special guest, Nurissa Christie, visits us briefly to discuss entrepreneurship and being a cheer-mom in education administration for Part Two of our series, Educator Moms.

This week we are kicking off an all new series, one that is near and dear to my heart because we discuss all things education, and of course, MOTHERHOOD!!! Our guest educator this week, Dionne Formey, details her own culture of education, her passion for sharing that with her students, and her love and appreciation for all HBCU's (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). 

I have many special guests but today's guests takes the cake. Join me as I discuss marriage, family, and balancing it all with my closest and dearest childhood friend!

This week and next, we will have our new 2-part series: The Motherhood Hustle! Mom, manager, publicist, creator, this week's guest does it all and then some, and still looks fly doing it! Check it out!

Join us for the final discussion in our first ever 2-part series: Single and Saved, with special guest, Monicka Dugger!!! Hear her take on what it's like being single, going on dates, loving God, and having standards.

Join us for our first ever mini-series!!! This two-part series features two different women, from two backgrounds, with two different stories. We discuss relationships, religion, forms of abuse, and so much more on: Single and Saved.

A special word of encouragement from COC Founder and Owner, Riva Jaye!!!

Our special guest, Avery "Lady A" Atkinson, joins us for an informative discussion on what it's like being a leading lady in today's society.

In our very first episode I have two special guests who share parts of their stories and how it has shaped them. This week, we learn the why behind Culture Over Coffee.

Meet me, Riv, hear what we're all about, and stay tuned...there will be more for you to judge later.