The American Griot
by Jomil Bell, Keith Marcel
This podcast is about releasing the burden of Black trauma and embracing creative ways to heal and recharge. On it, Jomil Bell and Keith Marcel share stories from American Griots that affirm, inspire, liberate, and restore you.
Episodes
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Finding the Good in 2020
It’s so easy to focus on what went wrong, but today we’re focusing on everything that went right with 2020! In our Season II Finale, we take time to reflect, recharge, and find a whole lot of good so that we can walk into 2021 with gratitude and abundance! If you want to join the conversation…
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Call and Response
Hey Tribe! So many of you gave a lot of really great feedback on 5R! @meisha.b.1101 said “Gurley girl...I have to apologize for not following sooner! Because baby listen, episode 10 got me ready to shout at work!!! THANK YOU!!” No, @meisha.b.1101, thank YOU!! We heard you loud and clear. So this...
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The 5R Method
In the last episode, we challenged the ideas we hold about what it means to be successful. And we really encouraged you to get curious about whether your definition still serves you. In this episode, we break down our 5R Method. It’s the process we’ve used personally and with our clients to...
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Redefining Success
Have you ever felt like you were in a race with no finish line? Running as fast as you can, in what feels like circles, grasping to reach a constantly moving goal? And the more you grow, the more you convince yourself that you still need to go further? Have you ever stopped to consider whether…
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Voting While Black
Why do we vote? Does our vote really count? Is voter suppression really still a thing? These are all questions we’ve heard over the last few months. During a time like this, when we are less than 30 days out from a historic and critical election, we dedicate this episode to answering them and…
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Surviving 2020
We’re back ya’ll! We missed you so much! We’re sorry for the long break, but it was necessary and in this episode, we catch you up as to why. Being Black in America in 2020 has been a whole trip! This episode is about seeing all that we’ve survived and finding the stories that give us hope and...
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Lessons for Life
Last episode, we talked about the road to discovering your passion. Today, Keith and I go back in the day and share our own stories and the lessons we’ve collected along the way. With hindsight being 20/20, we are going to highlight the paradigm shifts we've had to make—some we needed to release...
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How to Find Your Passion
Today, we’re talking about how to find your purpose. Many people struggle with this either because they are burned out and just don’t have the energy to think about it. Others simply don’t know where to start. We have an amazing guest, Dr. Tammi Green, who shares her story about how to find and...
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Declutter Your Life
How you ever felt crowded by your own stuff? People, ideas or things that seem to have piled up and gotten in the way of you moving forward? Sometimes, you just need to declutter and move some things out of your way. In this episode, you’ll see that decluttering isn’t just for cleaning! You can…
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Decolonize Your Diet
If you’ve ever “eaten your feelings”, picked fast food over home-cooked meals; flavor over nutrition, or have struggled to stay consistent with any “new” diet, this episode is for you. We’re going to get to the truth behind why we eat what we eat and why it can be so challenging to change. Then...
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BTS: Black Traumatic Stress
BTS… Black Traumatic Stress! Yea, we said it. We’re going there. In this episode, we break down the misconceptions around stress, trauma and the undeniable impact they have in shaping our stories. We explore the various definitions of trauma, our unique experiences with it as Black people, and…
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What's a Griot?
In this episode, you’ll find that a griot is a storyteller; the keeper of oral tradition and the one who helps to pass the culture forward. We take a trip down memory lane to share some of our own stories and the lessons we’ve learned along the way. We also get to sit down NPR's Chief Diversity...
About this show
This podcast is about releasing the burden of Black trauma and embracing creative ways to heal and recharge. On it, Jomil Bell and Keith Marcel share stories from American Griots that affirm, inspire, liberate, and restore you.
Hosted by
Jomil Bell, Keith Marcel