Women in Bloom | Multigenerational Talks for Women of Color

Send us Fan MailThis week we are joined by none other than Mothyna James-Brightful, an award-winning speaker, storyteller, and community builder with over 22 years of experience. She has trained over 100,000 individuals, focusing on communication, leadership, and community transformation. As the Founder of MeRise LLC and NisaNova®, she enhances organizational effectiveness and supports melanated women through personal development. Her expertise includes public speaking, dignified storytelling, and capacity building. Mothyna's work has been featured in various publications, and she is the author of notable books on leadership and education. Her mission is to empower people to find their voice and create meaningful change in their communities.We're discussing all things Black women in community. What it means to hold space for melanated women, how closeness and trust are built and the restorative power of good company.

Send us Fan MailWhat if the answers you’ve been searching for are already inside you?In this episode of Women in Bloom, we sit down with educator, author, and cultural worker Mya D. Ajanku to explore the transformative power of journaling as a tool for healing, self-discovery, and personal growth. Drawing from decades of experience in education, dance, and reflective practice, Mya shares how journaling can become more than a habit. It can become a lifelong companion.Together, we discuss:How to create a sustainable journaling practiceSimple ways to get started, even if you’ve never kept a journalHow to protect your privacy and safeguard your thoughtsWhat to write when you’re staring at a blank pageWhy old journals become powerful mirrors of your growth, resilience, and transformationWhether you’re beginning your journaling journey or returning to the page after time away, this conversation offers practical guidance and gentle encouragement to help you reconnect with yourself.About Our GuestMya D. Ajanku is an educator, author, and cultural worker whose work centers on storytelling, mindfulness, and reflective writing. Rooted in the Akan principle of Sankofa—“go back and fetch it”—she empowers individuals to honor their experiences, deepen self-awareness, and preserve their personal and cultural legacy through the practice of journaling.✨ If this conversation resonates with you, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who may need the reminder that their story is worth writing.

Send us Fan MailToday we're joined by Kimberly Whitmon, an Operational Growth Engineer, Founder & CEO of ASCEND Optimization, Certified AI Consultant, speaker, and author. For years, she helped women navigate personal transformation, emotional wellness, and leadership development through facilitation, coaching, and community-building.Today, Kimberly brings those same principles into entrepreneurship, helping founders transform vision into execution through operational systems, AI, and business infrastructure. Her work sits at the intersection of personal evolution and business growth, proving that the way we build ourselves and the way we build our businesses are more connected than most people realize.She is the author of the #1 mental health adult coloring book, Color to Clarity, and is passionate about helping people create lives and businesses that are aligned, sustainable, and built with intention.Join us for a candid conversation about shedding old deficit-focused identities and adopting new ones of prosperity, freedom, abundance and peace.

Send us Fan MailThis week on Women in Bloom, we’re catching up with a few personal life updates before introducing something we’ve been so excited to share: the very first installment of our new advice series, Ask an Elder, Ask a Coach.Our first anonymous question comes from a listener who asks: How do you lovingly navigate a relationship with a mother who continues to offer opinions and advice that weren’t asked for?It’s a dynamic so many of us know well. How do you honor the wisdom of a parent while also honoring your own voice, boundaries, and decisions as an adult?In the second half of this episode, Eldress offers her perspective from a lifetime of lived experience, while Jasmine brings a coaching lens to the conversation. Together, they explore how love, communication, and healthy boundaries can coexist, even in complicated family relationships.Be sure to listen all the way through because the advice segment begins in the second half of the episode. And if you have a question you’d like us to discuss in a future Ask an Elder, Ask a Coach episode, you can submit it anonymously here:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1e_mTGuRnv7e-5AeYs6HT-sQNRoi_7_xH0o5-L-fAMNg/viewform?pli=1&pli=1&edit_requested=trueLife comes at you fast, and to that we say: Bloom anyway.

Send us Fan MailWellness doesn’t have to be another thing on your to-do list.This week on Women in Bloom, we’re sitting down with sensory wellness designer Jamie Conner (@jamieonwellness) to talk about creating spaces that actually support your well-being.🏡 Think home hacks.🌿 Think wellness integration.✨ Think simple shifts that help your environment work with you, not against you.Let’s be honest: many of us know what supports our wellness, but integrating those practices into everyday life is where we get stuck. Jamie’s work is all about making wellness practical, accessible, and beautifully woven into your daily routines.Join us as we explore how your home, your habits, and your surroundings can become part of your healing journey.Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts.

Send us Fan MailIn this walk-and-talk episode of Women in Bloom, Jasmine and Eldress Jackie take the podcast back to its roots with a candid conversation recorded on the move.The mother-daughter duo reflects on how their zodiac traits show up in their relationship and creative collaboration, shares updates about exciting upcoming guests, and discusses a new listener advice segment where community questions can be explored through a multigenerational lens of wisdom, healing, and lived experience.They also reflect on their upcoming presentations at the Wadadli Healing Symposium in Antigua and the importance of creating spaces that nurture wellness, connection, and growth.Join Jasmine and Eldress Jackie for a conversation filled with laughter, honest reflections, and a few behind-the-scenes glimpses into the evolving journey of Women in Bloom.

Send us Fan MailWhat does healing really look like for Black women across generations? In this deeply heartfelt episode of Women in Bloom, we sit down with Rev. Coach Tanishia Johnson of Beyond This Moment Coaching & Business Consulting LLC for a powerful, soul-nourishing conversation you don’t want to miss.Together, we explore what it truly means to heal—beyond the buzzwords. From overcoming inner childhood wounds to redefining self-care, this conversation reminds us that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to wellness.Across three generations—Baby Boomer, Gen X, and Millennial—we unpack:✨ The real work of healing and self-discovery✨ Spiritual hygiene and how we each access wellness differently✨ The unique healing journeys of Black women✨ The power of boundaries and choosing yourself first✨ What it looks like to hold space for your own becomingThere’s something sacred about this moment—three Black women, connected by decades of shared history, speaking truth, love, and healing into each other in real time. It’s honest. It’s warm. It’s necessary.If you’ve ever felt like you’re carrying too much, pouring into everyone else, or trying to find your way back to yourself… this conversation is for you. 🌸 Want to go deeper?Learn more about Women in Bloom and coaching with Jasmine at: https://inbloomwithjasmine.comDon’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe to stay connected with more conversations that support your growth, healing, and becoming.#WomenInBloom #BlackWomenHealing #SelfCareJourney #InnerChildHealing #SpiritualHygiene #HealingInCommunity #Boundaries #WellnessForBlackWomen

Send us Fan MailWhat does it really mean to feel beautiful… without needing anything external to validate it?In this episode of Women in Bloom, we sit down with Tanisha Janae (@holistichomegirll), aka your Holistic Homegirl, holistic esthetician, herbalist and doula, to talk about healing, self-love, and redefining beauty from the inside out.✨So many women have been conditioned to only feel “ready” or “worthy” when they’re done up—but what happens when you begin to see yourself as whole, pure, and enough as you are?Tanisha is doing powerful work guiding women back to themselves through intentional self-care, energy healing, and a deeper relationship with their own reflection. She shares her journey, her purpose as a generational curse breaker, and how her work is helping women reconnect with their worth in a real way.This conversation is soft, honest, and necessary.If you’ve ever struggled with how you see yourself… this one is for you 🤎🎧 Watch the full episode now💬 Drop a comment: What does “feeling beautiful” mean to you?#WomenInBloom #HolisticHomegirl #SelfLoveJourney #BlackWomenHeal #BeautyFromWithin #HealingJourney #WellnessForBlackWomen

Send us Fan MailThis week kicked off Women in Bloom's mini-series titled Women Healing & Leading Boldly in honor of Women's History Month. In this episode, Ashley Fell of The Imperfectly Perfect Space, LLC shares her spiritual framework for transformation and how she supports women navigating those “in-between” seasons—the ones where everything feels uncertain, but something powerful is being formed.If you’ve ever found yourself in a season of becoming, this conversation is for you!

Send us Fan MailWhat does it really take to love someone for a lifetime?In this special Valentine’s Day episode of Women in Bloom, I sit down with my parents—the Campbells—for an honest, tender, and deeply grounded conversation on love, marriage, and partnership after 45 years together. We talk about how they met, the expectations they carried into marriage, and how reality reshaped those ideas over time.They share what truly became the foundation of their marriage beyond romance, how they grew as individuals without growing apart, and what it meant to fall back in love during different seasons of life. We also explore the quiet but powerful work of staying connected without losing yourself—especially for women who desire partnership but refuse self-abandonment.This conversation includes my dad’s wisdom and my mom’s wisdom—earned through time, commitment, forgiveness, friendship, and faith in the process. No advice, no perfection—just truth, reflection, and love that has been tested and chosen again and again.Whether you’re married, single, partnered, or simply curious about what enduring love looks like in real life, this episode offers perspective, reassurance, and something to hold onto as you bloom.🌸 Tune in and settle into a conversation rooted in legacy, growth, and loving for life.

Send us Fan MailWhat if boundaries weren’t about pushing people away—but about keeping the relationship intact?In this episode of Women in Bloom, we’re talking honestly about boundaries—what they are, why we struggle with them, and how learning to set healthy boundaries can actually save our relationships instead of sabotaging them.We explore the two extremes many of us live in:​ Porous boundaries — where we overgive, overexplain, and let people run right through us​ Rigid boundaries — where we shut down, shut people out, and protect ourselves by building wallsThe goal isn’t either extreme. The goal is balance.We talk about:​ Why lack of boundaries often turns into resentment, avoidance, and emotional distance​ How people may push back when you start setting boundaries—and why that doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong​ How to communicate boundaries clearly and assertively without guilt, aggression, or over-justifying yourself​ What happens when boundaries fail because they aren’t enforced—and how to course-correct with integrityThis episode is for the woman who is tired of being misunderstood, overextended, or quietly upset—and ready to protect her peace without burning bridges.📚 Resource Spotlight:I’m also sharing a tool that’s been supporting my own boundary work: Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab, along with the companion workbook—powerful guides for learning how to say no, speak up, and stay rooted in self-respect.If you’ve ever wondered:​ “How do I set boundaries without losing people?”​ “Why do I feel guilty for advocating for myself?”​ “Is it too late to reset the tone of my relationships?”This conversation is for you.✨ Boundaries aren’t punishment.✨ Boundaries are protection.✨ Boundaries are an act of love—toward yourself and others.

Send us Fan MailWhat does it really mean to be in your highest vibration?In this episode of Women in Bloom, we move past the buzzwords and talk about what high vibrational states actually feel like: clear-minded, hopeful, light-bringing, and spacious. We explore how our inner world and outer environments shape our energy.We reflect on how our highest vibration isn’t about being positive all the time, but about having enough clarity and space to show up as ourselves. We also talk honestly about what pulls us out of that state.Together, we discuss how to lovingly approach another sister when she’s operating from a lower vibrational place—without judgment, fixing, or self-abandonment. And just as importantly, we name the wisdom in knowing when to step back, create breathing room, and protect our own spaciousness, even when our hearts want to stay.We also touch on navigating low vibrational energy at work, how it shows up, and how to stay grounded without dimming your light or shrinking yourself.This conversation is an invitation to notice what lifts you, what weighs you down, and how to move through the world with clarity, compassion, and care—for yourself and for each other.🌸 Because your highest vibration isn’t something you force. It’s something you return to.Instagram @inbloomwithjasmineevadney

Send us Fan MailHead to www.inbloomwithjasmine.com to download your free 2026 Emotional Blooming Plan! 5:30 Podcast Moguls Training Program 7:50 Podcast Name Change 9:00 Coaching Reflection 13:10 Dreaming 15:30 Intuition 15:50 Tips for Building Intuition 20:04 Adding New Cards to Our Emotional Deck 26:01 Buttons & Triggers in 2026 This week on Women in Bloom, Jasmine is sharing some of her wins from 2025. She’s also discussing lessons from 2025, because what year is complete without a few lessons in the back pocket. She’s discussing the concepts of honoring our own divine timing, releasing and repairing. Last but not least Jasmine is unpacking her emotional glow up plan for 2026, which includes examining how we think about our options when responding to emotional triggers. What cards are in our deck and what cards we are adding for 2026? This year we’re continuing to regulate our emotional hot buttons. We’re not letting people dance all over our keyboards! Grab your notebook, your tea or coffee and catch the vibes!

Send us Fan MailOn this episode of Bloomers & Boomers, Jasmine and Jacqueline unpack the sacred art of unlearning—the beliefs, habits, fears, and expectations we have to release in order to become who we’re meant to be.From people-pleasing and perfectionism to guilt, rushing, and generational “shoulds,” we explore what different decades teach us about letting go.With Jasmine’s coaching lens and Mrs. Jacqueline’s seasoned wisdom, this intergenerational conversation blends neuroscience, storytelling, and soul. This one is evergreen—perfect for any season of life.Why unlearning is a core part of healing and personal growthThe patterns women in their 20s, 40s, 60s, and 70s are sheddingHow the brain holds onto old scripts and how to rewrite themWhat happens when you stop over-functioning and start choosing peaceA simple practice to begin unlearning gently this weekIf you’re ready to release what no longer serves you… press play and bloom with us.

Send us Fan MailNearly 300,000 Black women were laid off in one political cycle. In this episode, we unpack the deeper story behind those numbers: the illusion of job security, the vulnerability of relying on systems not built with us in mind, and the powerful awakening unfolding in the Black community.This is a raw, necessary conversation about grit, gratitude, and the rise of Black women-owned futures. We’re talking economic sovereignty, collective healing, and the urgency of creating our own opportunities. We’re not waiting for the next administration to decide our fate.