“Healing is the work of getting other people’s stories out of your system: other people’s shame out of your body.” - Prentis Hemphill
HeARTtalk dives into the transformative power of art, storytelling, faith, and wellness, with each season introducing fresh themes to guide and inspire listeners on their healing journeys. Through TMLG’s insightful perspective and dynamic conversations with other thought leaders, HeARTtalk creates a space for connection, reflection, and growth as we all navigate the path to wholeness together.
SEASON 4 IS NOW AVAILABLE!
Episodes
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
In the Season 4 opener of HeARTtalk with Tracey Michae’l, TMLG explores her journey into contemplative and mindfulness practices as a Black woman whose life and foundation has been informed by the necessity of movement and activism. She unpacks the tension between stillness and action, the cultural nuances of Black joy and faith, and how silence and quietude can serve as a tool for both healing and clarity in the same way sound and expression can.
With reflections on her faith journey and the influence of the late Dr. Barbara Holmes and Howard Thurman, Tracey invites listeners to embrace the practice of stillness—in all its forms—as one more resource we can wield for wellness in a world bent on our dehumanization. Subscribe now so you can follow this season of powerful, grounding conversations on Black contemplative practice.
Written and produced by Tracey M. Lewis-Giggetts (IG: @tmlgwriter)
Music by Rebecca KellyG (IG: @rebeccakelly_g)
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Visit TMLG online at www.traceymlewis.com and check out her latest book, Black Joy Playbook: 30 Days of Intentionally Reclaiming Your Delight. Available wherever books are sold.
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
In this season finale episode, TMLG shares how observing her favorite animal taught her the power of surrendering control and releasing the need to manufacture outcomes in her life. She also helps a caller think through how to release a friendship that’s no longer serving them well.
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Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
TMLG unpacks the power of surrender as a way to shift and pivot in one’s life as well as the importance of viewing joy, freedom, and healing as a practice as opposed to a destination. She also answers a caller’s question about finding joy on the job.
Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
TMLG shares how she released herself from a culture of silence and the need to be in control at all times—in order to experience the freedom that comes with telling her stories and giving her voice air. She also helps a caller deal with the complicated feelings that come up while co-parenting a “forever child.”
Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
TMLG challenges us to consider how what we believe about ourselves and our lives shows up in what we actually do; our practices. She also invites a caller to accept that grief and joy CAN coexist.
Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
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Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
TMLG discusses the process of letting go of people, places, and things as we grow and evolve on our healing journeys. Sometimes the old stories, thoughts, and beliefs will rear their head because we haven’t thanked them for their service and put them in their proper place. She also helps a caller navigate the “loss” of joy in their marriage.
Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
TMLG explores how living the life of a healing person is the best testimony and witness we can have to others. She also answers a caller’s question regarding protecting the joy of Black children when they are the “only one” in certain spaces.
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Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
TMLG explores the power of contentment and acceptance as both a pathway to AND a manifestation of Black Joy.
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Get your copy of Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration wherever books are sold! Including Black bookstores Click HERE to buy.
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Howard Thurman, citing Abraham Heschel, wrote about this concept of "radical amazement" in his book, The Inward Journey, and TMLG unpacks it in relationship to Black Joy. She also invites a caller who is concerned about not being able to express the fullness of his emotions as a Black man, to consider the lies he's been told.
Visit TMLG and HeARTtalk online at:
IG - @hearttalkwithtracey & @tmlgwriter
FB- https://www.facebook.com/hearttalkwithtracey
Get your copy of Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration wherever books are sold! Including Black bookstores Click HERE to buy.
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
TMLG chats with prolific author, Deesha Philyaw, about the various ways we wield joy as Black women and writers. The two explore how Black joy shows up in the creation of characters as well as how creatives, in particular, live and work.
Visit Deesha at: www.deeshaphilyaw.com
Visit TMLG and HeARTtalk online at:
IG - @hearttalkwithtracey & @tmlgwriter
FB- https://www.facebook.com/hearttalkwithtracey
Get your copy of Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration wherever books are sold! Including Black bookstores Click HERE to buy.