“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
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.
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
TMLG talks more about the physical body being a portal to joy, especially for Black and Brown folks.
Our caller fam also wants to know how we can sustain joy over time.
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 Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
TMLG is back and Season 3 is all about BLACK JOY!
In this episode...
What does it look like to hold on to our joy, to be intentional about creating moments of joy, when fear and rage and grief is ever present and the world is a dumpster fire?
With the new call-in format and special guest episodes, Tracey will unpack this and so much more this season.
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.
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
In the season finale episode, Tracey Michae’l talks with author, visual artist, and teacher, Claudia Love Mair, about the intersection of the arts with mental health and specifically about her own journey with Bipolar Disorder. This candid conversation covers the problematic view of racism as mental illness, Claudia's spiritual evolution and winding journey in publishing, and the beauty in having a different kind of brain.
Visit Claudia on IG: @claudialovemair
HeARTtalk is: Healing through Art and Story
Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
In S2E9 of HeARTtalk, TMLG talks with her partner/husband William Giggetts about the challenges and upsides of living with an artist/creative. The couple talks about the day-to-day frustrations, the ever-elusive notion of balance, and parenting pressures during the pandemic.
HeARTtalk is: Healing through Art and Story
Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
In S2E8 of HeARTtalk, TMLG talks with actor/playwright, Teresa Miller, about the power of the arts to help us "hear" ourselves so that, in turn, we can love well and heal. The response to grief, for some, is to run as far away from it as possible. And that’s understandable. It hurts. It overwhelms. But Teresa shares with us the hope found in sitting in our grief. Examining it.
HeARTtalk is: Healing through Art and Story
Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
In S2E7, TMLG speaks with writer, cinematographer, and producer, Stephanie Malson, about her pivot from corporate security to full-time creative work. The conversation is an intimate and candid look at the ebbs and flows that come with making such a huge transition and the significance of knowing your “why.”
Check out Stephanie’s cinematography reel: https://vimeo.com/223023758
Visit her on instagram: @slminspired
HeARTtalk is: Healing through Art and Story
Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
So much of what we call illness and disease can be linked to how much personal and trans-generational trauma we hold in our bodies. That’s why it is critical in this movement for Black lives that we #fightANDheal. Learning how to return to our bodies can be transformative and one of the ways we can do that is through movement. In S2E6 of HeARTtalk, TMLG speaks with Randall Rosenberg, a NOLA-based dancer and choreographer, about how movement and dance can be a healing force if we can embrace the freedom found in it.
Visit Randall on IG at: Instagram.com/Iwantmycrownback
HeARTtalk is: Healing through Art and Story
Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
While we—Black people—are fighting, we must also try to heal. We must. In S2E5, Tracey Michae’l talks about choosing to embrace her rage as righteous and the importance of finding subversive ways to heal from the trauma of racism and racial micro-aggressions. One of those tools for healing is gardening and in this episode she chats with Natasha Nicholes of We Sow We Grow and HousefulofNicholes.com about urban homesteading and how gardening/farming has served her own grief journey.
HeARTtalk is: Healing through Art and Story
Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
In S2E4 of HeARTtalk, Tracey Michae'l speaks with author, journalist, and public intellectual, Lori Tharps, about the power of telling our personal stories for personal and collective healing. It’s inevitable that when sharing our personal stories--whether via memoir, essays, or oral storytelling--there will be a myriad of questions that come up. What part of the story should I tell? How much of it should I tell? Who am I "speaking" to and why? Do I need to give the other people in my story a "heads up"? HeARTtalk takes a deep dive into what it means to be “ready” to tell your story.
Visit Lori at https://www.loriltharps.com/
Visit My American MeltingPot at http://myamericanmeltingpot.com/
***
HeARTtalk is: Healing through Art and Story
Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
FB: www.facebook.com/hearttalkwithtracey