I am so excited that we are now releasing all of the conversations we've had during the expansion tour.

This first one is a very special conversation between

Dionne Ivory, who so many of you know in love, and myself. It's also special because it is the last time for now that you'll be hearing from

Dion and myself in this way. As many of you know, Dion has expanded and has started an organization, the body at Home

for Love, which is so very necessary for black women, survivors of sexual assault and sexual violence overall and so she is

tending to and nurturing that phenomenal organization and community and we are

wishing her nothing but the best and excited to see the ways

that Black Grown Home and the Body Home for Love will continue to support and

intersect one another. With that being said, we hope that you send Dion lots of love. We hope that you

take in her wisdom here and we hope that you enjoy this episode. I'm Black Girl in Ome promotes holistic wellness and inner beauty for women of color.

We encourage self-care, self-love, and self-empowerment for communities of color. This is Lauren Ash and Dionne Ivory

thank you so much for listening.

So before I introduce Dionne Ivory, I wanted to mention and give gratitude for one of our phenomenal partners for this tour.

Foria, raise your hand if you've heard of Foria before.

Awesome, probably from Black Girl at home.

Or like maybe outside of it, I'm not sure.

But foria, they have a phenomenal product, Awaken, it's right up here, you can take a peek at it afterwards

if you haven't yet seen it.

They are a pioneering hemp and cannabis brand that is committed to nourishing health and

sexual wellness for folks perhaps like me who for various reasons were

repressed or conditioned to feel as though you know having a sexual

relationship with our own bodies and tapping in our own sensuality was bad or

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