Gettin' Grown

Jade and Keia welcome trauma therapist,  life coach, pastor, and NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Anita Phillips to the kitchen table for a timely conversation about exploring and understanding our emotions through the lens of self- and NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Anita Phillips to the kitchen table for a timely conversation about exploring and understanding our emotions through the lens of self acceptance.

Transcribed - Published: 30 June 2026

Jade and Keia catch up around the kitchen table knit a regular degular sister friend check in. Sit With Us

Transcribed - Published: 23 June 2026

Jade and Keia welcome XD back to kitchen table for special mashup episode!  Sit with us and special guest Dr. Terrell Winder to discuss his new book Shameless: The Making of Black Gay Identities in LA, an examination of intersectional identity, stigma and stigma response processes among black gay men.

Transcribed - Published: 16 June 2026

Jade, Keia, and the GG community at large connect around the kitchen table to discuss our petty peeves. We got a lot to be mad about!

Transcribed - Published: 9 June 2026

Nedra Glover Tawwab is back at the table to help us get into all things relationships!  Why we have more access to each other and fewer real connections,  language & tools for balancing healthy dependence and autonomy, and taking responsibility for healthy relationships and real community. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2026

Jade and Keia welcome trauma-informed mental health coach, professor, and creator Dr. Shanté Holley to the kitchen table to talk mental health coaching, its distinct value in understanding our experiences, beliefs, and choices in context, and what taking responsibility for your own healing and mental health can look like in practice. We learned as much as we laughed. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2026

Jade and Keia formally kickoff Graduation Announcement Season 2026. It’s our favorite time of the year. Celebrate with us.

Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2026

Mother's Day is... complicated.  Jade and Keia reflect on the complexity of the holiday, grief as an expression of love, and the village of grandmother, aunties, other mother figures, and chosen family who shape and mother us beyond bloodlines. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2026

Jade and Keia kick off Mental Health Awareness Month with honest specific commitments to intentionally optimizing performance and preserving our peace. What are you doing for your mental health this May? Sit with us and let’s figure it out together.”

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2026

Zorine Truly aka The Hoochie Historian joins Jade and Keia at the kitchen table for a dope discussion about hoochie culture as archival work, liberatory practice, and a love letter to Black women living fully and freely in radical authenticity. It’s a celebration. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 28 April 2026

Lillian Prince joins Jade and Keia at the table, and we’re talking cards, connection, and the radical utility of telling the truth. From the power of a good playlist, dating horror stories, to working the hard seasons of adulting, this episode covers it all. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2026

The world is a lot right now. This week we put the news down, pulled out a card game, and just chose each other. Sometimes that's the most radical thing you can do.

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2026

Our bodies are not the problem. The systems are. Jade and Keia sit down with two brilliant Black women physicians, Dr. Sharon Malone and Dr. Wendy Goodall McDonald, for an honest and expansive women's health roundtable covering perimenopause, IVF, reproductive rights, and how to advocate for yourself in systems that were never designed with you in mind.

Transcribed - Published: 7 April 2026

Vacant properties are more than an eyesore. They are a symptom of systemic injustice and a barrier to thriving communities. Jade and Keia sit down with activist, community development leader, and Council Member Kat Guillaume-Delemar to discuss vacancy, abandonment, and what it truly takes to revitalize a community from the inside out.

Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2026

Nine years in. Grown and still growing. Jade and Keia revisit a powerful kitchen table conversation with sociologist Dr. Kris Marsh on family, class, and what it truly means to live as a grown woman on your own terms.

Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2026

Womanhood: how we define it, how it defines us, and how it evolves over time. Jade and Keia bring sister-friend, journalist & culture critic Shar Jossell to the kitchen table. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2026

Jade and Keia ground our celebration of Women’s History Month in personal and collective reflection on the definition of womanhood and how our understanding has evolved over time. Join us.

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2026

Keia’s back ya’ll! Sit with us around the kitchen table for a solid debrief.

Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2026

Fran pulls up a seat to the kitchen table for a little sister talk about Reality Check, the Top Model documentary.

Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2026

Nikki joins us at the Kitchen Table for an in depth conversation on what chronic illness looks like in a Black Woman, and strategies to advocate for yourself under these circumstances.

Transcribed - Published: 17 February 2026

Dr. Wendy Goodall McDonald joins the Kitchen Table to share her personal experience with Black History and other fun personal facts. Love, prayers, and hugs to our Keia.

Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2026

Shanti Mayers of Around the Way Curls and The Sable Collective joins us this week to dive into an important conversation with Dr. Gina Paige of African Ancestry Inc. around tracing and archiving our lineage. Love, prayers, and hugs to our Keia.

Transcribed - Published: 3 February 2026

Just ahead of the season opener snowstorm of Winter 2026, Jade and Keia discuss their ideal snow day setups and their plans to rest, rot, read, and write, among other things. Join us.

Transcribed - Published: 27 January 2026

Jade and Keia return to the kitchen table today with a fun way to name some intentions for what we're experimenting with, committing too, and leaving behind as we move in to 2026. Sit with us! Play Along and send us your intentions at hello@gettingrown.co

Transcribed - Published: 22 January 2026

Happy New Year to our Tribe! We hope your holiday season was restful and restorative. Sit with us for a gumbo of opening New Year episodes in the spirit of gratitude and reflection as context for our growth and goal setting for 2026. We can’t wait to reconnect with you soon.

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2026

Join Jade and Keia at the kitchen table for the final time in 2025.  We are so grateful for this show and the Gettin Grown Community. We are also ready for this year to pack her things and go!  Wishing you all a safe New Year.

Transcribed - Published: 30 December 2025

Happy Holidays!!! This week Jade and Keia welcome Hey Fran Hey back to the kitchen table for some sister time and collective reflection. Sit with us to unpack a wild year and what we’ve learned along the way.

Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2025

Jade and Keia are joined at the kitchen table by longtime sister friend, OG YouTuber, and Creative Director Tracie Mae to discuss all things grief management this holiday season. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2025

This week , Jade and Keia welcome award winning Palestinian American author and media strategist Jenan Matari to the kitchen table to discuss stories and storytelling as tools of advocacy, resistance, and liberation. Join us.

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2025

“It’s Timmmme!!!!!!” or whatever Mariah Carey said. Join Jade and Keia for as they share their favorite brands and items for the holidays. Let’s love on ourselves, our loved ones, and our community by investing and re-investing in Black women owned/Black owned Brands. We’re grateful for all of you this holiday seasons.

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2025

Join Jade, Keia and entrepreneur, strategic consultant and CEO, Jasmine Imani at the kitchen table for a compelling conversation about entrepreneurship, curiosity, and the courage to trust your intuition and bet on yourself. Sit with us

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2025

Jade and Keia are joined by writer, stylist, creative director, image activist and icon Michaela angela Davis. Sit with us to discuss Tenderheaded, a love note from Ms. Michaela to us that explores the tensions of visibility and vulnerability, privilege and marginalization, legacy and loss. Don’t miss it.

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2025

Jade and Keia gather around the kitchen table for a candid conversation on the history, existence, and evolution of “brain rot” and defending against our own cognitive decline. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2025

Join Jade and Keia for a quick sister checkin featuring The Black Girl Hug Experience Card Game. Grab a snack and sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2025

Jade and Keia are joined by peer recovery specialist, speaker, author, and entrepreneur T-Kea Blackman for an enlightening conversation about suicide, Black suicide prevention, and the power of peer support. Disclaimer: This episode discusses suicide and mental health crises. If you’re struggling, please call/text 988 or reach out to Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Additional resources discussed in the episode and also linked below.

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2025

Jade and Keia are joined by organizer, storyteller, and founder Allie Redhouse Young to continue the conversation about preserving & honoring history, meaningful allyship, and refusing invisibility.

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2025

Jade and Keia catch up around the kitchen table to unpack a heavy week.  Join us for a brief conversation about hope and agency in challenging times.

Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2025

Join Jade and Keia for a quick check in at the kitchen table amidst life, work, and travel. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2025

This week Jade and Keia test drive a new game in the spirit of soul care and self preservation. Sit with us for a new play on word association to reconnect with ourselves in scary and uncertain times.

Transcribed - Published: 23 September 2025

Jade and Keia welcome Crissle Jean back to the kitchen table for a bit of self reflection on our 30s, what we’ve learned, and what we’re looking forward to (Shoutout to the Icon, Bevy Smith).

Transcribed - Published: 16 September 2025

Jade and Keia bring us to the Kitchen Table this week to reflect on how childhood summers inspire every grown season. Plus, an inspiring listener shoutout, and a petty peeve that asks... is the clapback worth it?

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2025

Jade and Keia hit the kitchen table for a Quarter 4 Check-In on their 2025 Annual Goals. SIt with us

Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2025

Jade and Keia are on the road this week for the summer live show tour. Running back Gettin Grown Live in Philly from 2018 to give y’all a taste of the live show experience. Be sure to catch us on the road this summer to see how much we’ve grown. We love y’all.

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2025

Jade and Keia welcome Memphis native, musician, and artist manager of Crosstown Arts, McKenzii Webster, to the kitchen table ahead of our upcoming Gettin Grown Live Memphis, TN show. Sit with us to learn more about the rich history and legacy of food, music, and Black culture in Memphis.

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2025

This week, we’re joined by our brother XD for a timely conversation about connection and authentic community building ahead of Gettin Grown Live LA. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2025

Jade and Keia welcome distinguished Black Maternal Health advocate, entrepreneur, and author, Latham Thomas to the kitchen table for a timely conversation about body literacy, birthing, and maternal advocacy, equity, and care.  Some things are just sacred. Sit with us to learn more.

Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2025

Jade and Keia check in at the kitchen table this week with a midsummer reminder that rest and joy are not only essential restorative practices, they are rebellion and resistance. Reframe your thinking and reclaim your time.

Transcribed - Published: 15 July 2025

Join Jade and Keia for an interesting discussion of home decor across generations.

Transcribed - Published: 8 July 2025

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025

The Grown Folks Music Series continues in celebration of Black Music Month & National DJ Month. This week Jade and Keia welcome visionary DJ and event producer DJ Hourglass to the kitchen table for a dope conversation that celebrates music as a messenger, mood regulator, educator, enabler, convener, tool of resistance. It’s all about the mix. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2025