Gettin' Grown

Jade and Keia welcome brilliant clinical psychologist, minister, creative, and author Dr. Thema Bryant to the kitchen table for a rich discussion on healing, self-love, and cultivating practices of gentleness, self-awareness, self-compassion, self-advocacy, and self-forgiveness.  You don’t want to miss this.

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2025

Jade and Keia gather around the kitchen table to discuss the value of regular self-reflection and sustaining a spirit of curiosity as we age. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025

Join Jade and Keia in welcoming Whitey McGuire to the kitchen table for a powerful conversation on defining and exploring the sustainability movement, how it should always center our stories, and why it matters now.

Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2025

Jade and Keia welcome Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) to the kitchen table. Join us for a compelling conversation about knowing about understanding the game and how to play defense.

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025

Jade and Keia close Women’s History Month with a dynamic discussion about scuba, storytelling, self-discovery, and destiny featuring Tara Roberts.

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025

Jade and Keia catch up around the kitchen table. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2025

A big welcome back to Gettin Grown’s Resident OB/GYN Dr. Wendy Goodall McDonald, to the kitchen table as we continue our celebration of Women’s History Month with a roundtable on all things twatty bird.

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2025

Jade and Keia continue the celebration of the Black History Year and Women’s History Month with a conversation with CEO of the Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP) Michele Y. Smith. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 11 March 2025

Jade and Keia  continue to celebrate Black History Year with Toya from Harlem.  Sit with us for a dynamic discussion of the value of learning and knowing our history.

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025

Jade and Keia meet in studio to discuss and celebrate family and how our understandings of family have evolved as we age. We’re celebrating community and connection all Black History Year at the kitchen table.

Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2025

Jade and Keia revisit the modern day episode of SchoolHouse Rock brought to us by Kendrick Lamar’s at Super Bowl LIX.

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2025

Catch up with Jade and Keia around the kitchen table. Combat the fear and angst of these uncertain times by creating your bingo card for 2025.

Transcribed - Published: 11 February 2025

Jade and Keia welcome Fashion and Celebrity Stylist and content creator Kelly Augustine to the kitchen table for a compelling conversation about inclusion in fashion and lifestyle space and cultivating personal style. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2025

Preparation is a form of self care & community care. Join Jade and Keia for a deep dive in disaster/crisis planning.

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2025

Jade and Keia cook up a gumbo all about prioritizing ourselves and minding our Black women business this week and all year. Please join us!

Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2025

Happy New Year. Sit with Jade and Keia as we process current events and then escape them with a deep dive into the recently released documentary about one our favorite legends, Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr.

Transcribed - Published: 14 January 2025

There is healing in radical transparency and community. Sit with Jade and Keia for our final conversation of 2024.

Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2024

Join Jade and Keia as they catch up in-studio to discuss holiday traditions we’re keeping, changing, and developing as our families evolve.

Transcribed - Published: 24 December 2024

Jade and Keia welcome award winning journalist, author, podcast host, and fellow foodie Michele Norris back to the kitchen table, to discuss synergies across difference and conversations about race.

Transcribed - Published: 17 December 2024

Uncertain times call for reconnecting to the collectivism of our cultural traditions.

Transcribed - Published: 10 December 2024

This week Jade and Keia extend a warm invitation to the Card Table with this special compilation of some recent patreon content.

Transcribed - Published: 3 December 2024

Holiday Season 2024 is in full swing! This week Jade and Keia are joined by licensed psychologist, author, award winning podcaster, and long time friend to the kitchen table Dr. Joy Harden Bradford of Therapy for Black Girls.

Transcribed - Published: 26 November 2024

The world is a mess but we press on in the spirit of self preservation and self care. It’s our annual favorite things episode.

Transcribed - Published: 19 November 2024

Jade and Keia are joined by Esosa Osa, Founder and CEO of Onyx Impact for a timely conversation about harmful information ecosystems that target Black communities and being thoughtful consumers of what we see, hear, and read on the internet. We need this now more than ever. Join us.

Transcribed - Published: 12 November 2024

Join Jade and Keia in welcoming New York Times best-selling author, activist, creator, podcaster, scholar, and strategist adrienne maree brown to the kitchen table. This rich discussion features brilliant insight and key lessons from adriennne’s most recent book Loving Corrections, to help us process the political landscape and state of the world.

Transcribed - Published: 5 November 2024

Jade, Keia and their brother XD gather around the kitchen table for a brief escape from reality to discuss mess that is Love is Blind DC.  Grab a snack and join us.

Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2024

Sit with Keia and LaToya as they recall fashion favorites, aha moments, lessons learned, and key takeaways in this special bonus episode recap of the Woman Evolve Converence 2024. We had a time.

Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2024

Jade and Keia welcome friendship educator Danielle Bayard Jackson to the kitchen table to continue the conversation on friendship. Sit with us for a deep dive, unpacking the science of women’s friendships and practical tools for creating and maintaining healthy platonic relationships.

Transcribed - Published: 22 October 2024

The Wonder of Stevie is a brand new six-part podcast series about Stevie Wonder’s Classic Period. This week, the show’s audio producer, Josh Gwynn, joins Jade and Keia at the kitchen table for a deep dive into Stevie Wonder’s iconic life and legacy as one of the world’s greatest songwriters.

Transcribed - Published: 15 October 2024

Jade and Keia are joined by Roshida Dowe and Stephanie Perry to share their experiences as Black Women living in other countries.

Transcribed - Published: 8 October 2024

We often talk about making friends but what happens when we lose them??

Transcribed - Published: 1 October 2024

The trash bin is runneth over. Jade and Keia gather at the kitchen table to process through the wretched state of the world. We gon’ have to bleach the bin y’all. Sit with us and let’s get through it together.

Transcribed - Published: 24 September 2024

Jade and Keia return to the kitchen table after summer break. Sit with us as we reflect on our cherries and how we paused on purpose this summer.

Transcribed - Published: 17 September 2024

Jade and Keia are joined by Sudanese American writer and editor Sara Elhassan to the kitchen table for insightful and illuminating conversation about the history, culture, and ongoing war and unrest in Sudan. It’s an awesome conversation with useful information and practical next steps. Don’t miss it.

Transcribed - Published: 20 August 2024

Jade and Keia catch up around the kitchen table and test drive a new game that uses awkward conversations to evoke deep and meaningful conversations among friends.

Transcribed - Published: 13 August 2024

Friend to the show Whitney Horsham returns to the kitchen table to for a conversation on how to create and cultivate healthy relationships with the kids, tweens, and teens in your lives.

Transcribed - Published: 6 August 2024

Jade and Keia welcome Girldad, author, storyteller and Bronx native Joél Leon to the kitchen table to discuss his journey in exploring, interrogating and understanding race, masculinity, and identity.

Transcribed - Published: 30 July 2024

Jade and Keia are joined by their sister and makeup artist Nik Lactson of EnelleMakeup and PlentyFullB Brows for a makeup Q&A.

Transcribed - Published: 23 July 2024

Jade and Keia share their experiences and the lessons they are learning as friends who became business partners.

Transcribed - Published: 16 July 2024

In celebration of International Day of Purpose 2024, Jade and Keia reflect on the necessity and utility of an intentional pause. Sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 9 July 2024

Jade and Keia candidly continue an ongoing conversation about common myths and more recent revelations about their journey through the worst hood, adulthood. They should have told us.

Transcribed - Published: 2 July 2024

Jade and Keia gather around the kitchen table to discuss the basics of cooking and cleaning. It’s the conversation that none of us can afford not to have. Sit with us and share.

Transcribed - Published: 25 June 2024

Jade and close out Graduation Announcement Season 2024.

Transcribed - Published: 18 June 2024

Jade and Keia welcome the dynamic Brittany Packnett Cunningham back to the kitchen table to discuss how to navigate these uncertain political times. We all we got.

Transcribed - Published: 11 June 2024

We're bringing back this very timely episode as the election season. Jade and Keia welcome very special guest Brittany Packnett-Cunningham to the kitchen table to discuss racism, rebellion, and ways that we can contribute to the fight for social justice.

Published: 4 June 2024

Jade and Keia gather at the kitchen table to catch up with each other and on some Gettin Grown Community Business. Sit with us. Tis the Season to Celebrate. Graduation Announcement Time.

Transcribed - Published: 28 May 2024

Jade, Keia, and special guest LaShonda Campbell continue this important conversation series, illuminating the mother-daughter dynamic through the lens of tragic loss and legacy. We're honored to celebrate the life of A'yonta Jarmon.

Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2024

As we grow and gain access to new information we may find ourselves at odds or conflict with our original programming/pre-existing beliefs. This week, Jade and Keia have a very real conversation about negotiating cognitive dissonance as family roles, relationships, and dynamics evolve as we age. Come sit with us.

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2024

This week Jade and Keia welcome award winning journalist, author, podcast host, home chef and kitchen table connoisseur Michele Norris to Gettin Grown. Join us for the start of a fabulous conversation about the power of left turns and the bridge between story telling, culture, and cuisine.

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2024

Jade and Keia kick off Mental Health Awareness Month with a candid conversation with Crissle Jean about her journey through therapy and her training to be a therapist.

Transcribed - Published: 30 April 2024