Cocoa Butter and Communion
Addressing generational trauma is essential to healing but accessing the wounds that need to be healed can be emotionally draining work. Psychotherapist Chioko Grevious communes with her village as they delve into the beauty, love and complexities of Black families, generational joy and trauma and their Black experiences. Each episode contains powerful and thought provoking conversations that can bring tears but will be a source of humor, love, connection and understanding. You will gain insight into, not only yourself but your own village, your family and the community surrounding you.
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Episodes
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
This week, I am chatting with my cousin, Dion (with the good hair) about incarceration, the fighter spirit, healing and joy. Our conversation was enlightening and needed. I hope you all enjoy.
Dion is reading text for a promotion and I am reading articles on betrayal trauma for class. Dion is listening to Bay Area (Yayyyy Arrreeeaaaa) rap and I am listening to Tevin Campbell's "I'm Ready" album (Tevin was my 10 year old dream husband).
Let me know your thoughts! Send me an email at cocoabutterandcommunion@gmail.com and follow me on IG @cocoabutterandcommunion
For mental health providers near you, please visit:
Clinicians of Color www.cliniciansofcolor.org
Therapy for Black Girls www.therapyforblackgirls.com
TherapyDen www.therapyden.com
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
The spouse is in the hizzouse. I had the honor of having my husband, Daniel, stop by Cocoa Butter and Communion to share with EVERYONE the joys of being married to me and how easy it is. Well... to find out if that is true, you are just going to need to tune in, won't ya?
We talk about how our journey started, how we love, what love means to us and how he had the nerve to pull the 'ol bait and switch when it came to his preference over East coast hip hop.
The books that Daniel is reading:
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Behold a Pale Horse by Milton William Cooper
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Manual of the Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The music Daniel is listening to:
Kendrick Lamar (All the albums)
Immortal Technique (All the albums)
Brother Ali
Blue Scholars
Rage Against the Machine
Black Violin
For mental health providers near you, please visit:
Clinicians of Color www.cliniciansofcolor.org
Therapy for Black Girls www.therapyforblackgirls.com
TherapyDen www.therapyden.com
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
My lovely guest, Malikka stops by and discusses womanism, blackness, the tomfoolery she sees on Eartha Kitt's internet that is making her teeth itch and finding her own joy.
Malikka is reading: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker by Damon Young
Chioko is reading: White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad
Malikka is listening to: The Forever Story (Artist: JID), Age/Sex/Location (Ari Lennox), Zyah Belle (Yam Grier)
Chioko is listening to: Phyllis Hyman (more specifically "You Know How to Love Me" and "Betcha By Golly Wow"
Follow Malikka on Facebook (Tackling Tomfoolery), IG (@tacklingtomfool) and the Twitter (@MalikkaRodgers)
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Dr. Ericka Burns stopped by and it was my pleasure to talk to her about...well, pleasure. Tune in to hear our discussion about pleasure mapping, raising sex positive kids, fantasy novels and of course, Beyonce.
Check out what Dr. Burns is reading:
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Is it time for "the talk"? visit: www.sexpositivefamilies.com
Follow Dr. Burns on IG, Twitter and Tik Tok (when she is not banned lol) @DrErickaB
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
This is a good one y'all. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Theresa Fortune; mama, activist, author, actress, filmmaker and beautiful spirit. We talk about the heat (we were going through a heatwave), vulnerability in relationships and in the community. For information on her film, please check her out on IG @fromtheashes_oakland or go to her website, www.fromtheashes.media/
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Y'all! It is the first episode of Cocoa Butter and Communion, the podcast that discusses relationships within families, friends and celebrates the complexities and beauty of Black folks. We are going to be addressing real shit and I am excited to do it with all of you, The Village. Wanna stay in touch? Contact me via email at cocoabutterandcommunion@gmail.com , check me out on IG @cocoabutterandcommunion and follow me on Twitter @CBandCommunion