Collectively Podcast Alex & Fatima

We're back and we are asking, "What is happiness?"
We explore the social and familial pressures of happiness and how they can influence our lives. We discuss whether happiness is taught or intuitive, how wearing the mask of "Everything is fine" can have toxic side effects, and how to get happy on your own terms.
Share your questions and comments on our Instagram @collectivelypodcast, on Twitter @CollectivelyPod, and at CollectivelyPodcast@gmail.com. Stay tuned for our next episode on Black Erasure in Rock.

Fatima & Alex dive into witchcraft! We discuss our pasts with growing up religious and explore our journeys to discovering our own beliefs. We explain history's erasure of the early contributions in medicine and health that women and witches gave to the world.We get into how we heal ourselves with our practices and describe our favorite tools. We also ask, "What is a familiar?"  We give our top 3 tools every witch should add to their craft and give advice to baby witches not yet out of the broom closet. Later on, we debate witch appropriation and why black-only spaces are needed. Stay tuned for Witchcraft part deux!

Say it loud! This episode, we discuss being pro black and interracial relationships. Is it pro black to support and fight for the black community while dating a non-person of color?  We share our experiences of growing up in Georgia and the hard lessons we learned in racism. We explain what an interracial relationship is and explore the troubles that may arise outside of the relationship, such as racist friends and family disapproval. We explain how a non-POC can make themselves an ally and "do the work" with their partner and themselves. We debate on whether the LGBTQ community is more accepting of race and interracial couples than the black community. Do you think you can be pro black and in an interracial relationship? Do you think it requires too much work? Let us know! Share your questions and comments on our Instagram @collectivelypodcast, on Twitter @CollectivelyPod, and at CollectivelyPodcast@gmail.com. Stay tuned for the next episode on Women Loving Women! Background music provided by PurplePlanet.com

This episode we continue our discussion on the cultural changes of dating and relationships in the fast paced world of swipe culture. We debate on the differences between asking to "hang out" and asking someone on a date. We also ask, "who should really pay?" We share our favorite pre-date routines and how we like to be courted. We get into how to approach the exclusivity talk and what happens when you assume things. Spoiler: It makes an ass out of you, Ed Sheeran. We end the discussion on what non-exclusivity looks like and why we still cheat anyway. Stay tuned for our next episode on interracial dating & being pro black. How do you approach the exclusive talk? What is your experience with nonmonogamy? Share your questions and comments on our Instagram @collectivelypodcast, on Twitter @CollectivelyPod, and at CollectivelyPodcast@gmail.com. Background music provided by PurplePlanet.com

In this episode we get into self care and self love! We start with the different types of personal care, from physical to spiritual. We dive into our favorite methods of implementing care, whether you're at home or work. We discuss the importance of routine and and sharing your boundaries. Listen to our weirdest self care practices followed by our answer to the question: Who Needs Self Care? We end things after discussing the Standard of Happiness and ask what it looks like to us. What does your standard of happiness look like? Share your questions and comments on our Instagram @collectivelypodcast, on Twitter @CollectivelyPod, and at CollectivelyPodcast@gmail.com. Background music provided by PurplePlanet.com

This episode we get into the chaos that you find in the world of online dating, discuss whether trying IRL is even worth it anymore, and debate on which apps give you the best results. We explain the methods we use in communicating what we are looking for with our matches and each give our top three deal breakers that immediately make us swipe left. We end part one with our top 3 tips for swipes. Maybe they'll make you a swipe master, maybe they'll make your match smile. Either way, you're in. Just no 50 word copy pasta. They WILL know. Stay tuned for episode 5 on Self Care and check us out on Instagram @CollectivelyPodcast, Twitter @CollectivelyPod, and join our Patreon Collectively Podcast and stay tuned for bonus content coming soon! Introduction background music provided by PurplePlanet.com.