Girl...Call Me with Tanya and Jessica

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Girl…Call Me with Tanya and Jessica is where real conversations happen. Unfiltered, heartfelt, and rooted in the shared experience of being Black women navigating a world that often misunderstands us. Born from those “girl, call me” moments when you just need someone who gets it, this podcast is a space for reflection, release, and reimagining what wellness, joy, and community mean. Now in Season Four, Tanya and Jessica continue showing up with honesty and humor, tackling everything from impostor syndrome and stress to joy, boundaries, and building community in uncertain times. They delve into health, culture, identity, and the systems that shape our lives, while creating space for laughter, storytelling, and collective care. Whether it’s a deep dive or a vent session, every episode is a reminder that you’re not alone and that we deserve to be well-supported and heard.

  1. 4d ago

    Pride, Podcasts & the Power of Different Perspectives

    This week, Tanya and Jessica discuss Pride Month, community, and the power of hearing perspectives beyond our own. From Tanya’s experience at a Black expat brunch in San Miguel de Allende to conversations about Gayle King, Lizzo, Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, Jay-Z, and the evolving world of podcasting, they explore what happens when we move beyond our usual circles and stay curious about other people’s experiences. Plus, they’re issuing a challenge: listen to a podcast hosted by someone who doesn’t look like you, live like you, or think like you. You might be surprised by what you learn. **Enjoying the show? Buy us a coffee! Your support helps us keep the convo real, the mics on, and the vibes strong. https://coff.ee/podcastgirg We invite you to become part of our community. If you have questions for our hosts or want to suggest a topic for the show, please email us at podcast.girlcallme@gmail.com Website: www.girlcallme.com Follow on Instagram: podcast.girlcallme Follow on Facebook: @girl.callmepodcast Join our YouTube Channel: @PodcastGirlCallMe

    40 min

  2. May 27

    Fullness, Soft Life & the Things We Learned to Survive

    What parts of your personality are truly you, and what parts were built through survival, adaptation, and the pressure to perform? In this episode, Tanya and Jessica reflect on a powerful conversation inspired by Michelle Obama and Keke Palmer about identity, hyper-functioning, emotional labor, and what it means to live fully as Black women navigating ambition, visibility, relationships, and change. The conversation moves from social media and public personas to friendship, career evolution, entrepreneurship, softness, boundaries, and the tension between who the world thinks you are and who you actually are in quiet moments. They also unpack the difference between capability and desire, why so many women become “the capable one,” and how expansion in this season of life may look less like doing more and more like becoming more honest about what you truly need. It is funny, reflective, vulnerable, and deeply real, exactly the kind of conversation that reminds you that growth is not always loud. **Enjoying the show? Buy us a coffee! Your support helps us keep the convo real, the mics on, and the vibes strong. https://coff.ee/podcastgirg We invite you to become part of our community. If you have questions for our hosts or want to suggest a topic for the show, please email us at podcast.girlcallme@gmail.com Website: www.girlcallme.com Follow on Instagram: podcast.girlcallme Follow on Facebook: @girl.callmepodcast Join our YouTube Channel: @PodcastGirlCallMe

    51 min

  3. May 20

    News Overload, Anxiety and Protecting Your Peace in Chaotic Times

    We’re re-releasing one of our most needed conversations: News Overload, Anxiety and Protecting Your Peace in Chaotic Times. How do you protect your peace when the world feels nonstop, chaotic, and emotionally exhausting? In this episode, Tanya and Jessica discuss news overload, anxiety, therapy, stress, hypervigilance, and how constant chaos affects our nervous systems. They reflect on politics, media consumption, emotional awareness, and the importance of boundaries, rest, laughter, friendship, and joy. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world and trying to figure out how to stay informed without losing yourself, this conversation is for you. In this episode: news overload, anxiety, therapy, cortisol, mental health, self-care, nervous system care, emotional awareness, boundaries, friendship, politics, media, and finding joy in hard times. **Enjoying the show? Buy us a coffee! Your support helps us keep the convo real, the mics on, and the vibes strong. https://coff.ee/podcastgirg We invite you to become part of our community. If you have questions for our hosts or want to suggest a topic for the show, please email us at podcast.girlcallme@gmail.com Website: www.girlcallme.com Follow on Instagram: podcast.girlcallme Follow on Facebook: @girl.callmepodcast Join our YouTube Channel: @PodcastGirlCallMe

    51 min

  4. May 13

    Take Up Space: Why Women Keep Making Themselves Smaller

    This week, Tanya and Jessica zigzag from Spirit Airlines chaos to WNBA preseason, the Met Gala, Michelle Obama, Megan Thee Stallion, and the deeply specific trauma of being trapped in a middle seat on a five-hour flight. But underneath the jokes, they unpack something bigger: what it means to move through the world in a body that is constantly asked to shrink itself. From theater seats and blood pressure cuffs to amusement park weight limits, awkward robe sizes, and the emotional calculus of taking up “too much” room, the conversation gets real about visibility, shame, comfort, and learning to advocate for yourself without apology. This episode is for anybody who has ever: • made themselves smaller to keep others comfortable • overthought a seat, a chair, a robe, or a room • apologized for existing in their full form • forgotten they deserve space too Shoulders back. Butt back. Don’t shrink. **Enjoying the show? Buy us a coffee! Your support helps us keep the convo real, the mics on, and the vibes strong. https://coff.ee/podcastgirg We invite you to become part of our community. If you have questions for our hosts or want to suggest a topic for the show, please email us at podcast.girlcallme@gmail.com Website: www.girlcallme.com Follow on Instagram: podcast.girlcallme Follow on Facebook: @girl.callmepodcast Join our YouTube Channel: @PodcastGirlCallMe

    48 min

  5. Apr 22

    Monday Morning Whiplash: On Community, Recognition, and Who Actually Sees You

    Tanya and Jessica are back after a short break, and the conversation lands somewhere real: what does it actually mean to be seen, and does visibility even work the same way for Black women? The spark is Emma Grede's recent comments about showing up in person as the path to advancement. They have thoughts. So does the data on the hundreds of thousands of Black women who lost jobs in recent months while doing everything right. The episode moves into community, the whiplash of Monday morning after a weekend in spaces that actually receive you, and Jessica's genuinely good take on where women of color are headed in the next decade of work. Also: Lamar Odom gets the inaugural Loser Ass Takes award, and Tanya has opinions about cruises. **Enjoying the show? Buy us a coffee! Your support helps us keep the convo real, the mics on, and the vibes strong. https://coff.ee/podcastgirg We invite you to become part of our community. If you have questions for our hosts or want to suggest a topic for the show, please email us at podcast.girlcallme@gmail.com Website: www.girlcallme.com Follow on Instagram: podcast.girlcallme Follow on Facebook: @girl.callmepodcast Join our YouTube Channel: @PodcastGirlCallMe

    53 min

  6. Apr 8

    Hot Topics, Hot Mess: Trick Daddy, Space Skincare, Women's Basketball, and the Week's Wildest Headlines

    This week on Girl…Call Me with Tanya and Jessica, we're diving headfirst into the stories that had the timeline talking. From Trick Daddy and the AKA conference controversy to space skincare and Commander Glover's viral glow, from March Madness chaos to WNBA excitement, this episode is hot topics, hot mess headlines, and cultural commentary that earns its place in your feed. We unpack what happens when entertainment collides with institutional spaces, why everyone suddenly had opinions about moisturizer in orbit, and how women's basketball keeps earning more conversation than it gets credit for. Some stories are hot topics. Some are a hot mess. And some are somehow both. **Enjoying the show? Buy us a coffee! Your support helps us keep the convo real, the mics on, and the vibes strong. https://coff.ee/podcastgirg We invite you to become part of our community. If you have questions for our hosts or want to suggest a topic for the show, please email us at podcast.girlcallme@gmail.com Website: www.girlcallme.com Follow on Instagram: podcast.girlcallme Follow on Facebook: @girl.callmepodcast Join our YouTube Channel: @PodcastGirlCallMe

    46 min

  7. Apr 1

    HMO vs. PPO, Medical Bills, and the Future of Healthcare with Gabriella Rodgers

    We have all been there. A bill arrives that doesn't match the EOB. The prior authorization is stuck in limbo. Your doctor left the practice and now you have to start over. Healthcare is confusing by design, and most of us are navigating it without a map. In this episode, Tanya and Jessica sit down with Gabriella Rodgers, a healthcare professional who works on the provider side, negotiating contracts between health systems and insurance companies. She breaks down how the system actually works, from how rates get set to why your bills sometimes don't add up, and what you can do about it. They cover: HMO vs. PPO vs. value-based care, and how to actually choose what's right for you What an EOB is and why it matters when your bill arrives Prior authorizations, claim disputes, and how long they can really drag on The growing tension between insurance companies and health systems What value-based care means for patients (and why California is ahead) The doctor shortage and what it means for finding a primary care physician How to advocate for yourself when the system isn't working Gabriella brings clarity, context, and a perspective most of us never get to hear. If you have ever felt lost in the healthcare maze, this episode is the one to share.   **Enjoying the show? Buy us a coffee! Your support helps us keep the convo real, the mics on, and the vibes strong. https://coff.ee/podcastgirg We invite you to become part of our community. If you have questions for our hosts or want to suggest a topic for the show, please email us at podcast.girlcallme@gmail.com Website: www.girlcallme.com Follow on Instagram: podcast.girlcallme Follow on Facebook: @girl.callmepodcast Join our YouTube Channel: @PodcastGirlCallMe

    1h 4m

  8. Mar 18

    Oscars, March Madness, and the Bias We Keep Explaining

    Tanya and Jessica are back with an episode that moves from relationship dynamics to red carpet fashion to Selection Sunday and finds the same conversation beneath it all. They start close to home: attachment theory, friendship dynamics, and what it looks like to stay in honest communication when relationships get complicated. Then they shift to the Oscars 2025 recap, including red carpet fashion, award show disappointments, and why subjectivity in entertainment almost always reflects something bigger than taste. From there, it's March Madness predictions, the rise of women's basketball, and a real conversation about whose excellence gets recognized and why. If you've ever felt like the institutions weren't built with you in mind, this episode names that directly and talks about what to do with it. In this episode: attachment theory and relationships, Oscars 2025 recap, red carpet fashion, bias in entertainment and media, March Madness 2025, women's basketball, representation, Black culture, and creating spaces on your own terms. **Enjoying the show? Buy us a coffee! Your support helps us keep the convo real, the mics on, and the vibes strong. https://coff.ee/podcastgirg We invite you to become part of our community. If you have questions for our hosts or want to suggest a topic for the show, please email us at podcast.girlcallme@gmail.com Website: www.girlcallme.com Follow on Instagram: podcast.girlcallme Follow on Facebook: @girl.callmepodcast Join our YouTube Channel: @PodcastGirlCallMe

    54 min
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Girl…Call Me with Tanya and Jessica is where real conversations happen. Unfiltered, heartfelt, and rooted in the shared experience of being Black women navigating a world that often misunderstands us. Born from those “girl, call me” moments when you just need someone who gets it, this podcast is a space for reflection, release, and reimagining what wellness, joy, and community mean. Now in Season Four, Tanya and Jessica continue showing up with honesty and humor, tackling everything from impostor syndrome and stress to joy, boundaries, and building community in uncertain times. They delve into health, culture, identity, and the systems that shape our lives, while creating space for laughter, storytelling, and collective care. Whether it’s a deep dive or a vent session, every episode is a reminder that you’re not alone and that we deserve to be well-supported and heard.

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