33 episodes

HeARTtalk deep dives into the intersection of art and story with the purpose of helping us all start or continue our healing journeys. In the current third season, host Tracey Michae’l, author of Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration, explores the power and necessity of joy in our day to day lives, particularly those who are artists and storytellers.

HeARTtalk with Tracey Michae’l HeARTtalk with Tracey Michae’l

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 8 Ratings

HeARTtalk deep dives into the intersection of art and story with the purpose of helping us all start or continue our healing journeys. In the current third season, host Tracey Michae’l, author of Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration, explores the power and necessity of joy in our day to day lives, particularly those who are artists and storytellers.

    Black Joy When We Surrender Outcomes

    Black Joy When We Surrender Outcomes

    In this season finale episode, TMLG shares how observing her favorite animal taught her the power of surrendering control and releasing the need to manufacture outcomes in her life. She also helps a caller think through how to release a friendship that’s no longer serving them well.
     
    Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
    IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
    FB: www.facebook.com/hearttalkwithtracey

    • 27 min
    Black Joy as Radical Sacrifice and Practice

    Black Joy as Radical Sacrifice and Practice

    TMLG unpacks the power of surrender as a way to shift and pivot in one’s life as well as the importance of viewing joy, freedom, and healing as a practice as opposed to a destination. She also answers a caller’s question about finding joy on the job.
     
    Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
    IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
    FB: www.facebook.com/hearttalkwithtracey

    • 25 min
    Black Joy as the Freedom to Use Our Voices

    Black Joy as the Freedom to Use Our Voices

    TMLG shares how she released herself from a culture of silence and the need to be in control at all times—in order to experience the freedom that comes with telling her stories and giving her voice air. She also helps a caller deal with the complicated feelings that come up while co-parenting a “forever child.”
     
    Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
    IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
    FB: www.facebook.com/hearttalkwithtracey

    • 20 min
    Black Joy as Aligning What We Believe with What We Do

    Black Joy as Aligning What We Believe with What We Do

    TMLG challenges us to consider how what we believe about ourselves and our lives shows up in what we actually do; our practices. She also invites a caller to accept that grief and joy CAN coexist.
     
    Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
    IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
    FB: www.facebook.com/hearttalkwithtracey

    • 15 min
    Black Joy as Letting the Old Stuff Go

    Black Joy as Letting the Old Stuff Go

    TMLG discusses the process of letting go of people, places, and things as we grow and evolve on our healing journeys. Sometimes the old stories, thoughts, and beliefs will rear their head because we haven’t thanked them for their service and put them in their proper place. She also helps a caller navigate the “loss” of joy in their marriage. 
     
    Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
    IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
    FB: www.facebook.com/hearttalkwithtracey

    • 21 min
    Black Joy as a Testimony of Healing

    Black Joy as a Testimony of Healing

    TMLG explores how living the life of a healing person is the best testimony and witness we can have to others. She also answers a caller’s question regarding protecting the joy of Black children when they are the “only one” in certain spaces.
     
    Visit TMLG and the show online at www.hearttalkpodcast.com
    IG: www.instagram.com/hearttalkwithtracey
    FB: www.facebook.com/hearttalkwithtracey

    • 21 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

Bren Mel ,

Excellent conversations!

I just discovered you via your recent great essay in the Washington Post and I immediately went to check out your website and podcast. As I am in “pivot mode” myself, I was excited to see your pivot episodes, and they did not disappoint. Great conversations with women on diverse journeys. And, no commercials! I am now a subscriber.

HelloandNo ,

Excellent

Love this show. Always keeps me interested and always look forward to new episodes.
-Tabby from Your New Best Friends podcast

P. A. Major ,

The Trailer

Wow, I am looking forward to this. I know I will be charged, challenged and changed!

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