Gettin' Grown

Jade and Keia are joined by Restorative Wellness Facilitator Bri Alexander for an insightful discussion about wellness and how to curate practices for ease, healing, and embodied peace on and off the mat.

President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Janai Nelson, returns to the kitchen table to catch us up on LDF's current work and break down what's at stake in the November general and your state and local races. Sit with us to learn how best to Register, Engage, Agitate, and Leave no power on the table.

What do you do when life hands you something you never saw coming? Candice O. joins Jade and Keia at the kitchen table to talk about her breast cancer journey, the faith that carried her through, and what surrender actually looks like in practice. Sit with us.

The discourse around the A Different World reboot opened something up. Why are we so afraid of what getting older actually looks like? Jade and Keia get into it. Sit with us.

Entrepreneur, angel investor, and Black VC Khadijah Robinson joins Jade and Keia to talk investing, building, and the art of trusting your gut when everything is on the line. Sit with us.

Chef Jade got a birthday so we’re running back the episode where we get knee deep in our girl’s business, her life, her work, and her journey. Sit with us.

MAFS Season 20 is a wrap! This week Jade, Keia, and special guest Dr. Jon Paul Go Live on the Gettin Grown Patreon to process decision day, the reunion and key takeaways from one of the most chaotic seasons yet.

In adulting, two things are often true at the same time. Join Jade and Keia to discuss why we should never be afraid to explore and question our thoughts, beliefs, feelings, etc.

Jade and Keia welcome the one and only Gia Peppers to the Kitchen Table for a powerful discussion on pivoting when the plan falls apart and creating community around building faith practically. It’s a good one.

Jade and Keia catch up on the latest season of Married at First Sight. It is going exactly how you think it is. Sit with us.

Jade and Keia celebrate National Book Lovers Day 2026 by running back an episode for the Book Lovers. We’ll share our current book loves and TBRs soon. Shall we run back the Gettin Grown Book Club?! Let us know

This week, Jade and Keia welcome the brilliant students of the New Girl City: Agents of Change Program of the LES Girls Club of NY to the kitchen table. Jade taught a course on podcasting this summer. Check out their final project.

Jade and Keia revisit the Hella Awkward Card game. We had a time. Sit with us.

Jade and Keia convene around the kitchen to indulge in some good old fashioned millennial angst. Join us.

What happened to summer? Jade, Keia, and special guest Noah get honest about how our experience of summer has changed from childhood through every season of adulthood, and what it looks like to stop waiting for that feeling and start building it on purpose. Sit with us.

Jade and Keia welcome trauma therapist, life coach, pastor, and NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Anita Phillips to the kitchen table for a timely conversation about exploring and understanding our emotions through the lens of self- and NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Anita Phillips to the kitchen table for a timely conversation about exploring and understanding our emotions through the lens of self acceptance.

Jade and Keia catch up around the kitchen table knit a regular degular sister friend check in. Sit With Us

Jade and Keia welcome XD back to kitchen table for special mashup episode! Sit with us and special guest Dr. Terrell Winder to discuss his new book Shameless: The Making of Black Gay Identities in LA, an examination of intersectional identity, stigma and stigma response processes among black gay men.

Jade, Keia, and the GG community at large connect around the kitchen table to discuss our petty peeves. We got a lot to be mad about!

Nedra Glover Tawwab is back at the table to help us get into all things relationships! Why we have more access to each other and fewer real connections, language & tools for balancing healthy dependence and autonomy, and taking responsibility for healthy relationships and real community. Sit with us.

Jade and Keia welcome trauma-informed mental health coach, professor, and creator Dr. Shanté Holley to the kitchen table to talk mental health coaching, its distinct value in understanding our experiences, beliefs, and choices in context, and what taking responsibility for your own healing and mental health can look like in practice. We learned as much as we laughed. Sit with us.

Jade and Keia formally kickoff Graduation Announcement Season 2026. It’s our favorite time of the year. Celebrate with us.

Mother's Day is... complicated. Jade and Keia reflect on the complexity of the holiday, grief as an expression of love, and the village of grandmother, aunties, other mother figures, and chosen family who shape and mother us beyond bloodlines. Sit with us.

Jade and Keia kick off Mental Health Awareness Month with honest specific commitments to intentionally optimizing performance and preserving our peace. What are you doing for your mental health this May? Sit with us and let’s figure it out together.”

Zorine Truly aka The Hoochie Historian joins Jade and Keia at the kitchen table for a dope discussion about hoochie culture as archival work, liberatory practice, and a love letter to Black women living fully and freely in radical authenticity. It’s a celebration. Sit with us.

Lillian Prince joins Jade and Keia at the table, and we’re talking cards, connection, and the radical utility of telling the truth. From the power of a good playlist, dating horror stories, to working the hard seasons of adulting, this episode covers it all. Sit with us.

The world is a lot right now. This week we put the news down, pulled out a card game, and just chose each other. Sometimes that's the most radical thing you can do.

Our bodies are not the problem. The systems are. Jade and Keia sit down with two brilliant Black women physicians, Dr. Sharon Malone and Dr. Wendy Goodall McDonald, for an honest and expansive women's health roundtable covering perimenopause, IVF, reproductive rights, and how to advocate for yourself in systems that were never designed with you in mind.

Vacant properties are more than an eyesore. They are a symptom of systemic injustice and a barrier to thriving communities. Jade and Keia sit down with activist, community development leader, and Council Member Kat Guillaume-Delemar to discuss vacancy, abandonment, and what it truly takes to revitalize a community from the inside out.

Nine years in. Grown and still growing. Jade and Keia revisit a powerful kitchen table conversation with sociologist Dr. Kris Marsh on family, class, and what it truly means to live as a grown woman on your own terms.

Womanhood: how we define it, how it defines us, and how it evolves over time. Jade and Keia bring sister-friend, journalist & culture critic Shar Jossell to the kitchen table. Sit with us.

Jade and Keia ground our celebration of Women’s History Month in personal and collective reflection on the definition of womanhood and how our understanding has evolved over time. Join us.

Keia’s back ya’ll! Sit with us around the kitchen table for a solid debrief.

Fran pulls up a seat to the kitchen table for a little sister talk about Reality Check, the Top Model documentary.

Nikki joins us at the Kitchen Table for an in depth conversation on what chronic illness looks like in a Black Woman, and strategies to advocate for yourself under these circumstances.

Dr. Wendy Goodall McDonald joins the Kitchen Table to share her personal experience with Black History and other fun personal facts. Love, prayers, and hugs to our Keia.

Shanti Mayers of Around the Way Curls and The Sable Collective joins us this week to dive into an important conversation with Dr. Gina Paige of African Ancestry Inc. around tracing and archiving our lineage. Love, prayers, and hugs to our Keia.

Just ahead of the season opener snowstorm of Winter 2026, Jade and Keia discuss their ideal snow day setups and their plans to rest, rot, read, and write, among other things. Join us.

Jade and Keia return to the kitchen table today with a fun way to name some intentions for what we're experimenting with, committing too, and leaving behind as we move in to 2026. Sit with us! Play Along and send us your intentions at hello@gettingrown.co

Happy New Year to our Tribe! We hope your holiday season was restful and restorative. Sit with us for a gumbo of opening New Year episodes in the spirit of gratitude and reflection as context for our growth and goal setting for 2026. We can’t wait to reconnect with you soon.

Join Jade and Keia at the kitchen table for the final time in 2025. We are so grateful for this show and the Gettin Grown Community. We are also ready for this year to pack her things and go! Wishing you all a safe New Year.

Happy Holidays!!! This week Jade and Keia welcome Hey Fran Hey back to the kitchen table for some sister time and collective reflection. Sit with us to unpack a wild year and what we’ve learned along the way.

Jade and Keia are joined at the kitchen table by longtime sister friend, OG YouTuber, and Creative Director Tracie Mae to discuss all things grief management this holiday season. Sit with us.

This week , Jade and Keia welcome award winning Palestinian American author and media strategist Jenan Matari to the kitchen table to discuss stories and storytelling as tools of advocacy, resistance, and liberation. Join us.

“It’s Timmmme!!!!!!” or whatever Mariah Carey said. Join Jade and Keia for as they share their favorite brands and items for the holidays. Let’s love on ourselves, our loved ones, and our community by investing and re-investing in Black women owned/Black owned Brands. We’re grateful for all of you this holiday seasons.

Join Jade, Keia and entrepreneur, strategic consultant and CEO, Jasmine Imani at the kitchen table for a compelling conversation about entrepreneurship, curiosity, and the courage to trust your intuition and bet on yourself. Sit with us

Jade and Keia are joined by writer, stylist, creative director, image activist and icon Michaela angela Davis. Sit with us to discuss Tenderheaded, a love note from Ms. Michaela to us that explores the tensions of visibility and vulnerability, privilege and marginalization, legacy and loss. Don’t miss it.

Jade and Keia gather around the kitchen table for a candid conversation on the history, existence, and evolution of “brain rot” and defending against our own cognitive decline. Sit with us.

Join Jade and Keia for a quick sister checkin featuring The Black Girl Hug Experience Card Game. Grab a snack and sit with us.

Jade and Keia are joined by peer recovery specialist, speaker, author, and entrepreneur T-Kea Blackman for an enlightening conversation about suicide, Black suicide prevention, and the power of peer support. Disclaimer: This episode discusses suicide and mental health crises. If you’re struggling, please call/text 988 or reach out to Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Additional resources discussed in the episode and also linked below.