7. Ritual

It’s our season finale! Brittany and Aurelia are talking about growth in this season of life. Plus, the ways our Nuance Tea collaboration and content curation has given us space to dream, reflect, and create the reality we want to see in the world. We start off our round up with conversations on the latest pop culture and current events (1:04). Everything from H.E.R.’s new album, Chris Brown in the news again, Britney Spears’ conservatorship, unjust residential schools, and the arrest of faith leaders in a moral march in D.C. Aurelia and Brittany talk about growth through the challenges of the past year, the process of creating Nuance Tea, and the (10:52) Brittany talks about how creating Nuance Tea mantras and collaboration with Aurelia has led to overall reflection and a way to measure her personal growth in this season. Plus, she is finding comfort in leaning into taboos and talks about her sex-positive Instagram account @spirit.free.healer. Aurelia talks about taking huge steps of faith to dream big and manifest the reality she wants to see for herself through our podcast visioning and writing her book, A Brown Girl’s Epiphany. We end the last episode of season 1 by giving a personal mantra to express our gratitude for this season of life and the ebb & flow it brings (30:28). Aurelia affirms, “we can create the life we want for ourselves” and “ideas beget ideas.” Brittany states, “It is okay to lean into the joy and the pain.” Thank you to all who supported and listened in our first season. Looking forward to coming back into season 2 with you! Learn how to help us make Nuance Tea Podcast sustainable by supporting us on Ko-fi. Join us on Clubhouse in our club, Nuance Tea Podcast. Find our communiTEA on IG & Facebook @nuanceteapodcast! Theme song is Jam Session by Sherricka Yvette. Find her music on Spotify & follow her on IG @sherrickayvette.

In episode 10, Aurelia and Brittany chat about the enneagram and how it has influenced their focus on personal expansion, empathy and understanding others better. We talk about the intersection of the enneagram and race, plus share resources for taking a deeper dive into its concepts. To kickoff our essentials and name the ways we’re caring for ourselves, Brittany talks about how she keeps calm by taking a spiritual bath. Aurelia brings an item that reminds her of home on a family vacation (0:58). In our roundup conversation, we catch up on pop culture and anything new to highlight (5:37), Brittany talks about High on the Hog on Netflix, and both Aurelia & Brittany connect over watching the premiere of In the Heights, and talk about reviews of the show as well as the controversy around colorism and representation (this conversation was recorded before LMM issued an apologize). Our main conversation on the enneagram is a snapshot of Aureilia’s & Brittany’s personality type which are numbers 6 & 9, respectively (12:08). We break down the nine number system of the ancient personality typing system, how we’ve grown through knowing the enneagram, and how it’s helped us empathize with others more. Plus, we reference The Road Back to You and The Enneagram Institute as resources for continued learning and ways to know your enneagram number. In this week’s communiTEA prompt we discuss the mantra: nuance is the tea! (41:45) Shoutout to Kristen & Larry for responding to our prompt, “in one word describe what nuance means to you.” They answered respectively with vulnerability & freedom, and we couldn’t agree more. Learn how to help us make Nuance Tea Podcast sustainable by supporting us on Ko-fi. (45:20) Join our club, Nuance Tea Podcast, on Clubhouse. Find our communiTEA on IG & Facebook @nuanceteapodcast! Theme song is Jam Session by Sherricka Yvette. Find her music on Spotify & follow her on IG @sherrickayvette.

In episode 9, Brittany and Aurelia are talking all about social media - the impact of it in the past 15 months, the ways we utilize it to inform our reality, and curate a meaningful way to connect. In our essentials for the week we name how we’re feeling and discuss how we work through anxiety. Brittany is practicing self-advocacy, and Aurelia is surrendering to her timeline and finding ways to stay in a creative headspace (inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic to listen to your creative nudges). Before jumping into our main conversation about our connection to social media, we share our mantra: “social media can inform my reality without becoming my reality.” Aurelia and Brittany give personal responses to the prompt on ways social media has been useful and ways we’ve needed to set boundaries with it. We discuss curating a healthy social media space and when we’ve noticed it’s best to disengage. Plus, we talk about wokeness and cancel culture in the current age of social media. Engage our personal social media platforms - find us @revaureliajoy & @ambitiouslybrittany on Instagram. Then, join our communiTEA @nuanceteapodcast on IG and Facebook. Theme song is Jam Session by Sherricka Yvette. Find her music on Spotify & follow her on IG @sherrickayvette.

In episode 8, Aurelia and Brittany take a deep dive into their astrology chart by conversing about their sun, moon, and rising signs. Plus, lean into destigmatizing our connection to astrology as clergywomen. To kickstart our roundup conversation (0:40), we’re talking about our favorite pop culture topics of the week. Brittany is watching The Nevers, Legendary & Pose. Aurelia is reading Untamed by Glennon Doyle, which inspired her to lean into ease & being her full self as she writes her book, A Brown Girl’s Epiphany. In the essentials (6:52), we name the ways we’re caring for ourselves before jumping into our main conversation. As we move into naming our sun, moon, and rising signs, we recognize the ways we connect to astrology now and what we thought or knew about it growing up (13:36). We speak about the rhythm of the lunar cycle and how Brittany has created full moon blessings on her patreon that help us tap into its power, even more. Brittany and Aurelia share each other’s natal chart and invite listeners to read their chart too by going to cafeastrology.com or costarastrology.com. In this week’s shoutouts we discuss the mantra: give yourself permission (40:24). CommuniTEA question: what do you need to give yourself permission to do today or this week? We highlight Joyce’s response, “I give myself permission to be angry, knowing it is meant for protection of myself and those I love...”; and Naomi said “today I give myself permission to not cook dinner and order food delivery...and nap while my kids watch a show.” Find our communiTEA on IG & Facebook @nuanceteapodcast! Theme song is Jam Session by Sherricka Yvette. Find her music on Spotify & follow her on IG @sherrickayvette.

In episode 7, Brittany and Aurelia speak on the ways rituals have informed our routine, creativity and expansion. Hear the ways we all can make space for daily spiritual practice through the art of quotidian & community. Listen to Nuance Tea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or your favorite podcast platform! Theme song by Sherricka Yvette, Jam Session Find her music on Spotify Follow her on IG @sherrickayvette Show Intro (0:25) The Essentials (1:40) Brittany is grounding herself in the garden & watching mindless TV Aurelia is focusing on spiritual practice & centering through prayer Mantra (8:22) Breathe & proceed. Maya: “There’s something about seeing the word breathe that makes you want to surrender & lean into it…” Embrace self-compassion. Larry: “I can show myself compassion by smiling at all the beautiful ways I fall short of the person I tell myself I should be…” Ritual Conversation (15:54) The quotidian connection (Influenced by Kathleen Norris’ book) Distinction between one-time & continual ritual moments Limitless ways to think about ritual in your own life Find our communiTEA on IG & Facebook @nuanceteapodcast (36:30)

In honor of April being National Poetry Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we've recorded this bonus content featuring our spoken word piece, SPEAK.  Trigger warning: themes related to sexual assault  Listen to Nuance Tea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or your favorite podcast platform!

In episode 6, Aurelia and Brittany talk about how grounding can connect us back to ourselves. There are an abundance of resources all around to keep us grounded and experiencing resilience. Join us for a conversation to name the ways you ground yourself! Listen to Nuance Tea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or your favorite podcast platform! Theme song by Sherricka Yvette, Jam Session Find her music on Spotify Follow her on IG @sherrickayvette Show Intro (0:17) The Essentials (1:07) Brittany started her ancestral altar Time is Aurelia’s superpower Mantra: Name your power (14:00) “Being comfortable with mystery and ambiguity” -Jonathan “Making decisions and going for it without overthinking.” -Brandie Grounding Conversation (19:20) Grounding through gardening, earth connection & an abundance of ways “Grow your own medicine” course Coming back to ourselves through grounding Find our communiTEA on IG & Facebook @nuanceteapodcast (38:58)

In episode 5, Brittany and Aurelia recount stories of their child self, extend love, and embrace wisdom that our inner child teaches. We focus on liberating our child self to create freedom in adulthood. Join our communiTEA to engage in our weekly mantras like “liberate little you” for episode 5. Listen to Nuance Tea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or your favorite podcast platform! Theme song by Sherricka Yvette, Jam Session Find her music on Spotify Follow her on IG @sherrickayvette Show Intro (0:18) The Roundup (0:35) Favorite moments on the Grammys Holding space for the lives lost in the recent mass shootings Brittany’s recent Advocate’s Prayer published in the Christian Citizen, “Standing in Solidarity with the Asian American community” The Essentials (8:11) Brittany is going with the flow More ways to support Nuance Tea, coming soon! Aurelia’s favorite song of all time, Jhene Aiko’s “Love” Inner Child conversation (12:45) The wisdom of our inner child Intuitive writing through The Aura House Send love to your child self The gift of vulnerability Mantra: Liberate Little You (33:16) Hillary: Care less about what other people think or want for you Matthew: “You will find your people” Alicia: “There is nothing wrong with you, you are perfect as you are” Bethany: “It gets better, you are pretty great the way God made you” Find our communiTEA on IG & Facebook @nuanceteapodcast (37:14)

Episode 4: Trauma In episode 4, Aurelia and Brittany embark on a healing conversation about overcoming personal traumas and how to access abundance. Plus, we introduce a new segment, the roundup, to talk pop culture as two clergywomen of color. We also offer a special segment on Women’s History Month and the work of freedom. Listen to Nuance Tea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or your favorite podcast platform! Theme song by Sherricka Yvette, Jam Session Find her music on Spotify Follow her on IG @sherrickayvette Show Intro (0:14) The Roundup (0:40) We talk pop culture: Megan Markle, Prince Harry, and more Women’s History Month (12:01) Leaning into liberation and freedom The Anita Posch Show Nigerian Feminist Coalition Religious liberty resource: BJC Trauma Conversation (19:02) Healing, scarcity mindset, & living in abundance Overcoming bigger traumas Mantra: Remember who you are (42:05) CommuniTEA prompt: I am most myself when ______. Drew: Lost in the moment and not overthinking Torrey: Being truly heard and safe with expressing my thoughts Find our communiTEA on IG & Facebook @nuanceteapodcast (45:23)

In episode 3, we focus our conversation on ancestral healing. We speak about rituals to sustain our ancestral connection and as a way to practice resistance. In addition, we highlight cultural and religious perspectives that shape our growth in thinking about ancestry. Listen to Nuance Tea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or your favorite podcast platform! Theme song by Sherricka Yvette, Jam Session Find her music on Spotify Follow her on IG @sherrickayvette Show Intro (0:30) The Essentials (1:11) Jidenna! (2:22) Voices of the Ancestors (5:22) Mantra: love heals (8:13) CommuniTEA question: how is love healing you in this season? “I have not only learned to love myself authentically knowing that I did the best I could with the resources I had at the time…” -Forrest Aldridge “Becoming a mom has added depth to my perception of love…” -Kendra Shaw “Love and support of family and friends has been very healing.” -Rachel Jackson Ancestral healing (14:23) Aurelia speaks on the connection to ancestors through her name Brittany speaks on ancestral connection through decolonial Christianity and family history Cross-cultural perspectives on ancestors and death Engaging ancestral connection as resistance Wild Kuan Yin oracle deck & ancestral guardians of light (35:38) Find our communiTEA on IG & Facebook @nuanceteapodcast (37:52)