As people of diasporic origin, living authentically means delving deep into our cultural legacy burdens. At ’Rich Queer Aunties,’ we go beyond financial success, embracing rich insights, truth, and authenticity. Join me, Christabel, a nurse leader, writer, and African Auntie, as I share insights and practical resources such as self-care strategies, mindfulness practices, and deep cultural analysis. Drawing from my experiences overcoming a controlling religious and traditional African backgro ...
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Boundaries in Context: A Guide for Those of Diasporic Origin
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Welcome back to RichQueerAunties, I'm Christabel, your host - nurse leader, writer, and African auntie. Today's episode explores boundaries within the unique context of diasporic origins. Boundaries are often discussed but not in ways that fit our lived experiences. For many of us from the global South or with parents from there, boundaries are int…
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Is a Lack of Authenticity Keeping You Stuck?
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Is a Lack of Authenticity Keeping You Stuck? Raise your hand if you're tired of feeling disconnected despite your success. You might think the problem is just about needing a break or figuring out your personal style or whatever else that has you feeling disconnected. But what if it's deeper? You've been told that these parts of your life are separ…
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Showing Up as Your Authentic Self.
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Hello, wonderful listeners! I’m excited to announce that the Rich Queer Aunties podcast is back! After a year-long hiatus, I’m returning with fresh insights and a renewed focus on empowering Black queer women to embrace their most authentic selves. In this episode, I reflect on my personal journey and the challenges I’ve faced, including my high AC…
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Navigating Religious Trauma, Self-Discovery, and Family Estrangement: A Journey of Healing and Growth. A conversation with Dan.
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This episode is sponsored by Rich Queer Aunties. Visit Rich Queer Aunties for all your fly RQA merch. In this episode of Rich Queer Aunties podcast, host Christabel invites guest Dan to share their journey from being raised as Jehovah's Witnesses and their spiritual journey afterwards. Dan, a multi-dimensional being who is an organizer, spiritualis…
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Coming Out as Gay: My Journey of Overcoming the Fear of Rejection as a Jehovah’s Witness
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As always, if you enjoy this episode, please take a moment to review, rate, and share it. Your support means everything to me! Welcome back to the Rich Queer Aunties Podcast! In this episode, we’re diving into the topic of overcoming the fear of rejection and why it's crucial for self-actualization. I remember when I made the decision to come out a…
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My Journey of Balancing Collectivism and Individuality: Personal Stories and Cultural Reflections
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Please don’t forget to RATE, REVIEW and SHARE this little podcast of mine. It truly makes all the difference. Welcome to the latest episode of Rich Queer Aunties, where I'll be exploring the complex relationship between collectivism and individuality. Through personal anecdotes and cultural observations, I'll delve into how collectivism can both bi…
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Unconvering Authenticity- A Solo Episode on Love Loss and Learning to Heal
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Uncovering Authenticity: A Solo Episode on Love, Loss, and Learning to Heal Please remember to rate and write a review. It goes a long way to producing a successful podcast and we want nothing but success for my baby.•Don’t forget to visit www.richqueeraunties.com/shop for exclusive RQA merch and original art from Ghana. •follow us on IG: https://w…
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Is meme repost culture gaslighting you into thinking you’re doing the work? Doing the work irl and finding your people.
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Is meme repost culture gaslighting you into thinking you’re doing the work? Doing the work irl and finding your people. In this episode, I talk about: Examining our beliefs Doing the work to figure out what’s yours and what’s not. Showing up fully in all our messiness to find our people instead of faking it till we make it Reposting mental health m…
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Capitalism vs. pay me for my work
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Capitalism and pay me for my work: My struggle with the nuances therein. > How I broke my ankle > Feeling less alone by listening to the stories of others > How much I make as a nurse > I started a Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Christabelmintahgalloway. Become a patron if you’ll like to support me monetarily. > Why I priced/tiered my Patreon the …
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Relationships as my biggest teacher.
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I’ve had many relationships over the years all with trials but none has been as impactful as my current one with my partner and that with my mom over our lifetime. I believe that our relationships can be outstanding teachers if we are in the right space to be a student. Otherwise, it becomes about blame game. Focusing on the other person’s shortcom…
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Back Like I never Left Here’s a quick update on what I’ve been up do in the last three months. To include: COVID- 19 emergency relief work in southern Texas I turned 35 during first hurricane ever! In Mexico!! Not being sure of who you want to be when you grow up Dealing with self-doubt, a different brain and a world that demands productivity Heali…
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Q&A : Coming out, skin care, organized religion, and more.
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Q&A : Coming out, skin care, organized religion, and more. In my first Q&A, I tackle questions asked on IG about how I came out, what my skin care routine is, what I think of organized religion after being an active participant in one for two decades. I loved all the questions that came through! I do think I missed a couple that we’re sent in my DM…
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Black joy, white fragility, and everything in between
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Aberrant Behavior - Black joy, white fragility, and everything in between An episode where I just ramble about a few things weighing on my mind to include: New white activists, I need an explanation on why you never saw racism until now. In fact, don’t answer that, it’s rhetorical. I believe you’ve always known, you just didn’t want to sacrifice th…
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Not Racist? Not Enough! - How to become anti-racist.
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Not Racist? Not Enough! - How to become anti-racist. This is from my perspective as an African who wasn’t always anti-racist. Being Black wasn’t enough for me, I had to become actively anti-racist. Many Black activist resist the idea of teaching anti-racism to white people and NBPOC because they are tired. I still have some energy so let’s go! Not …
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Liberation from Subconscious Conditioning
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Aberrant Behavior Episode 5 - Liberation from Subconscious Conditioning In this episode, I talk about how most of our behaviors and what we consider our personalities are as a result of subconscious conditioning. As always, I draw from my experience. When I wanted to change behavior patterns that were no longer serving me, I thought it was a matter…
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Aberrant Behavior Episode 4 - Spankings and Slavery In this episode, I talk specifically to black parents, guardians and caregivers. I wanted to facilitate a conversation about the devastating effects of spankings within the black family. I talk from my perspective as a kid who received many spankings growing up and how that affected me detrimental…
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Religion and Internalized Homophobia
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Aberrant Behavior - Religion and Internalized Homophobia In this episode, I delve into my long and complex relationship with religion and why I had to let it go if I was ever to love myself deeply. I have nothing against religion as a whole because I recognize it’s role in providing comfort and hope to many people as it did for me. Plus, faith and …
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Aberrant Behavior - Episode 2: My Healing Journey; engaged at 15 and 2 jail stints by 25. *Trigger warning: Domestic Violence, Self harm, suicidal ideation and other traumas* In my most vulnerable share to date, I talk about how an abusive childhood and a tumultuous teen years and early adulthood led me to seek help. The pitfalls along the way and …
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Aberrant Behavior - Episode 1: My Why In this very first episode, I talk about "My Why." What drives me? what inspires me? Why am I starting a podcast? Resource: https://www.instagram.com/the.holistic.psychologist/ Logistics: My goal is to drop an episode every week but I’m not tied to the capitalist obsession with productivity at all costs. I’m no…
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