The show opens where it means to keep going — Jess Chavira-Eubanks, LCSW-S, sitting down alone to name what most therapy podcasts won't. She calls it the fuckery. White body supremacy as the standard. Patriarchy that doesn't serve anybody. Capitalism, colonialism, and the systems that shape how our bodies hold pain.

In this launch episode, Jess walks you through the VIMBASI practice — vibe, image, behavior, affect, sensation, imagination — a somatic toy to play with from Dr. Resmaa Menakem's work that she'll weave through every episode. She talks about what it means to build Purple Couch Therapy from her own healing, why she's centering Black women, and what listeners can expect: real conversations, real practice, real community.

If you've been surviving and calling it healing, this is the podcast for you.

Chapters:

0:00 Welcome to the Purple Couch

0:41 Naming the fuckery

2:10 Being called "radical" — reclaiming it

3:10 VIMBASI — a somatic practice from Dr. Resmaa Menakem

5:16 Walking through the practice — Behavior, Affect, Sensation, Imagination

9:40 Dirty pain — why this show exists

10:36 Building Purple Couch Therapy — the vision

12:40 The three phases of healing

15:15 Naming white body supremacy — and healing from it

16:40 Closing thanks

Get connected:

• Learn about Purple Couch Therapy: https://www.purplecouchcounseling.org/