This week’s episode is a little different—in the best way. It’s a couples conversation with me, Sharique, and our good friends Valencia and Myles from The Edible Bunch. We’ve been trying to sit down with them for a while, and life finally made space.

We talk about what it really looks like to heal while you're building—your business, your relationship, your family, and yourself. From late-night recipe testing to balancing burnout, this episode is full of laughter, love, and lessons from the kitchen and beyond.

Valencia shares how she channels creativity through food, Myles opens up about unlearning what rest looks like for Black men, and together we explore the beauty and messiness of partnership when you’re both driven, tired, and still showing up for each other.

Whether you’re navigating love, business, parenting, or all of the above—this one’s for you. Tap in, laugh with us, and remember: healing starts when you stop pretending you don’t need it.

In this powerful episode of Healing in Progress, Jazmine sits down with community organizer, youth leader, and founder of More Than a Hashtag, Desiree Smith. Desiree opens up about the raw, honest truths of doing abolitionist work in Las Vegas—from organizing during the George Floyd uprisings at just 19 years old to navigating burnout, grief, and the complexities of community care.

Together, they explore what it means to create alternatives to harmful systems, the emotional toll of leading with heart, and how healing and justice must go hand in hand. Desiree shares her evolving relationship with boundaries, rest, and what it looks like to show up for herself while holding space for others. She also reflects on the deep personal losses that have shaped her work and her unwavering hope for a better world led by the next generation.

This episode is a reminder that healing is not a destination—it’s a practice. And those leading the charge deserve to be held, supported, and seen, too.

In this episode of Healing in Progress, Jazmine is joined by midwife, lactation consultant, and fierce advocate for birth justice, Jollina Walker. This is not just a conversation about babies—it’s about healing. Healing our relationship to our bodies, to care, to community, and to ourselves.

Jollina shares her journey as a birth worker and educator, and how she’s helping others reclaim their power by centering cultural wisdom and informed choice. Together they talk about the trauma that lives in medical systems, the emotional and spiritual toll of caregiving, and the ways Black and Brown birthing people are rising to shift the narrative.

This episode is an offering for anyone who’s ever poured from an empty cup. For those who care deeply and need space to rest. For those walking with purpose but learning how to set boundaries with grace.

Healing begins with remembering we are not meant to do this alone.

You are worthy of care too. Let this episode remind you.