Lessons from Liberation | The Griot & Healing Power of Music The Freed Black Girl Podcast

Lessons from Liberation is a mini-episode series on what I’ve learned about what comes after freedom.

In this episode, I reflect on music as medicine — as ancestral memory, nervous system regulation, and a portal back to creativity.

Building on last week’s conversation about stepping into the light when it feels uncomfortable, this episode explores what it means to turn toward sound instead of fear — to let rhythm move blocked emotions and allow music to tell the stories our bodies already know.

I share how returning to the piano during the pandemic unlocked new levels of creativity — from launching my first business to starting this podcast — and how following a thread through my Ancestry DNA led me to Mali, home of the griot: the hereditary storyteller, musician, and living archive of the community.

This episode is about remembering that creativity is not random. It is lineage.

In this episode, I explore:

• How music regulates the nervous system and creates safety in the body • The pentatonic scale as the foundation of gospel, blues, and R&B • The griot tradition of Mali and its connection to Black American music • How the pandemic forced stillness that unlocked ancestral memory • Why following creative nudges may be a form of spiritual guidance

Journal with me:

• How has music healed you? • What ancestral gifts are waiting for your attention? • Where are you being nudged to create? • What is your relationship with creativity — and how can you nurture it?

✨ New episodes of Lessons from Liberation drop weekly.

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