The Colored Girl: Recent Episodes
The Colored Girl
The Colored Girl, hosted by Tori Elizabeth, is a podcast conversation series created to connect women with practical advice on how to be the best version on themselves personally & professionally. Deep diving into conversations that women need, with topics ranging from, self-care, thriving in a 9 to 5, creating that dream job, building wealth, relationships and MORE! Tori brings authenticity, vulnerability all while keeping it fun with a fresh perspective on all things Colored Girl(s). This is a safe space for us to be us...you never know who just might join in on the conversation!
Tori speaks with Ronetta about being a mother of 2 amazing trailblazing children, domestic violence survivor, she overcame being paralyzed on her right side for 1 1/2 yrs after suffering from Lyme's Disease and Guillan Barre Syndrome at 21, Then she served 13 years in the USAF, Single mother and now an Entrepreneur focusing on Inspiring, Empowering, Cultivating Women entrepreneurs within the military community while being affected by Fibromyalgia and other health complications. She refuse to allow it to hinder her.
Tori dives deep with Melissa about being a mama, a lover, a photographer/filmmaker with an empathetic heart. After a years of ups and downs, including homelessness, depression, anxiety, and low self esteem, She's finally at a point in her life where she feels...whole. One night, when her daughter was 5, she felt like she had reached her lowest point. She was working a low-wage job and barely had enough money to scrape together a dinner. When her daughter asked for more, which there was none, she gave her what was on her plate. She ate happily, but Melissa cried herself to sleep that night. She vowed to never again be in that position. She prayed for and attuned her spirit to abundance.
Tori chats with Chiara about her mother and her being survivors of domestic violence. Despite suffering from the same mental illness as her father (the abuser), She's grown (in her opinion) into a compassionate woman who is currently in law school hoping to specialize in human rights and refugee law.
Tori talks with Tamara about being a military kid, awesome upbringing and opportunity for culture and traveling. Watching her Mom as a soldier made her independent and observant. The story she think needs to be shared is managing the pandemic alone. She had recently relocated to a new city for a new job, but going weeks at a time without face to face options was unbearable even as an introverted adaptable professional.
Tori chats with Ottavia about her whole life being an open book. She not only shares her successes via social media but her pain and discomfort as well. She's struggled with homelessness and abuse to name a couple but when she was on the brink of a nervous breakdown she turned to meditation. And now she has a business built and birthed from her pain to wellness. She's a certified sound therapist, mindfulness teacher, reiki master, tarot reader and ancestral advocate.
Tori chats with Nina about growing up in Canada and being mistreated and bullied because of her skin color and hair. She now uses that as fuel to fight for Black Lives to Matter and human rights.
Tori chats with Kenya about being a graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Master’s in Dance Education from the Arnhold Graduate Dance Education Program in May 2020. As an emerging choreographer, Kenya is committed to cultivating new methods of reclaiming, and retaining, the legacy of the African Diaspora.
Tori dives deep with Keisha about being married to a professional athlete, divorced at 26, single mom, lost EVERYTHING 2 times and she means EVERYTHING, was on public assistance, a product of domestic abuse, made it through! Come from the typical AA family that doesn’t talk about their sh$!, so she met her fathers family for the first time a few years ago and they didn’t know who she was.
Tori chats with Janelle about being a 24 years old still in college trying to figure out this adult thing. She admits she needs some more training lmao.
Tori speaks with Dr. B Lynn about being a multifaceted, multiracial woman of color that was raised with divergent religious and cultural beliefs and values, in addition to having to flip flop between both “sides of the tracks“ so to speak. So, “code switching“ was learned from elementary school. Traversing the exclusivity of upper class white privilege prep schools and country clubs and not looking and acting white enough and all the hate and racism that went along with it was overbearing to say the least. This was juxtaposed with being with her extended family in the projects and not being “black enough“ on “the block“.
Tori dives deep with Deepti about being an Indian born makeup artist raised in Elmhurst, nyc. Growing up in a single mother home in an environment that didn't know or care that she existed. And she's not just speaking about the schools she went to, or the neighborhood she grew up in. It also included her home. She was the second born girl in her family - the unwanted child. Her oldest sister was the important one and younger brother, the golden child. Her mother wanted to switch her at birth with her male cousin, a story her aunt told her when she was a teenager. This aunt also took the time to tell her she was born a nothing. It took Deepti a long time to reconcile the nagging feelings of feeling inconsequential to her family, feeling like the useless one while her family tried to convince her otherwise.
Tori chats with Carolyn about her experiences with suffering from heart surgery, Hasimoto Disease, broken heart, broken bank accounts, miscarriages, dealing with corporate racism, self-doubt and coming through it all . Falling in love with herself , making peace with her past and accepting her flaws.
Tori speaks with Breaunna about what it was like being married for 13 years to an abusive (narcissistic) man who tried to hold her back from pursuing her dreams. He held finances from her, lead a double life and even got them evicted from their home only so that she could be dependent on him.
Tori dives deep with Trish about being a 48-years old Jamaican woman who grew up in Hollywood, Florida. Shes worked her entire career in entertainment television and digital media. she left Jamaica when she was 8-years old after her Mom sent for her. She'd been away from her since she was 2-years old. She left her with a couple she thought were her grandparents but found out later on, they were friends of the family. The wife physically abused her and she was essentially the family’s indentured servant.
Tori speaks with Tanika about being a mother of two but more times than she'd like to admit she's coasting through this journey called motherhood and figuring it out as she go. She is a trained birth and postpartum doula because, after her own personal experience, she is a firm believer that women of color deserve to have access to quality, empowering, and awakening birthing experiences.
Tori dives deep with Shamina about her experiences with assault at the age of 9 by a family member. She felt ashamed and afraid to tell anyone as she thought it was her fault. It went on for years until he finally penetrated her. She still didn’t tell anyone and this is when she discovered she was a poet.
Tori speaks with Oshyn about being a young 22 year old black woman that doesn’t normally fit in with the cool kids. Through forced isolation , she learned the importance of self love which then turned her “isolation” into putting herself first and learning about the girl that looks back at her when she stares in the mirror.
Tori talks with Nyla about being a resilient Black woman. But pick one of us from a crowd, aren’t we all? Everything she is today is because of every unfortunate situation she lived through. She lost her mother at age 11 to an aneurysm. Was then raised by her hardworking older sister who had four other children. So she became the oldest after being the baby. She met her father for the first time, to her memory, while I was in high school.
Tori chats with Marsha about being the middle daughter of deceased parents, the only one to graduate college among her four siblings (to date), a divorcee, single mother, homeowner and burgeoning entrepreneur. It’s has taken a lot to overcome the loss of her parents. While dressing to graduate college she pulled strength from God, her siblings and the looks in her daughters eyes.
Tori chats with Marqueeta about what is was like having an alcoholic step father - born out of sexual abuse - experienced physical and verbal abuse throughout her childhood until she eventually ran away from home. She then moved from house to house up until her two timing boyfriend almost got them killed and she decided to enroll into fashion school. Since then she has experienced a lot but she is now living in Dubai going towards her dreams and recently launched her footwear brand.
Tori speaks with Kamisha about being a 45 year old, never married no children, feeling as though she's received a huge red F on her assignment of life as it pertains to womanhood and spending the last several years forging her own path and rewriting her narrative and recognizing she never saw anyone like her with her alternate reality growing up.
Tori dives in deep with Jennifer about being an author & influencer by passion and purpose. Overcoming verbal, emotional & physical abuse that became a woman by age but a foul mouth & disrespectful little girl by maturity level. She had to fail at personal, family & professional relationships in order to identify the common culprit: herself. Through spiritual healing, therapy, self improvement & leaning on her Sisters, She is slowly becoming the woman she was created to be.
Tori speaks with Hanae about being diagnosed with severe Crohn’s disease at 18, then another incurable disease at 19. Now 43 and have had 11 surgeries due to the aforementioned illnesses and more that the medicines she took did to her body.
Tori chats with Grace about being a woman and firstborn in her family. Her father lost his three wives: her mother and her two stepmothers. She grew up in a war country, Burundi. At three, her mother died not from war but during the birth of her young sister. She became her siblings' real mother ( brother eleven years old, sister ten years old, and sister three years old). No one helped her, she never received any help.
Tori speaks with Elize about being a mixed race individual who always struggled to find her tribe. She continually received shade from both ends of the color spectrum and ended up on a lonely path.
Tori dives deep with Dariné about being a 32 year old black woman(Creole) from Southwest Louisiana and a musician/guitarist/writer/singer. She comes from a very colorful and diverse family(maternal and paternal). Her siblings range from very dark skinned to brown, caramel, and she's yellow. She's had issues with colorism and racism from her own family down to school mates/co-workers.
Tori speaks with Cassandra about being a black woman who grew up questioning her blackness. The only brown spot in a sea of white. She wasn't Black enough for Black people and she wasn't Black enough for white people. However, that did not stop her from embracing her people or culture. There is an unexplainable and consistent pull inside of her to explore her culture.
Tori learns about what it was like for Carman to grow up shy and the biggest, darkest girl in the room which made her an automatic target to be a butt of a joke.
Tori discuss with Caitlin what it was like growing up in a small privileged predominately white town and how she found herself conforming to white social norms. She decided to leave her hometown and move to Chicago for school. In Chicago not only has she started her acting career, but have also found who she truly is. As a queer black woman She's never felt more free.
Tori talks with Beata a 25 year old, currently learning about the magic of boundaries and navigating all of these complexities within the duality as a Black and Dominican woman.
Tori dives in to Ayanda story of being a filmmaker from Johannesburg South Africa. Who's been in America for two years now. She came here as a K1 fiancée and it was an extremely difficult process for me. A survivor of a traumatic childhood, and a survivor of sexual assault, which has made her want to advocate for and protect women.
Wendee shares her Story with Tori about being a Broadway performer who made the leap to broadcasting but not before having a nearly half decade long custody battle for her daughter that left her broke and broken.
Tori talks with Tati about what it means to embrace herself and how working in the sex industry has opened her eyes to the incredible affect that sex, and proper sex education can have on a persons wellbeing, and has helped her move towards becoming her Highest Self!
Tori speaks with Samjah about what it means to be 39 years old, and living life on your own terms - not by society’s terms.
Tori chats with Latoya about what it means to be a soulful being that is ever expansive and rooted in Divinity.
Tori speaks with Finesse about her experience with Alcoholism and how sobriety has changed her life, experiences and relationships.
Tori dives deep with Chelsea Hayes to discuss what it was like never truly feeling accepted by the white people in her community and the Black people in her community.
Tori dives deep with Dionna regarding being a black, married millennial who spent the previous 2 years of her marriage suffering in silence. She & her husband were hanging on by a thread at home while externally they were the picture of health and success. Her story is one of wounds and hurt but also victory and restoration.
Tori talks with Char to dissect what it means to be a wife, a mother, a sister, a daughter an aunt, a Soror and a friend and a survivor who has overcome sexual abuse, domestic violence, emotional and mental abuse to get where she is today.
Tori talks with Kayla about how body image played a role in her self-esteem and accepting her slim frame in the South as a woman.
Tori dives deep with Kyra and discuss how yoga healed her from the traumas of being raped and unappreciated in relationships.
Tori Elizabeth dives deep into Shayna's story surrounding her life threatening labor experiences and the lack of proper care for Black Women by the U.S Health Care System.
Tori Elizabeth dives deep into Keeya's story surrounding her sex trafficking experience and how she was over to overcome and heal from the traumas of her past.
Founder Tori Elizabeth deep dives into Nisa's story about growing up in Malaysia versus being an Asian woman in America.
Nisa is an anti-racism, anti-patriarchy & anti-white supremacy advocate who is fighting for the rights for the BIWOC community.
Victory & Tori talk with influencer and content producer Aysha Sow about her journey from being an accountant to influencing full-time. Aysha talks being raised in Belgium as a black woman and eventually moving to New York and learning to embrace her true self.
Stay true to yourself!
Victory and Tori talk with writer, editor, and creative consultant Marjon Carlos whose work has appeared in publications such as Vogue, Wall Street Journal and Fader to name a few. Hear how Marjon started her journey as a writer and continues to push and represent black culture in the music and fashion world.
The stories we read and share impact everything.
Victory and Tori talk with Chicago native KJ Rose on her journey as singer in the music industry and becoming a performance development coach founding the Rose Effect. Hear how KJ was able to pursue music as a full-time career, trusting herself and the process.
Trust the process and grow!
This week Victory and Tori talk with Danni Washington about how she has been able to transform her passion for the ocean and science into exciting, high profile ways. Her love and involvement with STEM initiatives has led her to become the first African American woman to host her own science television series.
How does nature impact your life?
Victory and Tori talk with financial education specialist Ashley M. Fox about her transition from working as a Wall Street analyst to following her desire to help people develop career, life, and financial success.
If you can spend it you can invest it!
Victory and Tori talk with event producer and founder of Coin Convos Dom Brown about how she created a community for young black professional while growing her passion of helping recycle the black dollar.
What are you willing to change to have what you want?
Victory & Tori talk with founder and CEO of Mielle Organics Monique Rodriguez about her start and success in the beauty industry after spending time as a registered nurse.
Your gifts will make room for you!
This week Victory and Tori talk with photographer and influencer Denisse Benitez about how she continues to maintain her self-worth as a creative.
Knowing your worth doesn't only apply to your business but it applies to your personal life as well!
This week, Victory and Tori sit and talk with author, speaker, science enthusiast and social media influencer Idil Ahmed and her mission to elevate the global consciousness.
Everything is energy, giving us the power to manifest!
In this episode Victory and Tori talk with creator/author J.Chavae on her journey of creating the We Heal Too community and the power of energy and importance of self-care. Find out how you can become a part of the We Heal Too community to keep yourself in check and on a road to self-healing.
Victory & Tori discuss why surrendering is the second step in the process of manifesting the life you desire.
Completely letting go of the how, who and/or what you have asked for in order to allow it to manifest itself in your life.
Victory & Tori discuss the benefits of setting intentions & how to manifest the life you want in 2019!
Intentions are the foundation for goals & resolutions!