The Church is supposed to be a safe space for the broken and wounded. The Church is supposed to be a place of healing for those wounded by others. The Church is supposed to be a place of peace for those wounded by life’s challenges. The Church is supposed to be a place where people can grow in their faith and experience God’s love and grace. But, sometimes that does not happen and in those instances, you can experience one of the ultimate pains of life, “Church Hurt!” In this episode, I am shari...
Apr 19, 2023•37 min•Season 5Ep. 78
Dr. Cozette M. White is an acclaimed 6x bestselling author, nationally recognized tax & accounting strategist, international speaker, real estate investor, and philanthropist. Serving clients for 25 years, Dr. White has been coined “Your Financial Physician” due to her unparalleled ability to empower her clients to ditch debt and develop a plan to create wealth that leaves a secure financial legacy. Let's face it: discipline, saving, and investing are the keys to building wealth, but they're...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 5Ep. 77
Why do church folks give others a hard time for attending church only on Easter or other Holidays? The church has been around and available to all for thousands of years. It’s a place of worship, celebration, and inspiration. Unfortunately, it’s also a place where hurt and pain reside. There are people in the church who truly believe they are the holiest of them all and feel that gives them the authority to damage others mentally. But, what if this narrative could be changed to actually reflect ...
Apr 05, 2023•45 min•Season 5Ep. 76
We are kicking off Season 5 , with a phenomenal Author & Attorney, Deborah Mortimer ! Deborah turned her passion for writing into crafting children's books. Deborah understood the importance of diverse representation and wanted to go further in helping to change the narrative so she decided to create Leap Forward Publishing, LLC . She is also an attorney practicing trademark law and specializing in helping entrepreneurs, businesses, authors, creators, and more, protect and grow their brands....
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 5Ep. 75
In this episode, we pit the age-old conversation of doing for your partner. When you're in a relationship, it can be easy to lose sight of what matters. To get caught up in the day-to-day and forget why you're together. Doing for each other is key as you both sacrifice to ensure the relationship keeps the love and respect. So why not, “ Make daddy a sandwich ”? Because, if you really take a step back and look at what your partner is doing for you, and what they're doing for themselves, it's easy...
Mar 22, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 74
This episode dives into the generation gap between parents/grandparents and children being raised in the fast-growing technology world in which we live today. Not only is there a generation gap but there is also a communication gap. As a result, we are disconnected and isolated from engagement and also, what's going on in our teenager's world today. The generation gap is real and present; it’s not going away, so we have to figure out how to bridge this gap. Also, teenagers are absolutely glued t...
Mar 15, 2023•44 min•Ep. 73
This episode is packed with knowledge, experience, creativity, and the sheer faith in God to persevere through trying times, as the odds are defied - raising a son with a dream . It was such a joy to chat with Falisa and Wendell Ray, the authors of, the beautifully written book, entitled, “ Raising Simba ”. Falisa shares her parenting journey raising a young creative son from the Chicago projects to his debut on Broadway, as Simba, in the sold-out play, The Lion King . Falisa’s journey from trag...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 4Ep. 72
We have been married for 33 years, and we are still in love and consider each other to be our best friends. We have had our ups and downs, but we have always managed to get through it all. One very critical key for us was learning how to communicate with each other and understanding that communication is at the very heart of any relationship. We discussed everything from racism to religion. There are not too many subjects that are off the table for us, because we want to ensure we share our trut...
Feb 28, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 71
In this episode, our GrandJoy joins us to facilitate a few questions in reference to dating and forming relationships. Of course, our answers are based on our 33+ years of being together and how dating was - wayyyy back in the day. How often have you wanted to just take a seat with a seasoned couple, who appears to be successful in their relationship journey and ask tons of questions? Well, here you go! (4:00) Introductions (6:00) First date memories (14:20) Embarrassing dating moments (20:48) T...
Feb 22, 2023•57 min•Season 4Ep. 70
Entrepreneur, Wine Educator, Food Enthusiast, & Podcast Host, Sarita Cheaves, graced our podcast with her presence. Sarita shared her knowledge, love, and, experience of the wine world and food community with us, as we hung on every word. Sarita’s interest and love for wine blossomed in her twenties from California to DC and from Paris to Greece. When it comes to wine and food, Sarita's palate profile is unstoppable. She lives for pairing delicious foods with the perfect wine, seeking the id...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 69
In this episode, we tackle questions & comments from other interracial couples. Having a relationship is already tricky within itself, but when you step into the interracial arena, it gets a bit more involved. Although we live in a society that's a bit more progressive, there are still areas as well as people who continue to disapprove of interracial love. They often offer comments, micro-aggressions, and questions that show their disapproval. We review and break down other couples' question...
Feb 08, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 68
**Beware** Movie Spoiler Alert We know, We know - you’re thinking, ‘who are they referring to, with this, “ You People ” bullcrap! Hey! It’s not what you think and it’s everything you think. We are deep diving into the recently released movie on Netflix, “You People”! This movie takes a plunge into interracial dating from all sides - color, culture, religion, beliefs, family, outside interferences, friends, and just plain ignorance about the treatment of each other's cultural lifestyles. Bonus: ...
Feb 01, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 67
This episode is fantastic, heartfelt, knowledge-filled, and more! Brand Strategist, Author, Storyteller, and Award-winning Graphic Designer Julian B. Kiganda stopped by the Truth & Coffee Time Podcast to share her take on family, culture, business, ownership, and love for helping others. We also discussed self-care and how she does all the things ! Julian is an entrepreneur with many gifts and talents but, one of her favorite titles is being a Professional Storyteller. Because of this powerf...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 4Ep. 66
Do you have your word(s) for the year? Well, let’s regroup and put our new year goals and aspirations in place. Notice I did not say resolutions. Do you know why? Because, the problem is that many people set these bodacious resolutions that are sometimes very unrealistic, and they don't follow through on them. The key is if you were not doing any of those things in the previous year, how are you going to magically bite off such a big resolution in the new year? So here is our recommendation………. ...
Jan 18, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 65
Your questions came rolling in, so we are sharing our answers to a few of them, from our thoughts on what keeps us in love, our motivation, and our future book, to how we keep supporting each other. Also, there is some lame reference to O-H-I-O. Please understand that these answers are from our own personal experiences, and as we share time and time again, we don't know it all but, we know us! As we all know, love & relationships are not all easy. We all adjust, love, compromise, and sacrifi...
Jan 11, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 64
In this episode, Allow Us To Re-introduce Ourselves! We go back down podcast memory lane from our very 1st episode, where we share a few details of how we met and our whirlwind dating, which eventually led to a happenstance elopement. Yep!! You read it correctly - we eloped!! Ironically, we started this love match off with conversations, deep truths, and a love for coffee, which seems to have magically led us right here to you and what we do best, conversate over coffee. Thank you all for allowi...
Jan 04, 2023•19 min•Season 4Ep. 63
A new year is upon us and like so many do every year - new year resolutions are coming out of the woodwork! This episode is different from your traditional resolution breakdown. Instead, we want to discuss what we learned in the previous year that will serve us well in the New Year! New Year's resolutions and setting goals is a great fresh start for the beginning of the year, to get us back on track. But somewhere in the middle of the first few months, those resolutions fizzle out - now what!? S...
Dec 28, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 62
Hey Hey! We are so excited to have on our show, Founders, Vice President & President of the Virginia Black Business Directory, Tracey & Ernisha Hall ! This powerful entrepreneur couple sat down with us and discussed everything from representation, gentrification, small business advocacy, relationship building, community support, and so much more! This power couple saw a need in the way our black business owners were NOT able to effectively maneuver in the business space in the Virginia a...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 61
Episode 60 has us up watching the sunrise, over a great cup of coffee and an even better 30+ minutes of engaging conversations. Check out the lineup, as we explored and conversated: (2:46) Daily stresses and the path of giving yourself grace daily (3:19) Being tested, tried, and coping (5:22) Coffee Talk (8:39) Holidays and Denise’s 3 F’s (11:27) Smells bring memories, good & bad (14:35) Va-JayJay flavored chips (16:22) We are answering some of your questions about us (34:15) Mr. B’s 3 F’s (...
Dec 14, 2022•45 min•Season 4Ep. 60
We are continuing Season 4 with Natalie Pecora of NJP Productions . Natalie is an entrepreneur, custom jewelry designer, and graphic designer, as well as an off-broadway set designer in fabulous New York City. This discussion is so fluent as we discuss creativity, the pandemic, family/friends, the social media community, ownership, love, and loss. There are so many entrepreneurs that actually launched their companies, books, designs, and more during the pandemic. The Pandemic put everyone on an ...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 59
Energy, Energy, Energy! This episode is all about, The Energies We Bring to the various environment we step into on a daily basis. Especially, as we are approaching the holidays, with family, friends, and more coming into your space to celebrate, fellowship, and break bread…..some may bring a very different energy that may not be positive or full of joy! We have to continually be mindful of the energy we bring around others. The energy you give determines your interaction with the people in that...
Nov 30, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 58
Thank you for hanging with us! The Holidays are upon us and we are re-visiting a fan fave, entitled, Holiday Bells or Holiday Hells! Ya'll know it could go either way! Let's get into it! In this episode we are discussing the good, the bad, and all there is in between. It’s, Holiday Bells or Holiday Hells and we are digging into our different family traditions, the fun of spending time with family, as well as the stress of seeing some of those same family members. Also, ummmm, is there a Santa?! ...
Nov 23, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 57
Episode 56 formally introduces my new ebook, ”Giving Yourself Grace Daily”! So excited to speak about this beautiful labor of self-love journey with our excellent listeners. This is such an engaging conversation with Tiffany Sinceno, our gracious host, of @Relationshipsonthego. She is a fabulous Psychotherapist/ Relationship Expert, and I was honored to be interviewed by her on her phenomenal Relationship Summit. We share this with you because at some point we all find ourselves, dissecting our ...
Nov 16, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 56
Soooo here we go! If someone is in your inner circle, they are there because somewhere down the line of your friendships yall crossed the trustworthy threshold - that's a great thing, right?! Yes, right! But, what happens when someone in your inner circle betrays your trust, not by what they say, but by the complete opposite? They betray your trust by what they didn’t or wouldn’t say! What happens if your inner circle friend does not stand up for your character among people that simply don’t kno...
Nov 09, 2022•43 min•Season 4Ep. 55
So I grabbed a dear friend and former colleague to explore this sometimes controversial topic. Being a Strong Woman: Compliment or Nah?! Don't get me wrong, I completely understand the need to have a certain type of strength to maneuver in this world as a female, especially as a Black female. But, I also want to ensure that I am able to have helpmates within my family, circle, businesses and more if needed. There is no shame in asking for help but, if we always exude the facade to everyone that ...
Nov 02, 2022•49 min•Season 4Ep. 54
Hey! Hey! Hello to Season 4 and more engaging topics, inspiring guests, and so much more. We are kicking off Season 4 with a much needed topic that so many of us suffer from daily……..Paralysis by Analysis! What are you over-analyzing to the point of paralyzation? You are so hell-bent on the constant re-do and review that it prevents you from releasing. Then there's Extinct by Instinct, which means that you release something so fast that it dies before it takes off. So, there is an easy median, t...
Oct 26, 2022•33 min•Season 4Ep. 53
Hey friends! This is the last episode of Season 3! Yep - we are wrapping up Season 3 and we are equally excited that Season 4 is on deck with powerful conversations and some upcoming phenomenal guests. This entire episode is dedicated to wrapping up Season 3 with a bow, as we review past episodes from this great season. Season 3 introduced our side hustle and entrepreneurial sessions. While we gave you great topics - we also sprinkled in inspiring stories, knowledge sharing, and life experiences...
Oct 19, 2022•28 min•Season 3Ep. 52
In part 2 of this great episode, Gabrielle breaks down her love for artistry and the challenges of her artistry journey. She offers insights into her steps to becoming a freelance artist and what it means to have mentors and others in your life to encourage you while also being a viable example of what she wanted to be. Her illustration path points more toward children's books. But, as you listen to this engaging interview you learn so much more about the different genres of her talents. Gabriel...
Oct 12, 2022•50 min•Season 3Ep. 51
We are talking to Illustrator Extrodinaire, Gabrielle Fludd , as she takes us through her entrepreneur and artistic journey. Gabrielle is a freelance artist, drawn to surround herself with positive and creative energy. She loves bringing characters to life, teaching art, painting of all types of genres, and of course illustrating books. Gabrielle illustrated our book, Grand Joy, which I wrote with my friend Kim C. Lee. Gabrielle is phenomenal in her craft and will forever hold a place in our hea...
Oct 05, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Hey, Hey, Hey! It’s us again sharing another amazing human with the podcast listening community! Yes! Comedian Lance Thompson is in the building sharing his comedic joy & journey with us at the Truth & Coffee Time Podcast! Lance Thompson has shared the stage with personalities such as Joe Clair of WPGC, Comedian Tony Woods, Rodney Perry, and many more great stand-ups! Lance has more than just comedy in his repertoire, he is a poet, performs spoken word, and is a phenomenal host throughou...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 49
