Black Girls Bonding

Picture this: summer 2017. Kianti has the idea for Black Girls Bonding. The show launches in 2023. Six years later.

It didn't take six years to figure out how to make a podcast. It took six years to stop waiting to feel ready.

In this episode, Kianti gets into the story she's never fully told — the anxiety, the isolation, the perfectionism, and the moment she realized she might be the person she was looking for. And then the mo...

She's back. And this time, she's keeping it.

In this episode, Kianti gets raw about one of the most disorienting feelings an entrepreneur can have — losing yourself to the programming. After years in corporate spaces that quietly trained her to shrink, stay humble, and be grateful just for a seat at the table, she found herself carrying those habits straight into her business. And they were not serving her.

It took two back-to-...

Kianti is coming in with good energy and a topic that is close to her heart — the women in our lives who hold us down in ways we don't always stop to appreciate. This one is personal, funny, and deeply moving in equal measure.

In this episode we talk about:

• Why a woman married 40 years gave Kianti the best marriage advice she'd ever heard and it had nothing to do with her husband
• The three categories of friends every woman n...

Your Body Is Talking. Are You Listening?

Kianti is back and this time she's on video for the very first time! She's nervous, she's excited, and she's coming in with a topic that is close to her heart and deeply important to the community of Black women she loves.

In this episode we talk about:

• Why Black women have been conditioned to push through pain, illness, and exhaustion without question
• How the eldest daughter experience teac...

In this episode, Kianti gets a little vulnerable about navigating an overwhelming season while still showing up and then does something she's never done before: brings her 20+ years of marketing expertise into the Black Girls Bonding space.

In this episode we talk about:

• Why the best brands in the world obsess over controlling their narrative and what Nike and Apple can teach us about telling our own stories
• Why you are the CMO of...

Let's be honest, most of us built our dream life in our heads when we were 12. Good job, big house, the husband, the kids, the whole checklist. But what happens when the life you're actually living doesn't match the one you mapped out before your frontal lobe was even fully developed?

In this solo episode, Kianti gets real about the personal evolution that entrepreneurship forced her into and how turning 40 became the turning point ...

In this episode, Kianti gets real about something she almost didn't share — doubt. Not the kind that shows up once and leaves, but the kind that follows you into the gym, into your business, into every moment you try to level up. She talks about why doubt isn't something to wait out, but something to work with and how learning to let it fuel you instead of stop you is a daily, uncomfortable, worthwhile practice.

Kianti also ge...

She's back in the dating pool and she's not stressing about it. In this episode, Kianti sits down with her nearest and dearest, Whitney, for a candid conversation about navigating dating after divorce in 2026. Whitney opens up about her marriage, the moment "the mask came off," and how she rebuilt herself on the other side of one of life's hardest chapters.

But this episode isn't just about heartbreak — it's about the glow-up ...

Black women have been visible for a long time. In culture. In labor. In struggle. In the room. And yet visibility alone has never been enough to guarantee protection, resources, or rest.

In this episode, Kianti gets into it. A recent headline sparked a bigger conversation about what it actually costs Black women to choose themselves, and whether that choice is even equally available to all of us. Spoiler: Kianti had feelings. A lot ...

In this deeply affirming and honest conversation, Kianti sits down with Dr. Nikki,  licensed psychologist, published scholar, and unapologetic advocate for Black women's well-being, to talk about what it really costs high-achieving Black women to keep showing up for everyone but themselves.

Dr. Nikki opens up about her own winding path: from university professor to getting tenure at the University of Houston, hitting burnout, n...

This week’s episode was inspired by a podcast episode I heard with poet Ross Gay, who shared how he intentionally looks for small daily delights and writes them down. That idea stuck and sparked a bigger reflection about how easy it is to train our minds to find what’s wrong instead of what’s good.

In this solo episode of Black Girls Bonding, we talk about:

•  How our brains can become wired to scan for probl...

Atlanta is having one of those “fake spring” weeks. Warm sunshine one day, cold temperatures the next. It feels like the weather is faking us out.

That idea ended up becoming the perfect metaphor for this season of life.

In this episode, I’m reflecting on what it means to sit in the meantime. That period where things are moving, but maybe not as quickly or as smoothly as you hoped.

Over the past few months, I’v...

Most of us have been told that growth requires discomfort. Intellectually, we get that. We nod along. We agree. Emotionally? It hits different.

In this episode, I share a moment that stopped me in my tracks while I was on my treadmill, huffing through an incline workout. When my instructor said, “If you’re comfortable, increase your speed,” it felt like she was talking about more than fitness.

I’ve been clear ...

In this episode, host Kianti sits down with her homegirl, Carline Hooker, the "saleswoman extraordinaire" and founder of NetworkIt.

Carline brings 14 years of marriage experience (and 17 years of partnership) to the table for a conversation that moves past the "Instagrammable" version of relationships and into the "real deal Holyfield" truth. Whether you are single, dating, or decades into a marriage, this episode offers a refreshin...

It’s been a minute, but I’m back and easing into the year with intention.

In this episode, I’m talking about why I’m rejecting “strong starts” and choosing a softer beginning to the year instead. I reflect on last year as my first full year in business, what it meant to simply be profitable, cared for, and steady, and why that deserves celebration.

We talk about seasonal energy, rest, and why winte...

In this the last episode of 2025 and as we roll into the end of the year, I want to offer something different. No “end the year strong.” No “grind ‘til the last minute.” I’m over it, and I know a lot of y’all are too.

In this freestyle episode, I’m talking about what it looks like to close the year softly with intention, gentleness, and care. I share the three things I’m doing to...

In this week’s episode of Black Girls Bonding, I’m talking about something I never expected to record an episode on: what it means to reparent yourself, to care for the little girl you once were.

I share a very personal part of my story, including my journey through infertility, the deep grief that followed, and how I slowly found my way back to myself with the support of therapy and a whole lot of honesty. When my thera...

In this episode, Kianti talks about the importance of holding on to hope, especially when the world feels unpredictable. Inspired by the recent Democratic wins across the country, she reflects on what it means to celebrate progress without bracing for the next blow.

As someone who’s used to waiting for the other shoe to drop, Kianti shares her journey of learning to rewire her brain to stay present, savor joy, and let ...

Some fights are worth it. Others? They’re invitations to let go.

In this week’s episode of Black Girls Bonding, I’m reflecting on one of life’s hardest lessons: learning when to push and when to surrender. After weeks of wrestling with QuickBooks, the IRS, and my own stubbornness, I hit a wall and finally heard that quiet voice telling me: let it go.

This episode is about that moment. The one where faith, frus...