The Power of Women Podcast

Another season finale and this time we turn the focus inwards. Join us as we take the 16 perosnalities quiz on air to give you and ourselves a bit more insight into our individual personalities. A fun light and interesting way to close out season 2. Tune in and discover your personality type. Do you know your personality type? To take the quiz click below

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The ladies discuss a topic that is as old as time but has recently gotten more attention because of videos circulating the internet- withholding sex from your partner. Should you do it? Is there ever a time when you are allowed to?

Do you shoot your shot with guys that you like? The ladies talk about their experiences in this short and sweet episode. Tune in! RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

In this episode, the ladies discuss colorism within the community and share their thoughts and experiences.

What is love? The ladies get into this age-old question in a way only they can. Tune in!

This week Teso and Tori are talking about “simps”. Why do men use that word on other men? Do women truly not like “simps”? How many times have you heard a man say “women don't want men like Russel Wilson!”? As usual, they break down their thoughts in a raw and undiluted fashion.

The ladies discuss the importance of eating well and looking after the body using natural products. They share their daily diet, health and beauty tips.

The ladies share their thoughts on the recent Roe Vs Wade reversal.

In this week's episode, we discuss emasculation, as always the ladies bring alternate thoughts and perspectives. Tune in and share your thoughts.

This week the ladies are discussing dating older men. Society paints younger women older men relationships as gold but are they really that great? Why do some older men prefer younger women? They also get into Micheal B Jordan and Lori Harvey's recent break-up.

This week Teso and Tori are discussing protection versus control. Does your partner tell you what to wear? He gets uncomfortable if you are dressed up? Do you need to run it by him before you can accept an invitation to hang out with friends, work, or anything else? Does he get jealous when you are out with your friends? Does he try to ostracise you from family and friends? These things are marketed as protection but is it really? And do women really need protection by men? Tune in! RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

This week Teso and Tori are talking sex and orgasms. Ladies how many times have you faked an orgasm to please your partner or because you feel like your body is incapable of having an orgasm. Have you ever even experienced an orgasm; either alone or with a partner? We unpack the topic, as usual, sharing thoughts and experiences. RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

The ladies are back with the third episode of the season and this time they're discussing romantic relationships. What are the main benefits of being in a romantic relationship? Is our current relationship model working? Tune in let's talk! RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Teso and Tori talk kids. Is it a woman's primary duty to have kids? What about those that don't see kids in their lives? Are they inherently selfish? RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Teso and Tori are back with a new season of The Power of Women podcast and they delve right in with this highly debated topic...I don't believe in feminism. What is feminism? Is it something we should actively think about as women? Is feminism detrimental to our wellbeing and relationships? Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Teso and Tori are joined by a panel of phenomenal women for this off-season International women's day special. Bunmi, Christina, Efe and Mika are formidable women who have built a sizeable following on social media platforms by regularly using their voices to speak out on issues that plague women within the community and globally. They are champions for the empowerment of women and add valuable viewpoints as we discuss the patriarchy and the many ways in which it affects women and society. Also providing solutions and advice on how we can move forward and reclaim our power. A truly engaging and educative panel talk. Follow all social media platforms Bùnmi Africa Poem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvIlmI3BHhY TIKTOK The Pow Podcast @thepowpodcast Bùnmi Africa @bunmiafrica Christina @thatbrownguurl Efe @efplange_gh Mikayla @miikaa_96 INSTAGRAM POW Podcast @thepowpodcast Teso @tesothestarseed Tori @tori_jae Bunmi @bunmiafrica Christina @missxtinab Efe @efplange_gh Mika @miikaa_96 TWITTER @thepowpodcast @tesothestarseed @tori_jae

In this season finale episode, Teso and Tori discuss body shaming within society. Have you ever been told that you're “too fat” or “too skinny?” How did that make you feel? The constant sexualization and objectification of women's bodies and the entitlement people feel to comment on our bodies, have a detrimental effect on our self-esteem and mental health. Join the ladies as they share thoughts, opinions, personal experiences and advice. RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast @tesothestarseed @tori_jae #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Teso and Tori discuss going through partners' phones. Have you ever done it? Has your partner gone through your phone? Is it ever justified? Join the ladies as they bring the juice, the jokes, and the wisdom. RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Teso and Tori discuss the concepts of marriage and monogamy. Are we naturally monogamous? Should women date multiple people? Tune in lets discuss! Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast Teso: @tesothestarseed Tori: @tori_jae #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Teso and Tori delve into sexuality under patriarchy and how it affects relationships. Have you ever felt like your man really doesn't like women at all. Doesn't respect them? Objectifies them and genuinely believes they are inferior? But revers and respects his friends and the other men in his life? Then tune in let's talk. RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Teso and Tori discuss harassment within the workplace, particularly sexual harassment. What constitutes as sexual harassment? What can you do if you have or are currently experiencing it? Tune in and join the conversation now. RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Men are always asking women what they bring to the table. In this episode, Teso and Tori flip the question and analyse what exactly it is men supposedly bring to the table. Is money all they need to bring? Have you been asked that question personally? Were you unsure how to answer? Tune in and delve deep with the ladies. RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Teso and Tori discuss society's views on women and sex. Do decent women “sleep around”? Does sleeping around make you a hoe? Should men and women be held to the same standards? Join the conversation now. QUOTABLES “If you are the thing that enters me and then makes me dirty, don't you see that you are the problem.” “If you make a person believe that they are less than then its very easy to control them.” RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

This week the ladies delve into self-love. Is self-love really all that? What does self-love actually look like for you? Tune in as they share their thoughts and personal experiences. QUOTABLES “I will not take a name that is not mine to make you feel better.” “I am creating an environment of harmony between my mind my body and my soul. I'm trying to get all of them to align because it allows me to show up powerfully and authentically as myself. That's self-love. ” RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Teso and Tori delve into domestic violence and abusive relationships. Most women have been in an abusive relationship at some point in their lives. Often we don't actually realise we are in an abusive relationship until we are deep into it. What are the different forms of domestic violence? Have you or anybody you know been a victim of domestic violence? Is it ever worth it? How do you get out? Tune in as they share their thoughts and personal experiences. QUOTABLES “One thing I know for certain is that Love is not Controlling. I do not believe that we are supposed to own people. People do not belong to us. That's the mistake we make when we get in relationships we give someone the power to believe that they are our owners and we feel like we now own them.” RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Tori and Teso discuss the term “fast ass little girls”. What is a fast-ass little girl? What makes us call a child fast'? Is it ever justified? Tune in and let's talk! QUOTABLES “The minute you say, I don't want to put my child in these shorts, or I don't want to put her in this top or I don't want to do this hairstyle for her because it is too grown and there are pedophiles outside looking at her. You are sexualising your child and you are perpetuating the oppression and telling her that she should continue to box herself because of other people” "We need to be conscious of the things that we're saying when we are speaking about our young girls and we need to remember that they are children." “You have to hold men accountable. Stop creating second-class citizens. Stop creating sub-standard men who have no empathy and no emotion for women. Who think they can just use and abuse women even from childhood.” RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Teso and Tori delve into red flags in relationships. What are they? How do we spot them? What to do once you spot them? Tune in to Join them as they delve deep. RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Teso and Tori discuss wanting someone that doesn't want you back. Have you ever been in a relationship where you're regularly upset or crying over something your partner did/said/ or didn't do? Do you sometimes feel like they really don't like you at all? Yet you feel so attached to them you can't leave? You pray he will soon see what a good woman you are and act right? If this is you now or in the past, or if its someone you know. Tune in and let's talk! QUOTABLES “When you truly love yourself, you are so happy with your free time. You appreciate and value your time to yourself. You enjoy your own company.” “If you disturb my peace. Demotion. If you make me feel some type of way or I feel any type of misogynist energy. Demotion. You will get relegated very very quickly. Because I realise now I don't need to put up with it.” RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

In today's episode, Tori and Teso talk honestly about the hair pressures we face as black women in society today. What is your earliest memory in terms of liking or not liking your natural hair? Are you comfortable wearing your natural hair out? Do men find it attractive? Should we care? Let's talk! KEY POINTS/ MAIN TAKEAWAYS Childhood experiences of hair. How society views black natural hair. You are beautiful in your natural essence. Protective styling or umbrella to hide under? Haircare and self-love. All hair textures are beautiful Generational curses. Beautiful as you are. QUOTABLES “In this day and age to love your natural hair as a black woman is a revolutionary act.” “Learning to love yourself is a journey. “ “It's so important to bask in your essence, it gets so exhausting mentally to constantly have to put on a mask.” “you are beautiful and you are perfect in your natural state and healthy hair is the goal.” RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Join Teso and Tori in today's episode as they discuss the pressure to stay in relationships. How many times have you been in a relationship and wanted to leave but felt like you couldn't leave? What were the reasons? As usual, the girls share thoughts, opinions, personal experiences and advice. KEY POINTS/ MAIN TAKEAWAYS Reasons that stop you from leaving when you want to leave. Building self-esteem. How society views single women. How can this person be the love of your life when they bring you so much pain? Men and accountability Sonya Curry: women and divorce. Suppression of women's sexuality. Leaving unhappy relationships. QUOTABLES “We need to learn to be more compassionate. It is really triggering that women who are abused are attacked.” “Society will remove the focus from the man who clearly has an emotional-psychological imbalance and instead blame the woman and say why were you going out naked? Our bodies are now demonised and shamed because you as a man can't control yourself when you look at me.” “There's nothing wrong with wanting to be in the God damn streets, let women live their lives!” RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Tori and Teso discuss what It is men really want. Should we really be worried about what men want? What do women want? How can we express ourselves in relationships? Tune in as they share their thoughts and personal experiences. KEY POINTS/ MAIN TAKEAWAYS Do men worry about the things that women don't like? Express yourself and say the things you're feeling. Ask those uncomfortable questions on a date. What you want is important. Co-dependency and falling in love. Must you comment on peoples physical appearances? Searching outside for what's within. Take time to find out what you like and you will attract your tribe. QUOTABLES 'When you're going into a new relationship and instantaneously you are co-dependent, that speaks volumes of what's going on inside you. Because it's that need to just attach to something, anything as long as the person says or does something nice.' 'Say the things that you're really thinking, say the things that you're really feeling.' 'Everybody doesn't have to agree with you. And when they don't agree with you it doesn't have to cause resentment.' ‘Unless you're saying something positive just don't say it. Resist the urge to project onto other people, resist the urge to mould others into what you want them to be. Because you don't have that right. Mould yourself and let other people mould themselves.' ‘if it does not feed your soul get rid of it.' RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen

Join Teso and Tori in their very first episode of The Power of Women Podcast as they discuss views on women. Do you find that women are catty? Or is that an exaggerated stereotype? How insecure are you in a relationship? Tune in as they share their thoughts and experiences. They also dive right into the topic of sidechics and married men. Why do women agree to be sidechics? Should cheating husbands be held accountable? Join in on the discussion now! KEY POINTS/MAIN TAKEAWAYS Are women truly catty towards each other? Society's role in shaping our views on gender and relationships. Men can be cattier than women. Dealing with insecurity within relationships. Dating married men. Should sidechic's be held accountable? Reclaim your power in toxic relationships. Moving forward with compassion for each other. QUOTABLES: "The point is he is the person that I made the commitment to and if he doesn't care about the relationship enough to show me the same respect that he has asked of me, then he is not worthy." "Women are not allowed to just exist and have human emotions." RESOURCES Like what you're hearing? Follow the Power Of Women podcast on Instagram and Twitter, share the love! @thepowpodcast #thepowpodcast #powerofwomen