Two Black female bffs sharing our experiences about life, love, and dating in our thirties.
Lily and Fal discuss their own experiences with personal growth during mental health awareness month.
Join us during Mental Health Awareness Month as we tackle negative self talk and tips and tools for how to overcome it.
Lily and Fal are joined by their good friend Dira Barbosa as they dish all the tea about LIB Season 4.
Lily and Fallon discuss cancel culture and whether or not it's harmful or beneficial to society. Should some things be canceled? Is there an appropriate way to do it? Can it cause more harm than good? Listen in to find out!
Join us as we wrap up Women's History Month recognizing some “hidden figures” in history and recognizing the impact that they still have on us today.
Discover why being petty feels so good, which one of us is more petty, and why Fallon describes herself as “internally eternally petty.”
Lily and Fallon discuss what it means to be a “strong black woman.” The weight of this phrase can have both negative and positive connotations. What has this meant historically and how can we redefine the phrase in a more modern interpretation?
Lily sits down with special guests, Phoebe, Ashlan, Monie and Penny and play the game Black Card Revoked.” Discussing everything from their immigrant experience, the beehive, ScarFace, drugs, TLC, and badly butchering popular song lyrics along the way.
The topic of race has always been a hot button issue. In this episode, we explore the complexities of being mixed or biracial and navigating the world being a person of multiple races.
Fal & Lily discuss the hot topic of polygamy. Is polygamy more natural or is monogamy preferred? With polyamory taking center stage, we take a fun quiz that has us pondering if it's for us
Lily & Fal discuss how important platonic relationships are for our lives.
Lily & Fal breakdown the 4 different types of love as we enter Season 2 in the month of love.
In this episode, we discuss all things communication. What is your communication style? What are the different styles and types of communication? How do we become better communicators? Take this quiz to find out your communication style: https://www.leadershipiq.com/blogs/leadershipiq/39841409-quiz-whats-your-communication-style
Code switching. What exactly does it mean? Does everybody code switch? Why do we do it? Lily and Fallon answer these questions and more.
Lily & Fallon with special guest Rashad, discuss the difference between social media's definition of relationship goals and the real relationship goals we should be striving for.
In this special episode Lilian is joined by her boyfriend, Keith, and his good friend Tony Clarke. The trio discusses trauma bonding. Also, keep an eye open for Tony's upcoming podcast; The People's Classroom.” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Fallon and Lily talk about the psychology of RBF.
This episode features guests Sophia & Ava (Fallon's daughters). They share their thoughts in this Q&A style format tackling topics such as homeschool vs. public school, making friends and dealing with their parents' dating partners.
Partners meeting friends and family can be a daunting experience. The anticipation leading up to the moment can cause a lot of anxiety and worry. So, how do we put our best foot forward and make a strong first impression? What are the dos and donts of first introductions? How do we make our partner comfortable while simultaneously easing the minds of our loved ones? It can be a tricky balancing act but, alas, it can be done!
Lily & Fallon discuss oversharing in relationships. Is it possible to have healthy boundaries and not run and tell all of your business to your closest friends? What is acceptable or unacceptable to share?
Lily & Fal discuss the standards & expectations in relationships of their younger selves vs. now. They then define standards and expectations and discuss their differences. Resources: https://medium.com/the-chill-philosopher/at-the-intersection-of-expectations-standards-part-1-differences-adc9d914d16f https://herway.net/17-bare-minimum-relationship-standards-you-have-to-set/
Lily & Fal play Two Truths and a Lie and discuss what it means to fight fair. What are some ways we escalate conflict and what are the ways we can learn to fight fair? Check out these resources: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/better/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.self.com/story/fighting-fair/amp
Fallon and Lily discuss red flags in relationships and whether or not it's time to let that relationship go. They get further insight from an article that also discusses the much less talked about yellow & green flags which you can find here : https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.self.com/story/red-flag-green-and-yellow-flags/amp
We've all heard some horrendous pick up lines but Fallon & Lily take it to the next level with some of the gems they found. Laugh with them as they take you to the land of cheesy, and arguably, worst pick up lines ever created.
Lily and Fallon share their own ghost stories while playing Two Truths and a Lie. Listeners' ghost stories are also featured. They then take a Buzzfeed quiz that tells them how dateable they are based upon their decisions to date or ghost. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ajanibazile/ghosting-dateability-quiz
Lily and Fallon interview Behavioral Health Clinician Eleanor Forbes MMHC, LSW. Things heat up when they delve into the realm of sex toys & masturbation. Book recs: Don't Give it Away! by Iyanla Vanzant & Pussy Prayers by Black Girl Bliss
Lily and Fallon discuss the history of arranged marriages & the modern day approach to arranged marriages (popularized in television). Four types of marriages & types of arranged marriages. Arranged marriages vs. Love marriages. Is the love real or are they just faking it?
This one is for the ladies (and all the men who want a crash course in lady parts). Fallon and Lily discuss all things VAGINA and debunk many widely believed myths about it.
Lily and Fallon discuss the difficulties of dating during a worldwide pandemic.
In this episode, Fallon and Lilian discuss the origins of the concept of Black joy and what it means to them. How do we express it in our everyday lives as well as in relationships?
Fallon and Lilian discuss the historical roots of black sexualization, catcalling, & categories women are placed into, especially black women.
Lily and Fallon discuss their ideal dates as well as listeners ideal dates. Podcast music: “Playin with my heart” by Daniel King. Hosts: Lilian Arteaga IG: @liliannancy & Fallon Ramos IG: @my.name.is.Fallon
Fallon and Lily discuss the 5 Love Languages popularized by author Gary Chapman. Podcast music: “Playin with my Heart” by Daniel King.
Per usual, Lily and Fallon play Two Truths and a Liar but this time using lies they've told. They further explore common lies that men and women say in relationships.
Fallon and Lily discuss their backgrounds, growing up Christian and how their faith influences them. Listen as Lily dives deep into her 40 year old Hoe Plan! Hosts: Fallon Ramos @my.name.is.fallon & Lilian Arteaga @liliannancy. Podcast music: ‘Playin with my Heart' by Daniel King. IG: @twotruthsandaliar FB: Two Truths and a Liar
In this episode Fallon and Lilian play the online dating version of ‘Two Truths and a Lie.' They delve into their early years of venturing into online dating, post-divorce online dating, best and worst dating sites and most memorable online dates. Podcast music; “Playin with my heart” by Daniel King. Handles: Instagram: @twotruthsandaliar youtube: Twotruths&aLiar