Taboo: The Stories of Caribbean Women

Epizodes

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  Neola Zama 16.08.2026 52min

  In this week’s episode, Neola Zama shares her journey of navigating maternal abuse, fertility loss, and how those experiences shaped her work as a trauma therapist and her own path to healing.
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  Charla Hobson 09.08.2026 52min

  In this week’s episode, Charla Hobson shares her journey through fashion design and education, moving from Anguilla to the Cayman Islands, navigating the loss of her mother, and building a business centred on everyday style for Caribbean women.
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  Fiona Branker 02.08.2026 57min

  In this week’s episode, Fiona Branker shares her journey in the fitness industry, challenging stereotypes in bodybuilding, and empowering women over 40 to navigate perimenopause and menopause.
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  Lesley Bradshaw 26.07.2026 1h 3min

  In this week’s episode, Lesley Bradshaw shares her journey through multiple marriages, heartbreak, healing, and finding love again.
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  Xannah Moniq 19.07.2026 1h 17min

  In this week’s episode, Xannah Moniq shares her journey of overcoming childhood abuse, heartbreak, health challenges, and embracing a new chapter of purpose.
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  Cavelle Davis 22.02.2026 56min

  In this week’s episode, Cavelle Davis shares her journey through young motherhood, a legal battle with her former employer, building her childcare business, and enduring the loss of her brother and father.
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  Giselle Mashama 15.02.2026 1h 10min

  In this week’s episode, Giselle Mashama shares her journey of love, loss, faith, and resilience, from marrying a formerly incarcerated partner and continuing his NGO after his passing, to finding love again while being anchored by her faith in God.
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  Leeonney Bentick-Gilliam 08.02.2026 58min

  In this week’s episode, Leeonney Bentick-Gilliam shares her journey from accounting to becoming a chef, and how that path led her into culinary wellness for hormone health while still honouring her Caribbean roots.
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  Gayatree Dipchan 01.02.2026 1h 3min

  In this week’s episode, Gayatree Dipchan, a Trinidadian living in Norway, shares her lived experience of sexual violence and trauma, and how navigating that journey as a therapist has shaped both her healing and her work with survivors.
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  Teneisha Grimes 25.01.2026 55min

  In this week’s episode, Teneisha Grimes shares her journey from a successful corporate career to becoming a full-time Caribbean Relationship and Money Mindset Coach, and what inspired her to make that life-changing pivot.
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  Afiya Francis-Riley 18.01.2026 1h 10min

  In this week’s episode, Afiya Francis-Riley, the force behind In Season Life, shares her journey of growing up across different countries, her love for travel and carnival, and finding love in her late thirties.
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  Raisa Marshall 11.01.2026 1h 11min

  In this week’s episode, Raisa Marshall shares her journey through pregnancy, loss, and resilience, and how after many challenges she was finally able to welcome her baby girl.
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  Chantal Juman 04.01.2026 53min

  In this week’s episode, Chantal Juman shares how she returned to Trinidad, built the highly successful Babe Cave from the ground up, and in her 30s boldly pivoted into interior design while juggling and growing two businesses in entirely different fields.
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  Lyndi-Anne Koylass-Rennie 22.06.2025 55min

  In this episode, Lyndi-Anne Koylass Rennie shares her journey into the fitness industry, the creation of her brand Fit Appeal, and how she manages running a business alongside a full-time corporate career while balancing her personal life.
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  Rosana John-Mitchell 15.06.2025 46min

  In this episode, Rosana John-Mitchell, attorney, content creator, lecturer, children’s book author, and new mom, shares how she juggles her many roles while finding balance and purpose in both her personal and professional life.
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  Letina Mata 08.06.2025 58min

  In this episode, Letina Mata, a mindset coach, reflects on her journey through childhood challenges, heartbreak, motherhood, and career shifts, while sharing the mindset transformations that have fuelled her healing, growth, and daily pursuit of a more intentional life.
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  J'elle Valdez 01.06.2025 58min

  In this episode, J’elle Valdez, a counselling psychologist, shares insights into her upbringing, her journey into the mental health field, and how her podcast is bringing mental health awareness to the foreground for Caribbean people by working to make conversations around feelings and mental well-being far less taboo.
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  Nikita John-Walters 18.05.2025 33min

  In this episode, Nikita John-Walters reflects on living through the La Soufrière volcanic eruption during COVID-19, her unexpected shift from teacher to frontline worker, postponing her wedding, and her journey as an organic pad distributor.
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  Candice Bailey 11.05.2025 1h 3min

  In this episode, Candice Bailey shares her journey through profound loss, from losing her father as a child to the death of her fiancé, and how she channelled her grief into writing a book and eventually found love again.
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  Stephanie Ramlogan 04.05.2025 1h 2min

  In this episode, Stephanie Ramlogan opens up about her transition from the world of fashion to writing and teaching, while navigating relationships and grieving the recent loss of her father.