September: A Podcast For Loveships
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
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September is a weekly podcast for Loveships, exploring the tools and technologies that build and sustain life-changing love relationships. Hosted by writer and facilitator Alexis Pauline Gumbs and artist and entrepreneur Sangodare Wallace, the show draws on their 17-year partnership built on the premise of Loveship as a spiritual practice and resource in community. Topics include conflict, contrast, responsibility, repair, emotional intimacy, and navigating the ever-changing seasons of life. Each week offers heartfelt conversations that honor relationships as sacred ground.
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46. Love to Countdown and Celebrate 16.08.2026 32минOn this episode hosts Alexis and Sangodare. This episode is an instagram live about relationships as spiritual practice that Alexis and Sangodare did to celebrate the ONE MONTH COUNTDOWN to their 18th anniversary in Loveship! There are great questions and lots of silliness. Enjoy! If you want to support this podcast and have access to monthly live sessions with us and other goodies, join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/did-i-mention-we-159287534 You can also sen... -
45. Love to Nourish: Nourishing Our Love 09.08.2026 19минOn this episode hosts Alexis and Sangodare ask listeners to notice what experiences sustain versus deplete. A story about an upgraded all-inclusive resort in St. Lucia comically illustrates how what looks valuable may not be nourishing. They offer journaling prompts, share three “North Stars” about nourishment, and announce Sangodare’s wedding officiating plus the September Chrysalis Experience retreat and virtual cohort. Nourishment In LoveDiscerning what depletes vs. replenishesConnection o... -
44. Love to Work It Out 02.08.2026 17минOn this episode hosts Alexis and Sangodare discuss how grace, generosity, clear communication of needs, and non-judgment help them stay on the same team when neurodivergence, grief, or overwhelm makes tasks hard. They share an Audre Lorde excerpt about labor, love, fun, and purpose. They offer three “North Stars” and announce registration for the September Chrysalis Experience cohort during their 18th anniversary weekend. Household roles and nonjudgementGrace and GenerosityNaming NeedsWhen Sa... -
43. Do NOT Love to Whisper 26.07.2026 10минOn this mini episode hosts Alexis and Sangodare offer a clip from a live episode in the spring about using your voice. Because love is living with purpose, join us for our second Chrysalis Cohort this September! More info here:https://www.blackfeministfilmschool.com/offers/oKhBLdfo If you want to support this podcast and have access to monthly live sessions with us and other goodies, join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/did-i-mention-we-159287534 You can also send us a tax-... -
42. Love You For Lifetimes 19.07.2026 14минOn this episode hosts Alexis and Sangodare challenge the idea of separation across time, using Jewelle Gomez’s Black lesbian feminist vampire novel The Gilda Stories as a sacred text about kinship and multi-lifetime impact. They share three of their own practices for “living beyond one lifetime.” They offer three “North Stars” and announce registration for the September Chrysalis Experience cohort and retreat. Shared Ancestral Practice and AltarsBlack LGBTQ Movement Legacy: Mobile HomecomingU... -
41. So Special, So Special, So Special 12.07.2026 16минOn this episode hosts Alexis and Sangodare focus on reclaiming the term “special” in a sincere way. They argue systems like capitalism and empire discourage recognizing inherent dignity and discuss why this self recognition is not vanity but deeply spiritual work. They close by announcing registration for the September Chrysalis Experience retreat via mobilehomecoming.org. Reclaiming SpecialWhy Special Feels RiskyRevolutionary Responsibility and Relationship as Witness If you want to support... -
40. Love To Let It Flow 05.07.2026 21минOn this episode hosts Sangodare and Alexis discuss purpose as “love flowing into form,” how society and capitalist value stories can separate people from purpose, and how natural gifts often become last on the to-do list. They unpack over-prioritizing support for others at the expense of their own creative practice, the need to value our most precious connections to source and consent around purpose-to-purpose relationships while respecting boundaries under scarcity. Collaboration as Artfor... -
39. Love To Offer Our Lives 28.06.2026 11минOn this episode hosts Sangodare and Alexis introduce love as a collective superpower, arguing that love’s fullest power is not individual or confined to isolated couples or the nuclear family but lives on the scale of community and collective freedom. Drawing from Angela Davis’s autobiography, they highlight how her story centers collective support and love as forces that propelled her political commitment. They share 3 “North Stars” and call for social relations where all are loved and no on... -
38. An Unreasonable Love (Go Knicks!) 21.06.2026 19минOn this episode hosts Sangodare and Alexis celebrate the New York Knicks winning their first NBA championship in 53 years, and how sports and fandom connects to the legacy of collective love and teamwork. Using Alexis’s Dad’s Knicks loyalty as a metaphor, they offer three north stars about how love is it’s own reason and answer a listener question about whether or not it makes sense to have a goal oriented approach to relationships. Love UnreasonablyLessons From Knicks FandomChrysalis Purpo... -
37. Urgent versus Important 14.06.2026 28минOn this episode hosts Sangodare and Alexis distinguish what is urgent (time-based) from what is important (value-based) amid capitalist pressures. Using experiences around Black Feminist Film School production and podcast scheduling, they emphasize that clarity about the important attracts community support, while urgency can undermine rest and presence. They invite listeners to a virtual Juneteenth Patreon date night and take a listener question on addressing a loved one dating someone poten... -
36. We Go Together (Announcement) 08.06.2026 5минIf you want to support this podcast and have access to monthly live sessions with us and other goodies, join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/did-i-mention-we-159287534 Join before June 19th (Juneteenth!) to be at our first virtual hangout session. #datenight You can also send us a tax-deductible donation via “text to give." Send a text to this number: 53-555. All you have to put in your message is “September.” Then press send. You will get a text back from Black Femi... -
35. Love To Shake It Up 17.05.2026 18минIn this episode hosts Sangodare and Alexis define what it does and doesn’t look like to spend intentional time together. They distinguish vacations, staycations and jaunts and how they draw distinction and boundaries between these experiences and work and family trips. They recount a recent jaunt involving deep conversations, play, and a near–EV battery mishap and cite Gwendolyn Brooks on blooming in the whirlwind. They answer a listener question about play and how levity builds agility, flex... -
34. I Love Every Age Of You 10.05.2026 24минIn this episode hosts Sangodare and Alexis explore non-linear time, queer time, and the practice of loving every age of oneself and one’s partner. Using a conflict about an expensive pillow after mattress shopping, they discuss feeling unseen, re-parenting each other, and how multiple selves show up in adult life, while clarifying boundaries and rejecting any justification of harm to minors. They offer three “North Stars” and answer a listener question about date night as ritual. They announc... -
33. Love to Hold It Down 03.05.2026 24минIn a live episode at North Star Church of the Arts in Durham, Sangodare and Alexis use a seafaring metaphor to explore what it means to be “anchored in love”. They unpack how preparation, resourcing and kindness can keep a “love ship” steady through change. They discuss identifying resilience strategies before you need them, discerning when to move versus be still, and remind us that being able to access our tools matters as much as the tools themselves. Anchoring in Love and ForgivenessStr... -
32. Love Through The Dark 26.04.2026 24минIn this episode hosts Alexis and Sangodare explore the idea of the “dark night of the soul,” through poetry and a very literal dark-night story of their own. They offer three “North Stars” to help listeners return to love even through the darkness, and answer a listener question about a time they each had to “compost” habits and beliefs that did not serve their highest purpose. Navigating spiritual Darkness with graceElks and Motel MadnessComposting Limiting Beliefs and Behaviour If you ... -
31. Love To Be Late 19.04.2026 23минHosts Sangodare and Alexis reflect on time as a social construct and discuss their contrasting time styles. They share time keeping systems that have worked for them and illustrate how shared practices can align intentions, remembering that ultimately, love is always on time. A listener question prompts discussion of repetition, purpose, and consistent relationship practices. They close with announcing the next live taping on April 24th 2026 at North Star Church of the Arts in Durham, and Sun... -
30. Purpose as the Root of Love 12.04.2026 20минHosts Sangodare and Alexis explore the idea of a “loveship” ad a relationship as spiritual practice. They urge listeners to treat purpose as the seed and root of love, contrasting “happily ever after” with “purposefully ever after,” and grounding the discussion in Audrey Lorde’s mantra, “I am who I am doing what I came to do.” They argue that purpose is an ongoing relationship with one’s aliveness that strengthens partner choice, collaboration, and boundaries across romantic and non-romantic ... -
29. Love the Place You Live: A Live Durham Episode 05.04.2026 25минIn this live recorded episode, hosts Alexis and Sangodare welcome the audience into their playful, tangent-filled “living room”. This episode’s theme is loving the place you live: sharing why Durham supports their purpose, community circles, creativity, and wholeness despite concerns about change and cost. They offer three “North Stars” and answer a listener's question about staying present in overwhelming group spaces. Loving the Place You LiveHow Durham Found UsCommunity Circles and Purpo... -
28. Love Anniversaries & Loveship Milestones 29.03.2026 5минIt's our half-birthday—our podcast's 6 month anniversary! If you want to support this podcast and have access to monthly live sessions with us and other goodies, join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/did-i-mention-we-159287534 For more on our coaching and community building offerings, Click Here https://www.mobilehomecoming.org/loveship And because love is living with purpose, join us for our first Chrysalis Cohort! More info here: https://luma.com/chrysaliscohort1 -
27. Grounded: Sky Will Learn Sky 22.03.2026 20минIn this episode Alexis and Sangodare discuss relationship ground rules. They explore contemplative presence before action, awe and surrender to one’s power and surprises in partnership, and repeatedly expanding definitions of what’s possible. They also announce an upcoming Black feminist breathing gathering and a live podcast taping. What Alice Contrane teaches usExpanding the Definition of what’s PossibleListener Question on ground rulesEvent Invitation If you want to support this p...
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