Letting Go Ain't Weakness: A YAIT Story on Black Self-Love
Release Date: 07/24/2025
A Comforting Moment: Safety Begins Here
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Do you feel safe? This Comforting Moment focuses on safety as the foundation for everything else. Through gentle guidance and quiet presence, this episode invites listeners to slow down, release urgency, and begin from a place where the body does not have to brace. You don’t need answers or a plan—just a safe place to begin. Sistah-host Ama-Robin guides you through this Comforting Moment and invites you to begin gently. Comforting Moments are short, intentional audio pauses designed to help the body settle and the nervous system soften. They matter because when we’re constantly...
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The World We Practice Here: A Comforting, Restorative YAIT Village Story
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The World We Practice Here is a calm, immersive YAIT Village Story created for listeners who need relief from constant urgency, tension, and emotional noise. This is a drama-free and conflict-free story—not because nothing matters, but because not everything needs to escalate to hold meaning. There’s no violence, no confrontation, and no manufactured suspense. Instead, the story invites you into ordinary moments of Black life where safety is assumed, dignity is intact, and the nervous system can finally soften. You’ll follow a gentle walk through YAIT Town—past familiar places,...
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Sounds of Safety: The Front Porch
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Sounds of Safety is a gentle audio offering rooted in the Black tradition of the front porch—a place of watching, listening, resting, and belonging. You’ll hear everyday porch sounds: distant voices, footsteps passing by, wind in the trees, birds, quiet movement, and moments of silence. Nothing demands your attention. Nothing needs fixing. This is an invitation to let your body remember what it feels like to be safe enough to simply be. You can listen while resting, after a difficult moment, or as part of winding down—allowing your nervous system to soften and your breath to settle....
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Umoja: A Comforting Moment for Feeling Connected
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This Comforting Moment marks the first day of Kwanzaa — Umoja, the principle of Unity. In this gentle gathering in the Umoja Cafe in YAIT Town, we pause to remember that we were never meant to carry life alone. YAIT Town is a living sanctuary built through story, reflection, and shared breath — a place you can return to for rest, truth, and connection. Alongside Comforting Moments like this one, You Ain’t Imagining This! offers: Immersive and Sensory Stories that invite you into Black spaces, memories, and moments. Believe Black People episodes that name and challenge racism and the...
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We Carry the Light: A Comforting Moment for Dark Winter Days
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On the longest nights of the year, we gather on the Front Porch in YAIT Town to remember that we don’t face the darkness alone. We Carry the Light is a gentle, Comforting Moment centered on Black joy, ancestral presence, shared hope, and the quiet warmth we give one another — even when the world goes dim. Comforting Moments are short, restful episodes meant to be used however you need them: while resting, walking, sitting in the dark, or simply breathing. These are pauses, not lessons — places to land, soften, and be held. You’re always welcome here — come join us on the Front Porch....
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The Wintering Room: A Story to Help You Rest This Winter
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In this YAIT Town Story, we step inside Nommo Books and discover the mysterious Wintering Room — a sanctuary that appears only in December. This fictional tale carries real and relevant truths about rest, darkness, and cultural wisdom. Ama-Robin, a Black empowerment storyteller, guides us through a mystical yet grounded journey that reminds us: winter isn’t a season to push through; it’s an invitation to soften, breathe, and reclaim the pace nature intended.
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The Day of Gratitude: You Have a Place Here
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Come on into YAIT Town for a celebration unlike anything you’ve ever heard! This is not Thanksgiving. This is The Day of Gratitude — a reimagined gathering rooted in Black joy, ancestral presence, and the flavors of the Diaspora. One long table stretches from the Front Porch to the Community Garden, covered in jollof rice, mac and cheese, plantains, root vegetables, and stories carried across oceans. In this special episode, you’ll walk with Ama-Robin between the chairs, greeting neighbors of all ages — the elders with their laughter and wisdom, the children asking brilliant questions,...
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An Espresso Talk on How to Feel Good Today
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Join me on the Front Porch! Today, we slow down together and learn a simple, powerful practice for rewiring the mind toward what nourishes us. Using four steps — seeing the good, naming the good, staying with the good, and claiming the good — we explore how neuroplasticity becomes a tool of healing, resilience, and liberation for Black folks living in predominantly white spaces. With Auntie Octavia by our side and sweet tea in hand, we talk about why our brains have been trained to scan for danger, why that’s not a flaw but a survival skill, and how learning to gather the good can shift...
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Welcome to Nommo Books- Finale: Behind the Story
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In this final audio walkthrough of Nommo books, we'll go behind the story of the past audios and why we built Nommo Books in YAIT Town.
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Welcome to Nommo Books - Part 2 : The Boy Who Wouldn't Leave The Library
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Listen to this Nommo Books Story about the boy who wouldn't leave the library
info_outlineLetting go is never simple—especially for Black people living in predominantly white spaces-- where we’ve been expected to carry more than our share and to do it quietly.
But what if letting go is not abandonment, but liberation? What if it’s an act of love?
In this warm, reflective episode, Ama-Robin invites you into three immersive stories —slow-paced, story-driven, and deeply rooted in Black cultural truth.
✨ Story 1: Dreams Left at the Door
A woman returns to the porch where she first dreamed big, and grieves the pieces of herself she left behind.
✨ Story 2: Auntie’s Place
A neighborhood elder helps visitors release the pain they’ve been told to forget, through ancestral ritual and quiet resistance.
✨ Story 3: Laying It Down at the Door
One woman reflects on the sacred art of not carrying everything—not for everyone, and not forever.
Each story reminds us that letting go isn’t erasure—it’s making room. It’s how we reclaim our breath. And how we practice self-love that is not Eurocentric, individualistic, or shallow—but cultural, communal, ancestral, and real.
This episode includes:
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Grief and rage naming rituals
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Ancestral practices of release
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Black psychology of emotional weight
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A Beyond the Story reflection on self-love and sacred release
At the end, you’ll hear a short breathing cue and reflection to help you ease into your own ritual of release.
📍 You ain’t imagining this. And you never had to carry it alone.
🧘🏾♀️ Letting Go & Cleansing Rituals:
Here are a few simple, sacred practices to support your release:
🕊️ Name & Water Ritual
Whisper the name of what you’re releasing into a bowl of water. Pour the water out under an open sky.
🔥 Burning the Lie
Write down a false belief or racist message you were told. Burn the paper safely and say: “This no longer belongs to me.”
🌿 Herbal Holding
Hold a grounding item—like a smooth stone or fresh herb (basil, rosemary, or sage). Say aloud:
“This is heavy. But I am not alone.”
📓 Journaling Prompt
What have I been asked to carry that never belonged to me? What am I ready to lay down at the door?