A podcast for accomplished Black women ready to stop just surviving and start truly living. I'm Natasha Riley, licensed therapist and CEO of Javery Integrative Wellness Services, and this is where we move beyond talking about change to actually creating it. Each episode gives you practical tools to build a daily pleasure practice—the art of finding joy, presence, and fulfillment in your ordinary life. Because you've already proven you can achieve anything. Now it's time to learn how to enjoy it. This isn't about adding more to your plate. It's about being fully present with what's already there.
Latest episodes
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22 min
You're Tired of Performing "Okay" When You're Not
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we explore what it feels like to be the strong one when you just want to be honest. I'll walk you through why em…
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23 min
You Haven’t Lost Your Creative Spark
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we explore what it feels like when the thing you used to love now just feels like work.I'll walk you through why…
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13 min
Overstimulated, Overwhelmed, and You Don't Even Know Why
In this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we explore why everything feels like too much — and you don't know how to make it stop. I'll walk you through why constant sens…
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10 min
Your Brain Is Running in the Background 24/7
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we explore why you can be physically still and mentally exhausted at the same time. I'll walk you through the in…
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34 min
When You Finally Sit Down
In this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we open our rest series by starting with the body.I walk through why physical rest isn't just sleep, why the Strong Black Woman…
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16 min
You're Not Lazy. You Just Don't Know How to Rest Yet.
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we kick off a brand-new series inside Season 7's desire theme: the seven types of rest.I'll walk you through why…
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17 min
How to Choose Yourself When Everyone Needs You
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we explore what happens in the actual moment you try to choose yourself — and why desire so often loses to other…
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17 min
When Did Having Fun Get So Hard?
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we explore what happens when you've spent so long achieving, performing, and being logical that you've completel…
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19 min
Why I'm Taking My Own Advice This Summer
In this Season 6 finale of Owning Pleasure as a Black Woman, Natasha does something radical: she actually takes her own advice. After a season spent naming the patterns that keep h…
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20 min
You're Not Falling Apart — You're Holding Everyone Together (The Sandwich Generation)
In this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we're talking about the pattern that gets mistaken for strength all the time — hyper-independence. If you're the woman everyone…
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19 min
Why Asking for Help Feels Dangerous
In this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we're talking about the pattern that gets mistaken for strength all the time — hyperindependence.If you're the woman everyone l…
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51 min
She Did Everything Right w/ Symone' Austin
In this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we sit down with Simone’ — UX content designer turned full-time content creator — for one of the most honest conversations we'v…
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17 min
Ability vs. Capacity
In this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we're sitting with a distinction that has the potential to change everything: the difference between ability and capacity. Bein…
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17 min
How to Choose Yourself When Everyone Needs You
In this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we explore what it actually feels like to always be the one everyone turns to — and why choosing yourself can feel like a betra…
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15 min
The Weight of Being Called to More
In this episode of Owning Pleasure as a Black Woman, we get honest about something most ambitious women feel but rarely say out loud — the exhaustion of your own drive. Host Natash…
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21 min
How to Get Your Yes Back When You Should've Said No
In this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we're talking about what happens when your yes stops belonging to you. If you've been saying yes out of obligation, habit, or f…
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17 min
When Your Family Doesn't Support Your New Boundaries (Chapter 5) - Google Docs - 31 March 2026-1
In this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we explore one of the most tender and complicated experiences in personal growth — setting a boundary and having your family pu…
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16 min
Nobody Called You Defensive — You Were Just Defending Yourself
In this episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, we explore one of the most misunderstood relational dynamics that high-achieving women navigate — the difference between being…
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23 min
When Learning Becomes Performing
In this deeply personal episode of Owning Pleasure As A Black Woman, Natasha gets vulnerable about a pattern many high-achieving women struggle with: the gap between understanding…
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21 min
The Fear Was the Lie
In this solo episode of Owning Pleasure As a Black Woman, Natasha gets real about what happened when she took a few weeks away from recording — and the fear spiral that almost wasn…