In this 20-minute episode of Spill the Tea with D & E, Dominique and Erica unpack a quiet but dangerous shift happening in modern advertising: images that rewrite history instead of reflecting it.

Using a recent sports commercial as a case study, they explore how visual storytelling now blurs the line between hype and false memory—showing moments that never actually happened and trusting viewers won’t question them. This isn’t about being anti-advertising. It’s about media literacy, nervous-system awareness, and why our brains register images as truth faster than words.

From sports to politics, health, and finance, this episode explains why visual misinformation is accelerating, how it reshapes collective memory, and what we can do to stay grounded, clear-eyed, and awake. Calm conversation. No yelling. Just morning-tea clarity for a noisy world.

☕ Images move faster than facts. And once pictures replace truth, memory gets rewritten. This episode is your reminder to keep your eyes clear—and your thinking yours. ☕🫖

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Most people never notice the hands that hold the highways together.

In this Spill the Tea with D & E episode, we spotlight Highway Angels — a real, nationally recognized program created by the Truckload Carriers Association that honors professional truck drivers who stop to help others in moments of real need.

From stranded motorists and medical emergencies to crisis intervention and lifesaving acts, these drivers don’t wear capes — they wear work boots and keep America moving while the rest of us sleep.

This episode is not about politics or praise-seeking.

It’s about gratitude.

It’s about noticing who shows up when no one else does.

And it’s about remembering that kindness still travels the long roads.

If you’ve ever broken down, felt invisible, or wondered whether decency still exists — this one’s for you.

📣 When everyone else drives past, truckers stop. 🚛💛

This episode is a thank-you to the real-life Highway Angels who keep our roads — and our humanity — moving.

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Anxiety is often described as worry.

But worry is only the surface.

In this episode of Spill the Tea with D & E, we explore a powerful reframe:

Anxiety isn’t fear. It’s being early.

When your mind lives in the future while your body stays in the present, the nervous system never gets the signal to stand down. The result isn’t overthinking. It’s unresolved readiness.

Dominique and Erica break down why anxiety feels so physical, why thinking your way out rarely works, and what calm actually is. Not positive thinking. Not control. Presence.

This conversation is for high performers, caretakers, planners, and anyone whose mind is always one step ahead of their body.

Because anxiety doesn’t ease when the future becomes certain.

It eases when you stop living in it prematurely.

Pour a cup. Come back to now.

🎧 I Feel Anxious: Nervous System Healing, Vagus Nerve Reset & Taking Your Power Back

🎙️ Anxiety is not who you are. It’s something your nervous system is experiencing.

In this 20-minute episode of Spill the Tea with D & E, Dominique and Erica offer a calm, empowering conversation about anxiety that doesn’t pathologize, label, or trap you in an identity.

You’ll learn why saying “I feel anxious” keeps your power in your body, how the vagus nerve actually works, and why anxiety is often a signal of uncertainty rather than danger. This episode gently explains separation anxiety, the anxiety loop, and how to return to emotional baseline through simple nervous-system regulation practices.

No toxic positivity. No “just calm down” advice. Just grounded, heart-centered tools that help your body remember safety.

Perfect for anyone dealing with anxiety, overthinking, emotional overwhelm, nervous system dysregulation, or stress who wants real relief without shame.

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Anxiety isn’t your identity. It’s a sensation passing through your nervous system. Say “I feel anxious” and keep your power where it belongs. 🫀☕ This episode is calm, grounding, and deeply regulating.

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Podcast title: "Listening When the Body Whispers"

Description: In this episode, host Speaker 1 and Dominique Hackett share a candid, compassionate conversation about an unexpected medical journey: the diagnosis of a staghorn kidney stone and an upcoming nephrectomy. They explore themes of awareness, advocacy, gratitude, and the emotional impact of losing an organ. Together they discuss trusting intuition, navigating the medical system, finding the right doctors, the importance of early testing and second opinions, and reframing a surgery as a corrective step in a larger healing journey. Gentle, practical, and empowering—this episode offers guidance for anyone feeling “off,” caregivers supporting loved ones through medical care, and those seeking ways to listen to and advocate for their bodies.

Caption: When the body whispers, we must listen. A raw, hopeful conversation about diagnosis, advocacy, and finding the silver lining before and after surgery.

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A calm, clear take on the week’s headlines — Dominique and Erica break down how news is framed, why emotion drives compliance, and what really matters: trust, agency, and patterns behind the headlines. From media misinformation and AI agency to battery supply chains and psychological resilience, this episode is a “daily systems check” to help listeners stay informed without getting swept up in chaos.

Calmer minds in loud times — tune in as we decode the headlines, spot the framing, and reclaim the choice to think before we feel. New episode: "Daily Systems Check."

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Episode Title: What You Think About Me Is None of My Business

How much of your energy is spent wondering what other people think about you?

Did I say too much?

Did I say too little?

Are they mad?

Was that text… weird?

In this gentle and funny episode, Dominique and Erica pour the kind of tea that soothes anxious minds and tired hearts. We talk about the exhausting habit of mind-reading, emotional over-responsibility, and why trying to manage other people’s thoughts is a full-time job you were never hired for.

Inspired by one of the best pieces of therapy advice ever given, this episode is your permission slip to:

• Stop assuming people are upset with you
• Stop filling in silence with worst-case stories
• Let grown adults speak for themselves
• Reclaim peace by releasing what was never yours to carry

Because here’s the truth that sets you free:

What someone thinks about you is none of your business.

Pour a cup. Exhale. This one lands softly… and sticks.

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If they have something to say to you, they will.

If they don’t… that silence belongs to them, not you.

Repeat after us:

✨ What you think about me is none of my business. ✨

Today’s tea is for everyone who’s tired of running imaginary conversations in their head. ☕💭

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How do we talk to kids about bodies without fear or shame and still include respectful conversations about gender and transgender experiences? In this Spill the Tea with D & E episode, Earth Mama Dominique and longtime sports coach Erica share calm, age-appropriate guidance for parents. From early childhood body boundaries to teen conversations about identity, this episode centers nervous-system safety, parental presence, compassion for transgender people, and the importance of timing and trust. Honest, grounded, and practical.

Talking to kids about bodies doesn’t need fear or shame. Calm truth, kindness, and timing build trust for life. ☕🌱

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