Welcome to Group Chat Over Brunch — where women over 40 sip, spill, and soar. Hosted by Haja Tunkara and friends, each episode mixes laughter, lessons, and legacy over plates from Cleveland’s best brunch spots. We talk love, career, wellness, and the beauty of becoming — all while celebrating women who are rewriting what 40+ looks and feels like. Pull up a chair, BruncHER — your seat at the table is waiting. 🥂✨
Group Chat Over Brunch
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Welcome to Group Chat Over Brunch — where women over 40 sip, spill, and soar. Hosted by Haja Tunkara and friends, each episode mixes laughter, lessons, and legacy over plates from Cleveland’s best brunch spots. We talk love, career, wellness, and the beauty of becoming — all while celebrating women who are rewriting what 40+ looks and feels like. Pull up a chair, BruncHER — your seat at the table is waiting. 🥂✨
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February 17, 2026
GCOB Season 1 Finale - Just Vibe with Us!
<p>We came back to where it all began.Our Season One Finale of Group Chat Over Brunch was filmed live at Adun Spice Company — the very table where this vision first took root.This episode, “Just Vibe With Us,” was different.✨ A live audience.✨ A fishbowl of unfiltered questions.✨ Real-time vulnerability.✨ Laughter. Reflection. Release.We pulled questions from the bowl and answered them on the spot — about friendship, womanhood, healing, identity, strength, softness, aging, and what it really means to evolve out loud as women over 40.And we closed a chapter.This episode also marks the final appearance this season of two incredible hosts — Ramat and Bree — who helped shape the heartbeat of Season One. We honor what they poured into this space and wish them nothing but expansion in their next chapters. 💛Season One was about proving that:The brunch table is sacred.Our stories matter.And women over 40 are not invisible — we are ascending.🌸 SEASON TWO IS COMING (Spring/Summer 2026)If you felt seen this season…If you laughed with us…If you healed with us…Season Two is about to go deeper.🔔 Subscribe to the channel👍🏾 Like this video💬 Drop a comment (What question would YOU have put in the fishbowl?)📤 Share this episode with a woman over 40 who needs communityWe are building something bigger than a podcast.We are building a table.Welcome to Group Chat Over Brunch.#WomenOver40 #BlackWomenPodcast #GroupChatOverBrunch #ClevelandPodcast #WomenInMidlife #BrunchCulture #LifestylePodcast</p>
January 27, 2026
The Cost of Being “The Strong One” | Group Chat Over Brunch Podcast
<p>What happens when being “strong” stops being a choice — and becomes an expectation?In this episode of Group Chat Over Brunch, we gather at Rood, a space that feels warm, grounded, and intentional, to unpack the emotional, mental, and physical cost of always being the one who holds everything together.So many women are praised for their strength — yet rarely supported because of it. In this conversation, we name the unseen labor behind being “the strong one”: emotional caretaking, mental load, unpaid care work, and the quiet burnout that follows when rest feels like guilt.Using real experiences and research, we explore:• When strength is chosen vs. assigned• How emotional labor shows up in our bodies• Why people confuse strength with availability• What happens when the fixer finally stops fixing• How to ask for help after a lifetime of being relied onWe also sit with a grounding truth: women perform nearly 75% of unpaid domestic and care work worldwide, a burden directly linked to chronic stress and burnout.This episode is for the woman who shows up, holds it down, keeps the wheels turning — and rarely gets asked how she is doing. It’s a reminder that strength does not have to mean solitude, and that being held is just as powerful as holding.✨ If this conversation resonates, send it to someone who’s always “the strong one.”They deserve support too.👉 LIKE this video if it spoke to you👉 SUBSCRIBE for more honest conversations centered on women’s lived experiences👉 SHARE with someone who needs permission to rest</p>
January 13, 2026
Heavy Is the Womb: The Fibroid Burden We Don’t Talk About
<p><strong>Heavy Is the Womb: The Fibroid Burden We Don’t Talk About</strong></p><p>Fibroids. Pain. Silence. Survival.</p><p>In this episode of Group Chat Over Brunch, we pull up a chair for a conversation that too many Black women have been carrying alone. From misdiagnosis and medical dismissal to the emotional, physical, and financial toll fibroids take on our bodies and our lives—this is the truth we weren’t taught to name.</p><p>We talk about:</p><ul><li><p>What it means to live in a body that’s constantly in defense mode</p></li><li><p>How pain becomes normalized for Black women</p></li><li><p>The grief, anger, and resilience tied to reproductive health</p></li><li><p>Why advocating for yourself is not optional—it’s survival</p></li></ul><p>This isn’t just a health conversation.<br>It’s a reclamation.<br>It’s a release.<br>And it’s long overdue.</p><p>Pull up. Listen in. And know you’re not alone at this table.</p><p>🎧 Available now on YouTube, Spotify, and all podcast platforms.</p>
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