The Upfront Podcast
The Upfront Podcast
Podcast Description
Welcome to the Upfront Podcast with John Graham
The ultimate destination for healing, self-aware Black professionals who are serious about love, legacy, and marriage.
Each episode features unfiltered conversations with real married couples, dating experts, therapists, matchmakers, and everyday singles navigating the challenges of modern relationships. From love blockages and emotional availability to faith, gender dynamics, and reframing marriage, we go there.
Whether you’re single, divorced, or ready to meet your forever person, this podcast helps you heal first… so you can love forever. 💍
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of healing, love, and relationships within the Black community, featuring episodes that cover topics such as love blockages, emotional availability, faith, and gender dynamics. Examples include discussions on transformative healing at The Love Camp and the impact of childhood experiences on adult relationships.
Welcome to the Upfront Podcast with John Graham
The ultimate destination for healing, self-aware Black professionals who are serious about love, legacy, and marriage.
Each episode features unfiltered conversations with real married couples, dating experts, therapists, matchmakers, and everyday singles navigating the challenges of modern relationships. From love blockages and emotional availability to faith, gender dynamics, and reframing marriage, we go there.
Whether you’re single, divorced, or ready to meet your forever person, this podcast helps you heal first… so you can love forever. 💍
In the season finale of UpFront w/ John Graham, Dr. Joy DeGruy, acclaimed author, educator, and social scientist, joins John for a profound exploration of how the historical legacy of slavery continues to shape love, relationships, and community within Black America today.
This powerful conversation unpacks the ways generational trauma, disrupted family structures, and centuries of dehumanization have influenced how we connect, parent, and build community. Dr. DeGruy breaks down how these historical wounds still manifest in our emotional responses, how we nurture our children, and how we perceive love and belonging.
The episode also delves deeply into the emotional and social development of children, revealing how young minds absorb the energy, intention, and behaviors of the adults around them. Dr. DeGruy reminds us that children can sense authenticity and love even before they can articulate emotion, and that the health of our communities depends on the environments we create for them to thrive.
Whether you are a parent, educator, or community leader, this season finale invites reflection on how healing from historical pain begins with rebuilding the village—one rooted in empathy, accountability, and love.
Key Takeaways:
• The historical trauma of slavery continues to influence love, relationships, and community structures.
• A child not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.
• Children can perceive intention before they can express it.
• Emotional intelligence develops earlier than we often realize.
• Anxiety in children can surface before they have the words to describe it.
• Healing the Black family begins with awareness, compassion, and community support.
Watch this finale to understand how history still lives within us—and how reclaiming love, family, and community can change generations to come.
📲 Subscribe for Season 2 and join the movement to Heal First. Love Forever.
Learn more at www.Upfront.love
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