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Roots and Rhythm Podcast

Roots and Rhythm Podcast

Written by: Vladimir Louissaint and Angie Thomas
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At Roots and Rhythm, we are dedicated to sharing the rich tapestry of our lived experiences. Through heartfelt stories about marriage, relationships, and parenting, we aim to create a space where listeners can find connection, understanding, and inspiration. Our mission is to celebrate the diverse journeys that shape our lives, fostering a sense of community and belonging for all. Join us as we explore the rhythms of life, one story at a time.

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  • Are You Sure? | Are We Leaving Relationships Too Quickly? | Season 02 Episode 16 | Vlad & Angie

    Are You Sure? | Are We Leaving Relationships Too Quickly? | Season 02 Episode 16 | Vlad & Angie
    Sep 25 2026
    Share your thoughts with us!“Red flag.” 🚩“Toxic.”“Cut them off.”“Know your worth.”“Leave.”Spend enough time on social media and you’ll hear plenty of advice about when it’s time to walk away from a relationship. But what happens when normal relationship discomfort starts getting treated like dysfunction?In this episode of Roots & Rhythm Podcast, Vlad and Angie ask a question that might ruffle a few feathers:Are we leaving relationships too quickly?After nearly 15 years of marriage for Angie and nearly 7 for Vlad, we’re talking about the things long-term relationships actually require—the uncomfortable conversations, changing seasons, compromise, self-reflection, forgiveness, and learning how to grow alongside another imperfect human being.We get into some REAL scenarios:🚩 Your partner wants space after an argument💰 One partner isn't making as much money as expected📈 Your partner isn't as “ambitious” as you want them to be❤️ Your partner's body has changed🧠 Your partner isn't the same person you met years ago📅 They forget important dates💍 And the pressure we put on relationships to look a certain wayBut here's the bigger question:Is the relationship uncomfortable, unhealthy, incompatible…or unsafe?Those aren't the same thing.Sometimes leaving is absolutely necessary—especially when safety is involved. But sometimes the thing we're calling a “red flag” may actually be a difficult season, an unresolved wound, a communication problem, or something that requires BOTH people to do some work.Before you decide you're done, ask yourself:Am I doing too much trying to make this work—or am I doing too much trying to run away?Let us know what you think. What's something people commonly call a relationship “red flag” that you believe a healthy relationship can actually survive?🌱 Stay Rooted.🏆 VOTE VLAD FOR SUPER DAD!Vlad is competing in the Super Dad competition, and every vote helps keep this journey going!You get a FREE vote, so show some love to one half of the Roots & Rhythm crew:👉 https://yoursuperdad.org/vladimir-louiss-QzVw🔗 LISTEN & CONNECT🌐 Website: https://www.rootsandrhythmpodcast.com🎙 Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rootsandrhythmpodcast📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootsandrhythmpod📘 RESOURCES & SUPPORT📖 The Embrace Method by Vladimir Louissaint👉 https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Method-leverage-trauma-dreams/dp/B0CM3V2K5X👕 Gallon Gear — Support mental health & communityUse code STAYROOTED👉 https://gallongear.com🎤 WANT TO BE A GUEST?We're inviting listeners to be guests on the podcast and receive live coaching on air.📩 Email us: rootsandrhythmpodcast@gmail.com#RootsAndRhythmPodcast #StayRooted #Relationships #Marriage #RelationshipAdvice #RedFlags #HealthyRelationships #MarriageAdvice #BlackLove #Healing #PersonalGrowth #Communication #SuperDad📖 About The Embrace Method Are you ready to embrace your best life? In The Embrace Method, Vladimir Louissaint shares a powerful roadmap to transform pain into purpose. Through raw storytelling, practical exercises, and hard-won insights, he shows how to turn trauma into a stepping stone toward healing, resilience, and leadership. This book is a beacon of hope for anyone ready to rise above adversity and unlock their fullest potential.👉 https://affiliates.naturaleman.com Use our affiliate code "ADX" and save 15% Off STAND+!Get your next pair: https://www.standshoes.com/discount/ADXSupport the showRoots & Rhythm Podcast is where culture, healing, and real-life conversations meet. Hosted by Vlad Louissaint and Angie, the podcast explores healthy relationships, healing childhood trauma, identity, parenting, spiritual growth, social commentary, and generational healing—through an Afro-Caribbean and lived-experience lens.Tagline: Where we explore the rhythms of life, one beat at a time. New episodes drop weekly on all major platforms.🔗 LISTEN & CONNECT🌐 Website: https://www.rootsandrhythmpodcast.com🎙 Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rootsandrhythmpodcast📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootsandrhythmpod📘 RESOURCES & SUPPORT📖 The Embrace Method (Second Edition) by Vladimir Louissaint A powerful guide to healing trauma, reclaiming purpose, and living authentically. 👉 https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Method-leverage-trauma-dreams/dp/B0CM3V2K5X👕 Gallon Gear — Support Mental Health & Community Use code STAYROOTED 👉 ...
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Who’s Watching the Kids? Parenting in the Age of AI & Social Media | Season 02 Episode 15 | Vlad & Angie

    Who’s Watching the Kids? Parenting in the Age of AI & Social Media | Season 02 Episode 15 | Vlad & Angie
    Sep 18 2026
    Share your thoughts with us!Our parents worried about where we were when we left the house. Today, our kids can be sitting right next to us and still be somewhere completely different online.This week on Roots & Rhythm, Vlad and Angie ask a question every modern parent eventually has to confront: How do we raise children safely in a world of smartphones, social media, AI, algorithms, and unlimited access?We look back at growing up with dial-up internet, AOL, chat rooms, MySpace, and the family computer—and compare it to a generation growing up with TikTok, Snapchat, Roblox, Discord, AI chatbots, deepfakes, and devices that rarely leave their side.The conversation gets into online strangers, cyberbullying, doxing, oversharing, AI, privacy, parental monitoring, screen time, and the responsibilities of both parents and Big Tech.We also get personal about the boundaries we use with our own kids and why creating a relationship where children can come to their parents after making a mistake may be one of the most important safeguards we can give them.Technology isn't going anywhere. So maybe the question isn't how we keep our children away from it—but how we teach them to navigate it without losing their safety, creativity, critical thinking, or connection to the real world.This week's question:What is ONE digital rule you have in your household that you wish every parent had?Let us know. We’re building this village together.🌱 Stay Rooted.🔗 LISTEN & CONNECT🌐 Website: https://www.rootsandrhythmpodcast.com📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rootsandrhythmpodcast📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootsandrhythmpod📘 RESOURCES & SUPPORT📖 The Embrace Method (Second Edition) by Vladimir Louissaint A powerful guide to healing trauma, reclaiming purpose, and living authentically. 👉 https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Method-leverage-trauma-dreams/dp/B0CM3V2K5X👕 Gallon Gear — Support Mental Health & Community Use code STAYROOTED 👉 https://gallongear.com(Using our affiliate link supports the podcast at no additional cost to you.)GUESTS & COLLABORATIONS📩 rootsandrhythmpodcast@gmail.comRoots & Rhythm Podcast — Where we explore the rhythms of life, one story at a time.📖 About The Embrace Method Are you ready to embrace your best life? In The Embrace Method, Vladimir Louissaint shares a powerful roadmap to transform pain into purpose. Through raw storytelling, practical exercises, and hard-won insights, he shows how to turn trauma into a stepping stone toward healing, resilience, and leadership. This book is a beacon of hope for anyone ready to rise above adversity and unlock their fullest potential.👉 https://affiliates.naturaleman.com Use our affiliate code "ADX" and save 15% Off STAND+!Get your next pair: https://www.standshoes.com/discount/ADXSupport the showRoots & Rhythm Podcast is where culture, healing, and real-life conversations meet. Hosted by Vlad Louissaint and Angie, the podcast explores healthy relationships, healing childhood trauma, identity, parenting, spiritual growth, social commentary, and generational healing—through an Afro-Caribbean and lived-experience lens.Tagline: Where we explore the rhythms of life, one beat at a time. New episodes drop weekly on all major platforms.🔗 LISTEN & CONNECT🌐 Website: https://www.rootsandrhythmpodcast.com🎙 Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rootsandrhythmpodcast📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootsandrhythmpod📘 RESOURCES & SUPPORT📖 The Embrace Method (Second Edition) by Vladimir Louissaint A powerful guide to healing trauma, reclaiming purpose, and living authentically. 👉 https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Method-leverage-trauma-dreams/dp/B0CM3V2K5X👕 Gallon Gear — Support Mental Health & Community Use code STAYROOTED 👉 ...
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    52 mins
  • When Love Has Conditions: Family Estrangement, Faith & the Cost of Being Right | Season 02 Episode 14

    When Love Has Conditions: Family Estrangement, Faith & the Cost of Being Right | Season 02 Episode 14
    Sep 4 2026
    Share your thoughts with us!What happens when loving your family starts to come with conditions?Inspired in part by a recent loss in Vlad’s family, the conversation asks a difficult question: When is walking away from family necessary, and when are we allowing pride, religion, resentment, or the need to be right to cost us relationships we may never get back?Vlad and Angie unpack their own family experiences, including siblings who stopped speaking, relatives who died while estranged, addiction and mental health struggles, Caribbean family dynamics, and what happens when LGBTQ+ family members are forced to choose between living authentically and remaining accepted by the people they love.Some relationships require boundaries. Some require distance. Some may even need to end.But others might simply need somebody willing to make the first move.Because life keeps moving—and sometimes reconciliation becomes impossible before we realize how much time we've lost.Regret is the cost of conditional relationships. Are you willing to pay it?🎙️ ROOTS & RHYTHM PODCASTWhere we explore the rhythms of life, one story at a time.🌱 STAY CONNECTEDFollow Roots & Rhythm on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and your favorite podcast platform.💧 GALLON GEARStay hydrated and stay rooted.Use code STAYROOTED for 20% off your purchase.📖 THE EMBRACE METHODExplore Vlad’s The Embrace Method and learn how to make peace with your story, break negative patterns, reclaim your purpose and expand into your power.🎙️ WANT TO BE A GUEST?Have a story or perspective that belongs on Roots & Rhythm?Email: rootsandrhythmpodcast@gmail.com🌱 Stay Rooted.📖 About The Embrace Method Are you ready to embrace your best life? In The Embrace Method, Vladimir Louissaint shares a powerful roadmap to transform pain into purpose. Through raw storytelling, practical exercises, and hard-won insights, he shows how to turn trauma into a stepping stone toward healing, resilience, and leadership. This book is a beacon of hope for anyone ready to rise above adversity and unlock their fullest potential.👉 https://affiliates.naturaleman.com Use our affiliate code "ADX" and save 15% Off STAND+!Get your next pair: https://www.standshoes.com/discount/ADXSupport the showRoots & Rhythm Podcast is where culture, healing, and real-life conversations meet. Hosted by Vlad Louissaint and Angie, the podcast explores healthy relationships, healing childhood trauma, identity, parenting, spiritual growth, social commentary, and generational healing—through an Afro-Caribbean and lived-experience lens.Tagline: Where we explore the rhythms of life, one beat at a time. New episodes drop weekly on all major platforms.🔗 LISTEN & CONNECT🌐 Website: https://www.rootsandrhythmpodcast.com🎙 Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rootsandrhythmpodcast📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootsandrhythmpod📘 RESOURCES & SUPPORT📖 The Embrace Method (Second Edition) by Vladimir Louissaint A powerful guide to healing trauma, reclaiming purpose, and living authentically. 👉 https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Method-leverage-trauma-dreams/dp/B0CM3V2K5X👕 Gallon Gear — Support Mental Health & Community Use code STAYROOTED 👉 ...
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    1 hr and 4 mins
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