In this powerful episode of Season of Healing Racial Trauma, we’re joined by Bree the Champagne Gal—media critic, cultural commentator, and truth-teller. Bree unpacks the British media’s long-standing treatment of Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, and how it reflects deeper issues of race, power, and protection in the UK press.

She breaks down:
Why the media’s "defense" of Meghan was never what it seemed
The patterns of coded language and dog whistles
How systemic racism operates even in so-called progressive outlets
What this all means for Black women navigating public life in Britain.

🎧 Whether you watched the royal interviews or just want to understand media bias in a new light, Bree brings the receipts—and the Champagne energy.

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#SeasonOfHealing #BlackWomenInEurope #BreeTheChampagneGal #MeghanMarkle #BritishMediaBias #RacialTraumaHealing #RepresentationMatters

TikTok Live Replay: Meghan Markle, the British Media & Why We’re Still Talking About It

📅 AFull Podcast epidose Air Date: August 7, 2025

👥 Guests

• Bree the Champagne Gal (Guest)

• Kate Pearl (cohost)

• Adrianne (host, mindfulness activist + author)

  
  

🔊 Episode Summary
This episode is the replay of our powerful TikTok Live featuring Bree the Champagne Gal and Kate Pearl, where we took the conversation even deeper ahead of the August 7 episode drop.

Together, we unpacked:

• The media’s complicated history with Meghan Markle

• What “support” looked like — and why it wasn’t real

• How British headlines weaponize language against Black women

• The personal and public cost of stepping into the spotlight

• Why we need to keep calling it what it is: racialized bias, not royal drama

🔥 This Live was so real, raw, and necessary, we’re sharing it here in full.

🎧 Tune in and decide for yourself: Did Meghan ever really stand a chance?

🔗 Related Links

• Watch Bree on TikTok

• Follow Bree the Champagne Gal on TikTok and Instagram

• Subscribe to the podcast for more conversations centering Black women’s truths

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#SeasonOfHealing #BlackWomenInEurope #BreeTheChampagneGal #KatePearl #MeghanMarkle #BritishMedia #HealingRacialTrauma #RoyalCoverageExposed

🎙️ Season Of Healing Racial Trauma – Why Black Women Shouldn’t Have to Educate Everyone 💥Co-Hosts: Adrianne - Black Women in Europe @bwietoday

Kate Pearl @katepearlspearls | ⁠katepearl.com⁠Mindfulness by: Adrianne, Host and Founder of the Black Women in Europe Podcast

In this powerful episode, Kate dismantles the exhausting and deeply ingrained expectation that Black women must always educate, explain, and endure. From content creation to day-to-day conversations, we’re too often expected to be unpaid educators, emotional fixers, and tireless listeners—and it’s time we call that out.

🛑Drawing from lived experience and collective wisdom, Kate walks us through the emotional and spiritual cost of this burden—and how we reclaim our peace, power, and softness.

🔹 Why the myth of the “Strong Black Woman” is harmful🔹 The toll this expectation takes on mental and physical health

🔹 How to lovingly set boundaries🔹 What it means to rest, soften, and say “no more”

✨ Plus, a short mindfulness practice from our Host and Founder, Adrianne to help you breathe deep, reconnect, and reclaim your emotional energy.

“We don’t need to hold the world on our backs to prove our worth. Rest is resistance. Boundaries are love. And your softness is sacred.”

👩🏾‍💻 Learn more about Kate’s work at ⁠katepearl.com ⁠ and Adrianne's wellness books here.

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