On the long way back from grief, political turmoil, heartbreak, and the path we forge to new life.

Welcome to Episode 40: Abide, on how to live in the questions when you've run out of answers. In this episode, rekindling parental relationships, facing yourself after a breakup, and leaving home.

"I learned to give myself up joyfully to the inevitability of my life." -Lang Leav, September Love. In this episode: walking away from our careers, friendships that have run their course, old insecurities towards new love. Happy 6 Years ASK VIV <3

Welcome to ASK VIV Season 3! On this episode, Bianca Vivion talks the many sources of shame, and how to combat shame through radical self acceptance. On this show: what to do when you can't feel the love of God, sleeping with your best friend's boyfriend, defeating ugliness, and more. My newest book 'Incomplitude' a poetry collection, will be out O…

Happy 5th Anniversary ASK VIV! Apart of a special double feature A GOOD WOMAN/ A GOOD MAN, this episode ask what the measure of a man is, and why they're so important on a woman's journey to wholeness. In this show-- what to do when he leaves you for a white woman, healing the broken home, and how to become more self aware.5 Years Later, I loved yo…

Welcome to Episode 36: A Good Woman - 5th Anniversary Edition. This episode is all about how our notions of good womanhood must change from servitude to self-acceptance, and the pain, pleasure, and pride of that journey. On this episode: the art of letting go, pleasing our mothers, and why you can't have it all.Thank you all for five wonderful year…

This episode is about the Art of Letting Go (of everything else), and the Art of Holding On (to ourselves). What to do when they don't love you anymore, when the dream falls short, and moving through liminal spaces.Von Bianca Vivion Brooks

“I don’t want to cope anymore, I want to live.” In this episode: warring against what I had in mind, the origins of self love, why women live in a prison of delusion, making an enemy of the self, and letting that old thing go. Dedicated to Cherrie, forever grateful.Von Bianca Vivion Brooks

Dedicated to all women.Von Bianca Vivion Brooks

Happy Fourth Birthday ASK VIV! Thank you all for four rewarding, enriching, intimate years of listenership. In this episode, the journey continues, when we explore how to live without knowing why, how to pray, and why dissociation is not always the worst thing for the spirit. To submit questions anonymously for the next episode, please visit http:/…

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On loving who you really are.Von Bianca Vivion Brooks

In light of the New Year and the 3rd Anniversary episode of ASK VIV, I took on the heaviest questions yet: how to overcome abuse, acknowledging the past and releasing it anyway, reconciling religion and mental health, and the responsibility of the artist in these times. To submit a question anonymously for the next show, please visit: http://bianca…

Welcome back! This episode is all about Struggle, why we avoid it when we should embrace it, the creation of ease, making an enemy of yourself, wishing death to your enemies, and why love is the hardest warfare.To submit a question anonymously for next week's episode, please visit: http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/ask…

Welcome to Episode 27! In light of these trying times and the spirit of Ramadan, I come to you with this episode on faith. Here, we discuss how I found Islam (or better how it found me), the shortcomings of prosperity preaching, prayer and intuition and more! To submit a question for next week's episode please visit http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/a…

Welcome to Episode 26: Crossroads. On today's show, we're faced with confronting the changing future before us and relinquishing our expectations of what we thought it might be. Canceled graduations, misplaced love, and failed expectations from role models, on this episode we dive into creating a whole new world.To submit a question anonymously for…

Welcome to Episode 25: Seeking Relief. This week, we're talking how to survive calamity on a micro and macro scale. In this episode: asking for help, how to focus on work while sheltered in place, reenvisioning your future, and building a sanctuary in yourself. To submit questions anonymously for next week's episode, please visit: http://biancavivi…

Happy Birthday ASK VIV! This 2nd anniversary episode is all about SEX: consent, complicity, compromise, and choice. We will discuss the transactional nature of sex in modern society, losing your virginity, loving your body, why consent culture falls short, and more. To submit a question for our next episode please visit: http://biancavivion.tumblr.…

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 2 " I am what I am" where we discuss the intense pain of finding out who you are, the strength that comes in knowing, and the danger in never finding out. To submit a question for next week's episode please visit: http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/askVon Bianca Vivion Brooks

Welcome BackAfter a season long hiatus, your favorite commentator returns with an episode more honest, insightful, and tender than ever. Episode 1 "Standing in the Need" is all about finding peace in needing others, learning how to live without others, and encouraging yourself. On this episode we'll answer what to do when you're graduating, a cultu…

Welcome back to Ep 22 "On People" where we discuss how to get free of other people-- their opinions, their actions, their pain. We dive into how other people affect our ability to create, hinder our sense of empathy, and rob us of personal security. Also on 22: how to overcome betrayal, teaching others how to love us and more.To submit a question f…

This special episode is a how-to guide to combating despair, confusion, and hopelessness to reimagine life as new and full of possibility. We talk overcoming childhood abandonment, leaving your ex in the past, and more. We'd like to dedicate this episode to our brother Nipsey Hussle, who was taken from us to soon this past Sunday. RIP.to submit a q…

Welcome to Season 2! ASK VIV has officially reached its 20th episode, is now on SPOTIFY, and marks its second ever LOVE EDITION with an episode that is all about loving others. We talk first sexual experiences, what to do when the right love comes at the wrong time, and more!To submit a question for Episode 21 please visit: http://www.biancavivion.…

Happy New Year! In this episode, we delve into how and why we give ourselves away, and how we can break that pattern to reclaim our lives. From that re-dedication spans a world of possibilities-- working for ourselves, jumpstarting creative projects, letting go of failing relationships, and more. To submit questions for Episode 20 please visit: htt…

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ASK VIV! A year ago this time I, Bianca Vivion, set out on an individual pursuit to share truth, intellectual and emotional honesty, personal lessons, and political opinions on a podcast called ASK VIV. A year later, that individual pursuit became a communal journey spanning 15 countries and hundreds of listeners all wanting for a…

Welcome to Episode 17: On BecomingOn today's episode we talk about becoming a woman, learning when to fight for and when to let go, making demands in romance, becoming Muslim, and more!To submit a question anonymously for next week's episode, please visit: http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/askVon Bianca Vivion Brooks

Welcome to Episode 16! Today we're getting to the heart of the matter in a discussion of good love, family, and forgiveness. How to take a leap of faith in forgiving our parents, becoming a parent, moving in with a lover, and moving on from past lovers. To submit a question for next week's episode please visit: http://biancavivion.tumblr/ask…

Welcome to Episode XV! Today we talk about promises, the promises others make and the ones we make to ourselves. How does one become 'somebody'? Where has good friendship gone? Will I ever get out of debt? All that and more on episode 15. Happy Birthday Bianca Vivion!To submit a question for next week's episode please visit http://biancavivion.tumb…

We're back for Episode 14! Today's episode is all about leaving things behind, how to overcome trauma, what to do at a new job, changing your style up, leaving toxic friendships behind and more! To submit a question for episode 15 please visit biancavivion.com/ask-vivIf you love ASK VIV consider donating PayPal.Me/biancavivion…

We're back for Episode 13! Today's episode is all about dreaming, how to find your dreams, defend your dreams, and achieve your dreams. We'll also be discussing the road to satisfaction, unpaid internships, how to become a painter, and more!To submit a question for episode 14 please visit https://biancavivion.com/ask-viv/…

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Happy Summer! Welcome to Episode XI. Today we're talking graduating, what it means to move on from heartbreak, how to overcome shyness, dating outside of your race, beating a creative block, and more! To submit questions for next week's episode please visit: http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/askVon Bianca Vivion Brooks

Welcome to Episode 10! this WEEK, we're celebrating the double digits. What does it mean to take risks as an artist? How does one become a professional writer? How do you deal with a crush who has ghosted on you? Do black women have an unhealthy relationship with Beyonce? All that and more this week. To submit a question anonymously for next week's…

Welcome back! The wait is over. This week is all about transformation. Changing seasons and recognizing growth. We're talking what to do about body insecurities, women in journalism, dropping out and more! To submit a question for next week's episode visit http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/askVon Bianca Vivion Brooks

Welcome to Episode 8, our LOVE edition. Today we're talking about love and sacrifice, where to find a good man in the city, if love is inherently painful, and what to do when you're over 21 and have never had romance.To submit questions for next week's episode, please visit: http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/ask…

Welcome to Episode 7! This week, we discuss the differences between an influencer and a leader, why there's no such thing as being multiracial, how to kick a junk food addiction, and more!To submit questions to our Valentine's Day Episode visit: http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/askVon Bianca Vivion Brooks

We're back! In this episode we talk losing expectations, the decline of hip hop, how to let go of a lover, and more!To submit questions for next week's episode please visit: http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/askVon Bianca Vivion Brooks

Happy New Year! On this episode we explore codependency, excessive shopping, how to self-reflect, and answer the critical question: is fashion art? To submit questions for next week's episode please visit: http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/askVon Bianca Vivion Brooks

Don't miss the final episode of 2017! Today's episode we're talking about culture. Is soul the best genre of music? Who was Jackson Pollock? How does one learn about art? How do writers learn to talk about themselves? All that and more.To submit a question for the first episode of 2018 visit http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/ask…

In today's episode we're talking about the problem with 'self care,' how to make education meaningful, how to feel secure in romantic relationship and more! To submit questions for next weeks episode visit http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/askVon Bianca Vivion Brooks

So glad to be returning for another episode of ASK VIV. On this show, we delve a little deeper into way and means of self-confrontation. I talk New York, bad break ups, seeking validation from others, and yes, OJ Da Juiceman. Enjoy! To submit questions for next week's episode please visit http://biancavivion.tumblr.com/askMuch Love.-BSong: Insecure…

I’ve decided instead to make an advice podcast called 'ASK VIV' after all the questions & letters I’ve received on social media about life advice, culture recommendations, new projects, etc.If you begin your question/ask in my inbox or DMs with “Dear VIV” I will read and answer it on a recorded weekly podcast that I will upload every week on here a…