Match Marry Mate™
MONTHLY CONVERSATION
APRIL 2025
Topics: April’s Energy
connect with the Creator and explore themes of repentance and redemption
embark upon new ventures, begin your “new year” intentions, and bask in a fresh start
guard your mouth and use the power of your speech to call forth positive intentions and affirmations
The Monthly Conversation is another community-inspired offering of the Match Marry Mate™ brand. It is a response to the many women who have asked me to create a monthly touch point with me and other Match Marry Mate™ members that is low-cost and no commitment. One woman told me, “we need a workshop but every month!”
I realize the importance of women having a continual yet seasonal conversation about aspects of Black female life and our social connections/relationships {regardless of kind.} The Monthly Conversation is for any Black woman who wants to show up and be fed, and comes with an open heart and teachable spirit. These conversations are about how we can understand our own experiences within a larger spiritual, historical, and social context, including the ways we might begin to understand ourselves and each other better and what’s required to heal. They will also focus on meaning-making and processing what feels chaotic and overwhelming.
They are seasonally-based with each month guided by different themes and topics that I will share. Then, participants will decide our conversational path with the topics they identify with the most. I will assess the needs of the group and deliver whatever support is necessary between coaching, teaching, reframing, counseling, or listening. This conversation is helpful for you whether you want to be surrounded by positive-thinking women, receive an answer or assist with your most-pressing concern, learn practical tips and tricks, or to just feel better talking it out and sitting in the company of other Black women. My hope is that these conversations ignite moments of connection and plant seeds of awareness as we collectively grow as we go!
HOW IT WORKS
Each month, you can join the conversation {but there are none in December and June.} You can join one, six, or ten whenever you like! The cost to join is $25 and is good for that 90-minute monthly conversation. We will not be able to transfer months so only pay for the convo you want to join in the month you know you can attend. {As always, special circumstances can apply at our discretion.} We will meet virtually via Zoom and details will be sent to you upon purchase.
If you are a current client, any friend or referral who purchases a seat for the same conversation you want to join, your seat will be free. For example, if you know you want to join the April 2025 conversation and you tell a friend who purchase a seat for that same conversation, you can join free of charge. If you bring more than one friend/referral to a conversation, I will credit the number of women to the number of free seats for the next conversations as you remain a current client. For example, if five women join the April 2025 conversation due to your referral, you will have a free seat for May, July, August, September, and October respectively, but they must be the next immediate successions of conversations.
Each month, there is a chance for any woman {but not current clients} to receive a free seat to the conversation. All you have to do is tell us why you want to join and you think you should have this free seat {for that month.} We will select the winner for April 2025 via email too. Your entry must be submitted by Friday, April 4 at 11:59P ET.
Make sure the monthly topic applies to you or at least piques your curiosity. You will gain the most of out me and the conversation that way. While you are free to listen in, if we all did so, there would be nothing to talk about. So, please bring your portion {most times} and I will utilize it to serve you and others.
OTHER FAQs
WHEN DOES THE MONTHLY CONVERSATION HAPPEN?
On a Sunday evening. For April 2025, we meet on the 4th at 8P ET.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE MONTHLY CONVERSATION IS CANCELLED?
You can choose to receive a refund or a credit for the next conversation.
WHAT HAPPENS IF I SIGN UP FOR A SESSION BUT AM UNABLE TO ATTEND?
The cost to join is good for that monthly conversation. We will not be able to transfer to another month or refund in the event of absence. We recommend that you only pay for the convo you want to join in the month you know you can attend.
WILL THE MONTHLY CONVERSATION BE RECORDED?
We plan to record our sessions with shared access for a thirty-day period. However, we are sensitive to the needs of Black women and if for any reason a conversation needs to not be recorded {or shared} or parts of it need not be, we will honor that. Assuming that a given conversation was recorded and can be shared, it will be. If you missed a conversation that you paid for and it was recorded, you can also receive replay access upon request.
CAN PARTICIPANTS RECOMMEND CONVERSATION TOPICS?
Yes, that’s the whole point! The seasonal topics are shared each month and participants can direct the conversation with their interest. For example, in March, you should only join the conversation if connecting with the Creator and exploring themes of repentance and redemption, embarking upon new ventures, beginning your “new year” intentions, and basking in a fresh start, and/or guarding your mouth and using the power of your speech to call forth resonates.
Our topics will steer the conversation and participants will direct them in the best way they see fit. At the beginning of each conversation, a check-in will take place for participants to add their input.
HOW DOES THE MONTHLY CONVERSATION DIFFER FROM CLUBHOUSE?
Clubhouse only serves as the virtual space to sample Joyice’s coaching and conversational style for one to decide if they would like to engage with her. It is not a substitute for coaching, sisterhood, or having a mentor.
- Clubhouse is a public forum where anyone listening may be able to recognize your name, likeness, or voice. The room is recorded and in most cases replays are available for all to consume. As such, there are topics that are off limits to discuss. The Monthly Conversation is a private space that is curated especially by Joyice where she is able to support you more wholly and specifically.
- Clubhouse is a coed space. It is designed for Black women, but sometimes, Black men join the party too. The Monthly Conversation is only for Black women so we can hold a safe space to navigate through our personal lives together. {However, we may have a month where we have a male guest speaker.}
- Clubhouse rooms are decided upon by the MMM Team. The Monthly Conversation is inspired by seasonal topics that each participant can choose for herself.
- Clubhouse rooms are reserved for “quick and dirty” coaching in a Q & A style. Joyice does not teach or offer any other expertise in them; she simply answers the question asked {with some support.} The Monthly Conversation offers teaching {and more as listed above}.
HOW DOES THE MONTHLY CONVERSATION DIFFER FROM BEING A COACHING CLIENT?
The main difference between coaching clients and any other a la carte service that MMM offers is the unmatched investment that Joyice makes into her clients’ lives as they progress and practice up to reaching their goals, entering their chosen relationship status, or fulfilling their desires. Other differences include:
- Coaching clients benefit from a yearly scheduled, routine service that is tailored for client development and maturation. We follow a phenomenological approach to aid in your healing and cultivate the {love} life you desire. The Monthly Conversation is only available for ten months and is not a tailored experience. It is a seasonal one.
- Coaching clients receive special perks and accesses that are exclusive them. The Monthly Conversation is available to offer participants attention and care to their personal lives at it relates to the rhythm and mood of the month.
- Coaching clients are approved by the MMM Team. Any Black Woman can join the Monthly Conversation {who has an open heart and teachable spirit.}
- Coaching clients make a financial and time investment, not just to the process but also to their cohort peers. The Monthly Conversation is not designed for either.
- The Monthly Conversation participants enjoy more range of topics and a more open approach to how Joyice engages. With coaching clients, Joyice has to work more within the frame for which they enrolled. However, the Monthly Conversation allows for more flow and is not limited to “expectations.”
- Coaching clients are designed as one group to connect and bond over time. As such, the MMM Team limits who can join a particular cohort and when to protect the space from too much change, variety, or diversity at a time, especially depending on the sensitive nature of the work for current cohort members. The Monthly Conversation is more open for transiency, variety, and diversity every month.
There are two ways to gain a seat to the Monthly Conversation in the event of financial stress: {1} Enter this month’s submission to receive a free seat to the conversation. {Details listed above} or {2} Use this contact form to let the MMM Team know that you would like for donation monies to cover your seat. Thankfully, our clients and sponsors often donate monies for others to receive our services at no cost to them. This may not be available every month, but as it is, we will consider your submission and inform you of its status.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER MONTHLY CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR?
Here is a running list of the conversations this year and their topics. After each conversation, our team shares the replay with you for the next 30 days:
January 2025: practicing reflection and revelation, understanding the power of spiritual planting, and reconciling your good nature, evil inclination duality
February 2025: awakening from your hibernation or slumber, drafting your “new year” plans and intentions, and {re}evaluating your female friendships and social networks
March 2025: celebrating an ending or closing, committing to your “new year” plans and intentions, and birthing that which has been growing inside of you