Meet Me at the Highland™

"Because of them, I know I can do the impossible. Because of me, I know that liberation is possible in my lifetime." – Monica Simpson

In this episode, Monica Simpson — artist, activist, and leader in the reproductive justice movement — joins Gabrielle for a moving reflection on what it means to center our health and healing in our lives, leadership, and legacies.

Monica shares her journey of laying down her armor and reimagining worthiness as the foundation of freedom. She reflects on the power of community care, the necessity of a “healing ethic” for Black women leaders, and how creativity sustains her and her vision.

This is an episode about creating space for softness, imagining new possibilities, and remembering that we are worthy of the world we desire.

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Creators and Guests

Host
Gabrielle Wyatt
Creator and Host of Meet Me at the Highland™

What is Meet Me at the Highland™?

Meet Me at the Highland™ is a podcast and sacred space centering Black women's leadership, imagination, and legacy. Hosted by Gabrielle Wyatt, founder of The Highland Project, it offers intimate, intergenerational conversations with changemakers, artists, and cultural architects reimagining what it means to thrive. It's a rhythm of rest, reflection, and radical dreaming, where we remember who we are, reclaim our joy, and begin again.

Season Two, Seeding, is unfolding now, with Highland Leaders like Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Dr. Topeka K. Sam, and Brea Baker. Each episode arrives with a love letter, journaling prompts, and reflections that invite deeper introspection.

This is your invitation. To lead. To rest. To imagine forward. To meet us at the Highland.

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