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| DBM Ep 71: Black Keisha, Black Mamas & Forever | 03 Sep 2025 | 01:41:29 | |
Dear Mama, What if I told you much of the growth our children may need to show up in the ways we’re nurturing them to show up comes through falling in love? When we tell our children not to focus on love, are we parenting out of fear? What message does that send to our children about the priority to place on intimate relationships, and what generational impact does that have on our culture? How do we raise children who know how to love? In this raw and reflective episode, we take a deep dive into the Netflix series 'Forever,' using it as a powerful springboard to unpack the complexities of Black motherhood, teenage love, and generational parenting. We’re talking parenting fears, the tightrope between nurturing and protecting our babies, and the real-life challenges that come with raising Black teens in a world that doesn’t always love them back. Y'all know us! So honest storytelling, aha moments, and of course, plenty of laughter and love. We also get into: PLUS - Crystal gives a s/o to Mara Brock Akil for putting text on the screen, NeKisha questions Crystal is good at training real dogs or Ques, and Thea offers advice on how to live like we'll survive this moment in time. In our Black Mama Say segment for this episode, where we put our twist on sayings from Black mamas, and the saying we're twisting this episode is “Let Me Hush Though.” EPISODE PAUSE FOR THE CAUSE: "Imma keep it 100. I don't raise f*c? boys. I don't wanna raise men who women have to manage." - Crystal Tennille Irby IMPORTANT CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS: JOIN US for Talk Back: Black Keisha, Black Mamas & Forever - We'll be watching & discussing the scenes that made you TALK BACK to the screen. REGISTER NOW! 💗Black Mama Magic Card Deck: Card #15 “Fuck Fear. An Affirmation.” 💗 EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE: 🔗 Connect with Dem Black Mamas: Join Our Email List | Instagram | YouTube 🗣️Engage: This is a conversation. Speak back to us! Please share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #DemBlackMamas, DM us, or email us at magic@demblackmamas.com. To expand knowledge and combat misinformation and disinformation, we create a syllabus (s/o to Melissa Harris Perry), a list of references/sources for our listeners to dive into. This list includes any books, videos, podcasts, etc. that we've mentioned in the episode or that will help you gain a well-informed perspective. For our complete syllabus, check out our website: demblackmamas.com | |||
| DBM Ep 70: Communtity, Culture, Books & Black Motherhood w/ Alliah Agostini | 04 Aug 2025 | 01:38:01 | |
Dear Mama, What if I told you the saying, “real gs move in silence is killing your dream? What if I told you to tell everyone and anyone you know what you want to do? What if I told you your notes app and Evernote are the keys to the manifestation of your dreams? What if I told you every time we tell our stories, we reclaim what was stolen? Every time we create, we declare: We are still here. These are our takeaways from our conversation with prolific children’s book author, Alliah Agostini, who wrote The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States & one of my favorite children’s books, Great Idea Malia. In this episode, we explore the intersections of Black motherhood, creativity, community, and freedom. Alliah provides invaluable insights for other Black mama creatives, encouraging them to trust their journey and to navigate the world of storytelling with authenticity and courage. Her experience is a testament to the power of community and culture as a treasure trove of inspiration. We get real about: PLUS - If you’re looking for some hope right now. We got you. In our Black Mama Say segment, where we put our own twist on sayings from Black Mamas, we talk about what’s giving us hope while this country is on fire. ABOUT ALLIAH AGOSTINI Buffalo, NY native Alliah L. Agostini has marketed everything from iconic brands to scrappy start-ups, but motherhood helped her return to her first love: children's literature. She writes to spread joy, truth, and to help more children see themselves reflected on the page. Alliah is the author of 10 books for children including Junior Library Guild Selection BIG TUNE: Rise of the Dancehall Prince (starred reviews, Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly, NYPL and Chicago Public Library Best Picture Book of 2023), Black KidLit Award-winning The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States, Great Idea Malia, and recently released Scarecited on the First Day of School. She and her work have been featured on Oprah Daily, Essence.com, TODAY with Hoda + Jenna, Morning in America, Good Housekeeping, CNN, and NPR. Connect with Alliah: Instagram | Website IMPORTANT CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS: Collection Plate Cause: Learn more about & donate to Creators Well, a nonprofit founded by Crystal for Black girls living in South Carolina intersted in writing and performance. 💗Black Mama Magic Card Deck: Card #19 “I Honor My Child's Divine Path” 💗 Episode Playlist: Black Mama Creatives Episode Playlist 🔗 Connect with Dem Black Mamas: Instagram | YouTube | Email List 🗣️Engage: This is a conversation. Speak back to us! Please share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #DemBlackMamas, DM us, or email us at magic@demblackmamas.com. To expand knowledge and combat misinformation and disinformation, we create a syllabus (s/o to Melissa Harris Perry), a list of references/sources for our listeners to dive into. This list includes any books, videos, podcasts, etc. that we've mentioned in the episode or that will help you gain a well-informed perspective. For our complete syllabus, check out our website: demblackmamas.com | |||
| DBM Ep 61: Black Motherhood & Joy | 06 Dec 2024 | 01:38:05 | |
Dear Mama, What if I told you I didn’t think I had the words for the intro of this episode because we recorded it before the election, and after November 5th, joy was THE LAST THING I wanted to talk about? I wish I could say thinking of our ancestors pulled me through, but the truth is reaching forward in time helped me more than reaching back, and now more than ever, we are going to need joy not to feel happy but because, as Thea Monyee, one of the cohost of this podcast, who will be guiding us through the Joy Assessment, says "Joy makes things clear," and we, particularly Black mothers, need to get REAL CLEAR RIGHT NOW and being committed to joy, being centered on joy requires us to tell the truth to ourselves, about our relationships, about what is real and what is not, what is serving us and most importantly how we are not serving ourselves and that allows us to get really, really clear about what we are supposed to be doing, how to mind our business and what business we should be minding, and focused on in the time that we are about to enter. In this episode we delve into the social-political barriers of joy and how accountability intersects with the pursuit of personal joy. Thea Monyee introduces the groundbreaking "Joy Assessment," created with the Blacker The Brain cohort, as a tool for Black folx to reclaim joy as a means for liberation. In this episode, we talk: ✨The groundbreaking Joy Assessment ✨The difference between joy and happiness ✨Radical honesty and spiritual bypassing ✨Joy as tool of parenting from a place of liberation and not fear 💗Black Mama Magic Card: Card #10 - Lay Your Burdens on the Altar of Love💗 Episode Playlist: Blackest Holiday Playlist Eva curated by us on Spotify EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE: 🎙️DBM Ep 59: Black Motherhood, Myths & Matrescence w/ Stepha LaFond ✨PATREON BONUS CONTENT - Pre-Show Shenanigans✨ ABOUT THE BLACKER THE BRAIN: Thea Monyee aka the Secretary of Joy and the founder of The Blacker the Brain which is an ongoing campaign, conversation and cohort created to make mental health inclusive and expansive for Black bodies by teaching practitioners to unlearn harmful ideas, practices, and policies, and empowering potential clients with language, a full understanding of their rights, and a joy centered framework for their healing within in an oppressive society. Connect with The Blacker The Brain: Instagram | Website Take the Joy Assessment 🔗 Connect with Dem Black Mamas 🗣️Engage: This is a conversation. Speak back to us! Share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #DemBlackMamas, DM us or email us at magic@demblackmamas.com. For full show notes & transcript, check out our website: demblackmamas.com
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| DBM Ep 60: All Cried Out, Election 2024 & Morris Chestnut | 01 Nov 2024 | 01:25:01 | |
Dear Mama, There’s no deep intro for this episode. In this episode, we talk: ✨Which version of "All Cried Out" is best, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam or Allure & 112 ✨Election 2024 ✨How God blessed us with Morris Chesnut's rise from Ricky to Cory Cash WE HAVE RANGE! The way we move from levity to depth, Thea breaking down Joe Biden's scorpio tendencies to NeKisha connecting COVID to Zoom organizing to Crystal invoking Stokely Carimicheal’s definition of a revolutionary, is DEFINITELY a reflection of the times we are living in. And the truth is we were with more questions than answers: 👉🏾What does it mean to burn it all down, and who will be the ashes? What we know for sure, though, is MORRIS CHESNUT continues to bless us, and we are GRATEFUL! & OF COURSE we got that #BlackMamaMagic #ElectionPlaylist 💗Black Mama Magic Card for this episode: Card #48 - Time Is Always Divine💗 EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE: 🎙️DBM Ep 2: Michelle 4C LaVaughn Chocolate Robinson 🎙️ DBM Ep 18: Deez Black Votes 🎙️DBM Ep 36: Election Shift - DBM + Shaping The Shift Mashup 🎙️DBM Ep 52: Black Women Organizing Hoes That Ain't Loyal Spiritual Political Cycles ✨MERCH OF THE MONTH - Black Mama Magic Card Deck ✨ If you really wanna watch us on our Blackest behavior, get on The Mothership & come inside the Black Mama Magic Room aka our YouTube Channel. 🔗 Connect with Dem Black Mamas 🗣️Engage: This is a conversation. Share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #DemBlackMamas, DM us or email us at magic@demblackmamas.com. For full show notes & transcript, check out our website: demblackmamas.com | |||
| DBM Ep 59: Black Motherhood, Myths & Matrescence w/ Stepha LaFond | 16 Aug 2024 | 01:16:05 | |
Dear Mama, What if I told you there’s no such thing as snapping back after giving birth, only expanding into? What if I asked you to imagine Black motherhood without suffering? Could you do it? Have we made suffering a rite of passage in Black motherhood? Have we shrouded Black motherhood in self-sacrifice as opposed to sacred sacrifice? These are the questions we explore in this episode about matrescence. Coined by reproductive psychologist Dana Raphael, matrescence is the process of becoming a mother, including the physical, psychological, and emotional changes that occur during pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period. Lissen yall, this episode drove us Thea to drink! So we’re glad to have one of our favs Stepha Lafond of Unlearning Motherhood, ridin’ shotgun with us who provides context to all the things we know and feel about transitioning to and in motherhood but didn’t have the language for. ✨Much like adolescence, matrescence involves ongoing shifts that shape our identity and understanding of ourselves. ✨How self-forgiveness sets the tone for your motherhood journey ✨Why setting the strong Black women free is essential for us and our children ✨Normalizing not doing motherhood alone 💗Black Mama Magic Card for this episode: Card # 39 - My Children Are My Teachers💗 EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE: 🎙️DBM Episode 33: Haitian American Mama w/ Stepha LaFond 🎙️Meditations By Mamas: Full Moon/Shedding Meditation featuring Stepha LaFond ✨MERCH OF THE MONTH - Black Mama Magic Card Deck ✨ ✨PATREON BONUS CONTENT - Grounding lead by Thea: “If I surrender to the air I can ride it” - Toni Morrison✨ ABOUT OUR GUEST: Stepha is a Life Coach, Mentor, and Speaker, dedicated to helping moms navigate the space between who they were and who they’re still becoming. As a mom of two young children, she knows firsthand the struggles of juggling the demands of motherhood, career, and life. She started her practice out of a desire to put moms at the center of the conversation, with an emphasis on shifting the narrative on modern motherhood to one that allows space for mamas to grow, heal and take care of themselves at all stages of their journey. Her work on Matrescence- the transition into motherhood- invites her clients and spectators to explore and hold space for this common but rarely discussed phase of development, whilst taking a critical look at the unjust systems and power structures impacting motherhood and creating necessary shifts towards liberation. Connect with Stepha LaFond & Unlearning Motherhood: Instagram 🔗 Connect with Dem Black Mamas 🗣️Engage: This is a conversation. Share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #DemBlackMamas, DM us or email us at magic@demblackmamas.com. For full show notes & transcript, check out our website: demblackmamas.com | |||
| DBM Ep 58: Cultural Identity, Spirituality & Ancestral Reconnection with Dr. Gina Paige | 16 Jul 2024 | 01:25:20 | |
Dear Mama, Who is the girl the woman who survived in the belly of the boat that brought you here? Where did she come from? How do we find our way back to that place? Why should we find our way back to that place? In this episode, WE JOURNEY & Dr. Gina Paige, co-founder of African Ancestry is ridin with us! Along the way: ✨Thea shares the profound impact of tracing African roots through DNA had on her ✨NeKisha reveals the impact Dr. Paige’s business model had on her journey as a tech innovator ✨Dr. Paige reminds us that the ancestors are a cloud of witnesses always working in our favor with a beautiful story about Chadwick Boseman. But the road isn't always smooth. We delve into some tough terrain when Crystal shares a personal story about her trip to South Africa that brought her face to face with the complexities and idealizations of her African Heritage. 💗Black Mama Magic Card for this episode: Card # 39 - My Children Are My Teachers💗 EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE: ✨MERCH OF THE MONTH - Black Mama Magic Card Deck ✨ ✨PATREON BONUS CONTENT - Issa Black Thang: Default Oven Temperatures✨ ABOUT OUR GUEST: Dr. Gina Paige, co-founder of African Ancestry, Inc. (AfricanAncestry.com), is a pioneering luminary known for revolutionizing African lineage tracing through genetics. Starting her entrepreneurial journey at age 8 with a magazine to fund family trips. Before AfricanAncestry.com, she led GPG Strategic Marketing Resources. Paige travels globally to demystify African roots, promoting Black identity empowerment through ancestral connections. She has traced the ancestry of prominent figures like Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, and Chadwick Boseman. A sought-after speaker and partner for corporations like Netflix and Nike, Paige collaborates with community and faith-based organizations worldwide. Featured in Time Magazine and on platforms like PBS' Finding Your Roots, Paige co-hosted African Ancestry Radio and appeared on MSNBC and CNN. She holds degrees from Stanford University and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and received an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy. Connect with Dr. Gina Paige: Instagram | Website Grab an African Ancestry Test Kit 🔗 Connect with Dem Black Mamas 🗣️Engage: This is a conversation. Speak back to us! Share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #DemBlackMamas, DM us or email us at magic@demblackmamas.com. For full show notes & transcript, check out our website: demblackmamas.com | |||
| DBM Ep 57: Meditations By Mamas: Rising Meditation - You Are Enough w/ Jamarah Amani | 16 Aug 2023 | 00:05:14 | |
Dear Mama You are worthy to rise each day and dance in your dreams with your children by your side. You are worthy of serenity in birth. You are worthy of joy while holding your children. Join Midwife Jamarah Amani of Southern Birth Justice in partnership with the WNBA for a meditation experience to remind you: You are complete. You are not alone. You are magic. Meditations by Mamas are led by Black mamas to help us maintain alignment with healing, creativity, and liberation to manifest joy and abundance. We’re coming to LA on September 3rd!!! Early bird has been EXTENDED TIL SUNDAY, AUGUST 20th. Get on the mothership & ride with us LIVE! GET YOUR TIX NOW>>>https://demblackmamas.com/events/ For more about Jamarah visit the shownotes for this episode on our website: https://www.demblackmamas.com/podcast | |||
| DBM Ep 56: Menopause, Black Women & Spiritual Ritual with Omisade Burney-Scott | 26 Jun 2023 | 01:27:13 | |
Dear Mama, What if I told you understanding menopause was a matter of life and death? In her 2022 book You Got Anything Stronger, Gabrielle Union went into deep detail about how in her words, “the surge and retreat of hormones” during perimenopause and menopause caused her to have passive suicidal ideations and pointed out that science has focused on hiding symptoms or treating the symptoms of menopause that have mattered most to men like vaginal dryness. The part of Union’s book that made me pause (see what I did there) was when Union stated, “According to a 2020 CDC study, the suicide rate among women is highest for those ages 45-64” and calls out how women’s depression is often linked to men or their children, focusing on the external features of women’s lives and not the internal. That’s when I knew we had to do an episode about Menopause and I knew just who turn to Omisade Burney Scott s creator of the platform Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause which includes a podcast of the same name. Black Mama Creative Week is the perfect time to drop this episode. Burney-Scott is a trailblazer in this field and roots her work in her spirituality producing creative projects such as Messages From the Menopausal Multiverse. In this episode, we talk: 👉🏾Listening to your body 👉🏾Menopause & spirituality 👉🏾Deciding to have the best sex of your life 👉🏾Bonus Content: The greatest story Nekisha ever told & why her Daddy is a REAL ONE! So thanks for coming inside the Black Mama Magic Room. If you’re a new listener, welcome to the ride. Remember Black Mama Creative Week kicks off Saturday, June 24th & we’re hosting a workshop on podcasting called Ask Us Anything: Composing Dynamic Questions to Create Compelling Interviews and one for entrepreneurs and Black Mama Creatives called Being the Blueprint: Tools to Help Black Mama Creatives and Entrepreneurs Design a New Path. To sign up go to www.demblackmamas.com/events . CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
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| DBM Ep 55: Mother's Day Special: Celebrating Black Mamas, Dreaming of Liberation & Creating Your Own Reality | 14 May 2023 | 00:27:07 | |
Dear Mama, Our hope for you today is: ✨ For you to honor the truth of your motherhood journey ✨ Space to heal from harm, disappointment & trauma ✨ Rest in your being to release yourself from attaching your worthiness to doing In this special mother’s day episode we celebrate Black Motherhood through poetry, imagination and meditation with a poem by me Crystal Tennille Irby, Image a new world with NeKisha Killings and a Liberation Meditation from Thea Monyee. Celebrate your whole self. It all belongs. Happy Mothers Day Black Mamas & don't forget Black Mama Creative Week kicks off Saturday, June 24th! ✨💗✊🏾 SHOW US SOME LOVE
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| DBM Ep 54: Birth Justice, Liberation & the Power of Black Midwives w/ Jamarah Amani & K.Sanderson | 14 Apr 2023 | 01:35:15 | |
Dear Mama, Dream with me. Can you imagine a world with a Black midwife in every family, in every community, easily accessible, at our fingertips, a world in which birth choices aren’t controlled by capitalism, a world in which the birth practices that Black women used to literally birth this country are honored, a world in which they are revered, a world in which Black midwives could practice the full scope of reproductive health and reproductive choices are respected, a world in which Black mothers don’t fear death in the midst of giving birth, experience it with fully joy and bodily autonomy. It’s Black Maternal Health Week and we are grateful for the opportunity to sit with two people invested in building that world: Jamarah Amani, founder of National Black Midwives Alliance & cofounder of Southern Birth Justice Network & filmmaker K. Sanderson In this episode we’re talking: 👉🏾Harriet Tubman & midwifery (Yeah we ain’t even know) 👉🏾Why the medical system fears Black midwifery (I mean we know why but still) 👉🏾The fight & journey to answer your calling (chiiilllleee this got deep) 👉🏾Their documentary series Legacy Power Voice: Movements in Black Midwifery (cause WE KNO what happens when other people tell our stories) ✨💗✊🏾 ✨MERCH OF THE MONTH - MAGIC EVERMORE BOX ✨ The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves. The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters. Items inside: ✨Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck ✨Manifestation Crystals: Citrine, Pyrite, Rose Quartz, Blue Apatite ✨Incense from Smell Good Spa ✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ✨Postcards ✨Gratitude Jar ✨Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender ✨An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. ABOUT OUR GUESTS Jamarah Amani, LM is a community midwife who believes in the transformative and healing power of birth and that every baby has a human right to human milk. Her mission is to do her part to build a movement for Birth Justice locally, nationally and globally. Jamarah is the architect of the Birth Justice framework, the Black Midwives Model of Care and the Birth Justice Bill of Rights. Jamarah identifies as Black, Femme and Queer. A community organizer from the age of sixteen, Jamarah has worked with several organizations across the United States, the Caribbean and in Africa on various public health issues, including HIV prevention, infant mortality risk reduction, access to emergency contraception and access to midwifery care. As a birth worker and activist, Jamarah has been tackling issues of racial justice, including the epidemics of Black maternal and infant morbidity/mortality for over fifteen years. She is currently the Executive Director of Southern Birth Justice Network, (https://southernbirthjustice.org/) a 501(c)3 non-profit organization working to expand the Birth Justice movement and to make midwifery and doula care accessible to marginalized communities. She is also the co-founder of National Black Midwives Alliance, (https://blackmidwivesalliance.org/) the only national professional association in the U.S. specifically for midwives of African descent, and a founding member of the Queer and Transgender Midwives Association. Karyl-Lyn Sanderson (they/them), affectionately known as K, is a non-binary visionary, artist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of work experience as a digital media producer. K’s mission is to shift societal paradigms while enriching and advancing the lives of those they serve. With their daring and joyful spirit, K takes on projects that bring greater exposure to causes and issues of importance. For over a decade, K created groundbreaking media as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Limitless New Media, an independently operated creative studio that designed a wide array of original content for community, educational and faith-based initiatives. K is an alumni of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Film and Television Production program. OTHER IMPORTANT LINKS
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| DBM Episode 53: Black Grief, Ritual & Wakanda Forever | 02 Mar 2023 | 01:24:56 | |
Dear Mama, There are two things that happen to everyone in this life that we don’t talk about - birth and death - both can challenge and transform everything we believe in. They can be messy and uncomfortable roads to travel and sometimes art can help us through. In Black Panther Ryan Coogler proved he is a master at guiding us through uncomfortable conversations & in this episode we are joined by one of our faves Michele Foss of The TV Doctor Podcast to talk about how Coogler guides us through grief in Wakanda Forever. We can’t think of a better way to kick off Women’s History Month than talking about a film held together by Black women & centers the mother daughter relationship. May we never forget and ALWAYS celebrate their work. In this episode we’re talking: 👉🏾The impact of Black grief 👉🏾The return of Kilmonger in that white sweater with NO SHIRT 👉🏾What surprised us 👉🏾A new film rating system based on Angela Bassett. ✨💗✊🏾 ✨MERCH OF THE MONTH - PATREON FREE FOR THE 30 DAYS UNTIL MARCH 31st ✨ We’re unlocking our Patreon for the next 30 days. If you love to laugh, if you want to nurture your creativity and imagination, if you want a wild ride, then THIS IS THE SPOT FOR YOU! Check the perks>>> patreon.com/demblackmamas ✨BEST PART - Investing in Black women who are committed to and actively creating spaces for Black folx rooted in creativity, healing, and liberation ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr. Michele Foss (she/her) challenges us all to reconsider our relationship with television. She is the creator, producer, and host of The TV Doctor (https://www.thetvdoc.com/), a podcast in which she uses her training, instinct, and empathy to “prescribe” the very best TV show to heal your emotional ailments. When she’s not “making the rounds” as a speaker and podcaster, she is Professor of Rhetoric and Media at Sacramento State University, where she teaches classes including Television Criticism, Rhetoric and Social Influence, and Media Aesthetics. You should feel free to greet her with the Vulcan salute or a few words of Klingon; she is also fluent in RuPaul’s Drag Race-isms and lyrics from ‘80s music. She is an advocate for social justice, an activist for anti-racism, and a firm believer in putting “DONE” items on your “TO-DO” list, just for the pleasure of crossing them off. Show Michele some love and follow her and her podcast on IG: @thecuriouscaseofmfoss @theteeveephd EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE: 🎙️YouTube Live w/ Dem Black Mama & Michelle Foss, The TV Doc 🎙️DBM Episode 11 Live at Cal State LA: Black Panther & The Best Mama Advice
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| DBM Episode 52: Black Women Organizing, Hoes That Ain't Loyal, & Spiritual Political Cycles | 26 Jan 2023 | 01:20:53 | |
Dear Mama, Hey Mamas! The election dust has settled, MLK’s birthday is in our rearview mirror & February is on the horizon which means we are rested and hopeful so now is the perfect time to look at the political landscape for Black folx with clear eyes. Yup! It’s the Black Mama Magic Election Update. Our first episode was in response to the 2016 election and we haven’t missed an election cycle yet. In this episode we talk: about how we feel now vs. 2016, what gives us hope, In this episode we talk: 👉🏾Black Americans are 10 toes down for The Constitution 👉🏾Why democrats need to stop chasing hoes that ain’t loyal. 👉🏾What gives us hope (Clue: Black women 😉) ✨💗✊🏾 ORDER YOUR MAGIC EVERMORE BOX BY THE 30th & recieve it next month: ORDER NOW The intention of this box is to help you alchemize the magic inside. Items inside include ✨A Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck. ✨Incense from Smell Good Spa ✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ✨Black Mama Magic Postcards ✨Gratitude Jar ✨The Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender which represent healing , creativity and liberation ✨and the best part is its An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. . CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
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| DBM Ep 69: Clarity, Reclaiming Space & Black Motherhood | 22 Jul 2025 | 01:33:24 | |
Dear Mama, What if I told you your mess tells a story, and your clutter can block your clarity? What if I told you to reframe cleaning as a way to express gratitude, practice self-care, and create a sacred space where your spirit can operate effortlessly and creativity flows freely? What have you put down that you need to put away? What items are you holding onto that no longer serve you? These are the questions our guest professional organizer, Kendra Littlejohn of Organized by Kendra, brought to the forefront. In this episode, she gently stepped on our toes and helped us reframe our approach to organizing our creative space. We dive into: ✨Accepting and honoring the season you're in ABOUT KENDRA Kendra Littlejohn is the founder and Chief Organizing Officer at Organized by Kendra, a premier home organizing and styling firm based in Southaven, MS, and serving the greater Memphis metropolitan area, and beyond. With her background in corporate finance experience, Kendra brings a unique blend of business acumen, creativity, and passion for helping ambitious professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives cancel clutter, optimize space, and create systems that seamlessly balance aesthetics with practicality. Being laid off after 20+ years in corporate finance became the catalyst for Kendra to lean into what had always come naturally—turning disorganized spaces into peaceful, functional environments. Since launching OK, Kendra’s insights have been spotlighted in prominent publications like ESSENCE, REAL SIMPLE, and SOUTHERN LIVING. Kendra specializes in customized organizing solutions that create ease and enhance both function and beauty. Connect with Kendra Littlejohn: Instagram | Website 💗Black Mama Magic Card Deck: Card #13 “Black Mama Creative = Dream Doula” 💗 EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE: 🎙️DBM Ep 68 All About Annie, Sinners and Black Motherhood 🎙️DBM Black Mama Creative Episode Playlist 🔗 Connect with Dem Black Mamas: 🗣️Engage: This is a conversation. Speak back to us! Please share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #DemBlackMamas, DM us, or email us at magic@demblackmamas.com. To expand knowledge and combat misinformation and disinformation, we create a syllabus (s/o to Melissa Harris Perry), a list of references/sources for our listeners to dive into. This list includes any books, videos, podcasts, etc. that we've mentioned in the episode or that will help you gain a well-informed perspective. For our complete syllabus, check out our website: demblackmamas.com
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| DBM Episode 51: When It All Falls Down, Finding Freedom & Transitioning to Conscious Parenting w/ Domari Dickinson | 06 Nov 2022 | 01:32:58 | |
Dear Mama, What if I told you conscious parenting wasn’t about your children, it was about your journey to freedom, about you creating the life and relationship you desire about leaving behind a system that you and your children may be highly functioning in but it’s in fact causing harm and it just don’t feel good. These are the beautiful revelations we discovered in our conversation with liberation partner and conscious parenting coach Domari Dickinson. This conversation is about more than conscious parenting, it’s about how Black mothers can free ourselves from the myths and shackles of motherhood. We are diving deep into finding liberation in the Black motherhood experience, for our children and for ourselves over the next three episodes and Domari Dickinson kicks this series off in a powerful way. In this episode we talk: 👉🏾The relationship between conscious parenting and Raheem Davaughn (it's there 🤣) 👉🏾The good, bad, the ugly of transitioning to conscious parenting 👉🏾Repairing your relationship with adult children (chiiilllleee we got healing to do 🙏🏿) ✨💗✊🏾 REGISTER NOW Magic Makers Fall Workshop: Writing Workshop: I AM: Writing an Artist/Personal Statement & Cover Letter, Sunday, November 20th, 6pmET ORDER YOUR MAGIC EVERMORE BOX BY THE 25th & recieve it in November: ORDER NOW The intention of this box is to help you alchemize the magic inside. Items inside include ✨A Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck. ✨Incense from Smell Good Spa ✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ✨Black Mama Magic Postcards ✨Gratitude Jar ✨The Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender which represent healing , creativity and liberation ✨and the best part is its An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. . All other links mentioned in the episode & full show notes on our website at demblackmamas.com/podcast INVEST IN US
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| DBM Episode 50: Our Golden Episode, Fans Only, Honk for Jesus & Looking Back | 18 Oct 2022 | 01:31:39 | |
Dear Mama, Stop waiting for the big moment. Celebrate now. Celebrate the big things, the small things, the major milestones and the minor ones even if they’re only meaningful to you, even if they come much later than you expected. Instead of judging the journey, rest in gratitude. Our celebration is a thank you to God, Spirit, the universe, the ancestors, the orishas, the angels and our very own souls for all they’ve done, for clearing our path, for holding us, standing with us, carrying us. We celebrate this 50th episode. We are grateful to you and most of all we are grateful for the journey and we trust the expansion that lies ahead. ✨💗✊🏾 REGISTER NOW Magic Makers Fall Workshop: Writing Workshop: I AM: Writing an Artist/Personal Statement & Cover Letter, Sunday, November 20th, 6pmET ORDER YOUR MAGIC EVERMORE BOX BY THE 25th & recieve it in November: ORDER NOW The intention of this box is to help you alchemize the magic inside. Items inside include ✨A Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck. ✨Incense from Smell Good Spa ✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame ✨Black Mama Magic Postcards ✨Gratitude Jar ✨The Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender which represent healing , creativity and liberation ✨and the best part is its An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. . All other links mentioned in the episode & full show notes on our website at demblackmamas.com/podcast We couldn’t have come this far without our listeners. THANK YOU & a special shoutout to the five lucky listeners who joined us for this episode. Thanks for rockin with us. Don’t just listen, subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast so you won’t miss a moment of the magic. Please keep emailing us, keep engaging with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Keep sharing us, even if it’s only with one other person. If you’re a new listener, welcome to the ride. If you’re a newbie or an OG become a Magic maker by getting on The Mothership (aka our newsletter). Now let's 👏🏿get 👏🏿free👏🏿 yall and jump into Episode 50 of Dem Black Mamas! ✨💗✊🏾 | |||
| DBM Episode 49 Leaning Into Love, Reclaiming Yourself & Staying Present | 02 Oct 2022 | 00:27:23 | |
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| DBM Episode 48 Black Moms, Breastfeeding & Informal Milk Sharing with Rita Little. | 15 Sep 2022 | 01:28:36 | |
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Mac & Cheese Rita Little is a mom trying to leave the world a little better than she found it. She resides with pride in the City of Detroit. She has been gifted with raising the most amazing four year old full of Black boy joy. Professionally, she works full time as a Community Health Program Manager for a local health system. She also works part time helping to inspire the minds of our future public health professionals, as a professor at two universities. She also remain diligent and dedicated to advocacy and education about breastfeeding with an emphasis on Black families. Invest in us! Invest in a platform curated by 3 Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. Help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt.
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| DBM Episode 47: Black Mamas Leaving America, Belonging & Liberation Beyond Borders with Parthenia Luke | 01 Aug 2022 | 01:49:08 | |
#DearMama, where do we belong? Where can we be safe? Where can we be brave? Where can our children thrive? Where can we be? These are questions that more and more Black mothers are searching beyond the borders of America for answers to. Today, we explore these questions with daughter of the diaspora, Parthenia Luke. A descendant of formerly enslaved Black folks who left America in the late 1800s for Liberia, we have a raw, honest, and real conversation about what it means for Black Americans to leave America, and what it means for our children and us to stay. For full show notes visit our website demblackmamas.com and follow us on YouTube. New video version of our podcast drop September 1st! Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:
Mac & Cheese: For today’s mac and cheese, we are speaking to Parthenia Luke. Parthenia is a social worker by passion and profession. She’s passionate about social justice as it pertains to the human right to be and to belong. As an emerging scholar working towards a PhD in social work, she aims to shed light on the long-term implications of gentrification, especially for individual residents and for entire communities. Her passions carry into her work as an instructor in higher education, where she advises administrators and leads efforts to promote a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable experience for graduate and undergraduate students. We dig in deep into our mac and cheese today as we discuss her challenges in social justice work, Liberia, her family’s history, and what Black mamas can learn about liberation beyond borders. Invest in us! Invest in a platform curated by 3 Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. Help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt.
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| DBM Episode 46: Reflecting on Things We Manifested, Following Dreams & Being a Black Mama Creative | 01 Jun 2022 | 01:15:23 | |
#DearMama, we believe that imagination and creativity are tools that helped our ancestors survive and create a culture that continuously evolves. We believe motherhood is not the graveyard of our dreams but fear IS! We believe liberation is the deep belief that you can create the life the you want and friendships that give us grace and call us to our highest selves are essential in motherhood and help us catch our wildest dreams. In this episode we discuss what we've manifested and navigating our friendship, spiritual practices and FEARS while pursuing our dreams. This is why we created Black Mama Creative Week - a series of digital events starting on June 24th to June 30th. Because motherhood is not the graveyard of dreams. Motherhood is an opportunity to expand and dive deeper into your creativity. So celebrate the ingenuity and innovation of black motherhood with us and get ready to inspire and be inspired. Check our show notes on our website (demblackmamas.com/podcast) for all links mentioned in this episode, including the link to purchase your Magic Evermore Box. Invest in us! Invest in a platform curated by 3 Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. Help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt.
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| DBM Episode 45: Black Women, Social Media & Building Community for Liberation | 16 May 2022 | 01:34:29 | |
Dear Mama, From Rosewood, Florida to Tulsa Oklahoma Black folx have always been about the the business of building sustainable thriving communities. What if I told you we are in the midst of the same opportunity now? What if I told you we could build communities rooted in healing, creativity and liberation? What if I told you the real estate is in the palm of your hands? Yup I’m talking about the interwebs. In this episode writer, content creator, sociologist, abolitionist, womanist, and intersectional feminist Nikki Blak gives us the tools to cultivate our virtual real estate and challenges us to think about the internet, in particular social media as an infinite canvas and a rushing river. Imagine That! So if you are trying to find your footing in these internet streets, if you are trying to find your folks, if you are a creative, innovator, if you have a story to tell, a message in your gut burning with the fierce urgency of now, or you have grown weary and frustrated with the interwebs period THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU! SPECIAL OFFER FROM NIKKI BLACK >>>$10 off 30-Day Digital Happiness Journal CODE: DBMHAPPINESS Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:
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| DBM Episode 44: Honoring and Navigating Our Friendships as Mothers | 01 May 2022 | 00:59:59 | |
#DearMama, take time this Mother's Day to honor your friendships. Honor those who have expanded you, stretched you, given to you, trusted you, and elevated you. We come here to be seen and loved, and I'm so grateful to have friends in my life who see me. In this episode, Thea and I share the genesis and evolution of our friendship and the challenges we’ve faced along the way. As always, this podcast has always given me exactly what I need, and today I needed to see love and trust active in my life, holding me. Our intention is that this episode allows you to see yourself and all the women pouring into you as always. Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:
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| DBM Episode 43: Rewriting the Script on Mental Health for Black Mothers | 15 Apr 2022 | 01:02:29 | |
#DearMama, We believe in rooting our motherhood and healing because healing is a part of our inheritance and a part of the generational wealth that we pass on to our children. When we heal, we're not just healing for ourselves. We're healing for our ancestors. We’re healing for future generations, making the path clearer and smoother for them as they travel down the road. We believe that our culture should not be rooted in pain. Instead, our culture should be rooted in our healing, our joy, our creativity, and our brilliance. Invest in us! Invest in a platform curated by 3 Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. Help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt.
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| DBM Episode 42: Honoring Your Body, Creativity, and Embracing Motherhood on Your Own Terms featuring Staci Mitchell | 01 Apr 2022 | 01:02:15 | |
#DearMama, we’re about to embark on a meaningful conversation all about your body, creativity, and motherhood. And Staci Mitchell, a yogi, artist, and professor, helps us navigate this discussion all about the Black body, creativity, and Black motherhood. Staci is someone who embodies full power, joy, and energy, and we’re so excited to have her here today to share all about embracing motherhood on your own terms despite tradition, honoring your creativity and intention, and listening to your divine body. Church Announcements
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| DBM Ep 68: All About Annie, Sinners & Black Motherhood | 21 May 2025 | 01:50:35 | |
Dear Mamas & Magic Makers, Lissen yall Sinners was all about Annie for us! We ain’t gon hold you with our normal intro. In this episode we dive into:
PLUS - we have social proof that a Black mama would have made a COMPLETELY different decision than Grace. And we’re excited to have some listeners on The Muthaship, live inside the Black Mama Magic room for this episode. We welcome:
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EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE: 🎙️DBM Ep 61 - Joy and Black Motherhood 🎙️DBM Ep 62 Grief and Black Motherhood ✨PATREON BONUS CONTENT - Pre-Show Shenanigans✨ 🔗 Connect with Dem Black Mamas Email List | BluSky | Instagram | Patreon | YouTube 🗣️Engage: This is a conversation. Speak back to us! Share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #DemBlackMamas, DM us or email us at magic@demblackmamas.com. For all links, full show notes & transcript, check out our website: demblackmamas.com | |||
| DBM Episode 41 Surrender, Worthiness & Learning From Our Children featuring Precious Bivings | 15 Mar 2022 | 01:18:14 | |
Dear Mama, The Mother Ship hit some unchartered territory and It got TIIIIGHT in the up #BlackMamaMagic room but WE AIN’T NEVA scared so we allowed and trusted. We discussed what it means to surrender, reconciling our ancestors spiritual agreements with their human existence, allowing our children to impact our works and how to make yo booty sit high-ya. Our guest Precious Bivings affectionately known as Coach P helped me discover the tools I needed to transform my life into a powerful transformative creative experience. If you wanna go higher, keep listening. If you wanna be stretched, keep listening. If you wanna find your power, we got you this episode. If you want yo booty to sit up HIGH-YA. KEEP LISSENIN! Church Announcements
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| DBM Episode 40: We Back! What We Learned in 2021 and What’s Coming Next | 01 Mar 2022 | 01:00:20 | |
Dear Mama, We all deserve the grace and permission to explore our shadows and cradle ourselves in radical honesty. After losing the desire to continue producing our podcast, I went on an unexpected hiatus where I found the answers I was looking for. WE BACK & Today, Thea and Nekisha are riding shotgun with me as we all share our journey looking back at what 2021 taught us and where we’re headed in 2022. Church Announcements
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| DBM Episode 39 Mothering, Art & Black Maternal Health | 04 May 2021 | 01:29:05 | |
Dear Mama, When it comes to Black Maternal Health, our work is not over when Black mothers survive and the child is born alive and we will not let it fade into our peripheral. In this episode we discuss being invited to do an art installation for Project Row Houses Round 50 entitled Race, Motherhood, and Health. We also discuss the importance of art in this movement and art’s capacity like nothing else to creep into the crevices of culture and push us forward. Before we jump into that convo we take a discuss witnessing our children during hard situations inspired by card number 19 from our Black Mama Magic Card Deck which reads I honor my child’s divine path. We hope this episode reminds you that motherhood is not the graveyard of dreams, that our children are divine beings on their own divine journey, and when your mothership hits rough waters to soften. SYLLABUS Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:
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| DBM Episode 38 Raising Transgender Children featuring Jamarah Amani & Michelle | 19 Mar 2021 | 01:24:43 | |
Dear Mama, Come celebrate with us. Celebrate this beautiful mothering journey. Celebrate with us the powerful legacy of Black motherhood that always offers healing, is abundant in creativity, and expands liberation. We are celebrating Women’s History Month by elevating the radical work of mothers raising transgender children. In this episode guests midwife Jamarah Amani & Michelle are Black mothers building a Promise Land rooted in equity and love. We would like to say thank you for your patience during our unexpected hiatus while I was healing from COVID. SYLLABUS Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:
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As always thanks for rockin with us. For full show notes check out website: demblackmamas.com INVEST IN US
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| DBM Episode 37 Black Mama Beyond Borders w/ Aja Marie | 18 Jan 2021 | 01:22:45 | |
#DearMama We have a right to explore all the ways to tap into our freedom. Motherhood should be an opportunity, an experience, a journey of expansion. Liberation is about breaking down any barrier that binds you, even borders. We must always be willing to do whatever AND GO wherever we can to be free this lifetime. SYLLABUS Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:
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ASSIGNMENTS Visit our website demblackmamas.com to do three important things:
As always thanks for rockin with us. For full show notes check out website: www.demblackmamas.com/podcast INVEST IN US
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| Meditations By Mamas: You Are Enough w/ Leslie W. Bray | 10 Jan 2021 | 00:17:11 | |
#DearMama, in the year ahead, we are calling in love, joy and feelings of belonging. We wish for you tranquility, security and the unshakable knowing that you are enough. Just as you are. Your life is not for the purpose of comparing to others. Your life is your own and you are your own best thing. Join Intentional Living Coach, Community Organizer & Mentor, and Kids Cultivator Home School Founder & Co-Leader, Leslie Bray for a #MeditationByMamas experience that will help you to set your intentions and move forward confidently, knowing that you are enough. Follow Leslie on IG Follow Kid Cultivator Home School IG | FB #MeditationByMamas -- just in time to get us centered for the new year. #MeditationsByMamas are lead by Black mamas to help us maintain in alignment with healing, creativity, and liberation to manifest joy and abundance. ⠀ INVEST IN US! When you invest in us, you invest in a platform curated by three Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. There are multiple ways to help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt
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| Meditations By Mamas: Liberation Mama w/ Muffy Mendoza | 27 Dec 2020 | 00:14:25 | |
#DearMama, don't think it peculiar or strange to have #liberation heavy on your mind in this season. We're leaving an old year behind and naturally, it's got us yearning to be untethered. It's got us wanting to feel new. We feel strong, full of possibility and brimming with hope, daring to believe that going forward we can do what we were never able to in the past -- get all the way free. Join Muffy Mendoza in our newest installment of #MeditationsByMamas to feel empowered and ready to pursue liberation. Muffy Mendoza is a tribe builder, informational and motivational speaker, author and executive director at Brown Mamas, a Pittsburgh-based fiscally sponsored nonprofit that works to provide moms-of-color with positive socialization opportunities and connect them with the resources and information they need to raise happy, healthy adults. Most notably, Muffy is known for having cultivated a community of nearly 5,000 African-American moms hungry for social change due to a lack of safe spaces for moms-of-color in the Pittsburgh region. Muffy has leveraged this platform to author her first book, The Brown Mama Mindset, that was featured at the 2018 Essence Festival and is currently sold at various cities across the U.S. In 2019 Muffy was nominated for an Iris Award for her outstanding work as an activist and influencer. As if building a massive tribe of moms isn’t enough, Muffy stays focused on tribe building at home as a homeschooling mom of 3 boys and wife of one awesome husband. Follow/Like Muffy Mendoza: IG | Facebook Follow/Like Brown Mamas: IG | Facebook To listen and/or subscribe tap the link in the bio & hit the tab LISTEN NOW: Meditations By Mamas Liberation Meditation. To subscribe go to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud or on any podcast streaming platform, search Dem Black Mamas Podcast & hit subscribe. #BlackMamaMagic™️ #MeditationsByMamas @demblackmamaspodcast #MeditationWithMamas -- just in time to get us centered for the holiday whirlwind!#MeditationsByMamas are lead by Black mamas to help us maintain in alignment with healing, creativity, and liberation to manifest joy and abundance. ⠀ INVEST IN US! When you invest in us, you invest in a platform curated by three Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. There are multiple ways to help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt
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| Meditations By Mamas: Rest Mama w/ Jasmin Forts | 13 Dec 2020 | 00:12:57 | |
#DearMama You have a right to rest. You do not have to earn it. You ought not have to fight for it. You are worthy of this and so much more. Jasmin is the self-proclaimed AntiHustle Professional and Founder of A Rested Working Woman & A Sisters Siesta, a career and support group services specializing in practical maintenance and mental health resources for professional black women. She has been featured on several publications such as Black Enterprise and Teen Vogue sharing her insight on HR practices and anything supporting wellness for professional black women. She is the author of “A Sisters Siesta: A Pocketbook Guide of Positivity, HR Protocol, and Vignettes for the Professional Black Woman” and coaches hundreds of women needing support to excel professionally. #MeditationWithMamas -- just in time to get us centered for the holiday whirlwind!#MeditationsByMamas are lead by Black mamas to help us maintain in alignment with healing, creativity, and liberation to manifest joy and abundance. ⠀ INVEST IN US! When you invest in us, you invest in a platform curated by three Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. There are multiple ways to help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt
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| Meditations By Mamas: Black Love w/ Crystal Tennille Irby | 22 Nov 2020 | 00:13:29 | |
#DearMama, sometimes you just need to gift yourself with a deep whoo-sah! Crystal Tennille Irby is a spoken word poetry grand slam champion, published writer, director and identifies as a #BlackMamaCreative, an artist creating work across multiple artistic disciplines centering Black women and mothering, absent of the white gaze. She is the current co-host and executive producer of Dem Black Mamas Podcast, a podcast that delves into the unique experience of Black mothers raising free children in an unfree world. Crystal is a TEDxGreenville presenter, a Watering Hole Poetry Fellow and the founder and Director of Writers Well Youth Fellowship, a program for Black girls ages 14-19 focused on writing and performance. Her recent credits include, Untitled Reconstruction Project, which she directed and co-produced and Untamed Womb: Reclaiming Wonder Through Healing, Liberation & Creativity, a Project Row Houses installation which she co-curated. Crystal has presented at numerous conferences including Black Maternal Health Conference & Training Institute; Let’s Talk About Sex, & HIV Prevention & Education Summit. In addition to her creative endeavors, Crystal has over 15 years of experience working to dismantle systemic and institutional racism. She works as a community doula helping Black birth persons stay connected to their body and as a facilitator for Speaking Down Barriers pushing communities forward by helping Black people heal from race and gender trauma. Crystal is the mother of 4 children and shares her life with an Omega man. #MeditationWithMamas -- just in time to get us centered for the holiday whirlwind!#MeditationsByMamas are lead by Black mamas to help us maintain in alignment with healing, creativity, and liberation to manifest joy and abundance. ⠀ INVEST IN US! When you invest in us, you invest in a platform curated by three Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. There are multiple ways to help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt
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| DBM Episode 36 Election Shift w/ Shaping The Shift | 30 Oct 2020 | 01:11:17 | |
#Dear Mama Exhale. Amen. Ashe White folk gon white folk & patriarchy is a helluva drug. We all we got and thank God we got each other. No one is coming to save us because we have the creativity and brilliance to save ourselves. So let's approach this election as an opportunity to be imaginative. As we head to the polls and anticipate the outcome of this year's presidential election, the Mamas have a plan to prepare you for the political and social aftermath of what has been a tumultuous year & OF COURSE we got that #BlackMamaMagic #ElectionPlaylist: http://bit.ly/blackmamamagicelectionplaylist This week's serious subject is infused with signature Dem Black Mamas humor and insights informed by a Black, womanist, and inherently intersectional feminist perspective. Come get this truth and exhale the "amen" and "ashé" you didn't know was brewing in your spirit all this time. INVEST IN US
SUPPORT OUR SISTER PODS: INFORMATION & INSPIRATION Looking for some Black Mama Love, support and connection? Join the Facebook group Black Moms Connection Are you a Women of Color interested in starting a podcast? For information and inspiration join the Women of Color Podcasters Facebook Group We need more of us feeding us! If you're a Black woman interested in becoming a lactation consultant check out Nikki & Nikki Lactation Career Consultants. | |||
| DBM Ep 67: Noncustodial Parenting & Black Motherhood with Erica M. Freeman | 02 May 2025 | 01:39:05 | |
Dear Mama, In this Mother's Day episode, we speak with Erica Michelle Freeman of Sisters In Loss Podcast about the complexities and challenges of non-custodial parenting and Black motherhood. When Erica and her husband decided to divorce, they also agreed to shared custody. Each parent would have primary custody for 3 years of their son Maxwell who was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy 10 years ago. We dive into: PLUS - Crystal and perimenopause are NOT friends, especially under the current administration, and Thea is in search of Jill Stein. In our Black Mama Say segment for this episode, where we put our twist on sayings from Black mamas, and the saying we're twisting this episode is “Oh, you got time for dat.” ABOUT ERICA M. FREEMAN Erica M. Freeman is the Founder and CEO of Sisters in Loss, is a savvy, creative engineer, known for her results-based, no-fluff approach as a podcaster, grief educator, and motivational speaker. Sisters in Loss provides pregnancy, birth, postpartum, bereavement doula, and grief services to help women step beyond anxiety and fear and into trust and peace after loss. Its self-titled award-winning podcast spotlights resilient Black mothers who share Connect with Erica M. Freeman: Instagram | Website IMPORTANT CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS:
💗Black Mama Magic Card Deck: Card #8 “Share Your Inspiration” 💗 Episode Playlist: Black Mama Magic Playlist EPISODES MENTIONS/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE: 🎙️DBM Ep 56: Menopause, Black Women & Spiritual Ritual with Omisade Burney Scott 🎙️DBM Ep 33: Haitian American Mama w/ Stepha LaFond ✨PATREON BONUS CONTENT - Pre-Show Shenanigans✨ 🔗 Connect with Dem Black Mamas: BluSky | Instagram | Patreon | YouTube 🗣️Engage: This is a conversation. Speak back to us! Please share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #DemBlackMamas, DM us, or email us at magic@demblackmamas.com. To expand knowledge and combat misinformation and disinformation, we create a syllabus (s/o to Melissa Harris Perry), a list of references/sources for our listeners to dive into. This list includes any books, videos, podcasts, etc. that we've mentioned in the episode or that will help you gain a well-informed perspective. For our complete syllabus, check out our website: demblackmamas.com | |||
| DBM Episode 35 Aggie Pride: Breastfeeding & HBCUs featuring Janiya Williams | 09 Oct 2020 | 01:36:57 | |
#DearMama, Your gifts will make a way for you. Speak into existence all you desire for yourself, your community, your children, your friends, and your family. Declare for yourself how you will be fulfilled by your work. Show up in the fullness of your authentic self and allow your talents to bless the world. In this episode #BlackMamaMagic + #AggiePride = Janiya Mitnaul Williams (@mrswilliamswiththesons), mother of four, founder of Mahogany Milk Support Group (@mahoganymilk) and literally works everyday to change the trajectory of the health outcomes among Black people as the current Program Director of the Pathway 2 Human Lactation Training Program at North Carolina A&T, the 1st lactation certification program at a public HBCU. Our desire is to expand the conversation around breastfeeding beyond the physical to the spiritual and position breastfeeding as a critical element of the movement for Black Lives. We need more of us showing us how to feed our babies in the thriving Promise Land we imagine. So we are excited to have a conversation with a Black Mama laying this critical foundation for liberation. For full show notes check out website: www.demblackmamas.com/podcast INVEST IN US
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Mac & Cheese: Janiya Mitnaul Williams Black Mama Say: "It Is What It Is" SUPPORT OUR SISTER PODS: INFORMATION & INSPIRATION Looking for some Black Mama Love, support and connection? Join the Facebook group Black Moms Connection Are you a Women of Color interested in starting a podcast? For information and inspiration join the Women of Color Podcasters Facebook Group We need more of us feeding us! If you're a Black woman interested in becoming a lactation consultant check out Nikki & Nikki Lactation Career Consultants. | |||
| DBM Episode 34: Black Mama Love | 15 Jul 2020 | 01:19:46 | |
#DearMama we need to make time for joy and create space to celebrate ourselves and each other. Let's throw our heads back and laugh from our bellies. Let's be free amongst each other. Let's affirm our sisterhood. Let's shine. INVEST IN US
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| Meditations By Mamas: Inner Child Meditation w/ Cassandre Dunbar | 12 Jul 2020 | 00:07:26 | |
#DearMama we were lied to when we were told that children were to be seen and not heard. Many of us were harmed because of that popular notion. Changing oppressive ideologies and false narratives begin with us, in our homes and communities, and often in our own bodies, hearts, and minds. Now is the time to allow your inner child to speak. Listen intently to her. Speak to her, praise, and affirm her. Give Black girls the care they deserve by starting with yourself. Cassandre (@withlovecassandre) is a mom of 2 spirited boys, wife to her husband of 8 years, doctor, and educator. Years of 'doing it all' finally culminated in severe burnout following the traumatic birth of her now 18-month-old son. Now, she is passionate about self-care practices for Black millennial women- especially moms - who've been socialized to be self-sacrificing since birth. She is also host of the Be Well, Sis podcast (@bewellsis_podcast) - a wellness podcast dedicated to providing resources and having candid conversations for Black millennial women to be their best selves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. #MeditationsByMamas are lead by Black mamas to help us maintain in alignment with healing, creativity, and liberation to manifest joy and abundance. ⠀ INVEST IN US! When you invest in us, you invest in a platform curated by three Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. There are multiple ways to help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt
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| DBM Episode 33 Haitian American Mama | 01 Jul 2020 | 01:21:29 | |
#DearMama, though you may often feel out of place know that you are exactly where you belong. No matter what borders you cross or which ones crossed you. Whether the moves you made were by choice, under duress, or by force. You may look for a place outside of yourself to call home but home is within you. You have a right to be here. The land beneath you and the sky above you is yours to claim. Fresh out of Black Mama Creative Week, we've got a wonderful #newepisode for you. Tune in for a rich discussion with Haitian American Mama featuring our special guest co-host Stepha Lafond of Mama Slay Life! We cover Stepha’s birth story, her journey from Haiti to America, motherhood and the diverse views of Black diaspora’s relationship to Africa. Stepha is a motherhood transition coach who is dedicated to helping moms navigate the delicate space between who they were and who they are still becoming. Her services and programs infuse personal development and spirituality and are designed to help moms reclaim their personal power so they can do life and motherhood on their own terms. For full show notes, check our website. Invest In Us!⠀
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| DBM Episode 32 Ritual In Creativity w/ Akilah S. Richards | 24 Jun 2020 | 01:13:09 | |
#Dearmama it's time to tune in to your creativity with intention. It's time to liberate yourself from the false and often unattainable ideas of how your creativity is SUPPOSED to look. It's time for you to #decolonize by divesting from #grindculture, ableist productivity ideology, formulas, and comparison. It's time for you to rediscover the joy in your art. It's time for #blackmamacreativeweek and a #newepisode of Dem Black Mamas! Tune in to Episode 31: Ritual in Creativity as we go deep with the amazing Akilah S. Richards (@fareofthefreechild) to learn about unlocking creativity through ritual. Akilah S. Richards is an absolute force of nature. She is the host of Fare of the Free Child, a lifestyle and parenting podcast about the connection between liberation, learning, and parenting, particularly among BIPOC communities. The voice and work of this Jamaican-born, digital nomad, have been featured on NPR, NBC TV, Good Morning America's blog, and in several literary and in-person spaces throughout the U.S., Jamaica, and South Africa. She is a TEDx Speaker, an accomplished digital content writer, and sought-after facilitator whose highly-anticipated book, Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work (PM Press), will be released in the Fall of 2020. We are made more whole by her wisdom and honored to have her as a special guest during Black Mama Creative Week. For full show notes, check our website. Invest In Us!⠀
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| DBM Episode 31 Letters to Black Mamas | 19 Jun 2020 | 00:12:54 | |
#DearMama When civilizations fall, art remains to tell the story. The story we want to remain for this moment in time is our love for you. #Juneteenth reminds us that our culture is a magnificent love story. Thank you to Shaira Lanice & Anya Doula for lending your voices. Invest In Us!
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| Meditations By Mamas: Find Your Calm Meditation w/ Jamie Fleming | 08 Jun 2020 | 00:12:22 | |
#DearMama This is our offering to you. Speak life into yourself. Love on yourself. Be kind, gentle and compassion with yourself. Remember your humanity. We have more than our blood and blood of our children to offer. As the founder of Black Mom's Guide to Calm, Jamie Fleming works with mamas (and women) who are tired of being burned out, stressed out, and worn out and are ready to do something about it. She teaches them how to create calm in the chaos of their daily lives. Black Mom’s Guide to Calm is a safe space for stressed out mommies to overcome their overwhelm and find inner peace, joy, wholeness and relief. #MeditationsByMamas are lead by Black mamas to help us maintain in alignment with healing, creativity and liberation to manifest joy and abundance. INVEST IN US! When you invest in us, you invest in a platform curated by three Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. There are multiple ways to help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt
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| Meditations By Mamas: Surrender Meditation w/ Thea Monyee | 08 May 2020 | 00:06:01 | |
#DearMama: Surrender. Surrender is trusting. Surrender is knowing where you stop and a higher power begins. Surrender is opening your arms to allow what you need to find you, hold you and nurture you. This meditation is lead by our very own Thea Monyee and a concrete tool for rest and replenishment. Thea is the one of the cohost of #DemBlackMamas & mother of three. She has recently launched her own podcast Shaping the Shift, available on all streaming platforms. Shaping the Shift is a podcast about change and uncertainty for dreamers and creatives. It is a mouthpiece for MARLEYAYO, the creative wellness consulting company founded by Thea Monyee with the goal to actively support and create tools to reverse the adverse effects of colonization and enslavement by liberating marginalized people around the globe through joy, pleasure, creativity, and intentional decolonization. The vision is to create and nurture a multi-dimensional organism that prioritizes the reintegration of spirit and liberation through education, entertainment, consulting, and land stewardship. #MeditationsByMamas are lead by Black mamas to help us maintain alignment with healing, creativity and liberation to manifest joy and abundance. INVEST IN US! When you invest in us, you invest in a platform curated by three Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. There are multiple ways to help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt
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| DBM Episode 30 The Doctor Is In: A Conversation w/ Dr. Sayida Peprah about #BlackMaternalMentalHealth | 03 May 2020 | 01:26:48 | |
#DearBlackPeople Birthing in a supportive chosen environment should not be othered or a privilege. It should valued as the norm. Whether we give birth or not we should all be connected to the experience. We should all be fighting for Black birth persons to be empowered to articulate and unapologetically create the birth experience we want long before a positive pregnancy test. Black maternal health does not begin with pregnant Black people. It begins with changing our minds. It begins by giving voice and value to bodies from the moment they enter the world. So if the moment arrives to usher a soul Earth side as our guest Dr. Sayida Peprah says “thriving is already instilled as a right not a privilege” and joy is the baseline. Now let’s get free yall and jump into Episode 30 of Dem Black Mamas! Invest In Us!
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Mac & Cheese: Dr. Sayida Peprah, Psychologist/Doula/#BlackMaternalMentalHealth advocate Founder of: Diversity Uplifts & Front Line Doulas Follow & Support Dr. Peprah: Facebook | IG | Twitter Follow & Support Frontlines Doulas: IG | Facebook | Twitter Black Mama Say: It’s Gone Be a Problem SUPPORT OUR SISTER PODS: INFORMATION & INSPIRATION Looking for some Black Mama Love, support and connection? Join the Facebook group Black Moms Connection Are you a Women of Color interested in starting a podcast? For information and inspiration join the Women of Color Podcasters Facebook Group
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| Meditations By Mamas: Best Day Meditation featuring Anya Doula | 24 Mar 2020 | 00:15:39 | |
#DearMama You are worthy of a reset. A second chance. A shift. This month's meditation is lead by Anya Willoughby and a concrete tool to transform a moment & realign your energy. Anya works as a birth doula in the Greater Houston area and host of Intercultured Podcast. She worked as a nurse for over 15 years in women's health services. Anya became a Licensed Vocational Nurse while serving in the U.S. Army. Most of her nursing experience has been working in private practice OBGYN offices caring for women throughout the lifespan. Anya left working in the medical industry in order to offer holistic, family-centered, culturally competent care. She is committed to doing her part in reducing the maternal mortality rates, especially for black women. #MeditationsByMamas are lead by Black mamas who want to help us maintain in alignment with healing, creativity and liberation to manifest joy and abundance. | |||
| DBM Ep 66: The 92%, Boundaries & Black Motherhood | 08 Apr 2025 | 01:29:03 | |
Dear Mama, How do we resist the urge to rescue when we’ve been taught our whole lives to be saviors? How do we set boundaries when the world is burning? What do we do when we’ve been deemed the backbone of the community, but our backbones are brittle and breaking? Since the election, these are the questions and conversations black women have been having online and, especially, in group chats. So, we decided to explore what this line in the sand means for Black mothers in the midst of state-sanctioned brutality. In this episode, Thea and I explore the parallels between domestic violence relationships and Black mothers' relationship with America. We dive into: ✨Why it’s more important than ever that Black mothers set boundaries ✨The role cultural coping plays in Black mothers ignoring their needs ✨Vulnerability & why Black mothers feel we must do it all ✨What Stevie Wonder songs reflect this moment PLUS - Thea shares a testimony about getting a new mattress, and I’m excited to share the details of our next virtual event, Down By the Riverside, during our Church Announcements, Praise Reports, and Prayer List Requests segment. In our Black Mama Say segment for this episode, where we put our own twist on sayings from Black mamas, we do something a little different this time. Instead of a Black Mama Say, we’re choosing theme songs to carry us through this moment. IMPORTANT CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS:
💗Black Mama Magic Card Deck: Card #21 “My Motherhood Is Rooted In Liberation” 💗 Episode Playlist: The 92%, Boundaries & Black Motherhood Companion Playlist EPISODES MENTIONED/RELEVANT TO THIS EPISODE: 🎙️DBM Ep 61 Grief and Black Motherhood 🎙️DBM Ep 54: Birth Justice, Liberation & the Power of Black Midwives w/ Jamarah Amani & K.Sanderson ✨PATREON BONUS CONTENT - Pre-Show Shenanigans✨ 🔗 Connect with Dem Black Mamas: BluSky | Instagram | Patreon | YouTube 🗣️Engage: This is a conversation. Speak back to us! Please share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #DemBlackMamas, DM us, or email us at magic@demblackmamas.com. For all links, complete show notes & transcript, check out our website: demblackmamas.com
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| DBM Episode 29 #SelfMade A Conversation w/ DeMane Davis | 16 Mar 2020 | 01:23:30 | |
#DearMama especially my creatives mamas, create your thing, that book, that script, film, podcast, whatever, use social media, don't let social media use you, shoot your shot & then check your DMs because that's how we got the guest for this episode! In this episode we speak with writer, director DeMane Davis. DeMane is a proud product of the #AvaEffect & her receipts are long and strong. She is the producing director of the upcoming four part netflix series Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, Blair Underwood and Tiffany Haddish. The series will be released Friday, March 20th. And yall know the deal don’t just listen subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast so you won’t miss an episode. Please keep emailing us, keep engaging with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Keep sharing us, even if it’s only with one other person. If you’re a new listener, welcome to the ride. Invest in us by becoming a DBM patron, buying merch or giving a one time donation. For full show notes check our website demblackmamas.com. Now let’s get free yall and jump into Episode 29 of Dem Black Mamas! SHOW LINE UP Church Announcements/Prayer Requests:
DeMane Davis is a TV Director and a Producing Director. Ava DuVernay graciously asked her to direct two episodes of the second season of her groundbreaking TV series Queen Sugar which airs on OWN which has changed the entire landscape (and the numbers) by only hiring female directors and specifically hiring first-time female directors. Ava asked DeMane to be producing director of season three. In addition to producing the entire season she directed three episodes, including the premiere. Queen Sugar was recently renewed for a fifth season! Since then DeMane has directed on For The People; The Red Line for CBS, How To Get Away With Murder, Station 19 and YOU for Netflix. She was also Producing Director on Self Made: Inspired by Madam CJ Walker a four part series which premieres on Netflix on March 20th. She directed the last two episodes. Most recently she's been back to Shondaland to direct an episode of their final season of How To Get Away With Murder. Her episode airs in April of 2020! She is also a Commercial Director and is with Sweet Rickey, a collaborative, female-owned production company versed in creating original content. DeMane is a Sundance Fellow Class of 97 and two of the features she wrote premiered in competition at The Sundance Film Festival. LIFT, Kerry Washington’s first solo feature, is available on Amazon. In addition directing, she is also a Freelance Copywriter/Creative Director and voiceover talent. Self Made details the life of America’s first self-made millionaire — how she fought for social change and simultaneously overcame post-slavery racial and gender biases, personal betrayals, and business rivalries to build a ground-breaking brand that revolutionized black haircare. Nicole Jefferson Asher: Twitter | IG On Her Own Ground: The Life & Times of Madam CJ Walker Collection Plate Causes: Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker Black Mama Say: Note to the Democratic Party Follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamas. LINKS Ways to Invest in Dem Black Mamas: Patreon | Merch | One-Time Donation Looking for some Black Mama Love, support and connection? Join the Facebook group Black Moms Connection. Are you a Women of Color interested in starting a podcast? For information and inspiration join the Women of Color Podcasters Facebook Group. Nikki & Nikki Career Lactation Consultants: Be sure to follow subscribe and listen to our sister podcasts: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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| Meditations By Mamas: Full Moon/Shedding Meditation w/ Stepha LaFond | 10 Feb 2020 | 00:12:49 | |
It's #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHealingMonth and we are so excited to kick of #MeditationsByMamas lead by Black mamas who want to help us maintain in alignment with healing, creativity and liberation to manifest joy and abundance. Our first mediation is a Full Moon/Shedding Meditation lead by Stepha LaFond. Stepha is a motherhood transition coach who is dedicated to helping moms navigate the delicate space between who they were and who they are still becoming. Her services and programs infuse personal development and spirituality and are designed to help moms reclaim their personal power so they can do life and motherhood on their own terms. Full moon meditations are most effective on the day of the full moon, three days before or three days after. The full moon phase is a time of reflection to let go of things or relationships that are no longer serving you or holding you back. It's also a time to surrender and embrace the unknown as an opportunity to transform.
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| Episode 28 Birth Is the Revolution | 12 Nov 2019 | 01:32:46 | |
Dear Mama: We carry history in our wombs and we can create history in our wombs. These are words of our guest Sista Midwife Nicole Deggins. The stats on Black maternal health are not our legacy and don’t have to be our destiny. This isn’t a long intro because this episode is packed and we want you to jump right into it. We go from why it’s important to live the #HelloFreshFluffandFoldLife to expanding the work of Black Maternal Health & why doula’s make a difference. You have a few more days to sign up with the Sista Midwife’s Doula training in Los Angeles. It’s gon be lit yall! Check our show notes for the registration link. As always thanks for rockin with us. Don’t just listen subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast so you won’t miss an episode. Please keep emailing us, keep engaging with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Keep sharing us, even if it’s only with one other person. If you’re a new listener, welcome to the ride. Invest in us by becoming a DBM patron, buying merch or giving a one time donation. For full show notes check our website demblackmamas.com. Now let’s get free yall and jump into Episode 28! SHOW LINE UP Church Announcements/Prayer Requests: Project Row House Installation Thea Monyee: GoDaddy Maker Hello Fresh Code Sista Midwife Doula Training w/ Nicole Deggins REGISTER NOW: https://courses.sistamidwife.com/courses/losangeles IG: @sistamidwife https://www.instagram.com/sistamidwife/ Twitter: @SistaMidwife https://twitter.com/sistamidwife Facebook: @SistaMidwife https://www.facebook.com/SistaMidwife/ YouTube: Sista Midwife Productions https://www.youtube.com/user/SistaMidwife Mac & Cheese: A Conversation with Sista Midwife Nicole Deggins Black Mama Say: “Yall gon not make me lose my mind…”
Follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamas. LINKS Ways to Invest in Dem Black Mamas: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/demblackmamas Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/demblackmamaspodcast PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/demblackmamas Nikki & Nikki Career Lactation Consultants: FB: https://www.facebook.com/iyamidoulaservices IG: https://www.instagram.com/nikkiandnikkiibclc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NikkiNikkiIBCLC YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCySgoTbyiCpREfGELEoeCKQ All Heart Podcast: FB: https://www.facebook.com/allheartpodcast/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/allheartpodcast/ Website: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-heart-podcast/id1409705304?mt=2 Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Looking for some Black Mama Love, support and connection. Join the Facebook group Black Moms Connection. Are you a Women of Color interested in starting a podcast? For information and inspiration join the Women of Color Podcasters Facebook Group.
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| DBM Episode 27 The Upper Room | 27 Oct 2019 | 01:21:19 | |
#DearMama If you’re feeling like you’re in quicksand, disconnected, or running on empty, then this is the episode for you! It is a reminder to not to limit spirit, that spirit is in EVERYTHING and we must continue to dig deeper for a higher connection. In this episode we revisit Episode 4 How I Made It Ova, recorded two years ago and evaluate our spiritual evolution since then. This is an “Empty the Crates” episode meaning we recorded it a while back and never released it. So some of the commentary may be a little dated. It’s still a gem though yall. Listen & ask yourself: What do I need to be rooted in to gain alignment on all levels of my being, in every aspect of my identity to manifest the life I need for me and my children to thrive? Let us know what your answer is or even if you couldn’t come up with an answer send us your thoughts and questions about this episode. As always thanks for rockin with us. Don’t just listen subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast so you won’t miss an episode. Please keep emailing us, keep engaging with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Keep sharing us, even if it’s only with one other person. If you’re a new listener, welcome to the ride. Invest in us by becoming a DBM patron, buying merch or giving a one time donation. For full show notes check our website demblackmamas.com. Now let’s get free yall and jump into Episode 27! SHOW LINE UP Church Announcements/Prayer Requests: Sista Midwife Doula Training w/ Nicole Deggins, Los Angeles, Nov 8th-10 & November 15th-18th REGISTER NOW: https://courses.sistamidwife.com/courses/losangeles Follow/Like Sista Midwife: IG | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube Mac & Cheese: Revisiting Episode 4 (How I Made It Ova) & evaluating the evolution of our spirituality Collection Plate Causes: Follow/Live The Afiya Center: IG | Facebook | Twitter Black Mama Say: “Truth Is…” For full show notes visit our website: Like/Follow Us: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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