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Divorce is hard no matter where you come from. But coming from a Brown culture adds an added layer of complication to it. Join me this season on tackling divorce while Brown. This first episode is about preparing and planning for those entering into a divorce. I'm joined by family law attorney Lynda Hinkle, as we break down this topic and help set the mindset for this difficult process and journey ahead including financial planning, hiring an attorney, career opportunities, living situation, and more.

Join me as I discuss redefining beauty standards. I break it down by discussing the roots of the "Black is Beautiful" movement and White supremacy in establishing beauty standards as well as colorism, Eurocentric "Western" beauty, sexualizing exotic beauty, decolonizing beauty routines and how to redefine what beauty means and is.

This episode has TRUTH BOMBS galore as Kevin Nahai, motivational speaker and coach, joins me to discuss dating and relationships and how anxiety and being self-aware can affect your relationships. He provides practical advice and tools, consider this essential life therapy!

Join me in this episode as we tackle the topic of anxiety with special guest Dr. Meira Yasin, a clinical mental health nurse practitioner. An estimated 264 million people worldwide suffer from an anxiety disorder, and it's important for us to learn more about it as we learn to manage anxiety and anxiousness.

We cover what anxiety is, the differences in anxiety and panic disorders, as well as what the symptoms look like, how one is diagnosed, and most importantly treatment options.

In today's episode I talk about how you can make social media work for you, your life, and your mental health and not the other way around! Social media can be a place for growth, laughs, connection, learning, and entertainment, and if it is not adding value to your life or making you feel anything but GOOD then it's time to help you curate it to do just that. 

Join me in the second episode of the "Let's Normalize This" series where we talk about how parenting is NOT a one-size-fits-all model where it's okay for parents to be selfish sometimes, how to make their children's happiness independent of their own, and what they SHOULD focus on when it comes to parenting and NOT what society and others pressure them to focus on.

Join me in this enlightening interview with Palestinian-American author and artist Wafa Ghnaim. We dive deep into what "tatreez" is and how this embroidery has shaped and contributed to the Palestinian identity through history, politics, and social class.

We also discuss motherhood, entrepreneurship, and cultural appropriation versus appreciation when it comes to expressing our experiences through art and through passing it down to our children.

Kicking off the first episode of the "Let's Normalize This" series, I'm joined by my dear friend, Roshni Ladden, as we dive deep into the idea that women are somehow less classy or not classy if they curse and the double standards that come with that and where it stems from and why. We definitely have fun with it as we peel back the layers on this issue so be sure to listen in!

Join me in the second-part of our discussion from Episode 8 where we break down what narcissists are, the different types, what they do, how to deal with and identify them, and what you should do if you are a survivor of narcissistic trauma.

We also discuss and define the related terms "gaslighting" and "love-bombing" and what they are in reference to narcissism.

Join us as we learn about what empaths, narcissists, and codependents are and the correlation between them and how they impact one another. Knowledge is the first step to acknowledgment and self-awareness and unpacking these terms and their relationship with one another can be life-altering.