BreatheBlackMom

I was 25yrs old before I finally had a name for the obsessive thoughts, constant worry and compulsive skin picking! Add motherhood on what I knew as “bad nerves” and we have an extra layer of working through and learning more about these complex feelings.

Let’s talk about it!

Episode Resources:

54321 Grounding Technique

https://youtu.be/30VMIEmA114?si=o_kKIvQUM7lWr2Os

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

https://youtu.be/912eRrbes2g?si=M8VwHk-YBIrIILbT

What’s your preferred parenting style? Are you sparing the rod and spoiling the child? Are you apart of the gentle parent wave or a no limit soldier?

Let’s talk about it!

Resources mentioned in the episode are below:

A Good Whuppin’? By DeNeen L. Brown

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2014/09/13/a-good-whuppin-adrian-peterson-child-abuse-case-raises-old-debate/

Dr. Stacey Patton - Whupping Children Will Not Save Black America

https://youtu.be/kHh9Zfvx9uU?si=xbt70IkRuqc-49ae

Books:

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome

- Dr. Joy Degruy

The Influence of Corporal Punishment on Crime

- Adah Maurer PhD and James Wallerston

First comes love, then comes marriage and a baby carriage? Well, that’s not quite our story! Tune in to find out

What it was like dating a single Mom? Whether we consider ourselves a blended family? And how parenting has affected our marriage…

We’re back to have a rather interesting conversation with Pooch - let’s see what she’s up to!

We’re back to have a conversation with Jordy - let’s see what she has to say!

In this episode you get a chance to meet the child that makes you question everything and the whole entire reason why I had to create a podcast....

In this episode you’ll meet the middle baby, my spirited flower child with the bold, eccentric personality and a love for people, harmony and a microphone….

We are kicking it off with the one who gave me the title Mom, the oldest, who I like to refer to as the teenager, aka my pretty brown girl, aka "Jay. "This is only part I where you will hear from me but stay tuned for Part 2, where you’ll actually get to hear from her….

Why Breathe Black Mom? Why a Podcast? Who are we talking to, talking about? And What can you expect here? Let's talk about it..