Mahogany Honey Podcast

Join us in conversation with Jasmin Stewart as we discuss what it is like to navigate a relationship during a pandemic, keeping the romance alive, unpacking difficult conversations, and managing expectations when it comes to finances and so much more.

Resident nomad and an International Education Professional for nearly a decade.  Jasmin has lived and worked all over the country and oversees. For her latest move, she has relocated from Silicon Valley (San Francisco, California) to Silicon Hills (Austin, Texas). The last 5 years she worked as a Program  Director for an EdTech start-up that partners with universities around the country to enhance the international student experience. Her global experience is what gives her such a unique perspective on love, life, and everything that happens in-between.

Dominican Writer and Home Based Baker, Lizbel Ortiz was born and raised in East New York after her parents migrated to the U.S. in the late 80’s from the Dominican Republic. She recently released her first book “Let’s Talk About It.” Most of her teenage years and early adult years into researching and dissecting Dominican and Caribbean culture. Plus the effects racism, sexism and classism have had on us and our elders. It is without a doubt that her goal is educate the Latinx community how to pinpoint and unlearn toxicity, violence, ideologies and beliefs that were taught to us by the wounded so we can heal ourselves and raise children who don’t have to fight through chaos.

Episode Themes: Tune into this detailed storytelling journey into her path to becoming an Author. Throughout the conversation we hope to give the readers and listeners tools on how to start having difficult conversations around family dynamics and confront barriers to find healing and begin to reparent ourselves.

This episode was originally recorded in December of 2019. I decided to dust off this episode to give my listeners a better idea into my own inward journey. I believe this was the best way I could document my saturn return and shadow work. Those who have decide to look at their generational transgressions, self sabotage, aged wounds, and forego spiritual transformation will know it is a journey that forever leaves an imprint. A blank slate means watching your life take a drastic shift and is no longer what you knew it to be. Illusions are shattered, you meet face to face with aspects of yourself that you don't want to look at because it means pulling back the curtain, cleaning out your emotional closet, and unpack. The emotional work is real and not many of us are ready or willing to go through the flames in order to rise like a phoenix. If you do decide to do this inner work please find community as this is not meant to be experienced alone. We deserve to give ourselves a chance and take up space unapologetically.

Tune in as your host ventures solo through vulnerability, challenges of taking "leaps of faith" in changing careers, and confronting head on personal failures and question "WHO AM I". 

Karina is a creative health-wellness advocate that works for one of the top tech-companies as a health coach. She dedicates her time towards promoting growth within the WOC (Women of Color) community by teaching them how to stay motivated in their wellness journey. She has been recognized as a leading Latinx influencer that breaks through cultural barriers.

Tune in as we explore cultural comfort foods, the root causes behind emotional over eating and how it all circle backs to operating in survival mode. Furthermore, we dive into beauty perceptions of natural beauty vs. external enhancements in marginalized communities and bring forth awareness of human and sex trafficking across the marginalized spectrum in urban cities.

Tune in as we discuss Shawnee’s self-evolution as a licensed social worker to a mindset coach and author. Throughout the conversation we hope to give the readers and listeners tools on how to overcome mental and emotional barriers to find holistic wellness.

After working in healthcare for many years, Shawnee developed a desire to become more active in helping people overcome the challenges in their lives. Shawnee is an author who released her book, “Shifting Your Mindset: A Guide to Overcome Depression, Anxiety & Trauma” October 2020. The book focuses on identifying ways to change your perspective on life. As a mental health therapist, Shawnee wrote scenarios based on her own life experiences to give the readers a great idea of how they can overcome many life obstacles--from unhealthy relationships to abandonment issues.

Join your Host in a solo session as she ventures through the sea of her own self-exploration. Hear her views on social change, ethics, validation, courage, accountability, and duty to act once discernment and knowledge are aligned. Grab your journals and self-reflect if we are acting consciously or robotically in relation to our service and hold space for your intuition.

This episode was originally recorded and launched in December of 2019 when I decided to ask myself a series of questions such as, what does support look like as we continue to evolve/shift? What to do when we start to question the things we once fought for? Do we forget that we are catalysts as we fight through stagnation?

Clinical Social Worker Tahis Zuniga joins me in a conversation on the current public health environment during the pandemic. The discussion walks you through a day in the life working in spaces dedicated to mental health such as a psychiatric unit, handling ethical challenges and social barriers such as millennial burnout stigmas of being a young professional seeking professional resources for self within the mental health field

Student Service Director Jasmin Stewart joins me in a conversation on our current college climate during a pandemic. We navigate the challenges students and staff are confronting. The discussion covers topics on managing international students, diversity, performative allyship concerns, turnover, and the need for more awareness of educational policy changes starting with our current secretary of education. 

Student Service Director Jasmin Stewart joins me in a conversation on our current college climate during a pandemic. We navigate the challenges students and staff are confronting. The discussion covers topics on managing international students, diversity, performative allyship concerns, turnover, and the need for more awareness of educational policy changes starting with our secretary of education.

Foster Care Specialist Karem Rodriguez joins me in a conversation on the current cross-cultural gaps inner cities face between BIPOC (Blacks, Indigenous, People of Color) in foster care and the ongoing disparities within juvenile justice that continue to affect youth and social workers in urban cities (Miami, FL).