Mahogany Momology

Season 3, Episode 11: Coping During Covid Times

Daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has been stressful for people. The need for natural human interaction has abruptly halted with mandates to immediately shelter in place for an unforeseen amount of time. Our lives have shifted. We're having varied, valid emotions in adults and children. We're discussing feelings and coping during COVID-19 with our returning guest momologist Sh'Niqua Alford.

1st Episode Appearance: Season 1, Episode 2: How Abuse Affects Black Moms and Our Children

About Restoring Serenity Counseling Center, PLLC Sh'Niqua Alford is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Texas (license #41470). She holds a Master of Social Work - University of Texas at Arlington and in 2005 recieved her Bachelor of Social Work - Texas Christian University. Over the past 13 years, Sh'Niqua has worked in a variety of social work/clinical settings: Supporting and mentoring pregnant/parenting teenagers to overcome barriers and achieve success as both a parent and a student. Employment in the child welfare system; helping children in foster care and their families overcome trauma, abuse, and neglect. Working at local psychiatric facilities to help children, adolescents, and adults receive proper mental health treatment. Adjunct social work professor; focused on teaching social work students to become strong, competent, and ethical social work leaders. Where to find Restoring Serenity Counseling Center, PLLC 1201 N. Watson Rd. Suite 295 | Arlington, TX 76006 817-989-6336 https://www.restoringserenitycounseling.com/ Twitter: @salfordLCSW Pintrest: @restoringserenitycounselingcen Facebook: @restoringserenitycounseling Email: [email protected]

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Season 3, Episode 10: The Wild Wild Web

Topic: The current state of sheltering-in-place has forced the use technology more than ever for economic stability (as weak as it is now), social/mental well-being and educational tools for society. Sadly, we're hearing of hackers displaying explicit images and expressing racist rhetoric within Zoom calls or kid Youtube videos. This behavior of harassment may affect adults as much as it does children, with cyber bullying and cyber crimes on the rise. Today, we will discuss cyberbullying and cyber crimes during COVID-19 with our returning guest momologist, Dr. Alicia Makaye.

Guest Momologist: Alicia Makaye, PhD.

Alicia is a returning guest and VP of GXA. Episode where we met Alicia: Season 2 | EP29: Mompreneur Spotlight

Resources:

https://www.stopbullying.gov/

Mallory's Story:

https://www.foxnews.com/health/cyberbullying-all-american-little-girl-suicide

Unintended Consequence of COVID-19:

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-unintended-consequence-covid-cyberbullying.html

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Topic: There is a growing number of African-American women who have become pioneers in the country's burgeoning cannabis industry. More and more black women are becoming marijuana entrepreneurs, creating dispensaries, launching CBD product lines and selling edible cannabis products and weed-themed merchandise (Source: NewsOne) However, we know that marijuana policies disportionaly affect black and brown communities. How do 'budding entrepreneurs' of color gain traction and notably recognition when the odds are against us. Let's discuss this with our guest momologist, Whitney Beatty, CEO of The Apothecarry Brands, INC.

Guest Momologist: Whitney Beatty, CEO of The Apothecarry Brands, INC.

Apothecarry Brands CEO Whitney Beatty is a successful entertainment industry executive turned cannabis storage designer that's spearheading her quickly growing start-up. After meeting so many like minded cannabis users, who lamented about a lack of good storage system, worried about securing buds away from kids and pets and who were tired of searching around for their stash to discover it dried out from plastic baggies and non-airtight dispensary jars, Apothecarry was born. The brand seeks to redefining the image of cannabis users who take pride and pleasure in their stash, while filling a hole in the marijuana paraphernalia market for everyone from the attorneys who tokes after their high powered workday, to the "stiletto stoners" who are hosting ladies night, to the seniors using medication for health benefits and everyone in between who demands the best in all things.

Website: http://www.theapothecarrycase.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apothecarry/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/theapothecarry

Instagram: @thehighmommylife

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Testing this is a test for zoom only.  

Topic: Menopause affects all women regardless of race or socioeconomic background. However, recent studies have shown that the experience of menopause is different among different racial groups. African Americans have more estrogen related symptoms (hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, urine leakage) than all the other ethnic groups. Additionally, African Americans are less likely to have somatic symptoms (headaches, difficulty sleeping, racing heart, stiffness and soreness in joints) than all other ethnic groups. Unfortunately, when it comes time for menopause, you're also likely to have more intense symptoms than your white peers. We will talk, in-depth of the change of life with our guest Momologist, Dr. Tiffany Woodus

References:

https://news.yale.edu/2005/04/26/menopause-and-african-american-women

https://www.verywellhealth.com/menopause-worse-for-african-american-women-3522485

https://sacobserver.com/2015/02/black-women-endure-menopause-longest/

http://www.blackwomenshealthproject.org/aamenopause.htm

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Topic: Rashida Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, and most recent Tiffany Haddish are some of the notable African American Jewish celebrities. We can theorize that their celebrity status makes the transition easier to acclimate than non celebrities. We will discuss the path of being a Black Jewish mom in society with out guest momologist, Aviva Brown.

Guest Momologist:

Aviva Brown and her children converted to Judaism in 2017, but during the preceding years of Jewish study, she noticed a lack of racial diversity among Jewish children's literature. In late 2018, Aviva read a quote by author Beverly Cleary: If you don't see the book you want on the shelf, write it. She's been named North Carolina's Mother of the Year 2020 by American Mothers, Inc.!⁣ Aviva currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, two cats, and four wild animals who sometimes pretend they're well-mannered children. When she's not writing, editing, or reading diverse children's books, she can be found hiding from housework (no one's actually ever found her; she's super good at hiding), eating popcorn, or singing show tunes.

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Topic: On this podcast, we've been talking about the American Black motherhood experience. But what's the journey like aboard? Do they experience racism? Colorism? Educational disparities. We will discuss The Black Motherhood Experience abroad with our guest momologist, Kearie Dee of Woke Mommy Chatter.

Woke Mommy Chatter: https://wokemommychatter.com/

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Topic: Recently, the city of Lancaster ISD sued a board member for a conflict of interest for being an advocate to children with special needs. This discussion leads to the question, shouldn't our school board be advocating for children's best interest, with our guest momologist, Carolyn Morris.

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Season 3, Episode 4: Coping with Grief

The emotional trauma brought on by the death of a close family member is often accompanied by varied emotional responses. Adults have difficulty processing death, but how do we have a healthy and successful discussion about death to their offspring? We will discuss how to talk to your children about death with our Guest Momologist, Kymberly Akpowowo.

Guest Momologist: Kymberly is a xennial blogger, advocate, and licensed social worker with experience in mental health, community administration, and advocacy. She is multi-passionate about health-related topics, politics, poverty, and women's empowerment just to name a few. Her main focus is supporting youth, their parents, and other youth-focused organizations in the transition from adolescence to adulthood and helping other social workers utilize their current skills and abilities to social work differently. Through her podcast, Unlearned, she has made it her personal agenda to keep the uninformed informed about all things social work. She currently works for the State of Texas Social Services Surveyor where she has the privilege of investigating incidents and auditing long-term care facilities to ensure that the geriatric population are receiving the care they need.

http://voyagedallas.com/interview/meet-kymberly-akpowowo-kymberly-professional-support-services-fort-worth/

Mahogany Moms of the Week:

Our prayers and condolences go out to families who have lost a loved one recently. At the time of this taping we send our thoughts to Vanessa Bryant and the families affected in the Helicopter Crash in Los Angeles.

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Season 3, Episode 3: Communal Living

Mel and Tash discuss what appears to be a rising trend in living "Communal Living". With the cost of living on the rise and salaries staying flat could this be the way you and your family live?

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Resources:

https://time.com/intentional-communities/

https://aljeffery.com/looking-forward-communal-living/

http://www.cohousing.org/why-cohousing/

https://bust.com/living/15654-all-together-now.html

https://www.moneycrashers.com/communal-living-cohousing-types-benefits-intentional-communities/

https://www.lifeadvancer.com/communal-living/

https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2018/cohousing-community-fd.html

https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/housing/info-2016/questions-answers-about-cohousing.html

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