Misspacklight In Color

Our first episode of our second season we kick off with a new series - Black To Love.  We are joined by some beautiful black ladies - Lachante, Nichelle, and Jamesa as we navigate black love from their perspective.  We discuss values, stereotypes, mental health and how that plays into some dating challenges for black women. We also dig into black families and how we can make them stronger. This is a must listen!

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Our last episode of the season and of our series - Melanin & Motherhood!  Shalya Forte -  advertising executive joins us with a very emotional story of how she almost died during and after her childbirth. She shares with us her experience, what she did to protect herself, and what things you should look out for in your birthing journey.  Maternal mortality is plaguing our melanin mothers and we have to fix it. You don’t want to miss this one!

We’re giving you a bonus episode this week.  We are joined by Imani Aieshah- marriage coach, mompreneur, and podcaster to dive further into the challenges of motherhood. She shares her story of healing through a miscarriage, navigating mommy guilt, and defining motherhood for herself.

She will be a guest speaker at No More Trauma virtual conference.  Make sure you get a ticket and check her and many more speakers out.

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This week we continue our series Melanin & Motherhood as we dive into navigating single motherhood. We are joined by Vonda Mone - media journalist and blogger to get real about the challenges, self-care, and dating struggles.

Welcome to our series Melanin & Motherhood as we navigate the stories of black mothers. We’re launching the series exploring adoption for National Adoption Month. We’re joined by Nicole Long - entrepreneur,  as she sits down with Candii to discuss her personal adoption journey. Nicole shares with us what led her down the adoption path, the highs and lows of adoption, and what you should know before you start the process.

Crystal Foote, manifesting coach and entrepreneur sits down with Candii to discuss manifesting.  We will get to the nitty gritty of what manifesting is, how it can change your life, and assist in maintaining positive mental health

Candii welcomes Katrina Johnson, founder of Mantra Mugs to share her soul story.  Katrina will share how spirituality helped her navigate being a 2x Cancer survivor and was a the catalyst for purpose.  

In honor of breast cancer awareness month, we sat down with Ryland Gore - Breast Surgeon Oncologist.  Things get real as Dr. G  shares with us the importance of breast cancer awareness for black women. We dig into why black women have a higher death rate among women, what preventive measures we can take, and how self-care is so important to our health.

Candii is joined by special guest Faith Broussard Cade, mental health therapist, to dive into mental health with black women. We will discuss some of the negative stigmas with mental health among the black community, generational trauma, and some solutions of how black women can thrive with self-care.