For the Season 5 finale, Jackie and Shani speak on one thing your time on this earth is going to guarantee: Change.

From its ebbs and flows, there aren't only changes on an introspective level, but also interpersonal levels to match.

The Mocha Mavens are here to discuss some ways to anchor your friendships where life's waves often clash and collide.

Social media. A gift and curse. A gift because it is quick and easy to share information. But what happens when the wires get crossed, misinformation spreads just as fast, if not you can be the result of scam culture.

Jackie and Shani are here to encourage you to slow down, take a beat, and fact check. We’d never want our good people to be the victims of a scam.

The Mocha Mavens are back from their mid-season Spring Break, and ready to get into another great topic!

Season 5 has had an overarching theme around sisterhood, and this episode is no different. Jackie and Shani discuss how important it is to help those around you, as well as give personal experiences where a sister reached their hand out to us and the positive impact it resulted in.

As always, we encourage you to continue the conversation in our comments and on all forms of social media!

Jackie and Shani have been in their book bags (get it 😉) this season and they are bringing you a heater this episode!

From episode 1 of the Mocha Message, our hosts have highlighted the importance of Sisterhood. It only makes sense they’ve completely fan-girled over the book Sisterhood Heals by, licensed Psychologist and therapist Dr. Joy Harden Bradford.

The book challenged Shani and Jackie to get creative with ways they show love within not only their personal sister circles, but globally and across the diaspora as a whole.

What is it with content nowadays? Nothing seems genuine, everything appears to be a push for engagement - whether negative or positive, true or glorified truth. It's exhausting. And it makes it harder to consume content on your favorite platforms for enjoyment anymore.

In this episode, Jackie and Shani chat about some ways to recognize when you're being baited into clicks and views, as well as how to attempt to curate your feeds to remove that activity from crossing your path altogether.

There seems to be a tendency to want to question, minimize, or altogether erase the impact of Black women's accomplishments and contributions. However when this happens, it is important to advocate for yourself, hold your own, and also be your sister's keeper if need be whenever you witness it.

In this episode Jackie and Shani give some encouragement on what to do to keep your head up, remain encouraged, and review systems that can be put in place to make sure you get your just due.

For other dope conversations like these, be sure to subscribe to the Mocha Message on Youtube and all podcast platforms!

We, the Gatekeepers of the Mocha Message Podcast, in order to form a more uniform Culture, establish Boundaries to ensure a fierce Protection for all things sacred to the African-American, otherwise known as, Black community.

Jackie and Shani delve into their personal thoughts, feelings, and ideas around imaginary cookout handouts, pandering to white people, and preserving recipes in this episode of the Mocha Message Podcast.

Its officially 2024! Happy New Year! By the time you receive this second part of our two-part Holiday special, we will be 3 days fresh into 2024! But before we embrace the new year, we're going to take a walk down memory lane to chat about some of the highlights of 2023.

Disclaimer: This episode was filmed before the Renaissance film, The Color Purple 2023 Musical Movie, and some other stand out moments we would have mentioned otherwise. Nevertheless enjoy!

Last year we gifted y'all with a little Holiday treat with our "Good Tidings and Cheer" episode, and you all absolutely ate it up! It is one of our most watched episodes and we had gotten some requests to run it back. We may as well make it an annual tradition at this point!

Join us as we unpack all things 2023. We chat about the good, the bad, and the everything in between. This year we brought you all the gift of gab as this is only part 1 of our 2 part episode recapping the year!

If you like what you hear, make sure to subscribe to the Mocha Message on Youtube and follow us on Instagram! Happy Holidays!

In the words of one of our favorite music artists, Durand Bernarr: We’re setting boundaries.

During the hiatus Jackie and Shani dove into some books penned by Black Women authors. One book they instantly knew they had to share with the Mavens was Dr. Nedra’s Glover Tawabb’s book Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself. From the minute they cracked it open, it was evident this would be an essential nightstand read that wouldn't be leaving the bedside.

Self care is a priority (and work in progress) at the Mocha Message Pod, and REAL self care involves boundaries.

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