And....we're back for season 3! In this week's episode I welcome listeners back into my thoughts, my life, and give updates as to what's been going on in my busy schedule since you last heard from me. I talk about COVID-19 and me agreeing with Tom Cruises's rant. I also discuss my career progress and secret projects I have brewing. My close friend Julia and I started a book club called Lit Women Book Club. I watched Ma Rainey and I'm still in awe by the talent that is Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman. And I share some personal stories about how life gives us doubters, but it's up to us to push through and push past them.

Intro: Cozy by Peter Kuli

The Recipe by Sir

Falling Higher by Gaidaa

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Due to everything's that's going on in the world, I decided to do a more relaxed episode where there's a lot of laughter and wine. My friend Candace and I have a candid conversation about everything pop culture. We talk about the versus battles, who our top 5 R&B artists are, Kanye West, John Gray, the bad women of the 90's, Tamar Braxton, and RIP Chadwick Boseman. Have a laugh we us as we give our thoughts on the latest celebrity news. Keep in mind, I'm not celebrity new anchor, but it's nice to escape the craziness of the world just for a minute.

In this week's episode I sit down with an old middle school friend, Audrey, and we talk about her many experiences during her journey of motherhood. She shares what it's like to balance being a mother of two in New York City, while also balancing a successful career as a journalist for The Working Mother Magazine. Audrey also details the birth trauma experience she had with giving birth to her son and then immediately going into surgery for hysterectomy. Audrey is also in an interracial marriage and is raising a black son in America. She shares what that experience is like for her. And being that having two kids was always apart of the plan, she lastly discusses her steps towards finding a surrogate and how they were able to welcome their daughter in 2019. Join us for a candid conversation about motherhood and the many rides it takes us on.

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It's been a minute since I sat down and asked my listeners how they were doing. So, how are you doing? The world is still in the same place as it was at the beginning of season 2 and I wanted to see how everyone was coping. In addition to that, an article came out on Lauryn Hill and her daughter Selah who voiced how her mother "whooped" her as a child and how that traumatized her. This is something we discuss today and I also share some tools to help moms out there that may be having a hard time pushing through right now.

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Article: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/entertainment/lauryn-hill-selah-allegations-trnd/index.html

Corporal Punishment:

https://www.apa.org/pi/families/resources/newsletter/2017/04/racial-trauma

Support Groups:

https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/psi-online-support-meetings/

Music:

The Impressions - Keep On Pushing

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We often don’t see our parents as humans navigating life the best they can until we become adults ourselves. Becoming parents and mothers can often allow ourselves to give grace and understanding to the ones that raised us. I have a candid conversation about that with one of my besties, Jay, as she shares with us what life looked like living in Jamaica as a child, being apart from her mother during her younger years and coming full circle with her mother as she became a mother herself. We also discuss the trials and challenges she faced as a first time mom. As well as despite being told that having the medical condition of PCOS wouldn't allow her to conceive naturally, she defied those odds with being blessed with two little ones.

Music:

Joakim Kurad - Dreams

Bob Marley - Is This Love

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In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Deahdra Bowier, licensed clinical psychologist, who is a trauma focused psychologist at the University of California Santa Cruz. We discuss how several of us have been exposed to some form of trauma in our lives and how trauma can affect our daily lives. In today's climate, trauma is not a stranger to anyone and several of us are struggling with various triggers. I share my personal story of trauma and how I felt like it changed the trajectory of who I am as a woman and as a human in this world. Deahdra shares valuable resources on how someone can find outlets in order to deal with their own trauma as well as how to start healing.

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What is matrescence? Those physical, psychological and emotional changes a mother goes through after the birth of her little one. I sit down with Stepha LaFond, Motherhood Transition Coach, and discuss the many complexities of processing motherhood while also longing for the life that came before it. Many moms struggle with the idea that now they're a mother they can no longer engage in the things they did before having a child. Stepha breaks down the steps of merging the old you/new you, looking at becoming a mother as an evolution of self, and identifying the root desire of missing your old life.

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I've always wondered how does a mother of multiples do it! Being pregnant with twins always seemed like something magical to me, but pushing through the after birth experience with multiples is definitely miraculous. I sit down with one of my faves, Chi, and we talk about her journey into motherhood. She was just a woman living her best life in London, enjoying a whirlwind romance, when she was hit with the shocking, but pleasant surprise of being pregnant with twin boys. She shares how her mother was her guiding light into motherhood, how not having a village in the U.K. created its challenges, and how no one talks about how becoming a parent can affect your romantic relationship.

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I welcome our wonderful guest, Dr. Tonya Wright, MD, FACOG. She is a graduate of Penn State College of Medicine, a practicing OB-GYN, and mother of two beautiful boys. I'm super excited to have the conversation about balance with Dr. Wright and I ask her questions on how does she find balance with such a demanding career. Women often times feel as if they can't have it all. Having a successful career, a thriving marriage, and kids can seem far fetched. BUT it's possible and a woman shouldn't feel as if they have to pick and choose which one they want out of the three. Sometimes balance looks like imbalance when navigating life. Dr. Wright is fashionable, she's passionate, she loves her kids and she loves her patients. Have a listen to a great conversation.

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In this week's episode I talk about ways you can learn how to reset when everything in the world seems to be going array. It's often all about perspective. 2020 definitely didn't turn out to be what ANYONE expected it to be. I heard once that being an adult is like looking both ways before crossing the street and then getting hit by an airplane. That's what this year feels like. Now that we are aware of what we're dealing with in these times and we know that nothing seems to be getting any better in the next couple of months, the best that we can do is cope while we're in this current space. Let's reset. Let's change our perspective. Let's take breaks and breathe. And tell me how you're reseting in order to cope. Let's discuss.

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