This week’s episode will cover Alexis’ personal journey through her motherhood and the challenges it brings being a woman of color in America. She covers her struggle to get medical attention postpartum due to a serious condition and how that has shaped her as a mother today.

Alexis also covers the African American woman archetypes and how they effect the growth and healing the Gentle Black Mother needs to grow and raise her kind humans to contribute to the positive change the world is in desperate need of.

Articles cited in this episode:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5096656/#__ffn_sectitle

https://www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/investigations/mothers-matter/dc-most-dangerous-place-to-give-birth-in-the-us-for-black-women/65-605243922

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/mental-health-among-african-american-women?amp=true