What do you do when the protection you need, puts your loved ones at risk? 

How do you address the patterns that produce people prepared to spend their lives in a cell when they don't belong there? 

Do you know how to comfort a child who loses their father days before father's day when you can't process the world losing a beautiful soul?

Are you finding joy in the same place you find your answers?

Can you give grace to people who didn't know they had anything to heal from?

In this episode Ms. Reid speaks with certified Dialectical Behavior Therapist & Addiction specialist Berrell Cobb about his experiences working in the prison system. What it’s been like to grieve a loved one with a complex existence. Reflecting on how the things we hate most in others may be a mirror of ourselves. And discussing the deep impact of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. We also get an introduction to his new podcast Black & Better.

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In the last episode Ms. Reid got vulnerable about her struggle with adapting to motherhood. Some listeners reached out & asked that she share the unreleased content she mentioned in that episode. Here, you get raw reflections from October 9, 2021 and a bit of celebration for starting this platform nearly seven years ago.

Next Month, February 2022 marks seven years since Daaamn Daddy, the blog from which this podcast comes, was started. We encourage you to share any feedback for how that blog/this podcast has impacted your life in the past seven years by sending an email to [email protected]

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As a man & a father, Jonathan Kirk said some things that were wild. And if we keep it a buck he did some even wilder things before this. However, this is the statement that caused him to receive the most backlash.

In this episode Ms. Reid speaks candidly on how the backlash rapper Da Baby is receiving reflects the way he is parenting his children, while simultaneously using his environment as a scapegoat for his ignorant remarks.

When you know better, you do better. Just do it genuinely.

For a different way to view his situation watch this video by rapper Akilah Nehanda

On this International Day of Friendship(7/30/2021), revisit a clip from a conversation with the hosts of Girl Talk with Pops, Brittany & Todd Gwynn, a Father Daughter Duo who manage to have a friendship in addition to Todd's parental guidance. Learn what helped Todd develop this type of relationship with his daughters and also reflect on your own relationships. 

Additionally, Ms. Reid is looking to be a guest on other podcasts, listen to her playlist "Featuring Ms. Reid" on Spotify & tell your other favorite podcast hosts to have her on their show.

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