The More Melanin Podcast

This episode focuses on mental health specifically Seasonal Affective Disorder. We also touch on how hard the holiday season can be when you’ve experienced loss or have strained relationships.

Growing up Halloween looked very different from mainstream experiences. Join us as we share what it was like and as we give our top5 best and worst candy treat

What is self love anyways? That’s the question we dive into this week. Without getting too philosophical we explored the ins and outs of this hot topic through our experiences.

Our conversation about cancel culture leads us into exploring the importance of having a dialogue about difficult topics in human history and in our present.

Tish and Lydia explore the practice of gratitude and thankfulness in their lives. They share how these practices have helped them in difficult moments.

Tish and Lydia explore their ever growing views on beauty standards and how representation in media had impacted their journeys over time.

Tish and Lydia explore what rest looks like for them and it’s importance in their lives. They share the ups and downs of finding rest in a busy, productivity-oriented culture. They also get into why saying “NO” is important to rest.

In this episode Tish and Lydia discuss the events that lead up to Lydia’s injury, the aftermath, and what they both learned because for it.

This is a window into our friendship and a snapshot of the kinds of things we discuss: We talked about why we started this podcast, the type of women we are, friendships, what is it like to think about nothing, trust issues, and more! Check out @themoremelaninpodcast on Instagram to check out season 1