Season 1: Motherhood

In honor of the multidimensional ways that mothers are striving to remain aware of the influences that their humanity and surrounding environments have upon their children while cultivating their growth.

Episode 8: Nagiarry is joined by Ronke Faleti who is the founder of the korédé brand, a handbag line for modern womaning which was born out of a personal need for beauty and functionality to coexist harmoniously. korédé is a genuine leather handbag brand designed for today’s modern womaning. korédé focus’ on everyday staples with built-in functionality with a design patent issued and a utility patent pending. korédé means “bring goodness” with a desire to join modern women on their quest to bring goodness to the places and people they touch. You can find korédé everywhere online at @shopkorede or www.shopkorede.com. The grit and valor of entrepreneurship began in her early years in America, witnessing first hand the necessary hustle to make it as an immigrant. These lessons came at the hand of her dear mother and other family members launching ‘mom and pop’ American dreams. Ronke is also Senior Vice President of communications strategy at Wells Fargo Advisors.

Ronke is married to Yinka, the Democratic nominee for Missouri Secretary of State, and together, they shepherd the lives of their beautiful children named Fisayo, Tiwa, Sade, and Motunrayo. 

This episode includes vulnerable truths about breastfeeding, pregnancy journeys, guilt, exhaustion. Ronke also shared with us how chores, the relationship with her husband, childhood teachings from her mother, meanings of family, her dearest values and what 'pouring into herself' have been and can continue to look like in the months ahead. Wondering how she navigates through the various roles that her identities embody while raising her four beautiful children? How has she been giving herself grace, overcoming insecurities and embracing her body? Please tune in to hear the journey! It was such a reflective, honest, vulnerable, transformative, and empowering conversation full of discoveries. 

Let us continue to uphold voices in motherhood and humanity that thrive because they are all interconnected.

Music Credit: Song of Mother by Benson.

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Instagram Korede Brand: https://www.instagram.com/shopkorede/?hl=en
Korede Brand:www.shopkorede.com

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Instagram: @upholdvoices

Thank you for being here. Our vision is to have diverse representation on a global basis to enhance humanity's connectedness, perspectives on family relationships and to encourage space for our beings to be all while remaining in tune with the impacts that intersectionality and systems have in our lives.

We are here to learn and unlearn together. We are here to grow, teach, explore, and support one another. We are here to heal, amplify holistic narratives, and build upon ways that our families can be empowered for generations to come. We are here to liberate consciously for ourselves and our families.

This interlude is an introduction to the origins of this podcast as it keeps intentionally evolving and transforming with our insights, visions, strengths, and roadmaps.

The first season is about motherhood. Stay tuned!

Music Credit: Song of Mother by Benson.
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Season 1: Motherhood

In honor of the multidimensional ways that mothers are striving to remain aware of the influences that their inner selves and surrounding environments have upon their children while cultivating their growth.

Episode 7: Through vulnerable, meditative, and poetic words, host Nagiarry dives deeper into the reasons that fuel her commitment to our community. As she creates a platform to curate the honest stories of families across the global collective, Nagiarry wanted you to meet the maternal instincts passed down continuously influencing the roadmaps we examine on the podcast. She also explores how holding space for conversations with other mothers has been a catalyst in carving out space for her own healing from grief.

As you learn more about the family stories that gave birth to the @upholdvoices podcast and that sparked up this first season centering motherhood, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for being part of our community.

Let us continue to uphold voices in motherhood and humanity that thrive because they are all interconnected.

Music Credit: Song of Mother by Benson.
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Instagram: @nagiarry & @upholdvoices

Season 1: Motherhood

In honor of the multidimensional ways that mothers are striving to remain aware of the influences that their humanity and surrounding environments have upon their children while cultivating their growth.

Episode 6: Nagiarry is joined by Tash Haynes who is a small business owner for the past 11 years as a professional photographer, travel, motherhood & lifestyle blogger, writer, speaker, educator, a mentor with 20+ years of experience in youth development. She is a black woman, wife and the mother of two gorgeous girls named Wisdom and Courage

This episode includes her experiences growing up in the foster care system, personal ways of dismantling preconceived notions of children in foster care. Tash also shared with us the transformative role of faith, intentionality, and influences of how wisdom and courage were applied in her life since birth. She touched upon navigations through recent racial injustices, the touching discoveries of her identities, and how they are then shared along to her generational legacy. Wondering how they decided to name their children? Please tune in to hear the full journey! It was such a life-changing, inspiring, and empowering conversation full of healing, insights, teachings. 

Let us continue to uphold voices in motherhood and humanity that thrive because they are all interconnected.

Music Credit: Song of Mother by Benson.

Follow & Connect with Tash Haynes, our special guest below:
Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/itstashhaynes/?hl =en
Personal Website: https://www.wisdomandcourage.com/
Wedding & Portrait Photography Business: https://ikeandtash.com/

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Instagram: @nagiarry & @upholdvoices

Season 1: Motherhood

In honor of the multidimensional ways that mother figures are striving to remain aware of the influences that their humanity and surrounding environments have upon their children while cultivating their growth.

Episode 5: Nagiarry is joined by Miranda Alexander who is the founder of the Caribbean Community in Philadelphia, an organization that seeks to positively reframe the narrative about and for the Caribbean People. Miranda is from Trinidad and Tobago and is the mother of a 20-year old young man. Let’s make this National Caribbean Heritage Month a special one by cherishing Miranda as we explore resource-sharing for immigrant families, grief support after losing her parents, advocacy for her children amid the many systems that he is involved in, mental health awareness, the search of resources for her family after moving to the United States, challenges and beauty of parenthood, nourishing connections by village-building.

Music Credit: Song of Mother by Benson.

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Facebook Group: here
Website: https://www.caribbeancommunityinphiladelphia.com/
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Instagram: @nagiarry & @upholdvoices

Season 1: Motherhood

In honor of the multidimensional ways that mother figures are striving to remain aware of the influences that their inner selves and surrounding environments have upon their children while cultivating their growth.

Music Credit: Song of Mother by Benson.

Episode 4: Nagiarry is joined by Briara Lowery who is a wellness advocate and founder of The Village of Wombmanhood. This episode includes advocacy for mental health awareness, resources for motherhood, overcoming generational trauma, intentional relationship with food lifestyles, access to public health for black communities, and surrendering to the process of holistic wellness. It was such a dynamic conversation full of teachings and wisdom.

Happy Father's Day! In this episode, Briara also shared the relationship, understanding, acceptance, and love for her father.

Let us continue to uphold voices in motherhood and humanity that thrive because they are all interconnected. As Briara said, “ a journey that we are all in whether we are awakened to it or not”

Follow & Connect with Briara, our special guest below:
Instagram: here
Website: https://www.thevillageofwombmanhood.com/
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Season 1: Motherhood

In honor of the multidimensional ways that mother figures are striving to remain aware of the influences that their inner selves and surrounding environments have upon their children while cultivating their growth.

Episode 3: Nagiarry is joined by Boomie Bol who is a writer of short stories, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and essays as she gifts us the honor of cherishing her story. This episode includes how her interpretations of humility changed through life experiences and authenticity of the passing of values to her children. She shared with us the roles of both Nigerian and American cultures in her children’s lives. This touches upon her navigations through grief, scars, love, self-confidence, kindness viewed as a weakness, and the boxing of excellence in genders with her children. Lastly, what would Boomie say to her children if they come to her one day and say that what she has done hurt their feelings? Just because someone is family, does it mean that they love you and cherish your existence?

Music Credit: Song of Mother by Benson.

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Instagram: here
Website: https://boomiebol.wordpress.com/
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Episode 2: Due to the recent and continuous racial injustices against black families, Nagiarry created this special episode to cultivate inner wellness and soothing energy through reflective meditation with her listeners. Based on the expressed grief of mothers and families throughout this past week, she desired to uphold their voices, by letting them know that their inner selves are valued. Each family who expressed and will express their stories matter to me. You, as our tribe of listeners in the family dynamic matter to me. As stories are being shared, this is my way of letting each of you know that your wellness is important. I am allowing this Sunday to be a time of reflection inward as we move towards episodes with our special guests in the weeks ahead.

What are you giving yourself permission to embrace lately? Take 25 minutes of your day to be rooted, breath, give space for soft words, and empower the sacredness of your blackness and our inner selves with me. This is created intentionally for black families with healing, and poetic calming waves at heart.  As someone who is also part of a family structure, with a family and parents, I too have continuously been navigating inward and cherishing that space.

By catering to our multidimensional realities and identities, we can continue to cultivate our family relations. We can continue to uplift their beautiful blackness, stand with them, be with them, and let them know that they too matter in themselves, to you as well, and many others.

Music Credit: Song of Mother by Benson.

Season 1: Motherhood - In honor of the multidimensional ways that mother figures are striving to remain aware of the influences that their inner selves and surrounding environments have upon their children while cultivating their growth.

Connect with Nagiarry - our host, and friend below:
Instagram: @nagiarry & @upholdvoices

#BlackLivesMatter #SayTheirNames

Advocate against racial injustices by visiting the sites below:

https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor
https://linktr.ee/NationalResourcesList
https://blacklivesmatter.carrd.co/

Season 1: Motherhood

In honor of the multidimensional ways that mother figures are striving to remain aware of the influences that their inner selves and surrounding environments have upon their children while cultivating their growth.

Episode 1: Nagiarry is joined by Donnya Negera who is a mom blogger and influencer as she gifts us the honor of cherishing her story. This episode includes the acknowledgment of how her childhood experiences within her Haitian heritage influenced how she mothers her children today. It also touches upon the journey towards self-confidence, trust, happiness, and triumphs through expectations placed upon the emotions of black children and of mothers as people.

Music Credit: Song of Mother by Benson.

Follow & Connect with Donnya, our special guest below:
Instagram: here
Website: issamom.com
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Instagram: @nagiarry & @upholdvoices