Apr 7, 2021

Lavelle Smith Hall is on a mission to save, transform, and to be able to create a space for 1 billion moms on this planet.

Her organization, which is really more like a full, living, fluid organism is called MOMLogics and it's a safe space for redefining Black motherhood. The process begins by first taking care of...

Mar 31, 2021

We're talking trauma, embodiment, attachment theory -- how we become separated from ourselves and others and how to reintegrate safely.

Three years ago, I went to this workshop in a suburb outside of Chicago. And I already knew what the deal was going to be. I was going to be, probably, the only Black person there, or...

Mar 24, 2021

Ava Thompson Greenwell has taught broadcast writing, reporting and producing classes at Medill/Northwestern University since 1993.  In addition to her teaching duties, she has held several administrative posts including associate dean for curriculum, director of the Teaching Television Program, co-curator for the...

Mar 10, 2021

Happy International Women's Month!

Of course, we are in the practice of celebrating women all the time, every month, every day. We have to start with the woman in the mirror, and that means celebrating us.

In this episode we talk about our experience of loss over the past year, while we've been in survival mode. This...

Feb 24, 2021

This is absolutely the most exciting podcast that I've ever done.

And I have a very, very special guest for our fourth and final episode of the Black Woman Burnout series. We're going to be talking about burnout as it relates to how Black women suppress things. 

I want to introduce you to my mother, Rita Jean Robinson...