This episode is for you moms!  We are so delighted to present to you a conversation with Susan Seay, an international speaker, and podcaster who focuses on helping moms be intentional in their mothering.  She shares her own experiences as a mother of seven children!   She also talks about the unique challenges that black moms face and she gives some practical strategies for finding support.   

This was such a fun episode to record.  We had such a great time talking with Susan.  She is full of wisdom and she brings loads of laughter into the conversation.   

Connect with Susan at   www.susanseay.com

Deondra and Alecia are back for part 2 of Healthy black identity.  This episode focuses on how to transmit a healthy black identity to the next generation when living in Black Picket Fence Environments.  

In this episode, Deondra and Alecia discuss the practical signs of a healthy black identity.  

Deidra Floyd joins us to give parents practical advice on how to advocate for their child in schools where their child is one of a few black children on campus.  

In this episode, our host Deondra helps us understand racial identity development and it's impact on our lived experiences.  

In this episode, Alecia and Deondra talk with Uganda Richardson, an activist and a licensed clinical social worker.  She helps us understand racial trauma, some of the very real effects of racial trauma, and how to find healing.  Check out Uganda's Facebook group called Groundbreakers National: Undoing What's Been Done to connect with more of Uganda's work.   

We center the black experience in regards to mental health as we talk with Psychiatrist, Dr Fallon Fagan.  She clarifies some misunderstandings and dispels some common myths.  This is an important conversation that has the potential to save black lives or move you from surviving to thriving. 

Edited by Dan Caporello

Alecia and Deondra interview Alecia's children about their Black Picket Fence Experience.   To connect with Brian:  @malikonthenet   

Edited by Dan Caporello