Dem Black Mamas Podcast

Dear Mama,

Stop waiting for the big moment. Celebrate now. Celebrate the big things, the small things, the major milestones and the minor ones even if they’re only meaningful to you, even if they come much later than you expected. Instead of judging the journey, rest in gratitude. Our celebration is a thank you to God, Spirit, the universe, the ancestors, the orishas, the angels and our very own souls for all they’ve done, for clearing our path, for holding us, standing with us, carrying us. We celebrate this 50th episode. We are grateful to you and most of all we are grateful for the journey and we trust the expansion that lies ahead.

✨💗✊🏾

REGISTER NOW Magic Makers Fall Workshop: Writing Workshop: I AM: Writing an Artist/Personal Statement & Cover Letter, Sunday, November 20th, 6pmET

ORDER YOUR MAGIC EVERMORE BOX BY THE 25th & recieve it in November: ORDER NOW

The intention of this box is to help you alchemize the magic inside. Items inside include

✨A Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck.

✨Incense from Smell Good Spa

✨Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame

✨Black Mama Magic Postcards

✨Gratitude Jar

✨The Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender which represent healing , creativity and liberation

✨and the best part is its An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation. .

All other links mentioned in the episode & full show notes on our website at demblackmamas.com/podcast

We couldn’t have come this far without our listeners. THANK YOU & a special shoutout to the five lucky listeners who joined us for this episode.

• Chisa Pennix Brown
• Janay Johnson
• Lou-Ann Wattley-Belk
• Stacey Allen
• Taylor Thorton

Thanks for rockin with us. Don’t just listen, subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast so you won’t miss a moment of the magic. Please keep emailing us, keep engaging with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Keep sharing us, even if it’s only with one other person. If you’re a new listener, welcome to the ride. If you’re a newbie or an OG become a Magic maker by getting on The Mothership (aka our newsletter). Now let's 👏🏿get 👏🏿free👏🏿 yall and jump into Episode 50 of Dem Black Mamas! ✨💗✊🏾

#DearMama, where do we belong? Where can we be safe? Where can we be brave? Where can our children thrive? Where can we be? These are questions that more and more Black mothers are searching beyond the borders of America for answers to. Today, we explore these questions with daughter of the diaspora, Parthenia Luke. A descendant of formerly enslaved Black folks who left America in the late 1800s for Liberia, we have a raw, honest, and real conversation about what it means for Black Americans to leave America, and what it means for our children and us to stay. For full show notes visit our website demblackmamas.com and follow us on YouTube. New video version of our podcast drop September 1st!

Church Announcements/Prayer Requests/Praise Reports:

• Responsive Reading: Black Mama Magic Card #11 - "Magic is real. You are proof."
• Crystal:
  • Magic Evermore Box: https://bit.ly/magicevermore
    • The intention of this box is for Black Mamas to honor the light within themselves. The items inside the Magic Evermore box will prepare Black mamas to soak up all the energy of the sun all summer and remind them of the importance of documenting themselves, the power to manifest the life you want, and to soften and pour into yourself when your mothership hits rough waters.
    • Items inside:
      • ☀️Full Black Mama Magic Card Deck
      • ☀️Manifestation crystals
      • ☀️Incense from Smell Good Spa
      • ☀️Mama Magic: Evermore Picture Frame
      • ☀️Postcards
      • ☀️Gratitude Jar
      • ☀️Herbs: Jasmine, Eucalyptus, & Lavender
      • ☀️An investment in yourself and in Dem Black Mamas Podcast. When you invest in us, you are investing in a platform curated by three women actively creating spaces of healing, creativity & liberation.
• Thea:
  • Join Thea for Sacred Sundays by texting SACRED to 213.377.1827 & Choose your own adventure
• NeKisha:
  • New Website for Nikki & Nikki Lactation Career Consultants: https://www.nikkiandnikkiibclc.org/
  • Say Less: A virtual BIPOC silent co-working space
    • 1st Monday 8amET-11amET Link To Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87843521969
    • 3rd Monday 8pmPT-11pmPT Link To Join:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82512076376

Mac & Cheese:

For today’s mac and cheese, we are speaking to Parthenia Luke. Parthenia is a social worker by passion and profession. She’s passionate about social justice as it pertains to the human right to be and to belong. As an emerging scholar working towards a PhD in social work, she aims to shed light on the long-term implications of gentrification, especially for individual residents and for entire communities. Her passions carry into her work as an instructor in higher education, where she advises administrators and leads efforts to promote a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable experience for graduate and undergraduate students. We dig in deep into our mac and cheese today as we discuss her challenges in social justice work, Liberia, her family’s history, and what Black mamas can learn about liberation beyond borders.

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#DearMama: Surrender. Surrender is trusting. Surrender is knowing where you stop and a higher power begins. Surrender is opening your arms to allow what you need to find you, hold you and nurture you. This meditation is lead by our very own Thea Monyee and a concrete tool for rest and replenishment.

Thea is the one of the cohost of #DemBlackMamas & mother of three. She has recently launched her own podcast Shaping the Shift, available on all streaming platforms. Shaping the Shift is a podcast about change and uncertainty for dreamers and creatives. It is a mouthpiece for MARLEYAYO, the creative wellness consulting company founded by Thea Monyee with the goal to actively support and create tools to reverse the adverse effects of colonization and enslavement by liberating marginalized people around the globe through joy, pleasure, creativity, and intentional decolonization. The vision is to create and nurture a multi-dimensional organism that prioritizes the reintegration of spirit and liberation through education, entertainment, consulting, and land stewardship.

#MeditationsByMamas are lead by Black mamas to help us maintain alignment with healing, creativity and liberation to manifest joy and abundance.

INVEST IN US!

When you invest in us, you invest in a platform curated by three Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. There are multiple ways to help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt

• Don't just listen, subscribe
• Share with at least one person
• Engage with us on social media: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Email us with questions, comments, and/or show topic suggestions: [email protected]
• Join our email list through our website.
• Patreon
• Merch
• One Time Donation

#DearMama

You have a right to rest.

You do not have to earn it. You ought not have to fight for it. You are worthy of this and so much more. ⁣ Join Jasmin Forts for #MeditationWithMamas experience that we need right now! We know you're busy being everything to everyone but take a moment to listen to this.

Jasmin is the self-proclaimed AntiHustle Professional and Founder of A Rested Working Woman & A Sisters Siesta, a career and support group services specializing in practical maintenance and mental health resources for professional black women.

She has been featured on several publications such as Black Enterprise and Teen Vogue sharing her insight on HR practices and anything supporting wellness for professional black women.

She is the author of “A Sisters Siesta: A Pocketbook Guide of Positivity, HR Protocol, and Vignettes for the Professional Black Woman” and coaches hundreds of women needing support to excel professionally.

#MeditationWithMamas -- just in time to get us centered for the holiday whirlwind!⁣#MeditationsByMamas are lead by Black mamas to help us maintain in alignment with healing, creativity, and liberation to manifest joy and abundance. ⠀

INVEST IN US!

When you invest in us, you invest in a platform curated by three Black women actively cultivating spaces rooted in healing, creativity, and liberation for Black mamas. There are multiple ways to help us continue to be #BlackMamaBuilt

• Patreon
• Merch
• 1 Time Investment/Venmo
• Don't just listen, subscribe
• Share with at least one person
• Engage with us on social media: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Email us with questions, comments, and/or show topic suggestions: [email protected]
• Join our email list through our website.

Dear Mama: We carry history in our wombs and we can create history in our wombs. These are words of our guest Sista Midwife Nicole Deggins. The stats on Black maternal health are not our legacy and don’t have to be our destiny. This isn’t a long intro because this episode is packed and we want you to jump right into it. We go from why it’s important to live the #HelloFreshFluffandFoldLife to expanding the work of Black Maternal Health & why doula’s make a difference. You have a few more days to sign up with the Sista Midwife’s Doula training in Los Angeles. It’s gon be lit yall! Check our show notes for the registration link. As always thanks for rockin with us. Don’t just listen subscribe and follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamaspodcast so you won’t miss an episode. Please keep emailing us, keep engaging with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Keep sharing us, even if it’s only with one other person. If you’re a new listener, welcome to the ride. Invest in us by becoming a DBM patron, buying merch or giving a one time donation. For full show notes check our website demblackmamas.com. Now let’s get free yall and jump into Episode 28!

SHOW LINE UP

Church Announcements/Prayer Requests:

Project Row House Installation

Thea Monyee: GoDaddy Maker

Hello Fresh Code

Sista Midwife Doula Training w/ Nicole Deggins

REGISTER NOW: https://courses.sistamidwife.com/courses/losangeles

IG: @sistamidwife https://www.instagram.com/sistamidwife/

Twitter: @SistaMidwife https://twitter.com/sistamidwife

Facebook: @SistaMidwife https://www.facebook.com/SistaMidwife/

YouTube: Sista Midwife Productions https://www.youtube.com/user/SistaMidwife

Mac & Cheese:

A Conversation with Sista Midwife Nicole Deggins

Black Mama Say:

“Yall gon not make me lose my mind...”

Follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamas.

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Nikki & Nikki Career Lactation Consultants:

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IG: https://www.instagram.com/nikkiandnikkiibclc/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NikkiNikkiIBCLC

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCySgoTbyiCpREfGELEoeCKQ

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