EPISODE 2: Queensylvia Akuchie: Excellence in every room she walks into

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08/28/24 • 50 min

Costume Designer Queensylvia Akuchie always knew she wanted to work in entertainment AND be a mother.The picture of how those things were going to look, however, she could have never predicted.

Queen shares her career journey as a costume designer for Tyler Perry and others AND her journey as a single mother, finding beauty in the pain of hard life transitions and putting her daughter at the center of her world as she builds a new path forward.

Every week on the pod, I bake for our guests if they come to the closet IRL. For Queen, I baked Cheesy Quinoa Broccoli Bites.

Instagram:

@iamqueensylvia

@mutha.life

Produced by: Mutha Life www.mutha.life

Music by: Ronen Landa, https://ronenlanda.com/

Costume Designer Queensylvia Akuchie always knew she wanted to work in entertainment AND be a mother.The picture of how those things were going to look, however, she could have never predicted.

Every week on the pod, I bake for our guests if they come to the closet IRL. For Queen, I baked Cheesy Quinoa Broccoli Bites.

Instagram:

@iamqueensylvia

@mutha.life

Produced by: Mutha Life www.mutha.life

Music by: Ronen Landa, https://ronenlanda.com/

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TRAILER: This is MUTHA LIFE

The Mutha Life podcast is the IRL group chat. Every week we sit down with a different badass parent, in my closet, to talk about parenting and career, relationships, hopes and dreams...and how the combination makes for a heady cocktail. From chefs, DJs, costume designers, actors and more, we all have something in common - we are out on these mean streets trying to raise kids. This is not the place to pretend like you've got it all figured out. No one does. Welcome to Mutha Life.

Instagram: @mutha.life

Produced by: Mutha Life

Music by: Ronen Landa, https://ronenlanda.com/

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EPISODE 3: SOSUPERSAM: Curating motherhood

Polythreat SOSUPERSAM's life is a practice in contrasts. She is mother at the club. She is also mother at home.

Sam shares how her upbringing in a Filipino household that valued both being a (talented) good time at parties AND valued hard work and business acumen came together in an unexpected way in her career. She talks about her commitment to routine, her appreciation for the need, sometimes, for a 'fuck it' button, and her approach to managing transitions and the vibe, at home and in the club, in this expansive hang.

Every week on the pod, I bake for our guests if they come to the closet IRL. For SOSUPERSAM, I made no-bake chocolate chip PB granola bars.

See her IRL: https://www.sosupersam.com/events

Read her on substack: https://sosupersam.substack.com/

Instagram:

@sosupersam

@mutha.life

Show notes: www.muthalife.substack.com

Produced by: Mutha Life www.mutha.life

Music by: Ronen Landa, https://ronenlanda.com/