The Motherhood Village Podcast

Benita Conde is a former professional ballet dancer, project manager, creative manager & recruiter who is now guiding people to awaken their true self and live an abundant life! She is also a loving wife and mother.

On this episode she shares details about her motherhood journey & journey into finding her purpose and starting her own business; and how her desire to be a mother helped propel her to overcome substance abuse. We also discuss being fearful but courageous in taking chances, how love is missing from business, finding space to connect with yourself & creating Meditation for People Big and Small with her 10-year-old son, and so much more!

You can find Benita on IG @Benita_conde and online at https://www.createradicallove.com/

Evelyn Mendal, owner & creator of Hatch + Bloom, is an early childhood expert with a passion for infant mental health. "From the first ultrasound to first grade, Hatch & Bloom helps you raise happy, well-adjusted Littles."

On this episode, we discuss her journey with IVF, conscientious parenting, validating children's fears, the importance of raising resilient children, freezing her eggs, quarantining as a single parent, and much more!

You can find Evelyn on her website: https://www.hatchandbloom.co/ and her IG page: @hatchandbloomco

Taryn Jackson is a wife, mother, and entrepreneur. She is the founder of Taryn J Writes, a freelancing business that offers Education Consulting and Copywriting services. She is also the Co-Owner of Tails and Toddlers Inc., a furniture company that makes custom pieces for children and pets. Taryn shares her personal journey as she navigates through the world of entrepreneurship hoping to inspire others to find the joy in everything they do.

On this episode we discuss letting go of unrealistic expectations, overcoming self-doubt, the pressures of being self-employed, changing the narrative of how to fulfill your purpose, learning from other people, and much more!

You can find Taryn at www.tarynjwrites.com and IG @tarynjwrites

Dr. Carline Crevecoeur is a Haitian American board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, a wife, and a mother of five adult children. She was raised in NY and attended St. John’s University as an undergraduate, earning a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. She did her medical school and residency training at SUNY Downstate.

However, after several years of medical service in New York and Pennsylvania, Carline gave up her career to raise and homeschool her five African American children. Her homeschool journey is told in her new memoir: Pressure Makes Diamonds: From Homeschooling to the Ivy League – A Parenting Story.

She has volunteered on education boards such as WPSU, a local public radio, and NAAHP (National Assoc. for the Advancement of Haitian Professionals) and sponsored many public health programs. Dr. Crevecoeur has recently won her school board election race, making her the first Black person in her school district to do so.

Her mission is to involve parents, especially minority ones, in promoting quality education for their children.

On this episode we discuss:

• The importance of education and creating a safe space for children to be themselves
• The impact teachers have on a child's life
• Leaving her career to home school her children
• How she blended the roles of private school teacher, stay-at-home mother and helping her kids achieve at the highest level while dealing with struggles of her own.
• Finding joy & the will to live again after being diagnosed with & surviving cancer
• Her journey to the School Board
• The creation of her memoir Pressure Makes Diamonds

You can learn more about and purchase her book at Carline Crevecoeur .

As a Chaplain, entrepreneur, speaker, advocate, mentor and strategic connector; Vida Kalhor has over 20 years of leadership experience in healthcare and business operations and is the owner of Radiance Consulting, where she provides business and professional leadership coaching and accountability for her clients.

She is also the current Center Director at Amen Clinics in Hollywood; a mental health outpatient center helping patients to improve their brain health.

She has dedicated her time to improve her community by holding various board seats such as the Broward County School Diversity Committee, where she serves by working to improve equity for all students across Broward County Schools. She is also the secretary on the Governing Board of Imagine Charter School, where she works with other board members for student success, she is a board member for the Broward County Health Facility Authority, and she is a member of the Mental Wellness Networking Alliance (MWNA) working to stop the stigma that is associated with mental health in our community.

The decision to get involved in her community came as a promise to herself when she was 10 years old. Vida came to the United States when she was 10 years old as a 5th grader. She did not speak the language and had to be placed in the ESOL programs at school. She strived very hard to learn the language and become more independent. During this time, she faced many challenges. Challenges that made her make a promise to herself, that one day she would help others not have to go through what she went through, and she has stood on that promise ever since.

Vida is an advocate for students, seniors and people struggling with mental health challenges.

In this episode we discuss:

• The struggles she faced and overcame as a first-time mother.
• Grieving and mourning the women we were before we had children.
• The challenges she faced and overcame when she came to the US from Iran.
• Healing from trauma to be the best you can be for your children.
• Informed Consent in Healthcare.
• Asking for help and communicating needs to your partner and family.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Connect with me:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.motherhood.village1/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolegcumberbatch/ Website: https://www.themotherhoodvillage.com/

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