Episode 3: How being a "Strong Black Woman" may be hurting us as moms

Funding Your Healthcare Vision

English - August 11, 2019 16:33 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 2: Why Moms of Color Need Supermom Rehab and What I have learned in my motherhood journey

Next Episode: Episode 4: Navigating motherhood challenges and building resilience as a mom of color

Today, we talk about how my childhood really impacted my behavior of trying to be "A strong Black woman" and how I attempted to take that into my mothering journey

We also talk about lessons we can learn from the legendary Toni Morrison, mama of 2 sons.

We also delve a bit into the differences between shame parenting and guilt parenting and why we lean on one more than other as black mothers.