How Black Women Can Live a Softer Life
Sisters Gathering to Heal the Podcast
Release Date: 09/14/2022
Sis, Would YOU Date a Bus Driver ft. Perneita Farrar
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Eboni K. Williams, attorney, multi-millionaire, TV personality, and podcaster told bestselling author, teacher, and healer Iyanla Vanzant that she would only date a bus driver if he owned the bus. In episode S3 E13, newly barred attorney and educator, Perneita Farrar joins me in what I deem an important conversation for today's Black woman. We talk about Perneita's dilemma, the challenges of dating blue-collar men, and what I wished Iyanla had told Eboni K to do to improve her chances of attracting a provider and protector. CONNECT WITH DEBORA Want to change your...
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Self-Care that Nurtures a Woman's Feminine Essence
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It may be hard to hear, but truth be told many women are energetically more masculine than they are feminine. In episode S3 E12, I talk about how we hurt ourselves, repel masculine men, and damage our children when we lead with our masculine energy. I also offer ways we can, as we REDEFINE what it means to be strong, engage in self-care practices that will nurture our feminine essence, increase our magnetism and fuel our feminine power. Happy Mother's Day, Beloved! CONNECT WITH DEBORA Want to change your life? Book an My Current Offerings: Move Abroad Support for...
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Self-Abandonment, Betrayal and Men
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Episode S3 E11, was inspired by a conversation that I had with a classy, beautiful sisterfriend who finds herself smitten by a handsome, charming man who boomeranged back into her life. One night my friend called me and we talked into the wee hours of the morning about the "situationship" (her word not mines) that she's in. It's natural for a heterosexual woman to desire the attention and companionship of a man. But at what cost do we entertain a man? This is what I talk about in this episode. Btw, my friend granted me permission to share her story. CONNECT WITH DEBORA Want to change...
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7 Habits Holding You Back
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If you're reading this, you still want more out of life. It's how humans are built. And it's also human to sometimes want something but find ourselves stuck or stalled because we're wrestling with fear. Can you relate or is it just me? In episode S3 E10, I explore what holds us back from being, doing, and having the things, experiences, and life that we desire. Listen to the end for what's coming up for the Sisterhood. Oh, if this episode blesses you in any way, do me a favor and leave a comment, rate the podcast, share it with a friend and subscribe. CONNECT WITH DEBORA Want to change...
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The Path to Pleasure and Prioritizing Self-Care ft. Tosh Patterson
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- We properly wrap up our Stop Calling Me Strong Series with an always timely conversation about self-care and pleasure. In episode S3 E9, I sat down with Certified Erotic Blueprint Pleasure & Intimacy Coach, Tosh Patterson. Tosh, who teaches women how to simplify life so they can reignite their sensual/sexual self, shares how the strong black woman syndrome led to bouts of anxiety and drove her into a deep depression. Because her family and friends had held her in such high regard, she struggled in secrecy and silence. Tosh shares how she broke free and...
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The Soft, Sweet, Giddy Black Woman ft. Sheila Gaskins
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I had so much fun recording and editing this installment of the Stop Calling Me Strong series with Advocate, DEI Facilitator, Healer, Teaching Artist, Activist, Playwright, and Stand-Up Comic Sheila Gaskins. In S3 E8, I talked to Sheila, who is the author of the forthcoming book of poetry and prose, A Whistling Girl and a Crowing Hen Never Comes to a Very Good End and Other Things My Mama Said, about: why this series topic resonates so strongly with her the obstacles to black women being soft, sweet, and giddy how she, like many black women, was forced into a masculine role how...
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Why the Strong Black Woman Is Not Free ft. Diane Jones
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Are you a strong black woman? Do you feel free? In episode S3 E7 of the Stop Calling Me Strong series, I talk with therapist turned Life Coach, Diane Jones, who lives in Mexico where she is happily designing a 'soft life' for herself. In this juicy conversation full of gems, Diane, who says she too was once plagued by the strong black woman syndrome, shares how hitting a wall in her profession changed the trajectory of her practice and personal life. We talked about so much, including: how, like the typical strong black woman, she allowed unaddressed anxieties...
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The Strong Black Woman Has Something to Prove ft. Jacqueline Lofton
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Our Stop Calling Me Strong series continues with Speaker, Teacher, Advocate, and certified Life Coach, Jacqueline Lofton, once upon a time the quintessential strong black woman. Jacqueline took care of everybody and everything at home and at work and did so seemingly flawlessly. That is, everybody got her care but her. In S3 E6, Jacqueline talks about having a breakdown in 2017, which had her asking.. What about ME? When can I be vulnerable? When can I depend on other people to take care of ME? When does somebody care about ME? She shares what happened that turned her breakdown...
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Are You Too Strong for Your Own Good ft. Angela Williams
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Our Stop Calling Me Strong Series continues. In episode S3 E5, I talk to Angela Williams who, only months after her 22-year-old son rear-ended a tractor-trailer, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Angela shares how the expectation that she be always be strong, even when she was bedridden, left her feeling unimportant, abandoned, and dependent on her 80-something-year-old grandfather. She speaks candidly about her 16-year marriage, how it was tested and almost fell apart during this time. Angela and I talk about lessons that that illness taught her, like learning to communicate her feeling...
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The Strong Black Woman, Vulnerability and Love ft. Renee Miller
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For our Stop Calling Me Strong Series, in episode S3 E4, I talk with Love Coach Renee Miller who knew she was a catch. At least on paper. But her success, or lack thereof, in dating told a different story. When she dated, Renee, like a lot of strong black women led with her achievements and success. Consequently, she got nowhere with love. When Renee, a self-proclaimed serial dater, got intentional about changing the trajectory of her love-life she attracted the love of her life. We talked about the power of vulnerability, healing, letting yourself be seen, and much more. Renee...
info_outlineSis, what kind of life are you living? Are you always working, busy, exhausted, and taking care of others? Do you believe you have to do EVERYTHING by yourself? Are you too strong for your own good? In a sentence, are you living the hard life, Sis?
What if there's another, uh, better, softer way to live? In this episode, I talk about another way for black women to live; it's called the Soft Life. If a softer life appeals to you, have a listen. Then rate, share, support, and comment on this podcast. Smooches!
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Sisters Gathering to Heal Podcast: Courageous Conversations about Self-Love and Healing for Black Women. Host, DeBora M. Ricks, Self-Love Doula, Mother, Editor, Author, Attorney & Founder of Sisters Gathering to Heal, the Movement.
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