Dem Black Mamas Podcast

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Thea Monyee: Ayo Consults

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DBM Episode 27 The Upper Room Oct 27, 2019

Show notes

#DearMama

If you're feeling like you're in quicksand, disconnected, or running on empty, then this is the episode for you! It is a reminder to not to limit spirit, that spirit is in EVERYTHING and we must continue to dig deeper for a higher connection. In this episode we revisit Episode 4 How I Made It Ova, recorded two years ago and evaluate our spiritual evolution since then. This is an "Empty the Crates" episode meaning we recorded it a while back and never released it. So some of the commentary may be a little dated. It's still a gem though yall. Listen & ask yourself: What do I need to be rooted in to gain alignment on all levels of my being, in every aspect of my identity to manifest the life I need for me and my children to thrive? Let us know what your answer is or even if you couldn't come up with an answer send us your thoughts and questions about this episode.

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 27!

SHOW LINE UP

Church Announcements/Prayer Requests:

DBM Patreon Page

Sista Midwife Doula Training w/ Nicole Deggins, Los Angeles,

Nov 8th-10 & November 15th-18th

Follow/Like Sista Midwife: IG | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Mac & Cheese:

Revisiting Episode 4 (How I Made It Ova) & evaluating the evolution of our spirituality

Collection Plate Causes:

The Afiya Center

Follow/Live The Afiya Center: IG | Facebook | Twitter

Black Mama Say:

"Truth Is…"

For full show notes visit our website:

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DBM Episode 26 In Case You Forgot: A Conversation with Frederick Smith & Chaz Lamar Sep 04, 2019

Show notes

Dear Mama,

Take a trip with me back to when you read your first book by Terry McMillian, E. Lynn Harris or Eric Jerome Dickey and their names & their characters names rolled off our tongues like family members. These authors wrote Blackness without explanation or apology. In these books we were allowed to love, fail, explore, and soar without the weight of being flattened by whiteness. Above all else those books were page turning fun! If you, your mama, or Auntie cut their grown-ness on these books then you'll love this episode and our guest Frederick Smith & Chaz Lamar, authors of In Case You Forgot, the story of two newly single, Black, queer, and socially aware men who have packed up to start again--in love, career, and life--in the West Hollywood neighborhood of LA. Zaire James, on the cusp of 30, has decided marriage isn't all it's cracked up to be. Despite friends, family, and coworkers loving Zaire's "perfect" partner, divorce is a necessary step for finding himself and being free. Kenny Kane has made a career of deferring dreams, lowering expectations, and chasing partners not on his level in hopes of finding a love to call his own. However, on the verge of the big 4-0, he realizes the clock is ticking on all his dreams. As Zaire and Kenny undo the significant relationships of their pasts, they hope new opportunities, energy, mindsets, and connections will reinvigorate what is missing in their lives--drama and all. In this episode we delve into this juicy book and all it's layers, the tension & love between Black women and queer Black men, heteronormativity, Black trauma, healing and laugh ALOT. In Case You Forgot is published by Bold Strokes Book and is available wherever you buy books. 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 (all links in our show notes on our website) by becoming a DBM patron, buying merch or giving a one time donation. Now let's get free yall...

SHOW LINE UP

Church Announcements/Prayer Requests:

Black Mama Creative Week: Check our Facebook page for interviews

Thea Monyee: Ayo Consults

Sista Midwife Doula Training w/ Nicole Deggins

Follow Sista Midwife: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube

*My Daughter's Keeper by Mark Winkler

Follow Mark: Instagram

Mac & Cheese:

*In Case You Forgot

Frederick Smith: Instragram | Twitter | Facebook

Chaz Lamar: Instagram | Twitter | YouTube

Bold Strokes Books: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook

Collection Plate Causes: The National Network of Abortion Funds

Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube

Black Mama Say: "Las Time I Checked"

SYLLABUS

*The Verbal Contract: Actions vs Words - Truth Talks with Thea Monyee https://youtu.be/xNiSy_656xs

*Books by Frederick Smith:

Down for Whatever | Play It Forward | Right Side of the Wrong Bed

LINKS

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Buy Merch | Become a Patron | Donate

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DBM Episode 25 Part 1 BMCW19 featuring Margaret Wilkerson Sexton Jun 28, 2019

Show notes

Dear Mama: Let all the myths of motherhood crumble at your feet. Dig motherhood out from under the rock of sacrifice. Look at your children and be willing to be a student, be willing to receive. See them as path makers and pathfinders. It is work. It takes presence. It takes an open heart and a willing soul. All the things white supremacy is built to beat out of us. The truth is, if we are committed to building the Promise Land outside of us by dismantling systemic and institutional oppression, then we've got to be willing to build a Promise Land within us. This is not to say that motherhood is easy; that it's not frustrating and exhausting but it ain't the thing killing us. White supremacy is. This is our prayer for every Black mother. This is our declaration for #BlackMamaCreativeWeek - Motherhood is not the graveyard of dreams.

We're excited to be joined in this episode by one of our Patron Donna Jeneen and National Book Award nominee Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. Thank you for supporting us all week. If you missed any of our Facebook Lives, you can still check them out on our Facebook page and we will have all of our live videos up on YouTube by Tuesday, July 2nd. Please be sure to tag us and use the hashtag #BlackMamaCreative #BlackMamaCreativeWeek #BMCW19 Let us know how your felt about the week by emailing us and engaging with us through social media comments. Please 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 (all links in our show notes on our website) by becoming a DBM patron, buying merch or giving a one time donation. now let's get free yall and jump into Part 1 of Episode 25 of (Insert the girls saying Dem Black Mamas)

EVENTS

Sista Midwife Nicole Deggin Doula Training November 2019, LA: https://courses.sistamidwife.com/courses/losangeles

GUEST INFO & LINKS

PREORDER THE REVISIONERS by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton NOW!
INDIE BOUND: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781640092587
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/Revisioners-Novel-Margaret-Wilkerson-Sexton/dp/1640092587/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+revisioners&qid=1561679221&s=gateway&sr=8-1
BARNES & NOBLE: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-revisioners-margaret-wilkerson-sexton/1130454675?ean=9781640092587
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton: www.margaretwilkersonsexton.com
Donna Janeen: https://donnajaneen.com/

LINKS

Thea Monyee: Webinars, Courses and Ayo Consults: http://www.theamonyee.com
NeKisha Killings: Speaking Engagements: https://www.nekishakillings.com/
Lactation Consultation: https://www.lionesslactation.com/
Michigan Breastfeeding Network: https://www.mibreastfeeding.org/webinars/

Interested in becoming a lactation consultant check out Nikki & Nikki Career Lactation Consultants:

FB:

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

Listen & Subscribe to our sister podcast All Heart Podcast:

Website: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-heart-podcast/id1409705304?mt=2

Minnesota Prison Doula Project

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DBM Episode 24 Birthing FREEdom Apr 28, 2019

Show notes

Dear Mama: We believe EVERY BLACK MAMA matters and when we say EVERY we mean EVERY. This episode is dedicated to the mamas giving birth in the belly of the beast of white supremacy, the US prison system, and the birth workers like our guest Doula Chauntel Norris who refuse to sit and wait for the world to change but live the words of Audre Lorde, we are ones we've been waiting for.

We appreciate your support and ask you to to please keep emailing us, keep engaging with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Please 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 (all links in our show notes on our website) by becoming a DBM patron, buying merch or giving a one time donation. Now let's get free yall and jump into Episode 24.

SHOW LINE UP

Church Announcements/Prayer Requests: Support NeKisha's breastfeeding group Cubs Cafe Breastfeeding Family Support Group for Families of Color in LA & we're hosting a doula training in LA in November lead by Sista Midwife Nicole Deggins Doula

Chauntel is booked and busy. She'll be speaking at March for Moms and presenting at the United States Breastfeeding Conference ; Baobob Birth Certified Lactation Training 7/15-7/19

Thea Monyee takes a deep dive into pleasure: Pleasure Noir Webinar; S/o to Jimanekia Eborn who created Healing Box in collaboration with Kink Kit for sexual assault survivors and their partners

Mac & Cheese: Doula Chauntel Norris discusses her work as a Doula with the Alabama Prison Birth Project

Collection Plate Causes: Black Mamas Matter Allliance

Black Mama Say: "Lawd's willin"

Organizations

Pregnant In Prison Statistics (PIPS)

SisterSong

U.S. Prison Culture Blog

For more detailed information about this episode, mothers who are incarcerated and pregnant, organizations, and how you can help shift policy check out DBM Episode 24 Guide.

Ways to Invest in Dem Black Mamas:

Patreon | Merch | One Time Donation

Interested in becoming a lactation consultant check out Nikki & Nikki Career Lactation Consultants & follow them on social media:

Facebook | IG | Twitter

Be sure you're listening to and subscribed to our sister podcast All Heart & follow them on social media.

Facebook | IG

https://www.patricewashington.com/listen/

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DBM Episode 23 Mama's Pleasure Matters Mar 26, 2019

Show notes

Dear Mama: Let's take a deep dive past sex tips and tricks, beyond stimulation and center pleasure. Pleasure lasts beyond orgasms. Pleasure pours into us, inspires us and touches our deepest creativity. We're talking nude yoga, Black porn, weekday sex and kundalini so this is what we call an #EarbudsEpisode meaning this episode contains explicit language of a sexual nature so you may wanna ask your little ones to put their earbuds in or pop yours in.

We wanna hear from you. So please keep emailing us, keep engaging with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. Please 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 (all links in our show notes on our website) by becoming a DBM patron, buying merch or giving a one time donation. Now let's get free yall, let's feel free yall, and discover our pleasure and jump into Episode 23.

SHOW LINE UP

Church Announcements/Prayer Requests: Crystal has a performance with RJ; Thea has a MAJOR breakthrough; Nekisha shares BIG news

Mac & Cheese: Mamas Pleasure Matters

Collection Plate Causes: Hillman The Game

Black Mama Say: Point Blank Period

DBM Episode 23 Syllabus:

Crystal Tennille Irby: http://crystaltennilleirby.com/

Nekisha Killings: https://www.nekishakillings.com/

Thea Monyee: https://theamonyee.com/

Courses:

Thea Monyee: #InnerGroundRailroad: A Psycho-Spiritual Framework for Supporting the Reclamation of Access to Joy & Pleasure for Black Folks (https://www.bgminstitute.com/p/the-inner-ground-railroad)

NeKisha: #BreastsideManner: A Patient-Centered Approach to Lactation Support (https://www.goldlearning.com/speaker/595/nekisha-killings)

Show References:

Redefining Wealth hosted by Patrice Washington:

Drop Squad: A Spike Lee Film:

https://www.amazon.com/Drop-Squad-Eriq-LaSalle/dp/0783230540

Tao of Sexology:

https://www.amazon.com/Tao-Sexology-Book-Infinite-Wisdom/dp/0942196031/ref=sr_1_

1?keywords=tao+of+sexology&qid=1553486493&s=books&sr=1-1

Joan Morgan: Pleasure, Black Women & Being Creative (Video):

http://www.inherentdesignbyselalewis.com/joan-morgan-on-pleasure-black-women-and-being-creative/

Black women, sex toys, and pleasure: African American Women take pleasure into their own hands: https://thegrio.com/2012/06/18/black-women-sex-toys-and-pleasure-par

ties-african-american-women-take-pleasure-into-their-own-hands/

Joan Morgan on Black Sex, Identity and the Politics of Pleasure:

http://parlourmagazine.com/2013/02/joan-morgan-on-black-sex-identity-and-the-politics-of-pleasure/

Confidence and Joy Are the Keys to a Great Sex Life (Video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=107&v=HILY0wWBlBM

Afrosexology: http://www.afrosexology.com/pillowtalk Afrosexology was birthed out of our desire to experience a more sex-positive Black community. One that encourages self agency & promotes love in regards to our bodies, relationships, and sexualities. One that liberates us from the sexual shame & policing that we've inherited from generations of sexual & body oppression. One that follows in the tradition of Black sexual politics by seeking to rediscover & reclaim our sexuality. Our mission is to educate, explore, and reclaim Black sexuality. Our vision is to promote Black self empowerment through sexual liberation.

Ways to Invest in Dem Black Mamas:

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Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/demblackmamaspodcast

One Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/demblackmamas

Interested in becoming a lactation consultant check out Nikki & Nikki Career Lactation Consultants:

FB: https://www.facebook.com/NikkiandNikkiIBCLC/

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

Be sure you're subscribed and listening to our sister podcast All Heart:

Website: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-heart-podcast/id1409705304?mt=2

FB https://www.facebook.com/blackgirlmixtape/

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DBM Episode 22 Ask Us Anything Feb 15, 2019

Show notes

EPISODE INTRO & SHOW NOTES

#DearMamas Dear Village. Thank you for loving us, sharing us and engaging with us. Thank you to everyone who sent us questions and showed us some love. Thank you for thinking enough of us to want to hear from us. We are so grateful you want to connect with us. We don't want Dem Black Mamas to be a presentation or monologue. We want Dem Black Mamas to be an energy exchange, a dialogue between three #BlackMamaCreatives and a conversation with you. So please keep emailing us, keep engaging with us through social media comments, your reviews, and SoundCloud comments. And keep sharing us, even if it's only with one other person. We are grateful for you and inspired by you. If you're a new listener, welcome to the ride...And before we dive in, we keep it all the way real which means sometimes we get a little bit raw, so this episode contains explicit language of a sexual nature..now let's get free yall

SHOW LINE UP

Church Announcements/Prayer Requests: Invest in DBM through Patreon.

We working yall! All three of us have online course available!

Crystal collaborates with Philadelphia FIGHT to host Dear Black Body Webinar

Thea launches her course #InnerGroundRailroad: A Psycho-Spiritual Framework for Supporting the Reclamation of Access to Joy & Pleasure for Black Folks

NeKisha launches #BreastsideManner Webinar and continuing series on breastfeeding

Mac & Cheese: Ask Us Anything: 1)A marriage without affection & no oral sex 2)Thea's book & NeKisha's advice to writers who self publish? 3)Pastor John Gray & "wives raising husbands" 4)Spankings 5)B. Smith

Collection Plate Causes: Speaking Down Barriers

Follow Speaking Down Barriers: FB IG Twitter

Black Mama Say: "You can take that to the bank..."

LINKS

Black Girl Mixtape

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlkGirlMixtape

Anita Yoshi Moreno of Iyami Doula Services

FB: https://www.facebook.com/iyamidoulaservices

Ways to Invest in Dem Black Mamas: https://teespring.com/stores/demblackmamaspodcast

Nikki & Nikki Career Lactation Consultants:

FB: https://www.facebook.com/iyamidoulaservices

All Heart Podcast

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

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DBM Episode 21 Black Mama Feminist Dec 21, 2018

Show notes

#DearMama Ask for what you want and what you need. Believe you are worthy of help and you deserve to be free. Believe your fave is watching your work and if you send her an email she'll say "Of course I know your podcast and I'd love to be a guest" Yes Yes Mama! our fave Black Mama Feminist Jamilah Lemieux joins us in the Mac & Cheese segment! Be sure to tag us on social media when sharing the episode and use the hashtag #BlackMamaFeminist. Please amplify our collection plate cause and stick around for our Black Mama Say to find out what phrase Black Mamas use to end a conversation.

SHOW LINE UP

Church Announcements/Prayer Requests: DBM merch; WOC Podcasters; Black Moms Connection; Thea talks about her Reiki Training and inspires Hall of Fame shade from NeKisha; NeKisha talks about an exclusive night at Disney and seeing #ForeverFLOTUS Michelle Obama live.

Mac & Cheese: Black Mama Feminist Jamilah Lemieux

Collection Plate Causes: Pregnancy In Prison Statistics (PIPS)

Black Mama Say: "At the end of the day..."

If you're a first time listener, welcome to ride and be sure to subscribe wherever you're listening. If you're a returning listener, please keep the ratings and reviews on iTunes and Facebook coming. If you're listening on SoundCloud your comments are welcomed and tap the heart if you liked the episode and if you really like it repost. Follow us on all social media platforms @demblackmamas. If you're feelin this episode we ask that you share, RT or repost but if you're not big on sharing on social media, just share with one person who you feel can benefit from listening. You can also DM or email us at demblackmamas@gmail.com with your thoughts, questions or to just show us some love. We love hearing from you! Let's get free yall!

LINKS

JAMILAH LEMIEUX

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamilahLemieux

CASHAWN THOMPSON

Twitter: https://twitter.com/theblkgrlmagic

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBlkGrlMagic/

LATHAN THOMAS (Glow Maven/Doula)

Twitter:https://twitter.com/GlowMaven

IG: https://www.facebook.com/LathamThomasGlowMaven/

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/LathamThomasGlowMaven/

TIFFANY De LEON (Reiki Master - Teacher)

IG: https://www.instagram.com/_holding.space_/

Invest in Dem Black Mamas: https://teespring.com/stores/demblackmamaspodcast

Nikki & Nikki Career Lactation Consultants: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCySgoTbyiCpREfGELEoeCKQ

All Heart Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-heart-podcast/id1409705304?mt=2

SYLLABUS

Eastern Body Western Mind

bell hooks: Ain't I A Woman

Joan Morgan: When Chicken Heads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down

Michelle Wallace: Black Macho & the Myth of Superwoman

Why Black Mothers Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis

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DBM Episode 20 Dem Black Mamas Classics Nov 28, 2018

Show notes

Dear Mama,

Thank you for rocking with us for 20 episodes. My, my how we've grown together. This podcast is like our journal. In this episode we're gonna look back at all the moments that helped us grow. We hope you laugh, cry, exhale, learn, and heal. Love, real, free, Black Mama Magic Love, from Dem Black Mamas, Crystal, NeKisha, & Thea

SHOW OUTLINE

Clip 1 & 2 - Episode 2: Michelle 4C LaVaughn Chocolate Robinson

Clip 3 - Episode 3: OOOOHHHH Baby

Clip 4 - This clip is an outtake we cut from an episode.

Clip 5 - Episode 2: Michelle 4C LaVaughn Chocolate Robinson

Clip 6 - Episode 6: I Get It From My Mama

Clip 7 - Episode 12: Black Love

Clip 8: Episode 18: Deez Black Votes

Clip 9: Episode 15: Black Mama Creative

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