When do we stand up for us

Let’s be real: we run households, businesses, ministries, and group chats. We already know how to get things done, and that includes at the ballot box.Back in 2012, Black women voted at a higher rate than any other group in the country. And when we show up, we bring everybody with us. In 2018, turnout among women of color jumped 37 percent, partly because we got our friends and family to the polls too.Support the show

By now you have heard the story. Savannah James opened up about her best friend and not paying for things like first class flights, trips, and experiences, simply because she assumed that being married to LeBron James meant the bill was covered. And the internet had a lot to say about it. In this episode we are having the real conversation.We talk about what happens to friendships when money becomes unequal, why some people feel entitled to the blessings of those they are close to, and where the line is between genuine support and quiet exploitation. Because having a wealthy friend is not a subscription service, and the assumption that it is says everything about how we value people versus what they can do for us.Friendship is not a come up. And loyalty is not measured by who picks up the tab.#savannahjames#lebronjames #letschitchatsisSupport the show

You were not born without confidence, somebody took it. A parent who criticized instead of celebrated. A man who made you feel small. A world that told you that you were too much and not enough at the same time.In this episode we are naming the people and the moments that dimmed your light before you even knew it was on. Because nobody can steal what God placed inside of you permanently. They can bury it. But they cannot take it.It is time to take your shine back sis.#shinesis#letschitchatsisSupport the show

In this episode, we are talking about Black motherhood and confidence, the way it builds you up and breaks you down at the same time. We get into how so many Black mothers were raised to sacrifice without question, give without limits, and show up for everyone except themselves. And what that silence costs us when the children grow up and we are left standing in a house that is finally quiet, not knowing who we are anymore.We also talk about the mothers who are doing the work. The ones choosing themselves without guilt. The ones teaching their daughters confidence by finally modeling it for themselves.You raised them well sis.#blackmoms#doingthehardworkSupport the show

In this episode, we are talking about what happens to your confidence when the body you have lived in your whole life starts to feel like a stranger. We get into the hormones, the weight, the skin, the hair, and more importantly the thoughts that come with all of it. Because for so many of us our confidence was already fragile and the body changing just made it worse.But this episode is also about the women who found something on the other side of it. The ones who stopped fighting their bodies and started listening to them. The ones who discovered that confidence at this age is not about looking the way you used to, it is about owning the woman you are becoming.Your body is changing sis. But so is your power.Please share with a sister going through body changes#menopauseawarenessSupport the show

Think back. Was there a moment when someone told you that you were enough? That you were beautiful, capable, worthy, and deserving of taking up space? For many Black women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond  that moment never came. And in this episode we are asking the question that sits at the root of it all, how does confidence actually start?Because confidence does not just appear. It is planted. It is watered. And for so many of us it was never given the soil it needed to grow.We talk about what it means to arrive at middle age as a Black woman and realize that the confidence you were supposed to build along the way got buried under survival, sacrifice, and silence. And we talk about what it looks like to start building it now, because it is never too late.#confidenceandmenapause#sisterstalkingSupport the show

Episode Title: Never Again SisSummary:We have all been there. You went above and beyond for a friend — showed up, sacrificed, gave more than you had — and walked away knowing you would never do that again. In this episode, we are getting into those moments that taught us the most important lessons about friendship, loyalty, and knowing your limits.We are sharing the real, the raw, and the sometimes funny stories of what we did for a friend that we will absolutely never repeat — and what it taught us about who deserves our energy.Some lessons only need to be learned once. This episode is full of them.Support the show

Episode Title: Who's Really in Our Corner?We show up for everybody. We march for everybody. We spend our dollars, cast our votes, and pour our energy into systems, people, and movements that rarely pour back into us. So in this episode, we are asking the question that has been sitting on our hearts — who actually supports Black people?Support the show

You walk in and do a quick scan, and there you are. The only one. And suddenly you are not just representing yourself anymore. You are representing your entire community, your culture, and every stereotype someone in that room has ever held. In this episode, we are talking about the very real anxiety that comes with being the only person of color in the room, at work, in school, in spaces that were never built with you in mind.Support the show

When do we stand up for us! We have been polite long enough. We have stayed quiet, shrunk ourselves, and smiled through disrespect — and we are done. In this episode, we are talking about what it means for people of color to reclaim their voice in spaces that were never designed to include them.#ourvoices #wematterSupport the show