Shades of Strong® | Strength Without Struggle for Black Women

Shades of Strong® | Strength Without Struggle for Black Women


Latest Episodes

Protecting Your Peace or Getting Your Lick Back
May 30, 2025

Lets talk about protecting your peace and whether thats really what youre doing or if youre just getting your lick back in silence. In this minisode, Im breaking down the Room to Breathe Suppo

If You Mean Black Women, Say Black Women
May 27, 2025

Im just gonna say it I get annoyed when I see Black women using the phrase women of color when I know they mean Black women. In this episode, Im talking about why that bothers me, where I think

Love Will Never Be Enough
May 13, 2025

They told us love was supposed to be everything. That if somebody loves you, thats all you need. But how many times have you felt loved and still felt completely alone? In this episode, Im talking

A Mother's Day Reflection: When Love is There, But Support Isn't
May 11, 2025

Inspired by the new Netflix series Forever, this Mother's Day episode is a soft but honest conversation about what happens when fear leads the way in parenting. When love is present, but support isn

Support When You’re in the Thick of a Thing
April 29, 2025

Today were talking about support yourself during the hard seasonsand what it looks like when you have to be your own safe place. Some seasons are heavy.Some days, getting out of bed feels like a mir

Rebuilding Your Capacity to Be Held
April 15, 2025

Today we're talking about receiving support as a Black womanand why it still feels hard, even when its soft and real. What happens when someone shows up for you with tenderness and care and your fi

You Don’t Have to Explain Your Tired
April 10, 2025

Some days the weight is real, and youre too tired to carry it, explain it, or make it sound better than it is. For the days when the tears come outta nowhere and your body says, we cant keep doing

One Soft Moment Can Change Everything
April 08, 2025

Lets talk about emotional exhaustion as a Black womanand what it really means to be held. What if being held didnt require you to fall apart first? What if it was something you could reach for bef

Embracing Joy and Struggle (in that order)
April 01, 2025

What if strength didnt always have to come after the storm? In this episode of Shades of Strong, were unpacking what it means to embrace both joy and strugglewithout letting one cancel out the othe

The Conversation That Could Save You From Choosing the Wrong Partner
March 27, 2025

What does real support in relationships for Black women even look like? Because we know love without support is a thingand its exhausting. This episode is a deep dive into what happens when you star