Shades of Strong® | Strength Without Struggle for Black Women

Shades of Strong® | Strength Without Struggle for Black Women


Latest Episodes

Honoring Your Capacity
March 25, 2025

Honoring your capacity is about choosing ease of exhaustion and creating space breathe, reset, and resst. What happens when the strong one needs a minute? This short episode is a reminder that honori

5 Kinds of Support Black Women Need (But Aren’t Getting)
February 25, 2025

Getting support as a Black woman isnt always as simple as just asking for it. Because lets be realhow many times have people tried to support you, but instead of feeling lighter, you just felt dr

Soulful Sunday | This Week Feels Like Flow
February 23, 2025

Setting the tone for the week ahead isnt about rigid schedules or pushing yourself to do moreits about easing into the energy you want to carry with you. Before the world starts demanding things fr

When Support Feels Far Away
February 18, 2025

Sometimes, even when we know exactly how we best receive support, its just not available in the way we need it. And when that happens, it can feel heavyespecially when we dont know what to do with

You’re Not Ungrateful—Help Just Isn’t the Same as Support
February 11, 2025

Getting Support as a Black Woman often feels like a struggle. Youre managing everything, showing up for everyone, and doing it all with a strength that people celebratebut what happens when the supp

Soulful Sunday | This Week Feels Like Letting Go
February 09, 2025

Letting go isnt always easyespecially when youve poured so much of yourself into something. But gripping tightly to an outcome thats already shifting away will only leave you stuck, frustrated, an

The See What You Do, But Do They See YOU?
February 04, 2025

Black women are often celebrated for their strength, their ability to handle everything, and the way they show up for everyone else. But what happens when youre left feeling unseen as a Black womanr

Soulful Sunday | This Week Feels Like Wholeness
February 02, 2025

Releasing the pressure to be more means letting go of the idea that you have to earn your worth. The constant striving to do more, be more, or fix yourself only leaves you feeling drained and disconne

Stop Pushing Through. Reclaiming Space and Support
January 28, 2025

Reclaiming support for Black women isnt just about breaking free from societys expectationsits about creating space for what you truly need in your life, relationships, and daily experiences. In t

Soulful Sunday | This Week Feels Like Play
January 26, 2025

Reclaiming joy as a Black woman is about remembering that youre not too grown to laugh, play, and feel light again. Whens the last time you laughed so hard you couldnt breathe? Or did something j