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This Is Motherhood Mini Series

This Podcast Mini-Series is Sponsored by Target and hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist Joyce Brewer. This is Motherhood features insightful conversations about the soul-altering transformation that is motherhood. Centered on the perspectives of mothers of color, Joyce and her powerful line-up of guests will help listeners feel validated and inspired.

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This is Motherhood: #WeAllGrow Latina founder Ana Flores on creating community and parenting by example

“I am going to be her best model, so I need to be very conscious and aware of that every single time.”

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
Monica Trasandes

This is Motherhood: LGBTQ+ advocate and mom Monica Trasandes on promoting inclusivity in media

“I think kids teach you to be the best version of yourself.”

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Life coach and blogger Bernetta Knighten on starting her own nonprofit organization supporting foster youth

"The main purpose of The Knighten Project was to make dreams come true for everyday people."

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Melissa Orijin of Orijin Bees on creating inclusive toys for her children

“If we teach inclusion at an early age, then we're breaking barriers right away.”

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Author Helena Andrews-Dyer on navigating the world of mom groups

“If it's important to me, then it's gonna be important to other people.”

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Christie Cronan of “Raising Whasians” on her multicultural family

“Depression is a part of who I am. If we can't talk about who we are, then what are we doing?”

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Monique Gray Smith on the legacy of native residential schools and raising resilient children

“Whenever our dignity is threatened or we don't feel it's upheld, it is a form of trauma.”

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Fashion designer and content creator Mikaela Pabon on helping moms find their personal style

“I always tell people to start with what they gravitate towards.”

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
Rene Syler

This is Motherhood: Former TV anchor Rene Syler on being a “Good Enough Mother”

“Why were we acting like parenting was some kind of event that you got a medal for?”

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Tracy Skelly on making baby food that honors your heritage and your health

“Feeding is such an expression of love and care.”

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Sexologist Shamyra Howard on navigating intimacy during and after pregnancy

“Understanding the difference between physical intimacy and sexual intimacy can make the world of a difference in a relationship.”

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Marketing entrepreneur Shaunda Head on being true to yourself in business and parenting

“I'm definitely going to be showing up as my unapologetic, glorious self every day. If you don't like it, you've got to take that up with someone else.”

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

This is Motherhood: Dr. Aditi Nerurkar on reversing parental burnout

In this episode of “This is Motherhood,” host Joyce Brewer speaks with…

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Slutty Vegan founder & CEO Pinky Cole on new motherhood & her restaurant’s success

In this first special episode of Season 2 of “This is Motherhood,”…

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Kimberly Seals Allers wants to empower Black mothers

In this special bonus episode of This is Motherhood, host Joyce Brewer speaks…

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Dr. Kameelah Phillips on Black maternal health

OBGYN and lactation consultant Dr. Kameelah Phillips joins host Joyce Brewer on a bonus episode of the Motherly podcast to discuss Black maternal health.

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Mocha Mom’s Cheli English-Figaro on why she started a community for Black mothers

Cheli English-Figaro, co-founder and president of Mocha Moms, talks with Joyce Brewer about transitioning to becoming a SAHM and why she founded Mocha Moms.

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Jamie Jones wants BIPOC moms to get the birth support they need

In this bonus episode of the Motherly Podcast, guest host Joyce Brewer speaks with Jamie Jones, a childbirth educator at Birthsmarter, a doula, a pre- and postnatal corrective exercise specialist, and a certified personal trainer.

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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This is Motherhood: Sonia Smith-Kang on embracing multiculturism

In the first episode of The Motherly Podcast's This is Motherhood bonus series, Joyce Brewer talks with Sonia Smith-Kang on her children's wear line, Mixed Up Clothing, and raising kids in a multilingual, multicultural household.

Updated Dec. 12, 2024
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