The Brown Mama Blueprint Podcast is a podcast for black moms with the intention of amplifying black female voices through storytelling and giving black mamas advice on the subjects that matter most in their lives. Muffy's goal is to help you do the whole-woman work necessary to be the whole woman you want to be. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brownmamas/support
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Did you know that Black fathers are more actively involved in their children's day to day lives than any other race? The statistics speak for themselves, however, there is still a major stigma attached to Black fatherhood. On this episode of the Brown Mama Blueprint podcast, we're destigmatizing Black fatherhood with Healthy Start's Fatherhood Coor…
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The Intersection of Black Motherhood & Poverty
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On this episode of The Brown Mama Blueprint Podcast we talk about poverty with educator Dr. Lisa Pickett and financial consultant Tammy Thompson. The world is particularly harsh on Black mothers experiencing poverty, listen to how we can take control of our finances as we go over financial insecurity in this episode. Pregnant? New mom? Looking for …
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When Black women experience postpartum depression, we suffer in silence. In this episode of The Brown Mama Blueprint Podcast, we talk with Stacy Crawley, founder of Ignite Her Purpose, mom empowerment coach, and motivational speaker as well as family and child therapist Dr. Courtney Utz, about Black women, the stigmatization of postpartum depressio…
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Sis, you have the right to rest! Black women are so often taught that the key to life is hard-work, but when do we prioritize ourselves and self-care? In this episode of The Brown Mama Blueprint Podcast, we're talking self-care with speaker, author, holistic life-coach, and founder and owner of HER Vibrant Lyfe Cordelia Spence and activist, self-lo…
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The Stigma of Pregnancy Loss & Infertility in the Black Community
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How do Black women cope with pregnancy loss? During this episode of the Brown Mama Blueprint Podcast we talk with author, speaker and teacher, Lannea Adamson, and executive producer and director of the film, "Eggs over Easy", Chiquita Lockley about Black women and pregnancy loss. Pregnant? New mom? Looking for support in the Pittsburgh area? Visit …
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Is it time to stop contorting, complying, performing, adjusting to the expectations, preferences and admiration of others? Listen to this episode if you feel me. Book Muffy as a speaker here - https://forms.gle/bQ8w85QNswupPXXD8 Support this podcast - Paypal.me/BrownMamas --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brownmamas/…
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What does domestic violence look like in Black communities? How do black women experience this common, traumatic experience? During this episode of the Brown Mama Blueprint Podcast we talk with Tiffany Huff-Strothers, executive director of When She Thrives, and Iesha Thomas, an Pittsburgh-based investment banker and participant in the Brown Mama Mo…
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What exactly is the state of Black birthing? Is it safe to birth in a hospital? Should you birth at home? What is a doula and why is everybody talking about them? Check out this interview with Jada Shirriel, CEO of Healthy Start, Inc. and Iyanna Bridges, the founder of The Birthing Hut. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
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This season on the Brown Mama Blueprint Podcast, I'll air 10 minute or less motivational messages in addition to our regularly scheduled interviews with subject matter experts on a myriad of Black Maternal Health subject. This week I'm motivating you to really learn to live your best life. Check out this NPR concert from Jhene Aiko to help you stay…
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What does healing mean for Black women? How do we heal? What do our emotional wounds look like? These are all questions we tackle in this episode of the Brown Mama Blueprint Podcast. I interview Nijama Small, author of Brown Girl's Guide to Healing Emotional Wounds. Her book tells her story of becoming a whole woman who can raise her family, love h…
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Energy Work, Reiki & Real Black Girl Magik
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This episode of the Brown Mama Blueprint podcast focuses on Black women energy workers. What does it mean to be an energy worker? What is Reiki? What does the spirit realm have to say about 2021? In this episode I chat with Reiki practitioner and Energy Worker Lisbeth White. We talk about how Black women experience the art of Reiki as well as dive …
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Self-Governance & Education Episode
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In this episode we chat about what the election of our nation's first Black woman Vice President, Mrs. Kamala Harris, has the potential to mean for sistahs and how we can support our Second in Command as she takes her seat in the White House. We also chat with Allyce Pinchback Johnson and Latrenda Leonard Sherrill of Black Women for a Better Educat…
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In this episode we talk about my early voting experience with 1Hood Media's Voting Party, plus a whole 30 minutes on sexual dysfunction in American society. In particular we talk about the science and history of sex in America, slut-shaming and parenting teenagers in an age of hypersexualization of children. This is a good one - but it's just me...…
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Not Voting, Being a Boy Mom & the Black Women's Policy Agenda
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I'm so happy to have recorded something on this podcast again. It's been awhile, but I'm back! In this episode I chat about the loneliness that moms of only boys feel, my confession about not voting in a very important episode and I interview Rochelle Jackson of the Black Women's Policy Agenda. In addition, I'm launching my first subscription box. …
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This pandemic has been something else for me. What about you? Have have you experienced this forced stillness? Tell me about it. In this episode I talk about numerology, homeschooling and blind allegiance in parenting and I chat with Amanda Lynch author of The Mindfulness Room. Numerology >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0bhxocwzEc ( I know she'…
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In this episode we examine the historical value of gardening for Black women and how Jasmine Jefferson is cultivating a community of black girl gardeners with her website and movement BlackGirlswithGardens.com. You can find Black Girls with Gardens on Facebook and Instagram. You can learn more about Brown Mamas and Muffy Mendoza at brownmamas.com. …
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A homeschooling, vegan, Christian mom, Jessica Brown is one of the everyday moms who took the stage to fiercely tell her authentic story via The Brown Mama Monologues stage. Jessica's story entitled "By Any Means Necessary" walks us through what I like to call "Do-It Scare motherhood" as she shows us what's it's like when black mothers make parenti…
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Raising a teenage daughter is nothing to play with. Reality TV, revealing clothing, boys and dating...just thinking about all of the different factors that influence the lives of teenage girls is daunting. So, for this episode we had to call in re-reinforcement. Latifa Miller has been doing the work of making our brown girls feel confident and love…
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This episode dives lived experience first into the topic of abortion. Host of The Brown Mama Blueprint Podcast, Muffy Mendoza, gives her first hand account of a subject that is all but taboo in American society. Every year thousands of black mothers have abortions, yet it is still a hidden topic in our black households. Today's episode showcases on…
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Homeschooling is not all about your kids, at least it wasn't for this Black mama. After hearing Akilah Richards speak at a self-directed learning seminar, I was forced to confront the ideas that had been popping up in my head around unschooling and living a freer life. Akilah is a pioneer in the self-directed learning space and graced us with her w…
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