Girls Like Us: A Podcast for Black Girls

let's get real about shame

In this episode, Babalwa and Mashudu speak about all the ways they've tried to cover their magic because they thought they needed to fit in. Today, they believe in embracing vulnerability but first they had to understand how shame played a role in them hiding their true selves from the world. Listen in as the girls get real about shame and the impact of internalising shame. Share your thoughts on the podcast with them on Instagram @babs_nyembezi and @bubblymash.

Good Girls Gone Real

In this episode Mashudu and Babalwa discuss taking off the mask and showing up in the moment. How do we get over ourselves and just be our most amazing selves? Find out how as a girl like us you can also lean into the magic of just showing up as yourself.

On leaning all the way into discomfort

Season 3 of Girls Like Us in here! In this episode, the girls discuss how learning to lean into discomfort has resulted in them finding their way back to themselves. Breaking the rules, re-evaluating everything they've been told and audaciously living outside of the mould has led to more freedom. Join them as they unpack the role of discomfort in their journey so far.

On navigating new seasons

We catch up on what we've been up to since we last recorded - Babalwa became a Mom to a whole human and Solani discovered the earth-shattering news about her paternity. It's been a year of groundbreaking changes and deep roots being formed around each of our identity. Let's catch up with our hearts wide open as we kick-off the rest of this season of Girls Like Us.

All About Boundaries

In the second episode, Solani and Babalwa sit down over mimosa's and discuss how we often sacrifice our boundaries in an effort to be loved. It's a conversation that goes into the struggles they've had setting boundaries because they wanted to be "nice" and how they've had to learn to set boundaries to protect their mental health.  Boundaries has become a buzzword in popular culture over the last few years - this is a dissection about what they actually mean, and what happens when black women begin to set boundaries. They also discuss what kinds of relationships do we tend to lack boundaries in and why, and how the "Strong Black Woman" trope actually has a lot of women being boundary-less. Tune in to this conversation and share your thoughts with Solani and Babalwa on Twitter.