The Moms of NOLA Palaver

Fear of Having a Dark-Skinned Child.

Lynyadia Prosper grew up very insecure about her dark skin. She feared history would repeat itself if she herself, gave birth to a dark complected child. She feared harrassment, bullying, insecurities would be a few obstacles her child would have to face; and like any mother we want to be able to protect our children from any threat of childhood trauma. Listen to how she overcame her fear once she indeed, gave birth to a dark skinned child on her journey to self-love and acceptance. skinned  and,

Shavoi Kent speaks about her experience with Postpartum Depression

Postpartum depression isn’t spoken about much in the Black Community. Strangely, because black women suffer from postpartum at a rate much higher than white women. How strong are we supposed to be? How much pressure are we going to put on our hearts, our shoulders and our minds? We have enough to battle and mental health isn’t off the table. In this episode we have an open and honest conversation with Shavoi Kent, owner of the blog highonbeignets.com. [http://highonbeignets.com./]  Take a listen and learn about the mental illness that is seriously impacting our motherhood community.