19 episodes
Hella Smart Muvas: The Mom Pod You Didn't Know You Needed With Host: Nicole D.
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- Kids & Family
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5.0 • 39 Ratings
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Welcome to the #mompod you didn't know you needed. Host, Nicole Delahoussaye, wife and Law-MA (aka lawyer mom) of two boys, has tough conversations about the down and dirty of being a millennial mom in this new frontier of modern day motherhood.
Nicole and her guests talk about everything from how not to kill your significant other after having kids, to keeping the spark in your relationship, to physical and mental health affecting muvas and children, and even career advice. The Muvas and Luvas keep it ALL the way REAL to help shatter the ever-present "mommy guilt" and empower other Muvas. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hellasmartmuvas/support
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Beating Breast Cancer by Early Detection with Lorvictor Jefferson
A #previvor is someone who survives breast cancer by preemptively having a double mastectomy. On this episode Nicole discusses BRCA1 AND BRCA2 genetic testing, early detection, and life after a double mastectomy with 31 year old cancer "previvor" Lorvictor Jefferson. Nicole also gives gold stars to 4 breast cancer research organizations that donate 80% or more of funds received to research or services. drsusanloveresearch.org www.breastcancerdeadline2020.org www.brcf.org www.nationalbreastcancer.org If you'd like to help support Lorvictor financially, please use the link below. https://www.paypal.me/LorVictorJefferson. All proceeds made from streams and downloads from this episode will be donated directly to Lorvictor to aid in her recovery.
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Breaking the Cycle of Generational Trauma with Shena Tubbs, Founder of Black Girls Heal
Many of us Millennials/Gen X-ers grew up in a time where were taught to "respect our elders" even if they inflicted serious mental and relational trauma. Now, as parents, many of us are stopping the narrative of "it runs in the family" seeking to heal the trauma that's been carried through the generations. Shena and Nicole have an in-depth conversation about healing, and Shena provides 5 actionable tips of how to break the cycle of generational trauma. Lastly, Nicole gives "gold stars" to Lash MD lash serum and Blended Designs diverse apparel. Follow Shena on IG @blackgirlsheal_ and check out Blended Designs @blendeddesigns
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Black Hair Matters...But Should It? With MommiNation
Hella Smart Muvas teamed up with Mommination to bring you this special episode for Black Mom in America Week. In this episode, Nicole, along with Mommies, Sanya Richards-Ross, Pamela Powell, and Mykal Steen, discuss whether H&M got it right by not singling out the young black female model in her hair styling, whether Black women are overly critical of each other, why Black women and girls' appearances are so policed by society, the difficult history WE have with natural hair, and what we wish we could tell the beautiful H&M model. Follow Hella Smart Muvas on IG @hellasmartmuvas and MommiNation @mommination or at mommination.com.
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Do's and Don'ts of Dating Someone with Children with Lené Hypolite
You're living your best life up in the club, you meet a fly ass guy, you hit it off, then he drops a bomb...he has a young kid, and a baby mama...do you run for the hills or play it out?
On this episode, Nicole gets the nitty gritty on dating someone with kids from Lené Hypolite, host of The Glow Up Podcast. Nicole and Lené also give their advice to a burnout muva during the Ask the Muvas segment. Lastly, Nicole gives her gold star for her favorite indulgence and puts selfish (un) co-parents in the corner.
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Confessions of a Hella Smart Muva: I'm Afraid They'll Lose Their Black Boy Joy
In this Confessions episode, Nicole discusses her fear of her black sons' losing their #blackboyjoy, the staggering statistics of unfair punishment for black and brown children in schools, having to have "the talk," and five tips for being their advocate and helping your Black and Latinx kids maintain their joy and magic in school.
For more information on these topics, visit ACLU.org, safequalityschools.org, and advancementproject.org.
Find out what the Muvas are up to on instagram @hellasmartmuvas! Hellasmartmuvas.com is COMING SOON!
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How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids with Jancee Dunn
Nicole and Jancee get down to business discussing Jancee's New York Times Bestseller, "How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids." The two dive into Jancee's "aha" moment while her husband allowed their daughter to interrupt her interview with Jennifer Hudson to poop, how maternal gatekeeping causes mean to shirk their parenting responsibilities, how parents must model good relationship behavior for their kids, getting schooled by world renowned relationship therapist, Terry Real, and SO MUCH more. Lastly, Jancee gives 5 actionable tips of how we all can not hate our significant others after having kids.
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Customer Reviews
Funny, candid and honest
Nicole is a great interviewer and she brings out such heart from her guests. I love the focus on supporting and building strong, dynamic women.
Not just for the muvas
Great podcast focusing on issues that effect us all! Learning how to be a better human being and support yourself is something we can all listen to.
Hard to find this elsewhere
There’s lots of mom blogs and parenting books but as an older millennial new to motherhood and without a lot of close mom friends, it’s difficult to find content that fits your cultural needs (be it parenting, work, ethnicity, or health culture). We are all inundated with so much pressure about how we should balance it all but pressure doesn’t work as well as showing a way. It’s important for me to see examples of moms who balance what I consider important rather than hear from third party researchers. This podcast does a good job of approaching topics that are culturally relevant to me as a whole person and not just the part of me that parents my child 🤱🏽