Mensimah's Round Table: Conversations for Women of Power and Grace

Mensimah's Round Table: Conversations for Women of Power and Grace

ABOUT THIS PODCAST Step into your power. Awaken your wisdom. Live with grace. Mensimah’s Round Table: Conversations for Women of Power & Grace is a transformative podcast for women ready to reconnect with their inner strength, intuition, and spiritual truth. If you’re craving deeper fulfillment, authentic living, and soulful growth, this podcast is for you. Hosted by Dr. Mensimah Shabazz, each episode delivers inspiring conversations, spiritual insights, and practical tools to help you: - Activate and confidently use your personal power in relationships, work, and daily life - Unlock soul wisdom, joy, and healing through transformative spiritual practices - Embrace your innate gifts and beauty in every role you hold—mother, healer, leader, creator, and beyond. Born from Dr. Mensimah’s own life-altering healing journey after a debilitating injury, this podcast blends lived wisdom with studies in transpersonal psychology and women’s spirituality. The result? A sacred space for women who are ready to rise, heal, and lead from the soul. New episodes drop every Friday, offering encouragement, clarity, and spiritual alignment to support your personal evolution. Press play and begin your soul work today. Start with the fan-favorite Episode 65: “Being the Best Version of Yourself in 2024!

Episodes

January 16, 2026 13 mins

Listener Care Note:

This episode includes discussion of sexual violence and collective trauma. Please listen at your own pace and take pauses as needed.

Episode Description:

Welcome to The Round Table—a space intentionally created for safety, reflection, and real transformation. This is not a conversation meant to be rushed or consumed lightly. It is an invitation to slow down, listen beneath the surface, and allow what is true to be ...

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In this episode we discuss what becomes possible when women release fear, self-doubt, and the belief that they must walk alone.

This deeply grounding and heart-centered episode invites you into a sacred circle of reflection, storytelling, and collective intention. Through personal insights and the powerful story of Abena—a woman whose vulnerability became the foundation of her strength—we explore how connection, community, and compa...

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Welcome to the first episode of The Round Table in 2026.

In this opening conversation, "Awakened Grace: Leading from the Heart in Changing Times," we explore what it means to lead with awakened grace during times of deep global and personal change. This episode is an invitation to reclaim emotional wisdom, trust intuition and ancestral guidance, and view life’s challenges as sacred initiations into greater purpose and power.

This is ...

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In this powerful and heart-centered episode, we gather as a global circle of women to explore the sacred power of words—how they can wound, how they can heal, and how they can become bridges to deeper connection and wholeness.

Many of us have experienced moments of dismissal, disrespect, or exclusion that made us question our belonging.

In this Episode, You'll hear:

  1. Read more
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Today, we’re focusing on how we can consciously make the holidays meaningful for ourselves, even if old traditions or people are no longer around. Together, we’ll explore how to release expectations, how to create soul-nourishing rituals, and how to experience connection in new and supportive ways.

Here’s what this episode will offer you:

  1. You’ll learn how ...
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As the holiday season approaches—a time filled with reflection, gratitude, and new beginnings—it becomes even more important to reconnect with the divine energies that nourish and sustain you. For many across West Africa and the diaspora, Mami Wata, the radiant goddess of water, represents this nurturing, transformative force.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

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In this deeply nourishing episode at the Round Table, we explore what it truly means to give from overflow instead of depletion. Drawing from Akan wisdom, ancestral teachings, and cross-cultural spiritual traditions, this conversation invites you into a gentler, more powerful way of being—a way where generosity becomes an act of abundance, not sacrifice.

Through the story of Ama Serwaa, guided meditation, and...

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In this warm and reflective holiday episode, we explore what it means to truly celebrate yourself—especially during a season often dominated by giving to others. As we move through Thanksgiving and into a brand-new year, this episode guides you through honoring your personal journey, building confidence through daily rituals of self-love, and practicing conscious giving without depletion.

Through a heartfelt story, gr...

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Episode Theme: Redefining your legacy through self-worth, empowered choice, and rewriting inherited narratives.

In this heartfelt conversation at the Round Table, we explore how the stories we inherit—those passed down by family, culture, and societal expectations—shape how we see ourselves and what we believe we’re allowed to dream.

This episode is a gentle but powerful invitation to examine the stories that have held you back and t...

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Today’s episode is deeply personal. I want to share a story from one of the hardest, yet most transformative chapters of my life.

By the end of this episode, you’ll learn three key lessons:

- How challenges can become portals to higher healing and awareness.

- How divine help often arrives through unexpected people and moments.

- How to center yourself in grace when everything feels uncertain.

Many of us resist pain. We see it as punish...

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This episode focuses on a timeless African proverb, that carries the wisdom of centuries and meets your modern journey.

“If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside cannot harm you.”

This proverb reminds you that your most powerful ally—or your greatest threat—is often not the world outside, but the thoughts, doubts, and fears that live inside you.

You’ll discover three beautiful insights:

  1. How your self-doubt and negative self-t...
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About This Episode

This episode marks a moment of gratitude and rebirth for me as I celebrate my birthday and reflect on my journey as a woman, creator, and truth-seeker. I celebrate life, ancestry, and transformation through my original poem, “The Magnificat in My Own Image.” {Link Below}

It’s a heartfelt invitation for you to pause, remember your roots, and rejoice for what’s yet to come.

3 Things You’ll Learn:

  1. The Power of Ances...
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In this soul-stirring episode, we explore the powerful metaphor of the mask and the mirror. Many of us wear emotional masks to survive—shaped by family, trauma, culture, or expectations. But these masks, once protective, often become prisons.

It’s time to face the mirror—not to judge ourselves, but to remember who we truly are underneath the performance.

This episode is a gentle yet bold call to unmask, reclaim your truth, and step ...

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This new episode explores something both ancient and timely — the pyramid. Not the one you learned about in history class, but the one we’re all living in every day—the invisible structure of society, identity, and expectations.

We’ll explore where you stand on this symbolic pyramid:

Are you stuck at the base, surrounded by noise and "shoulds"?

Or are you rising, shedding layers, and creating your own path to the top?

By the end of t...

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Episode Summary:

In this soul-stirring episode, we explore the deeper, esoteric meaning of the word trans-formation—not as a goal or fix, but as a sacred becoming. Designed for women on the threshold of reclaiming their truth, this episode invites you to look beyond the surface of change and into the mystical process of soul evolution.

This episode is a ceremony in itself—featuring insights, reflection, and a guided meditation to hel...

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October 3, 2025 9 mins

In today’s episode, we explore what it really means to be balanced, seen, supported, and sovereign.

This conversation is rooted in a powerful African proverb:

“If you think you're too small to make a difference, try spending the night with a mosquito.”

3 THINGS YOU'LL LEARN TODAY

By the end of this episode, you’ll walk away with:

  1. A clear understanding of how small actions create lasting ripple effects.
  2. A renewed confidence that your...
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Our guiding affirmation for today’s episode is this:

“I carry the truth within me, and it sets me free.”

You are not here to live by someone else’s script. Your truth may not make sense to others, and that’s okay. It’s yours.

Let’s get honest for a moment.

How often do you second-guess your decisions?

How often do you ask someone else for advice when, deep down, you already know what you need?

💫 In this episode, you will learn:

  1. Ho...
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Today, we’re diving into a topic that affects us all—the overwhelming flood of information we encounter every day. It’s exciting to have access to so much knowledge, but it can also feel like a heavy weight on our shoulders.

Have you noticed how certain content seems to grab our attention, often triggering feelings of fear, anger, or even joy?

In this episode, you will learn:

- How crucial it is to evaluate the sources of informatio...

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So often, we hear about the importance of staying positive and avoiding negativity at all costs. But what if I told you that embracing negativity could be one of the most powerful tools for your personal evolution?

In this episode, we’ll explore how acknowledging the challenges and pains in our lives can lead to significant growth, self-awareness, and even compassion.

3 things you will learn:

  1. The Role of Negativity in Growth: Lif...
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This episode explores the essence of self-discovery, guiding you to tap into your inner wisdom and strength. By listening today, you will learn three key things: 

  1. The importance of self-awareness
  2. Techniques for introspection, and
  3. Benefits of embracing your authentic self.

When you look deeper into your internal world, you will uncover layers of beliefs and self-judgment that may have been shaped by past experiences....

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