The Discussion Room
An extension of DaaamnDaddy.com: Where Daddy Issues Drive Discussion, The Discussion Room serves as a safe space to have tough conversations about how our relationships or lack thereof with our parents shape who we are and how we show up in the world. Ultimately examining the patterns of cultural success and failure, so we can change the trajectory of parenting toward the positive.
Episodes
Shenise McKnight-Wigall is a Howard University Class of 2012 Alumna, leaving out her dreams despite the hurdles life laid in her path. She opens up about the health scare that caused her to miss out on the May 2012 commencement ceremony, the advantages of coming to campus with a job as a Freshman, and the healing powers of motherhood.
She shares her ankylosing spondylitis diagnosis, and how it led to her making healthier food choi...
On Today's episode of Ain't Nothing Like A Howard Girl, Ms. Reid asks one of her Howard friends, Ashley Mooring, to share their Howard journey.
In this first of a 2 part episode Ashley starts by sharing why her diploma reflects a different year than when she actually graduated and walked in the commencement ceremony.
She shares how she came on campus having to advocate for herself from the very beginning when her department woul...
Today on Ain't Nothing Like A Howard Girl, Ms. Reid speaks with fellow class of 2012 Alumna Kristen Woods Broughton. She shares what occurences in her life during her matriculation at Howard changed the trajectory of the life she lives today.
She opens up about the family she comes from, the family she's building and her personal impact on Atlanta schools, like improving literacy levels by 20% in her school before being invited to ...
In today's episode of Ain't Nothing Like A Howard Girl, Howard University School of Business Graduate Victoria Iworah Stokes talks about what it's like to leave the University without the coveted "Big Girl Job" we come in expecting to obtain.
She talks about her motivation to leave South Carolina for Washington DC as a teen, and what that experience was like in the long run.
Victoria shares what it is like to land that corporate jo...
In this episode of Ain't Nothing Like A Howard Girl, Ms. Reid chats with Mecaela Dunson, Howard University Class of 2013 Computer Engineering Alumna.
They reminisce on their involvement with Jewels Incorporated a mentoring organization founded on Howard University's campus that both women joined as Freshmen.
Mecaela goes on to share some of her favorite Freshmen year memories, before detailing the domino effect of grief and loss st...
In this episode of Ain't Nothing Like A Howard Girl the pod within a pod, Ms. Reid chats with fellow School of B graduate Kenisha Beresford.
This conversation took place in the Summer of 2022 just before both women's 10th Homecoming Anniversary, Kenisha is a Hospitality Management Graduate in Howard University's Class of 2012, from Queens, NY.
She gets candid about her entrepreneurship journey and her critique of the University. Ke...
In this episode of Ain't Nothing Like a Howard Girl, Ms. Reid chats with fellow Howard University Class of 2012 Alumna Jazmin Moses-Counts.
Jazmin Moses-Counts shares why she believes when it comes to Howard Women, we are ALL, THAT GIRL!
She talks about what it means to live in the Plan B of life, and how at time when many of us are grieving the lives we expected to be living at this age, she has found a way to feel fulfilled.
Sh...
In this continuation of the pod within a pod "Ain't Nothing Like a Howard Girl" Ms. Reid speaks with Howard University Alumna Jeslyn Miller, Fashion Merchandising Graduate from the class of 2012.
This conversation took place in the summer of 2022, right before both women's 10 year graduation anniversary. Jeslyn shares the affirmations she'd give to the Howard Girl she once was, the lessons she learned in life through the lens of lo...
In this first episode of the pod within a pod "Ain't Nothing Like A Howard Girl" Ms. Reid speaks with Howard University Alumna LeeAndria Williams, a Journalism Graduate of the class of 2012.
This conversation took place in the fall of 2022, right before both women's 10 year graduation anniversary. LeeAndria, shares advice she'd give the Howard Girl she once was, how her current life differs from where her college aged self thought ...
What do you do when the protection you need, puts your loved ones at risk?
How do you address the patterns that produce people prepared to spend their lives in a cell when they don't belong there?
Do you know how to comfort a child who loses their father days before father's day when you can't process the world losing a beautiful soul?
Are you finding joy in the same place you find your answers?
Can you give grace to pe...
In this episode Ms. Reid speaks with certified Dialectical Behavior Therapist & Addiction specialist Berrell Cobb about his experiences working in the prison system. What it’s been like to grieve a loved one with a complex existence. Reflecting on how the things we hate most in others may be a mirror of ourselves. And discussing the deep impact of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. We also get an introduction to his new podcast Bl...
In the last episode Ms. Reid got vulnerable about her struggle with adapting to motherhood. Some listeners reached out & asked that she share the unreleased content she mentioned in that episode. Here, you get raw reflections from October 9, 2021 and a bit of celebration for starting this platform nearly seven years ago.
Next Month, February 2022 marks seven years since Daaamn Daddy, the blog from which this podcast comes, was ...
As a man & a father, Jonathan Kirk said some things that were wild. And if we keep it a buck he did some even wilder things before this. However, this is the statement that caused him to receive the most backlash.
In this episode Ms. Reid speaks candidly on how the backlash rapper Da Baby is receiving reflects the way he is parenting his children, while simultaneously using his environment as a scapegoat for his ignorant remark...
On this International Day of Friendship(7/30/2021), revisit a clip from a conversation with the hosts of Girl Talk with Pops, Brittany & Todd Gwynn, a Father Daughter Duo who manage to have a friendship in addition to Todd's parental guidance. Learn what helped Todd develop this type of relationship with his daughters and also reflect on your own relationships.
Additionally, Ms. Reid is looking to be a guest on other podc...
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