The Safe Space Podcast
Conversations that center Black Women’s mental and emotional wellbeing—one story, one strategy, one safe space at a time. This is your space to rest, reflect, and reclaim your mental and emotional wellbeing—without guilt, without apology. Hosted by Courtney J. Fulton, Wellness Advocate for Black Women, this podcast dives into the real-life experiences, challenges, and victories of Black Women navigating today’s world. Each episode features honest conversations with guests who bring lived experience, cultural insight, and practical strategies for sustaining yourself in every season of life. We talk about it all—protecting your peace during political crisis, setting boundaries without guilt, navigating (peri)menopause, redefining self-care in a recession, and embracing life’s transitions with grace and resilience. Whether you’re an empty nester rediscovering yourself, a community leader pouring into others, or simply a Black Woman ready to prioritize your mental health, you’ll find affirming stories, actionable tools, and the reminder that you’re not alone. 🎙 New episodes twice a month 🖤 Always centering the voices, needs, and brilliance of Black women
Episodes
I was lucky to have two guests this week! Jay and CiCi. These women are 2 Black queens who aim to enlighten and encourage society on what life is like for Black Women. They leave no topic untouched and get straight to the point. All while being with the shits!
Takeaways from our conversation:
- You are worthy of friends
- Friendships ebb and flow throughout different seasons in our lives, and that's OK
- It's OK to a...
My guest this week is Charminta (Char) Brown. She is a Career and Lead Interview Coach for the career advancement company, BrandResumes. Charminta has a true passion for career advancement because she can EMPOWER PEOPLE, especially people in entry to mid-level positions to understand their worth and strengths, or what she likes to call their SUPERPOWERS, to excel in their professional careers.
Charminta enjoys learning about new ca...
This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Nava Simkah. Nava is the Founder of LovingMyTemple.com. She is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist + Health Coach and Maternity Health Coach who is committed to helping women strengthen the success of their health journey through self-reflection, faith-based study, and nutritional growth.
She specializes in holistic weight management, healing from emotional eating, and building strong...
Honestly, this episode is one that I debated sharing with you all as it’s deeply personal. In the end my heart spoke and I knew I needed to share my journey with COVID to give a voice to all the others that are affected and dealing with “long haul” COVID effects.
It seems that everyone knows someone that’s been affected by COVID. I share with you my experience and the challenges I endured (and am currently still going through)...
I had the pleasure of speaking with Arretres Hollins, a Certified Mental Health Coach, teacher, and wife coach. She guides women as they heal from their husband’s infidelity through powerful faith-based coaching. Her style is magnetic. We spoke about what qualifies as infidelity, the changes that can happen in a marriage due to inside and outside stressors, and how to look within yourself to begin the healing process. Her superpowe...
I had the pleasure of speaking with Arretres Hollins, a Certified Mental Health Coach, teacher, and wife coach. She guides women as they heal from their husband’s infidelity through powerful faith-based coaching. Her style is magnetic. We spoke about what qualifies as infidelity, the changes that can happen in a marriage due to inside and outside stressors, and how to look within yourself to begin the healing process. Her superpowe...
In this episode LaTrease and I get DEEP into cultural expectations on women of color in society, relationships and within themselves. Tune in for a real, raw conversation about how we can begin to heal these parts of our life and live with truth and authenticity.
LaTrease Nwosu is the founder of Connecting 2 Love, Relationship Consulting. She is a leading expert in the field of couple and family therapy. She offers her clients a pl...
Season 3 is finally here!
All Conversations will be centered around relationships - how we relate, behave and talk to ourselves and each other. In the season opener, I have a Conversation with Ms. Lysa Monique Jenkins-Hayden from Inspired Therapeutic Solutions. Lysa dropped a lot of gems and she answered the following questions:
- What does the word confidence mean to you?
- What does it mean to be a confident Woman of Co...
Today’s conversation is about femenine health, our bodies, but most importantly - SEX!
My guest today is Jennifer Fobbs who is a Marriage and Family student therapist and co-host of the Boobtionary Podcast which is a biweekly podcast that discusses all things about feminine sexuality, hygiene and love.
Follow me on Instagram: @ConvosWithABrownGirl
Here is where you can find, follow and support Jennifer ...
Hey Y'all
I recently hosted an IG Live with my friend Bash on what it means to be trans on June 14th. The Conversation was so good, I decided to release it as a podcast episode so more people could learn from the gems he dropped. I hope you not only enjoy the Conversation, but learn from it as well!
Please leave a positive review and a 5 star rating when and where you can!
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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! For today’s episode, I have a #Conversation with Ms. Layla Helwa as we talk about her how experiences as a multi-racial #lesbian and how Women of Color can be (better) #allies to those in the #LQBTQCommunity.
Helwa also gives advice to those who may be struggling with their sexuality. If you like what you heard, do me a solid and leave a 5 star rating and review - I would appreciate it so much. Also...
Do you lack confidence in your abilities? Do you feel undeserving or that you have earned your place in life due to coincidence? Do you feel like you’re a fraud and that at any moment, someone can expose you and make your insecurities about how you feel inadequate? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are a victim of imposter syndrome.
Today’s I welcome Mrs. Brittany Johnson, licensed therapist and author to the con...
Being a Black Woman Creative brings a lot of joy to my life, however, it also brings a lot stress as well.
I'm constantly asking myself am I creating content that inspires people? Is anyone listening to my podcast? Am I wasting time do this, should I just stop?
Can you relate?
In this episode, I talk about how I feel like a failure, but also give you tips on how to circumvent those feelings. Giv...
Do you know what the difference is between a saving account and investing in stocks?
Do you know what it means to make an investment?
Do you have a brokerage account?
Most importantly Brown Girl, are you financially informed? I have a Conversation with Ms. Ashley Spearman, who answers these questions and more!
Take a listen and if you like what you hear, leave a 5 star rating and a positi...
Do you fail to speak up when you’re treated badly? Do you say yes when you really want to say no? Do you feel you make too many sacrifices for others at your own expense? Has past experiences in your life caused you to be distrustful of people or are you a people pleaser?
Having boundaries in your life is very important, because it teaches people how to treat you.
Today’s conversation is with another good friend of mine, Ms. Nicol...
HELLLLLLO BROWN GIRLS!
Season 2 Episode 1 is finally here and I have invited two of my favorite podcasting Queens to the Conversation today, Chan from She Gets It and JBoog from J's Quick 3. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we had recording it.
When you are done listening, make sure you rate, review AND subscribe to all of our podcasts - your support is needed and appreciated.
As promised in the episode, her...
Thank you for taking the time to listen to another episode of For My Brown Girls! Podcast.
In this episode, I will be discussing the what the 5 Love Languages are, but instead of using the results to show your partner how to express love to you, YOU use the results to show and express love to YOURSELF!
Here's the link to take the test: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/
This is the last episode in Season 1, but I w...
Thank you for taking the time to listen to another episode of Conversations With A Brown Girl!
This week I present the findings from the study, Superwoman Schema: African American Women’s Views on Stress, Strength and Health from the National Center for Biotechnology Information. After interviewing 48 Black women ages 19-72 with various backgrounds, they wanted to know what goes into being a Strong Black Woman and how it impacted t...
Think of this episode as a beginners guide to #depression! I discuss what depression is, the causes and symptoms and how it can be treated. To add a personal touch, so it's not all facts, I share my own experiences with the mood disorder and give you a few tips that have helped me cope with my diagnosis over the past year and a half.
If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review when and where you can :)
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Today’s Conversations with a Brown Girl, is with Ms. Giovonni Hinton.
Her name should sound familiar as she blogged for #ForBrownGirlsBlog and was my guest last week where we discussed her experience with being a sexual abuse survivor.
In this week's bonus episode, we talk about her new Ebook, 5 Steps to Overcoming Adversities. She explains her motivation for writing the book and answers a series of questions relating to the 5 S...
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