Shades of Strong® Podcast | From “Strong Black Woman” to Supported Black Woman
Shades of Strong® is the podcast for Black women ready to trade the weight of “Strong Black Woman” for something better: real, lasting support. Through honest conversation, storytelling, and the Support Languages™ framework, host Shirl explores what strength has cost Black women, what support actually looks like in real life, and how we can stop carrying everything alone. Each episode offers language for what many of us have been feeling, tools for asking for the support we deserve, and space to finally exhale. You have been strong long enough. This is your place to reclaim strength without struggle.
Episodes
Radiah Shabazz Harold was doing what so many women are used to doing.
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Didi Hairston is doing something many people don’t fully understand.
Nikquan Lewis learned early how to handle things on her own.
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Sadija Smiley had been holding everything together for a long time.
Juanita Ingram did everything she was supposed to do.
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Kimberly Sumpter had been doing what so many Black women are used to doing… keeping everything going.
Chernika Corbett spent years being who she thought she needed to be just to get through.
Emely Rumble learned early what it meant to keep going.
Grace Rabia Wood didn’t choose to be strong.
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Dr. Froswa Booker-Drew spent much of her life doing what was expected of her.
Simone Gordon is used to being the one people call when they need help.
She s...
Mary Sims has been called strong more times than she can count.
For a long time, Alyson Brown believed being strong meant handling everything on her own. She was showing up, holding...
When work becomes your identity, it can be hard to recognize where your job ends and you begin.
Being the strong one can feel like something you don’t question, especially when it’s been a part of your life for as...
Being the one everyone depends on can feel like second nature, especially when you’ve spent years showing up, figur...
Being an emotional caretaker as a Black woman often starts early, long before you realize just how much you’ve...
Being the strong one as a new mother can look like holding everything together on the outside, even when you’r...
Being the strong one in rooms that were never built for you often comes at a cost, especially when you’ve lea...
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