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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.
Unknown Host hosts Shades of Strong® Podcast | From “Strong Black Woman” to Supported Black Woman, a society show with 285 episodes published.
Sometimes support for Black women looks like finally deciding not to keep explaining yourself into emotional exhaustion. In this Support Pause, Shirl explores the emotional cost of constantly going back and forth with pe
What would you say to your younger self today? In this deeply personal Support Pause, Shirl reflects on sitting crisscross applesauce on the living room floor watching The Mary Tyler Moore Show and dreaming about becomin
We just closed the 26 Black Women Storytelling Series, and I’m still sitting with what it revealed. Not just the individual stories, but the thread that ran through all of them. This episode isn’t a recap. It’s a reflect
Radiah Shabazz Harold was doing what so many women are used to doing. Managing responsibilities. Taking care of what needed to be done. Showing up, even when it wasn’t easy. From the outside, it looked like she had every
Didi Hairston is doing something many people don’t fully understand. She’s showing up. Not because everything is okay. Not because she has it all figured out. But because she’s choosing to keep going, even while navigati
Nikquan Lewis learned early how to handle things on her own. Figuring it out wasn’t optional. It was necessary. From a young age, she was navigating responsibilities that required her to grow up quickly. There wasn’t roo
Sadija Smiley had been holding everything together for a long time. Showing up. Taking care of what needed to be handled. Making sure nothing around her fell apart. From the outside, it looked like she had it all under c
Juanita Ingram did everything she was supposed to do. She showed up prepared. She delivered. She handled what needed to be handled. From the outside, it looked like she had it all together. But being the one who gets thi
Kimberly Sumpter had been doing what so many Black women are used to doing… keeping everything going. Showing up. Handling responsibilities. Making sure everyone else was taken care of. And somewhere in the middle of all
Chernika Corbett spent years being who she thought she needed to be just to get through. Being strong meant pushing through, holding everything together, and not allowing herself the space to feel what was actually happe
Emely Rumble learned early what it meant to keep going. After losing her grandmother at 14 and entering foster care, she had to grow up quickly. There wasn’t space to slow down or process what she had lost. Life kept mov
Grace Rabia Wood didn’t choose to be strong. She learned it early, in an environment where survival meant staying quiet, staying aware, and getting everything right. Long before she had language for what she was carrying
Dr. Froswa Booker-Drew spent much of her life doing what was expected of her. From an early age, she learned how to be responsible, how to show up, and how to carry what was placed on her without question. It was reinfor
Simone Gordon is used to being the one people call when they need help. She shows up for her autistic son, her community, and the families who rely on her every day. It’s what she’s known for. It’s what people expect fro
Mary Sims has been called strong more times than she can count. But what people didn’t see was what it was taking for her to keep going. In this episode, Mary shares what it looked like to navigate a cancer diagnosis, a
For a long time, Alyson Brown believed being strong meant handling everything on her own. She was showing up, holding it together, and figuring things out without needing much from anyone else. And for a while, it worked
When work becomes your identity, it can be hard to recognize where your job ends and you begin. This episode is story seven of the 26 Black Women Storytelling Series, where Black women share what being strong has cost th
Being the strong one can feel like something you don’t question, especially when it’s been a part of your life for as long as you can remember. This episode is story six of the 26 Black Women Storytelling Series, where B
Being the one everyone depends on can feel like second nature, especially when you’ve spent years showing up, figuring things out, and holding everything together without question. This episode is story five of the 26 Bl
Being an emotional caretaker as a Black woman often starts early, long before you realize just how much you’ve been carrying. This episode is story four of the 26 Black Women Storytelling Series, where Black women share
Juanita Ingram
Mrs. Universe, attorney, author, actress, filmmaker
1 appearance on this show
Emely Rumble
LCSW, Author of Bibliotherapy in the Bronx, and Thoughtful, Reflective, and Artistic/Scientific Reader, Writer, and Bibliotherapist · Bibliotherapy in the Bronx
1 appearance on this show
Froswa' Booker-Drew
Author and non-profit executive · non-profit
1 appearance on this show
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