Did You Know Your Mama Had A Life?

There comes a moment when you realize the way you've been treating yourself ...isn't the way you'd ever treat someone you love. This episode reflects on self-compassion, expectations, and the quiet realization that the version of you who's been carrying so much deserves more than constant criticism and impossible standards. Because healing isn't always about becoming someone ne...

It started as a good day. A feeling. A moment. The kind that reminds you of parts of yourself you haven't seen in a while. But then something unexpected happened... she followed me home. This episode reflects on what it feels like when confidence, joy aliveness, or recognition doesn't disappear the second the moment ends. When the version of you that showed up in the grocery store...laughing, pres...

Spring hit a little different this time. Graffiti sneakers. A loud flower shirt. Jeans like you own the place. This episode reflects on those unexpected moments where you stop trying to feel like yourself again...because for a second, you actually are her. Not the exhausted version. Not the survival version. Not the overthinking version. Just You. Moving through the grocery store like life finally...

All it takes is a certain energy...a certain feeling...a certain moment...to remind a woman she's still very much alive. This episode reflects on attraction, chemistry, energy, and what it feels like when certain parts of yourself start waking back up again. The version of you that still wants to feel alive...playful... desired...expressive. Not performative. Not forced. Just present again. Be...

Sometimes reconnecting with yourself looks deeper than people expect...and sometimes it looks like standing in the mirror excited about a homemade face mask at your big age! This episode reflects on joy, playfulness, and the little things that remind us we're still here underneath all the responsibilities. Somewhere between routines, bills, stress, and survival mode, it's easy to forget th...

There are moments in every journey where giving up starts sounding reasonable. In this honest episode, I talk about doubt, exhaustion, and staying with the vision. Sometimes the breakthrough moment is simply choosing not to leave yourself there. New episodes every Wednesday.

Sometimes a random moment can make you question bigger things. In this episode, a group of pigeons, a passing thought, and one pause led me to wonder how many ideas we accept without checking first. Maybe some things don't need panic...maybe they need perspective. New episodes every Wednesday.

Just when you think something no longer affects you, life has a way of showing you what still needs attention. In this episode, Mrs. G. reflects on old feelings resurfacing, quiet triggers, and what it really means to heal. Sometimes progress isn't never feeling it again....it's how you meet it now. New episodes every Wednesday.....

You ever try to have a moment...and life interrupts anyway? This episode is a real-life reminder that things don't always go as planned--and sometimes the best thing you can do is laugh, adjust, and keep it moving.

Somewhere along the way, everything starts needing a purpose. A reason. A result. In this episode, I'm coming back to something simple--doing things because you actually enjoy them, and allowing that to be enough.

There's pressure to know exactly where you're going. To have a plan. To make it make sense. But what if not feeling clear doesn't mean you're lost This episode explores that in-between space--and what it looks like to move without forcing clarity

At some point, we start carrying things that don't belong to us. Labels. Expectations. Roles we didn't choose. In this episode, I'm naming what that looks like in real life--and what happens when you stop automatically accepting what was placed on you.

Momentum doesn't always look big. Sometimes it's quiet. Sometimes it's slow Sometimes it just looks like not stopping. In this episode, I'm talking about what movement really looks like in real life--and why small steps still count, even when they don't feel like progress.

There are moments in life when it feels like everything has slowed down. In this episode, I reflect on what it means to keep moving toward a dream even when progress feels delayed--when you're sitting in the middle of the process, waiting, watching the clock, and wondering if anything is really changing. Yet, the road forward can look exactly like that at times...sitting in traffic, still head...

Sometimes the biggest change in our lives happen quietly, long before anyone else notices. In this episode, I reflect on the moment when you've already made a decision for yourself--when something inside you has shifted--but the outside world hasn't caught up yet. Then someone see you in the middle of that change , when you feel a little open, a little exposed, and not ready to explain it....

People often see the finished version of a dream, but they rarely see where it began. Before there was a podcast, there was a closet in a third-floor apartment and a woman with a dream that wouldn't let her go. In this episode, I reflect on the quiet beginnings---the moment when a woman starts building something before anyone else notices. Sometimes those dreams start in the most unexpected pl...

New here? Start with this episode. Sometimes the moment that wakes a woman up doesn't happen in some dramatic place. It happens in the middle of an ordinary day. Maybe standing in a grocery store line. Maybe pushing a cart filled with things she thought she needed. And somewhere in that quiet moment she pauses and asks herself a simple question: Is all of this really mine to carry? In this epi...

There’s a version of many women that only appears after the day quiets down. After the responsibilities. After the roles. After everyone else is taken care of. In this episode, we talk about the After Hours version of a woman — the playful, curious, sometimes surprising part of ourselves that still remembers how to laugh, move, and be fully present. Sometimes she shows up through music. Sometimes...

Sometimes you're not asking for distance from your life. You're asking for a moment to find yourself inside it again. This episode is about the quiet moment when you realize you've been present for everyone--but haven't had space to be present with yourself. Not to escape. Not to leave anything behind. But to return to yourself without explanation. You don't need permission to exist inside your ow...

Loving them never meant disappearing. Somewhere between caring for everyone else and showing up for yourself, something quiet can begin to slip out of reach. Not because you stopped caring---but because you were carrying too much. This episode is not about choosing yourself over people you love . It's about remembering that you were never meant to disappear inside your responsibilities. The spark...

Sometimes the urge to leave isn’t about wanting something different — it’s about needing one place where you’re not required, responsible, or relied on. In this episode, we talk about the quiet moments — in the car, in the kitchen, between tasks — when a thought slips in and you wonder if there’s still room for you inside the life you’re living. This isn’t about running away. It’s about recognizin...

After the Shift After admitting what you want, life doesn’t always quiet down. In this episode, Ms. G reflects on what happens after the big shifts — motherhood, responsibility, routine — when you’re still trying to hold onto yourself inside a life that needs you constantly. This conversation is for the woman moving through her day on autopilot who suddenly wonders if there’s more to her than just...

Many women carry desires they rarely say out loud — not because they’re wrong, but because they’re unsure how they’ll be received. In this episode, Ms. G explores the quiet guilt that can come with wanting more space, more fulfillment, or more connection to yourself — and why those desires don’t mean you’re ungrateful or failing. This conversation is about releasing shame, naming the truth honestl...

Motherhood comes with moments no one warns you about — the quiet costs, the emotional shifts, and the parts of yourself that feel harder to access once everything changes. In this episode, Shavonne (Mrs. G) reflects on the unspoken “fees” that arrive alongside love, responsibility, and expectation — and why acknowledging them doesn’t mean regret, it means honesty. This is a conversation about nami...

Episode Description: In this opening episode, Shavonne reflects on the woman she was before motherhood — her dreams, identity, and the parts of herself that didn’t disappear, but shifted. This conversation sets the tone for the series: honest reflection, self-recognition, and making space for who you are beyond the roles you hold. There’s no fixing here. Just remembering.