About misspacklight in color Podcast
Welcome to Misspacklight In Color a podcast dedicated to amplifying the voices of black women. We believe that every black woman has a soul story, and that sharing these are a catalyst for healing for themselves and the broader community. Join Candii and her special guest as we keep it real across topics from mental health, life & love, and everything in between.
In this episode we chatted with founder and duenna of Pardom My Partum - Elon Woods. We had a mommy to mommy talk about all things mommy-hood. We got into the real-real, as we navigated the beginnings of motherhood, postpartum, mommy mental health, and the external pressures of being a supermom.
In this episode we sat down with Michelle Blue - Motivational Speaker, Business Coach, founder and creator of The Journey with Blue talk show. We had such an amazing chat about her journey of entrepreneurship and all the highs & lows. Michelle dropped several gems that current and future women entrepreneurs need to hear.
The conversation got even hotter with the ladies - Candii - Erica - Shalya Forte - Chelsea. In part two, the ladies got vulnerable with their experiences with code switching, combating the angry black woman stereotype, and advocacy. This is a great listen for any black women in corporate America, as well as anyone who wants to be an ally to black women.
Candii was joined by three amazing black women - Erica Chestnut, Shalya Forte, and Cheslea Jackson to have a candid conversation about navigating corporate America as black women. We explored managing work during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protest, being the minority in the workplace, and dealing with microaggressions. This is truly an episode you don’t want to miss!
Candii sat down with truly inspiring Christina Ford, author of You Are the Prize. We had a heart to heart chat about finding yourself, navigating life’s challenges from a growth perspective, moving from a victim to a victor, and dealing with the loss of a parent.
n honor of Father’s Day, we explored blended families from the bonus dad perspective. Candii sits down with Eric Payne podcast host and author of Dating After Divorce Survival Guide to share with us his journey of being a bonus dad.
In the second episode of our series, Candii chats it up with Umeka Wright - Educator, Blogger, and Author of Blended & Loving It 30 day Devotional. We get into her story of how her and her husband navigated 15 years of blending their families.
Kicking off our third season, with a new series that explores black blended families. In our first episode of the series, Candii sits down with her daughter's bonus mom Syan Newton Hymon, founder of Millennial Mentress a platform that helps professionals navigate their career. Syan shares her personal journey of becoming a bonus mom, how she built a relationship with her bonus daughter, and some of the challenges that she faced in her journey. Bonus - Candii & Syan share how they navigated their relationship as bio mom and bonus mom.
Candii sits down to chat with Katara McCarty coach, speaker, author, and founder of Exhale, a wellness app for BIWOC . In this soul story, Katara takes us on her journey of growing up biracial, her adoption, being raised by a resilient black mother, and her life’s work of giving back to a community that has poured into her. This discussion was so inspiring and a true testimony of the resilience of black women.
In our latest series, Beautifully Black where we are diving into issues that black women experience when it comes to their beauty. In this episode we explore colorism with Donni Noel, consultant and founder of Know Well Creative. We explore culture vs. color, preference vs. colorism, and how to love the skin you’re in.
Introducing our latest series, Beautifully Black where we are diving into some of the issues that black women experience when it comes to their beauty. In this episode we dig into our bodies, with special guests, Sanarr & Alexis from But Content is Queen podcast. The conversation got extremely real with us ladies as we navigated societal body expectations, healthy body image, and how to change the narrative for the next generation.