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A Woman Is...Unwrapping the Joy of Stress-Free Memory Making w/ Andrea UpdykeShayla and Andrea discuss creating easy and fun memories without burning out. Women are often driven to create memories for their families and friends, but the last thing we need is more stress to be a magical memory-making machine. Andrea is a married mom of two boys; family time means everything to her. She is a published author, speaker, and online content creator who loves to help women make their days easier and a lot more fun! Andrea embraces joy in everyday moments, whether preparing an easy meal, planning family travel, or sitting on her front porch. In this...2023-11-2939 minA Woman Is...A Woman Is... TiredWhy women are tired and what we can do about it. In today's episode, Shayla talks about how many women are tired and have a heavy mental load. She talks about the biological and hormonal reasons why women are wired to care for others and how our female brains are wired to be more aware of everything around us. But this often makes us so tired. So how do we combat this exhaustion, this female fatigue? Shayla talks about learning to rest and how an antidote to female fatigue is female friendship.Support the show...2023-11-1439 minA Woman Is...Living in a Barbie WorldBarbie mania has taken over the nation! But what exactly are the messages of the film? What does the Barbie movie say about women? Or about men? Shayla chats with two young women, Zoe and Joslyn, about their thoughts on the movie and its messages. Shayla wraps up with her thoughts on Barbie, gender equality, and the tightrope women walk on and how we can make it wider.Oh! And a podcast announcement. Support the showJoin the conversation on our socials! Facebook or Instagram Support the show and become a Pat...2023-08-0357 minA Woman Is...A Woman Is...More Than A BodyShayla invites Carrie Mullins to join her as they react to episode 8 and what it meant to them. Carrie shares how it impacted her and reminded her that she brings more to the table than her body. Carrie shares some of the messages she received about women's bodies and how it has affected her body image. She also shares a little about her weightloss journey and learning to be confident in any size. Carrie shares how she's raising her boys to think about women's bodies and what a woman is. Support the showJoin the conversation on o...2023-07-1944 minA Woman Is...Reflections on Womanhood, Body Image & EmpowermentGen Z daughters and their moms talking about womanhood, body image, and empowerment. Continuing with intergenerational conversations from Episode 2, Shayla sits down with her daughter Bella Grace and another mother daughter pair, their friends Quin and Joslyn to talk through the messages we've received throughout our lives about womanhood, our bodies, and what empowered womanhood looks like. Hear different perspectives from Gen X, Millenial, and Gen Z generations.Support the showJoin the conversation on our socials! Facebook or Instagram Support the show and become a Patreon! Check out the show we...2023-06-2956 min
Areva Martin in Real TimeThe Latest in Mark Ridley Thomas vs. The United StatesAreva Martin sits down with KBLA Justice Correspondent Dion Raymond, Attorney Mansfield Collins and Veteran Prosecutor Mark Ridley Thomas about the Judge in Mark Ridley Thomas' case weighing ordering a new trial or tossing the jury's verdict. Plus, L.A. Times Columnist Gustavo Arellano and Author and Professor at Amherst College, Shayla Lawson, break down the latest headlines, including a new NBC poll that has President Biden and Donald Trump virtually tied.2023-06-281h 32A Woman Is...A Woman Is...Glad To Be With HerselfIn this episode, Life Coach Vanderly Cillo joins Shayla for an incredible conversation on how we can connect to ourselves and others to unlock joy & wisdom. Vanderly is a down-to-earth certified life coach who helps women and moms go from stuck to satisfied in their personal and family life. She empowers women to rediscover their unique lane and learn how to thrive there, Helping women become connected, confident and free. She also happens to be one of Shayla's very best friends, and a true treasure. Shayla and Vanderly talk about why we get stuck and find ourselves fee...2023-06-1458 minA Woman Is...One Of The Most Feminist Things We Can DoIn this episode we are talking about one of the most feminist things we can do. Continuing our series on motherhood, but this episode is not just for moms, it's for all of us because we are talking about how we can make space for motherhood and why making space for that in our culture and honoring mothers and motherhood is the most feminist thing we can do.Support the showJoin the conversation on our socials! Facebook or Instagram Support the show and become a Patreon! Check out the show w...2023-05-2836 minA Woman Is...A Woman Is... A Foster MomContinuing our series on motherhood, this episode highlights one of the ways women mother, by being a foster mom.Shayla shares a few statistics on the foster care system and interviews Liz Aguero who mothered over 19 children during her 10 years as a foster mom. We also learn about different ways to support foster families.9 ways you can get involved with foster care without being a foster parent from Foster The Family Blog Support the showJoin the conversation on our socials! Facebook or Instagram Support the show and become a Patreon! 2023-05-1037 minA Woman Is...A Woman Is... A MotherEvery single person who ever lived, called the womb of a woman their first home. This episode is the first episode in a new series on motherhood. May is the month we celebrate Mother’s Day and take time to honor mothers. So for the month of May we are doing the same on the podcast. Part of the purpose of this podcast is to highlight what makes women different from men, to honor the uniqueness of the female. One of the most brilliant distinctions is in a woman’s ability to bring forth life, to carry and b...2023-05-0351 min
Areva Martin in Real TimeThe Problem with the Mark Ridley Thomas Trial Jury Foreperson @ArevaMartinAreva talks with KBLA Justice Correspondent Dion Raymond, Veteran Prosecutor Bobby Grace and Attorney Mansfield Collins about how the MRT Trial Jury Foreperson might have given the defense basis for a new trial and appeal. Plus, Immigration Attorney Allen Orr and Amherst College Professor Shayla Lawson discuss the mess the republicans have caused in Tennessee.2023-04-111h 30A Woman Is...Ep. 3- A History of Menstruation Education Part 1In this episode Shayla takes a deep dive into part one of the history of menstruation education from the earliest records up until the 1940s. Exploring myths and misunderstandings about menstruation and how the development of menstrual pads led to advertising that gave most women their menstruation information. This epidsode exposes the messages those advertisements sent to women about their bodies and their periods. Sources:Dirty, Bloody, Money: Menstruation Education for Young American Women in the 20th Century by Amelia DeFrancis Feminine Hygiene, Fashion and the Emancipation of American Women by Fred Schroeder Su...2023-04-0542 minA Woman Is...A Woman Is... a Tapestry of Time: Intergenerational Conversations on WomanhoodThis episode is an intergenerational conversation on womanhood, body image, and empowerment. Shayla interviews her 91-year-old grandmother and her 66-year-old mother on how they and their respective generations understood womanhood. They share their ideas on what it means to be a woman, the messages they received about their bodies, beauty and sexuality. And how they define an empowered woman.Support the showJoin the conversation on our socials! Facebook or Instagram Support the show and become a Patreon! Check out the show website!2023-03-2244 minA Woman Is...A Woman Is... VitalWelcome to A Woman Is... podcast. This episode is an introduction to the podcast. Shayla breaks down the vision for this space.A Woman Is… Podcast is on a journey -To find out who we were meant to be all along.To expose society’s attempts to diminish women.To dismantle confusion with clarity on powerful womanhood.To break down all the faux feminine caricatures and lies we’ve been told about women and dig deep to uncover what and who a woman is.So that the ge...2023-03-0824 minA Woman Is...TrailerTrailer for Season 1Support the showJoin the conversation on our socials! Facebook or Instagram Support the show and become a Patreon! Check out the show website!2023-03-0603 min
Crossroads PodcastA House Cannot StandRaymond Nevo talk about the upcoming county council race in Prince George's County, Maryland and how he is the best candidate for an At Large seat. We talk about the housing crisis in Maryland and across the US and why it's so important for citizens to get involved in local politics. 2021-09-1747 min