After a hiatus due to covid-19 and lock-down, we had to come back to speak on the current affairs surround George Floyd's murder by police officers. in Minneapolis, expressing our concerns and how life will probably be moving forward

Ep 13 - I have to self isolate from Corona...I'm gonna be locked up with this 3 yr old for 2 wks

Mar 10th, 2020 56m 58s

We start off celebrating this week with Ghana independence and talk through the recent coronavirus growing worldwide we discuss the crazy theories we've heard, share our concerns when it comes to our children and what next. Don't forget to fol

Episode 12 - Someone said 'If you don't play with me I'm going to commit suicide'

Feb 25th, 2020 1h 21m

In this episode the muvas talk about recent events with the suicide of Love Island Presenter Caroline Flack and the viral video of of 9 year old native Australian Quayden Bayles crying out to his mother wishing that he was no longer alive. As

Episode 11 - "I was depressed, Self Harming and Suicidal because of my Sexual abuse"

Feb 11th, 2020 1h 56m

For our second episode on Sexual Abuse, we are blessed enough to be joined by Rejoice @Rejiyates, who has fearlessly shared her own experience of sexual abuse and how it has sculpted her to be the confident and beautiful woman we see today. We

Episode 10 - I was only 9/10 and it was almost cool... I kept on going back and having more sex

Feb 4th, 2020 1h 23m

As we enter Sexual Abuse/ Sexual Violence awareness week we discuss and share the experiences of sexual abuse in the black community. In the first episode in this series we are joined by Sesi who has previously joined us from episode 7 and your

Episode 9 - New Year, Same Me, Different Attitude & Behaviour

Jan 17th, 2020 1h 23m

Welcome back to 2020 with the muvas as we catch up on the events that have kicked off this year. Always bringing it back to muvahood, we touch on various topics from cosmetic surgery to sleepwalking in childhood.If you've been through or are e

Episode 8 - I thought it was going to be like this forever

Dec 24th, 2019 1h 1m

In this episode the muvas discuss their personal experiences dealing with postnatal depression.The feeling of inadequacy, adjusting to motherhood, body changes from weight gain to changes in appearances. What they would do differently.If you

Episode 7 - Growing up I WAS half Jamaican...there was a hierarchy within the black community

Dec 10th, 2019 1h 12m

In this episode we are joined by Sesi who has been affected by his mental health, Sheila a holistic dance practitioner and Dr Yvette Arthur and Dr Haben Ghezai who are both clinical psychologists, we discuss mental health in the black community

Episode 6 - I Wanna Be There When My Kid Loses Their Virginity

Nov 26th, 2019 57m 4s

In this episode we talk about how we see ourselves talking to our children about sex. Parents reactions to sex. Those of us with older children discuss how we had the talk. Is there a right time? How would you do it? How did you find out about

Episode 5 - 'Steal the sperm girls...get your reparations!' - The Muva's Meeting

Nov 12th, 2019 1h 8m

Just like a regular mother's meeting the muva's get together and discuss current topics from their individual point of views.We talk about celebrating our own community with the Brown Sugar Awards and the controversial decision to remove Niger

Episode 4 - Dealing with disabilities

Oct 29th, 2019 1h

In this episode the muvas discuss the recent attack on Rayden at school a 12 year old child with special needs, the controversial discussion on having a disabled child on the viral youtube series bkchat and share our own opinions on disabilitie

Episode 3 - Raising Black Boys in the UK

Oct 15th, 2019 1h 6m

Following recent events in London with the senseless stabbings of school children we discuss the issues surrounding raising a son in the capital. Our guest at smokez_official from DMDPODCAST joins us to talk about his own personal experiences g

Episode 2 - Sickle Cell Awareness

Sep 30th, 2019 1h 3m

As we leave the month of September Sickle Awareness month and move into black history month we talk about sickle cell, highlighting some of the issues with sickle cell anaemia and trait. For more information about sickle cell please go to We a

Episode 1 - Mama's Can't

Sep 24th, 2019 57m 49s

This our debut pod! In our introductory podcast we talk about the stigmas and the list of things we've been told we can;t do because we're mothers. Welcome to Our Muvahood. A safe place for all women to hear the good, the bad and the ugly side

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