Shades of Strong® Podcast | From “Strong Black Woman” to Supported Black Woman

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 stre

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DAY 10 Uncaping, Unmasking, Unhiding | The Fight Trauma Response & Cookie Lyon

Posted October 13, 2021 • 00:17:33

Listen! Cookie Lyon DID NOT come out the gate swinging. The way we see it (considering all the hell she went through) she had two options -- FIGHT or...

DAY 9 Uncaping, Unmasking, Unhiding |The Ride or Die That is Cookie Lyon

Posted October 12, 2021 • 00:23:07

Alright guys!! Today we're continuing our conversation on Cookie Lyons -- the RIDE or DIE chick none of us wanted to be. As much as we LOVE Cookie...

DAY 8 Uncaping, Unmasking, Unhiding | Is Cookie Lyon an Angry Black Woman

Posted October 11, 2021 • 00:18:58

This week we're peeling back the layers of another "Black Superwoman" in our 30 Days to Uncaping, Unmasking, and Unhiding series. To some, Cookie Lyon...

DAY 7 Uncaping, Unmasking, Unhiding | Kick People Pleasing to the Curb

Posted October 10, 2021 • 00:12:26

In today's episode we're wrapping up our conversation on Olivia Pope. Over the past week we've take a deep dive into her people pleasing characteristics...

DAY 6 Uncaping, Unmasking, Unhiding | Ten Whole Years of People Pleasing

Posted October 9, 2021 • 00:14:31

We are continuing our conversation on the dangers of living a life of people pleasing and how Black women easily fall prey to it because of the unreasonable...