Trigger warning: This essay includes descriptions of hospitalization and attempted suicides.Can you imagine waking up to see your 9-year-old standing over you with a knife? Or having to move into a hotel room because they’ve tried to jump out of their second-story bedroom window?Those aren’t bad dreams or scary hypotheticals for Natasha Robinson. T…

In this episode, Anthonia talks to brand strategist Neffy Anderson and creative director Piper Hickman about their thoughts on finding the right person to start a family with, and what it means to have a child later in life.You can find show notes at http://bit.ly/2daOC0g. And don't forget to tell your friends and leave a 5-star review!…

In this episode, Anthonia pops open a bottle of prosecco to talk about self-care and side hustles with Erica Nichole Harris, freelance writer and creator of 2014 Black Weblog Award winning personal blog EverythingENJ.com, and Kweli Wright, parenting editor for Madame Noire and creator of a forthcoming interior design project.For more conversations …

While we usually talk to working moms or single women who want to have children one day, in this episode we talk to two women about their decision to not have children and how that's shaped their personal and romantic lives. And since it's summer time, we also discuss the social media gender wars that pop up when the weather heats up: specifically …

Anthonia talks to blogger and vlogger Anika Lani about the stigma older women face when they have children later in life and about her 13 years of coparenting experience.The mater mea podcast is executive produced by Anthonia Akitunde, O. Valerie Nicolas, and Kimson Albert. Our associate producer is Isaro Carter, and the podcast is edited by Ty Wor…

With us on the show today are brand strategist Antonia Dean and African Health Now nonprofit founder Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo to discuss the need for diversity in media for their kids, and how their lives changed from being single to getting married to having kids.The mater mea podcast is executive produced by Anthonia Akitunde, O. Valerie Nicolas, and …

In our third installment of the mater mea podcast, we are joined by beauty entrepreneur Karen Tappin and Estée Lauder VP Trenesa Stanford-Danuser to talk about the role their husbands play in their work-life balance juggle and why the idea of the "ride-or-die" woman is so damaging.mater mea is executive produced by Anthonia Akitunde, O. Valerie Nic…

Joining me in this episode is author Ylonda Gault and Afro-Latina textile artist Roachelle Negron. We talk about the labels women place on themselves—and more often than not, have society place on them. Like why are white women calling themselves mama now? And should single mothers start calling themselves independent mothers like Roachelle does to…

Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3...Hi! I'm Anthonia Akitunde, the founder of mater mea (www.matermea.com) a website that celebrates Black women at the intersection of career and family. Our first episode is me shooting the breeze with the lovely Ylonda Gault, author of "Child, Please: How Mama's Old-School Lessons Helped Me Check Myself Before I Wrecked M…