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The Suga

Being Your Own Advocate with René Brooks

The Suga

Tika Sumpter, Thai Randolph

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8773 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re joined by the inspirational René Brooks, Founder of Black Girl Lost Keys, a blog dedicated to helping other women of color struggling with ADHD, and we’re having a heart to heart about climbing out of darkness, silencing the shame and why having support matters.

Connect with us:
@TheSugaberries 

@TikaSumpter

@ThaiRandolph

[email protected]

www.sugaberry.com

 

Connect with René:

Black Girl Lost Keys

@blkgirllostkeys

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Rushmastajani, founder of Girls Who Code. Look, I'd consider myself a pretty successful

0:06.8

adult woman. I've written books, founded two successful nonprofits, and I'm raising two incredible kids.

0:13.7

But here's the thing. I still wake up wondering, is this it? And if the best years are yet to come, when's that going to start? Join me on my

0:25.0

so-called midlife, my new podcast with Lemonada Media, where we're building a playbook for navigating

0:31.2

midlife, one episode at a time. Each week, I'll chat with extraordinary guests who've transformed their midlife crisis

0:39.3

into opportunities for growth and newfound purpose. At some point, we all ask ourselves,

0:47.2

is there more to life? I'm here to discover how to thrive in my second act, right alongside you.

0:57.0

My so-called midlife is out now,

1:03.8

wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Ellie Kemper from The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. And this is my fantastically funny friend, Scott Eckert. Hi, everyone. We host a podcast

1:09.0

called Born to Love. It's a show where we talk to the people we love about the things they love.

1:14.7

Each week, we bring on a celebrity guest to discuss their secret passion.

1:18.4

Did you know that my friend, Jenna Fisher, loves Keanu Reeves movies?

1:22.5

She does?

1:23.4

She does.

1:24.3

And how about Al Roker, Samantha B., Tony Hawk, Jane Lynch?

1:28.2

What do they love, Ellie?

1:29.1

You have to listen to the show to find out.

1:31.2

So check out Born to Love wherever you get your podcast from Lemonata Media.

1:36.9

This week on the sugar.

1:39.5

So maybe I hold a great job.

1:41.5

Maybe I'm the kind of mother that is Pinterest worthy, but you don't see the part

1:46.3

where I'm like rocking in the bathroom 15 minutes before the party starts because I can't stop the

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