Honoring Your Heart's Desire with Mara Brock Akil

The Suga

Tika Sumpter, Thai Randolph

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

This week, we are joined by a friend of the pod and all-around icon in television: Mara Brock Akil. Mara is a prolific producer, screenwriter, and showrunner who has helped reshape the television landscape by blessing us with iconic shows like “Girlfriends,” "The Game,” “Being Mary Jane,” “Black Lightning,” — and so many others!

In our conversation, we talk about how Mara honors her intentions and goals as an artist by traveling, playing tennis and finding ways to fill her cup outside of work. We also discuss some of the iconic characters she’s brought to life on television and why she considers "Love Is" to be her best work to date.

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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,
1:05.4	wherever you get your podcasts. What do weddings, Instagram, and toxic relationships all have in common? They take your money and you can't get it back. 16 grand, somewhere in there.
1:11.7	Gone.
1:12.2	There's no legal solution for the fact that you married an asshole.
1:16.3	Welcome to the Doe.
1:17.7	I'm Ex-Mayo.
1:19.0	We're diving into the stories surrounding the Mula Baby.
1:22.7	The good, the bad, and the unexpected.
1:25.0	Yeah, we're talking about it all.
1:26.3	The Doe is out now wherever you get your podcast.
1:33.1	This week on the sugar.
1:35.6	You mentioned the word vulnerability.
1:37.2	I've been thinking a lot about that word.
1:38.9	I love the word as is.
1:40.5	But the current, the intention under the word, I hope what I want people to think differently
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