Perimenopause, Plot Twists, and the Power of Letting Go - with Khadeen Ellis

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4.9 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Buckle up, mama. This week we’re joined by our girl, podcaster, actress, mom of 4 whole boys, and wife Khadeen Ellis, and the conversation goes there. From the soaring highs to the gut-check lows of 2025, we peel back every layer — marriage, motherhood, perimenopause, grief, growth, and the freedom of finally letting go. It’s raw. It’s real. It’s funny, it’s honest, it’s healing — and it’s exactly the sisterhood we need right now. We love getting Listener Letters! Send any thoughts or questions for the Mamas at podcasts@blacklove.com. Make sure you connect with our Mamas: @themamasdenpodcast Ashley - @watermeloneggrolls Codie - @codieco Melanie - @melaniefiona

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0:00.0	I was home, back home in Jamaica, end of 2024, talking to my manager, and he's like,
0:05.0	okay, Kadeen, like, we want to get the ball rolling for 2025. What are your plans? What do you want to do?
0:09.0	And I actually felt very stuck.
0:13.0	For the first time, I didn't have clarity about what I wanted.
0:17.0	I wasn't sure about what was making me happy. I wasn't sure about the avenues
0:22.6	that were fulfilling me as a mom, as a wife, as a career woman, as an actress. And I literally
0:29.0	said to him, whatever God has for me in store next, I'm a rock with it.
0:33.7	What's up y'all? It's Ashley. It's Melody and Cody here and you've tapped into the Mamas Den.
0:40.3	Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Mamas din Monday.
0:44.3	No, not the Baca, Baca, Bucca, burqa, burqa.
0:49.3	What's up everybody? It is Ashley Chia, a mother of four Zawatas.
0:55.0	I have a... What's happening?
0:58.0	Oh, I just wanted to say, damn!
0:59.0	That's so disrespectful.
1:00.0	Sorry.
1:01.0	I'm not sorry.
1:02.0	I have a 16-year-old daughter Amira, nine-year-old daughter Azara, seven-year-old daughter Assy, and a four-year-old, Natalia. Oh, my God. We made it. What about you, Melly Mell? I'm Mellie Mell. I got two kids, nine-year-old Cameron, and three-year-old Kaya. So succinct. She about to be four, though. She is about to be four. Shout out to the
1:28.0	Sagittarius. Yeah. Gang gang. I am Cody Elaine Oliver. I have three boys, twins, Aristotle, and
1:36.4	Lankson, who are seven, and nine-year-old Brooks. And I also have the distinct honor of introducing our guest.
1:45.0	She's a friend to the den. She's a friend to all of us.
1:49.0	And I'm gonna read it because I wanna get it all right, okay?
1:52.0	Guys, Cadeen Ellis is a superstar mom.
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