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Lady C and Queen Sim are joined guest studio Queen Colleen and together they discuss Diane Abbott MP, and are joined by guest speaker, the Chair of Mental Health First Aid England Adah Parris who shares about her research into toxic workplaces.

They also talk about BHM poetry competition and introduce their new segment: Big Sis, Little Sis

Get ready!

Links:

Adah Parris / MHFA Resources

(Insta) @adahparris

Colleen Cameron Podcast - Knackered(available on Apple)

Special episode featuring Jerome Williams and Rob Neil OBE as the studio kings.

Together with Lady C, they discuss Movember and mental health, Saluting our Sisters, Dogs and mentoring young people.

Fantastic discussion that will get you giggling and thinking.

Political 10- Covid 19 inquiry - https://www.youtube.com/@UKCovid-19Inquiry

Lady C and The Duchess are joined by studio queens Liz and Nichole to discuss a whole mixed bag of things.

Health Tip

Phone Jail - Amazon has plenty of options

Volunteering - Good for mental health

Political 10 - Fatoumatta Hydara murder

Lord Kerslakededication - who was he

In this episode Lady C and The Duchess are joined by studio Kings Rob Neil OBE, Rasheed Ogunlaru, Abdul Rob and Jerome Williams.

They discuss Fathers Day and Fatherhood and the Windrush generation.

Grab a cool drink and listen to this fantastic discussion.

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Join Lady C and the Duchess as they discuss finances

The podcast features money mangement expert Norma Cassius as the Sistah in da Spotlight. Norma Cassius is a Personal Money Management Consultant with over 20 years’ experience of working within the financial sector. She is also a qualified Psychotherapist with over 17 years’ experience and a published Author based in Harley Street West London. Norma has cultivated her money management and psychological expertise into a unique and proven system, designed to get you to Think Like A Bank. Norma’s unique system has taken her from a single mother of 3 children, who was left with a mortgage to pay, a car to run all on a part-time salary, to a financially empowered businesswoman with a 7 figure property portfolio

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This special extra podcast discusses the appropriation of the black female body.

What triggered this podcast...?

THIS

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Lady C is joined by the studio queens to talk about Easter and gratitude.

It includes the usual segments

Political 10 (Queen Simone) - Grooming Gangs

Health Tip (Queen Nichole) - Journalling

Get my Goat (Queen Liz) - More Diversity on TV

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In this episode, Lady C, The Duchess and Queen Liz are joined by sistah in da spotlight - Brianna Cyrus.

Action for Race Equality - Routes to Success

Routes2Success is Action for Race Equality’s long-running ethnic minority role model and mentoring programme, supported by the National Lottery Community Fund and Blackbaud, for the benefit of children and young people aged between 10 – 18 who live in London.

For more information about how to be a role model, visit the website

Political 10

BBC apologises to Viola Davis

https://www.nme.com/news/music/bbc-apologises-for-calling-viola-davis-beyonce-3394689

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Lady C is joined by Studio Queen Simone and Studio Queen Joyce in this special January edition of the podcast.

They are all joined by special guest: Sistah in da spotlight Vaneese Orgill-Osborne - aqua aerobics and fitness instructor.

Goal Setting - see suggested link

https://yougotthis.io/library/setting-realistic-goals/

Becoming a fitness instructor

Visit CIMPSA - the professional body for fitness instructors

Whatever goal you set yourself, be patient and enjoy the journey.

In the last podcast for 2022, Lady C and Duchess are joined by regular studio queens Liz and Joyce and making her debut appearance on the show is Queen Simone!

Cocoa Sistahs discuss the highlights of 2022, Christmas songs and of course have the regular segments

Political Ten - The Guardian has pulled together a calendar of strikes

Get my goat - Microaggressions

Health Tip- Seasonal Affected Disorder

Cocoa Sistahs Christmas Playlist

Lady C and The Duchess are joined by studio queens Liz and Nichole for another interesting and insighful podcast

Key Topic - Black, female and disabled. Read the reports referenced by Lady C in the segment

ALFIE Report and The Voice

Get my Goat - Queen Nichole - should the public toilet LIDS be open or closed? Here's an article to stimulate thoughts

Health Tip - Queen Liz - Fasting from social media. Read this article for more information

Political 10- Lady C - Trevor Noah and the British Prime Minister (see video) or this from 8.10 onwards 

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After a summer break, the Cocoa Sistahs return for another fantastic podcast.

Lady C and The Duchess are joined by studio queens Joyce and Nichole

In this podcast they discuss Travelling While Black, Granny Dumping, and Black women swimming.

Full of the usual segments Get my goat and Mamma Used to say, this episode while make you smile!

Thanks for your support!

Lady C, The Duchess and the studio queens get together to discuss Code Switching, Home Schooling, Personal Power and so much more. 

Sistah in da Spotlight:
Nairobi Thompson: Described as a poet of our time Nairobi is a published writer, academic editor and a passionate performance poet. She has written and performed for Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Carmen Munroe MBE and Lord Ouseley. She has her own brand of interactive One Woman Show. Nairobi is an all-round talent delighting audiences all over the country with her humour, clever use of words and edutainment approach.

Purchase her book:Bayonets, Mangoes and Beads

Political 10: Homeschooling
https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/features-news/2021/10/15/the-rise-of-home-schooling-in-the-black-community/

Code switching
When faced with bias and discrimination, people may feel obligated to code switch.  This happens when people change the way they appear, express themselves or behave in the workplace in order to connect with colleagues. Everyone does this to a certain extent, but some groups have to do it more than others. This suppression of one’s identity can come at the cost of authenticity and self-confidence, and thus, decreases a sense of belonging in a work environment.

Lady C and The Duchess have more discussions about life! Featuring Dr Angela Herbert as the sista in da spotlight talking about purpose. 

With the usual segments such as Get my goat - Woman Marries her cat 

Dr Angela Herbert - Get in touch with Angela

Coaching and training - IOTC Soultions

Charity - Made on Purpose

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Lady C and Queen Nichole are joined by yemisi Adegbile ofFertility Health Care. Yemisi is a certified nurse,fertiliy coach, seasoned speaker & family health advocate.

Yemisi shares her knowledge and expertise on this important topic. 

For more information about Yemisi, visit her website:https://www.yemsadegbile.com/

Or watch her You Tube Channel - Hope in Fertility

Read her fantastic book - Infertility does not care about your ethnicity available on Amazon

Other contacts: https://www.hfea.gov.uk/

Listen to the second part of our fantastic anniversary podcast. 

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Join Lady and The Duchess as they celebrate their first anniversary with the studio queens and guests. As usual they cover all sorts of topics guaranteed to make you laugh, think, shout! 

The second part of this will be released on 27 April.

Let us know your thoughts by getting in touch via email at CocoaSistahs@gmail.com or via Twitter: @cocoasistahs 

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The Duchess, Lady C and guest studio queen, Movell Dash are joined by 4 fantastic female writers.

Claudia Crawley is an author, award-winning mentor, career coach and executive coach specialising in working with women. She founded her business Winning Pathways Coaching in 2010. She has a long-standing active involvement in the struggle for gender and race equality. An alumnus of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, assisting women business owners internationally to develop, lead and thrive, Claudia is the winner of the 2017 Mentor of the Year award from City, University of London and the creator of the Page 1 Women concept. She’s the author of ‘Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things: Five steps to Add Extra to Ordinary’, and of ‘Undeterred: The Success Equation of Women of Black and Asian Heritage’. Her mission is to change the world one woman at a time.

Nairobi Thompson: Described as a poet of our time Nairobi is a published writer, academic editor and a passionate performance poet. She has written and performed for Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Carmen Munroe MBE and Lord Ouseley. She has her own brand of interactive One Woman Show. Nairobi is an all-round talent delighting audiences all over the country with her humour, clever use of words and edutainment approach.

Lorlett Hudson FRSA is the Founder and CEO of One Hand Cant Clap one of the UK leading Learning and development company. She is recognised as a multi-award winning entrepreneur, Inventor, Executive Leadership/Transition Coach, an International Speaker and a trainer on a mission to support her clients achieve their goals and solve their problems. She is the inventor of the critically acclaimed “Things Mama Used To Say”, a 52 card box set of Jamaican/Caribbean proverbs to facilitate change management, build inclusive leaders, diversity, Inclusion, culture humility, and develop high performing teams

Joyce Osei is a published author who is very passionate about increasing representation and storytelling. In 2019, Joyce shared her personal story including how she navigated the corporate world in Voices Of Hope, a compilation of 25 women’s stories to help, heal, inspire and transform. In 2020 Joyce published her first children’s book titled “The Adventures of Amma & Kwessi in Barbados.” Joyce continues to increase representation as she moderates conversations and creates safe spaces for female leaders to connect, collaborate and create on Club House.

The Duchess, Lady C and guest studio queen, Movell Dash are joined by 4 fantastic female writers.

Claudia Crawley is an author, award-winning mentor, career coach and executive coach specialising in working with women. She founded her business Winning Pathways Coaching in 2010. She has a long-standing active involvement in the struggle for gender and race equality. An alumnus of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, assisting women business owners internationally to develop, lead and thrive, Claudia is the winner of the 2017 Mentor of the Year award from City, University of London and the creator of the Page 1 Women concept. She’s the author of ‘Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things: Five steps to Add Extra to Ordinary’, and of ‘Undeterred: The Success Equation of Women of Black and Asian Heritage’. Her mission is to change the world one woman at a time.

Nairobi Thompson: Described as a poet of our time Nairobi is a published writer, academic editor and a passionate performance poet. She has written and performed for Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Carmen Munroe MBE and Lord Ouseley. She has her own brand of interactive One Woman Show. Nairobi is an all-round talent delighting audiences all over the country with her humour, clever use of words and edutainment approach.

Lorlett HudsonFRSA is the Founder and CEO of One Hand Cant Clap one of the UK leading Learning and development company. She is recognised as a multi-award winning entrepreneur, Inventor, Executive Leadership/Transition Coach, an International Speaker and a trainer on a mission to support her clients achieve their goals and solve their problems. She is the inventor of the critically acclaimed “Things Mama Used To Say”, a 52 card box set of Jamaican/Caribbean proverbs to facilitate change management, build inclusive leaders, diversity, Inclusion, culture humility, and develop high performing teams

Joyce Osei is a published author who is very passionate about increasing representation and storytelling. In 2019, Joyce shared her personal story including how she navigated the corporate world in Voices Of Hope, a compilation of 25 women’s stories to help, heal, inspire and transform. In 2020 Joyce published her first children’s book titled “The Adventures of Amma & Kwessi in Barbados.” Joyce continues to increase representation as she moderates conversations and creates safe spaces for female leaders to connect, collaborate and create on Club House.

Extract from part one of our podcast celebrating Black Female writers published on 8 March.

Part two will be published on 22 March

In this first episode of Season 2, Lady C, The Duchess and the studio queens talk about love.

See below details of things referenced in the show

Sologamy- https://www.brides.com/story/sologamy-why-women-are-marrying-themselves

Love Bombing - https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a26988344/love-bombing-signs-definition/

Benefits of good quality sleep - https://health.gov/myhealthfinder/topics/everyday-healthy-living/mental-health-and-relationships/get-enough-sleep#panel-2

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The Duchess, Lady C and the Studio Queens gather together for the last time in 2021 to talk about Christmas traditions and there's even a quiz!

POLITICAL TEN - COP 26 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56901261

GET MY GET GOAT -Using more natural light - Great article - https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/blog/changeyourstate/benefits-of-natural-light/

CHRISTMAS QUIZ - 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS: Total gifts is 364...HOW?

We can count the total number of each gift.

She gets 1 partridge in a pear tree on each of the 12 days.  1 x 12 = 12

She gets 2 turtle doves on the last 11 days.  2 x 11 = 22

She gets 3 French hens on the last 10 days. 3 x 10 = 30

She gets 4 calling birds on the last 9 days. 4 x 9 = 36

She gets 5 gold rings on the last 8 days. 5 x 8 = 40

She gets 6 geese a-laying on the last 7 days. 6 x 7 = 42

She gets 7 swans a-swimming on the last 6 days. 7 x 6 = 42

She gets 8 maids a-milking on the last 5 days. 8 x 5 = 40

She gets 9 ladies dancing on the last 4 days. 9 x 4 = 36

She gets 10 lords a-leaping on the last 3 days. 10 x 3 = 30

She gets 11 pipers piping on the last 2 days. 11 x 2 = 22

She gets 12 drummers drumming on the last day. 12 x 1 = 12

Total 364

Thanks for all your support in 2021 and have a smashing Cocoa Sistah Christmas! 

Love Lady C, The Duchess and the Studio Queens

Lady C, the Duchess and the studio queens provide a full episode of interesting topics, laughter and all sorts of information!

The Sistah in da Spotlightis Britney Clarke. Watch her interview about body image - here

Get my Goat- Kyle Rittenhouse - CNN article here

Political Ten- Austim and the black community - Great article here

Health Tip - Move to avoid gluteus medius tendinopathy (dead butt syndrome).https://eput.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/EP0468-Gluteal-Tendinopathy.pdf 

The studio kings: Rob Neil OBE, Rasheed Ogunlaru, Jerome Williams, Abdul Rob join Lady C and The Duchess to discuss International Men's month, role modelling and manhood.

Tune in and enjoy the discussion.

International Men's Month - https://internationalmensday.com/

Jerome Williams, Rasheed Ogunlaru and Abdul Rob join as special studio kings for this podcast. Celebrating Men's month, the Cocoa Brothas share their thoughts on relationships, chat up lines and the cinematic experience.

Join the Duchess, Lady C and the studio queens as they discuss hair dye for natural hair.

Political 10 - Our Hair is our history(Guardian article)

Health Tip -Working our glutes- Suggested exercises (but always speak to a professional before undertaking any exercise)

After a brief hiatus, the Cocoa Sistahs and studio queens are back with another episode. The theme of this podcast is Black History Month which is celebrated every October in the UK.

Show notes:

Black History Month -www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk

Mama Used to Say (Barbados) - Cheese on Bread - Meaning: 'Wow! ' It's an exclamation of amazement uttered with great enthusiasm and emphasis.

Political Ten - Femicide - https://www.myimperfectlife.com/features/mental-health-women-sarah-everard-case

Judi Love and Graziano Di Prima Samba to Get Busy by Sean Paul ✨ BBC Strictly 2021 - WATCH

Nominate a Cocoa Sistah!

https://thebatonawards.com/

In this episode, the Duchess, Lady C and the studio Queens discuss hair and hair styles with the usual injection of humour!

Political 10 -British Black Voices Project - https://www.bbvp.org/

Mama Used to Say- Things Mama Used to say cards by Lorlett Hudson  - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-Mama-Used-Lorlett-Hudson/dp/095474781X

Get My Goat- See the special football episode 

Lady C shares why football gets her goat. #Cominghome?

Join the Duchess, Lady C and the studio queens for another jam packed episode where they discuss mental health, passive aggressive emails, introversion and swimming!

In this episode, Carol Stewart (Executive Coach, author and speaker) is the sistah in the spotlight.

Quietly Visible book available from Abounding Solutions

Health and Wellbeing Segment -Blacks Can't Swim 

Political Ten- News Story

Mental Health Support - https://hubofhope.co.uk/

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Join Lady C, The Duchess and the studio queens for another packed episode where they discuss Windrush, Mental Health and Fufu!

Special Guest (Sistah in da Spotlight) is Barbara Lindsay MBE:
http://theblackmensconsortium.com/
https://www.uprising.org.uk/

Book recommendation:  We Should All Be Feminists: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Political 10 story - Yoruba Stars

Get my Goat story -Fufu

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Join Lady C, the Duchess and the studio queens as they discuss immigration, customer service and leadership.

Sistah in da spotlight is Dionne Campbell-Mark - Chair of School Governors at George Mitchell School in Leyton, east London.

For more information about school governors, visit the Gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/become-school-college-governor

Political 10 -For more information abut young migrants visit: www.webelong.org.uk www.migrantsright.org.uk

Health, Wellbeing and Active Tip:

See book list on colourism at Amazon

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You heard her..."It's fantastic"

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While in between recordings, the Cocoa Sistahs discuss natural hair.

Sistah in da Spotlight:We are joined by the wonderful Yvonne Rhoden MBE. A former detective in the Metropolitan Police, Yvonne now empowers women and young girls through her love of Netball.  If you're inspired to get back in the game, visit the netball England's website
https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/play/back-to-netball/

Political 10 story:Miscarriages amongst Cocoa Sistahs based the recent report by the Lancet: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56889861

Get in touch:We would love to hear from you. Share your thoughts to cocoasistahs@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter

Join Lady C, The Duchess and the studio Queens as they discuss Megan Markle, performative action and hear from Liz who shares about her cancer diagnosis at the age of 27.

This is one episode not to be missed.

References:

Get my goat story

Cancer Support Organisations

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Thank you for the wonderful feedback about the first episode

Here is what one sistah had to say.

The Duchess and Lady C are chuffed to bits

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Join Lady C, the Duchess and the studio queens as they discuss what is sistah-hood, and what damages it. Bursting with fantastic tips and laughter, this podcast will make you smile. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Cocoa Sistahs podcast. This introduction gives you a flavour of who we are and what this podcast is all about.