Join Chanta as she shares some personal truth, her opinion and provides that balance in your life that will take your healing journey to a whole other level every week. Reinventing Yourself Podcast is a podcast all about women empowerment, changing attitudes, diving into self-love, self-care, personal development, and self-esteem. Here more on the self-love tip we get real about our truth, relatable, cry, laugh, heal but most importantly we learn more about who we are and the power in our st ...
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Spoken word poet, performer, and host Amena Brown, brings hilarious storytelling, soulful conversation and insightful interviews with women of color. HER with Amena Brown invites you into a living room where you can hear new perspectives, listen to poetic readings of things you never thought could be poetic, and celebrate Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian women who because of their contributions to the world and their community are deserving of a crown. Join Amena as she reminds you to ac ...
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Y’all. This is the last episode of HER with Amena Brown and I’m in my feelings. Tune in to hear what I’ve learned in our living room, what’s next for me and my BIG THANK YOU to all of the listeners. To stay up to date on my creative work, subscribe to my Substack, follow me on Instagram, or check out my website amenabrown.com. To get transcripts, l…
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Best of 2023 TV (featuring Kelundra Smith)
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Y’all know what time it is! It’s that time of year for playwright and journalist, Kelundra Smith and I to talk about our favorite TV happenings of 2023. Tune in to hear about the shows we’ll miss, the drama we loved, and the documentaries we loved and loved to hate. To stay connected to Kelundra’s work, please visit https://kelundra.com/. To get tr…
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Y’all it’s my first LIVE episode of #HERwithAmena recorded in Atlanta at WABE studios and I was so excited to interview Emmy award winning journalist, host of NPR/WABE radio show A Closer Look, Rose Scott. Listen in as Rose and I talk hip hop, barbecue, knowing your voice, and how she navigates the tough times our world is in. To stay connected to …
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Y’all asked me anything and I answered! Listen in as I answer YOUR questions about jumpsuits, sandwiches, God, and the creative process. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, become a member of my Patreon community where you can get access to archived…
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We are talking musical firsts with my friend and one of my favorite music artists, Chantae Cann. Listen in as jazz and soul artist, Chantae, shares about the CD she couldn’t believe her dad bought for her, the process of making an album, and her new album and documentary debuting in 2024. To stay connected to Chantae’s music, please visit https://w…
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Yep. As promised this episode is about bras. Listen in for my bra journey and how I’m learning to find ways to be at home in my body. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, become a member of my Patreon community where you can get access to archived ep…
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Winter’s Gifts and How to Opt Out of Holidays (featuring Kaitlin Curtice)
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Yep, it’s getting to be that time of year. For some people, it’s a time of excitement, for other people, fall transitioning into winter can bring up a sense of dread. Both feelings are valid. Listen in as my friend, Kaitlin Curtice and I talk about her new children’s book Winter’s Gifts, and how she shifted her approach to commemorating the winter …
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Cake, Joy and Sacred Self-Care (featuring Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes)
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So excited to welcome my friend Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes to the HER living room! We discuss the importance of cake, joy, how to cultivate self-compassion, and Dr. Chanequa’s new book, Sacred Self-Care: Daily Practices for Nurturing Our Whole Selves. Find out more about Dr. Chanequa’s work at http://drchanequa.com. To get transcripts, links, and d…
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126: Navigating Non-profit Work for Women of Color (featuring Tjada D’Oyen McKenna)
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Many women of color have experienced the double-edged sword of being first and/or only. This week, listen in on an enlightening conversation with CEO of Mercy Corps and the only African American woman at the help of a major international aid and development organization, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna. Tjada and I talk about snacks (obviously!), tips for wom…
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HER Favorite Things (featuring Kennedy Ryan)
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This week we are back with a NEW episode and I’m excited to welcome bestselling author Kennedy Ryan into the HER living room! Listen in as Kennedy and I discuss favorite snacks, her favorite place to write, favorite cuss words, and Kennedy’s journey to becoming a romance author. For more info about Kennedy’s work visit: https://kennedyryanwrites.co…
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HER Replay: Return Home to Yourself (featuring Dr. Thema Bryant)
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This week I’m excited to talk with licensed psychologist, professor, poet, and author of Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole Authentic Self. Dr. Thema shares her favorite snacks, how poetry informs her work, tips for those considering therapy and the inspiration behind her new book. For more information about Dr. Thema, visit…
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HER Replay: Behind the Poetry: Start With Your Roots
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This week I’m taking y’all behind the poetry and digging into my poem “Start With Your Roots.” Listen in as I share how Outkast’s album Aquemini and my own southern upbringing inspired this poem. Please enjoy this episode from the HER Archives. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your supp…
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HER Replay: Underwear That Covers My Booty Cheeks
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Yep, you read that right! This week I’m talking about UNDERWEAR and why I need coverage for both of my booty cheeks! Listen in for ways to navigate the various categories of underwear and why comfortable underwear is a great thing. Please enjoy this episode from the HER Archives. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out t…
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HER Replay: Everyone Needs That Friend Part 2
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This week we are talking about FRIEEENNDDS!!! I discuss the importance of hobbies and hobby friends, why you need a friend who doesn’t care if your house is clean, and how to navigate new friendships. Plus, the most helpful text messages to send (and receive) when friends are going through a hard time! Please enjoy this episode from the HER Archive…
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This week in the #HERwithAmena living room we are talking about the friends WE NEED: the cussing friend, the curator friend, the foodie friend, and the fashion friend! Listen in for why these friends are so valuable and to find out which of these you might be to your friends! Please enjoy this episode from the HER Archives. To get transcripts, link…
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HER Replay: How to Survive a Creative Block
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At the recording of this episode, it was the start of a new year but if you’re anything like me you may not be feeling as productive as you thought you would no matter what time of year it is. In this episode, I’m talking about how to enter the new year mindfully and gently and how to navigate a creative block. Let’s gather in the HER Living Room a…
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Donna and Tom from Parks and Recreation had it right. TREAT YO SELF! This episode I’m telling y’all about the ways I’m learning to treat myself from candles to wash day for my natural hair. Treating yourself isn’t just about spending money or buying things, listen to this episode for tips on FREE ways you can treat yo self! Please enjoy this episod…
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HER Replay: Behind The Poetry: God Bless Mom (featuring my mom!)
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This week I’m taking y’all behind the poetry of my poem God Bless Mom and for the first time ever my mom is joining us as a guest in the HER Living Room! Listen in for how my mom inspired this poem and what she did that inspired me to become a spoken word poet. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To c…
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There are many types of mindset, which one do you have?
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This episode we are diving into the many different mindsets. Understanding your mindset allows you to understand the space you are in and why. Changing one’s mindset can be challenging, but doable.
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In the final episode of our Road Stories series, Matt and I discuss our favorite gigs of all time and what we’re dreaming up for the future! To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, become a member of my Patreon community where you can get access to arch…
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Road Stories: Hotels, Murphy Beds and Bar Mermaids
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This week in another installment of Road Stories, Matt and I regale you with tales of our best and worst lodging experiences from murphy beds to suites that made us think for a minute that we were rich! To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, become a m…
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Matt and I are back in the HER living room telling y’all the road stories that made us say YIKES. Listen in for tales of a green room that turned into an ice box, summer camp hijinks and small town shenanigans! To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, be…
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Y’all, lean in and let me tell you a story about my first time going to the club! Including commentary about what I was taught in church about what “the club” would be like vs. what it was actually like, listen in for how I let go of my hangups about the club and why I still like to go today. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode…
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HER Favorite Things (featuring Aisha Harris)
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So excited to have author and co-host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, Aisha Harris in the #HERwithAmenaBrown living room this week talking about her NEW BOOK, Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me. Her book Wannabe is out TODAY! Grab a copy of Wannabe from your favorite indie bookseller and listen in as we chat about snac…
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Through fun yet intimate and revealing conversations, Latinas Take The Lead hosted by Emmy award-winning journalist Naibe Reynoso, dives into issues modern Latinas face. There are 29.6 million Latinas in the U.S., but many times they feel left out of the conversation. To help understand how Latinas navigate two worlds whose cultures and values some…
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Road Stories: Food Trucks in Portland, Tacos in Texas
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Can somebody make me a breakfast taco?! I miss them so much! Listen in this week as Matt and I dish on the amazing food we encountered on the road in Texas and in Portland. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, become a member of my Patreon community …
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Road Stories: Food in New York City and the Southeast
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Matt and I are back talking about food and couldn’t leave this Road Stories series without talking about the food of NYC and the South. Listen in as Matt and I talk about the best food tour we’ve ever been on plus an ode to southern fried food! To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your supp…
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Why allow your pain run your life! Allow healing to open doors to opportunities in life
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This episode we are discussing the walls you build up due to the pain you experience throughout life. Focus more on healing and seeing the world through healing eyes.
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Emotional intelligence. What is it? How does it effect you?
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Today episode we are discussing emotional intelligence. Many don’t understand the importance of emotional intelligence and how we use it in our everyday lives. I’m going to drop some gems today on emotional intelligence and help you understand some key components of it, and the many areas you can look out for to become aware of your emotional level…
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Road Stories: Chicago Pizza, Hot Dogs and Coffee, Oh My!
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Sometimes on the road, it’s all about the food! Listen as Matt and I talk you through some of the most amazing meals we had in Chicago on the road. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, become a member of my Patreon community where you can get access …
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Road Stories: Funny, Weird, and Unfortunate
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Matt and I are back telling some road stories! Listen in as we take you through an awkward event in Birmingham, the danger of following event hashtags during the event, and one of the phrases you never want to hear an organization say! To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of th…
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Do you look at self-care and Self-love as one? You can’t have one without the other!
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This episode we are discussing self-care and self-love being one in the same. You can’t have one without the other. Many people look at self-care and self-love as being two individuals sources, but in order to have self-love you have to provided yourself with self-care. Tune in to hear more of this topic.…
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In honor of the release of the documentary Judy Blume Forever and the release of the film, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, I’m taking you behind the poetry of “Margaret, a poem I wrote inspired by Judy Blume’s book, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Listen in as I share my experience performing this poem for Judy Blume! To get transcripts…
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Film Directing, Mentorship, and Movie Snacks (featuring Christelle de Castro)
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This week in the HER Living Room I’m so excited to welcome Filipino-American, director, photographer, fine artist, and co-founder of film production company Ground Work, Christelle de Castro! Listen in as Christelle and I talk about working on Olay #FaceAnything together, the lessons she’s learned as a creative, why mentorship is so important, and …
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In honor of 404 Day, an annual celebration of Atlanta’s culture and achievements, I’m waxing poetic about what brought me to ATL and why I’m still proud to call it home. Listen in for my Atlanta origin story and what I hope for Atlanta’s future. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your sup…
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Road Stories: Bus Tour, Marital Arguments and Food Poisoning
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Matt and I are back to tell y’all our Road Stories business! This episode we talk about the marriage lessons we learned from our first argument in Chicago and how food poisoning can make you rethink EVERYTHING. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, be…
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This week I’m happy to welcome spoken word poet, writer, model, actor and author of new book The Unfolding: An Invitation to Come Home to Yourself, Arielle Estoria! Listen in as Arielle and I talk about poetry, music, her new book and a few of her favorite things. Check out Arielle’s new book here: https://arielleestoria.com/. See omnystudio.com/li…
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Snacks, Podcasting, and Play Aunties (featuring Carol Sutton Lewis)
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It’s a crossover episode! Join me in the HER living room as fellow Seneca Women Podcast Network podcast host, Carol Sutton Lewis, invites us into the family room of her podcast Ground Control Parenting. Carol and I discuss the importance of snacks, what inspired us to become podcasters, and how my mom inspired me to be the artist I am today. For mo…
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Owning Your Inner Badass (featuring Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty)
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This week Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty joins us in the HER living room to talk about her new book Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass! Listen in as Dr. Alma shares why it’s important to her to reclaim the term chingona and discusses some important tools you can use on your own healing journey. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, che…
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It’s our 100th episode! What better way to celebrate than taking y’all behind the poetry of one of my favorite poems, Our Own Potluck. Listen in on how envisioned a living room of Black women led me to write this poem and how much our love the living room we have here on the podcast. Thanks for listening for 100 episodes! To get transcripts, links,…
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HER Favorite Things (featuring Faitth Brooks)
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Author, Faitth Brooks, is joining us in the HER living room this week to talk about her new book, Remember Me Now: A Journey Back to Myself and a Love Letter to Black Women! Listen in as Faitth and I talk about her favorite snack, her favorite Black girl hair style, and how the ways she has learned to care for herself. To get transcripts, links, an…
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Road Stories: Free Stuff and a Very Amazing Birthday!
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One of the perks of road life is access to free stuff you couldn’t easily get on your own. Listen in to the episode as Matt and I share how the road bright us free tickets, discount shopping and a pretty amazing birthday for Matt. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the pod…
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Best TV of 2022 (featuring Kelundra Smith)
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Matt and I spent a lot of holidays on the road. Listen in for the best and the worst of our holiday gigs! To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, become a member of my Patreon community where you can get access to archived episodes, bonus episodes, and …
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Road Stories: Dates, Discoveries, and Dali
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The road can be hard but it can also have some cool benefits. In this episode, Matt and I talk about how our road travels brought us amazing dates in New York and Las Vegas. Listen in for how a bad gig can lead to a cool experience! To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the p…
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Road Stories: Weird Things People Say at the Merch Table
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For many years, my husband and I performed on stages all over the country. But it didn’t matter where we went, somebody always had something weird to say to us at the merch table. Check out this episode, the first in a series of Matt and I sharing our road stories with you! To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the sho…
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I have been horseback riding in three different countries. I’ve put in my time and I’m now retired! LOL Listen to this episode to hear all of my horseback riding shenanigans. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, become a member of my Patreon communit…
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This week I’m talking about one of my favorite movies, Waiting to Exhale! Listen in as I share my memories of reading the book and recently revisiting the movie and soundtrack! To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the podcast and my work, become a member of my Patreon commun…
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This week we’re talking about my favorite movie of all time, The Godfather and the book of the same name. Listen in for what impressed me about this film and how it became the gateway for me loving stories featuring organized crime. To get transcripts, links, and details from each episode, check out the show notes. To continue your support of the p…
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When you grow up in the church, like I did, you don’t just have one first concert. You typically have two: the first concert you saw in church and the first concert you’d actually talk about at a dinner party. Well, in this episode I’m telling y’all about both of my first concerts. If you wanna know what in the world is “Christian R&B,” how I got t…
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