50 episodes

This is Confessions Of A Melanated Queen, a podcast designed to celebrate the achievements within Black culture. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessions-of-a-melanated-queen/support

Confessions Of A Melanated Queen Dr. Lauren Meeks

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 25 Ratings

This is Confessions Of A Melanated Queen, a podcast designed to celebrate the achievements within Black culture. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/confessions-of-a-melanated-queen/support

    50. I'm Pretty Too? A Conversation With Carrie Jemii

    50. I'm Pretty Too? A Conversation With Carrie Jemii

    It’s really a fact that Carrie Jemii has served as a critical and pivotal stakeholder in the Confessions Of A Melanated Queen brand.  

    When it came time to reach out to graphic designers my book cover, I knew who to call—Carrie. 

    Aside from that, Carri Jemii is passionate helping young women control their own narratives by promoting self-awareness and love. On today’s show, Carries shares how her nonprofit, I’m Pretty too! was started and the inspiration behind her work with women.  


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    • 30 min
    49. Keep It Moving! A Conversation With Zachary Coleman

    49. Keep It Moving! A Conversation With Zachary Coleman

    Zachary Coleman shares his journey through living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and how his up and coming media platform will inform, empower, and educate the community on the challenges and life opportunities that exist for people who LIVE with MS.  


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    • 14 min
    48. You Are Not A Victim!

    48. You Are Not A Victim!

    On this Season 2 premier, Dr. Lauren Meeks shares some updates on Confessions of A Melanated Queen and Melanated Queen Productions LLC. 

    She also shared her thoughts on VICTIMHOOD, where she identified 5 different examples of victim behavioral traits. 

    1) The Servant who wants to be served. 

    2) The Lover of ISM's

    3) The Girl Who Cried Wolf

    4) The Keyboard Guru 

    5) Sir No Opportunity 

    Are you one of these victims? 


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    • 12 min
    47. Black Women, Sex and the Lies our Mothers Told Us: A Conversation With Author Dr. Hareder McDowell

    47. Black Women, Sex and the Lies our Mothers Told Us: A Conversation With Author Dr. Hareder McDowell

    Confessions Of A Melanated Queen welcomes Dr. Hareder McDowell!

    Dr. Hareder McDowell is the author of the book, Black Women, Sex and the Lies our Mothers Told Us. 

    As a sexologist, Dr. McDowell works very close within her community to close the educational gap between African American women and generation myths regarding sexuality that are consistently passed down.

    Dr. McDowell also invites you to follow her at Haredermcdowell.com and support her non-for-profit PRETTY at Realprettygirls.org 


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    • 27 min
    46. Reshaping Media For The Diaspora: A Conversation With CEO Nick Patrick

    46. Reshaping Media For The Diaspora: A Conversation With CEO Nick Patrick

    Confessions Of A Melanated Queen podcast welcomes Nick Patrick, CEO of Trindie TV!

    Nick shares his journey of building a Black-Owned multimedia streaming service!

    Trindie is Reshaping Media for the Diaspora. A full-scale multimedia platform created to tell stories of excellence.  Media is power, so we built a platform dedicated for Black filmmakers and content creators to produce and distribute their content to the world. 


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    • 34 min
    45. A Woman's Prerogative: A Conversation With Poet and Advocate, Cherlnell Lane

    45. A Woman's Prerogative: A Conversation With Poet and Advocate, Cherlnell Lane

    Confessions Of A Melanated Queen Podcast welcomes Cherlnell Lane!!

    The Melanated Queen Awards honoree, Cherlnell Lane and I talked about her journey to advocacy and how she took personal and health challenges and turned them into a tool to help heal others


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    • 1 hr 14 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
25 Ratings

25 Ratings

Dr. Anitras ,

Dr. A

Excellently spoken...definitely story told honestly...makes you visualize your true self!

Hrrdidfhd ,

Love The Solo Episode!

Girlfriend...can we get more solo episodes! I really enjoyed hearing from YOU; hearing your confessions, thoughts and feelings. This episode was soooo refreshing.

LaToya Kay ,

Breathe of fresh air

I started listening to Confessions after reading the book and I must say the podcast is just as good! Confessions is thought provoking and provocative. Dr. Meeks makes sure all of her guests are experts on the topics we care about! Tune in 💓

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