Healing Generational Trauma: What Every Black Woman Should Know

In this powerful and deeply moving episode of the Black Girls Can Talk Podcast, host Dr. DaJaneil McCree sits down with LaShonda Doyle, Marriage & Family Therapist, mother of four, entrepreneur, and founder of Sister Step Out, for an honest conversation about breaking generational silence, mental health in the Black community, and the courage it takes to speak up.

Together, they unpack the unspoken realities many Black women carry, including grief, miscarriage, infant loss (SIDS), anxiety, depression, people-pleasing, and the pressure to always be “strong.” LaShonda shares her personal journey through loss, healing, and faith, and how those experiences led her to create safe spaces where Black women can finally tell the truth about what they’re going through.

This episode explores:

Breaking generational patterns of silence in Black families

Mental health stigma in the Black community

Grief, miscarriage, and infant loss (SIDS)

Anxiety, depression, and emotional regulation

Setting boundaries without guilt

Choosing yourself as an act of healing

Motherhood, trauma, and raising emotionally healthy Black children

Why saying “no” is necessary for Black women’s wellness

Using your voice—even when it shakes

If you’re a Black woman navigating healing, motherhood, grief, boundaries, faith, or mental wellness, this episode will remind you that you are not alone—and you don’t have to suffer in silence.

✨ Your voice matters. Your boundaries matter. Your healing matters.

0:00 - Intro
1:17 - LaShonda's Background
7:42 - Breaking Generational Curses
10:45 - Grief
17:00 - Sisters Step Out
23:10 - Boundaries
28:34 - Run Down


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