Podcast appearances and mentions of kimberly seals allers

¡Empezamos una temporada nueva de Teta y Pecho! Estamos celebrando la Semana de la Lactancia Latina, que empieza en martes después del día de trabajo (siempre cae el primer lunes de septiembre). Hoy les hablo acerca del racismo sistémico en el Comité de Lactancia de Estados Unidos (USBC por sus siglas en inglés) y el hecho de que ha permitido a una organización con fines de lucro y violador del Código Internacional de Sucedáneos inventarse una Semana de Lactancia en Espacios Laborables que no fue avalada por una comunidad, sino una ocurrencia de unas empleads de Healthy Horizons (la compañía), declarada como el 1-7 de septiembre que por sus fechas interfiere con la Semana Latina. Aunque USBC no autoriza las semanas, tiene la capacidad de amplificar voces marginadas y silenciar a opresores, pero ha decidido amplificar a Healthy Horizons, en conflicto con la Semana de la Lactancia Latina. Hablo en detalle sobre esta situación. Para saber qué sucedió, si hablas inglés, puedes ver este "live" de Instagram transmitido por Kimberly Seals Allers, activista negra aliada. En el episodio, les menciono el episodio sobre el hecho de que la lactancia es eco-amigable cuando se compara con la fórmula. No olviden ver estas videoconferencias si quieren créditos continuos en lactancia libre de costo. Y les dije que tenía un episodio sobre el hecho de que la lactancia es ecológica, pero parece que ese no existe. Sí hablo de la lactancia en el contexto de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible y también uno sobre el día del agua. Y si les interesa el tema y quieren protestar, pueden firmar la petición aquí.

Tavis talks to femtech founder Kimberly Seals Allers about IRTH, an app designed to eradicate racial disparities in childbirth.

Irth is a “Yelp-like” app to help expectant parents make informed decisions by exposing bias and racism in healthcare systems. Also, a new video camera system shows the colors of the natural world as different animals see them.An App For People Of Color To Rate Their Birthing ExperiencesFor some patients, finding a good doctor can be as simple as looking up a doctor's degrees and accolades. But for people who are more likely to experience discrimination in a medical setting—perhaps due to their gender, disability, sexual orientation or race—credentials only tell half the story. So how do you know where to go? And who to trust?One app aims to help Black and brown parents-to-be make informed decisions about where they choose to give birth. Black people who give birth in the United States are far more likely than their white counterparts to experience mistreatment in hospitals, develop complications, or die due to childbirth.Irth allows parents to leave reviews about how their birthing experience went, like: Did doctors and nurses listen to them? Was their pain taken seriously? Did they develop complications that could've been prevented?Guest host Arielle Duhaime-Ross talks with Kimberly Seals Allers—journalist, activist, and founder of Irth—about why she founded the app and how it can help people.You can learn more about Irth and download the app on their website.Are Roses Red, And Violets Blue? Depends On Your SpeciesOver the millenia, animal eyes have evolved along different paths, adding or subtracting capabilities as they adapt to specific niches in the world. The result of all that evolution is that a bee, bird, or bull doesn't see the world the same way you do. There are differences in the spatial resolution different animals can see, in the speed of their visual response, in the depth of focus, and in the way they process color.Dogs, for instance, can't really see red—their vision is best at seeing things that are blue or yellow. Birds and bees can see into the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, making a flower look quite different from the way humans perceive it.This week, researchers published details of a video camera system that tries to help make sense of the way different animals view color. By combining different cameras, various filters, and a good dose of computer processing, they can simulate what a given video clip might look like to a specific animal species. It's work that's of interest to both biologists and filmmakers. Dr. Daniel Hanley, one of the researchers on the project and an assistant professor of biology at George Mason University, joins guest host Arielle Duhaime-Ross to describe the system and its capabilities.Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. To stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

This episode is about finding the best labor and delivery hospitals using community-based tools and reviews. Listen to learn more about how community reviews tools are helping women find better facilities. Think “Yelp for hospitals”. Kimberly Seals Allers is our featured guest. She is the creator of Irth, a non-profit app designed to collect and leverage reviews of birthing hospitals and pediatricians from Black and Brown communities to hold these institutions accountable and facilitate systems change for bias-free experiences. The app facilitates transparency and community empowerment by allowing users to share their experiences, which are turned into actionable data for improving care. With ongoing community engagement, including a paid ambassador program for birth workers, Irth serves as an education tool, a platform for raising care expectations, and an advocate for more birthing options and empowerment in motherhood. Full show notes and links: fourthtrimesterpodcast.com

In this episode, I'm joined by Emilie Rodriguez and Guramrit LeBron, the dynamic duo behind Ashé Birthing Services and The Bridge Directory. Ashé Birthing Services is a collective of specially selected birth workers who provide full-spectrum care for families in the greater New York City area. Their approach blends evidence-based research with ancestral practices, offering families a unique individual experience often missing in mainstream maternal care.   Emilie and Guramrit share their personal journeys into birth work, highlighting the pivotal moments that led them to become doulas and advocates for birthing people. They discuss the challenges and racism they encountered within the healthcare system and the importance of finding providers who understand and respect your cultural and ancestral traditions.   We delve into how Ashé Birthing Services and The Bridge Directory are changing the landscape of perinatal care, making it more accessible, informed, and culturally sensitive. They also explain how their platform connects people with Black and Brown providers in the perinatal period and the importance of community-nominated Council of Elders in guiding their work. If you're passionate about empowering Black birth and improving maternal care, you won't want to miss this insightful conversation with Emilie and Guramrit.   Content note: Issues related to racism in healthcare and challenges in the maternity care system. Resources: Get the free 1-page handout about EBB "Best Evidence" episodes here!  Learn about Ashé Birthing Services here. For more information and resources, visit The Bridge Directory. Learn about the Irth App here: https://irthapp.com/ Follow Ashé Birthing Services on Instagram EBB Podcast Episodes Referenced in this Episode: EBB 161 and EBB 220 with Kimberly Seals Allers of the Irth App EBB 260 with Ms. Divine Bailey-Nicholas about Plant Medicine EBB 261: Mini Q&A on Group B Strep EBB 10 about the ARRIVE trial EBB Signature Articles: Signature Article on Eye Ointment (ebbirth.com/eyeointment), Signature Article on Circumcision (ebbirth.com/circumcision) Signature Article on Group B Strep (ebbirth.com/groupbstrep) Signature Article on Vitamin K (ebbirth.com/vitamink) EBB handout on the ARRIVE trial: https://evidencebasedbirth.com/arrive Get a FREE handout for each topic at the links above to help your informed decision making! Want more support from Evidence Based Birth®?  Sign up for our newsletter here Join our Professional Membership here Apply to become an EBB Instructor here Make sure to follow us on social: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ebbirth/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@ebbirth YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@EvidenceBasedBirth Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/ebbirth/

Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, strategist, and advocate for maternal and infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the racial and socio-cultural … Continue reading →

In the third installment of Robin Douthit's "Childbirth Luminaries" series, we delve into the world of maternal and infant health advocacy with award-winning journalist, five-time author, and international speaker, Kimberly Seals Allers. Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking conversation as we explore the Irth App, a groundbreaking app designed as a "Yelp-like" platform, specifically tailored to Black and Brown parents, where important reviews within the full perinatal spectrum are used to combat bias and racism within maternity and infant care, creating a more inclusive and just environment for all. Kimberly is a leading voice in the discourse surrounding the racial and socio-cultural complexities of birth, breastfeeding, and motherhood. She is also the visionary behind "Birthright," a podcast that centers on joy and healing in Black birth. This is an episode you won't want to miss, as we shine a light on one of the luminaries making a significant impact in the world of maternal and infant health.

Our guest on this week's episode is Kimberly Seals Allers,  an award-winning journalist, five-time author, and advocate for women's health, particularly focused on black  maternal health. Kimberly explains the alarming statistic that black women are three to four times more likely to die in hospitals, with a shocking mortality rate 12x higher than white women in New York City. Kimberly is the founder of Irth App, which is a rating-based app striving for transparency and helping black women find the safe hospital care they need and deserve. In this episode we cover:The bias that exists in birth experiences and outcomes for Black women How the American system is failing mothersThe unrealistic expectations of motherhood; why you shouldn't compare.How the idea of motherhood is capitalized and marketed toward womenThe real definition of postpartum depression and benefits of breastfeeding for the motherHow to let go of the idea of being "the perfect mother" Resources:Irth Appkimberlysealsallers.com@theirthapp@iamksealsallers Want more from SheSpeaks?* Sign up for our podcast newsletter HERE! * Connect with us on Instagram, FB & Twitter @shespeaksup Contact us at podcast@shespeaks.com

Kimberly Seals Allers and Sheridan Blackwell For too long, the medical system has operated without transparency or any public accountability, particularly to Black women who are disproportionately dying in hospital settings during and after childbirth. Our back-end database, turns your … Continue reading →

Welcome to Episode 6 of the 2nd season of The R.A.C.E. Podcast. Today's episode kicks off our Race, Healing, & Joy Series. During this series, I will engage Reproductive Justice leaders to spotlight KHA's Race, Healing & Joy initiative and share preliminary insights gathered through more than 40 conversations (including interviews, circles of accountability, and an in-person convening).I am honored to welcome Kimberly Seals Allers as our first guest of the series.Meet Kimberly Seals Allers:As an award-winning journalist, author and a nationally recognized media commentator, consultant and advocate for breastfeeding and infant health, Kimberly leverages the power of words to transform thoughts, communities and ultimately our cultural norms. Her consulting work helps non-profits, hospitals and public health-related organizations improve outcomes by creating messaging and communication that connects. All that, in between her most important job–mothering her wonderful two children.Listen in as Kimberly shares:Her identities and how they serve as the foundation of the work she does The difference between Equity and Equality and why we all need to “do the work”The power authenticity and storytelling to build community and build trustWhat she wants listeners to know, do, and feel when doing Racial Equity work  Learn more and connect with Kimberly Seals Allers:Website: Kimberly Seals AllersTwitter: Kim Seals AllersHi listener! Please take our short Listener Survey HERE to give The R.A.C.E. Podcast team feedback on the show. We will use the feedback to inform how we approach conversations in the future. Upon completion, you will be entered in our quarterly drawing for a $100 Visa gift card! Your email address will only be used for this purpose. Thanks in advance - we appreciate your feedback.Connect with Keecha Harris and Associates: Website: https://khandassociates.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/keecha-harris-and-associates/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/khandassociates YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCukpgXjuOW-ok-pHtVkSajg/featured Connect with Keecha: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keechaharris/

“Having something that you keep for yourself can actually be the most revolutionary and important thing that you could do in your postpartum journey.” ~ Kimberly Seals AllersWe are thrilled to share with you this conversation with Kimberly Seals Allers, an award-winning journalist, five-time author, and founder of Irth. A leading voice on the racial and sociocultural complexities of birth, breastfeeding, and motherhood, Kimberly created the Irth app for brown and black parents to address bias and racism in maternity and infant care.Additionally, Kimberly is the host and creator of Birthright, a podcast that promotes positive black birth stories as a tool for birth justice and reverses the narrative of negative statistics that is often reported in mainstream media about black maternal health.During their conversation, Kimberly and Kaitlin discussed the events that sparked Kimberly's passion for maternal and infant health advocacy.Kimberly and Kaitlin talked about:The Irth App, how Kimberly came to create it and what it's doing.How they deal with resistance from health providers and what adjustments they make to their approach in the face of these challenges.The events that sparked Kimberly's passion for maternal and infant health advocacy.Her thoughts and experiences regarding the question “What would a valued motherhood experience look like today?”What it looks like to really show up in activism for all of these issues that devalue motherhood, including the absence of basic systems such as affordable childcare, paid leave, co-located childcare, etc.Kimberly's take on productivity and how we can reframe it in the work that we do in balancing parenting/caregiving and creative practice, which is equally as undervalued as motherhood.More about Kimberly Seals AllersWebsite: https://kimberlysealsallers.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamksealsallers/Irth App: https://irthapp.com/Birthright Podcast: http://www.birthrightpodcast.com/Please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and give us a rating. This will help us reach more listeners like you who are navigating the joys and pitfalls of artistic and parenting identities.For regular updates:Visit our website: postpartumproduction.comFollow us on Instagram: @postpartumproductionpodcastSubscribe to our podcast newsletter on Substack: https://postpartumproduction.substack.com

This month, after recently connecting with IRTH App's Kimberly Seals Allers at SXSW, we're discussing the racial disparities in maternal health care. A timely discussion as Black Maternal Health Week was recognized this month. Kimberly has created an app that aggregates prenatal, birthing, postpartum and pediatric reviews of care from Black and brown parents to combat inequalities in health care. While there are multiple factors that contribute to these disparities – it's time that we pause and ask ourselves what we can do to stop this.   

As maternal deaths rose in the U.S. during the pandemic, Black women bore the brunt. In fact, they are almost three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. Helena Grant, Kimberly Seals Allers and Congresswoman Alma Adams join Tiziana Dearing.

Today on The Woman's Doctor, Kimberly Seals Allers joins us to discuss the unfortunate state of maternal care in America. Kimberly is an award winning journalist and advocate for breastfeeding and infant health. Giving birth opened her eyes to the harsh reality that women face in modern hospitals, even in a developed nation.    Most medical institutions are informed by and dominated by men, which has left a detrimental gap in the education available to most women, especially women of color. The average woman does not have a grasp of the female anatomy or the importance of hormonal health. A  staggering amount of women are encouraged to simply remove their ovaries before ever exploring diet and hormonal balance as a natural solution.    Information is the key to restructuring what is acceptable care in America. For generations, women have been told that women's health is a private matter, but that sentiment is keeping women in the dark about their own bodies. America has the highest mortality rates of women in labor than any other developed nation. Kimberly hopes that by starting the conversation and encouraging open dialogue we can move towards more holistic and equitable care for women.   Key Takeaways: [3:26] The disparity in birth outcomes between birth outcomes between minority women  [5:00] Women are often the most misinformed about their own bodies [6:00] The hormone mystery: how hormonal imbalances and poor diet lead to fibroids  [7:20] How lack of education has led many black women to have unnecessary hysterectomies  [8:10] Science has detached us from our body parts deeming whole organs as removable [10:45] There is more research on erectile dysfunction than on breastfeeding  [12:10] Mothers die in America at higher rates than any other developed nation [13:00] Rates of postpartum depression in this country are skyrocketing  [14:00] The field of gynecology began with the forceful experimentation on enslaved women  [15:55] Reclaiming the cultural tradition of food as medicine  [17:25] Creating an open culture that encourages women to openly discuss hormonal health [18:15] Lies that the medical community has historically perpetuated about black women [19:00] National rates of mortality during childbirth are generally higher in the black community [21:00] There is an element of racism within the medical care system   Mentioned in This Episode: KimberlySealsAllers.com The Big Letdown The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy Momnibus Bill of 2021   Twitter: “So many of the black women that I reached out to, no longer had their wombs!” [7:27]   “As a woman, knowing that we have a mostly male medical system that treats women's body parts as dispensable was deeply troubling.”   [8:40]   “Why are we still here? That is the question and I think what actually concerns me more than why are we still here is why aren't we more upset about where we are at, as women?”  [11:20]   “When we look at this pattern, we can't ignore that there is an element of racism where providers treat people differently. The fact that there is a disparity means they're getting it right for somebody, just not for everybody.”  [21:00]     Podcast Disclaimer:  https://resources.thespadr.com/the-womans-doctor/#disclaimer

Content Warning: In this episode, we will be talking about maternal mortality, infant mortality, and the impact of racism on maternal health. 60% of all maternal deaths are fully preventable, and the complications women experience are not inherent to black or brown bodies. Yet Black and Brown women have been blamed for their "bad outcomes" instead of recognizing that these deaths all too often have to do with failures in the obstetric system. In the US today, a Black woman is 12 times more likely to die of childbirth than a white woman, despite socioeconomic factors. Today on the On Health podcast, I am having a very real and much-needed discussion on the racial disparities in the business of birth, the demand for change, how we can better celebrate Black birthing people, and more, with Kimberly Seals Allers. She is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, strategist, and advocate for maternal and infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, she is also a leading voice on the racial and socio-cultural complexities of birth, breastfeeding, and motherhood. Additionally, she is the founder of Irth, a new "Yelp-like" app for Black and Brown parents to address bias and racism in maternity and infant care. Kimberly also created Birthright, a podcast about joy and healing in Black birth that centres on positive Black birth stories. In this episode, we discuss: How weathering - the phenomenon of being exposed to ongoing racism - impacts Black pregnant and birthing women  Kimberly's journey into breastfeeding and birth activism - and how it's a family affair for her  The Irth app and how Kimberly is challenging medical bias and shining a light on much needed provider and birth space accountability  Black birthing joy and how it is possible to hold both the reality of these statistics and the celebration for Black birthing people  How we can push for change despite generations of struggle  And so much more!  Tune in for an incredibly raw conversation and a very real look into a black woman's reality as an expecting mother and beyond. Your eyes will be further opened to the injustice that continues to exist in this country and you will feel more inspired than ever to do what you can to take action as an advocate. Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in to your body, yourself, and this podcast! Please share the love by sending this to someone in your life who could benefit from the kinds of things we talk about in this space. Make sure to follow your host on Instagram @dr.avivaromm and go to avivaromm.com to join the conversation. Follow Kimberly @iamksealsallers, get your copy of The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding, listen to the Birthright Podcast and check out the Irth App at www.kimberlysealsallers.com

Kiddada Green, the co-founder of Black Breastfeeding Week, is my guest on the podcast this week. Kiddada lives in Detroit, and also the Founding Executive Director of Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association, which was first set up in 2007 to reduce racial inequities in breastfeeding support for black families. As a thought leader and innovator, Kiddada has made huge strides in the area of breastfeeding support, and policy making. She serves on various committees and special projects and has had work published internationally in Breastfeeding Medicine and other noteworthy publications. It's no surprise she has been the recipient of many awards for the work she does and continues to do in support of black maternal and child health. Celebrating 10 years of Black Breastfeeding Week Black Breastfeeding Week has been running since 2012 and is marking its 10th anniversary this year. Looking back on the past ten years, Kiddada explains the reasons why she and her other co-founders Kimberly Seals Allers and Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka first felt the need to set up Black Breastfeeding Week to bring greater awareness to breastfeeding in black and brown communities. Kiddada tells us about the exciting things in store for this year's Black Breastfeeding Week celebration, including an awards ceremony happening in New York City on 30th August. She also lets us know about the fundraising they are doing to support the work of Black Breastfeeding Week - which is run purely by volunteers. Kiddada also explains the poignancy of this year's theme: 'A New Foundation' A New Foundation Kiddada gives us an insight into how she and her co-founders came up with this year's theme 'a new foundation' - how it organically came about and how ultimately they were inspired by Beyonce's new album Renaissance. Speaking about the 2022 theme for Black Breastfeeding Week, Kiddada says: "We feel like Black Breastfeeding Week is at a pivitol point. We want to respect the traditions and history of black women and breastfeeding and at the same time look at what's been done despite the historical trauma and atrocities that have happened. We wanted to keep that in mind whilst looking at this new foundation which has been born through community. We're excited by that and what will come in the next ten years." Podcast sponsors - The Mum Collective Our sponsor of this episode of the boobingit podcast is the maternity and nursing clothing brand The Mum Collective. If you're looking for beautiful and sustainable loungewear that's designed with breastfeeding mamas in mind then look no further! You can shop online at themumcollective.co.uk. The Mum Collective is kindly giving boobingit listeners 10% of their collection. Shop now at themumcollective.co.uk.

Our Guests: Roslyn J. Smith, Safiya Rayford, Raena Granberry Therapist: Saleemah McNeil Episode Description: In this first Restoration episode of season 2, reproductive psychotherapist and CEO of Oshun Family Healing, Saleemah McNeil, and host Kimberly Seals Allers gather at SaksWorks Flagship in NYC to provide Black women who've experienced medical-related trauma space to heal. The three Black women who joined the conversation virtually include a woman who received racist comments from an OB/GYN. Another who was neglected by her midwife, which resulted in a full-term stillbirth. And a third who had her concerns ignored and lost her baby after a premature delivery. For more resources, visit www.BirthrightPodcast.comCatch up on episode extras from season 1 and 2 on BIRTHRIGHT'S YOUTUBE PAGE!Subscribe to be notified for new episode releases every Wednesday! Love Birthright? Leave a rating and review.Get full episode details and transcripts on www.BirthrightPodcast.comFollow Kimberly Seals Allers on Twitter on Instagram: @iamKSealsAllersBirthright is funded by the California Health Care Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this special bonus episode of This is Motherhood, host Joyce Brewer speaks with Kimberly Seals Allers, the creator of Black Breastfeeding Week, the Irth app, which is a helpful birth resource and community for BIPOC mothers, and host of the Birthright podcast, which highlights stories of joy and healing in Black birth. She is also a leading writer and commentator on birth breastfeeding and the intersection of race, policy, and culture. In this episode, Kimberly talks all about her experience as a BIPOC single mother and how it informed her vision to transform the experience of motherhood for BIPOC women – and why she wants to eradicate racial disparities in birth and breastfeeding and bring joy to all mother's birth experiences.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On today's podcast, we're going to talk with Irth® App founder, Kimberly Seals Allers, to update us on Irth® App's mission to fight against racism and bias in perinatal and infant care.  Kimberly Seals Allers (she/her) is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker strategist, and an advocate for perinatal and infant health. A former senior editor at Essence, and writer at Fortune Magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the racial and socio-cultural complexities of birth, lactation, and parenthood. Kimberly is the founder of Irth®, a new Yelp-like app for Black and Brown parents to address bias and racism in perinatal and infant care. Kimberly also created Birthright, a podcast about joy and healing in Black birth that centers positive Black birth stories as a tool in the fight for birth justice, and to reverse the narrative of negative statistics that is common in mainstream media coverage of Black perinatal health. We talk about the updated research from Irth®'s movement to eradicate racism and bias in perinatal and infant care. We also talk about the importance of actively implementing strategies for safer birthing spaces for Black and Brown birthing people.  Content warning: We mention racism, bias, Black perinatal death, and trauma.  RESOURCES:  Learn more about Kimberly Seals Allers here and the Irth® App here. Follow Kimberley on Instagram. Follow the Irth® App on Facebook and Instagram. Listen to the Birthright Podcast here.  Listen to EBB 161 here. Learn more about Dr. Carla Williams here and her feature on the Birthright Podcast here.  Learn more about March of Dimes here. Learn more about the White House Maternal Day of Action press release here. For more information and news about Evidence Based Birth®, visit www.ebbirth.com. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EvidenceBasedBirth/ ), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ebbirth/), and Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/ebbirth/). Ready to get involved? Check out our Professional membership (including scholarship options) (https://evidencebasedbirth.com/become-pro-member/). Find an EBB Instructor here (https://evidencebasedbirth.com/find-an-instructor-parents/), and click here (https://evidencebasedbirth.com/childbirth-class/) to learn more about the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class.

Our Birthing Person: Leslie FicklingOther Guests: Chanel Stryker-Boykin, Doula; Paul Ryan, CEO of Just A Baby; “Dave,” anonymous donorEpisode Description: Society puts a stigma on Black single mothers, stereotyping and devaluing them. But what happens when you become a single mother by choice and choose sperm donation as your pathway to parenthood? This week's guest, Leslie, used an app, a cup and a Black male donor she met in person to get the baby she so wanted. In this insightful conversation, Leslie takes host Kimberly Seals Allers on a lesser-told journey of reaching Black motherhood in a less traditional way, but still ultimately finding her joy. For Resources/References, visit www.BirthrightPodcast.comCatch up on episode extras from season 1 and 2 on BIRTHRIGHT'S YOUTUBE PAGE!Subscribe to be notified for new episode releases every Wednesday! Love Birthright? Leave a rating and review. Get full episode details and transcripts on www.BirthrightPodcast.comFollow Kimberly Seals Allers on Twitter on Instagram: @iamKSealsAllersBirthright is funded by the California Health Care Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One of the most important things to remember about maternal mortality is that it's a crisis that's solvable. We already have the tools and expertise to save women's lives.  So why do so many women, especially Black women, die giving birth in the world's richest democracy?  Kimberly Seals Allers, author and founder of the Irth App, speaks to host, Anushay Hossain about using technology to intervene in America's maternal health crisis and empowering women with life-saving information. This is Season 4 Episode 6: Can An App Save Women From Dying in Childbirth? with Kimberly Seals Allers Hosted by Anushay Hossain spillingchai.com anushayhossain.com IG and FB: @spillingchaipodcast

What is our birthright? This is the question that host, Kimberly Seals Allers, asks every guest at the conclusion of every episode. And the answers have varied from inspirational, tear jerking, compelling and raw. Enjoy this compilation of our team's favorite answers to, What is our birthright? Whatever it is, we're reclaiming it one story at a time. Resources/ReferencesLearn more about having a safe and empowered birth by downloading the free ebook: Birth with Irth: A Mini-Manual to Pregnancy and Childbirth for Black PeopleGet full episode details and transcripts (posted by midday) on www.BirthrightPodcast.com New episodes are released every other Wednesday!Subscribe now! Follow Kimberly Seals Allers on Twitter on Instagram: @iamKSealsAllers Birthright is funded by the California Health Care Foundation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kimberly Seales Allers (Founder of Irth App) It's called Irth, not Birth, because the B is removed for Bias! Join this important conversation on Black maternal health and how Irth App is revolutionizing the safety of our Black birthing people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Birthing Person: Aquarius WatkinsOther Guests: Dr. Joy Baker, M.D., OB/GYNEpisode Description: While rural communities around the country—like LaGrange, Georgia—are battling limited maternity care access, mothers like Aquarius Watkins, are still striving for joyful birth experiences. With the help of a local Black OB/GYN, here's how Aquarius advocated for herself and manifested her dream birth. Come join host Kimberly Seals Allers as she travels into the community south of Atlanta where mothers and perinatal physicians are working together to center joy and healing. Aquarius Watkins is a 30-year-old stay at home mom in LaGrange, Georgia; a rural community about one hour south of Atlanta. Born and raised in LaGrange, Aquarius gave birth to her first baby in her hometown with the support of a local OB/GYN.Dr. Joy Baker is a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist in her hometown of LaGrange, Georgia. After completing her medical school and residency training at Morehouse School of Medicine and Grady Health System, she worked in urban and rural communities for 10 years. In 2019, she became one of the first OB/GYNs to earn special certification in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, as well as treatment of addiction in pregnancy. Today, she supports birthing people at Weststar West Georgia Medical Center. IG handle: @deliveringjoymdChanel Stryker-Boykin is the owner of In Joie's Arms Birth Doula Services, LLC, and a Holistic Labor Support Specialist (Doula), Placenta Encapsulation Specialist, and a Community Childbirth and Lactation Educator in the Metro Atlanta area.For Resources/References, visit www.BirthrightPodcast.comCatch up on episode extras from season 1 and 2 on BIRTHRIGHT'S YOUTUBE PAGE!Subscribe to be notified for new episode releases every Wednesday! Love Birthright? Leave a rating and review. Get full episode details and transcripts on www.BirthrightPodcast.com Follow Kimberly Seals Allers on Twitter on Instagram: @iamKSealsAllersBirthright is funded by the California Health Care Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Feedback with EarBuds, the podcast recommendation podcast. Our newsletter brings you five podcast recommendations each week according to a theme, and curated by a different person. Our podcast is an audio version of the newsletter.Subscribe to the newsletter: eepurl.com/cIcBuHThis week's theme is Film Industry Podcasts. The curator is Dan Delgado, host of the podcast "The Industry."Why did Dan choose this theme? "I have an interest in this topic not just as a movie fan, but also as a podcaster. I've been producing and hosting a podcast about film history called "The Industry" for the last three years. These are five of the best podcasts about film history that I've come across (so far)."Thank you to this week's EarBuds sponsor, Foodprint.org's "What You're Eating" podcast:What You're Eating is a podcast by Foodprint.org that's here to help you understand how your food gets to our plates, and see the full impact of the food we eat on animals, planet, and people.Listen: https://foodprint.org/what-youre-eating/Links mentioned in this episode:- Last week's episode: https://pod.link/feedbackwithearbuds/episode/c9984675a28f8a3db6ad92d7a373a031- The Industry: https://pod.link/1402868957- The Radio Dan Show: https://radiodan.wordpress.com/- Tenderfoot TV's "The MLK Tapes:" https://pod.link/1603151366- Podnews.net- Soundsprofitable.com- Inside.com/podcasting- Podcastmovement.com- Try SquadCast for free - www.SquadCast.fmFind this week's podcast recommendation list here: https://www.earbudspodcastcollective.org/film-history-podcast-recommendationsHere are this week's podcast picks from Dan:You Must Remember ThisThe Plot ThickensThe Secret History of HollywoodGene and RogerThe OriginalsThis week's spotlight is "Birthright:"Description: Birthright is a show about joy and healing in Black birth that seeks to change the doom and gloom narrative in mainstream media surrounding Black maternal health. The show features positive Black birthing stories and "Restoration" episodes, in which victims of birth trauma are paired with perinatal mental health therapists as a demonstration of healing the Black birth space.Listen: https://pod.link/1556039868Thank you to Kimberly Seals Allers for sending in a voice clip about the podcast!Extra! Thank you to Donald Albright from Tenderfoot TV for sending in a voice clip about "The MLK Tapes."__________Apply to have your podcast spotlit: https://www.earbudspodcastcollective.org/podcast-spotlightsEarBuds Blog: https://www.earbudspodcastcollective.org/blogCurate a list here: https://www.earbudspodcastcollective.org/earbuds-podcast-curators-formFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EarbudsPodColFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/earbudspodcastcollectiveFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earbudspodcastcollective/Learn more at our website: http://www.earbudspodcastcollective.orgTee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/earbuds-podcast-collective

Meet Kimberly Seals Allers, a journalist turned entrepreneur whose goal is to provide better birthing outcomes for black and brown women. As the Founder of Irth (“Birth” without the ‘b' for bias), Kimberly has channeled her own delivery experience into a community site that enables new moms and doulas to provide candid reviews of their care providers and hospitals. As she tells Kindred Media's Laura Clinton, Irth's thoughtfully solicited feedback can be an important resource for addressing unconscious bias in maternal health care.To hear more from Kimberly, check out her Birthright podcast (www.BirthrightPodcast.com) and follow her @iamKSealsAllers on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. You can find Irth at @theIrthApp on Instagram and Facebook and @irthapp on Twitter. Get a quick rundown on the day's biggest media/tech stories by subscribing to our newsletter, "Take a Break with Kindred Media" here (https://linktr.ee/KindredMediaHQ).

Kimberly Seals Allers converts community reviews by Black and brown pregnant women and birthing people into data to improve hospital care. Full show notes here: https://michellemarketingstrategies.com/kimberly-seals-allers-on-leveraging-consumer-forces-to-remove-bias-in-maternal-infant-care/ Need help growing a business or organization in the healthcare sector? Reach out to me at jennifer@michellemarketingstrategies.com, tweet me @MMSJennifer or find me on Instagram @LeadingwithHealth. And be sure to stop by my site and download my report, Great to Hear Your Voice!

(Interview starts at 2.28) Welcome back to the Untaming Podcast! It is currently the Full Waking Moon Moon here in the Southern Hemisphere. Each episode of this third season will be released on the New and Full Moons. A 10 Questions in 10 Minutes episode will be released to coincide with the First & Last Quarter Moons. Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, author of five books and a nationally recognized media commentator, consultant and advocate for women and infant health. A frequent contributor to The New York Times, Washington Post, Slate and HuffPost, Kimberly was named one of “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” for 2018 by Women's eNews. Kimberly's fifth book, The Big Let Down — How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding was published by St. Martin's Press in January 2017. Kimberly Seals Allers is the founder and executive director of Narrative Nation, a non-profit organisation that campaigns to tackle racial disparities in health. She recently created and launched a new app called Irth (birth, with the “B” for bias removed) to publicly collect and share experiences of bias in maternity and infant care. Further Information: Birthright Podcast: https://birthrightpodcast.com/ Irth App: https://irthapp.com/ Narrative Nation: https://wewriteus.org/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlysealsallers IG: @iamksealsallers FB: @iamKSealsAllers Book: The Big Let Down: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/26114282-the-big-letdown Untaming Contact: FB: https://www.facebook.com/Untaming-396582437559159/ IG: @untaming_podcast Twitter: @UntamingP Email: untaming.podcast@gmail.com https://anchor.fm/emily033

Giving birth is the most vulnerable time in a woman's and baby's lives. Women want to feel safe and in control of their birthing experience, but too many women don't, especially black and brown women. Kimberly Seals Allers has done something to change that. She's the founder of the Irth app, and what she's doing for families is nothing short of incredible Resources talked about in this episode: Guest podcast - Birthright Guest app - Irth app Guest website - Kimberly Seals Allers Guest social media - IG/Facebook: @iamksealsallers, @theirthapp Twitter: @iamksealsallers, @irthapp Guest book - The Big Letdown--How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding  

If you're a regular listener you know that we have had the term doula come up in at least two prior episodes, episode 21 with midwife Shani Robertson and episode 23 with Kimberly Seals Allers. On today's episode we had a doula visit The Good Health Cafe, Ms. Tamara Mason, to tell us all about what doulas are, what they do and why they are such a valuable part of a birth team. Grab your warm drink and tune in for a great episode!About Tamara MasonTamara Mason, MPH, CHES is a public health professional, consultant, and advocate who works to improve the health and well-being of marginalized communities. Tamara graduated from Brown University in 1998 with a B.A. degree in Health and Society, with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. She earned a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree, with a concentration in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education in August 2003 from the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. Tamara has held several research and program management positions within Emory University, including serving as the Director of a breast cancer education and outreach program for over a decade. Currently, Tamara works for the March of Dimes as the Director, Maternal and Child Health Collective Impact where is she leading the efforts in the Atlanta area to reduce inequities in preterm births and maternal mortality. Tamara is also a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and certified labor doula.Tamara's website - https://www.masonconsultinginc.com/Sponsor Info:The Good Health Candle Companywww.goodhealthcandle.com@goodhealthcandle on Instagram and FacebookThe Good Health Cafe Feedback Formhttps://www.thegoodhealthcafe.com/submit-your-question@thegoodhealthcafe on Instagram and Facebook

Kimberly Seals Allers, the co-founder of Black Breastfeeding Week, is my guest on the podcast this week. Kimberly lives in New York, is a world-renowned speaker, five-time author and host of the Birthright Podcast. Most recently, Kimberly added tech founder to her impressive repertoire having set up the Irth app to address racism and bias in maternity and infant care. Kimberly is on a mission to transform the experience of motherhood for all and to eradicate the racial disparities in birth and breastfeeding. Needless to say, I am a huge fan of the work Kimberly does and I was very excited to get the opportunity to speak to her during Black Breastfeeding Week. Kimberly's talking points The deep history of breastfeeding practices for black women Why breastfeeding amongst black and brown communities is a social justice issue and a public health issue The work being done to close the policy gaps that affect all mothers in the US Why Black Breastfeeding Week is something we can all celebrate and honour Ways we can reframe breastfeeding as an important time to rest and pause The new book coming out, 'Breastfeeding in Colour, about the impact of racism on birth and breastfeeding.

Award-winning journalist and expert in Black maternal health, Kimberly Allers Seals, joins Comeback to talk Irth App, like the word birth, but the “b” is dropped for bias. Irth is a Yelp-like review and rating platform for Black and brown women and birthing people to find and leave reviews of their OBGYNs, birthing hospitals, and pediatricians. This is the kick off of Black Breastfeeding week, to learn more about this amazing initiative Kimberly launched, go to: blackbreastfeedingweek.org

Did you know that August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month and August 25th-31st is Black Breastfeeding Week? https://www.facebook.com/BlackBreastfeedingWeek/Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Kimberly Seals Allers, journalist, author and advocate for equity in maternal and infant health. Seals Allers discusses the economics, politics and culture of breastfeeding in America and the specific challenges faced by women of color.  Seals Allers has developed an app to help women of color find maternal health care free of bias. https://irthapp.com/ Related website:   www.kimberlysealsallers.com 

The Women's Health, Wisdom, and... WINE! podcast is a biweekly conversation with practitioners, providers, patients & healers about complex reproductive medicine & women's health challenges, the value of an integrative approach to these challenges, many of the women's health topics you're already thinking about & uncomfortable talking about & my personal favorite... WINE!August 25th – 31st is Black Breastfeeding Week and we want to thank Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka, Kiddada Green, and Kimberly Seals Allers for pioneering such an empowering week of education, advocacy, and celebration. Passionate about changing the narrative around Black breastfeeding, these women have worked non-stop to effect positive social change around breastfeeding as an infant feeding method in the Black community. For far too long, Black mothers have not been given the tools, resources, and support needed to help them breastfeed their infants. From maternity wards being more likely to offer formula than lactation support to the need for Black mothers to return to work soon after giving birth, the systemic and historic hurdles the Black community faces every day needs to be addressed. About our guest:Charnise Littles is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant which is a fancy way to say that she PROFESSIONALLY supports families as they navigate their infant feeding goals. She serves families in person within the DMV, as well as virtually, through her company Birth & Milk Co. and John Hopkins Medicine. Charnise studied health science, health education, and public health at Howard University and George Washington University. Her other interests include providing birth doula support and spending quality time with her 6 year old son, K.J.Resources Mentioned:Getting Started with LactationCurrent Wine SelectionNext Week's Wine SelectionConnect with Birth & Milk Co.:InstagramConnect with VinoBLU® Wine Bar:WebsiteInstagramFacebookTwitterThe hashtag for the podcast is #nourishyourflourish. You can also find our practice on the following social media outlets:Facebook: The Eudaimonia CenterInstagram: theeudaimoniacenterTwitter: eu_daimonismFor more reproductive medicine and women's health information and other valuable resources, make sure to visit our website at www.laurenawhite.com.Have a question, comment, or want to share your story? Email us at info@laurenawhite.com.

Compilation of insights from our host, Kimberly Seals Allers and guestsResources/ReferencesLearn more about having a safe and empowered birth by downloading the free ebook: Birth with Irth: A Mini-Manual to Pregnancy and Childbirth for Black People Get full episode details and transcripts (posted by midday) on www.BirthrightPodcast.com New episodes are released every other Wednesday! Subscribe now! Follow Kimberly Seals Allers on Twitter on Instagram: @iamKSealsAllers Birthright is funded by the California Health Care Foundation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Who: Kimberly Seals Allers Birth storyAlma Seals, Kimberly's motherDr. Deirdre Cooper OwensDr. Neel Shah Episode Description (short/two sentences):On this special episode, Kimberly Seals Allers interviews her mother to hear her own birth story, discusses the history of medical interventions, the role of feminist movements and the power of our matrilineal birthing line. Special guests, historian Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens and Harvard professor, Dr. Neel Shah, add powerful context to the birth practices in the early 1970's and how the legacy of enslaved Black women still impacts birth outcomes today. Resources/ReferencesRead more about the history of forceps in this article by our guest, Neel Shah, MD, MPP How forceps permanently changed the way humans are born Learn more about Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens and her work on her website, https://www.deirdrecooperowens.comPurchase Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens' Book Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American GynecologyClick to watch episode extras on BIRTHRIGHT'S YOUTUBE PAGE!Interested in having a doula for your pregnancy, birth or post-partum period? Resources for finding Black Doulas: National Black Doulas Association & The BridgeLearn more about home births The Black Home Birth InitiativeLearn more about having a safe and empowered birth by downloading the free ebook: Birth with Irth: A Mini-Manual to Pregnancy and Childbirth for Black People Get full episode details and transcripts (posted by midday) on www.BirthrightPodcast.com New episodes are released every other Wednesday! Subscribe now! Follow Kimberly Seals Allers on Twitter on Instagram: @iamKSealsAllersBirthright is funded by the California Health Care Foundation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today in the cafe we speak with award-winning journalist Kimberly Seals Allers about Irth, the app she created to help Black and brown women and birthing people have a more safe and empowered pregnancy and parenting experience by allowing them to see how other parents of color experienced care at a doctor or hospital. She shares with us her motivation for creating Irth, a little about what the data they have collected in the app has revealed thus far and gives tips on how to advocate during the birthing process. Hint: it should begin long before you arrive at the hospital!About Kimberly Seals AllersKimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker and strategist for maternal and infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on birth, breastfeeding and motherhood at the intersection of race, class and policy. She is the founder of Irth, (as in Birth but without the B for bias), the first-of-its-kind “Yelp-like” review and rating app for Black and brown women and birthing people to leave and find reviews of Ob/GYNs, hospitals, and pediatricians as a digital tool to address bias and racism in care and bring transparency and accountability to the medical system.Follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @iamKSealsAllers Learn more at www.KimberlySealsAllers.com , www.IrthApp.com and www.BirthrightPodcast.com. Follow @theIrthApp on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.From the announcements section:Register for my webinar on Key Elements of the Patient Provider Relationshiphttps://my.demio.com/ref/rceah9MzOsFTHqYqThe Good Health Candle Companywww.goodhealthcandle.com@goodhealthcandle on IG and FBThe Good Health Cafe Feedback Formhttps://www.thegoodhealthcafe.com/submit-your-question@thegoodhealthcafe on IG and FB

Today we talk to Kimberly Seals Allers, founder of Irth, an app where Black and brown parents can rate practitioners in order to address bias and racism in maternity and infant care. She is also the host of Birthright, a podcast about joy and healing in Black birth that seeks to change the narrative around Black birth being a necessarily traumatic experience. Kimberly is an award-winning journalist and five-time author, and she is an outspoken advocate for maternal and infant health in marginalized communities.  We talk about Kimberly's introduction to the birth world as a young black mother and the fear she felt facing down the statistics of birth outcomes for black mothers. We then talk about the negative birth experience that Kimberly had in a hospital that had come highly recommended by her friends and how the realization that she had been treated differently due to her race led her toward her advocacy and eventually toward the development of Irth.  We talk about what Irth is and how it helps black and brown women to be able to research and find a birth provider that is not going to bring racial bias into their care, as well as how it helps those women to report on their own birth experience with a provider in order to inform their community and provide data that can then be used to incentivize birth providers to improve their quality of care. We talk about how racial bias shows up in the medical community and how we can tell whether a birth provider is allowing those biases to influence their practice.  We then talk about how the Irth team approaches providers that need coaching on their practices, and provides them with the data that shows where improvement is needed. We talk about cultural alignment in the birth space and how that can help to improve overall outcomes. Finally, we talk about the Birthright podcast and how sharing stories of success and joy in Black birth helps to move the narrative away from fear and allows more space for healing and progress. To learn more, visit https://irthapp.com/ For Any Questions, Email Us at media@birthcircle.com

On the Did you know Segment… Sunni and Lisa discuss the harm of white women showing up and attempting to “own” spaces filled with trauma stricken Black and Brown people. It is an imperative for white women to show up to support and hold space for people of color… also using their privilege for purpose.  Understanding your role is critical to the survival of your well intentioned efforts.  The ladies also discuss Jane Elliott's “Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes” exercise with her students.  Jane is a legacy and leader in spaces influenced by racism, providing many unpopular anecdotes.  On this episode of Active Allyship…it's more than a #hashtag! Sunni and Lisa converse with Kimberly Seals Allers an award-winning journalist and author turned global maternal and infant health advocate. Kimberly's own motherhood journey inspired her to pivot her creative focus and analytical mind to writing about motherhood and the intersection of race, culture, policy and commercial interests. She was marinated in her Dad's Jim Crow experiences based on his journey through this era in the South.  Her work ethic comes from an expectation that she has to over achieve and her awareness of privilege in her spaces… very interesting marination.Recently, Kimberly launched her podcast, Birthright and also launched Irth, as in "birth" but without the "b" for bias. Irth, also launched last week, is a new (Yelp-like) digital platform where Black and brown women (and their partners) can get real-time ratings for their OB/GYN, hospitals, and pediatricians.This conversation is very intense, eye-opening and disheartening at the same time.  The disparity in medical treatment and experiences in hospitalization with black and brown people needs extreme improvements… what about an overhaul?  O wait, what are your thoughts on mid-wifery or doulas to assist with the birthing process?  Yup, this is discussed too!If you aren't already, please follow us on IG|Twitter @activeallyship.podcast! And of course, there's our Facebook Page, Active Allyship…it's more than a #hashtag!  Drop us a line or two… Be sure to Listen. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Share. the podcast!Cali by Wataboi https://soundcloud.com/wataboiCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream:  https://bit.ly/wataboi-caliMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/qXptaqHIH5g

In this episode of the Decision Corner, Brooke speaks with award-winning journalist Kimberly Seals Allers. Kimberly was formerly a senior editor at Essence and a writer at Fortune magazine. She now uses her decades of media experience as the founder of the IRTH app, which is specifically designed to help mothers of color rate their doctors for optimal health. She discusses the need for apps like IRTH, and how the tragedies that gave rise to the BLM movement last year impact the communities she serves. This episode is an important reminder of the realities that people of color face in both personal and professional environments. Some of the topics discussed include… The discrepancy of maternal and infant mortality for peoples of color, and the need for apps like IRTH. The struggle that professional people of color have with ‘dual identities’, where they must separate their cultural and professional selves. The trauma experienced by entire communities in response to the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd over the Spring and Summer of 2020. The additional challenges faced by minority innovators, especially when it comes to issues of racism and cyber-security Why society needs to acknowledge that people of color have different experiences in professional and personal environments, and how the ignorance and denial of racism is one of its root causes. The ongoing struggle and the difficult conversations that are needed to start bringing about meaningful change.

On this episode of Birthright, Kimberly Seals Allers interviews Whitney Robinson, a design-loving product manager and mother of four. As with her other children, Whitney planned a home birth, but 25-weeks into her pregnancy she went into premature labor and, with her husband and support team, she was determined to turn the unthinkable into an unapologetically Black experience. Resources/References:Stark racial disparities exist in pre-term births. For example, in 2019, the rate of preterm birth among African-American women (14.4%) was about 50 percent higher than the rate of preterm birth among white or Hispanic women (9.3% and 10% respectively). Source: CDC: Reproductive Health Learn more about having a safe and empowered birth by downloading the free ebook: Birth with Irth: A Mini-Manual to Pregnancy and Childbirth for Black People Get full episode details and transcripts (posted by midday) on www.BirthrightPodcast.com New episodes are released every other Wednesday! Subscribe now! Follow Kimberly Seals Allers on Twitter on Instagram: @iamKSealsAllers Birthright is funded by the California Health Care Foundation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Birthright, hosted by Kimberly Seals Allers, a podcast about joy and healing in Black birth. By seeking out and exploring positive birth stories we can find ideas, solutions and blind spots in our quest to make the birth experience equitable for all Black birthing bodies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jeanne talks about the Momnibus Bill and revisits last February's interview about racism, bias and birth with Kimberly Seals Allers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s podcast, I'm excited to talk with Kimberly Seals Allers. Kimberly is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, strategist, and advocate for maternal and infant health. A former senior editor at Essence, and a writer at Fortune Magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the socio-cultural complexities of motherhood. Kimberly is also the founder of Irth, a new app to address bias in maternity and infant care. We talk about how Kimberly’s new app, Irth, which addresses biased maternal care and cultural competency when serving marginalized communities. We also talk about the challenges Kimberly overcame after launching Irth.   **Content Warning: We discuss racism/racial violence, Black maternal mortality, and infant mortality.** Learn more about Kimberly Seals Allers and the Irth app here (https://birthwithoutbias.com/who-we-are). Follow Kimberly Seals Allers on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/iamKSealsAllers/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/iamksealsallers/?hl=en). Learn about Narrative Nation, Inc here (https://wewriteus.org/). Learn more about Kimberly’s books, “Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy” here (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-mocha-manual-to-a-fabulous-pregnancy-kimberly-seals-allers) and “The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding” here (https://www.amazon.com/Big-Letdown-Medicine-Undermine-Breastfeeding/dp/1250026962).  Learn more about Dr. Fleda Mask Jackson here (https://drfledamjackson.com/).  Learn more about Cristen Pascucci and Birth Monopoly here (https://birthmonopoly.com/). Follow Birth Monopoly on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/birthmonopoly/) and on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/birthmonopoly/?hl=en). Learn more about the California Healthcare Foundation here (https://www.chcf.org/). Follow the California Healthcare Foundation on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/chcfnews/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/chcfnews). Learn more about the Tower Health Foundation here (https://www.towerhealth.org/reading-hospital-foundation).  Learn more about the Grove Foundation here (https://www.thegrovefoundation.org/).  Learn more about the Kellogg Foundation here (https://www.wkkf.org/). Follow the Kellogg Foundation on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/KelloggFoundation), Twitter (https://twitter.com/wk_kellogg_fdn), and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/kelloggfoundation/). For more information and news about Evidence Based Birth®, visit www.ebbirth.com. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EvidenceBasedBirth/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ebbirth/), and Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/ebbirth/). Ready to get involved? Check out our Professional membership (including scholarship options) (https://evidencebasedbirth.com/become-pro-member/). Find an EBB Instructor here (https://evidencebasedbirth.com/find-an-instructor-parents/), and click here (https://evidencebasedbirth.com/childbirth-class/) to learn more about the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class.

Maternity leave shouldn't be a luxury. Maternal mortality rates in the US are higher than most developed countries, breastfeeding rates are low and Black women are disproportionately affected. Many women are affected by a system that is failing them.In this discussion journalist Kimberly Seals-Allers addresses:- Why all women need to have access to the education and tools that will help them have a more satisfying birth and postpartum experience.- The reason Black women and babies are suffering from a failing system the most- Why traditional feminism needs to evolve - Why the work of mothering needs to be valued as important work- The reason we need a culture that supports mothersKimberly Seals Allers @iamksealsallers is an award-winning journalist, and leading breastfeeding commentator. Her work has been featured in theNew York Times, Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, Ladies Home Journal, The New York Daily News, Real Simple, Fortune, Pregnancyand many others. She has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Anderson Cooper, Fox News and the Huckabee Show and NPR. Kimberly worked at Fortune, Essence, New York Post andThe Times (of London), before turning to freelance work. She is the author ofThe Mocha Manual® series of books and the co-author ofGiving Notice: Why the Best and Brightest are Leaving the Workplace.To learn more, have a listen.If you liked this episode you might also be interested in checking out the following episodes:Wandering Moms And The Women That Founded The Vibrant CommunityER Physician Dr. Courtney Howard On The Impacts Climate Change On Our Health & On Our PlanetYour Worth Isn't Defined By A Number.

Kimberly Seals Allers is a maternal and infant health advocate and tech founder. Her latest passion project is Irth (as in Birth but we dropped the B for bias), a "Yelp-like" review and rating app that addresses racism and bias in maternity and infant care.  In her conversation with Farnoosh, she shares the inspiration of Irth, a well as her own personal pregnancy journey. Later, she speaks candidly about her challenging divorce and the surprising financial moves she made during that process. Kimberly offers key advice on how women of color can best navigate this recession and how all women can prepare for a divorce in this moment. More about Kimberly: She is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, strategist and advocate for maternal and infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on birth, breastfeeding and motherhood at the intersection of race, class and policy. To learn more about Kimberly and her work, visit BirthWithoutBias.com and KimberlySealsAllers.com. Follow her on social: @theirthapp on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Business Better! Where I interview entrepreneurs who are changing the world. On today's episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kimberly Seals Allers! Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, strategist and advocate for maternal & infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the socio-cultural complexities of motherhood. She is the founder of Irth, a new app to address bias in maternity & infant care.

Kimberly is a mother of two; she attributes her motherhood journey as the spark to her work in the birth and breastfeeding space, and what continues to be her motivation. Being a journalist, while pregnant, she began asking questions. In feeling like the answers weren't adequate, she started looking into how the context of our lives as BIPOC could be clues into the infant and maternal disparities in our community.In 2006 she wrote the Mocha Manual. This book allowed BIPOC individuals to see themselves in the modern maternity conversation. While also bringing to the forefront the realities and disparities of pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding for BIPOC individuals. Kimberly continued to peel back the layers, writing five books total, The Big Letdown being her most recent, a look into the systems, society, pediatricians, and doctors hindering the infant feeding journeys of families. And through that exploration, affirming to nursing parents that they are doing their best in a structure not created to see them succeed.In her work, Kimberly has had a front-row seat into the experience of many birthing parents and knows sharing our stories holds weight. Reflecting on her birth, she remembered when a hospital was highly recommended to her as an option for care. Yet she walked away from that hospital traumatized. There hasn't been a space for birthing people to have the opportunity to hold the care system accountable. And so Irth was born. The Irth app is a “Yelp-like” platform where individuals can leave reviews on care providers and hospitals to inform each other of where they are receiving good care and where they aren't.If you are a birthing parent or even a doula/support person, you can share your experience. As Kimberly expressed, "We may not be able to stop all the harm, but we have to be prepared to help heal."Irth App | "Yelp-like" review & rating app for hospitals & physicians made by and for Black women & birthing people of colorMocha Manual | pregnancy guide by Kimberly Seals AllersThe Big Letdown | how medicine, big business, and feminism undermine breastfeeding by Kimberly Seals Allers

Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, five-time author, international speaker, strategist, and advocate for maternal & infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the socio-cultural complexities of motherhood. She is also the founder of Irth, a new app to address bias in maternity & infant care.   In this episode, Kimberly and I talk about how she awakened to the inequalities in maternal and infant healthcare, the scary reality of the impact of race on medical care, the racist history of the medical field, what she's doing to decode bias and create a better experience for Black and brown women, how white women can help to address the inequality in our medical system, and so much more. You are going to love this episode!         To learn more about Kimberly Seals Allers, visit the show notes.

Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist turned speaker and advocate focused on advocating for equity in maternal and infant health. For the past seven years, she has ran on-the-ground community-partnered projects in Birmingham, AL, New Orleans, LA, Detroit and Philadelphia, to name a few, to better understand the lived experiences of birth and breastfeeding in low-income communities of color. Kimberly was recently named one of “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” for 2018 by Women’s eNews for her media advocacy work. Her fifth book, The Big Let Down—How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding was published by St. Martin’s Press in January 2017. Kimberly has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Anderson Cooper, the Tom Joyner Morning Show, Fox News and has been featured in various international and national media outlets, including The Guardian (U.K.), U.S. News & World Report, Essence, Black Enterprise, Pregnancy and in various online media properties. Kimberly is a graduate of New York University and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. We discussed black maternal health, disparities in maternal health, dismantling biases for all women's health and the intersection of policy & health. Check out Irth at birthwithoutbias.com Rate, Review & Subscribe!

What You'll Learn In This Episode: -Why Kimberly decided to write & research intensively this book - How society in North America is set up to make mothers fail at breastfeeding. -Some noticeable differences in Canada & the United States surrounding breastfeeding and infant formula -The big business of infant formula -Why most mothers can have lactation problems? -How breastfeeding is not a personal choice? -The structural barriers of breastfeeding -The value of mothering & feminism -How the Pandemic is rethinking breastfeeding and feeding practices for mothers -Birthing Without Bias- Why Black Mothers are dying at a much higher rate then white mothers & not necessarily breastfeeding... And Much More!   To learn more about Kimberly Seals Allers click HERE To learn more about the host Christiane Bégin click HERE Join the Citrus Love Facebook Community & watch training videos HERE You'll find more notes about this episode HERE Subscribe to our newsletter to receive some favorite tips and takeaways from each episode directly to you!!  

Today we hear from a parent whose daughter has been intensely rude to her, her mother and her new partner. We explore ways to look beneath behaviors, connect instead of correct, run the RESIST Approach in the moment, and build skills and connection together as a family. When we can help our kids attune to themselves, we are breaking cycles of cultural conditioning that don’t serve our child, our family or our world. We laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us! Today’s episode shoutout is Good Ancestor podcast, hosted by globally respected speaker, anti-racism educator and NYT bestselling author of Me And White Supremacy, Layla Saad. Her interview series with change-makers and culture-shifters explores what it means to be a good ancestor. We loved her recent episode with Candace Braithwaite of Make Motherhood Diverse, Episode 23 with Kimberly Seals Allers on Birth Without Bias and Episode 14 with The Conscious Kid, discussing parenting through a critical race lens. Check out the website at www.laylafsaad.com, and find Layla on instagram @goodancestorpodcast and @laylafsaad. Relevant Links: - Upbringing’s Freedoms Model - Upbringing’s RESIST Approach - The Upbringing Shop - The Upbringing Coaching page - Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist - Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer - Alex Olavarria, our producer, conductor, editor + husband/brother in law Visit our website, www.upbringing.co to learn more about us and sign up for our newsletter! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together. Email us: info@upbringing.co Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @up_bringing Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

In this episode, I speak with award-winning journalist, author and an internationally-recognized speaker, strategist and advocate for maternal and infant health, Kimberly Seals Allers.A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is a leading voice on the socio-cultural and racial complexities of birth, breastfeeding and motherhood. She is the director of the Maternal and Child Health Communication Collective, a national consortium of over 80 organizations working collectively to shift the narrative of maternal and infant health issues, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.Kimberly was recently named one of “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” for 2018 by Women’s eNews for her decades of media advocacy work. A frequent contributor to The New York Times , Washington Post, Slate and others, her online commentaries received over 10 million page views last year. Kimberly’s fifth book, The Big Let Down—How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding was published by St. Martin’s Press in January 2017. In 2018, she founded Narrative Nation, a non-profit that creates community-centered media and technology to eradicate health disparities.A graduate of New York University and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Kimberly is a divorced mother of two who lives in New York City.

Get ready for an amazing interview between Abby and Kimberly Seals Allers. Kimberly is instrumental in the field of maternal child health and breastfeeding within the black community and among women of color. Do not miss this inspiring and eye-opening interview!If you are a new listener, we would love to hear from you. Please consider leaving us a review on itunes or sending us an email with your suggestions and comments to badassbreastfeedingpodcast@gmail.comThings we talked about:Who is Kimberly Seals Allers? (other than amazing) [5:18]IRTH App [6:43]Using social media and technology to make change [14:05]Growing up in a racist society [17:25]Pandemic impact on women, birth and breastfeeding [23:00]Separate the act of birth and breastfeeding from the experience of birth and breastfeeding [28:13]Fear as a tool [29:32]Weathering [30:31]Low breastfeeding rates and repercussions [35:12]Silver Lining Playbook conversations [40:35]Things Kimberly is doing [47:00]Black Breastfeeding Week history [51:00]This episode is sponsored by Badass breastfeeding PodcastOur guest today:http://www.kimberlysealsallers.comSet up your consultation with Diannehttps://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/consultations/Breastfeeding/Pumping class on 6/6/2020https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-breastpumps-can-keep-you-out-of-trouble-tickets-105591503028Follow our Podcast~https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.comHere is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~Abby Theuring https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.comDianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.comMusic we use~Music: "Levels of Greatness" from "We Used to Paint Stars in the Sky (2012)" courtesy of Scott Holmes at freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott Holmes

Becoming a mother is an evolutionary process. It is one of the most beautiful and rewarding experiences of womanhood. This transition also comes with the challenges of hormonal changes, figuring out how to manage your new life, accepting your new body, and learning a new human. We aren’t given an instruction manual after delivery, but we can rely on the resources that are provided to us in this day in age and ask for help when needed. Our guest mom in this episode is Jabina Coleman. She is a mother of two, a board-certified lactation consultant, and therapist. In her line of work, she provides counseling and lactation support to mothers in hopes to help ease their transition into motherhood. Jabina shares how her motherhood journey created her passion for maternal health and wellness support. She has a wealth of knowledge that ranges from psychotherapy to resources for moms who are in food deserts. In this episode, Jabina mentions Kimberly Seals Allers, a breastfeeding advocate and author of a research report on the access to breastfeeding. Jabina also shared other resources such as the Maternal Wellness Village, located in Philadelphia, PA (also offers virtual support) and The Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color, www.PMHAPOC.org. You can find a silicon breast pump online (the one mentioned in this episode is called a Haakaa) at stores like buybuy Baby, Target, or Amazon). Most importantly, if your baby blues are lasting longer than 3 weeks, reach out for help. Contact your doctor or therapist. If you do not have a therapist, call the number on the back of your insurance card and ask for a list of providers or contact Postpartum Support International at 1-800-944-4773.Jabina offers these five tips for moms:Find your local resources- WIC, support groupsCreate a village- family, partner, friendsSecure a therapistTrust yourself - you can do this!Trust the process- take it one week at a timeIn this episode you will learn:When to seek helpThe types of postpartum mental disorders Where to find resources Jabina Coleman can be reached at the @lactationtherapist on Instagram or you can visit her website at www.thelactationtherapist.com.BONUS: Video from Standford on hand expressing milk: https://med.stanford.edu/newborns/professional-education/breastfeeding/hand-expressing-milk.html

Jeanne talks with author, journalist and maternal health advocate, Kimberly Seals Allers about racism and bias in hospitals and healthcare and about her upcoming app that will help women find high-quality care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk about Kimberly's provocative article, "Dear White Women: Are You Beind What's Suppressing Black Breastfeeding Rates?" She shares about her own breastfeeding experiences and how they have led her to become an advocate for change in maternal and infant health, while creating a seat for WOC at the table. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/normalizebreastfeeding/message

We chat with Kimberly Seals-Allers about Maternal health disparities in breastfeeding, feminist rage to enact change and Mothering as Real Work. We take a deep dive into her book The Big Let Down and her various projects working to end maternal health disparity in communities of color. Our lovely sponsor is Miss Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque Online.

EP48: Kimberly Seals Allers on How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding What She Shares: How her book, The Big Letdown, explores the connections between medicine, big business and feminism and their effects on breastfeeding women today. How the environment we are currently in sets us up for failure. The importance of using our power as consumers to start dialogues with our care providers about breastfeeding and lactation. Taking morality and guilt out of the current debate on breastfeeding and birth. The ways feminism has let mothers down. The importance of re-centering mothers in the fight for reproductive justice and freedom.  What You’ll Hear: How the field of pediatric medicine arose in conjunction with the development of infant formula. How this original alliance has shaped the pediatric field and its relationship to breastfeeding. Breastfeeding and lactating management are not taught in medical school. The lack of holistic care for women after birth: “Women are broken down into the sum of their parts.” How we only deal with the body when it’s diseased, while there’s very little support for its normal biological functions. These natural functions are embodied and unable to be monetized. What’s the economic incentive to support them? Our increasingly isolated lives contribute to this loss and to the stress that negatively impacts a woman’s milk supply. There are some cultures where this disruption never happens. We have to examine the systems we’re living in and how they set us up for failure. The importance of creating a dialogue with pediatricians and holding them accountable for having training that comes from an unbiased source. What is “Choice Feminism”? Parsing out the moral language in the current debate over what is natural in birth and breastfeeding. “The guilt is not about you. It’s the system that let you down.” How this “blame and shame” conversation divides and distracts people from the larger issues. Cultural acceptance, public support, and encouragement from pediatricians can help women overcome obstacles to breastfeeding. The high cost of our feminist inheritance of “doing it all” and being “equal” to men. We have to see the work of mothering as just as or even more important than our productive work. Play the long game: investing in your health at this time can benefit you for the rest of your life. We can’t evaluate our individual actions without also considering the systems in place around us. The importance of including motherhood in the conversation around reproductive rights. Kimberly Seals Aller’s upcoming webinar offerings. Free: Upcoming webinar on Ethics and Supporting African-American Communities with Breastfeeding http://www.kimberlysealsallers.com/getting-it-right-ethics-engaging-african-american-communities-for-breastfeeding-support-live-webinar-on-october-23rd/  

Karen has a candid conversation with award-winning journalist and advocate, Kimberly Seals Allers on race, the #MeToo movement, health, motherhood, breastfeeding and how black women's rage is wrongly perceived.

On the radio show this week we talk about how we each can make an impact, be greater than fear, VOTE, move forward policy with our anger, and amp up our democracy.   *Special guests include: Ify Ike, Think Rubrix, Mass Bailout, @IfyIkeEsq; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Kimberly Seals Allers, author, maternal and child health expert, and advocate, @iamKSealsAllers; and Anat Shenker, ASO Communications and author.    featuring music from bensound.com

Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, author and a nationally recognized advocate for breastfeeding and infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly’s fifth book, The Big Let Down—How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding https://www.youtube.com/c/LoriIsenstadt Are you looking for help with breastfeeding? http://bit.ly/1LJEtFU Grab your Ebook which gives you all the tips you need to prepare for a smooth transition from pregnancy to postpartum http://bit.ly/2rGdnvM Subscribe on itunes the All About Breastfeeding show HERE: https://apple.co/2FJGwsV Listen to the All About Breastfeeding show HERE: http://bit.ly/1MOl4lb Like us on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/2dNPlsC Follow us on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/2BfEIJ2 @breastfeedingaz Follow us on Pinterest HERE: https://www.pinterest.com/lorijisenstadt/ Follow us on Instagram HERE: https://www.instagram.com/lorij.isenstadt/

Do you know the difference between an OB/GYN, midwife, and doula? This weekend we chat with student midwife Joi Barnett to discuss midwifery, motherhood, and breastfeeding. In this episode, she unpacks several reasons expectant mothers are conditioned to choose certain care providers and don’t readily consider breastfeeding. Most importantly, we talked about the benefits of sex during pregnancy and negotiating lovemaking while breastfeeding.A few of the resources mentioned in this episode were:* "Breast Feeding and Sex!" (https://www.indianablackbreastfeedingcoalition.com/copy-of-testimonials) by Joi Barnett (article)* "Breastfeeding Disparities in African American Women" (https://nimhd.blogs.govdelivery.com/2017/08/08/breastfeeding-disparities-in-african-american-women/) Regina Smith James, M.D. (article)* The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding by Kimberly Seals Allers (book)IG: Ladies Night Podcast (http://www.instagram.com/ladies_night_podcast)WEB: Ladies Night Podcast (https://www.shavonne.co/ladiesnightpodcast/)EMAIL: ladiesnightpodcast@shavonne.co (mailto:ladiesnightpodcast@shavonne.co)[Music: "Good Times" by Manon Voice (https://soundcloud.com/newvoice-4/good-times), 2015]

Do you know the difference between an OB/GYN, midwife, and doula? This weekend we chat with student midwife Joi Barnett to discuss midwifery, motherhood, and breastfeeding. In this episode, she unpacks several reasons expectant mothers are conditioned to choose certain care providers and don’t readily consider breastfeeding. Most importantly, we talked about the benefits of sex during pregnancy and negotiating lovemaking while breastfeeding.A few of the resources mentioned in this episode were: "Breast Feeding and Sex!" by Joi Barnett (article) "Breastfeeding Disparities in African American Women" Regina Smith James, M.D. (article) The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding by Kimberly Seals Allers (book) IG: Ladies Night Podcast WEB: Ladies Night Podcast EMAIL: ladiesnightpodcast@shavonne.co [Music: "Good Times" by Manon Voice, 2015]

A fascinating read on the politics of breastfeeding and a recipe for the changes needed to support all mothers who want to breastfeed.

In this episode of Yoga | Birth | Babies, I speak with journalist and author of the book, The Big Let Down– How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding.  Kimberly and I discus the role of big pharmaceutical companies and the push for baby formula in doctor’s offices and hospitals and how they undermine a woman’s confidence in her ability to breastfeed.  She also reveals shocking information like who really backs research studies and is formula FDA approved? Discussed in this episode: What inspired Kimberley to write this bookSome of the most surprising facts or experiences she came across will researching and writing this bookThe relationship of growth charts and infant formula.What is the subliminal roll of Infant formula in dr offices and hospitalsThe role the pharma campanies with offering free stuff to the doctors and nurses and funded studies to support their product.The lack of education OBs and pediatricians receive on breastfeedingMarketing to women even before they gave birth and the problems and fear formula companies are creatingIs baby formula FDA approved?Insurance companies covering the cost breast pumps and the opposition that was met along the way to this successThe disparity in breastfeeding among different racial and socioeconomic groupsPlaces women can not find le leche support or baby friendly hospitals and suggestions for resources for these women to turn toThe power of the celebrityOverly sexual message of breasts and the impact on public breastfeeding.Where people can find Kimberley and and what she is up to now About Kimberly: Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, author and a nationally recognized media commentator, consultant and advocate for breastfeeding and infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine, Kimberly is widely considered a leading voice in the counterculture movement in infant feeding. Last year, her online commentaries on the social, structural and racial complexities of maternal and child health issues received over 10 million page views. Kimberly’s fifth book, The Big Let Down—How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding, published by St. Martin’s Press, is available everywhere starting January 24th, 2017. Connect with Kimberly: Instagram & Twitter: @iamksealsallers website: http://www.kimberlysealsallers.com If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe, rate, and review us!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this weeks episode we have  Kimberly Seals Allers, award winning Journalist, Author, Speaker,  Communications Consultant and advocate for breastfeeding and infant health.  Former Senior Editor at Essence and writer at Fortune magazine. Author of five books, this year she released 'The Big Let Down - How Medicine, Big business and Feminism undermine breastfeeding'.     In this episode Kimberly shares her how she created a successful career as a journalist, the challenges of working in corporate America , how she became an author  and we focus on the culture of breastfeeding in the US and the big challenges that women face.    Connect with  Kimberly: http://www.kimberlysealsallers.com Twitter : https://twitter.com/iamKSealsAllers Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/iamksealsallers/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamKSealsAllers/   She’s Got Drive is produced by Cassandra Voltolina and music by Blonde. Artwork by Natasha Merrifield    Listen on iTunes, Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play and SoundCloud    You're invited to go to  shirleymcalpine.com  for a free download of my ebook ‘3 Top Tips on How to be a Woman with Drive’ and the P.I.E download.    To connect with me and the She’s Got Drive community  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shirleymcalpineconsulting/ She’s Got Drive Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shesgotdrive/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel @shirleymcalpine on Twitter:https://twitter.com/shirleymcalpine #shesgotdrivepodcast   

 In this episode, five wonderful women with five different professions join a panel at WOW Apollo to have a conversation about their own experiences of success.   They share their personal stories and talk powerfully about how: you can create your success as your life changes and that you are the architect of your life  being motivated by their upbringing  and family commitments  to meet a new version of yourself  Negative motivators can be a positive motivator  your access to success is to keep moving  success can also be a burden  knowing can be an obstacle  life is about learning lessons  important is self-care     Information of the Panelist and Social Media information    Malene Barnett  Studio B - Award winning Interior designer    Malene is Founder and Design Director of Malene B, a company specializing in handcrafted custom carpets, inspired wallcoverings and artisan tiles. Her luxe creations have enlivened premier hotels, iconic office buildings, and sophisticated private spaces. , She has been featured in Huffington Post and Design Sponge columns, in both national and international press.    instagram https://www.instagram.com/maleneblifestyle/ website : https://www.maleneb.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maleneblifestyle/ twitter: https://twitter.com/maleneblife    Dr. Shalei Simms, Assistant VP of Academic Affairs at Suny College at Old Westbury. Her work has been featured in such publications as Group Decisions and Negotiations journal andInternational Perspectives of Social Entrepreneurship Research. She sits of the Board of Managers on the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA. She was also a member of the Supervisory Committee of the Teachers Federal Credit Union one of the largest credit unions in the country.   Kimberly Seals Allers, Award winning Journalist, Author,  Speaker and communications consultant advocate for breastfeeding and infant health. A former senior editor at ESSENCE and writer at FORTUNE magazine.  She has just published her fifth book, The Big Let Down—How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding.  She is the author of The Mocha Manual series.  The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy was nominated for a NAACP Image Award. The Mocha Manual to Turning Your Passion into Profit and The Mocha Manual to Military Life.    instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/iamksealsallers/ website:  http://www.kimberlysealsallers.com twitter : https://twitter.com/iamKSealsAllers   Tanique Blair,  - VP of  Business Operations and Planning at Nickelodeon.  Tanique is a 17 year Nickelodeon veteran, has overseen the Preschool Toy, Amusement, and Musical Instrument businesses, working on mega hits like Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; and managed relationships with top industry leaders including, Mattel, Fisher Price, Matchbox and Power Wheels.    Regina Fleming - Award winning Photographer, CEO of Regina Fleming Photography   Regina is a former model and actress, a motivational speaker, and a marathon runner. Over a 20 year span, she has appeared in hundreds of publications including, O Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Forbes and Essence. Regina was first place at the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) Awards of Excellence Print Competition for both her wedding and portrait photography. She is a graduate of the distinguished Tory Burch Foundation and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program.   Instagram  @reginafleming photography  Website WWW.REGINAFLEMINGPHOTOGRAPHY.COM     She's Got Drive is produced by Cassandra Voltolina and music by Blonde. Artwork by Natasha Merrifield   Listen on iTunes, Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play and SoundCloud    You're invited to visit shirleymcalpine.com  for a free download of ebook ‘3 Top Tips on How to be a Woman with Drive'   To connect with me and the She's Got Drive community  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shirleymcalpineconsulting/ She's Got Drive Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shesgotdrive/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel @shirleymcalpine on Twitter:https://twitter.com/shirleymcalpine #shesgotdrivepodcast   

Women who don’t meet their personal breastfeeding goals tend to think it is their own fault. It is time for women to stop blaming themselves. Women are starting to learn that difficulty with breastfeeding isn’t their fault, and that oftentimes what is happening is that the hospital environment and modern medical system isn’t setting women up for breastfeeding success.

We need to demand better of the structures that are around us when it comes to breastfeeding.

“When it comes to breastfeeding the ideal of choice verses the illusion of choice are two very different things,” argues Kimberly Seals Allers when talking about her new book, “The Big Let Down: How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding.” In this edition of The Secret Ingredient Allers makes the distinction between choices and […]

“When it comes to breastfeeding the ideal of choice verses the illusion of choice are two very different things,” argues Kimberly Seals Allers when talking about her new book, “The Big Let Down: How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding.” In this edition of The Secret Ingredient Allers makes the distinction between choices and...

“When it comes to breastfeeding the ideal of choice verses the illusion of choice are two very different things,” argues Kimberly Seals Allers when talking about her new book, “The Big Let Down: How Medicine, Big Business and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding.” In this edition of The Secret Ingredient Allers makes the distinction between choices and...

Child support is often one of the most contentious and bitter areas of divorce negotiations and those disagreements can and do continue for years after the divorce is final.We frequently hear complaints of child support going unpaid, and unenforced leaving the custodial parent struggling to provide for their child. At the other end of the spectrum we hear complaints and fears about the consequences for non-payment such as garnishment of wages, loss of driver’s license and professional licenses and imprisonment.Joining Mandy for this episode is award-winning journalist Kimberly Seals Allers. Her article Forgiving $38,750 In Child Support, For My Kids’ Sake was recently published by the Motherlode Blog at The New York Times and received over 450 comments.Mandy and Kimberly discuss:How forgiving child support arrears could benefit your childrenThe alternative currencies for contributing child supportHow to avoid arrears and the associated penalties, andWhy forgiving arrears could a key part of your divorce recoveryKimberly Seals Allers is the author of The Mocha Manual series of books (HarperCollins) and founder of the award-winning pregnancy & parenting website, MochaManual.com. 

Motherhood is a beautiful thing. For "career" women, making the transition can be bit of a shock. Many of today's mothers can't really look to their mothers for advice on how to "have it all" or "balance it all" because for many African American mothers - we are the first generation to be working in high level, corporate career jobs. Best-selling author, Kimberly Seals Allers has created a movement with the Mocha Manual books. It's like "a black mom's guide to life." www.MochaManual.com

Award-winning Journalist, Kimberly Seals-Allers stops by the Savvy Talk Cafe to discuss her business, and new book, The Mocha Manual to Turning Your Passion into Profit, which includes a road map to turning your side hustle into a profitable business!

Award-winning Journalist, Kimberly Seals-Allers stops by the Savvy Talk Cafe to discuss her business, and new book, The Mocha Manual to Turning Your Passion into Profit, which includes a road map to turning your side hustle into a profitable business!