This week’s episode was recorded live at the 2026 Mental Wealth Expo hosted by Charlamagne Tha God and the Mental Wealth Alliance.

I’m joined by licensed therapist and author Minaa B for a conversation about the Black mother wound, sibling relationships and what happens when the mother who hurt you becomes the mother who needs your care.

We talk about:

-How the mother wound impacts self-trust, confidence and people pleasing
-Why siblings can grow up in the same house and have completely different experiences
-Favoritism, competition and emotional neglect between siblings
-How childhood roles follow us into our adult sibling relationships
-Caring for an aging or toxic mother without abandoning yourself
-Why caregiving does not have to mean sacrificing your mental health
-Setting boundaries with family while still showing compassion
-Letting go of the need to prove you’re a “good daughter”

Healing your mother wound is not about fixing your relationship with your mother. It’s about healing the relationship you have with yourself.

Keep the conversation going on Instagram @BlackMotherWound.

More about Minaa B: Minaa B. is a highly sought-after licensed therapist, author of Owning Our Struggles, and creator of The Siblinghood Theory, a relational framework that examines how sibling and peer relationships shape how we navigate belonging, conflict, and connection throughout life. An expert in her field, Minaa has been featured in numerous media outlets, including The TODAY Show, BBC, CNN, and more. She hosts This Feels Familiar, a podcast that explores the relational patterns that keep people stuck, and serves as a relationship expert for eharmony. Minnab.com Instagram

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What happens after you’ve spent years healing your mother wound?

At some point, you have to start living.

In this episode, I’m talking about having the audacity to go after the life you actually want, especially when you didn’t grow up with someone encouraging your dreams, believing in you or teaching you how to believe in yourself.

I share what this looks like in my own life as I return to the parts of myself that have always been there, including writing my first novel, working on a documentary and fully embracing myself as an artist.

We talk about:

• Becoming someone different from who your mother expected you to be
  • Why healing requires more than understanding your pain
  • Building a community that supports who you’re becoming
  • Learning to trust your dreams without needing everyone else to understand them
  • Starting before you know exactly how everything will work
  • Doing the thing because you love it, not because it has to immediately make money
  • Giving yourself permission to change, pivot and want more

If you’ve been doing this work for a while, the question becomes: What are you healing for if you’re not going to change your life?

You don’t need the entire roadmap. You need to trust yourself enough to start and keep going.

Keep the conversation going on Instagram @JenniferArnise or @BlackMotherWound.

Here’s the link to ask your questions. And here’s the information about the Mental Wealth Alliance Expo

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This episode is a little different. You’re listening to audio from the live episode of the Black Mother Wound Podcast I recorded in June 2026 in front of a live audience.

And y’all came with the questions.

We talked about what healing actually looks like when your mother is still in your life, how the mother wound follows us into friendships and romantic relationships, rebuilding trust with our children and learning how to create safety within ourselves.

Because healing your mother wound is not about having a better relationship with your mother. It’s about having a better relationship with yourself.

We talk about:
• Setting boundaries when you’re still in contact with your mother
• Creating safety for your inner little girl
• Why healing can feel lonely when old relationships begin to fall away
• People pleasing, overgiving and learning when enough is enough
• Protecting your story when people judge your relationship with your mother
• Repairing relationships with your children after recognizing your own patterns
• Building confidence through evidence and experience
• Learning how to connect without overinvesting in relationships

Healing changes how you relate to your mother, but it also changes how you relate to yourself and everybody around you.

Keep the conversation going on Instagram @JenniferArnise or @BlackMotherWound.

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