STFM Exclusive: How It Started... Why I Created Start to Finish Motherhood (STFM)

[00:00:02] Speaker A: Hi, I'm Aisha and I'm a former host of moca Single Mothers by Choice or smcs. Like you, as an smc, I decided to become a mother knowing I'd be the sole care provider and parent for my children. At least at the outset, the MOCA stood for Black. So I'm using the word black and I'll be discussing being a single mother by choice from a Black woman's lens. You'll connect with all the interesting and fun things about this non traditional path, like discussing which sperm to use and some hard truths about fertility and the realities of dating as a single mother who doesn't have a co parent to rely on occasionally and what it's actually like to parent as an smc. This is the Black Single Mothers by Choice podcast. [00:00:54] Speaker B: And my reasons for creating the start to finish motherhood podcast and brand. I enjoy creating and I enjoy being in safe spaces that reflect the gentleness, the love, the care, the honesty and the softness that Black women embody. Even as society strives to tell the world differently, we know what we deserve and we deserve nice things and we deserve joy, we deserve ease and we deserve tenderness. So Black women, if you're listening, you're amazing. You brighten up whatever space you're in. And I absolutely love being in the Black skin that I'm in. So that being said said, as a member of a marginalized community here in the us I know that supporting Black women benefits all women. And so here I stand as the embodiment of blackness. And that means all of my stories will be told from a Black lens so I don't have to raw. I don't have to hold up a sign whenever I walk into a room saying I'm a Black woman. It is obvious. And all of my experiences and the stories that I recount will be through the lens of a Black woman living in the us. I am a bit of an introvert, as I said, and I like connecting with people. I genuinely like people and I like hearing their stories. So when my first podcast came to an end, I decided to keep going. I have a backlog of people and stories that I want to have on the podcast and I want to be able to share the wonderful inspirational stories and they're just waiting to be told. [00:02:40] Speaker A: Ocd. Thank you so much for taking the time to listen. If you like what you've heard, please share this podcast with your girlfriends and I'd love to hear your thoughts about the topics covered in this episode. So email [email protected] if you found value in the topics covered, consider making a donation using the link in the show notes below. Till next time, Pod. [00:03:04] Speaker B: Bye now.