Welcome to the Happy Muva&#39;s Day Podcast, featuring your co-hosts, Noémie Gaines &amp; Sharnikya Howard! This podcast is a lot of things, but most importantly, it&#39;s an honest conversation between two sister-friends that love each other hard, but also hold each other accountable, respectfully ;) We&#39;re &#34;process-as-you-go&#34; kinda women, so we invite you into our journey as entrepreneurs, mamas, and women. We hope that you can relate, no matter where you are on your journey.

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Welcome back to the Happy Muva&#39;s Day podcast! Noemie and Sharnikya continue their conversation with guest, Mick, getting more in depth about the ways their surroundings helped to mold their decisions in their parenting styles.As always, like, subscribe, and chime in!Moments by Mick - http://www.momentsbymick.com

Different Schools of Parenting (Part 2 of 2)

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Welcome back to the Happy Muva&#39;s Day podcast! In this episode, Noemie and Sharnikya are joined by guest, and good friend Mick to discuss different perspectives in parenting, from the single parent, to the co-parent, to the married parent. They dive into the shared challenges, the pros, and the cons that can be found along the parenting spectrum.As always, like, subscribe, and chime in!Moments by Mick - http://www.momentsbymick.com

Different Schools of Parenting (Part 1 of 2)

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Welcome back to the Happy Muva&#39;s Day podcast! Noemie and Sharnikya wrap up on dealing with tough conversations. They speak on instilling emotional intelligence into the kids. They speak on their own growth in emotional intelligence. They describe the importance of having trust in your relationships in order to handle the challenging wrinkles in life.As always, like, subscribe, and chime in!

Navigating Tough Conversations (Part 3 of 3)

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Welcome back to the Happy Muva&#39;s Day podcast! Noemie and Sharnikya continue to discuss experiences and tips for having difficult conversations with children and family.As always, like, subscribe, and chime in!

Navigating Tough Conversations (Part 2 of 3)

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Welcome back to the Happy Muva&#39;s Day podcast! In this episode, Noemie and Sharnikya discuss different schools of thought when having difficult conversations. They discuss what worked for them growing up and talk through what they might be able to use in their family dynamics.As always, like, subscribe, and chime in!

Navigating Tough Conversations (Part 1 of 3)

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Welcome back to the Happy Muva&#39;s Day podcast! In this episode, Noemie and Sharnikya are joined by guest Monique, MDOTROSS Style Studio Owner, to discuss styling tips and inspirations for all seasons. Take notes as they dive in! As always, like, subscribe, and chime in!MDOTROSS Style Studio - http://www.mdotross.com

Finding Your Style After Motherhood

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Welcome back to the Happy Muva&#39;s Day podcast! In this episode, Noemie and Sharnikya discuss how they navigate the demands at home while maintaining balance. They open up about how important it is to take care of yourself to be present for others. As always, like, subscribe, and chime in!

How to Be in the Moment at Home

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Welcome back to Happy Muva&#39;s Day! In this episode, Noemie and Sharnikya discuss hot girl summer. Join and participate in the conversation where they cover: - Traveling with children - What a hot mom summer is - The definition of a hot mom - and much more Like, subscribe, and chime in!

Hot mom summer

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Welcome back to Happy Muva&#39;s Day! In this episode, Noemie and Sharnikya discuss dealing with outside opinions. Join and participate in the conversation where they cover:- The pressures of outside opinions - The impact of others - Social media - Having positive outside opinions Like, subscribe, and chime in!

Dealing with outside opinions

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Welcome back to Happy Muva&#39;s Day! In this episode, Noemie and Sharnikya discuss motherhood and what it has taught them about themselves. Join and participate in the conversation where they cover: - The pressures of being a mom- Parenting styles with different children- Learning from your children- Unnecessary lessons- Giving yourself grace Like, subscribe, and chime in!

What motherhood has taught us about ourselves

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Welcome back to Happy Muva&#39;s Day! In this episode, Noemie and Sharnikya discuss the strength in community in contrast to our strength as individuals. Join and participate in the conversation where they cover: - The importance of prioritizing what really matters as opposed to doing it all, all the time- What it&#39;s like to be a &#34;Strong&#34; Friend- Being vulnerable and asking for help- Relying on those you trust- Accepting help when offered- Reimagining the phrase &#34;Strong Black Woman&#34; Like, subscribe, and chime in!

When you’re tired of being strong

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The Happy Muva&#39;s Day Podcast returns with season 2! On This episode join, Noémie and Sharnikya as they share the pressures of being the first. Being the first in their families to conquer financial woes and other things that they did not know about was a challenge for them. However, these ladies have learned and still learning how to manage life, motherhood, and so much more. Listen along because you may learn some things as well.Like, subscribe, AND participate in the conversations because this is the show for YOU!

The Pressure of Being the First

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The Happy Muva&#39;s Day Podcast returns with season 2! Join the co-hosts, Noémie and Sharnikya as they share on topics covering the spectrum of motherhood. Like, subscribe, AND participate in the conversations because this is the show for YOU!

Introducing Happy Muva's Day Season 2

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We&#39;re back after a short (not really short) hiatus!! If you don&#39;t already know, Noémie is PREGNANT with baby #2, so we&#39;ve just taken some off for the icky-ness to pass and now we&#39;re back and ready to close out this season STRONG! In today&#39;s episode, we tackle the myth of &#34;being ready&#34; and &#34;balancing.&#34; How do you know when you&#39;re ready to take the next step? Are there any signs? Or is it just a state of releasing control and just making the jump? Let&#39;s talk about it!

We&apos;re back after a short (not really short) hiatus!! If you don&apos;t already know, Noémie is PREGNANT with baby #2, so we&apos;ve just taken some off for the icky-ness to pass and now we&apos;re back and ready to close out this season STRONG! In today&apos;s episode, we tackle the myth of &quot;being ready&quot; and &quot;balancing.&quot; How do you know when you&apos;re ready to take the next step? Are there any signs? Or is it just a state of releasing control and just making the jump? Let&apos;s talk about it!

What is Ready?

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Listen.. There are no awards for being the most overworked or burnt out mama. I mean, maybe there are, but is that what you really want?!? On the episode, we have our usual breakthroughs about doing the most, and how to find and protect your peace. Can you relate? Let us know!

More than a Muva

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On this special Muva&#39;s Day episode, we&#39;re reflecting on our own mamas and how they&#39;re inspired our motherhood journey. We even have a very special appearance (interruption) by the little ladies that made us mommies.  Happy Mother&#39;s (Muva&#39;s) to day to all the mamas, aunties, and mother figures out there. We love you!

On this special Muva&apos;s Day episode, we&apos;re reflecting on our own mamas and how they&apos;re inspired our motherhood journey. We even have a very special appearance (interruption) by the little ladies that made us mommies.  Happy Mother&apos;s (Muva&apos;s) to day to all the mamas, aunties, and mother figures out there. We love you!

Dear Mama

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Mom-ing is hard whether you&#39;re a single mom or a married one. On this episode, we talk a lot about the &#34;grass is greener&#34; mindset, and surprisingly end up with major live and in-real-time breakthroughs about self-care, friendship, and how to prioritize showing up for yourself!

Mom-ing is hard whether you&apos;re a single mom or a married one. On this episode, we talk a lot about the &quot;grass is greener&quot; mindset, and surprisingly end up with major live and in-real-time breakthroughs about self-care, friendship, and how to prioritize showing up for yourself!

Married v. Single Mom Life

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Has manifesting always been a thing? It&#39;s clearly been a buzzword for the past few years, but we don&#39;t often talk about what they meant for us as we transitioned into adulthood.  On this episode, we take a trip down memory lane to really analyze how we got to where we are now. It was a complete mess, but we think that&#39;s exactly the way it&#39;s supposed to be!

Has manifesting always been a thing? It&apos;s clearly been a buzzword for the past few years, but we don&apos;t often talk about what they meant for us as we transitioned into adulthood.  On this episode, we take a trip down memory lane to really analyze how we got to where we are now. It was a complete mess, but we think that&apos;s exactly the way it&apos;s supposed to be!

The Rollercoaster is Part of the Plan

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On this episode, we randomly get into all the private school things. We both decided to enroll our daughters in private school and we talk a lot about the guilt that comes with that decision and everything we wish we knew before the process as black families.

Black Families & Private Schools

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On this episode, we really get into how to push through when we finally reach our dreams, and how  it may end up being more difficult than we anticipated. We also have a few interruptions by our minis, and we manage it like the bawses that we are! The biggest takeaway that we want you to leave with is to quiet down and truly listen out for your calling! We know it when it feels right, but we still have to work to keep it and to make it work for us!   We hope this convo does for you what it did for us. Until next time!!

Shut Up & Listen

Welcome to the Happy Muva's Day Podcast, featuring your co-hosts, Noémie Gaines & Sharnikya Howard! This podcast is a lot of things, but most importantly, it's an honest conversation between two sister-friends that love each other hard, but also hold each other accountable, respectfully ;) We're "process-as-you-go" kinda women, so we invite you into our journey as entrepreneurs, mamas, and women. We hope that you can relate, no matter where you are on your journey.