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The Letters and Layers Podcast

In a media landscape that prioritizes sensationalism, sound bites, and superficial conversations, Amaka, host of The Letters and Layers Podcast, brings her authentic self to each episode, and goes deep with discussing life lessons, personal experiences, books she loves, and mental health topics like depression, anxiety, and healing from trauma . Tune in for insight on personal growth and improvement that resonate with Black women today.

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52:37

072. Tracking Your Accomplishments and Relationships...

The Letters and Layers Podcast ·

2024/12/15

Hey everyone!Welcome to the final episode of the year! I'm really happy to get to this point and thank you all who have listened to this podcast, or found me this year and stuck around! I appreciate it more than you know. We will resume new episodes January 15th, 2025.At the top of the episode, I talk about making a list of your accomplishments. This can help put things in perspective when you feel like you got nothing done during the year, which was something I was contending with myself (8:38)

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20:10

Redefining Rejection & An Audio Essay: Loc Day

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2024/12/01

Happy December!With just a few more weeks in 2024, I wanted to share an essay I wrote for a competition that was not selected, but I love regardless, and felt many Black women could relate to (7:14). Before starting the essay, I talk a bit about how "rejection" can sting at first, but so often it is meant to push is in a new direction and open us up to opportunities we may not have even considered. I hope you listen to the end.I started a blog! Visit (www.thelettersandlayers.com) and subscribe to

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39:45

Post-Election Self Care, and Megan the Stallion's...

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2024/11/15

Hey everyone!A lot of us have gone through a myriad of emotions in the aftermath of the US Presidential election. I start the episode by reflecting on my thought processes over the last week, and how I plan to prioritize my mental health through the transition and beyond. Later on in the episode I talk about Megan Thee Stallion's documentary on Amazon Prime and some key takeaways from what she shared. I hope you listen to the end. I started a blog! Visit (www.thelettersandlayers.com) and subscribe

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40:56

Adult Braces, Confidence in your Appearance, Tia...

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2024/11/01

Hey Everyone!Happy November! I'm excited to come back with a new episode to start the month and kick off the holiday season. At the top of the episode I talk about some changes I've made to my appearance, like getting braces for the second-time and installing micro-locs. I follow-up with encouragement to prioritizing taking care of how you look if you feel moved to do so! When you look good, you feel good.The second segment of the podcast focuses on my thoughts about Tia Mowry's new show, Tia

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58:27

Letters & Layers Episode Rewind: My Tools of Mental...

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2024/10/15

Hey Everyone!I decided to take an impromptu break from recording, but wanted to highlight an episode from the Letters and Layers Podcast archives that I think is relevant for this time of the year. We're entering into the fall in the US and sometimes folks have some difficulty adjusting to the colder weather and shorter days. I thought putting a spotlight on a past episode where I discuss my tools of mental hygiene might be helpful. It was originally published March 1st, 2022. I hope you listen to

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27:50

Starting my Locs Journey & All About Love Chapter 6 -...

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2024/10/01

Hey Everyone!Happy October! We are well into the fall season -- for many people, this is often a time of transition, which is also the case for me, as I've decided to transition my hair into microlocs, and begin the episode talking about getting to this point. The second segment of the episode focuses on chapter 6 of All About Love, themes of love and power, how that affects how we relate with each other, and what we can change (12:05). I hope you listen to the end.I started a blog! Visit

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49:35

Healing Paternal Wounds & 35 Lessons for Turning 35...

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2024/09/15

Hey everyone!I started this episode by sharing a personal breakthrough I experienced last week around the relationship with my father (4:34). Then after, I took a deeper dive into some of the lessons from the last episode (22:09). I hope you listen to the end. I started a blog! Pay it a visit (www.thelettersandlayers.com) and subscribe to the newsletter at the bottom of the homepage. I'd love to offer answers to your questions, real-time life updates and recommendations, and mental health/wellness

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25:39

The 3 Year Anniversary Episode: 35 Lessons for...

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2024/09/01

Hey everyone!I am beside myself having reached this milestone and getting to celebrate 3 years with this podcast. Thank you so much to everyone who has listened to even one minute of an episode. I really appreciate it.I spend the first half of the episode sharing what this accomplishment means to me at this point and transition into sharing the list of 35 lessons I wrote for turning 35 (12:46). I hope you listen to the end.I started a blog! Pay it a visit (www.thelettersandlayers.com) and subscribe

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27:05

Showtime's Couples Therapy Episode 7-9 Final Recap

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2024/08/15

Hey everyone!I'm looking forward to sharing with you all my final thoughts on the last three episodes of Showtime's Couples therapy (12:31). Before this segment, I talk about visiting my family this weekend, and the ongoing work of reminding myself that my value is not dependent on my accomplishments or level of productivity. I hope you listen to the end.I started a blog! Pay it a visit (www.thelettersandlayers.com) and subscribe to the newsletter at the bottom of the homepage. I'd love to offer

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41:07

Birthday Reflections, Traveling Solo, & Showtime's...

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2024/08/01

Hey Everyone!It's feels great to be back after taking a month of to celebrate my birthday and refocus for the second half of the year. In this episode I talk about my trip to Panama for my birthday, what it meant to me, and my thoughts on solo travel as a Black woman. For the second half of the episode, I talk about the next three episodes of Showtime's Couples Therapy, and how I see the impact that unresolved trauma can have on romantic relationships (18:29). I hope you listen to the end. I started

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25:46

A Short Break, an Inside Out 2 Review (Spoilers!) &...

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2024/07/01

Hey Everyone!It is that time of year where I take a pause from the podcast with a short break! This means there will be no new episode on July 15th. I will be back with new episodes on August 1st. Coming back we will continue talking about Couple's Therapy on Showtime, and I'll devote a couple of episodes to my recent mini-project where I wrote 35 lessons for turning 35. We'll also get back to the books for sure!Today I wanted to give a quick personal update about how walking has made my life so

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56:42

Manifesting the Life You Want Through Writing &...

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2024/06/15

Hey everyone!After I share my personal update at the top of the episode, I turn back time and share a journal entry I wrote over six years ago, where I detailed the things I wanted out of life professionally and how I am living that life now (09:18). Later on I discuss the first three episodes of Showtime's Couples Therapy, specifically my first impressions of the couples this season and how things may unfold as I continue to watch(32.31). I hope you listen to the end.I started a blog! Pay it a

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36:33

My 14 Day Health Challenge & Black Maternal Health...

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2024/06/01

Happy June!We're just weeks away from the halfway point of the year and I truly cannot wrap my head around how fast 2024 is going. Nonetheless I'm excited to talk this episode about insights from my health challenge that I'm about to "end" (4:20), and my experience reading Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom (16:36). I did not finish the book (!!!) and I talk about why in the episode, but regardless was I was moved by her personal story on the subject of Black maternal health. I hope you listen to the

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36:07

Running Out of of Gas by Sonya Renee Taylor

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2024/05/15

Happy Wednesday!Very excited to return to my listeners with new episodes thanks to my new podcast recording setup! I planned to begin my deep dive into Thick by Tressie McMillian Cottom, but while blogging this past weekend, I stumbled upon an essay I read two years that I still think about and felt moved to share. After providing a quick personal update, I read the essay Running Out of Gas By Sonya Renee Taylor (8:27). It is an essay of radical honesty dealing with death, grief, sex, healing and

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42:05

Letters & Layers Episode Rewind: What Happened to You...

The Letters and Layers Podcast ·

2024/05/01

Happy May!I unfortunately had some unexpected technical difficulties while working to record a new episode for May 1st, and wasn't able to make it happen in time. I'm working on getting back up and running, but regardless it's always a good time to listen anew or listen again to one of my favorite episodes on the book, What Happened to You by Dr. Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey. The book tackles how trauma can impact how we see the world and interact with the people around us. I hope you listen

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28:11

How to Process Your Mistakes

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2024/04/15

It's an ongoing journey for me to process the mistakes I make in a healthy way, and not regress to a place where I emotionally punish myself because I feel I deserve it. For my listeners who struggle with this, I hope this episode connects with you, and maybe because of it you're able to extend yourself a little more grace. I start this segment at the 5:32 mark, and I hope you listen to the end.As always, please share and recommend, and thank you so much for the support!Subscribe to my new YouTube

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59:13

Nurturing Your Creativity

The Letters and Layers Podcast ·

2024/04/01

Allowing myself to identify as an artist and creative feels unfamiliar, but the signs have been there since childhood and I wonder if this is who I've been all along. I talk more about this on the podcast this episode (25:13). Beforehand, I share a mental reframe I'm using to get things done when I don't "feel like it" (18:10), and talk about what I've been up lately, which includes going to a tattoo festival and taking a cooking class with new friends. I hope you listen to the end. As always,

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34:46

Feeling Overwhelmed & All About Love Chapter 5:...

The Letters and Layers Podcast ·

2024/03/15

We're returning to our All About Love discussion series this episode with chapter 5 titled Spirituality - Divine love, where bell hooks highlights spirituality in the context of needing community (16:06). Before we dive in, I give a personal update on feeling overwhelmed the past couple of weeks and how I'm working on prioritizing what's most important. I hope you listen to the end.As always, please share and recommend, and thank you so much for the support!Subscribe to my new YouTube Channel:

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57:26

Mea Culpa on Netflix (Spoliers!) & My Dream Interview...

The Letters and Layers Podcast ·

2024/03/01

Happy March! I had a lot of fun recording this episode. At the top, I share about my weekend and taking a historically black neighborhood bus tour around Bronzeville, Chicago and some of what I learned (3:06). Next I talk about watching Mea Culpa over the weekend and my thoughts with spoilers (16:36). Lastly I spend some time entertaining the thought exercise of which Black women in entertainment, fashion and media I would love to interview for the podcast and how it would impact me (28:21). I hope

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13:51

Audio Essay: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

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2024/02/15

I read Behold the Dreamers in 2018 and loved it so much that I wrote a reaction essay to process my thoughts and feelings about the story. Every so often I re-read the essay, and decided to record it and turn it into an episode. The story follows characters Jende and Neni, and married couple from Cameroon who come to the states with their six year old son with hope for a better future in the US. But things prove much more challenging than they anticipate and they find themselves in situations that

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