Natasha Alford, author of AMERICAN NEGRA, knows what it's like to live between multiple worlds: she's been an "underdog city school poster kid" and Harvard grad; worked at a public school and a hedge fund; and negotiated her identity as an Afro-Latina. Tune in as Alisha and Natasha chat putting yourself first, how memoir writing is like therapy and why it' can be hard (but necessary) to chase your own what ifs.

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It doesn't matter if you're 14 or 40-something: talking about puberty can be awkward. Thankfully, we have guides in the form of Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett - hosts of THE PUBERTY PODCAST and authors of the bestselling THIS IS SO AWKWARD: MODERN PUBERTY EXPLAINED - to help us navigate tricky conversations. Join Alisha, Cara and Vanessa as they discuss making mistakes as moms, why humor can help any situation and why puberty doesn't, in fact, have to be awkward after all.

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Is rejection actually a good thing? Novelist Emma Grey thinks so. The author of THE LAST LOVE NOTE and her daughter Hannah Robertson join Alisha to chat about life, love, picking yourself back up again and the joys of parenting an adult child. A truly heart-warming episode just in time for Valentine's Day.

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