In today’s episode Mpoomy sits with Bianca Naidoo and chats about childhood memories, mental health, Riky Rick, therapy, and the Riky Rick Foundation and how it’s here to bring awareness and create safe spaces.

Key Discussion Points:

1. Guest bio – Who is Bianca Naidoo? [00:10 ]

2. Ice breaker [00:33 ]

3. Tapping into Bianca’s mixed childhood and how it impacted her as a mother today and merging the two worlds together; the Indian + Black [04:29 ]

4. Dealing with not being Indian enough and not being Black enough [08:40 ]

5. Motherly lessons learned from her own mother [10:08 ]

6. The impact of divorce on children [11:36 ]

7. Navigating survival mode and in the midst of it, getting to know yourself and finding your purpose [14:28 ]

8. Bianca’s role in Riky’s career taking off [20:19 ]

9. Championing life after Riky’s passing and how hard it was in the beginning [21:39 ]

10. Defining grief [24:30 ]

11. Giving yourself permission to be happy even when you are grieving [26:00 ]

12. The challenge of transitioning from behind the scenes to the front as an introvert [28:50 ]

13. How it was living with a partner who struggled with mental health [30:50 ]

14. Not knowing how far Riky’s mental health would go and handling the conversation of Ricky’s passing with the kids [36:25 ]

15. Talking to the kids about mental health and making the conversation normal [40:00 ]

16. The change that came with being vulnerable [44:55 ]

17. Feeling watched [47:20 ]

18. What led to therapy [49:03 ]

19. The good parts of starting over [50:30 ]

20. Life lessons from the kids [53:49 ]

21. Bianca’s relationship with God is her happy place [55:17 ]

22. Father’s Day; how Bianca honors her father and the father of her kids [58:41 ]

23. Riky Rick Foundation creating awareness and safe spaces [59:55 ]

24. Wall of wisdom [01:02:00 ]

Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoyed it!

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