Sister Struggles

About Sister Struggles

Hosted by self care coach Joanna Njama, Sister Struggles is a podcast for black women ready to release the habits and pressure to be a strong black woman so that you can free yourself from people-pleasing habits and toxic relationships. Are you living the life you want or the role that's expected of you? Tune in for eye-opening guest interviews and my coaching to unlearn the limiting beliefs that are holding you back. Sister Struggles LLC

Publisher

Joanna Njama

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

17 Jan 2022

Latest episode

16 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Mar 2026

   Making it on Broken Pieces (with Yolanda Taylor Sulton)

   “Sometimes as women, as people, we smile and act like everything is ok when it’s not.” Yolanda Taylor Sulton joins me on the pod to talk about how growing up with low self-esteem and feeling unable to fully express herself shaped her journey. Those struggles eventually inspired her to write her book "Making It on Broken Pieces" and step into entrepreneurship by launching Yogo Mobile Solutions, a mobile drug screening service. In this conversation, we dig into redefining what stren...

2. 

   22 Feb 2026

   Blackness Is Not a Monolith: Discussing Ravyn Lenae

   In this episode of Sister Struggles, I discuss Rayvn Lenae, a rising R+B singer, who was called out for having a "white girl aesthetic", her response, and how blackness isn't easily defined. There are no limits, except the ones we place on ourselves. Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Follow, rate and review with what you think! IG: @SisterStrugglesSelfCare ; @Sister_struggles._podcast TikTok: @SisterstrugglesSelfCare Email me! SisterStrugglesPod@gmail.com

3. 

   21 Nov 2025

   What Healing Really Looks Like w/ Shirria McCullough (Pt. 2)

   "Healing isn't always glamorous or a straight line. Sometimes you have to go backwards, forwards, sideways to get through." Now this is one of the biggest reminders I took from Pt. 2 of talk with Shirria McCullough, therapist for ambitious millennial moms. Because It took me a LONG time to figure out. Also, we discuss how we have control over our healing and can take a break when the grief gets too rough. Is there still a stigma of therapy in black community? And our analysis of Nicki M...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

25

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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