Questioning the Narratives We’ve Inherited: Motherhood, Identity, and Why Women’s Stories Deserve to Be Told - with Anna Malaika Tubbs

About this episode

This episode features a conversation about the importance of questioning inherited narratives and elevating women's stories in the context of motherhood and leadership.

In this powerful and perspective-shifting episode, Leanna Laskey McGrath sits down with Anna Malaika Tubbs, renowned author, speaker, and advocate for examining the narratives that shape how we see ourselves and each other. Anna shares her global upbringing and how it shaped her understanding of identity, belonging, and cultural storytelling. Together, they explore the importance of elevating voices and histories that have been overlooked or erased (particularly women’s and mother’s stories), and how storytelling can be a tool for connection, healing, and change. This conversation goes beyond theory and into real life, touching on motherhood, raising children with awareness, and the responsibility we carry as leaders, parents, and individuals to question inherited narratives. For high-achieving women, executive leaders, and mothers, this episode is both grounding and expansive, an invitation to think more critically, lead more intentionally, and bring more awareness to what stories are shaping our beliefs. In This Episode, We Discuss: How our upbringing shapes the way we see the world The impact of inherited narratives and cultural conditioning Why storytelling matters in…

People in this episode

Host: Leanna Laskey McGrath

Guest: Anna Malaika Tubbs

Topics covered

• motherhood
• identity
• storytelling
• cultural narratives
• leadership
• women's stories

Keywords

• narratives
• identity
• storytelling
• motherhood
• leadership
• cultural conditioning
• awareness
• empathy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WRKdefined Podcast Network

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