Speaker 1: What's up, y'all. My name is Mimi Walker, and I
Speaker 1: am the resident Auntie Supreme over at Handing My Purse
Speaker 1: the podcast. Now, if you're not familiar with Handing My Purse,
Speaker 1: it's a podcast that takes a deep dive into the
Speaker 1: nuances of black culture, whether we're talking about social emotional wellbeing,
Speaker 1: the culture itself and its significance in our community as
Speaker 1: well as the global community, mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health,
Speaker 1: as well as all of the many life experiences that
Speaker 1: we are faced with every single day of our black lives.
Speaker 1: You know, it's funny to me that there is an
Speaker 1: unspoken understanding that black aunties are truly the backbone of
Speaker 1: our communities and of their families. And Auntie doesn't necessarily
Speaker 1: have to be your mom or your dad's sister or
Speaker 1: even a blood relative at all. Really, and Auntie is
Speaker 1: anyone close to you or your family that can offer
Speaker 1: you a space where there's safety, security, guidance and supreme
Speaker 1: wisdom that oftentimes other family members just can't provide. That's
Speaker 1: my answer to everything you need a Black Auntie that
Speaker 1: because Black aunties are the bomb of Gilead, Black aunties
Speaker 1: heal everything to the best of their ability, and what
Speaker 1: they can't heal, they're going to offer you the resources
Speaker 1: to figure it out, or they're gonna take you to
Speaker 1: where you can go get healed. Okay, The concept of
Speaker 1: you handing your auntie her purse serves as a catalyst
Speaker 1: for action, and it can change the atmosphere, can change
Speaker 1: the whole energy in the room. And you know that
Speaker 1: when your auntie digs in that purse and pulls out
Speaker 1: whatever she's about to pull out, that she is about
Speaker 1: to bless your life in some way. With this show,
Speaker 1: I vow to be a comforting, funny, sometimes inappropriate, but
Speaker 1: always authentic voice. I want us to seek out and
Speaker 1: create the safe spaces for one another so that we
Speaker 1: can begin to get comfortable having uncomfortable conversations in our commies.
Speaker 1: And that's pretty much what this show is. It's a
Speaker 1: conversation with your favorite auntie and that's me, Me, Me
Speaker 1: Auntie Memi. And as you listen, I want you to
Speaker 1: talk back to me. Now, of course I won't hear
Speaker 1: you what in the world is that? But it's really
Speaker 1: the thought that counts. Right. Also, why to stop? So
Speaker 1: if you are old enough to have been in love
Speaker 1: with new edition in the early eighties, but still young
Speaker 1: enough to have a playlist on Apple Music that's filled
Speaker 1: with trap music, then this is a show for you.
Speaker 1: And even if you don't really identify with any of
Speaker 1: those things, listen anyway. I'm sure you're gonna find something
Speaker 1: that you can relate to, so be sure to tune
Speaker 1: in to Hand Me My Purse. New episodes are released
Speaker 1: every Tuesday. But before you hit play, run and go,
Speaker 1: grab yourself your favorite bevers to sip on, get real comfortable,
Speaker 1: and just get ready to have a good time. It's
Speaker 1: absolutely everything you never ever knew you needed in a podcast.