Episode Summary: 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]