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PUTTING DOWN THE CAPE
Putting Down the Cape is a healing space for Black women ready to release the weight of “being strong” and embrace rest, joy, and wholeness. Hosted by author and advocate Tamira Valley, each episode blends heartfelt storytelling, spiritual insight, and practical tools to help you live free from burdens you were never meant to carry.
if you’d like to go deeper, you can grab my book Putting Down the Cape: Letting Go of the Strong Black Woman Motif and Saving your Mental Health now available on Amazon and directly through our website at www.puttingdownthecape.com
You’ll also find journals, affirmation cards, and merchandise designed to encourage your journey toward rest and peace.
Podcasting since 2025 • 4 episodes
PUTTING DOWN THE CAPE
Latest Episodes
Episode 4: Letting Go to Level Up
✨ Episode 4— Letting Go to Live Fully ✨Sis, it’s time to release what’s weighing you down and step into freedom! 💃🏾 In this episode of Putting Down the Cape, Tamira Valley dives deep into why letting go isn’t weakness —...
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Episode 3: Rest as Resistance
In this episode of Putting Down the Cape, Rev. Tamira D. Wimbish Valley explores what it means to choose rest as an act of faith and resistance. In a culture that glorifies hustle and constant productivity, we are reminded that ...
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Episode 2: The Power of Saying No without Guilt
In this episode of Putting Down the Cape, we dive into one of the hardest lessons for strong Black women — the power of saying no without carrying guilt. So often, we measure our worth by how much we give, how many people we h...
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We Were Never Meant to Carry It All
Tamira opens the series by sharing her own moment of realizing her “cape” was suffocating her. She explores the historical roots of the Strong Black Woman narrative, its impact on health and identity, and offers the first steps toward rel...
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