My Vlogs

Welcome back to our digital living room. 🤎 Today, I'm pulling back the curtain on what it really looks like to build a 6-figure business while curating a slow, intentional life as a stay-at-home mom in Los Angeles. There is a big misconception that ambition and the "soft life" cannot coexist. In this vlog, I take you behind the scenes as I prepare and pitch my business at an accelerator—all while balancing world-schooling, nature school, and raising my two boys, Bamba and Ahmed. We are redefining what a mompreneur looks like. It doesn't have to be loud hustle culture; it can be grounded, peaceful, and deeply rooted in community. Whether you are building a business, transitioning to homeschool, or simply trying to protect your peace and romanticize your motherhood journey, I hope this video reminds you that we can have both: the ambition and the sanctuary. ✨ Join our village: If you are on the journey of raising global citizens and curating a slower life, hit subscribe so you never miss a vlog! 🤎 Watch Next: Slow living in Los Angeles | a library haul for our global citizens: https://youtu.be/05msZY43FvI Slow living in Los Angeles | Finding our peace in a homeschool collective: https://youtu.be/QzjE7TzISs4 📱 Let's Connect: Instagram: @ShanayBraxton #SlowLiving #SAHMBusiness #MomVlog #StayAtHomeMom #Worldschooling #LosAngelesVlog #Unschooling #SoftLife #Mompreneur Book a tour: https://laxtomorocco.com/black-la-tour/ #raisingblackboys #makemoneyasasahm #theegatheringspotla

Want to raise Black boys to be global citizens without needing a passport? Join this Free Spirit Mama as we world-school our toddlers and travel the globe right from our kitchen! We are a world-schooling family who believes the world is our classroom. In this library book haul, I'm sharing the colorful children's books we'll use to teach culture through food. Food is the great connector we use to build deep, natural empathy and cultural understanding. My goal is for my two Black boys to know they belong in every room and every country. We kick off our "kitchen world tour" by taking our specific Dominican Republic plantain book, "Plantanos Go With Everything," into the kitchen for a hands-on science-and-taste test! Subscribe so you don't miss our world-schooling journey! #homeschoolingtoddlers #blackmotherhood #raisingblackboys #toddlerchef

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How I survive overstimulation as a stay-at-home mom raising two Black boys As a mom to two toddlers, overstimulation is my daily reality. But I truly believe that my patience with my Black sons is a political act, and my regulation is the key to their freedom. In this vlog, I’m taking you to nature school with us and sharing the 5 real, practical ways I regulate my nervous system when the chaos hits. From physically breaking the "fight or flight" response, to unlearning the "boys don't cry" script, we are actively breaking generational cycles and building a Third Culture in our home. I don't have it all figured out, but it’s a start. 🤎 If you are an overstimulated mom trying to choose the Soft Life and gentle parent your babies, you are not alone in this living room. 00:00 How do you protect your peace 00:50 Confessions about being overstimulated 02:44 How I survive overstimulation as a stay at home mom 02:50 Tip 1 03:15 Tip 2 03:39 Tip 3 04:55 Tip 4 06:55 The truth about motherhood 📺 Watch this video next: Overstimulated mom needs help being patient with 2 Black boys https://youtu.be/h1dusXKOAvQ #overstimulatedmom #raisingblackboys #gentleparenting #unschooling #nervoussystemregulation #softlife

Worldschooling is accessible because there is a library on every corner. So when we can’t buy plane tickets, we travel through books. #raisingblackboys #homeschooling

A beautiful mama left this comment saying her peace came when her kids went to school for 8 hours a day, or by booking a hotel weekend. And she is so right—a regulated mother is everything! But for our family, we unschool. My two Black boys are home with me, learning from the world, 24/7. I don’t get that 8-hour school break to reset. I truly believe that my patience with my sons is a political act. Me keeping my peace is the key to their freedom. But to give them that, I need to be free, too. And lately? I am just a deeply overstimulated mom actively asking for help. So I am calling on the village. Mamas who have their babies at home all day—how are you finding your balance? How do you regulate your nervous system in the middle of the morning chaos? Please drop your advice in the comments because I am taking notes. 📝🤎 📺 Tap the linked video on the screen to watch my full, vulnerable reality check. Overstimulated mom needs advise https://youtu.be/h1dusXKOAvQ #overstimulatedmom #motherhood #raisingblackboys #unschooling #softlife #nervoussystemregulation #momsupport #freespiritmama

Overstimulated Mom Needs Help: How to Find Patience & Raise Free Black Boys I’m a free spirit who loves her two young Black boys, but the 24/7 noise, chaos, and constant interruptions have me on the brink of burnout. I'm confessing the hard truth: my lack of patience is shrinking my sons' freedom. In this video, I get raw and real about motherhood overstimulation and the emotional labor of raising my toddler and pre-toddler. I talk about the guilt of snapping, why I've had to reframe patience not just as a soft skill but as a political act and a necessary tool for liberation. We're going beyond "just breathe" and diving into the practices I'm using right now—like sensory aids, narrating my struggle, and capacity-building—so I can regulate myself instead of restricting them. If you’re a mom dealing with sensory overload and feeling like you're failing the mission of raising joyous, free Black boys, this one is for you. Watch to learn: The direct link between a mom's overstimulation and a child's lack of freedom. How to use an internal script (Are they unsafe? Or am I just annoyed?) to choose your response. My current experiment with sensory aids and narrating the struggle to teach my boys that their mother is human too. Their freedom depends on my regulation. Let's do the work together. 00:00 Intro 00:39 My experience with overstimulation 01:05 How are black moms taking care of ourselves? 01:35 Why does patience as a mother matter? 04:30 Expand our capacity to have more patience 05:00 How do I self regulate? 06:00 Let's come together to figure this out #overstimulatedmom #motherhoodpatience #raisingblackboys #emotionalregulation #gentleparenting #momlife #sensoryoverload #blackmommagic #toddlerlife #preschoolmom #freespiritmom #parentingstruggles #patienceiscapacity

A slow morning routine raising 2 Black boys (No rushing, no yelling) Welcome to a realistic, slow morning routine raising 2 Black boys. If you are exhausted by the morning hustle and tired of starting your day in survival mode, you are in the right place. ✨ The internet is full of perfectly aesthetic, silent morning routines, but that is not real life with a high-energy toddler and a baby. In today’s vlog, I am showing what the "soft life" actually looks like in our home. Bamba is full of wild, beautiful energy, and my daily practice is to stay regulated so he can be free. Making breakfast gets messy, and things don't go perfectly, but I am actively choosing peace over the rush. We are unlearning "performance parenting" and building a Third Culture where our internal calm dictates the pace, not the clock. 🌞 Welcome to the living room of the Free Spirit Mamas community. Take your shoes off; you are safe to just be here. If you are unlearning the traditional path and choosing radical ease, make sure to hit SUBSCRIBE so we can build this village together! 👇🏾 Let’s chat in the comments: What is one small way you are choosing peace over rushing today? Chapters: 00:14 Quitting the "aesthetic" morning routine 00:50 Making breakfast (The messy, beautiful reality) 02:00 What's on the agenda for today 03:36 Clean the kitchen and cook red lentils with me 09:20 Good hygiene for toddlers and babies 12:30 Girl talk while I do my hair 16:31 High energy boys & staying regulated 20:48 Things we need before we leave the house 27:45 Walking to the car with a toddler and baby 33:00 We made it to our destination (Bonus Clip) #slowmorningroutine #raisingblackboys #softlife #freespiritmama #peacefulparenting #boymom #unschooling #motherhoodvlog #slowliving