In this episode of Still I Rise: The Podcast, Paula D. Cunningham and Dr. Sonya Gunnings Moton sit down with Cheryl Bergman, CEO of the Michigan Women’s Commission, for an honest and hopeful conversation about menopause, leadership, and redefining womanhood.

In this episode, Paula and Sonya unpack why that ideal of “work-life balance” often feels more like a phantom than a reality. They explore how the roles we occupy — professional, partner, parent, friend, self-care champion — aren’t neatly separated; instead, they overlap, interfere, and spill over into one another.

In this episode, Paula D. Cunningham and Dr. Sonya Gunnings Moton are joined by two members of their tight-knit friendship circle—Rita Kennedy and Teresa Bingman—for a deeply honest conversation about trust, loyalty, and leadership.