Teresa Muliro on Dear Black Girl, Self-Publishing & Turning Frustration into a Movement

Описание: Welcome back to the Project Seed Money Podcast!
In this episode, Sharissa Bradley sits down with author Teresa Muliro (also known as Terry Trishan) to talk about her memoir-style book Dear Black Girl: This Is My Story, Yours Too and the movement growing behind it.
Teresa shares that she never set out to become an author. Writing found her through her work with women and youth in her community. What began as a personal reflection evolved into a memoir that examines her life as an “ordinary African girl,” critiques broken systems, and calls women to own their stories — both the good and the bad.

They discuss:
Why she chose to self-publish through Amazon KDP
The constant self-doubt around privacy and public vulnerability
Using accountability to keep going
How frustration with systemic barriers fueled the book
Her mother’s influence and her desire to build generational change
The birth of the Dear Black Girl Movement
This episode is about voice, ownership, and choosing courage even when fear never fully leaves.

🔗 Links Mentioned
Book: Dear Black Girl: This Is My Story, Yours Too (Amazon – primary platform)
Dear Black Girl Movement (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn)
Teresa Muliro (LinkedIn – official name)
Terry Trishan (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X)
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/teresamuliro & https://linktr.ee/dbg.movement

⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 — Welcome to Project Seed Money
00:07 — Introducing Teresa Muliro
01:13 — “Writing found me”
02:00 — Telling the story of an ordinary African girl
03:21 — Researching publishing options
04:00 — Why she rejected traditional publishing
05:00 — Choosing self-publishing for ownership
06:00 — The book as a mirror
07:14 — Constant self-doubt & privacy fears
08:00 — Accountability through telling people
09:38 — Setting deadlines publicly
10:19 — Tools beyond accountability
11:00 — Her mother as fuel
12:00 — Frustration with broken systems
13:15 — Desire to build better futures
14:00 — What the memoir covers
15:00 — Owning unethical choices & rewriting the narrative
17:00 — Where to find the book
18:00 — E-book accessibility & global access
19:28 — Finding her online (Teresa Muliro / Terry Trishan)
21:13 — Encouragement for first-time authors
22:00 — Her mother’s illness & urgency
23:00 — Writing to build tangible resources
24:00 — “Remember your why”
26:07 — Closing

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