Emotional Pieces

Words have Power... Change your words, Change your mind Change your words your mind will shift Change your words your perspecitive changes Change your words your vision will become clear Change your words your atmosphere will change will change Words create and frame your life. Speak life!!!

In this episode I share how I've been dealing with depression. I talk about how I realized what it was and how I've been coping. I share some steps on what I've been doing to come out of it and some encouragement points.

In this episode I discuss a social media trigger that sent me down a rabbit hole and led to a slight depression. Listen as I share how I'm handling depression and I hope you're encouraged on how to handle things when you're triggered by social media. Have you dealt with Social Media Triggers? How would you move forward?

In honor of Women's History Month, I introduce my beautiful mother. She shares her poetry and book. I also ask her the question: What would you ask your younger self?

This episode talks about when you push past how you feel, whether it's fear, nervousness or anxiousness and do what is in your heart to do. Do it anyway and do it intentionally so you can fulfill your purpose, so you don't live in regret.

This episode is about self awareness of Emotional outlets and escapes. We all have them, but are they healthy outlets? Are they safe escapes? And why do we run to those emotional outlets.

Welcome back from this long hiatus. Ask some people have asked where have you been? My response is…… What had happened was……. In this episode I catch everyone up on what has been going on and share some encouragement about opportunities. And of course we have some life words as well!

I sit down with Author Simone Brown to discuss her newly published children's book; Selah Has a Secret. About the book Selah Has a Secret: It's about Selah who has a family secret and is determined to protect her family. Like many other children, Selah lives at home with a parent who struggles with the disease of addiction. Most days, Selah is happy and playful, but her father's problem sometimes makes her feel afraid and alone. One day, Selah's thoughts make it difficult for her to make it through the school day until she met with Ms. G. the school psychologist. Join Selah as she learns about addiction and discovers new ways to care for herself and better manager her worries and feelings. Join me as Simone and I discuss this awesome children's book, her organization called SELAH for COA (Social Emotional Learning and Healing for Children of Addiction). How children as well as adults can learn from this book and what made her write the book.

How do you see yourself? When you look in the mirror do you see someone beautiful or something that needs to be fixed or look better. I share my emotional journey to being content and how I've dealt with body dysmorphia since I was a teenager. What is body dysmorphia you ask? It's a flawed and sometimes distorted image of how someone views themselves, especially when they look in the mirror. This topic is not discussed, but we'll get into it and have guests on the next episode to continue this discussion even further.

I'm back after a long hiatus with Season 2-episode 1. I catch everyone up on the challenges I've been facing emotionally. I encourage everyone who are creating vision boards, vision journals to seek the Most High for the steps to the vision. The steps and the plan are just as important as the vision itself. We end the episode with some Speak Life words. Welcome to Season 2, we have more episodes, guests, and some interesting topics for this season. Join us on this podcast platform and on our Youtube channel, Emotional Pieces Podcast.

In this episode I continue to discuss the the series of rejection. I reflect on when I suffered from Covid-19 2 years ago and the rejection that I faced from a hospital during that time. It's hard to believe it's been 2 years already! The details of my survival through Covid-19 is in the book I co-authored with 9 other authors; Scarry Stories: The Healed Side of Brokenness. Listen and subscribe as I share this portion of my healing journey.

Join me and my girls Tina and Tylou and we have a discussion about rejection and relationships. Whether it's friendship or love and how it's affected us as women today. I'm sure every woman or anyone for that matter can identify with this topic. This episode is a part of the rejection series and how it affects us emotionally. It's all about healing and becoming better.

Listen as my oldest son Dom and I have a real discussion about having a young mom as a mother, rejection, and our healing journey together.

When we are dealing with rejection, we have to learn to confront some things on the path to emotional healing. Listen and share in the first series of Dealing with Rejection.

I just celebrated 30 years of marriage with my husband, Colin, who is my first special guest. He shares some insight as he has witnessed me on the emotional healing journey. We both share some marriage advice for those that want to be married, have significant others, and or newlyweds. Most of all, we're ourselves, having fun and sharing what got us to 30 years!!! ***The episode portrait was drawn in 1994 when we lived in Bedfordshire, England.***

When we experience a loss, either from the death of a loved one, job, relationship, or something traumatic with our health, it's important for those of us that compartmentalize things to ask for help. We can still do our normal things, but it's important that if you are mourning to ask for help and prayer, because those closest to us can't see what's going on within us to know that we're actually screaming on the inside. Take your cape off, ask for help. It's ok.

Continuation of the definition of hard-heartedness and what was the root cause of it in my life. Due to the domestic violence that I witnessed as a child, it caused me to have a view of women that was wrong. Any woman that has suffered domestic violence is strong and courageous, especially those who have gotten out of those situations. This episode is dedicated to all the women who suffered domestic violence, including my mother, the most courageous and bravest woman I know.

What does it mean to be hard-hearted? It means being incapable of being moved to pity or tenderness. Literally, not showing love. We have to get to the heart of the matter when we are dealing with emotional healing. I share how my hard heartedness left me not receiving or giving love as a result of laws that I made for my self as a child. If you're a person that deals with hardness in your heart, ask God to open your heart to soften it, so you can begin the process to emotional wholeness and healing. Listen and share.

Telling my story of how I began the initial journey towards emotional healing. In my journey I've learned that words have power. Death and Life are in the power of your tongue. So we should always speak life. Join me in speaking life words at the end of the episode. Love ya!

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