Messy Can't Stop Her
By Judith Kambia Obatusa (JKO)
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Are you a woman feeling overwhelmed by the chaos, crisis and challenges of life? Are you yearning to do something worthwhile with your life, but feel stuck in a cycle of problems? Join Judith Kambia Obatusa – JKO, every Thursday on Messy Can’t Stop Her as she shares scientific insights, practical strategies and biblical wisdom to guide you through life’s struggles. With reflections, inspiring interviews, and heartfelt prayers, you will find the motivation and spiritual encouragement to overcome adversity, cultivate inner peace, and build a joy-filled life. If you are a woman who wants to rise above domestic violence, parenting challenges, and the mental health struggles caused by difficult relationships, this podcast reminds you that no matter how messy your story is, with God, your future is full of hope and endless possibilities.
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Preseason Break for 11
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May 07, 2026 |
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JKO's Birthday Gratitude
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Please Help Me Decide
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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The Painful Side of Authenticity
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Worshipping with Kenny Rogers' Through the Years
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Women are not Afterthoughts in the Easter Story
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Don’t Lose Your Capacity to Love
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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5 Steps to Faith in the Furnace
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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When a Woman is Carrying Inherited Shame
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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A Women's Day Special: Three Ways Women Rise out of Hard Places
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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The Price of the Unequal Yoke
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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How to Build Trust After Repeated Betrayals
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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The Self-Love Valentine Reset in the Trenches
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Self Compassion When Life Leaves its Marks
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Facing the 2 Sides of Every Decision
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Why Some Smart Women Stay in Abuse
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Staying With an Emotionally Absent Man
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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5 Things You can do When Silence is Weaponized
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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A Pinpoint of Light is Enough
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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When Love Has Cost You Much
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Vision + Faith: Learning to Dream Again
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Refusing Harmful Labels: 6 Steps to Take Back Your Identity
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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7 Steps to Rebuild Your Self-respect in Life’s Trenches
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Reclaiming Your Peace in Challenging Times
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Compromise: When Survival Makes You Forget Yourself
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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When Comparison Steals Your Peace
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Harnessing the Power of Your Anger
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Responding when the Voice of Fear is Loud
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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The Trap of Guilt
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Breaking Free from Shame in Life’s Trenches
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Why Gratitude Works in Life’s Hardest Seasons
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Calming Your Anxious Heart
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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When Your Life Doesn't Match
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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6 Lessons from a Life Cut Short
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Walking Through the In-Between
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Scientific and Scriptural Proof of Prayer Power
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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How to Stop Hustling for Love
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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People like you should not be talking?
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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3 Ways to Deal with Spiritual Stuckness
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Broken yet Chosen
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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The Danger of Judging from a Single Story
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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The High Cost of being Judgmental
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May 29, 2025 |
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When Friends Walk Away: The Hidden Toll on Our Mental Health
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May 22, 2025 |
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Yelling Cost Me My Voice, Self-Reflection Gave Me Peace
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May 15, 2025 |
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How the West and Africa Treat Nature’s Gifts: A Lesson on Self-Worth from My Birthday Hike
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May 01, 2025 |
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Advance Voting and Snap Judgements
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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I Can’t Swim… But I Showed Up Anyway
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Even in Tough Times, Do You Know That You Are Right Where You Need to Be?
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Your Hidden Weapon Against Double Standards and Mama Shame
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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JKO on As I Live and Grieve: A candid conversation on being a mother in pain
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Sabotaged by Long-term Stress: A lifestyle cut short in its prime
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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They Labelled You Negatively. Now what?
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Where to Find Strength in Your Weakness
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Podcast Truancy and Faithfulness in Pain
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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How to Treat Yourself When Valentine Hurts
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Are You the Friend You Yearn to Have?
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Navigating Friendship, Disloyalty and Betrayals in 2025
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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2 Sins that can Cost You Your Success in 2025
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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How to Tell Fear to Go to Hell! (2025 Victory Tips)
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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YouTube and What happens to Your Small and Imperfect Gifts in the Master's Hands
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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3 Essentials to Making 2025 Your Best Year Ever!
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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God’s Promise for Your 2025: He is turning your weed patch into a Garden of Eden
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Embracing Hope for 2025: How to break the chains of regret so that you can be free to soar
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Join the 8% that make 2025 a Great Year: How to achieve your goals by creating routines around them
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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To be Unapologetically You: How to Live Boldly in a World That Wants to fit you into their mold
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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From Regret to Restoration: How to find hope in missed opportunities and get back wasted years
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Lessons from the Pain Lab of Life: How chaos, crisis and challenges are a training ground for your elevation
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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The Silent Saboteur of Your Progress
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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The Domino Effect of Persistence in the Game of Life
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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A Prayer for Transforming Pain into Purpose: Giving Our Suffering to God as an Offering
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Prayers for courage to avoid failures of kindness
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Praying God's Word with Prophetess Natasha Rae: Prayers for Healing, Restoration and Power
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Prayers when you are outnumbered and powerful forces are against you: Learning from 3 Kings of Judah
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Sherry Van Dolder on Winning the Spiritual Battle with God's Word
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Prayers for hope when words fail, and light when darkness surrounds
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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1 Year After: Praying God’s Word when Blindsided by Unimaginable Loss and Grief
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Praying God's Word with Becca Rae Eagle: Prayers for Peace and Stength
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Praying God's Word over YOU: Genesis 16v13 and Psalms 139v13-14, He Knows Your Name
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Praying God's Word with Brenda Rice: Prayers for Hope, Favour and Peace
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Praying God's Word Over You: Overcoming the Pain of Rejection
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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100th Episode Special: A shower of Prayers from the Scriptures with Renice Edmison
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Embracing God's Plan in Exile: Praying with Jeremiah 29:4-7
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Praying God’s Word over YOU with Mrs. Adebola Jaiye-Ojo: Finding Strength Through Prayer (in doubt or unbelief)
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Praying God's Word over YOU: Isaiah 43v1-5a
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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How to Get Your Joy Back from the Effect of the Comparison Trap on Your Mental Health
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May 30, 2024 |
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Faith over Regrets: Healing from Mistakes and Mental Turmoil
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May 23, 2024 |
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Mental Health Awareness Month: Boost your mental health with self-awareness
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May 16, 2024 |
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Heal Your Trauma, Empower Your Kids: A Mother's Day Gift
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May 08, 2024 |
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Enjoying the Moments - Aunt Flo’s Monthly Visits and All
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May 02, 2024 |
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Living in Alignment with Your Values: The Secret Weapon for Better Health?
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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They Were My Ride-or-Die: Healing your Broken Trust and Bruised Heart from a Friend's Betrayal
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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How to Navigate Marriage with a Christian of Convenience
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Embracing Self-Love: A Path to Knowing God
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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The Gift of Pause: How Separation can Empower Women to Learn, Forgive, Heal, and Activate Faith
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Thriving through chaos: Women who changed the world by Faith
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Thriving through chaos: Lessons from Esther, Ruth and Rahab
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Thriving through chaos: Journey to clarity with faith
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Thriving through chaos: The role of faith in unlocking forgiveness and healing
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Thriving through chaos: A Naturopath’s Insight into the Healing Power of Faith
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Is that faith Talk cheap?
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Activating the shield of faith to thrive through chaos
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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How to make your words work for you and not against you
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Watch your words to and about yourself!
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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How to change your thoughts and make them work for you
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Watch Those Thoughts
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Thriving in challenges
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Understanding Yourself: The First Step to Being a Good Mother
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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From Loss to Legacy: A Mother's Call to Empowerment and Mental Health
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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You can do good all by yourself
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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How to Restore Hormonal Harmony: A Stress Management Guide for Women
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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The Hidden Effects of Domestic Violence (Stress) on Women’s Hormonal Health
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Your Role in Ending Femicide: How staying in touch with a woman in an abusive relationship empowers her
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Your Role in Ending Femicide: Help Women in abusive situations achieve financial independence
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Your Role in Ending Femicide: 6 Ways to Offer Practical Support and Help to Women in Abusive Situations
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Your Role in Ending Femicide: Creating a Safe Space for Women in Abusive Situations
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Journaling for Self-Care: Cultivating Transformation and Inner Healing with Becca Rae Eagle
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Overcoming Trauma: Empowering Insights from Bonnie Sharf Provost's Journey to Self-HealingUntitled Episode
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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The Truth: It's not Because He Doesn’t Love You
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May 25, 2023 |
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Abuse, Infertility and the Transformative Power of Self-Care: Stephanie Greenwood's Journey from Abuse to Motherhood
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May 19, 2023 |
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How to Use Your Childhood Picture to Guide Your Self-care
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May 04, 2023 |
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How to Thrive in Chaos: Harnessing the Power of Being Present for a Balanced Life in Difficult Life Situations
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Jessica Carter, Yoga Teacher and Nutrition Coach shares how to Release Trauma and Effects like Obesity with Essential Oils & Yoga, Food Journalling, Affirmations and Breathwork
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Self Care Series: Mental Health Advocate, Mayra Gonzalez shares how empathy, counselling and self care nurture emotional wellness
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Empowering Women in Difficult Situations: How Family and Community Support can Help
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Empowering Women in Difficult Situations: An Update on Messy Can’t Stop Her’s Mission
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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How to Leave a Lasting Impact: Overcoming self-doubt with creative expression
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Living in the Trenches of Life with Legacy in Mind
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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How to Stay Positive in a Negative Situation
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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What Do You Do When Hard Happens?
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Thank you for 2022. See you in 2023!
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Justice Was Served for Nicole: An update on a domestic violence murderer's request for parole
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Through the Fire: Dr. Ebere Azumah, Co-founder of Love Your Menses, tells us why menstrual equity and women's empowerment is important
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Debt, Divorce and Death: 5-time Washingtonian top doctor, beauty Queen and Rotary Leader tells us how she came through the trio stronger
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Iyaiya Thomas Ofem tells us how One Cheerleader changed her life
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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A Life of Sacrifice: Iyaiya Thomas Ofem on finding her purpose while serving her community
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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When Trouble Comes Calling: What does it mean? What do you do?
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Bloom inside Pain: JKO shares one thing that makes life’s trenches easier
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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The Danger of a Single Story: unCreating the Life that You do not Want
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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From Fact to Faction: Yvonne Randle tells us how she coloured her way out of depression and became a Faction writer
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Church Girl Meets God: Yvonne Randle shares how she stopped running and listened
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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You're Not Done Yet: As long as there's breath in your nostrils
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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The Price of Unforgiveness: Too steep to pay and so not worth it
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Triggers: Forgiveness is a Journey and I faced my past today
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Why Forgiveness Matters: Definitions and Decisions
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Power of Forgiveness: Donna Fairhurst returns to share how radical forgiveness brought her calm from chaos
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Does Perfection Precede Purpose? JKO shares some lessons from the Bible
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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The Happy Boss Lady: Annette Reid tells us how she turned abuse around to become a successful entrepreneur
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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From Lover to Loather: Annette Reid tells us how she learnt about abuse from her experience
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Pain is a Great Teacher: Kit Livingston on healing from the twin trauma of divorce and breast cancer
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Take Care of You: Your Self Care can Preserve Your Generations
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Self Care First: Sonia shares her encounters with trouble, racism & practical tips for self care
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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From Full Time to Odd Jobs: Sonia Navigates the mental health and substance abuse system to get help for her son
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Mother to the Rescue: Sonia tells us how she saved her son from the addiction triggered by emotional abuse
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Have Hope, Healing is Possible: JKO Answers 3 Questions About Attachment Disorder
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Gaslighting to G.R.I.T: Dr Anne E. Burnley continues her story of finding purpose from the pain of domestic violence
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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The Power of Love: Dr. Anne E. Burnley on leaving an abusive marriage to embark on a journey to healing
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Trauma Tales: Lingering Effects of Domestic Violence
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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A Bit About Unworthiness: My Mental Health Journey
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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A Come Back Story: From Colossal Debt to Good Credit
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May 26, 2022 |
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Losing Your Child's Heart: A Steep Price of Domestic Violence
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May 19, 2022 |
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Abducted as a Teen: Jessica’s Journey from Trauma
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May 12, 2022 |
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Murdered at 17: Nicole’s Domestic Violence Story
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May 05, 2022 |
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Most Common, Least Believed: Emotional Abuse, Signs, Impact and How to Help
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Bonus 1 - Don't Get Bound by Resentment
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Prevention is Better than Cure: A series of important conversations about domestic violence
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Bracing the Broken: Me, You, the Church and Domestic Violence
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Bringing the Joy: Jessica Janzen shares how losing her son led her to legacy living at its finest
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Healing from Domestic Violence: Debbie Di Verde on the role of creativity, community and the Church in her healing journey
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Be Vulnerable Anyway: A lesson on vulnerability from a Facebook post
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Living a Radically Audacious Life: Tiphany Kane on journeying from subserviency to saying Heck Yes! to life on her own terms
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Beauty in our Imperfections: Recognizing past mistakes and failures as experiences that enrich our lives and increase our value
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Emotional and Spiritual Healing: Shwanda Onwuachi on coming through the darkness of sexual molestation into the light of love for self and others
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Finding Her Perfect Career at 70: Pat Backley on becoming an author because of the pandemic and now living a life beyond her dreams
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Being Black in Canada: Experiencing anti-Black racism and allyship as a parent and immigrant
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Achieving Work-Wellness Balance: Neema Black on pivoting from a work challenge to a purpose driven career path
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Growing From Radical Forgiveness: Donna Fairhurst on transitioning to an enviable life through forgiveness
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Finding (her)Self Through Obesity: Aleisha Black on taking the pounds off through self love
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Becoming Finally Effing Happy: Shannon Klenk on journeying from the suicide hotline to becoming a happiness coach
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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The Story Behind the Podcast: A Masters in the Messy
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Messy Can't Stop Her Trailer
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Jan 06, 2022 |