run on thoughts podcast

You’ve survived experiences you once didn’t know how to get through. What do you want to experience now? In this episode of runONthoughts, I share 3 ways to recognize what you’ve overcome, remember what you’ve learned, and make room for joy while you’re still healing. Listen NOW on your favorite streaming service or at runonthoughts.com because You Deserve YOU Today.

How much of what you believe is actually yours? In this week's episode let's unpack the difference between inherited truths, borrowed beliefs and the conclusions we arrive at through our own lived experiences. Because honoring what you've learned doesn't mean you have to carry all of if forever.

In this episode of runONthoughts, we’re making room for uncertainty, changing our minds, and trusting ourselves enough to move forward without knowing exactly where everything will lead.

Who decided what “normal” is anyway? In this episode of runONthoughts, we're questioning the rules, expectations, timelines, and traditions we've been handed and asking whether any of them actually fit the lives we want to live. Maybe normal isn't something we need to find. Maybe we get to define it for ourselves. Listen NOW on your favorite streaming service or at runonthoughts.com because You De...

In this episode of runONthoughts, we're exploring the difference between the roles we fulfill and the identity we carry. Roles are necessary, but somewhere along the way, what we do, can become so intertwined with who we are that we no longer know how to exist without being needed, productive, useful, or responsible. Maybe the next version of you isn't another role to become. Maybe it's the person...

Boundaries aren't walls. They're gates. And every gate needs someone wise enough to decide what enters and what stays outside. Today we're talking about becoming the gatekeeper of your own healing.

Authenticity isn't free. Sometimes becoming yourself costs approval, comfort, familiarity, and relationships that only worked because you abandoned yourself. Today's conversation explores why that cost is often the beginning of freedom.

Healing is not the finish line; it is the beginning of a new responsibility. Once you've discovered your authentic self you must learn to protect yourself and not give unrestricted access to the healed version of you. Let's discuss protecting the person you worked so hard to become.

In this episode of runONthoughts let's explore the myth of perfection, the danger of believing we're beyond self-examination and why balance is a healthier goal than trying to be flawless. Wholeness should be the goal, because Wholeness Over Perfection says: You don't have to be flawless to be worthy. Listen NOW at runONthoughts.com because YOU deserve YOU, TODAY!

This episode first aired 10/22/2023. And Now it lives on as a reminder to have the hard conversations because although I miss my father, I have no regret. We healed, we learned and we laughed. This week’s episode is unlike any other. It’s tender, it’s real, and it’s deeply personal. On my second Father’s Day without him, I share the one and only recording I have of us—our voices, side by side, cap...

You are worthy; not because of what you've accomplished, but because of who you are. In this episode of runONthoughts, we explore the difference between unhealthy entitlement and the healthy belief that you deserve love, respect, belonging, and community. Learn why embracing your worth isn't selfish; it's necessary for living a full and authentic life.

Sometimes we want love, connection, and deep relationships while still carrying wounds we haven’t faced within ourselves. In this episode of runONthoughts, I talk about the uncomfortable truth that no relationship can truly thrive until we begin doing the work on self. Healing changes you. It changes your boundaries, your habits, your standards, and sometimes even your desire for constant companio...

This Mother’s Day episode, Dear Mama, is inspired by Dear Mama by 2Pac. I talk about the realities of motherhood, why something this hard should always be a choice, and how this song connected to my own perspective and experiences. Listen NOW at runonthoughts.com for a real conversation about love, sacrifice, motherhood, and reflection because YOU Deserve YOU, Today.

Not every moment requires a response. In this episode of runONthoughts, we explore the quiet power of choosing silence, how it protects your peace, sets boundaries, and speaks volumes without saying a word.

The Power of SO: Why Other People's Opinions Don't Define You. Once you start choosing yourself, once you learn that NO is a full sentence, you unlock something even more powerful...Two letters. One Word. SO. In this week's episode let's learn how to stop being emotionally controlled by what other people say, think. or expect. Listen NOW because you deserve you today.

Let's unpack the subtle ways we shape our ourselves for the approval of others. This episode is your invitation to return to yourself fully , honestly and unapologetically.

When the same struggles repeat themselves across different people and different environments, it's worth pausing to ask the question: Are you the problem? The moment you begin examining your role in your own life is the moment you gain the power to change it.

Many people think once they’ve healed, the work is done. But healing isn’t a destination, it’s a lifelong journey. As we grow, new layers of ourselves appear that also need care and understanding. In this episode, let's talk about why continuing to heal isn’t a setback, it’s part of becoming your best self.

Episode 147 : Taking off the Mask by Marchelle

In this episode I reflect on being grateful for failure, trusting divine timing and recognizing the spiritual and ancestral through line that guides our lives. Sometimes what falls apart is falling into place.

In this episode of runONthoughts, we explore why personal growth can feel uncomfortable, especially when it disrupts familiar dynamics, expectations, and relationships. If you’ve ever felt torn between honoring who you’re becoming and who others expect you to remain, this conversation is for you. Growth doesn’t make you selfish—it makes you honest.

"At least it's better than before." But is Better actually good. Let's explore the quiet trap of settling for "better than" simply because it's not as painful , chaotic or harmful as what we already survived. Sometimes "better' is just a softer version of what still isn't right for us.

What if the labels placed on us - weird, too much, different - weren't insults at all, but mirrors of our authenticity? In this first episode of 2026, let's explore how stereotypes , even when rooted in truth, are often weaponized to control the social narrative about who we're allowed to be. More importantly , we reclaim the power to decide what those labels mean for us.

In a world that constantly tells us who to be, how to act, and what success should look like, protecting your joy becomes an act of courage. In this week's episode lets talk about what it really means to choose joy over acceptance.

In this episode, we uncover the hidden ways shame shapes our lives and how society strategically uses shame to keep us in unhealthy relationships, bad jobs, sexual silence , and emotional numbness. But shame only wins when its hidden in the dark. Step into the light and break free so you can stand fully in your truth without apology and without the burden of shame.