It's All About Healing

Send us Fan Mail Something wild happens when you stop trying to think your way through pain and start letting your body do the work. We talk with Brenda Munt, a transformation coach, grief recovery method specialist, and certified 9D breathwork facilitator, about how breathwork can help regulate the nervous system, reduce stress, and release emotions your body has been holding onto for years. Bren...

Send us Fan Mail Falling down can feel personal, like proof you are behind or disqualified. We open with Proverbs 24:16 and sit with its blunt comfort: the righteous fall and still rise again. That promise reframes setbacks as a chapter, not a verdict, and it gives language for anyone who keeps circling back to the same struggle and wonders if God is tired of them. We also talk about darkness, not...

Send us Fan Mail Feeling invisible can mess with your faith, your sense of self, and your ability to trust anyone, including God. We start with that raw reality: chasing what we thought we wanted, ending up wounded, and realizing how easily pain can make us feel used, empty, and unreal. Then we do something simple but brave, we pray. Not a polished prayer, but an honest one that says, “I’m hurting...

Send us Fan Mail Survival mode can feel normal until you realize you’ve been living with an exhausted heart for far too long. We put words to that ache and turn it into a simple, honest prayer: God, I’m out of tune and I need You to bring me back into harmony.  We also sit with the tension many people avoid saying out loud. Natural disasters can look terrifying and strangely beautiful at the same...

Send us Fan Mail He goes from “tingly toes” at 4 a.m. to a wheelchair in hours, then hears a doctor explain he may be facing Guillain-Barre syndrome and a fast-moving paralysis that can climb to the heart and lungs. That is the moment our guest, John Petrelli, has to decide what kind of mind he is going to bring into the ICU when his body is no longer available as his identity. We talk through Joh...

Send us Fan Mail Your kid isn’t “being dramatic” and they aren’t always “being defiant.” Sometimes what you’re seeing is anxiety looking for safety and it can show up as picky eating, shutdown teens, or constant tension at home. We sit down with Dr. Lumi Frundi, a pediatrician and integrative medicine provider, to talk about how stress shapes kids’ behavior and health, and why connection is one of...

Send us Fan Mail The “nice” part of a toxic relationship can be the most dangerous part, because it teaches you to doubt your gut. Robin Black sits down with author Nicole Krantz to unpack emotional scars, manipulation, and the slow slide from comfort into control, using the unforgettable metaphor that inspired her book This Is Bullshit, Not A Love Story. We dig into why people stay, why “just lea...

Send us Fan Mail The “queen” on a chessboard can move in every direction, and that’s the point: so many women spend their lives thinking through A to Z while still holding everyone else together. We share a raw declaration of womanhood that’s equal parts strength and vulnerability, from claiming identity out loud to admitting how heavy the daily load can be when you’re constantly needed. Motherhoo...

Send us Fan Mail A child can survive almost anything with one steady, loving adult, but what happens when grief gets punished instead of comforted? I’m Robin Black, and I sit down with registered nurse and author Jacqueline Boland to talk about the two worlds she grew up in: the safety of her great-grandmother’s love, and the chaos of addiction, loss, and a family dynamic that taught her to feel g...

Send us Fan Mail Wanting something deeply can mess with your sense of worth when it doesn’t show up on your schedule. We dig into how we set imaginary deadlines on love, career, money, and life goals, then punish ourselves when we don’t “hit the mark.” I share why that mindset creates false realities, and how faith reframes delay as preparation instead of rejection. We also get real about detours,...

Send us Fan Mail Happiness is being sold like a screensaver life: turquoise water, perfect couples, and a checkout button that promises you will finally feel whole. We slow that story down and ask a harder question: what if the chase is the problem, and what if joy was never meant to be purchased in the first place?  We talk about how social media advertising and comparison quietly build a mindset...

Send us Fan Mail The moment you decide you want to do better, why does the world feel like it gets meaner, louder, and harder to survive? We sit with that uncomfortable reality and bring it back to Scripture, because trials and tribulations are not random when you’re walking with Christ. I read from 2 Corinthians and Ephesians and talk through the pain, sacrifice, and suffering so many of us carry...

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever looked around at your own life and thought, “I have everything I’m supposed to want… so why do I still feel empty?” this conversation will hit home. I’m Robin Black, and I’m joined by coach and clinical therapist Tammy Nicole for a real talk about self-discovery, emotional wellness, and what it takes to stop living on autopilot. Tammy shares how her own divorce beca...

Send us Fan Mail When the people who hurt you rewrite the story, telling the truth can feel like stepping onto glass barefoot. We sit down with Amazon best-selling author and motivational speaker Darlene Lakowski, who shares how childhood sibling sexual trauma followed her for decades, how PTSD showed up in unexpected ways, and why the “box” we hide pain in always leaks eventually. Darlene opens u...

Send us Fan Mail Heaven or hell isn’t just a future question. It can feel like something we brush against in real life through addiction, disease, and the kind of evil that hurts innocent people at the hands of those who should protect them. We say the quiet part out loud: the world can feel so dark it’s as though we’re being dragged downward, and that darkness wants us to forget who gave us salva...

Send us Fan Mail From Genesis to Revelation: A Portrait of Jesus “He is the Alpha and the Omega.” That single line can steady a shaky week, and we lean into it with a rapid-fire, heart-level reflection on who Jesus Christ is when life feels loud. We trace the story from Genesis to Revelation and name the big truths clearly: Creator, Savior from sin, Lord and Father, the One who holds the beginning...

Send us Fan Mail GLP-1 weight loss shots are everywhere right now, but the part most people aren’t talking about is what happens to your muscle, your metabolism, and your long-term health once the “easy loss” phase ends. We sit down with Dr. Liz, a chiropractor and metabolic health and weight loss specialist, to unpack why quick fixes often backfire and why so many people feel stuck even when they...

Send us Fan Mail Your past can feel like a weight you’ll carry forever, until the day it becomes a clue. We sit down with writer, speaker, and podcast host Meghann Dawson to talk about her book series Becoming Is Messy and the real life healing journey underneath it: chronic trauma, living in a body shaped by pain, and the quiet ways perfectionism and “being chosen” can masquerade as love. Meghann...

Send us Fan Mail You can feel it when a message refuses to negotiate with comfort. We dig into a hard, clarifying theme: God’s judgment, His justice, and His mercy all belong in the same sentence, and sin is never a small issue that time simply erases. If you’ve ever wondered how a loving God can also judge, we walk straight into that tension and ask what it means for everyday faith, repentance, a...

Send us Fan Mail Some pain feels so wrong that your mind keeps searching for a reason, a lever you could pull, a sentence that could make it make sense. We go straight into that raw space where innocence is stolen, families are shattered, and the people who were supposed to protect instead caused harm. This is a faith-centered reflection on grief, child loss, and the spiritual nausea that comes fr...

Send us Fan Mail Some nights don’t feel dramatic, they feel endless: the same doubts, the same tears, the same quiet fear that you’ve gone too far to be forgiven. We start there, with a simple but fierce prayer that names the pain out loud and asks for help without pretending we have it together. If you’ve been carrying shame, uncertainty, or spiritual exhaustion, this conversation meets you with...

Send us Fan Mail Lack rarely announces itself as a big crisis. Most of the time it whispers, “You don’t have enough,” and then it keeps talking until it rewrites your whole day. We walk through how a scarcity mindset can start with financial stress and quickly snowball into a chain reaction: harsh self talk, old relationship pain, shame, and that heavy feeling of moving through life on autopilot w...

Send us Fan Mail Some mornings you wake up smiling, and other mornings you feel like you’re barely keeping your head above water. Today I’ll be sharing a short, faith-centered message for anyone carrying heavy fear, worry, sorrow, or the quiet thought of “I can’t do this anymore.” I lean into Scripture like John 16:33 and Matthew 5:45 to name a hard truth: trouble touches everyone, and expecting a...

Send us Fan Mail Places we enjoyed: Cilantro Taco Grill Catina Mexican Grill (located on the Navy Pier in front of Seadog boat tour) Honeybear Cafe Seadog Architecture tour (Ask for Ryan as your tour guide!!) Chicago is beautiful, busy, and full of surprises and sometimes the biggest surprise is the help you didn’t even know you needed. We’re coming off an amazing weekend trip, and I’m sharing the...

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