A Different Kinda Woman

Tani Lior is a 24-year-old engineer who has built a life of efficiency, and she's honest about how that shows up in love: if she doesn't see something long-term, she doesn't begin. Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson gently reframes the question. Softness isn't the problem. Safety is. Together they explore what safe looks like for Tani, why date one is for connection, and how to "date in th...

Carla Dupont has written and published more than 270 books, many of them love stories. Then her own marriage ended — and she had to learn who she was outside of being someone’s wife. Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson and Carla talk honestly about performing for love, the masks we carry, and why Carla chose to heal before stepping into a new relationship. Plus: why Dr. Stacii doesn’t believe in compromise, wh...

What if the room is only “lit” because you’re doing all the lighting? Actress Yasha Jackson joins Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson to talk about rebuilding a life from rest instead of performance. After a critical medical emergency and about a month in the ICU, Yasha is restructuring her life in a new way, and learning what it means to mourn relationships that could not pour back into her. Dr. Stacii shares...

Sometimes the love is full, and it still isn't enough. Dr. Terrell Hunt, an Atlanta-based esthetician and acne expert, sits down with Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson to talk about a season of loss that taught her more about herself than any before it: a divorce, a business transition, and friendships that changed. • Why unresolved patterns show up in the closest relationships • Chasing versus attractin...

After losing her husband to violence, Monica Horton moved to Atlanta with a purpose: to work on herself. Seventeen years later, she joins Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson for an honest, tender conversation about what healing has really looked like. In this episode: • Why familiar isn’t the same as healthy • Growing up around addiction and watching her mother’s strength • The decision to fight for herself an...

Loving a good partner doesn’t mean losing yourself. Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson sits down with Zyria Brown, a mom of three, to talk about the patterns we carry from past relationships, the “yes woman” habit, and how to protect your peace in a house full of love. In this episode: • Why it helps to look at your past, even when your present relationship is good • How moving quickly in love can keep you fr...

"Your children don’t need a perfect past, y’all. They need a mother who models herself today with self-love." (Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson) Former professional basketball player, mother of three, and woman of faith Kat Harrison joins Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson for an honest, tender conversation about leaving an abusive relationship, releasing the guilt that followed, and asking a question many moth...

What would you be willing to lose to have everything you believe God has called you to? For Patrice Washington, that one question — asked by a coach as she approached 40 — brought a truth to the surface she’d been carrying for years. In this honest, tender conversation with Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson, Patrice opens up about the end of her marriage of more than 15 years, why so many accomplished women...

Can a woman fully love her family without abandoning the parts of herself that make her feel alive? In this deeply honest episode of  A Different Kinda Woman , Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson sits down with dancer, choreographer, Pilates instructor, and mother Kristen Mychelle for a vulnerable conversation about postpartum depression, anxiety, mom guilt, identity, and the emotional cost of pursuing joy. Kr...

Jai Vaughn is a Billboard-charting artist, producer, and branding executive who has helped build platforms for some of the biggest names in ministry and media. But behind the accolades was a 20-year marriage that started with a wedding night she wasn't prepared for and ended with a divorce that took seven months — followed by her ex-husband's remarriage within weeks. In this conversation,...

Janean Armstrong has spent 28 years in the financial industry, rising from branch manager to C-suite executive overseeing multi-billion-dollar portfolios. In this episode she tells host Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson the story that inspired her book — a close friend, married to a doctor for 28 years, who discovered she had no bank account, no credit card, and no financial access in her own name. Janean tu...

Dr. Stacii sits down with her cousin, Ambassador Dr. Sharron J. Brown, a survivor of molestation, human trafficking, and incarceration who is now an international ambassador, school founder, and best-selling author of  I Found My Voice . Sharron walks through the exact turning points that led her to keep choosing differently, one decision at a time, until she built a different life. The conversati...

She has three board certifications, a master's degree in public health, an MD, and millions of people who followed her story on Married to Medicine. But behind every degree and every camera was a girl who grew up alone — caring for her little brother at night while her mother worked, watching her father disappear for months at a time because of substance use disorder, and learning the most dan...

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