Beauty Beyond the Ashes Podcast with Tonya B. Jones

Send us Fan Mail Last week's episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes with Tonya B. Jones was all about my CALLING and how difficult it was to answer it. But...I did!  What about you? What is YOUR calling? What is that "customized life purpose that God has ordained and equipped you to accomplish in order to bring Him the greatest glory and achieve the maximum expansion of His Kingdom." ~...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year!!! I'm back from holiday break and excited to kick off the new year. 2023 is going to be an amazing year for me AND FOR YOU!!! It is a year of FORGIVENESS and HEALING!!! Claim that with me!!! I am excited to move to the next level of God's calling in my life. That means things are about to get REAL real!!!  No more hiding!!! No more altering the course!!!...

Send us Fan Mail A woman of Faith can sometimes love God and be on fire for Him.  She can understand scripture and know that God is a forgiving God. However, there are times when it's not God who needs to forgive her...It is SHE herself that needs to extend the forgiveness. We are given the gift of forgiveness but sometimes allow Satan to steal it by holding on to shame and guilt. We live in...

Send us Fan Mail WHOA!!!!! That's how I felt when I went to THE NEXT LEVEL in my healing journey.  Although I knew that healing is an ongoing progress, I had a real "spiritual" awakening when God took me to the next level. My healing journey began with forgiving myself for my painful past decisions that I had never dealt with or resolved. Stepping into and embracing the forgiveness...

Send us Fan Mail Women of Faith often struggle with forgiveness.  On this week's episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes with Tonya B. Jones, Julieian-Alexis Roberts identifies 3 areas of struggle: forgiving OURSELVES, SOMEONE ELSE, OR GOD!!! Julieian-Alexis shares some of her struggles with forgiveness and how she came to understand the process of forgiveness. She now is on a mission to help othe...

Send us Fan Mail Women of Faith often lives lives behind masks, not beaus they feel that they are so wrong or bad, but simply trying to live up to what SOCIETY expects of them. On this week's episode, Twaneika Crawford, former church First Lady, shares the struggle of living up to society's impression of the role of First Lady.  Accepting a life that she felt dishonored her, Twaneika wor...

Send us Fan Mail Revelations 12:11 says that we conquer the accuser by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimony.  In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes with Tonya B. Jones, I discuss the importance and power of our testimony.  Satan tries to steal, kill, and destroy the plans of God in our lives through our testimony by continually accusing us of our pasts...the very pasts of wh...

Send us Fan Mail HELLO FAMILY!!! I have returned from my 2-week break...I am rested and rejuvenated!   I am also a year older (YAY) AND  a bit BOLDER!!! In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes Podcast, I talk about the happenings on my 2-week break, my BOLD move, and a little bit about what's to come on the podcast.  God said it's time to STEP OUT AND UP!!!! There is so much to come,...

Send us Fan Mail As I approach age 52 and God speaks to me more, I believe He is calling me to make a slight shift. As I transition from age 51, the year of abundant discovery and recovery, into the age of 52, I believe God is transitioning me to another level. That means there will be transition in the spaces that I occupy.   NO!!! I am not leaving or going ANYWHERE!!! I gave God my yes and I mea...

Send us Fan Mail It is a natural thing to try to hide the mistakes of our lives. No one wants that part of themselves on front street. But oftentimes, we go through life masking who we really are because of our past. In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes  Podcast with Tonya B. Jones, I share a little about the steps I used in the process of forgiving myself and finding freedom. Before this pr...

Send us Fan Mail It wasn't until I EXPERIENCED freedom that I actually UNDERSTOOD freedom!!! Freedom is BOLD!!! And BOLDNESS is FREEDOM!!! Robert Frost says, "Freedom lies in being bold!" I could not agree with that statement more than I do now.  On this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes Podcast, I share with you a bit of my experience at the "Free Woman Retreat" hosted b...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes with Tonya B. Jones, Tonya discusses how brokenness is not a bad thing.  In fact, our brokenness brings us closer to God...IF WE ALLOW IT TO!!! It was being broken before God that finally allowed Tonya to hear the heart of God regarding her past choices and surrender to allowing Him to heal her heart.  She explains how she no longer has w...

Send us Fan Mail Even God's word tells us to be in community to support and encourage one another. Romans 12:15 says "rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep."  A healthy thriving live-giving community does just that! After graduating from Purpose to Platform coaching program, I knew that I had to stay in community with the women I had encountered on that journey. ...

Send us Fan Mail Mindset Matters matter!!!! They matter more than we know!!!! I learned how to elevate my mindset while in Purpose to Platform Caoching program withmyr coach, Patrice C. Washington! During this time, I was led in the area of mindset by Dr. Patrice Buckner Jacskson, affectionately known as Dr. PBJ. On this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes Podcast, I talk with my mindset coach, Dr....

Send us Fan Mail God's Grace is Sufficient!!!! In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes, Tonya B. discusses how God has extended the free gift of grace to all who believe in Christ.  She says it is up to us to accept it. 1. Stop holding on to your past missteps to continue to punish and condemn YOURSELF! Jesus Christ has redeemed you. He did not come to condemn you....and neither should YOU...

Send us Fan Mail No matter how raggedy our story is, God will use it for HIS glory!! In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes, Tonya B. discusses how not owning our stories can prevent us from healing. Oftentimes, we want to hide our stories because we don't want to be judged by others.  God is waiting on your story. He already knows. He just wants YOU to own and deal with your story to rea...

Send us Fan Mail Not only do we have the HOPE that God will heal our hearts, we have the SOURCE that can and will heal our broken hearts!!! In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes, Tonya B. shares the Source of our hope for the healing of the brokenhearted! Jesus!!! Luke 4:17-21 (NKJV) tells of Jesus' profession that He is the One sent to "heal the brokenhearted." He has come to...

Send us Fan Mail Even in the midst of your hurt and pain, unforgiveness and  turmoil, there is HOPE for HEALING!! God's Word says there is!! In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes, Tonya B. shares how hope has held her while going from the marred and flawed vessel she was to the reworked and reshaped new vessel that God has now created her to be. Tonya B. impresses upon you that same hope...

Send us Fan Mail Choices are a part of life. Some good, some not so good.  But all of them are a part of you.  There is not one choice that we have made that can't have beauty on the other side.   My guest, Jasmine Perkins Pate, talks with me about how she is impacting today's youth and the choices they make. Jasmine honors her mother by sharing the choice her mother made to carry to ter...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes, Tonya B. discusses God's desire for our healing.  She shares the enemy forces that distract us from fulfilling God's will for our lives. Are you wondering why you can't seem to forgive yourself for your past? Do you desire to feel whole? Do you desire God's will to be fulfilled in your life? Then Beauty Beyond the Ash...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes, Tonya B. introduces the basis of her new eBook, 4 Pillars of Successful Self-Forgiveness.  She shares how she developed these pillars and how they are fundamental, not only in her healing journey but also in all aspects of her life. Tonya B. provides these pillars so that others can have a foundation to build upon as they process and wal...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes, Tonya B. and her guest, Tina Cleveland of Manna Reign Chocolates, discuss their healing journey, from their chance (God-ordained) meeting to walking with each other in community as God brought them further into their wholeness. Tina shares how Tonya B. opening up about her story helped her to walk into a freedom that she never knew she n...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes with Tonya B. Jones, Tonya B. discusses the overturning of Roe v. Wade.  She points out the polarizing labels that may be standing in the way of setting and reaching a common goal for the women affected.  She discusses her primary objectives and her stance of loving like Jesus! In this encouraging discussion, Tonya speaks directly to the...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes, Tonya B. gives her most vulnerable message from her healing journey yet.  She shares how the hard work of forgiveness will require you to revisit the person you were when you made the decision and discover new things about that person.  Going back there might not be where you WANT to go , but to find self-forgiveness and begin the healin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beauty Beyond the Ashes with Tonya B. Jones, Tonya B. shares some of the heart work that led to her walking into her forgiveness.  She shares more of her story and the three components she used to help her in accepting accountability for her choices, forgiving herself for them, and learning to love herself.  Although it took her into some dark places, she shares...