Giving My SELF Permission

Kelvin Lumpkin noted, “Your heart has to be ready to handle the weight of your Calling.” In this episode, I tackle a question my oldest niece asked me during one of my pity parties: “Why are you holding a grudge against yourself?” I’ve had to grapple with the emotional toll of becoming who I prayed to be and walking into the life I asked Divine ONENESS to expand. More importantly, to figure out wh...

We carry more than just our own scars — we bear the wounds, fears, and weighted oppression of those who came before us. This conversation isn’t about perfection or pretending the hurt never happened. It’s about reclaiming the authority to alchemize pain into power, fear into clarity, and inherited wounds into a new language of wholeness. Because the question isn’t whether your bloodline needs heal...

This episode is the second of my conversation about our emotional wounds—it’s an invitation to reclaim the power hidden inside them. We’ll explore how our scars, especially in the African American experience, are not signs of weakness but sacred guideposts that point us toward our purpose. You’ll learn why embracing our wounds as wisdom—not baggage—can awaken our Sacred Expressive Life Force™ and...

Every year, this country throws a party on the 4th of July with flags, fireworks, and songs of freedom. But I’m no longer willing to ignore that woven into the broad stripes and stars of this celebration is a history of cruelty, erased contributions, sacrifices, and unpaid debts to those who built this country without freedom or safety. As a Black woman, I know this ain’t our celebration. Yet, whi...

This episode dives deep into the wounded healer —not as a victim, but as a vessel of wisdom. Our scars aren’t proof of weakness; they’re the receipts of our fortitude and the blueprint to our purpose. As African Americans, our generational emotional injuries carry a sacred knowing that qualifies us to heal, lead, and transform. Tune in as we reclaim the power in our wounds and awaken the Sacred Ex...

We are the descendants of both pain and power—and that truth lives in our bodies, in our breath, and in how we choose to move through the world. In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Pennie Murray explores what it means to carry two truths at once without trying to prove our worth through the struggle of this inner tug-of-war, but in realizing the most radical thing we can do is to “rest with purpo...

In honor of Women’s History Month, this episode of Rest with Purpose pays tribute to the African American women ancestors—those unsung wounded warriors who, despite their emotional wounds, mastered the art of subtle resistance. Within the confines of their daily, gender-defined roles, they moved with cunningness and courage, turning ordinary moments into extraordinary acts of defiance. We also exp...

In this first episode of my podcast "Remix," I share my journey of regaining focus and staying true to my life's spiritual assignment. While I was shifting my focus to rebel against the injustice of this 2.0 regime of social discrimination, my divine assignment won out. With a firm scolding from my niece that ended with her using my own words against me—“Stay Focused.” I realized that a rebellion...

Women's History Month is all about recognizing the many achievements and contributions women have made toward this country's progress. This year I choose to recognize a group of women who have made a different kind of contribution to push this country forward. The many Black women who died at the hands of the police. For the remainder of Women's History Month, I'll be posting the names of some of...

This year for the week of Christmas and New Year, I chose to spend it alone… to spend quality time with my SELF . My choice was not based on sadness, depression, COVID, or family drama… Instead, I just wanted some “concentrate on ME” time.  But I wanted to offer a quick message of "soul care" for those who might feel alone, disoriented, disconnected, or energetically off-balance this holiday seaso...

Black Love…An Evolutionary Love! is one of my popular episode... So I'm rewinding the vibe.  Andrew Harvey has said that “ The crisis we are facing is a crisis in which the sacred powers of love in the human soul are being diverted by distractions, greed, ignorance, and the pursuit of power. In this chaos, the evolutionary energy of love is blocked from irrigating the hearts of humans… and prevent...

This is part 2 of Confessions of a Wounded Messenger . What prompted me to make part 2 was my Divine Allies asking me a simple yet provocative question... “But What do YOU want?” I should have been able to answer that question almost immediately… but I couldn’t. So, I got angry at my Self . I’ve spent SSOO much time and emotional energy ensuring I was available for my children, grandchildren, and...

Someone recently said to me, “Pennie, things will change for you when you decide to be ALL IN.” Hell… I thought I WAS all in, but recent events proved that I WAS NOT. So join me in this episode as I discuss how my Divine Allies pointed out how my self-sabotaging behaviors have become so cleverly disguised… to the point that I think I’m ALL IN... But all I’ve done is grasp for other things and peop...

The start of a new year is when the collective energies of self-reflection are at their peak. Across the world, we take a moment to reflect on our past life choices and actions. While this awareness is often fleeting… the concept of a new year inspires us to think about making meaningful changes in our life. So, we make “resolutions” in hopes of changing the course of our life's path in the New Ye...

with guest: Daryl French Without a doubt, there are men who love and support black women. But their voices are often silent or nothing more than a whisper against the louder noises out here that disgrace us—and do damnable violence to our emotional psychic. In the European Christian Bible, Matthew 5:24 urges us to FIRST make amends with those we have caused harm to, and then we can offer our gifts...

I was asked to give the Sunday message at a dear friend’s church while their pastor was out of town on business. The message was titled "I’m Nothing Without You!"  So tell me… was your first thought about that phrase go to a significant other, family, a oneness to each other as a society? How often have you whispered this sweet phrase of devotion to Elohim (God) with a sense of humbleness and...

Part 2 of a Conversation at the Dinner Table with Porsche and Candice O’Neal, is dedicated to my family members who are LGBTQ+ Americans. In this episode we’re discussing: · Men who find two women being together sexually stimulating. · Competition between the opposite sex within the LGBTQ+ community · “Becoming One” – collaborating and aligning energies within the relationship · Effectively commun...

We know that June is pride month…out of love… this show is dedicated to my family members who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community. This is another special segment called Changing the Conversation at the Dinner Table . This episode of Changing the Conversation at the Dinner Table is with my niece Porsche and her wife, Candice. In our conversation, you’ll hear me say that while I interact with family...

It started with a Twitter post making the assertion that “Black people are genetically stronger, smarter, and more creative than everyone else. The post went on to say, “On December 21, 2020, our Real DNA would be unlocked, and the majority of Black Americans would be able to do things we thought were fiction.” Many responded to the Twitter post with mockery and silly memes. For centuries, we’ve b...

It took me a minute to get to part 2 of Freedom's Song, but I finally got there.  This is the second part of the conversation on severing the cords of our obsession with trickle-down white equality – gaining freedom and equality through White approval and acceptance. I continue to make the case that addressing the psychological injustices inflicted on the African American psyche and our inner free...

Before we entered our mothers’ wombs, we were spirit energy. As spirit energy, we made a spiritual agreement to fulfill a task by coming in physical form. Supreme Spirit set us apart and appointed us as a prophet to the nations. Now, the Universe is waiting for us to take our place among the world’s prophets to fulfill our agreement. To do that, we have to name our spiritual agreement and then set...

This Christmas message reminds us that despite this time of forced distance… and a kind of separation that seems so different—love... life's only valid expression—binds us together on the highest and deepest level. Dr. Murray's Christmas invocation wishes upon all the radiant energy of Love that is full of gratitude, creation, happiness, and solidarity. 

I’m not counting this as a regular episode; I just needed to be on my soapbox for a minute cause I had some shit on my heart and mind and needed to talk out loud to make space for truth to speak to my frustrations. I'm pointing out how the year 2020 continues to expose what is at the soul of America. I am petitioning that our obsessive need for a “savior” outside ourselves to come and save the day...

2020 symbolizes clear vision and relationships. This year, 2020, provided a clear vision about the soul of America… its vulnerabilities, its crimes, its injustices, and its brokenness. It has also revealed how fragile social advancement and freedom for African Americans are when controlled by a social system that refuses to value our lives. This 2-part episode starts a conversation on severing the...