Hey Gurlfraaand!! Podcast

Welcome back to Season 4 of the HGP!! Melissa explores how healing can create an identity crisis and why that discomfort isn’t danger but adjustment. She breaks down how survival mode distorted personality, offers a simple exercise to separate protection from true traits, and speaks on grieving the old self while reclaiming values, boundaries, and rest. This episode encourages embracing the...

Melissa welcomes listeners to season 4 of the Hey Gurlfraaand! Podcast and introduces the theme: Becoming That Girl — a season about intentional growth. She reframes “Becoming that Girl” as a necessary process of pruning, rebuilding, establishing and honoring core values.

Melissa returns with the Season 4 premiere of the Hey Gurlfraaand! Podcast: Becoming that Girl, shifting from healing to becoming. This season explores identity, reinvention, setting boundaries, rebuilding standards, and showing up as the new you after recovery. Join honest, supportive conversations about finding your voice, creating new sister circles, avoiding burnout, and living out loud as you...

Hey Gurlfraaaanddd!!! We are back!!!!! Melissa returns for Season 3 to explore how global crises…economic strain, political division, climate disasters, and information overload are creating collective trauma and wearing us down. She shares practical ways to protect mental health with the encouragement to keep living the best way we know how. Go to www.melissabaez.com and under Podcast Reso...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Dear Entrepreneur series this is your mid-year checkup!! It’s time to reconnect with the vision and get ready to finish the year strong. Get the practical steps that will guide you through resetting your process, get you focused on your core goals and give you the push you need to get back on track. If you need accountability, consi...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! We are continuing on our healing journey and today we address church hurt!! Are you ready for this one?? Of course you are!! This is not a bash session, we are validating feelings, acknowledging experiences and encouraging healing with tips that have worked for me. If this episode helped you, share it with another gurlfraaand and make sure you subscribe to stay up to date with th...

Hey Gurlfraaand!!!! We are healing!!! How is that going?!?! In this episode, we are talking about why we keep attracting toxic people and why do we continue to entertain toxic relationships?! We talk about how we choose what is familiar as opposed to what is healthy…and that we are determined to change!! We are breaking toxic cycles and our bloodline will be forever grateful for the work we...

Hey Gurlfraaand!!! How are we handling our healing girl era?? In this episode we are addressing mother wounds and the impact it has on our relationships. We are identifying the signs of unhealed mother wounds and we are getting to the healing!! Because healing is our portion!! Make sure to subscribe to the podcast and share with your gurlfraaands!!!! Connect with me at www.melissabaez.com . Sign u...

Hey Gurlfraaand!!!! It’s a bonus episode!! In this special Mother's Day edition we uncover the wound we unintentionally inflict on our children by not choosing ourselves. This episode serves as a reminder…it reminds us that the greatest thing we can do for our children is live our best lives. If this episode spoke to you, I encourage you to subscribe to my podcast and share it with a...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! Today we are tenderly addressing father wounds—the emotional scars left by absent or emotionally unavailable fathers. These wounds can deeply affect one's self-perception, relationships, and even spiritual beliefs. Listen as I share my own personal experience and offer steps to aide in your own healing.  This is a safe space for reflection, healing and growth. Remember...

Welcome to season three of the Hey Gurlfraaand Podcast!! I wanted to give you a heads up of what to expect this season and give some tips to prepare for this healing journey. We will be touching on father and mother wounds, childhood trauma, rejection, abandonment, abuse, church trauma, relationship trauma, toxic cycles and more!!! In this season we are healing, setting boundaries, and embracing t...

And we are back!!!!! Season 3: Help I’m Wounded!! But not for long…we are healing in this season!!!!

Dear Entrepreneur...this is not the time to fall back, LEAD THE CHARGE!! It's getting crazy out here in these streets yal!! Inflation is crazy, the housing market is crazy (for buyers and renters), mass layoffs is crazy, being in a recession is crazy (whats more crazy is the denial of being in a recession)...these things can shake people up!! But not you, when others are scaling back...we are lead...

Hey Gurlfraaand - Entrepreneur!! You gon' need discipline for this journey!! On this episode I share some tips regarding being a disciplined entrepreneur. Whether you are in your entrepreneurial journey or thinking about starting it...you gon' need to listen to this one!! Excitement will only take you so far...you need discipline. I am also offering a 30 min FREE Breaking Ground Consultation for e...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! Thank you for tuning in to another episode of the podcast!! On today's episode I am not only reminding you that you need to take your seat and go...but I tell you why....because it's elevation time baby!! We can no longer entertain the old while stepping into the new. I also share a special announcement!! I am in search of an assistant!! If you know someone please have them email...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! Thank you for tuning in to another episode of the podcast!! On today's episode I talk about how you need to take your seat and go!! Some of us have been sitting at tables consuming the wrong food, sitting around the wrong people, and just being in the wrong environment. I share my wake up call of me taking my seat and going!! Take a listen... And don't forget I want to hear from...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! Welp the holidays are here and that can sometimes mean toxicity is in the air. We often hear about how stressful the holidays can be because of all the spending and feeling the obligation to meet expectations when it comes to gifts. But I wanted to focus on the stresses of having to be around toxic people or in toxic environments. So here is a little survival guide...more of a re...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! Today we are talking about the bigger picture of your life. I'm sure you have heard of vision and mission statements that are used for businesses. Their purpose is to inform you of the big picture - what the company is striving for and how they plan on getting there. Well we need the same for our lives. What is the vision of your life? What is the mission - how do you plan on get...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! We are back with Season 2 of the podcast - vlog on Youtube!! I am so excited to share "Goodies with my Gurlfraaands". We have so much to catch up on...its been two years!! This season we will focus on healing*discovery*growth. New episodes will be rolling out every Monday!! Make sure you subscribe to the Hey Gurlfraaand Podcast Youtube channel...hit that like button...and share w...

Hey gurlfraaand!! What in the world is going on?!?! Catching up and reminding you that you get a pass...have a listen

Hey gurlfraaand!! On this weeks episode we tackle commitment issues...who has them? Take a listen...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! On this episode of the podcast we talk about people and their hidden agendas...we all have them!!! Take a listen ...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! This is my confession...(not an Usher confession) lol!! On this episode of the podcast we share how we often times shrink ourselves because of feelings of inadequacy, or to not "out-shine" any one else, or by living up to someone's low standard of living that THEY set for us. Listen as we confess... We want to hear from you!! Drop us your confession in the voice message option in...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! It's been a while...ok a long while!! All I'm going to say is LIFE happens...and I am learning to be OK with that. Allow me to introduce to you my Co-host...on second thought, take a listen. What was almost a missed opportunity... We want to hear from you!! Share your story, share some tips, give us the gurrrl talk. If you are listening through the Anchor app leave us a voice rec...

Hey Gurlfraaand!! Thank you for tuning in to another episode of the podcast!! On today's episode we stress the need to protect our peace!! What value have you placed on your peace? For me, there is nothing in this world that would make me give up my peace. Yes I said it...give up my peace. If we are without peace it is because we gave it up, no one robbed us of it. We have to take back our power a...