Let's Start Healing

Author, holistic healer and wellness coach Dina Saalisi discusses her newly released book, "Transcending Sexual Trauma: Self-Awareness Tools and Nature-Based Practices to Cultivate Inner Healing." The first line of the preface states, "There is no linear path to healing from sexual trauma." We delve into this during our conversation. Saalisi is a Certified Trauma-Informed Coach, a National Board H...

I'm joined by empowerment and business coach Sandra McIntosh, host of 90 Day Wins,   @SandyB90DW  for a pointed and heartfelt reflection on two powerful podcast conversations — Den of Kings and Just Heal — where men opened up about mental health, grief, faith, and healing. Kirk Franklin hosted one podcast and was a guest on the other. Here are those conversations that inspired this Let's Start Hea...

Dr. Michelle Morancie shows through her own journey how faith meets our daily lives, how we learn to listen when God is calling, and how the path can shape us. A Georgia psychologist, educator, and Fulton County Schools board member and shares how as an empath, she has pushed past fears and found her voice. #Peace #spirituality #letsstarthealing #mentalhealth #gettingolder #education #empoweredwom...

A live recording with my friend and Spiritual Counselor James Sims — coming to us from Colorado — and who shared the mic with me during our 24-hour Live in September. Today we're exploring resistance: why it shows up in our mind and spirit, what it protects, and how it can actually point us back to purpose. We talk fear vs. intuition, attachment vs. surrender, and practical ways to move from tensi...

Part 4 of "24 Hours Live: What Is the Why in Your Life?" — a soulful endurance challenge. Over 24 continuous hours, I was joined by friends, spiritual thinkers, and inspiring guests from across the U.S. and the world to explore the deeper question: What is the Why in your life? The final segment : Nearly 8 a.m. hour to 12 p.m. This is Raw and Largely Unedited. In this segment, I am joined by Intiu...

Part 3B of "24 Hours Live: What Is the Why in Your Life?" — a soulful endurance challenge. Over 24 continuous hours, I was joined by friends, spiritual thinkers, and inspiring guests from across the U.S. and the world to explore the deeper question: What is the Why in your life? 3 a.m hour to almost 8 a.m. This is Raw and Largely Unedited. In this segment, I am joined by Spiritual Coach James Sims...

Part 3 of "24 Hours Live: What Is the Why in Your Life?" — a soulful endurance challenge. Over 24 continuous hours, I was joined by friends, spiritual thinkers, and inspiring guests from across the U.S. and the world to explore the deeper question: What is the Why in your life? From about 10:50 p.m. to 3 a.m hour... This is Raw and Largely Unedited. In this segment, I am joined by Spiritual Coach...

Part 2 of "24 Hours Live: What Is the Why in Your Life?" — a soulful endurance challenge, community fundraiser, and heartfelt tribute to my late mother's birthday. From somewhere in the 7:40 p.m. hour to somewhere in the 10:30 p.m. hour. This is Raw and Largely Unedited.  Over 24 continuous hours, I was joined by friends, spiritual thinkers, and inspiring guests from across the U.S. and the world...

Welcome to Part 1B of "24 Hours Live: What Is the Why in Your Life?" — a soulful endurance challenge, community fundraiser, and heartfelt tribute to my late mother's birthday. 3:30 p.m.ish to almost 7:40ish p.m. This is Raw and Largely Unedited.  Over 24 continuous hours, I was joined by friends, spiritual thinkers, and inspiring guests from across the U.S. and the world to explore the deeper ques...

Welcome to Part 1 of "24 Hours Live: What Is the Why in Your Life?" — a soulful endurance challenge, community fundraiser, and heartfelt tribute to my late mother's birthday. Noon to 3:30pm-ish... This is Raw and Largely Unedited.  Over 24 continuous hours, I was joined by friends, spiritual thinkers, and inspiring guests from across the U.S. and the world to explore the deeper question: What is t...

Ahead of my upcoming 24-hour Live Let's Start Healing episode, I sat down with the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law & Justice — the nonprofit this event will benefit. Georgia Appleseed advocates for homeless children and families to give them a stronger voice in housing, education, and justice. In this conversation, Executive Director Michael Waller and Director of Engagement & Development Liz McD...

LIIV Atlanta church Pastor Mayo Sowell shares the impact of living homeless on the streets of Atlanta for one week last spring. With only a GoPro camera, a Bible, a journal, and the clothes on his back, he set out with a determination to better understand life for the city's unhoused residents. In this conversation, Pastor Sowell also reflects on his own remarkable journey — from selling drugs and...

Author Maria Soprano returns to discuss her new book :Decoded: The Portal is You, Awaken the Architect Within." We explore her journey of healing, the power of inner work, and how to trust your divine internal guidance system. Maria is a healing and wellness coach and founder of Karma Free Living. She shares why listening to your true inner voice — the voice of your higher power — is the key to sp...

Author Danny Blue shares how after years of corporate success, career pivots, and personal soul-searching, he turned his journey into inspiration with his debut children's book, "Coalie and the Great Mystery." During our conversation, Danny opens up about connecting with deeper, sometimes hidden aspects of himself, insights gained through The Monroe Institute — an educational center that offers th...

Note about this episode: About 20 minutes into this conversation, something strange happened. My power suddenly went out with a loud boom as if it was raining, even though the sun was shining.  When the power came back, my internet kept dropping. My guest Jacqueline Drumwright and I were disconnected three, four… maybe five times during this recording. But she stayed patient, and somehow we were a...

Note about this episode: About 20 minutes into this conversation, something strange happened. My power suddenly went out with a loud boom as if it was raining, even though the sun was shining.  When the power came back, my internet kept dropping. My guest Jacqueline Drumwright and I were disconnected three, four… maybe five times during this recording. But she stayed patient, and somehow we were a...

In this episode, I talk with Charles Sharper, founder of Healthy Youth USA Foundation in metro Atlanta. Charles shares his journey of being adopted through foster care and how the grace of God has helped to shape him — both as a person and in the way that he wants to live his life. He says that grace and guidance shows up with his family, in mentoring and creating opportunities for youth, and in h...

Dr. Karida Brown discusses historic inequities in the education of Black children, and her new book, 'The Battle for the Black Mind." The book is a historical account of a century of systematic efforts to control what Black children are taught and how they are educated. It reminds readers that Black educators and families built private schools and institutions to resist those efforts. Brown says t...

What does it really mean to accept God's love — and what changes when you finally do? In this episode, I share a personal reflection on letting God love you fully and without fear. God's love doesn't come with conditions. Accepting it means letting of guilt, shame and fear. And stepping into deeper truth that you are already loved, already worthy and already enough.  #godislove #trust #comeasyouar...

In this full-length conversation, I sit down with three men from different generations to talk about what too often goes unsaid — the emotional battles men carry behind the scenes. Russell Murchison, Charles Gilbert and David Thomas speak candidly about the pressure to stay strong, the pain of grief and identity loss, and why being vulnerable can feel so risky. As Black men, they also reflect on t...

In this segment on men's mental health, Russell Murchison, Charles Gilbert and David Thomas open up about what males are taught while growing up about emotions and manhood. And how those early lessons during childhood can shape a man's ability to express emotional needs as an adult. From being taught to 'tough it out,' to feeling misunderstood by the women in men's lives, my guests share what gets...

This is Part 2 of my conversation with men speaking on Men's Mental Health, a segment of our larger conversation that will be released in full after part three. In this part, Russell Murchison, Charles Gilbert, and David Thomas open up about coping with loss and the weight of what they can't control. They share how the loss of loved ones shaped them, reflect on grieving experiences as young men, a...

In this first segment on men speaking on Men's Mental Health, three men — Charles Gilbert, Russell Murchison, and David Thomas — join me for a candid conversation about vulnerability, communication, and how men navigate emotional openness with women. Can women truly accept a man who shows his softer side? Or does being vulnerable risk being seen as "soft"? The men share their perspectives on wheth...

In this episode, I'm joined by Cassie Parlotto, owner of Joiful Yoga in metro Atlanta. Cassie is a certified expert in Kundalini yoga, Reiki, vision boarding, and more. She shares her unfolding spiritual journey — one that has led her to become a woman of deep wisdom, compassion, and insight. Together, we reflect on the importance of sharing what we've learned with others — not from a place of ego...

How purpose, passion, and prayer align with divine guidance. In this solo episode, I'm reflecting on the call we each receive — that spiritual pull from God that aligns our purpose, our passion, and our healing. When we ignore that call, we disconnect from who we truly are. But when we answer it, we step into a life of deeper meaning and peace. I also talk about the power of forgiveness, especiall...