Living in 3D Power Podcast

Send us Fan Mail What if medicine wasn’t just something prescribed… but something that reconnects us to ourselves? In this tender and deeply reflective episode of Living in 3D Power , Amber and Emma explore the idea of “mental medicine” after Amber’s 3D Power Pause conversation with death doula and therapist The Ancestral Healing Collective founder TaLisa Ramos. Together, they unpack grief, ancest...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when your child starts growing up… and you realize you are growing too? In this episode of Living in 3D Power , Amber and Emma move from lighthearted conversations about birthdays, rules, and everyday family moments into a deeper dialogue about emotional safety, autonomy, conflict, middle school transitions, and what it means to stay connected while everyone is changi...

Send us Fan Mail “You have to let your babies grow up.” In this special Mother’s Day episode of Living in 3D Power , Dr. Amber Sessoms is joined by her oldest daughter, Jojo, for a deeply honest conversation about motherhood, healing, trauma, therapy, boundaries, and what happens when your child becomes old enough to see your humanity differently. Together, they reflect on: growing up with a young...

Send us Fan Mail What if your emotions had a soundtrack? In this episode of Living in 3D Power , Amber and Emma put Emma’s Chicken Nugget Wisdom into practice: “Find a song that matches your emotions… in the moment.” From Victorious to Donny Hathaway, this conversation moves from playful to profound as they explore how music can help us process fear, sadness, joy, and everything in between. Emma c...

Send us Fan Mail Why is it so hard to feel celebrated—even on your birthday? In this episode of Living in 3D Power , Amber and her daughter Emma explore how past experiences shape our beliefs about worthiness, love, and celebration . What starts as a simple reflection on birthdays becomes a deeper conversation about:  Healing shame and feeling “unlovable”   Learning to receive love instead of defl...

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to celebrate your life… while you are still here? In this special birthday episode, Amber turns inward—and invites Emma to lead. Through honest reflection, embodied practice, poetry, and real-time vulnerability (including a full recording restart 😅), this episode explores what it looks like to hold both/and : ✨ grief and joy ✨ tension and ease ✨ strength and...

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to hold joy and grief at the same time? In this episode, Emma and I explore the tension of living in a both/and world. Through reflection, breath, and honest conversation, they unpack how grief shows up in the body, how the world rushes us past it, and how joy can become a grounding practice rather than something we wait to earn. This conversation invites us to s...

Send us Fan Mail What if joy isn’t something we earn after everything is okay…  but something we practice while life is still unfolding? In this episode of Living in 3D Power , Dr. Amber Sessoms and her daughter Emma explore the power of both/and —the ability to hold grief and joy, anger and sadness, tension and calm at the same time. Through storytelling, somatic practices like pendulation, and a...

Send us Fan Mail What if the thing you’ve been carrying… isn’t actually yours to hold? In this special episode of Living in 3D Power , Dr. Amber Sessoms invites you into a live 3D Power Pause —a guided space for reflection, breathwork, and truth-telling. This week’s focus: toxic shame . Not just the feeling of doing something wrong… but the belief that you are wrong. Through somatic grounding, gui...

Send us Fan Mail What if anxiety and self-doubt aren’t the problem… but the signal? In this episode of Living in 3D Power , Emma and I explore the roots of toxic shame, how it forms in childhood, and how it quietly shapes identity, relationships, and decision-making. Through reflection, humor, and Emma’s signature “chicken nugget wisdom,” this conversation invites us to shift from shame-based narr...

Send us Fan Mail What does it actually feel like to be 11? In this episode of Living in 3D Power , Emma and I explore the tension many kids experience during late elementary school. Expectations for maturity are rising. Independence is increasing. But emotionally, kids are still learning how to navigate big feelings, social pressure, and the growing desire to have their voices heard. What begins a...

Send us Fan Mail This special episode was recorded live at the National Association of School Psychologists 2026 Annual Convention in Chicago. What happens when student voice is not extracted but trusted? What shifts when adults move from manager to learner? Based on my paper, Amplifying Child Voice Through Intergenerational Storytelling and Reflection , this live conversation blends research, sto...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful, final Black History Month episode, Emma interviews poet, performer, and entrepreneur PoeticSoulQueen, Evita Colon, on Presidents’ Day from the property of President James Buchanan. Together, they explore Black creativity as survival, truth-telling, unity, and freedom dreaming—and even write a poem live on camera. From spoken word to belly breathing, from Lydia Ha...

Send us Fan Mail In this Black History Month episode of Living in 3D Power , Emma sits down with Lancaster Pennsylvania-based artist Keisha Finnie ( @keishafinnie ) or an intergenerational conversation about creativity, Black history, community, and what it means to make art that lives beyond us. As they paint together inside Keisha’s home, Emma takes part in creating a mural that will be installe...

Send us Fan Mail In this Black History Month Black creatives kickoff episode of Living in 3D Power, Emma sits down with visual artist King Prolifik for a conversation that blends live painting, storytelling, and deep reflection on Black art, community, and creative freedom. Surrounded by canvases, paint, magazine covers , and artwork from his Because… I’m BLVCK   exhibition, this episode unfolds a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Living in 3D Power, Emma and I slow down to explore a big question sparked by Emma’s honesty: What does democracy really mean, and what do we owe our neighbors? This conversation was inspired by last week’s conversation on Remaining Awake through a Great Revolution and a powerful clip shared by Yaba Blay, featuring Jelani Cobb in conversation on Stacey Abrams po...

Send us Fan Mail In this special MLK Day episode, Emma and I reflect on the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the meaning of remaining awake during times of social upheaval, and what it means to bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice in everyday life. Inspired by Dr. King’s 1968 sermon Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution , the conversation weaves together history, curren...

Send us Fan Mail This episode marks one year of Living in 3D Power. A conversation that began as a simple mother-daughter experiment has grown into a space for reflection, truth-telling, and collective learning. In this anniversary episode, Amber and Emma look back on the moments, questions, and conversations that shaped the past year — from humor and honesty, to Black history, leadership, creativ...

Send us Fan Mail Vision Boards, Joy, and Gentle Intentions for the New Year In this first episode of the new year, Emma and I slow things down and do something a little different. Instead of resolutions or pressure-filled goals, we explore joy-centered vision boards —using curiosity, imagination, and reflection to envision how we want the year to feel , not just what we want to do. Together, we ta...

Send us Fan Mail This short, reflective episode of Living in 3D Power was inspired by a question posed by a trusted friend, Hattie B. McCarter :  “As we get ready for the end of the year, with a grateful heart, what are three blessings you are grateful for this year? One of them being one you never saw coming.” As Emma and I sit with this question during the holiday season, we explore gratitude th...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Living in 3D Power is unlike any other. Recorded for Emma’s 11th birthday, this special episode centers community, love, and the power of being seen. What begins as a birthday surprise unfolds into a profound reflection on joy as a superpower, the courage of youth voice, and what it means to be held by a village across generations, geography, and lived experience....

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode of Living in 3D Power , Emma and I once again turn to Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts’  Black Joy Playbook to explore Day 17: “Grief Is Not the Whole Story.” As the holidays approach and grief sits close to the surface, we discuss the tension—and the truth—of holding joy and sorrow at the same time. Together, we walk through the “Hope Tree” exercise, ref...

Send us Fan Mail Filmed the day before my brother Avery transitioned . Released now as I recover my voice from illness. Still timely. Still necessary. In this week’s episode, Emma and I curl up in our pajamas with our “special guests” Kibou and Hiro to explore liberation through the lens of Week One of Dr. Dani Martin’s Rebel Writes journal , a 90-day invitation into liberation, critical conscious...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode of Living in 3D Power , Emma and I sit down to talk about her Girls on the Run (GOTR) season and our first 5K together—one of the coldest mornings of the year, and somehow one of the most joyful. Through laughter, mental toughness, and a finish-line sprint where Emma absolutely dusted me, we found a kind of healing our bodies had been craving. Four weeks int...

Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode of Living in 3D Power , Emma and I process grief in real time following the passing of my brother — and Emma’s Uncle Avery — just three weeks earlier. Together, we honor Children’s Grief Awareness Day by opening a tender and courageous conversation about loss, memory, and the ways both children and adults can navigate grief in healthy, connected, an...