Stepping Back

Join us this week while we discuss types of love and my journey with unconditional and my love of self. Making yourself happy and unconditionally loving you will always be your responsibility. No one can love you how you love you! You are your first love. Lyric Review: Song:  My First Love Artist:  Avant Lil Mo Why Do We Fall in Love Don't miss an episode! Make sure your subscribed to anywhere you...

Storytime: Listen this week as I realize I am meant to be the center of attention and we discuss the fear of being seen. We also discuss my birthday and my issue with consistency. This process of self awareness is allowing for me to dig deeper into myself and helping me love myself properly. Lyric Review: Song : Still Artist : Tamia Take Aways: Don't miss an episode! Make sure your subscribed to a...

Listen this week while we catch up on where Vic has been and my obsession with being kidnapped. I also discuss all of the love I have received from the most unlikely of places and how lined paper and sappy cards had your girl crying more in the last week due to the overwhelming amount of love. Lyric Review: Song:  Runaway Train Artist : Soul Asylum Take Aways: Don't miss an episode! Make sure your...

Listen this week as I discuss how my complexion, hair and skin effected me in my younger age and these insecurities followed me to adulthood and through relationships. Merriam-Webster defines colorism as prejudice or discrimination, especially within a racial or ethnic group favoring people with lighter skin over those with darker skin. We also discuss my Little White Lady and how 5 year old Vic w...

Lyric Review   Artist: SWV Song : Weak   Storytime: Listen this week as I talk about my Nana and how she brings out the 10 year old Vic every phone call. We also talk about my Granddaddy Dave. Topic : We also discuss how I have always been and adventurer but lost that along the way of becoming an adult. And I give myself the pep talk I have been needing to keep me going.. Take Aways: Call your Gra...

Lyric Review Artist: Johnny Gill Song: My My My Listen this week as we recap the last 6 months and reminisce on the last year. We also get into a lyric review of everyones favorite Johnny Gill Instagram stories from last year reminding ya girl about how the journey started. Take Aways: Follow Chisegoods for Sunday meditations and beautiful candles. Don't miss an episode! Make sure your subscribed...

  ***This is not an episode to listen to with the kids. Listen this week as I finish up my conversation with JD and he gets me to tell too much of my business using music. And encourages me to do rap songs as poetry. Get ready to clutch your pearls and laugh your ass off. PXssy by Latto is gold when done in spoken word. The word is used a lot in the clip.   We also get into lack of protection for...

Join me this week as I talk with the homie JD Jones the Interview God about life, intuition and knowing what you know because you felt it. Yup, I said felt it. If you are a scorpio you know what I am talking about. We get to the stars moons and skies just a bit.   Storytime: Listen as I talk about the summer Pretty Ricky's Album debut and the times that were had, including how I fell asleep on the...

Episode 10 Baby!! Significance of the number 10. Angel number 10 tells us to trust in our angels, and we will receive the inspiration, ideas, and insights necessary to experience positive outcomes. The number 10 is also the number of new beginnings. Lyric Review Artist:  Beyoncé Song: Church Girl   Teenage years: Doing things I would have to wanted to do back in high school. High School body image...

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*****This one is for the adults. I know my nieces may listen and Toria says turn it off now. I told them I would tell then ones they can't listen to. Storytime: Why does this tree keep coming back? New Netflix show: The Surrogacy Lyric Review: Twista - Dreams Topic: 13 Months of Celibacy Why I chose to keep my legs closed. That one mid experience pushed me over the edge   Recycling ex's to avoid b...

Story time: I have been literal my whole life like sometimes I just don't get the joke or sarcasm Grandma dancing to Scratch my Back Scratch My Back - Slim Harpo It was always black or white, no maybes Its not all or nothing I want to change this have no clue how… Lyric Review:   My dads favorite song: Longest song ever: 7.17 Cause I Love You - Lenny Williams   Story of My Dads Inconsistent but he...

Storytime: How my Sunday turned into repacking and unpacking my car twice, two rentals, two dog beaches and a five hour conversation with customer service. Listen as I find the bright spot of not so great day. What song best describes you as a person? I'm still thinking on this but when we were younger there were tons of songs we should not have known by heart.   Listen as I play and talk about my...

Relationship with Self and Self Love Welcome back to this weeks episode where we discuss  Last year I was in this place of pure joy, everything was sunshine and rainbows, literally everything was bright. That changed a bit this year, listen as I discuss how I am pulling myself out of that dark place and maintaining my relationship with self. What is self care/self love and what keeps you on track...

Welcome back to this weeks episode where we discuss trusting yourself and ways to build trust with yourself and others. How can you trust others when you don't trust yourself? When did you stop trusting yourself? How/when did I betray myself Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable Putting yourself in situations to test yourself. Not asking questions I don't know the answer to to avoid rejection. W...

Happy Mothers Day ! Listen as we talk being your authentic self and hear my story about motherhood. Living in your truth At the beginning of the year I chose Authentic as my word of the year and let me tell you when you tell the Universe/God what you want you better be prepared to receive it. What's your truth? Are you being your true authentic self? Back to Childhood What did you want to be when...

Welcome to the first episode, I am your host Victoria. In this weeks episode you get to know me and how I got to the here. You also get introduced 1/3 of the Niece Squad, Juice. Quick Timeline to help through the episode: November : Decided that the winter was not for me and decided to chase sunshine ( which was the original title for this podcast) December : Told my family I was moving (my dad on...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Stepping Back Podcast This week we discuss discovering my mission, finding peace on the road and my definition of stepping back. Don't miss an episode! Make sure your subscribed to anywhere you listen to podcasts and   Follow me at @ms_carthage and Stepping Back Podcast on Instagram, email questions that may be featured on the episode to theSteppingbackpodcast@gmail.com...

Hey I'm Victoria, Vic, Vicki,Toya, Tori or my all time favorite is Auntie Toria/Auntie Vicki. My nieces and soon to be nephews are my favorite people in the whole world, shout to my personal hype squad. Ok but back to why we are here, Welcome to your weekly look into my purposely chaotic world where I am Stepping Back from the high level adult life. I was born and raised in the midwest but one day...