The Healing Room

In this year-end episode of The Healing Room , I’m reflecting on the lessons 2025 taught me — personally, professionally, and spiritually — and how those lessons are shaping the way I’m entering 2026. This year brought business transitions, health scares for both myself and my husband, an evolution in my leadership, and the vulnerability that comes with sharing my voice more publicly through conte...

Welcome back to The Healing Room . I’m Lavonda Handy, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and founder of Truth Center for Health and Healing. If you’ve been with us over the last few episodes, you know we’ve been exploring voice, surrender, alignment, and what it means to lead our lives with honesty and intention. Today, we’re talking about something every high-functioning woman knows deeply:...

Sometimes what feels like growth is really just movement. In this episode, I share how running my therapy practice taught me that excitement and passion aren’t always strategy — and how learning discernment, patience, and stewardship became my real growth. 🌿 🌿 In this episode, you’ll hear: How excitement and passion can disguise impulsivity The real story of how I hired too fast — and what it ta...

Sometimes growth doesn’t come from pushing harder — it comes from surrender. In this episode, I share how losing a leadership role, failing my licensure exams, and facing self-doubt became the exact lessons I needed to realign. Surrender isn’t giving up — it’s giving in to what’s meant for you. 🌿

In this episode of The Healing Room Podcast, I share my journey to becoming a therapist — and how my real work began when I became my first client. From exploring my family systems and my father’s addiction to discovering the power of vulnerability and authenticity through family-based therapy, I learned that true healing starts with self-awareness. Together, we’ll reflect on what it means to show...

Welcome to The Healing Room. I’m Lavonda Handy, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and founder of Truth Center for Health & Healing, a group practice rooted in culturally responsive and compassionate care. This first episode is where I open the door — literally and figuratively — and share how this podcast came to be. If I’m being honest, The Healing Room was born out of exhaustion, reflection...