Lydia Makomere

The Rise and Rebuild Podcast

Education EN ↓ 40 episodes

A podcast for women who are ready to break unhealthy cycles, heal deeply, and build lives marked by purpose, freedom, faith, and legacy. Here, we have honest conversations about healing, identity, faith, relationships, boundaries, purpose, personal growth, career, stewardship, leadership, and what it truly means to rebuild your life after years of surviving. My mission is to help people break unhealthy cycles, restore their God-given identity, and rebuild lives that create impact for generations to come. And once you heal, you can finally begin building the life God created you to live.

Author

Lydia Makomere

Category

Education

Podcast website

breakthecyclesnow.com

Latest episode

Jun 3, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 14 - Gratitude: The Things You Didnt Thank God For... 03.12.2025

In this episode of the Rise and Rebuild Podcast, I’m reflecting on the power of gratitude, especially during the Thanksgiving season. This conversation is deeply personal. I share parts of my own journey through hardship, healing, and the unexpected ways gratitude found me along the way. We talk about what I call “gratitude in hindsight”, those moments where you only recognize the blessing after t...

Episode 13 - The Family You Came From… and the Family That Comes From You 26.11.2025

In this episode of Rise and Rebuild, I’m diving into a conversation many of us avoid, the impact of family dysfunction and why it keeps following us into adulthood. I talk about the moments we silence ourselves “for the sake of peace,” the ways we carry our parents’ patterns into our marriages and parenting, and how easily love turns into control when we don’t heal what hurt us. I share why the fa...

Episode 12 - The first born Daughter Diaries Part 2: Our Relationship With Our Mothers 19.11.2025

In this episode, I dive deep into one of the most tender and complex dynamics in a first-born daughter’s life, her relationship with her mother. As a Cycle Breaker, I’ve seen how many of us grew up carrying weight that was never ours to begin with. In this conversation, I unpack why first-born daughters often step into the role of a parent at home: She carries the emotional burden of the home, bec...

Episode 11 - The First-Born Daughter Diaries Part 1: Rest, Relationships & Red Flags 12.11.2025

Firstborn daughters… today am responding to questions from the previous episode. It's time we understand how your childhood shaped your love life. If you’ve ever found yourself overgiving , overfunctioning , or staying too long in toxic relationships, this episode is for you. As a certified life coach and founder of Break the Cycle Global , I dive deep into how being the “strong one” affects h...

Episode 10 - The Angry First Born Daughter Theory 05.11.2025

If you are the firstborn daughter, this one is for you! You are the one who had to grow up fast, hold everything together, be the strong one, the responsible one, and also the one who doesn’t get to fall apart. This episode is a gentle reminder that your anger is not who you are; it’s a signal. A signal that you are tired. That you need support. That you deserve rest too. Today I share my own jour...

Episode 9 - Take it Easy on Yourself, Healing isn't Linear 29.10.2025

Today’s conversation is straight from my heart. If you’ve ever found yourself slipping back into old habits or emotions and instantly started beating yourself up for it — this one’s for you. Between motherhood, marriage, work, and purpose, I had one of those rare quiet moments and realized: we are way too hard on ourselves when it comes to healing. In this episode, I open up about the reality of t...

Episode 8 - Forgiveness First: The Key to Healing What Still Hurts 27.10.2025

Some wounds don’t just hurt — they hold you. In this episode we delve into the complex topic of forgiveness, emphasizing its challenges and the importance of self-forgiveness. The conversation explores how unforgiveness can poison one's peace and highlights the necessity of acknowledging pain to begin the healing process.   In this honest and healing episode,we dive deep into: Why unforgivenes...

Episode 7 - The Weight of Shame: Releasing Guilt, Blame & Regret 27.10.2025

“Shame doesn’t just silence your voice — it silences your becoming.”   This week’s episode is one of the most vulnerable and freeing conversations we’ve had on the Podcast. 💛 We’re talking about shame — that quiet, suffocating weight that makes you hide, question your worth, and shrink from the life God called you to live.   In this heartfelt conversation, You’ll hear: ✨The difference between sh...

Episode 6 - Are you healing or are you hiding? Escapes, Numbing & the Truth Behind Hiding 08.10.2025

So many of us know how to function — we show up, serve, smile, and keep going — but few of us truly know how to heal. In this episode, we’re having an honest conversation about the difference between healing and hiding. Because sometimes what looks like strength is really survival. Sometimes what we call faith is actually fear. And often, what people praise as “having it all together” is just us t...

Episode 5 - Child of God stop wasting your time: God Expects a Return on His Investment in You 01.10.2025

⏳ Time is the one thing you can never get back. The question is — are you multiplying what God has placed in your hands, or are you wasting it? In this powerful episode of The Rise & Rebuild Podcast, we’re unpacking what Jesus taught in the parable of the talents (Matthew 25) and what it means for us today. God has placed something inside of you — a gift, a calling, a vision — and He expects...

Episode 4 - 7 Signs You’re Stuck in an Unhealthy Cycle and How to Start Breaking Free 24.09.2025

Have you ever caught yourself saying, “Why does this keep happening to me?” or “I swore I wouldn’t end up here again, and yet here I am”? Whether it’s in your relationships, your finances, or the way you show up for yourself every day sometimes it feels like you take two steps forward, only to land right back where you started. In this powerful episode of The Rise and Rebuild Podcast, we’re diggin...

Episode 3: The Stories We Tell Ourselves and How to Rewrite Them 17.09.2025

Every day, we tell ourselves stories — quiet inner narratives that shape how we see ourselves, what we believe is possible, and how we show up in the world. Sometimes these stories sound like: “I’m not good enough.” “Good things never last for me.” “I’ll always have to struggle.” And sometimes, they aren’t even words — just heavy feelings of unworthiness or fear. In this episode of The Rise &...

Episode 2: Breaking the Cycle: My Story & What It Means to Rise and Rebuild . 10.09.2025

In this deeply personal episode, I’m opening up and sharing my own story — the heartbreak, the cycles that kept me stuck, and how God’s grace and power , not my own strength, brought me through. Eight years ago, my life was turned upside down. But what began as heartbreak revealed something deeper — hidden cycles of relationships, money, emotions, and generational patterns I didn’t even realize I...

Welcome to the Rise & Rebuild Podcast 06.09.2025

This is your space to breathe again. A space for women of color, single women, and single mothers to finally feel seen, deeply supported, and reminded that you don’t have to do this journey alone! Grab your coffee, warm your tea, and welcome home — because this is where we break, heal, and rebuild… together.

Episode 1: What do you have? 06.09.2025

Welcome to the very first episode of The Rise and Rebuild Podcast ! In this episode, I’m opening up and sharing the heart and vision behind this space - why it exists and what I hope it will become for you. This podcast was birthed out of a calling to create a safe space for women , especially women of color, single women, and single mothers to break unhealthy cycles, heal what still hurts, and re...

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