In this episode, Deziana shares details of her upbringing to provide insight of how her opportunities were shaped by family sacrifices. She gives credit to the wisdom of generations before her while also asking her audience to reflect on the question, "What went well in our life that has positively shaped who we are?" TAP IN to hear how she shares the importance of community and family. 

This episode is focused on providing a life update of some of the personal battles Deziana has had to navigate during pregnancy and postpartum. Experiences such as living in the hoods of LA, struggling with mental health, and the reasonings behind her move to Sacramento. Deziana is inspired to share these personal experiences, in hopes to empower or validate listeners who can relate. Tap in and listen to the ways in which her life has changed over the past year. 

In this episode, Deziana speaks about a moment she and her father were able to hold a needed and tough conversation about their relationship and barriers that impact their bond. After not speaking for close to two years, she shares how the conversation began full of shouting as anger lead the confrontation. Listen in to hear how grace was able to exist from this conversation. There's a long road of healing for them both; however, Deziana highlights  this experience being a place of breakthrough with her father. This is just the start of a long healing journey, but it requires honesty, clarity, and an exchange of perspectives. That is the importance of storytelling. 

Deziana is starting this new series of "Talk about it Tuesdays" where she opens up about random topics that are on her mind and other than the theme of the month. In this episode, Deziana shares how the young adults she empowers at work are often faced with suicide ideation. She deeply unravels her own experience battling depression and her own attempt. She advises a Trigger Warning and encourages folks to seek help if they are relating to the material on this episode. Tune in as she sheds light to the struggles many experience silently and isn't talked about enough publicly. 

During Deziana's healing journey, she began to recognize all the things she once ignored... Those bright red flags! She gives us an example of how she was able to recognize them and create a boundary to honor herself and her self worth. She reminds folks that when people show you who they are, believe it. Listen for the full episode now. 

In this episode, Deziana openly shares how heartbreak due to infidelity, impacted her emotionally and physically. In her past, she describes how she would party and drink to distract herself from the pain and it never truly assisted in her healing. She provides wisdom on how she was able to transform how she dealt with heart break and begin to work on her dating behaviors and boundaries needed to protect her heart. Listen to the full episode for details on how she was able to accomplish this. 

In this episode, Deziana shares a vulnerable experience being cheated on by someone she dated. Here, she shares her initial reaction after the discovery as well as her response after. Deziana's heart has been both impacted and shaped by these moments of infidelity. Listen to hear how she was able to navigate around these experiences and protect her heart.  

In this solo episode, Deziana opens up about her experience witnessing domestic violence in her parent's relationship and how it heavily influenced the way she perceived love. In her first relationship, she expresses the abuse she endured as well as the mental toll it held on her to date someone who was manipulative and narcissistic.  Tune in and learn about her own experience and the ways she was able to understand that she needed help. 

If you are someone who struggles dating a narcissist, Deziana encourages you to reach for help. 

On this episode, Deziana Torres opens up alone to utilize this space to share her own struggles with mental health. She opens up about the pressures of being the oldest sibling in a single-parent household as well as her own struggles with suicide ideation. She inspires all to hang in there as life will bless us with experiences that remind us why it was worth the fight. Listen and get to know your own host for this podcast. 

A QUEEN blesses us with her testimony that covers the topics of domestic abuse, violence, suicidal attempts, sexual abuse, as well as sharing self care tips that have been helpful along her journey. Tajanee Ford- Whelan is a wife of almost 7 years and a mom of 4, a step-son who is 16, an 11 year old and twins who are 6. Tajanee reminded me of the ultimate sacrifice of a mother and the pressure to stay afloat mentally while navigating motherhood.