It’s Been a Journey Podcast

In this powerful episode of It’s Been a Journey, we confront the quiet storm many believers never talk about — disappointment. When marriage doesn’t look like the promise, when business delays shake your confidence, when the timeline you prayed for slips through your fingers… disappointment can feel suffocating.

But God says, “This is not the end — it’s a divine redirection.”

💔 In this episode we unpack:
• The pain of failed expectations in marriage
• How to heal when life breaks your heart
• Disappointment in business, purpose, and calling
• Accepting the reality of what will never be
• How to place the shattered pieces back in God’s hands
• Why delayed hope is positioning you for destiny
• How disappointment becomes divine protection

✨ Scripture Focus: Proverbs 13:12 — “Hope deferred makes the heart sick…”

Whether you're healing from relationship wounds, recovering from business blows, or trying to rebuild faith after failure — this episode gives you language, clarity, and spiritual direction.

🎧 Listen, breathe, release, and let God rewrite your expectations.

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Before the year ends, take a moment to detox the one area we rarely examine—our hearts. In this episode, we explore how bitterness, fear, regret, and unforgiveness can block gratitude and keep us stuck in cycles God never intended.

Through scripture, reflection, and practical spiritual steps, we walk through:
• Why a heart detox is essential
• The emotional damage hidden bitterness can cause
• 7 powerful ways to cleanse and reset your heart
• How to release what God never asked you to carry
• How gratitude opens the door for healing and new blessings

Featuring Psalm 51:10, this episode guides you through a soul-cleansing experience that prepares you for peace, clarity, and God’s next chapter for your life.

If your heart has been heavy, overwhelmed, or stuck in the past—this episode will help you breathe again.

Follow It’s Been a Journey for more conversations on healing, faith, and emotional recovery.

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n this inspiring episode of the IBAJ Podcast, host Shenelle sits down with Mississippi native and published author Jamesia Nicholson, writer of The Difference Between You and Me: The Teenager Edition.
At just a young age, Jamesia uses her platform to empower teens and young adults to embrace their individuality, overcome comparison, and find peace in their own purpose.

This episode dives deep into teen identity, self-worth, mental health, social media pressure, and the courage it takes to stand out in a world that constantly tells you to fit in. Whether you’re a teenager, a parent, a teacher, or someone still learning to love yourself—you’ll feel seen, encouraged, and uplifted.

💡 Key Topics:

• How Jamesia found her voice as a teen author

• The dangers of comparison and peer pressure

• Building confidence in who you are

• Why faith and self-awareness matter

• Encouragement for anyone struggling to find purpose

🎙️ About the Podcast:

is a motivational talk show and podcast dedicated to highlighting entrepreneurs, creatives, and purpose-driven people who are building legacy and inspiring change through their work and story.

🔗 Listen Now & Subscribe:
Watch the full interview on YouTube @Beenajourney
and stream every episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major platforms.

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In this opening episode of When Flesh Meets Faith, we confront one of the most overlooked causes of relationship breakdown — forgetfulness in marriage. Many couples search for answers like “why marriages fall apart spiritually,” “how to fix a disconnected marriage biblically,” and “why couples forget their vows,” yet the Bible already speaks to it.

Peter writes, “I stir up your pure minds by remembrance.”
And that’s exactly what this episode does — it stirs up what God said, because marriage struggles from a Christian perspective often begin when we stop remembering the covenant God established.

Inside this episode, we address real questions people ask every day:
Why do we fall out of love?
Why does my spouse change?
How do we reconnect after years of distance?
Why can’t I forgive?
How do we start fresh?

Using biblical marriage advice, we unpack how forgetfulness impacts emotional intimacy, communication, and connection. You’ll learn practical ways to reconnect, including weekly “memory moments,” prayer resets, and how to re-anchor your relationship in God’s Word rather than in wounds.

If you’ve been searching for Christian marriage healing, faith-based marriage restoration, or guidance on rebuilding emotional intimacy through God’s Word, this episode will shift your perspective and strengthen your covenant.

This is your invitation to pause, remember, and rebuild — not through emotion, but through covenant clarity.

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Family… tonight’s conversation is deep, raw, and necessary. 🌧️

From middle school to adulthood, LaShawn Poole wrestled with one question that shaped her entire identity — “Who is my dad?”
That question led to years of confusion, rejection, and mental battles that tried to silence her voice.

When LaShawn finally met her father, what should have been healing turned into heartbreak and conflict. Then came another tragedy that sent her spiraling into isolation… until she heard the Voice that pulled her back to life. 💫

Join me LIVE tonight on It’s Been a Journey as LaShawn courageously shares her testimony of battling mental illness, rejection, and abandonment — and how God met her in the darkest place to bring renewal.

This is for every person who’s ever felt unseen, unwanted, or forgotten. Healing starts when we stop running from the questions and start listening for God’s answer. 🕊️

🎧 Tune in tonight and share this episode with someone who needs hope and healing.

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Your body remembers what your mind tries to forget. 💭
I’ve been divorced 4 times — and I had to face the pain living inside me before I could really heal.

Join me LIVE tonight for It’s Been a Journey:
👉🏽 “When Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Tries to Forget”

Let’s talk healing, faith, and breaking failure mode — for real this time. 🧠💖

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When God steps in, bullets can’t take what purpose protects. 🙌🏽
This week on It’s Been a Journey, we sit down with Brandon Fisher, a young man who survived a gunshot wound and lived to tell the story. His journey of physical and emotional recovery reminds us that survival is just the beginning — thriving is where the real testimony begins.

We’re diving deep into the aftermath of trauma — the pain that lingers in the body, the battles of the mind, and the gratitude that flows when God gives you another chance. 💔➡️💪🏽

Join us for a powerful conversation about faith, healing, and the strength to live beyond the trigger.
🎧 Tune in, share it with someone who needs hope, and let’s remind the world that pain doesn’t have the final say — purpose does.

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Recap: Holding Yourself Hostage – From Captivity to Healing ✨

In this powerful recap episode, we tie together the entire Holding Yourself Hostage series into one life-changing conversation. We’ve walked through Egypt together—recognizing bondage, confronting comfort zones, breaking emotional chains, exposing self-sabotage, and learning how deliverance gets you out, but healing makes you whole.

📖 Joshua 5:9 — “This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you.”
📖 John 8:36 — “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”

🎧 In this episode, we’ll explore:

• Why it’s so hard to admit when we’re still bound.

• How comfort zones can keep us stuck in captivity.

• Breaking cycles of shame and fear.

• Recognizing self-sabotage and stopping collaboration with our captors.

• What true healing looks like when we step into promise.

🔥 Family, freedom is not the finish line—healing is. Don’t just leave Egypt. Step into your Canaan.

👉 Listen now and share this episode with someone who may still be holding themselves hostage.

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Are you free but still living with a captive mindset? In this powerful episode of the Holding Yourself Hostage series, we dive into “Comfortable in Captivity” — exploring why so many of us stay stuck in old mindsets, toxic relationships, and limiting beliefs.

Drawing lessons from the Children of Israel and real-life experiences today, Shenelle reveals 8 powerful ways we’ve grown comfortable in captivity — and how to break free. You’ll discover practical strategies, biblical wisdom, and empowering solutions to shift your thinking, renew your mind, and step into the future God designed for you.

This episode will inspire you to:

• Identify areas where you’ve been holding yourself hostage

• Learn practical steps to break old patterns and move forward

• Reframe your mindset to embrace freedom and opportunity

Don’t stay bound another day — hit play and start your journey to freedom now!

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In this powerful third episode of our Holding Yourself Hostage series, Shenelle Ball-Green breaks down the concept of an “Emotional Bail Bond” — how grief and shame act like invisible contracts keeping us on emotional probation. Using the Children of Israel as a powerful example, this episode explores how grief blinds our vision, shame silences our voice, and both create patterns that hold us hostage in life and relationships. You’ll also hear practical, scripture-based resolutions to break free, five reflection questions to help you heal, and a closing call to step into your promised land.

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