In this episode, our guest, Laura Jackson, a counselor, mindful self-compassion leader, teacher, and advocate, joins us for an in-depth conversation about cultivating kindness toward ourselves in the midst of life's challenges. Laura shares her expertise on the three core elements of mindful self-compassion—mindfulness, kindness, and common humanity—and explores how this practice can help us untangle harsh inner critics, survival-based patterns, and unrealistic expectations. Laura explains how reconnecting with ancestral care practices benefits us and others.

Laura invites listeners to create their own loving-kindness phrases. Examples include:

1. May I be held in compassion
2. May I be safe
3. May I find peace
4. May I be at ease

Resource:

Center for Mindfulness Self-compassion

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

Connect with Laura:

Website: www.paradigmjoy.com

Instagram: @paragdimjoy

LinkedIn: Laura I Jackson

Email: [email protected]

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Reclaiming HER Resilience is executive produced and edited by Robrenna Parker.

This podcast is published by RHR Media Co. Where voice is honored, and the story unfolds.

RHR Media Co. is the publishing and media arm of Reclaiming HER Resilience, LLC, creating story-centered media that honors voice, restores agency, and invites women back into authorship of their own lives.

Guest: Leontyne 'Tyne' Evans, The Relationship Saver

In this episode, story coach Robrenna is joined by Leontyne 'Teen' Evans, a licensed marriage and family therapist, sex therapist, and counselor. They discuss the challenges and importance of reclaiming sensuality and intimacy after toxic or abusive relationships. The conversation covers how emotional, psychological, sexual, spiritual, and relational harm can impact body autonomy, desire, and safety. We discuss how purity culture influences body image and sexual experiences, the difference between sensuality and sexuality, and the importance of slow, steady self-compassion in the healing process. They also address trauma bonding, differentiating between sensual desire and trauma reenactment, and rebuilding trust in one’s body. This candid discussion aims to provide listeners with insights on creating a safe, self-compassionate space to reconnect with their bodies.

Connect with Leontyne:

TikTok: @therelationshipshaver

Facebook: Tyne Evans

Website: Relationshipgoalsinc.com

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[email protected]

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Reclaiming HER Resilience is executive produced and edited by Robrenna Parker.

This podcast is published by RHR Media Co. Where voice is honored, and the story unfolds.

RHR Media Co. is the publishing and media arm of Reclaiming HER Resilience, LLC, creating story-centered media that honors voice, restores agency, and invites women back into authorship of their own lives.

Guest: Priscilla Quezada, Founder of Powerful Authentic Queen (PAC)

Content Warning: This episode discusses domestic violence, sexual abuse, and trauma. Listen at your own pace.

In this episode, Priscilla and Robrenna discuss:

1. Recognizing generational trauma patterns in families and relationships
2. Understanding that domestic violence includes emotional, financial, verbal, and sexual abuse—not just physical
3. Breaking cycles through self-awareness and healing work
4. The body's role in storing trauma
5. Resources and practices for healing

Takeaway: Love should not hurt. Healing takes time and consistency. Be compassionate with yourself; it does get better.

Support Resources:

My Grandmother's Hands Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem MSW Licsw

Break the Cycle, A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma by Dr. Mariel Buqué

What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

TheHotline.org 800.799.SAFE (7233) (Domestic Violence Hotline)

RAINN.org Call 800.656.HOPE (4673)

Love is Respect (Teen Dating Violence) 1.866.331.9474 Text LOVEIS to 22522

Connect with Priscilla:

PowerfulAuthenticQueen.com

Powerful Authentic Queen Facebook: Facebook

PowerfulAuthentic Queen Instagram:Instagram

PowerfulAuthentic Queen YouTube

PowerfulAuthentic Queen Spotify Playlist

Connect with Robrenna:

Connect with Robrenna:

[email protected]

Facebook: Reclaiming HER Resilience

Instagram: Reclaiming_HER_Resilience

Reclaiming HER Resilience is executive produced and edited by Robrenna Parker.

This podcast is published by RHR Media Co. Where voice is honored, and the story unfolds.

RHR Media Co. is the publishing and media arm of Reclaiming HER Resilience, LLC, creating story-centered media that honors voice, restores agency, and invites women back into authorship of their own lives.

Guest: Carla Rousseau

In this episode of Reclaiming Her Resilience, Robrenna and Guest Carla Rousseau discuss the journey of reclaiming faith and healing spiritual wounds. We explore the differences between spiritual struggles and deeper harm, the importance of processing grief, and the steps to begin healing. The conversation emphasizes the need for safe spaces, community, and the value of asking questions in spiritual growth. We invite you to honor your pain while also seeking hope and connection in your spiritual journeys.

Connect with Carla at Illuminate Soul Care

Facebook: Illuminate Soul Care

[email protected]

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[email protected]

Facebook: Reclaiming HER Resilience

Instagram: Reclaiming_HER_Resilience

Reclaiming HER Resilience is executive produced and edited by Robrenna Parker.

This podcast is published by RHR Media Co. Where voice is honored, and the story unfolds.

RHR Media Co. is the publishing and media arm of Reclaiming HER Resilience, LLC, creating story-centered media that honors voice, restores agency, and invites women back into authorship of their own lives.

Guest: Angela R. Lewis

In this episode of Reclaiming HER Life, Robrenna sits down with former professional basketball player, coach, author, and leadership mentor Angela R. Lewis to explore what it means to slow down, release hustle culture, and intentionally create a life rooted in alignment.

Angela shares how sports strengthened her confidence, even as certain emotional needs and moments of grief were quietly carried in the background. She reflects on the pivotal “ideal day” exercise, which helped her see what she longed for, and how an opportunity in Colombia, where cultural rhythm, nature, and joy transformed how she lives, works, and leads.

Together, they discuss letting go of overachievement, releasing guilt, honoring personal pace, and redefining success—especially for women rebuilding their lives later in life. Angela also introduces her Six V Framework, a powerful model for navigating seasons of life from valley to victory with clarity and compassion.

This conversation is an invitation to rest, realign, and remember: slowing down doesn’t mean giving up—it means choosing yourself.

Connect with Angela R. Lewis:

Angela R. Lewis

[email protected]

314 598 7870

LinkedIn

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Reclaiming HER Resilience is executive produced and edited by Robrenna Parker.

This podcast is published by RHR Media Co. Where voice is honored, and the story unfolds.

RHR Media Co. is the publishing and media arm of Reclaiming HER Resilience, LLC, creating story-centered media that honors voice, restores agency, and invites women back into authorship of their own lives.

In this episode, we explore the relationship between clarity and alignment—and how your body quietly guides you toward what is true, safe, and life-giving.

So many of us are taught to override our bodies, push through discomfort, or ignore the subtle signals that something isn’t right. But your body holds wisdom. It speaks through sensations of ease and tension, energy and exhaustion, openness and contraction. This episode is an invitation to slow down, listen, and begin trusting yourself again.

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Edited by Stephen R. Sanders

Music by Music Promoted by Envato.com

Reclaiming HER Resilience is published by RHR Media Co. Where voice is honored, and the story unfolds.

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Edited by Stephen R. Sanders

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Reclaiming HER Resilience is published by the RHR Media Co. Where voice is honored, and the story unfolds.

We conclude Reclaiming HER Story 8-week Group weeks 7 & 8 with befriending our bodies, closure, ritual, and celebration.

Join the 8-week Online Reclaiming HER Story Group

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Edited by Stephen R. Sanders

Music by Envato.com

Reclaiming HER Resilience is published by RHR Media Co. Where voice is honored, and the story unfolds.

Grief, Lament, Self-Forgiveness, & Reclaiming Truth

In this episode, we explore grief as something that needs to be witnessed, not minimized or rushed. Drawing on David Kessler’s work, we name grief as a courageous act of truth—especially in the aftermath of relational and spiritual trauma.

We talk about the many invisible losses survivors often carry: loss of safety, identity, time, dreams, relationships, faith communities, and parts of ourselves we had to abandon to survive.

You’ll hear about:

1. The five stages of grief (Kübler-Ross) and why they aren’t linear
2. How unprocessed grief lives in the body
3. Lament as a biblical and cultural practice of truth-telling with God
4. Why grief is not weakness—but part of healing

In the second half, we move into Week 6 themes:

1. Self-forgiveness as releasing shame and misplaced blame
2. Why forgiveness is not the same as reconciliation
3. How forgiveness requires truth, not denial
4. Reclaiming your story from shame and false narratives

This episode includes reflection questions, gentle somatic practices, and a guided lament to help you name what was lost—without pressure to “move on.”

Takeaway:

Grief is not a setback. Lament honors what was never allowed to be spoken. Truth restores dignity and freedom.

Grief.com

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Edited by Stephen R. Sanders

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Reclaiming HER Resilience is published by RHR Media Co. Where voice is honored, and the story unfolds.

In this episode, we continue our four-part series on walking through the flow and heart of my 8-week Story Work Group Reclaiming HER Story. This week, we explore weeks 3 & 4, two deeply transformative weeks when women begin to understand the roles they played in their families and how those roles affect their relationships today.

Reclaiming HER Story is an 8-week small group experience for women ready to understand their past, heal long-standing patterns, and reconnect with their authentic voice. Seats are limited — I only take 4-6 women to keep the circle intimate and safe.

Learn more or get on the waitlist, contact Robrenna: [email protected]

3 Brain Systems that Control Your Behavior

Brené Brown Books

Atlas of the Heart

Daring Greatly

The Gifts of Imperfection

Richard C. Schwartz, PhD

No Bad Parts

Connect with Robrenna:

[email protected]

Facebook: Reclaiming HER Resilience

Instagram: Reclaiming_HER_Resilience

Edited by Stephen R. Sanders

Music by Envato.com

Reclaiming HER Resilience is published by RHR Media Co. Where voice is honored, and the story unfolds.