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Hosted by Licensed Professional Counselor Virginia Corbett and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Kiarra Thorne this podcast explores emotional wellness, family systems, and becoming your best self—mind, body, and spirit.
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Episode 6 - Welcome back to Rise to Roar, where real relationships meet real growth.
Today we’re talking about roots and wings—not just as poetic parenting ideals, but as emotional lifelines and launchpads.
How do we give our children grounding without chaining them down?
How do we let them fly without feeling abandoned?
In this episode, we’ll explore the delicate tension between autonomy and respect—why these two often get confused, and how to reframe the conversation with love.
We’ll introduce the 3 A’s Method—a practical tool for holding space for both freedom and connection, especially when it’s messy.
So whether you’re a parent wondering where your place is now…
or an adult offspring trying to find your voice without losing the relationship—
take a breath.
Let’s talk about the beauty and bravery of flying… and staying rooted in love.

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Hosted by Licensed Professional Counselor Virginia Corbett and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Kiarra Thorne this podcast explores emotional wellness, family systems, and becoming your best self—mind, body, and spirit.
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Episode 5: The Invisible Contract
From the Series: Roots, Wings, and the Space Between
Welcome back to Rise to Roar—where real-life relationships meet real emotional growth.
Today we’re talking about the Invisible Contract—the unspoken rules, roles, and expectations we often carry into adult family relationships without ever realizing it.
Maybe in your family, not calling back right away is a capital offense. .
Maybe disagreeing feels like betrayal.
Maybe you’re the parent wondering why everything changed once they moved out…
Or the adult child trying to love your family without losing yourself.
Invisible contracts are the emotional agreements we never talked about—but we feel them especially when they’re broken.
In this episode, we’ll name:
What these hidden expectations look like
Why they cause so much confusion and pain
And how to update the “contract” with open, honest communication—so that love doesn’t get lost in assumptions.

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Hosted by Licensed Professional Counselor Virginia Corbett and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Kiarra Thorne -this episode explores emotional wellness, family systems, and becoming your best self—mind, body, and spirit.
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Episode 4: You didn’t choose the role.

But you might still be playing it. How to identify the family role you had and decide if it is still working for you. Learning the cost of your current role and how it changes your current connections. 

Welcome to Episode 4: Shadow Puppet Roles — where we shine a light on the family scripts that shape us… and sometimes shrink us from the Series Power, Guilt and Holiday Dinners. 

Whether you were “the peacemaker,” “the golden child,” “the rebel,” or “the responsible one,” family roles often formed when you were too young to opt in. And here’s the question:

Is that role still working for you today?

In this episode, we talk about how to:

Identify the family role you were cast in (and how it formed)

Understand how that role shows up in your adult relationship with your family.

Do a gut check: What is it costing you now?

Spoiler: The moment you recognize a role, you start to reclaim your real self. Awareness leads to automatic shifts—because the truth has a way of setting us free.

Note: If you’ve ever felt boxed in, mis-seen, or burdened by unspoken expectations—this episode is for you.

Let’s talk about stepping out of the shadows and into authentic connection. Not performance. Not people-pleasing. Just real you… in real relationships.

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Hosted by Licensed Professional Counselor Virginia Corbett and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Kiarra Thorne -this episode explores emotional wellness, family systems, and becoming your best self—mind, body, and spirit.

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Episode 2: The people who’ve known you the longest often struggle to see who you’ve become and what happened to that person who I have known all these years? How can we break old patterns and retain healthy connections? 

Welcome to Episode 2: The Power of Reintroduction from the Series Power Guilt and Holiday Dinners

In this episode, we explore what happens when adults and their parents try to reconnect—but get stuck in outdated roles. You know the ones: the fixer, the rebel, the golden child, the invisible one. Roles that maybe never fit... or no longer do.

Imagine if you could hit reset on a rocky family relationship?

What if you could meet each other again—leading with kindness, real respect, and the vulnerability to use humor?

In this episode, we will unpack:

Why old patterns are so hard to break (even when we want to change)

How to reintroduce yourself as the adult you’ve become

What mutual respect actually looks like in grown-up family dynamics

The surprising power of humor and grace in rewriting your relationship story

- Whether you're a parent trying to reconnect with your adult offspring—or an adult tired of being seen through a teenage lens—this episode offers a compassionate, real-talk roadmap to healthier family connection.

Because love doesn’t live in old roles. It lives in real relationship.

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Hosted by Licensed Professional Counselor, Virginia Corbett and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist,  Kiarra Thorne this podcast explores emotional wellness, family systems, and becoming your best self—mind, body, and spirit.

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Episode 1 - In families, power isn’t static.
It shifts—slowly, subtly, and sometimes painfully.  What does healthy power look like and how can we shift the narrative to keep our family’s journey growing in a positive, loving way?

Welcome to Episode 1 From Sozo Wellness Institute's Series Power Guilt and Holiday Dinners. In this episode we will explore: 
The Power Shift—a deep dive into how authority, decision-making, and emotional influence evolve between parents and their adult offspring over the course of a lifetime.

We explore the natural transition from Parent Over Child → Mutuality → Offspring Over Parent—and what happens when that shift gets stuck, skipped, or resisted on either side.

 In this episode, we explore:    

What a healthy power transition looks like in grown-up families
When the shift may happen—and how to notice when it’s overdue
Why “adult child” is such a clumsy phrase—and how language affects relationship dynamics
How to lean into change with grace, humility, and wisdom
What to do when the shift creates friction, fear, or guilt on either side
-The truth? Every parent and adult offspring will face a power shift. It can be a source of conflict… or a path to deeper connection.
It’s important  how you move through it—and how well you let each other grow.
Because real love makes room for mutual respect, changing roles, and the emergence of two whole people.

Brought to you by Sozo Wellness Institute
Hosted by Licensed Professional Counselor Virginia Corbett and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Kiarra Thorne this podcast explores emotional wellness, family systems, and becoming your best self—mind, body, and spirit.
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