In todays long awaited final episode of Vol1 , MJ shares the the details of the night she discovered that she lost her husband. She is joined by her cousin Frances Coles who also lost her husband, 17 years ago. The two share what life was life dealing with a sudden loss vs an extended death and also share some tips to help heal. 

Unfortunately, there has been a delay in releasing Episode 7 entitled, Loss of Husband. But no worries, here’s a quick treat to hold you over until it’s release on May 5th. 

In this episode, MJ details what it was like discovering she had Breast Cancer, what she did for treatment and how her healing has been going. She introduces Suzetta White to the chat and she explains what measures she took to beat Triple Negative Breast Cancer and how not being attached to her breasts helped her make the best decision ever. 

In todays episode, MJ shares her journey with the big D word (depression) and introduces Shakeerah Gray who also shares how she has been impacted by depression since a young age growing up in a blended family and around children who didn’t look like her.  Even after losing 114lbs, she goes on to share how the external work didn’t affect the internal work that still needed to be done and details what she did to make it through. 

In this episode, MJ shares the story of the day she found out her brother died and introduces guest Joyce Baker, who shared what is has been like since she lost her brother to murder, last July. Joyce gives practical tips to help grieve this type of loss and of course the two minute mouthful answers a question, submitted by a fan. 

In today’s episode we are talking to Erin Crisano who explains her experience with losing her identity, finding ways to cope and building herself back up to who she knows herself to be today. As a hula dancer, fitness enthusiast and Level 1 Reiki healer, Erin shares what life is like now despite the hand that she was dealt. As usual, MJ starts the episode detailing what it was like to lose her identity and everything that came with it. 

MJ starts off this episode detailing what it was like to experience a miscarriage and is later joined by Semia-Imani Hamlin, who shares her experience with losing her child to miscarriage as well. The two share tips and things they did to pull themselves out of their funk and have them able to thrive today, despite what they’ve been through. 

In this introductory episode, we meet MJ as she details what the last 5 years have looked like for her, dealing with the loss of her child, husband, dog, brother and breast to cancer. She explains what made her create the podcast and also the significance that the story of Job from the Bible has on her life. 

After experiencing lots of trauma and loss in a 5 year span, Mecaela explains how she has decided to share her story via the podcast.