Just Nona
Just Nona is a faith-anchored, emotionally honest, and psychologically grounded podcast for women who are ready to do the deeper work of healing. This evolved format moves beyond interviews into focused, heart-level conversations centered around one powerful question at a time—questions about identity, unworthiness, rejection, resilience, purpose, and the quiet battles women fight while succeeding publicly.
Host Nona Jones—author, CEO, preacher, and leadership coach—draws from personal testimony, biblical truth, and behavioral science to help listeners confront what’s shaping them beneath the surface and re-form their identity from the inside out. Through intentional teaching, “Heart Question” segments, and practical frameworks, Just Nona challenges internalized lies, disrupts cultural narratives, and equips women to live from wholeness rather than performance.
Just Nona
Father Wounds: A Journey to Healing from Abandonment
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In 1960, 17% of boys grew up in homes without their biological fathers; less than 2 in 10. But, in 2022, the Institute for Family Studies found that 32% of boys, 1 in every 3, are now growing up in homes without their biological fathers. 1 in 4 children in the US are growing up in homes without their biological fathers; that is more than 18M children.
Well, today I have a special guest with me, Antwan Steele, who is going to talk about his experience grappling with his own father’s absence so that you can hear how he has learned to grow through the pain.