Breaking Curses with Excellence Podcast
Breaking Curses with Excellence is the podcast for breaking free from childhood trauma, religious trauma, and self-sabotaging mindsets. Hosted by a dedicated life coach, this show helps listeners overcome limiting beliefs, embrace self-love, and build healthier relationships. Learn how to attract and accept the love and support you deserve while unlocking your full potential. Tune in for powerful conversations on healing from trauma, breaking generational curses, self-love journey, emotional healing, personal development, overcoming self-sabotage, relationship coaching, healthy love, inner healing, and growth mindset.
Episodes
38 episodes
After Divorce: Rebuilding Self-Trust, Confidence & the Woman You Want to Be | Leah Marie Mazur
In this episode of Breaking Curses With Excellence, Christina Russell-Strong sits down with Leah Marie Mazur, Certified Divorce Recovery Coach, speaker, and founder of Mindfully Ready, for an honest conversation about healing after divorce, reb...
The Abuse No One Sees: Coercive Control, Trauma & Breaking the Cycle | Crystal Peña
What if the life everyone thinks is beautiful actually feels like a cage?In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, host Christina Russell-Strong sits down with Crystal Peña—entrepreneur, domestic violence survivor and adv...
From Invisible to Seen: Healing People-Pleasing, Reclaiming Joy & Making Every Breath Count with Kim Brunson
What happens when you’ve spent so much of your life taking care of everyone else, staying quiet, people-pleasing, and making yourself smaller that you no longer recognize the woman underneath it all?In this powerful and deeply relatable epi...
From One Small Step to a Global Movement: Traci Kasper on Healing, Community & Resilience
What happens when one small step becomes a movement reaching people across the United States and beyond?In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina Russell-Strong sits down with Traci Kasper, founder of One Small ...
Emotional Alchemy: Turning Pain Into Purpose
In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina Russell-Strong sits down with transformational speaker, emotional coach, healer, and cancer survivor Halisi Ali aka Wizdom for an honest conversation about emotional hea...
Be Where Your Feet Are: Redefining Success, Self-Worth & Relaxed Productivity
What happens when you achieve the career, the title, the paycheck, and the success you thought would make you happy—but still feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or unfulfilled inside?In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excell...
From Scarcity to Abundance: Healing Your Money Mindset & Building Wealth from the Inside Out with Dr. Billina Shaw
What if the biggest thing standing between you and financial freedom isn’t your income—but the story you’ve learned to believe about money, success, and your own worth?In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christi...
You Are Enough: Healing Trauma, Breaking Survival Mode & Reclaiming Your Purpose | Dr. Mylira Cary
What if the patterns affecting your relationships, confidence, parenting, faith, and sense of self didn’t begin with who you are today—but with what you learned to do to survive?In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excell...
Faith, Finances and Freedom Breaking Financial Cyles in Marriage
In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina sits down with Dr. Shonda Allen Hill PHD for an honest conversation about money tension in marriage, financial disagreements between spouses, and what women can ...
Finding Your Voice: From Silence to Purpose Through Music | Featuring Enaka Beteck (NOC)
In this inspiring episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina sits down with independent artist, mentor, and Boys & Girls Club manager Enaka Betech (NOC) to explore a journey of identity, healing, resilience, and pur...
You Can't Outgrow What You Won't Release | Healing Trauma, Building Confidence & Breaking Cycles
In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, host Christina Russell-Strong sits down with Sonia Rodrigues, MA, LPC, LMFT, LCADC, ACS, NCC—licensed therapist, speaker, author, and Founder of Transition to Wellness—for an h...
How Your Mindset Shapes Your Success with Executive Career Coach Alison Hemmings | Breaking Curses with Excellence
Can your mindset determine the opportunities you attract?In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, host Christina, author, life coach, speaker, and founder of TheRusMix.com, sits down with Executive Career Coach an...
Honor the Love That Was Present | The Parent Who Showed Up
We often spend years grieving the parent who wasn't there, chasing the love we deserved, hoping one day things will be different.But what if our healing also requires us to honor the parent—or caregiver—who consistently showed up?
Healing Our Inner Child: Breaking the Cycles That Shape Our Lives
Many of us spend our adult lives reacting to wounds we never realized we were still carrying.In this heartfelt episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, host Christy Russell sits down with Mariam Safla, Soul Alchemist and Shadow Wo...
Breaking Financial Curses: How Your Money Mindset Shapes Your Future
💰 What if the biggest obstacle to financial freedom isn't your income, your job, or the economy—but the beliefs you've carried your entire life?In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, host Christy sits down with coa...
Raw, Messy & Very Real: The Journey Back to Your Authentic Self
🎙️ WHO ARE YOU BENEATH SURVIVAL MODE?A Conversation on Healing and Authenticity with Elisha MayWhat if the version of yourself you've been showing the world isn't who you truly are?In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses...
Episode Title: Heal Out Loud: Breaking Free from Burnout, Boundaries, and the Need to Prove Your Worth
What happens when faith, healing, boundaries, and self-worth collide?In this powerful conversation, I sit down with Maz Alexander—Mental Wellbeing & Transformational Coach, Social Worker, Author, Speaker, Mother, and Comedian—to discuss...
Catch It. Check It. Choose It: A Path to Purposeful Positivity
In this empowering episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christi Russell Strong sits down with author, speaker, and positivity strategist Cindi Goodeaux for a meaningful conversation about healing negative self-talk, rebuilding self-worth...
Becoming UNNUMB: Healing Trauma, Survival Mode & Reconnecting With Yourself | Dr. Stephanie Byerly
What happens when trauma doesn’t just hurt you… but disconnects you from yourself?In this deeply powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Dr. Stephanie Byerly joins us for an honest, transformative conversation about emotion...
Breaking Inherited Limitations: Rewriting the Story You Were Given
In this deeply honest and transformational episode, Christy Russell-Strong sits down with Tiyon L Simpson to discuss breaking inherited limitations, overcoming mental health struggles, healing from internal battles, and building a life beyond s...
Why You Keep Playing Small — How to Be Seen, Heard & Respected | Dr. Natasha Norris
Stop playing small and start stepping into your purpose.In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina sits down with Dr. Natasha Norris to talk about self-worth, confidence, visibility, and personal growth—an...
Breaking Curses with Excellence - When Healing Hurts: Setbacks, Stuck Points & How to Rise Again
Healing isn’t a straight line—some days feel like freedom, others like you’re drowning in the same old pain. In this real and raw episode, wHealing isn’t a straight line—some days feel like freedom, others like you’re drowning in the sa...
The Silent Weight Men Carry: From Boyhood to Manhood
In this episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, we explore the lived experience of young men growing up in today’s world—from childhood to adulthood—through a powerful cross-cultural conversation with a guest from Ireland.This discussio...
When Someone Asked: “Who’s the Mom” | The Truth About Bonus Parenting
At a party, someone greeted us with an odd question that carried a lot more weight than they realized: “So who’s the mom?”For bonus parents and step parents, moments like this can bring up complicated emotions—love, pride, ins...
The Power of Parenting: How Parents Shape Emotional Health, Relationships, and Generational Legacy
Parents are more than caregivers — they are the emotional foundation that shapes a child’s identity, confidence, and future relationships. In this episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina Russell explores the powerful influence par...