Transformative Journeys - to Growth and Resilience
Welcome to Transformative Journeys – the channel where growth meets grit, healing gets honest (sometimes the “I can’t believe she said that” kind), and resilience means practice-makes-progress.
If you’ve ever hit a breaking point, questioned everything, or felt like the old “you” doesn’t quite anymore-you’re not alone.
Hosted by Johanna, a resilience rebel with a wicked sense of humor and a heart for healing, this channel explores emotional wellness, self-compassion, and what it really means to bounce back (even if you're held together with duct tape and caffeine).
Here you’ll find:
Podcast episodes every other Monday
Shorts with bite-sized insights and tough-love pep talks
Tools rooted in neuroscience, story-telling, and lived experience.
No perfection. No toxic positivity. Just grounded support for navigating the messy middle of healing and growth.
Because transformation isn’t about “getting over it.”
It’s about growing through it.
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Transformative Journeys - to Growth and Resilience
How to Navigate Grief, Gatherings, and Expectations During the Holidays
The holiday season can feel impossibly heavy when you’re grieving. Whether this is your first December without your person - or the fifth, or the tenth - this time of year can bring emotional landmines, painful contrasts, and overwhelm that others don’t always see.
In episode 29a, Johanna walks beside you to explore:
🌿 Why holiday “firsts” (and seconds… and thirds…) hit so hard
🌿 The emotional, sensory, and social triggers unique to this season
🌿 Anticipatory grief and why the lead-up is sometimes worse than the day itself
🌿 How grief affects your brain and nervous system (hello, “87 browser tabs” energy)
🌿 Boundaries, expectations, and how to stop performing the “holiday mask”
🌿 Grounding tools, sensory resets, and strategies to honour your needs
🌿 A full permission slip to do the holidays your way — no guilt attached
This episode is part of a four-part holiday grief support series, with two mini-episodes releasing this week and more in-depth conversations coming over the next two Mondays.
✨ Free grief resources:
• Insights for Navigating Grief
• Essential Grief Toolkit
Download at Johanna’s Resilience Toolboxes
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https://buymeacoffee.com/transformativejourneys
Podcast music is ‘Back Roads’ by Will Harrison from Epidemic Sound.
🛑 Disclaimer: Johanna is not a therapist — just a human with a mic and lived experience. This podcast is informational only and not a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice.
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