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
Gratitude, Growth, and Hope - My Holiday Thank You
This week’s episode is a little different.
No tools, no tips, no neuroscience or journaling prompts…
Just a heartfelt moment of pause - between the chaos of the season - to honour where you are, reflect on what’s been, and hold hope for the year to come.
Whether your December includes joyful traditions or quiet ache…
Whether you celebrate Yule, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or simply winter in your own way…
This episode is a soft place to land.
✨ In this closing episode of the year, I also open up about something I hadn’t planned to include.
This grief support mini-series - which I’ve been so honoured to share - turned out to be one of the hardest things I’ve ever written.
Even after 30+ podcast episodes and nearly 150 presentations about my loss for Threads of Life, this series hit especially close to home.
Because I’m still on my grief journey too.
As the 20-year anniversary of my son’s death approaches, I continue to feel the weight of certain days - holidays, his birthday, Mother's Day, and the anniversary itself.
The grief may be softer now… but it hasn’t disappeared.
And like a bear in hibernation, it sometimes gets poked awake during this season.
If you know that feeling? You’re not alone.
This episode is filled with gratitude, reflection, remembrance… and a blessing - one I hope lands gently for anyone walking through the hard parts of December.
💛 From me to you: Thank you for being here. I’m so grateful to walk this path with you.
Connect with Johanna:
🌐 Website: https://transformativejourneys.ca/
📸 Instagram: @transformativejourneys.johanna
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Podcast music is “Back Roads” by Will Harrison from Epidemic Sound
🛑 Disclaimer:
Johanna is not a therapist, just a human sharing lived experience.
✨ “I’m just Johanna – a fellow human being on my journey through this thing called life, and your concierge on this transformative journey.”
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