Rooted Thoughts
A space where we have reflective conversations about personal growth, mindfulness, self-reflection and getting to the root of our patterns. A space to assist you in becoming whole.
Episodes
30 episodes
When It Comes to Parenting, We Are All Gardeners: So What Are You Growing?
Sometimes we get so caught up in raising successful kids that we forget to ask what kind of people we’re raising. This episode is about looking beyond grades, accomplishments, and good behavior to think about character, emotional health, relati...
Common Regrets I’ve Heard From Older Adults
What will matter when you look back on your life? After years of working closely with older clients and hearing their stories, certain regrets stayed with me. This episode is a conversation about what those experiences taught me—and what we can...
Intentionally Make Your Life Easier
Life is already going to come with hard things, so why make the rest harder than it needs to be? In this episode, we’re talking about the small ways we overcomplicate our lives, how to recognize unnecessary stress, and what it looks...
You Don’t Have to Carry Everything Alone
Sometimes what makes a hard season even harder is feeling like you have to go through it by yourself. In this episode, we talk about why we keep things in, the weight of carrying experiences silently, and how simply saying w...
How Discernment Shows Up in Your Life
Discernment shows up in more places than we realize—our relationships, decisions, opportunities, reactions, and even the moments when we choose to wait.It’s more than just knowing what’s right or wrong. It’s knowing when to speak...
Why You’re Still Tired After the Weekend And Emotional Recovery
If you’ve ever gone back to work on Monday feeling like you never really rested, this episode is for you. We’re exploring why burnout lingers, the difference between distraction and true recovery, and how to emotionally rese...
My Life Update & The Tuskegee Dress Code Debate: Is Appearance Really an Attack on Black Culture?
In this episode I’m catching you up on what’s been happening in my life before diving into one of the biggest conversations happening online right now—the debate over Tuskegee University’s dress code policy on bonnets and durags.While ma...
Maintaining Your Individuality as You Move Through Life
Who are you beneath the roles you play, the titles you carry, and the expectations placed on you? Life has a way of changing us, but it shouldn’t cause us to lose ourselves. In this episode, we’re talking about the importance of maintaining you...
Asking for What You Need Doesn't Have to Feel Like Begging
Asking for help, support, respect, or clarity isn’t a weakness—it’s a healthy part of life. So why do so many people feel guilty for speaking up? In today’s episode, we explore the difference between healthy communication an...
The Love You’ve Been Looking For Might Start With You
What if the love you’ve been waiting for isn’t something you have to keep searching for?In this final episode of the Healing Your Inner Child series, we’re exploring how to stop waiting for validation, closure, and approval from...
Grieving the Childhood You Didn’t Have | The Healing Conversation Many Adults Need
What if the sadness you’re carrying isn’t about what’s happening now—it’s about what was missing then?In this episode, we’re talking about the hidden grief many adults carry from childhood: unmet emotional needs, growing up to...
You Learned How to Survive… But Did You Ever Learn How to Feel Safe?
This episode is for the adults who learned how to survive… but never fully learned how to feel emotionally safe.In this powerful episode of the Healing Your Inner Child series, we’re talking about what it really means...
Have You Ever Wondered Why You React the Way You Do | Healing Your Inner Child Begins Here
In the first episode of my Healing Your Inner Child series, we’re talking about what the inner child really is, how childhood experiences shape adult behavior, and why many of the coping mechanisms we developed as children still show u...
Who You Surround Yourself With Shapes Your Life
The people around you influence your mindset, habits, healing, and growth more than you may realize. In this episode, I talk about why your circle matters, what real accountability actually looks like, and how the right peop...
“You’re All I Have” — When Kids Carry Adult Emotional Burdens
Have you ever felt responsible for everyone else’s emotions? Like you had to grow up too fast, keep the peace, stay strong, or emotionally take care of the adults around you?In this episode, we’re talking about the emotional w...
When Your Body Knows First: My Adrenal Tumor Story, Self-Advocacy & Healing
In this deeply personal episode, I share my journey of discovering and undergoing surgery for an adrenal tumor while navigating one of the hardest seasons of my life. I open up about the importance of self-advocacy in the medical field, listeni...
What’s Beautiful About Your Life Right Now? (A Perspective Shift You Need)
In this short episode, I sit with a simple but powerful question: what do you find beautiful about your life right now? Sometimes we’re so focused on what’s next that we miss what already is. Today, I’m reflecting on learning to ap...
It’s the Simple Things: Though creating a stable financial environment is important, quality time is just as important
Inspired by Usher’s “Simple Things,” this episode is a real conversation about parenthood, priorities, and presence. We talk about how hustle culture can pull parents—especially men—away from what truly matters: building a genuine bond with the...
I Got the Degree… But It Wasn’t My Purpose: My Journey to Alignment
In this episode, I’m sharing my real journey of finding my purpose—from earning my bachelor’s degree in criminal justice to realizing it wasn’t the path I truly wanted. I talk about the internal shift, the realizations that changed everything, ...
Childhood, Choices, Healing & Growth: What I’ve Learned From My Story & Others
In this episode, I’m getting real about how the relationships we experience early on shape the choices we make later, especially when it comes to love, attachment, and the partners we choose. I share my personal story of growing up with an inca...
Change Your Perspective, Change Your Life
In this episode, I’m talking about perspective and how the way you see things can completely shape your experience in life.If you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or like nothing is really changing, this might be the shift ...
What Do You Really Bring to the Table? Becoming Someone Who Makes Every Space Better
We talk a lot about what we want from life and relationships—but this episode flips the question: What are you bringing to the table?In this conversation, I’m exploring how the most impactful people focus on what they contribu...
Navigating Real Life: Renovating My Home & Showing Up While Overwhelmed
Life doesn’t pause while we’re figuring things out. In this episode, I’m free-talking about real life as it’s unfolding as I renovate my home for sale, navigate overwhelm, and what it looks like to practice patience and p...
When Surrender Is the Most Strategic Choice: The Power of Letting Go to Move Forward
In this episode, we explore the moments when surrender isn’t giving up, but giving in to clarity. You’ll learn how intentional surrender can create alignment, conserve energy, and open doors that effort alone cannot. We’ll talk about the differ...
Love Without Losing Yourself: How Healthy Love Expands, Not Consumes
Love is often taught as sacrifice, endurance, or self-abandonment—but what if real love actually supports your wholeness instead of demanding your depletion?In this episode of Rooted Thoughts, we explore what healthy, consciou...