Episode 11: Healing, Faith, & Finding Your Voice with Roshonda Blackmon
In this powerful and heart-opening episode, we welcome Roshonda Blackmon, speaker, podcaster, and safe-space creator, for her first appearance on the podcast (though you may recognize her from previous Together We F.E.E.L. panels). Roshonda’s mission is clear: to empower women to express their truth, heal emotionally, and live unapologetically.
We dive deep into conversations about faith and mental health, how emotional journaling can transform your self-awareness, and why finding your voice is critical to personal and collective change. Roshonda breaks down the stigma around therapy in faith-based communities, shares practical emotional wellness practices, and reminds us that vulnerability is a superpower, not a weakness.
From stuffing emotions to rising in her power, Roshonda’s story is one of healing, awakening, and fierce encouragement. Through her work on Matters of the Heart and The Girlfriend’s GIRL-FRIEND, she continues to be a light for women everywhere.
Takeaways:
How to start emotional journaling (and why it matters)
Letting go of emotional suppression and embracing healthy expression
The intersection of faith and therapy
Why your voice is your most powerful tool
How to build or find safe spaces for healing and sisterhood
Journal Prompt: Write down one feeling you're experiencing today and one thing you're grateful for. Let them sit side by side. You can feel both deeply.
Ways to Engage: Journal your emotions. Try at the end of the day, during lunch, or before bed and use whatever you find works best for you and you find yourself most consistent with. Acknowledge those feelings and understand where they’re coming from while remembering that there are no bad emotions—they are clues for you to understand yourself and your layers on another level.
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Timestamps:
Prioritizing Self Care - ( 3:18 )
Confidently Setting Boundaries - ( 12:51 )
Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health - ( 16:29 )
Support self & other women unapologetically - ( 24:40 )
Coming Back to Your WHY and Your VALUES - ( 33:00 )
Living Out of Your Own Expectations - ( 39:46 )
Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself - ( 43:25 )
Living out FEEL, how does it affect your relationships - ( 46:33 )
5 Activities That Nourish You - ( 49:45 )
5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months - ( 51:20 )
Original FEEL Podcast Theme Music by Rio & Valencia Saint-Louis
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