Life can be so full of STUFF until it may feel like you cannot take one more thing. The Ups and Downs, Challenges, Trials, and Mishaps can drive you crazy, but when is enough enough? When is it time to take a stand? Join Latonia this week for her Season 5 Opener as she addresses this very topic!
We live in a society where our focus is on material things instead of the essentials of a person. We will say they are a good person because they have this or that but we may not even know the actual person. We may even lower our value of ourselves if we do not own certain things or live a certain way; even to the point of accepting negative treatment because of finances. Join Latonia this week as she dives into the issue of our value being based on who we are instead what we have!
There may be situations that happen in our lives where we may feel like we just can't make another move in any direction, but most of the time, forward progress stops. We can get caught up in the situation more than focusing on what we need to be doing. It is easy to say what we would do if certain occurrences were to happen in our lives, but what if those situations happen; what would we do in this real-life scenario? Join Latonia this week as she discusses how we must find the fight in us to c...
We never go into an argument with the intent on anything happening to the person we are having a heated disagreement with. We want to passionately get our point across, and in the midst of doing that, things can become heated. How many times have you been in an argument and lost it? Have you argued to the point where you blanked out? Arguments can take a toll on our bodies but it can also cause us to do the unthinkable. We must learn what our triggers are and to keep our emotions in tact. Join L...
Life happens, and in the midst of that happening, we can get to a point of feeling physically, emotionally, and spiritually tired. Tiredness can cause us to do either change or complain. In the heat of being tired, which are you? Listen this week as Latonia breaks down our tiredness and what we can do about it!
We all have had challenges in various areas in life and the past has a way of coming back to haunt us if we have not made peace with it. What do we do with those thoughts when they cause us to lose sleep? How do we make peace with our inner selves and put negativity in its place? Join Latonia this week as she does commentary on The Demons Inside: How to Negate Negativity!
There is a condition that affect some people around the holidays called, 'the blahs.' The Blahs can have you feeling like you cannnot do one more thing or be around one more person. It will have you feeling overwhelmed. How do you get through the blahs you may ask? Well, join Latonia this week as she gives you some pointers to help you answer this question.
Situations can happen to us where we feel like we are done, over it, and life is pretty much over. This can occur several times in our lifetime. Each time, we feel miserable, and it always seems like this time, this is really it. But guess what, we are still here. Still here to live, love, feel, appreciate, learn, grow, and everything that comes along with living life daily. Join Latonia this week as she does commentary on we may feel broken, but we are just bent, and this is just an opportunity...
Personal, raw, and unedited...This interview is one that will tug on your heart strings. Meet a young lady that has seen her life flash before her eyes because of gun violence. Hear her story as she digs deep to get it out and bring awareness to others that sometimes there are no signs as to what is to come. Join Latonia this week as she has an up close and very personal interview with WaTea Smiley of Savannah, Ga. Disclaimer: This is Ms. Smiley's story from her living it and how she has told it...
How do we look at a man that open a vehicle door for a woman, or better yet, how do we look at that woman that is getting the door opened for her? Do we see him as a do-boy or see her as taking a step back for women or do we see him as a man who adores his lady and her as being the receipant of a dying act? Join Latonia this week as she discusses what possibly the womens movement has advertently done to the actions of men. Join in.
We have a serious situation going on. Some mothers have assumed a role of hurting their children instead of nurturing them. What causes a mother to harm, or kill, her baby/children? What may be going on in her life to cause her to do such a thing? What are the signs to look for? Join Latonia this week as she emotionally tackles this topic with researched information and insights about mothers who do the unthinakable to their children. Be sure to listen in!
Many of us go through life with various situations that can make us feel like we cannot let anyone in so we glide through life just like nothing is going on. We smile, work, and go about our lives in pain without wanting to burden anyone so we keep it inside. What does this do to us internally, socially, and physically? Join Latonia this week as she discusses the many faces of masking hidden hurt and pain and also being able to show ourselves some grace!
Season 4 Episode 1 The Comeback Season 4 opener asks a question...What do you do when Life happens and you have to pick yourself up from trials and tribulations, loss, health issues, etc.? Join Latonia as she shares her comeback journey and gives insight on how you can begin your Comeback. She also makes a special announcement at the end so be sure to listen in!
With so much going on in the world, it may be hard to think about what can we each do as individuals to make the world a safer and better place. It is even harder to think that how can we have help to offer if we cannot even help ourselves. Or even if we are at our breaking point and cannot see anything around us except our own personal circumstances? Join Latonia this week as she discusses feeling overwhelmed and how can we get to a place of normalcy when, "Life Beats You Up!"
Life, and all it's characteristics, can put us a tail-spin emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and yes physically. Many things that can happen to us on this journey of life can cause us to question the core and essence of who we are. The position of vunerability from what we go through can turn our life upside down. So what do we do? How can we bounce back from being knocked down by life? Join Latonia this week as she does commentary on 'The Road to Recovery; the Journey" as she discusses her on...
Email Week is always an exciting time for the 'A Womans Soul: Restored' podcast. On this episode, emails are read from Arizona, California, Georgia, SC, and NY along with 2 Facebook comments from the podcast link being shared in different groups. Latonia takes us down a reflective road as she reads emails and shares commentary from her previous episode, 'When You Cannot Put A Name On It!'
Some things can hit us so hard emotionally until we can go through the motions of life emotionally unattached. There is not a descriptive to what we are feeling but we just know that we are not feeling like ourself and we cannot put a name on it. Join Latonia this week as she discusses going through this very issue and the importance of our emotional wellbeing. https://www.amazon.com/stores/L.-Y.-Hendry/author/B087WXNHNB?fbclid=IwAR050lXws3BMtCkFvEdoYJ447aUpiojMgTvxTJBdVD6YVV12L3qB87M-xbw&re...
It is called 'Pressure' for a reason. When enough stress, disappointment, anger, sadness, etc is built up, to the point that you cannot take anymore, when it does release, it is like steam that has been compressed that is now free. Why does it get to that point and how does pressure redefine who we are as wonen? Join Latonia this week as she discusses what pressure does to women in long-term relationships. https://a.co/d/91Ko9cShttps://www.amazon.com/L-Y-Hendry/e/B087WXNHNB/ref=aufs_dp_mata_mbl...
Children...they are a joy, our grounding place, our teachable moments, they can cause us to feel like pulling our hair out then turn around and have us crying because of something they have achieved. One thing they are is naive and very trusting. That is why they need us to keep their best interest at heart and to protect them. We need to use our adult minds to think for their child minds. We cannot expect them to automatically know what their minds cannot comprehend yet. Join Latonia this week ...
Life is full of trials that lead to lessons. It may seem hard but even starting over has a lesson in it. One of the hardest things you will ever do in life is be brave and strong enough to get out of a domestic situation, start fresh from a deep hurt, beginning over from counceling, and entering your healing journey. There are 3 determining factors that either aid or hinder your 'starting over' journey. Join Latonia this week as she discusses these factors and her own 'starting over' journey!
I love doing Email Week because it allows me to share with others so we all can learn. I appreciate each of you that listen and email in. Email Week is always my highest rated episodes and this week, we have emails from Sacramento, Ca., Ashville, NC., Yonkers, N.Y., and Olympia, Wa.
As adults with grown children, we hope that they will be able to sustain on their own once they move out, but what happens when they have to move back home? In the state of the current economy, many adult children are finding their way back home to their parent(s). Join Latonia this week as she dives into this current epidemic of adult children returning to the nest!
Sometimes, around the holidays, we can feel like 'BLAH'. We can also feel like this at anytime. We can take on things that causes us not to feel like ourselves. Life in itself is enough to have us in a difficult state of mind from day to day, but when we take on more than we can process or handle, it can make us feel like someone we are not. Join Latonia this week as she tackles the BLAHS and helps us address those things that can make us not feel like ourselves!
In a society where you can get medication to alter your emotions, how much more is it to just be a good girl and smile lije everyrging is ok; even when it's not. Is it healthy to put on such a front? Is it better to just put on that smile than to live your reality? Find out from Latonia this week her perspective on this topic on this special Christmas edition! Happy Holidays!!!
How is it that the people we share intimacy with sometimes are the people we know the least? Can we be so easily betrayed by the ones we truly trust? It is deeper than someone showing us what they want us to see. Listen in this week as Latonia breaks down the betrayal of the wolf in disguise. This week's episode is inspired by a post from Latonia's friend, Charlesetta Lewis and dedicated to the passing of a dear friend and mentor!
Money is not evil but the love of it is. Whatever we are, good or bad, money gives us the means to either do the greater good or fulfill the grosiest of fantisies. It can be hard to believe that the people we watch on TV, listen to their songs, or laugh at their comedy can be people that molest and traffic children, beat and rape women, and participate in unspeakable crimes but is it hard to believe it because of who they are or because its hard to believe our favorite personality could do such ...
A Fan favorite is back. Email week has always been a highlight of The 'A Womans Soul Restored' podcast and this seasons first Email Week is no exception. Join Latonia as she shares emails from Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Hawaii, and Wyoming and gives her insights on each one.
The 'Gratitude of Wellness' is a mindset that is sweeping the nation in America. When we appreciate what good health entails, we will do what is necessary to maintain our health and wellness. What happens when we put our health on the backburner? What happens when we outright neglect our health? Why it is not in our best interest to not take care of our physical health. Listen in as Latonia asks the question, "How well are you?" and shares about her personal health journey.
Sometimes the past has such a stronghold on us until we can begin to resent ourselves. We give the unforgiveness that we have against ourselves too much power. It is like an unpenetratable invisible block that keeps us tied to our past. Join Latonia this week as she discusses the things we have a hard time forgiving ourselves for.
Season Opener Love has only 4 letters but those 4 letters are so impactful and meaningful in our lives. Love can be the highlight in our lives and leave us floating on cloud nine. Love can also be distorted and will cause us to act uncharacteristic of our normal selfves. Love will cause the strongest and hardest of hearts to crumble. What really happens when we lack those 4 letters in our life? What happens if we didn't grow up feeling love? Do we really understand how important Love is in our l...
