Spiritual Homegirl

Why do we wait for holidays, birthdays, and special occasions to give ourselves permission to celebrate? In this quick 5-minute episode, Maria talks about creating joy on ordinary days, celebrating yourself just because, and refusing to let society decide when life is allowed to feel special. Your life is happening now, so why not make a random day worth celebrating?

Building on Part 1 from episode 606, Maria breaks down a powerful yet practical real-life example of assertiveness after journalist Jemele Hill responded to an online critic in just two sentences. Sometimes the strongest boundaries simply require knowing who you are and standing on it; no long explanation needed.

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Not everyone deserves a front-row seat to your identity, especially when they think they know it better than you do! In episode 606, Maria ponders why people sometimes speak with confidence about lives they don't truly know, the difference between intuition and assumption (and even insecurity), and why knowing who you "belong to" makes it easier to reject misplaced authority....

Grief isn't always about death. Sometimes it's the quiet (or loud) loss of a season, an identity, a dream, a job, or a version of yourself that no longer fits. In Episode 605, we continue the conversation from Episode 604 about how it's possible to grieve what you've lost while embracing what you're becoming. Give yourself permission to grieve, while also giving yourself anot...

Desperation has a way of convincing us that we have no time, no options, and no way out, but that's rarely the truth! In Episode 604, we talk about how desperation clouds our judgment, stomps out our intuition, lowers our standards, steals our abundance mindset, and pulls us away from faith in the name of instant gratification. Join me for the next 25 minutes as we unpack why...