Iyanla: Fix My Life

After he reached out with a letter, Pastor Derek sits down with Iyanla. He confides that he has spent years hiding his identity as a gay man. His family has shown open hostility toward gay people and he lives in fear of what would happen if his true identify were revealed to his family and his parishioners. Iyanla works to help Derek understand that his pain will continue to devour him until he faces his greatest fears, and helps h...

Iyanla travels to the Dallas area to support a couple in the midst of a serious marriage crisis. OJ and Janetria both admit that their frequent fights turn physical, but neither seems to think this is a real problem--until Iyanla arrives on their couch and asks them to reenact their latest fight. When their petty argument about the dish drain ends with OJ's hands around his wife's neck, Iyanla kicks him out of the house. In trying ...

Iyanla goes to Minneapolis to help a woman who says she feels worthless in her life as a wife and mother. Married to her husband for three years, she feels he is detached and unsupportive. Her teenage daughter says that she wishes her mother would leave him. This mom is struggling to hang on to her marriage and deal with unhappy children. She says she has become so good at masking her life that it has become the norm for how she li...

Former reality stars Neffeteria "Neffe" Pugh and her husband, Shelby (aka "Soullow"), return to Iyanla in an attempt to heal their broken marriage for a second time. Iyanla first meets with Neffe to understand what has changed--or what hasn't changed--since last year's healing work. After listing excuses for why she didn't complete her homework, Neffe admits she has not taken advantage of the tools and resources that Iyanla offered...

Iyanla travels to Nanuet, New York, to help rapper, actor and reality TV star Saigon and his on-again, off-again lover and mother to his son, Erica Jean. Many know the couple for their tumultuous relationship, displayed on the reality series "Love & Hip Hop: New York." Anger, fighting, resentment and a failure to communicate is threatening their ability to effectively co-parent their young child, Steven. In an emotionally charged e...

Iyanla works with a couple from Knoxville, Tennessee, who say they are trapped in a sexless marriage. Tiffany and Nick have been married for five years, but they admit to rarely having sex, sometimes going a full year without being intimate. Tiffany feels that the problem rests with Nick's lack of initiative. Nick says Tiffany's nagging and controlling ways turn him off. But sex is not the real problem here--painful past hurts are ...

Iyanla travels to Los Angeles to work with Bonnie, a woman whose weight has spiraled to a staggering 600 pounds, confining her to her home and bed for years. Iyanla helps Bonnie examine the emotional road that led to her health crisis, beginning with the death of her mother, and her increasingly deteriorating relationship with her daughter and caretaker, Jamesha. Through one-on-one therapy sessions with Bonnie and revealing joint s...

Iyanla travels to the suburbs of Detroit to help a husband and wife who are in the midst of a breakdown. Felisha tells Iyanla that her husband's online affair has made her angry and she feels she may never be able to forgive him. Felisha's anger has also been used to cover up her well-kept secret --- her own affair from years past that could ultimately destroy their marriage. While talking with husband Don, he reveals to Iyanla tha...

Iyanla travels to Newark, New Jersey, to help two sons who are trying to heal from a lifetime of abandonment by their father. Son Isaam tells Iyanla that he has spent decades living in pain because of his distant relationship with his father. He and his brother Chon recall how their father was in and out of their lives, sometimes disappearing for years at a time. Despite trying to mend the relationship, Issam and Chon say their fat...

Iyanla hits the road to help a family in crisis in Stockbridge, Georgia. Popular radio personality "Sasha the Diva" is caught in the middle of a tumultuous relationship between her 42-year-old husband of two years, Kevin, and her 17-year-old son, Dominique. Since remarrying, Sasha's husband's harsh parenting style and her son's rebellious behavior have left the family in ruins. As the damage piles up, Iyanla intervenes to open the ...

Iyanla travels to Easton, Pennsylvania, to work with Jennifer and David. Despite being married for two decades and having two sons, David admits to lying to Jennifer, cheating on her multiple times and leading a double life. Iyanla works with Jennifer and David individually and then brings them together. After David admits to a pornography addiction and cheating within the first 30 days of his marriage, Iyanla realizes that the mar...

At 21 years old, Tab Virgil, Jr., a.k.a "Turk," had it all. He was a famous rapper with the up-and-coming group Hot Boys, alongside megastar Lil Wayne. His albums were going platinum, money was abundant and he had fallen in love with his new girlfriend, Erica McClain. But only two months after meeting Erica, Turk's life fell apart when he was involved in a shootout with police in his home, leaving two officers wounded. Turk ended u...

Iyanla heads to New York to sit down with Evelyn Lozada, star of “Basketball Wives,” for an update after the headline-making news of the alleged domestic violence incident between her and husband, Chad Ochocinco Johnson, that resulted in Evelyn filing for divorce. Evelyn reveals to Iyanla what happened and whether or not it was the first time. Iyanla gets real with Evelyn about where she is and the truths that she needs to tell--to...

Weeks before the headline-making news of the alleged domestic violence incident between NFL star Chad Ochocinco Johnson and his wife, Basketball Wives reality TV star Evelyn Lozada, Iyanla Vanzant heads to Miami to support this couple. When Iyanla arrives, she finds out that Chad is a no-show. Evelyn and Iyanla explore the reasons for why her temper goes from zero to 10 in a matter of moments and what is really behind all her bad b...

Iyanla travels to Saugerties, New York, where a man's marriage and relationship with his children are hanging by a thread. Husband and father Robert became sober four years ago after a lifetime of excessive drinking. Unfortunately, his history of anger and lashing out toward his family continues, causing more distance, resentfulness and pain. Iyanla works with Robert and his wife, Donna, to remember the friendship they once shared....

Iyanla works with former "Real Housewife of Atlanta" Sheree Whitfield on her co-parenting relationship with her ex-husband, former NFL star Bob Whitfield. First, Iyanla and Bob head to the Georgia Dome to discuss Bob and Sheree's volatile relationship history. Then, in a tense and emotional conversation, Iyanla sits down with Sheree at "Chateau Sheree" to find out what's really going on behind the reality star's tough exterior. Lat...

Iyanla stops in Shreveport, Louisiana, to help a couple in turmoil. A married pastor says that he has had affairs with women in his church and has fathered a child with one of his mistresses. His wife says she is emotionally exhausted, contemplating divorce and needs to make a decision about their future. She says that her husband has cheated on her throughout their 10-year marriage and that his infidelity has even played out publi...

Mickey Wright Jr., better known as Memphitz, found himself at the pinnacle of the music industry at exactly the right time: he worked as a rising executive under L.A. Reid and founded his own record label under Jive Records. He also helped establish some of today's most influential artists, including Nicki Minaj and T-Pain. After being falsely accused of domestic violence by former girlfriend, K. Michelle, Mickey was ostracized by ...