Hey my friend — if you’ve ever faced heartbreak, loss, or life detours that shook your confidence, you’re in the right place. Bounce Back, Black Woman! is the go-to podcast for Black women rebuilding after heartbreak, learning to trust God again, and walking boldly toward healing, wholeness, and self-worth. Hosted by Del Smith — speaker, certified coach, writer, and journal creator — this podcast helps you untangle the pain of your past and rise again with clarity, confidence, and Christ at the center. Through storytelling, reflection, and biblical encouragement, Del creates a soft but strong space to process life’s deepest wounds — and reclaim your power. We talk about REAL heartbreak — not just breakups, but the moments that change everything. Here, we explore: • Surviving divorce and betrayal without losing your identity • Escaping narcissistic abuse and reclaiming your voice • Healing from traumatic grief, including the shock of witnessing a new spouse die suddenly at home • Navigating estrangement, especially from children or family you still love deeply • Enduring and praying through a child’s life-threatening illness — and triumphing through faith • Facing corporate heartbreak — being overlooked, silenced, or set up to fail despite giving your all • Rebuilding after financial devastation and starting over from scratch • Reckoning with the cost of trading your own career dreams to support a partner’s success • Recovering from health scares, near-death experiences, and medical trauma • Letting go of the expectations you have of others and accepting their free will - even when their choices break your heart • Wrestling with aging, lost dreams, spiritual confusion, and self-abandonment Every episode is rooted in the belief that you are not broken — you’re bouncing back. We use tools like journaling, self-awareness, and Scripture to help you build emotional resilience, rediscover your God-given worth, and create a life that feels aligned with who you really are. New episodes drop every Tuesday and Friday, each one around 15 minutes — because healing doesn’t have to take hours. You’ll get soul-deep encouragement, journal prompts, faith reflections, and stories that make you say, “Wow… it’s not just me.” 🦋 Grab your Bounce Back Journal, join the community, or sign up for the newsletter at www.bouncebackblackwoman.com 💬 Ready to go deeper? Tap into our private group for sisterhood, support, and conversation. You don’t have to do this alone. It’s not just me. It’s not just you. It’s US.✨
“If I just love them enough… maybe they’ll change.”
Sound familiar? If you’ve ever stayed in a relationship hoping your care, patience, or prayers would eventually “fix” them — you’re not alone. But today we’re unpacking the emotional and spiritual cost of The Fixer Trap.
In this episode, we’ll explore:
The hidden reasons women stay in unhealthy relationships
Why trying to rescue someone can actually delay your own healing
...Episode 14 – My Mother Broke My Heart: 3 Ways to Let It Go, Move Forward, and Heal
A mother’s love is supposed to feel safe, but what happens when it doesn’t? What happens when the person who brought you into this world also broke your heart?
In this deeply personal episode, I’m talking about the complicated pain of mother wounds — and the journey toward healing when the one who hurt you is the one who raised you. Whether you exper...
Episode Title: I Did My Best — And That Still Makes Me a Good Mother
Episode Summary: Today’s episode is for every version of a mother — Whether you gave birth, adopted, stepped in as a mother figure to children in your life, have carried the quiet ache of wanting desperately to become one, or are navigating the heartbreak of estrangement from a child you still love… This episode holds space for you.
We’re talking about the weight ...
This week’s episode is a deeply personal and powerful conversation with my special guest [Insert Guest Name], as we explore the reality of healing father wounds — especially when the father figure in your life was emotionally unavailable, abusive, or completely absent.
Together, we talk about:
What a “father wound” actually is (and what it isn’t)
The impact of growing up without emotional safety or support
How these wound...
This episode may feel tender. If June stirred up old grief or silence for you because of a complicated or painful relationship with your father, this space is for you.
In today’s solo reflection, I share a deeply personal part of my story — the impact of growing up with a father who wasn’t emotionally or physically safe, and how that experience shaped my relationship with trust, with love, and with God.
We’ll walk through:
Wh...
🎙️ Episode 10 – I Can’t Fix Them: Making Peace with Someone Else’s Journey Follow-up to Episode 9: Free Will vs. Expectations
What happens when the person you’ve been hoping for… praying for… waiting on… just doesn’t change?
In this follow-up to Episode 9, we’re going deeper — into the quiet grief of realizing that someone else’s journey may never lead to healing. This isn’t about bitterness. It’s about wisdom. It’s about learning...
What do you do when someone makes a choice that breaks your heart… and you can’t undo it?
In today’s episode, I’m unpacking the emotional tension between free will and expectation — especially in relationships where love is real, but outcomes are disappointing. Whether it’s a family member, friend, or former partner, watching someone make a painful decision can leave you confused, hurt, and holding on to a future that may never com...
Journaling isn’t just for writers. It’s for anyone who’s ever felt overwhelmed, unheard, or unsure of what to do next. In this episode, Coach Del shares how 5 minutes of journaling a day can help you tune into your emotions, process life’s hard moments, and hear what your heart has been trying to say all along.
You’ll hear one of Del’s own moments of breakthrough through journaling, plus easy prompts to get you started — no perfect...
Ever been told you’re too loud, too emotional, too intense? Let’s break that lie wide open. In this episode, Coach Del walks you through how personality awareness — including tools like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) — can help you understand how you were wired by God on purpose, for a purpose.
You’ll learn how self-awareness leads to confidence, better boundaries, and healthier relationships. And you’ll hear a personal sto...
Episode 6 – Letting Go When Closure Never Comes
Sometimes we never get the apology. The reason. The explanation. And if we’re not careful, we’ll let the ache of unanswered questions keep us bound to heartbreak long after the moment has passed. In this episode, we explore how to surrender the need for closure and instead embrace the deeper healing God invites us into.
I’m sharing stories of the painful goodbyes I never saw coming — ...
What do you do when you’re running on empty — literally and spiritually?
In this episode, I’m taking you back to one of the lowest valleys of my life: a season of single motherhood, financial heartbreak, and an empty gas tank that nearly broke me. But it didn’t. Because even when I felt like I had nothing left, God reminded me I still had something powerful: belief.
We’re unpacking how confidence carried me through lack, and how re...
Let’s be honest: most of us have learned to play small — in rooms we’ve outgrown, in relationships we’ve long surpassed, and in roles that don’t reflect who we’re becoming. But staying small keeps us stuck… and tired.
In today’s episode, I’m getting real about:
What it actually looks like when you’re playing small (you might be surprised!)
How past heartbreak and conditioning quietly convince you to shrink
Why women of fa...
🎧 Episode 1: Let’s Talk About Heartbreak
What’s in today’s episode: Welcome to Bounce Back, Black Woman! — the space where heartbreak meets healing and resilience takes root. In this debut episode, I’m digging into the truth about heartbreak: what it really is, why it’s inevitable, and how it can be the first signal that something in us is ready to heal. I’ll also share a personal moment when heartbreak caught me off guard — even ...
🎧 Episode 2: Why Heartbreak Happens (And what it’s REALLY about)
What’s in today’s episode: Today we’re going deeper. We’re talking about why heartbreak really happens — and spoiler alert: it’s not just about someone letting you down. It’s about the expectations you had… the ones you may not have even realized were there. I’m sharing how unmet expectations shaped some of my deepest heartbreaks — and how understanding that changed...
🎧 Episode 3: Healing Begins with Self-Awareness… How God Wired You to Receive Love
What’s in today’s episode: What if some of your heartbreak wasn’t just about what happened — but about what you needed and never received? In this episode, we’re unpacking how your primary love language holds the key to healing, boundaries, and self-awareness. I’ll share how understanding my own love languages helped me make more intentional choice...
Welcome to Bounce Back, Black Woman! — the podcast where heartbreak is not the end of your story... it’s the beginning of your healing.
I’m your host, Del Smith — a coach, speaker, and woman of resilient faith who’s overcome heartbreak at nearly every stage of life. In this short trailer, you’ll hear a bit of my heart and what you can expect from this show.
We’ll explore how to:
Heal from your past with truth and grace
Build unshak...
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