Breaking Curses with Excellence Podcast

Breaking Curses with Excellence Podcast

Breaking Curses with Excellence is the podcast for breaking free from childhood trauma, religious trauma, and self-sabotaging mindsets. Hosted by a dedicated life coach, this show helps listeners overcome limiting beliefs, embrace self-love, and build healthier relationships. Learn how to attract and accept the love and support you deserve while unlocking your full potential. Tune in for powerful conversations on healing from trauma, breaking generational curses, self-love journey, emotional healing, personal development, overcoming self-sabotage, relationship coaching, healthy love, inner healing, and growth mindset.

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August 16, 2026 73 mins

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What if the biggest thing standing between you and financial freedom isn’t your income—but the story you’ve learned to believe about money, success, and your own worth?

In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina Russell sits down with Dr. Billina Shaw, a triple board-certified psychiatrist, public health physician and financial wellness strategist, for a conversat...

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What if the patterns affecting your relationships, confidence, parenting, faith, and sense of self didn’t begin with who you are today—but with what you learned to do to survive?


In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina Russell Strong sits down with Dr. Mylira Cary, PhD, LCSW, CCTP-II, CAIMHP, CEO/Founder of M. Green Enterprises LLC and The Metamorphosis Healing Experienc...

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In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence,  Christina  sits down with Dr. Shonda Allen Hill PHD for an honest conversation about money tension in marriage, financial disagreements between spouses, and what women can do when repeated money conversations only create more conflict.


Dr. Shonda shares how financial stress once brought her marriage to a breaking point—and how she chang...

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In this inspiring episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina sits down with independent artist, mentor, and Boys & Girls Club manager Enaka Betech (NOC) to explore a journey of identity, healing, resilience, and purpose.
After moving from Cameroon to the United States as a child, Enaka struggled to find his voice while balancing family expectations, cultural differences, and the pressure to measure...

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In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, host Christina Russell-Strong sits down with Sonia Rodrigues, MA, LPC, LMFT, LCADC, ACS, NCC—licensed therapist, speaker, author, and Founder of Transition to Wellness—for an honest conversation about healing, confidence, career growth, and breaking unhealthy cycles.


With more than 20 years of experience in mental health, Sonia shares practi...

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Can your mindset determine the opportunities you attract?


In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, host Christina, author, life coach, speaker, and founder of TheRusMix.com, sits down with Executive Career Coach and Success Strategist Alison Hemmings to uncover how our beliefs, expectations, and internal dialogue influence every area of our lives—from our careers to our confidence, relat...

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We often spend years grieving the parent who wasn't there, chasing the love we deserved, hoping one day things will be different.


But what if our healing also requires us to honor the parent—or caregiver—who consistently showed up?


In this heartfelt solo episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina Russell explores why so many of us can become consumed by the love, approval, or attention w...

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Many of us spend our adult lives reacting to wounds we never realized we were still carrying.


In this heartfelt episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, host Christy Russell sits down with Mariam Safla, Soul Alchemist and Shadow Work Coach, to discuss how acknowledging our inner child wounds can lead to emotional healing, healthier relationships, stronger self-worth, and lasting generational change.
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💰 What if the biggest obstacle to financial freedom isn't your income, your job, or the economy—but the beliefs you've carried your entire life?

In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, host Christy sits down with coach Kenny Ingersoll to uncover how generational conditioning, scarcity thinking, fear, and shame quietly shape our financial decisions and self-worth.

Together, t...

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🎙️ WHO ARE YOU BENEATH SURVIVAL MODE?
A Conversation on Healing and Authenticity with Elisha May

What if the version of yourself you've been showing the world isn't who you truly are?

In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, host Christy sits down with Elisha May, Intuitive Energy Coach and Founder of Freedom of Self®, for a deeply honest conversation about trauma, grief, surviv...

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What happens when faith, healing, boundaries, and self-worth collide?
In this powerful conversation, I sit down with Maz Alexander—Mental Wellbeing & Transformational Coach, Social Worker, Author, Speaker, Mother, and Comedian—to discuss breaking free from burnout, people-pleasing, emotional exhaustion, limiting beliefs, and the cycles that keep us feeling stuck.
Maz shares insights from her bo...

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In this empowering episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christi Russell Strong sits down with author, speaker, and positivity strategist Cindi Goodeaux for a meaningful conversation about healing negative self-talk, rebuilding self-worth, emotional resilience, and learning how to choose purposeful positivity without denying real emotions.

Together, they explore the difference between toxic positivity a...

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What happens when trauma doesn’t just hurt you… but disconnects you from yourself?

In this deeply powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Dr. Stephanie Byerly joins us for an honest, transformative conversation about emotional numbness, survival mode, high-functioning trauma, radical self-compassion, and what it truly means to become “UNNUMB.”

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In this deeply honest and transformational episode, Christy Russell-Strong sits down with Tiyon L Simpson to discuss breaking inherited limitations, overcoming mental health struggles, healing from internal battles, and building a life beyond survival mode.
Together, they unpack generational patterns, mindset shifts, identity, emotional healing, purpose, and what it really takes to rise above the environments and...

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Stop playing small and start stepping into your purpose.


In this powerful episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina sits down with Dr. Natasha Norris to talk about self-worth, confidence, visibility, and personal growth—and what it really takes to be seen, heard, and respected in your life and career.


This conversation dives deep into:
Overcoming self-doubt and fear
Breaking generationa...

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Healing isn’t a straight line—some days feel like freedom, others like you’re drowning in the same old pain. In this real and raw episode, w

Healing isn’t a straight line—some days feel like freedom, others like you’re drowning in the same old pain. In this real and raw episode, we talk about the reality of healing setbacks: what they are, why they happen, and how to stop l...

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In this episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, we explore the lived experience of young men growing up in today’s world—from childhood to adulthood—through a powerful cross-cultural conversation with a guest from Ireland.
This discussion highlights the emotional and societal challenges faced by young men, with a deeper lens on the Black male experience, while offering insight that applies t...

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At a party, someone greeted us with an odd question that carried a lot more weight than they realized: “So who’s the mom?”

For bonus parents and step parents, moments like this can bring up complicated emotions—love, pride, insecurity, and sometimes feeling unseen.
In this episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christi Russell shares her personal experience navigating the role of a bon...

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Parents are more than caregivers — they are the emotional foundation that shapes a child’s identity, confidence, and future relationships. In this episode of Breaking Curses with Excellence, Christina Russell explores the powerful influence parents have on emotional health, attachment styles, and generational patterns within families.
Whether you are a parent trying to raise emotionally healthy childr...

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The relationship between a mother and daughter is powerful — but it can also be complicated.
Why do some mothers feel deeply connected to their sons, yet struggle emotionally connecting with their daughters? Why do daughters often feel misunderstood, judged, or emotionally unseen?
In this episode, we explore the emotional differences in how mothers connect versus sons connect — with a deep focus on...

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