Living Strong: The Flip Side of Adversity
Resilience isn’t about bouncing back, but bouncing forward. Living Strong: The Flip Side of Adversity brings powerful stories and fearless conversations from experts in the field of business, relationships, emotional, physical and mental health, and faith-based communities together to give practical insight on how there is always a flip side to every story. Each episode creates a brave space that combines proven lessons from neuroscience, powerful tools from authentic connection, key principles from life lessons, and practical promises from faith-based insights. Trauma, toxic stress, broken habits and hurting hearts don’t define destiny, but peace isn’t passive. It requires an exchange. To create a flip and access peace in the middle of the pieces, you are challenged to make an exchange of the lies that have kept you mentally hostage in basement moments for a Steps of Growth framework, which cultivates a shift toward growth planning and forward movement.
Episodes
What do you do when adversity tries to write your story for you?
At just 14, Crystal Carmen Caple was kidnapped—a moment that could have ended everything. Instead, it became the spark that fueled her resilience.
Tomorrow on The Flip Side of Adversity at 5PM EST, Crystal joins me to share how she transformed trauma into triumph—becoming a Scientist, Emotional Pattern Expert, ...
The Flip Side of Adversity welcomes the powerhouse Crystal Brown-Pinkney for an episode entitled “I Am Able.”
Crystal’s story is one of mental toughness, entrepreneurship, and faith. With 28 years in the financial services industry and as a Regional Vice President with Primerica, she has built not only a business, but a mission—helping families break free from debt, build wealth, and walk...
Nine years of stages, stumbles, assignments, successes, slip ups, sad moments, and joyful opportunities—and I’m still here. Still learning. Still moving with purpose.
Tonight on The Flip Side of Adversity we’re getting real about how to Prepare. Pivot. Persevere. All of it. Bring your questions. Share with a friend. Let’s flip together. I don’t have it all figured out, but I’ve stayed the...
I’m sitting down with the trailblazing Blondell Reynolds-Brown to talk about her brand-new memoir, Walking a Tightrope Backward in High Heels. 👠 From the halls of Philadelphia City Council to the realities of single motherhood, Blondell’s story is part political memoir, part leadership manifesto—and ALL inspiration.
She’s opening up about shattering glass ceilings, championing women and families, and na...
In this episode, we’re talking about breaking free from the weight of “shoulds” with the bold and brilliant Jessica Frew. 💥
Her episode, “Shove Your Shoulds – Become a Decision-Making Badass and Live the Bold Life You Deserve,” will hit home for every woman who’s ever tried to be the perfect wife, mom, entrepreneur, or friend—all while silently falling apart. Jessica shares how hitting h...
Dr. Nefertiti Poyner joins The Flip Side of Adversity to share how the quiet, persistent
belief of being “never enough” shaped so much of her life and work. She opens up
about leaving a secure role after 24 years to build a mission-driven business helping
others live with purpose, passion, and peace. Listeners will learn how to recognize
and transform self-doubt ...
This week’s guest, Kirstyn Allen, is an award-winning sales and marketing leader who has generated millions for Fortune 500 tech companies and helped her clients land contracts with giants like Louis Vuitton and national nonprofits. But behind the wins is a deeper story—a raw, honest look at “The Cost of Walking in Purpose.”
In this episode, Kirstyn will pull back the curtain on the highs...
It’s HERE! The SWEET 16 SEASON of The Flip Side of Adversity kicks off TONIGHT at 5PM EST and you do NOT want to miss this soul-shifting episode with the phenomenal 🎙️👑 DrRhonda Alexander !
We’re coming in STRONG with truth, power, and transformation as Dr. Rhonda peels back the mask of the “Strong Black Woman” and gets real about the high cost of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and silent suffering.
<...Join me for a special solo episode as we wrap up Season 15 of The Flip Side of Adversity before I take my summer break! ☀️ But let me be clear—this isn’t about endings… it’s about new beginnings. 🌱💫 We’re talking about what it really means to get rooted before you rise—because stable, sustainable growth doesn’t happen by accident, it happens on purpose. 🙌🏾 Let’s close this season with some laughs, some lessons, and a whole l...
In this empowering episode, we explore the brilliance, resilience, and billion-dollar power of Black beauty—body, business, and brain. From busting myths to building wealth, discover how Black creators are claiming their space, rewriting narratives, and turning culture into capital. Bold. Black. Bankable. This is the truth about Black beauty.
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Pennsylvania State Representative Gina H. Curry—educator, equity champion, and co-founder of the PA Black Maternal Health Caucus. With decades of experience serving youth, families, and underrepresented communities, Rep. Curry shares why the fight for Black maternal health is urgent, personal, and long overdue. Together, we unpack the systemic disparities that have placed Black wom...
We’re closing out our Trauma Through the Lens of Gender series with a powerful conversation featuring Brandon R. Brown—a nationally recognized trauma specialist and community healer with over 25 years of experience.
TONIGHT, we’ll explore how to build healing-centered spaces through emotional intelligence, trauma-informed practices, and intergenerational resilience.
💬 It’s time to go back ...
Part 2 with Brandon Brown!! NOW!!! This episode dives into the ecosystem of trauma—how it shapes perceptions, impacts relationships, and influences how we show up in the world. We’ll unpack the role gender plays in that ecosystem and offer practical strategies for building emotional intelligence and leading others toward healing.
🧠💬 What does it really take to lead people through trauma? How do we buil...
For Mental Health Awareness Month listen in to this Encore episode with Sara Ashley Andrews as we dive into the tension between Resilience and Adversity and answer a few questions:
“Resilience Through Adversity: Turning Pain into Purpose”
1. How can adversity help foster personal growth and resilience in individuals?
2.In what ways can overcoming challenges reshape one’s perspective...
Black women are more likely to die from heart attacks, stroke, high blood pressure, and several cancers than any other racial or ethnic group. Weathering is the term coined by Dr. Arline T. Geronimus, a public health researcher, to explain this health gap. Her theory is that systemic discrimination, racism, and oppression cause a cascade of biological changes in the body, leading to an increase in chronic disease, suppressed immune...
In this powerful and thought-provoking episode of Living Strong: The Flip Side of Adversity, Dr. Veirdre Jackson is joined by guest co-host Brandon Brown for a courageous conversation that explores trauma through the lens of gender. Together, they unpack the ways gender identity and societal expectations shape how individuals experience, express, and heal from trauma.
Whether you're on your own healing journey or supporting someone...
This week on The Flip Side of Adversity, Dr. Jackson is joined by special co-host Dr. Zenida Driver—therapist, visionary, and founder of Right Path Counseling. In this heartfelt episode, Dr. Driver opens up about her deeply personal journey to discovering her purpose, one filled with unexpected U-turns, long pauses, and meaningful detours.
She shares how those moments of uncertainty ultimately shaped her calling: to empower others ...
On this empowering episode of the Flipside Radio Show Living Strong, Nicole Black shares her personal faith journey and how she learned to lean on her faith while being intentional about her vision. Inspired by her favorite scripture, Habakkuk 2:2, she talks about the tools that helped her shape her destiny: prayer, visualization (believing that when you see the thing, you can be the thing), working out, and simply being present. J...
Resilience isn’t just a skill we develop when facing life’s toughest moments—it’s a mindset and a daily practice. In this episode of The Flip Side of Adversity, we explore how resilience is not something you have to wait to build by hitting rock bottom. Instead, it’s a lifestyle—something we cultivate every single day through intentional choices, mindset shifts, and purposeful actions.
Join us as we unpack strategies to strengthen ...
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