Black Girls Heal
Black Girls Heal helps women break out of cycles of unhealthy relationships with unavailable partners and feeling not enough by combining coaching, therapeutic support, and practical tools. Every episode, we will talk about intimacy, attachment, healing unresolved trauma, and growing in our self worth.
Episodes
In this episode, Shena reviews 3 tips to help recovered love addicts and love avoidants foster deep love when you are with your person. The goal is to combat unhealthy patterns you may have brought into your loving relationship to keep the love and connection easy.
Click here to enroll in the BGH Method, our 90 day recovery accelator for love addicts and love avoidants to heal their relationships, unresolved trauma and improve their...
In this episode, I review what are the things that will make a woman who is in a relationship that is draining her finally leave and what are the things that may make her stay.
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In this episode, Shena returns refreshed and ready to dive deep into an important and affirming topic: how to recognize when someone actually likes you—and why that clarity matters. She explains that while we often focus on red flags, it’s just as vital to know the green flags of emotional safety, care, and genuine interest. This episode is all about normalizing ease in love and helping women recognize partners who truly valu...
In this episode, Shena reflects on the consequences and how one's life can be affected if we are connected to those who give red flag behaviors and indicators that they may not be a good match for us emotionally, mentally, or physically (in regards ot safety).
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This episode for anyone who is experiencing or has experienced a friendship breakup that has been hard to recover from. I hope these 7 tips help you move forward and find friendships that help you feel fulfilled and whole.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Join the BGH's Members Club: blackgirlsheal.org/members
- The 4 Step Roadmap to Heal Love Addiction: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/roadmap
- Ready to heal your Love Addiction ...
In this episode of the Black Girls Heal podcast, we're diving into a topic that often brings up complex emotions - recognizing when friendships might be temporary. You know those relationships that feel so intense and meaningful in the moment, but somehow don't stand the test of time? Let's talk about why that happens and why it might actually be perfectly okay.
Through sharing personal stories and insights from my upcom...
In this episode, we break down how to start creating your own healing circles.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Join the BGH's Members Club: blackgirlsheal.org/members
- The 4 Step Roadmap to Heal Love Addiction: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/roadmap
- Ready to heal your Love Addiction & Love Avoidance? Join The Recovery School, my signature coaching program to help you become love balanced, love available, and fulfill...
Why is it so difficult for some women to find and maintain healthy female friendships? Joining me today is Danielle Bayard Jackson, The Friendship Expert, to share more about this topic and to help provide actionable advice to get your friendships back on track, even if they’ve fallen off due to the pandemic.
Danielle is a publicist by day and a certified friendship coach by night. She started her career as a high school English te...
In this episode, I talk about managing disappointment from your relationship with your mother as an adult if you have experienced false starts towards intimacy or seen self sabotage on your mother's part.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Join the BGH's Members Club: blackgirlsheal.org/members
- The 4 Step Roadmap to Heal Love Addiction: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/roadmap
- Ready to heal your Love Addiction & Love...
In this episode, Shena discusses how to cope when you have a mother who is competitive with you, the signs of the jealousy and competition, and potential sources of where it may come from.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Join the BGH's Members Club: blackgirlsheal.org/members
- The 4 Step Roadmap to Heal Love Addiction: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/roadmap
- Ready to heal your Love Addiction & Love Avoidance? Join The Rec...
Our mother relationship is our first relationship as we come into this world. As a result, if we have unresolved trauma, it will manifest in how we see ourselves, how we see others, and what we pass down to future generations.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Join the BGH's Members Club: blackgirlsheal.org/members
- The 4 Step Roadmap to Heal Love Addiction: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/roadmap
- Ready to heal your Love Addict...
In this episode of Black Girls Heal, we dive deep into financial codependency—a pattern where you feel obligated to support others financially, even to your own detriment. We explore its roots, how it manifests in various relationships, and the emotional toll it takes.
You'll learn about practical steps to break free from this cycle, including a 90-day no-contact financial challenge to help reset your finances and reclaim your ...
In this episode of Black Girls Heal, we discuss the crucial topic of feeling deserving and why it's essential for receiving the love you desire. We explore how internalizing negative beliefs and trauma can lead to feeling undeserving, even when we outwardly affirm our worth.
You'll learn practical steps to identify the emotional 'weeds' that choke your growth, including energy-draining relationships and perfectionis...
In this episode, Shena discusses healing from codependency to improve your self love and the questions you need to ask yourself to adjust your boundaries.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Join the BGH's Members Club: blackgirlsheal.org/members
- The 4 Step Roadmap to Heal Love Addiction: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/roadmap
- Ready to heal your Love Addiction & Love Avoidance? Join The Recovery School, my signature coa...
In this episode, Shena discusses how to tell if the connection that you're feeling in a relationship is codependency or compatibility.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Join the BGH's Members Club: blackgirlsheal.org/members
- The 4 Step Roadmap to Heal Love Addiction: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/roadmap
- Ready to heal your Love Addiction & Love Avoidance? Join The Recovery School, my signature coaching program to...
When I was dating, I made a lot of mistakes related to how I presented in my intimacy disorders. This week, I'm talking about how my love avoidance showed up for me in my relationships.
For me, my personal experience and how that connected to my religious education really amplified a lot of my avoidance which is also discussed.
This episode will not span all of the ways love avoidance can show up in relationships as that as bee...
In this episode, I review 3 hidden ways we may unknowingly ignore (and encourage) red flags in new people we meet.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Join the BGH's Members Club: blackgirlsheal.org/members
- The 4 Step Roadmap to Heal Love Addiction: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/roadmap
- Ready to heal your Love Addiction & Love Avoidance? Join The Recovery School, my signature coaching program to help you become love ba...
What does it look like to be available to others after you've been working on your love avoidance symptoms.
In this episode, I share 3 tips for those who are starting this journey building relationships in a different way.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Join the BGH's Members Club: blackgirlsheal.org/members
- The 4 Step Roadmap to Heal Love Addiction: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/roadmap
- Ready to heal your Love Addicti...
In today's episode, we review going from Love Avoidant to Love Available using the Healed and Loved Woman framework model.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Join the BGH's Members Club: blackgirlsheal.org/members
- The 4 Step Roadmap to Heal Love Addiction: https://www.blackgirlsheal.org/roadmap
- Ready to heal your Love Addiction & Love Avoidance? Join The Recovery School, my signature coaching program to help you be...
In this episode of Black Girls Heal, we revisit the topic of 'No Contact' and the seven-day 'Don't Text Them: Sit on Your Effing Hands Challenge.' This discussion is aimed at those caught in addictive or trauma-bonded relationships, whether romantic, familial, or friendships.
We discuss topics like recognizing toxic relationships, the importance of breaking the cycle for self-healing, and the benefits of hav...
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