Lace Up Your Boots: Mindset, Resilience, Faith, and Refusing to Quit with Jolanda Monique Brown

Lace Up Your Boots: Mindset, Resilience, Faith, and Refusing to Quit with Jolanda Monique Brown

In this episode, Sherrita sits down with longtime family friend Jolanda Monique Brown, mental health professional, published author of fifteen-plus books, and founder of Jolanda Monique Enterprises and Jojo's Healing Hands Counseling Center. Sherrita and Jolanda go back nearly twenty-four years, and this conversation reveals a side of Jolanda that even those closest to her don't always get to see. Jolanda opens up about her upbringing, the mentors who shaped her, and the health battles she's navigated for nearly a decade, including Crohn's disease, lupus, and a near-fatal infection that required emergency surgery just three weeks before she completed grad school. She shares how she's learned to shift her mindset, set boundaries, prioritize rest, and keep moving even on the days her body wants to quit. This episode also covers her journey into mental health counseling, the mindset work she does with her clients, the legacy of her late Aunt Beecher, and the memoir she's currently writing, one that's forcing her to revisit forty-three years of a story she's never fully told. Connect with Jolanda: Psychology Today, search Jolanda Monique Brown Social Media , Jolanda Monique Enterprises Books, search her name on Amazon Connect with Becoming Together: Substack — becomingtogether.substack.com New episodes every Wednesday, subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

Unwrapping Forgiveness & Choosing Peace with Heather Mylan-Mains

In this episode Sherrita sits down with Heather Mylan-Mains — speaker, author, and storyteller — for one of the warmest and most honest conversations this podcast has hosted. Heather's message is simple and powerful: we are shaped not by what happens to us but by how we choose to respond. And she does not say that from a distance. She has lived it. Heather opens up about the seasons that shaped her, divorce, widowhood, single motherhood, a traumatic brain injury, and more, and shares how walking through those experiences taught her that she was always more in control of her life than she realized. What followed was a journey into forgiveness, gratitude, and the kind of peace that does not depend on circumstances changing. Her upcoming book Unwrapping Forgiveness — The Gift of Mercy and Grace walks readers through a seven step framework from pain toward peace. This conversation is a beautiful preview of what is inside. Connect with Heather Mylan-Mains: YouTube — Heather Mylan-Mains Facebook — Heather Mylan-Mains Instagram — @mylanmains Website — heathermylanmains.com Book — Unwrapping Forgiveness: The Gift of Mercy and Grace — coming summer 2026 Resources mentioned in this episode: Pre-order Becoming — A Guided Reflective Journal for the Woman With Purpose → becoming2gether.com The Journey Towards Becoming — Five Week Companion Guide → included with every pre-order Subscribe to the Becoming Together Substack → becomingtogether.substack.com If this episode served you please share it and leave a rating or review — it helps more women find this space.

Faith is a Lifestyle with Nicole Hicks

In this episode Sherrita sits down with Nicole Hicks, biblical life coach, author, speaker, and founder of Faith Over Fear Biblical Life Coaching, for a conversation that is honest, practical, and deeply grounded in faith. Nicole opens up about the medical crisis that cracked everything open for her, a season that took her from celebrating her birthday in New York to being wheeled into a hospital the very next day, telling her husband to take care of their daughter. What followed was a year of chronic illness, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and a cancer scare. And through all of it, a revelation that would change everything. Faith is not a trend. It is not a vibe. It is a lifestyle. In this conversation Nicole and Sherrita go deep on what it actually looks like to trust God when everything is shifting, when your timeline does not match His, when He is not moving the way you expected, and when the people closest to you cannot understand the changes happening inside of you. Connect with Nicole Hicks: Faith Over Fear Biblical Life Coaching — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube The Heaven Team — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok All books available on Amazon Resources mentioned in this episode:  The Becoming Together Substack → becomingtogether.substack.com  [becomingtogether.substack.com ] Pre-order Becoming: A Guided Reflective Journal for the Woman With Purpose → Pre-Order Becoming [https://becoming2gether.com/b/becomingjournal⁠] Subscribe, rate, and review the Becoming Together Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.  Every review helps more women find this space.

Some Seasons Produce You: Getting Still Enough to Receive It

Some seasons produce something. Some seasons produce you. And knowing the difference changes everything about how you move through them. In this solo episode, Sherrita gets honest about the three significant life changes she is navigating all at once — a career transition, a new phase of motherhood, and changes in her body — and the question that surfaced in the middle of all of it. Not what do I need to do in this season. But who do I need to become to carry what it requires. She shares why that question is harder than it sounds, what she did when she had no blueprint to follow, and the five practices that are helping her get still and practice presence in the middle of a full and demanding life. In this episode: * The difference between seasons that produce something and seasons that produce you * Why so many of us get stuck at the identity question — and what to do instead * The role of therapy and community in navigating seasons of transition * Why stillness is a form of resistance — not a luxury * Five practices for anchoring yourself when life will not slow down The Five Practices: 1. Anchor your morning with stillness 2. Guard your gates 3. Create moments of solitude in nature 4. Clear the deck 5. Practice reflective journaling Journal Prompts from this episode: 01 — What transition are you currently walking through — and are you making intentional choices inside of it or just getting through each day? 02 — What are you giving your attention to right now that is making it harder to hear yourself clearly? What would it look like to pull back from even one of those things this week? 03 — What would change in your life if you stopped just getting through this season and started asking what it is trying to build in you? Resources mentioned: * Practicing Stillness [https://substack.com/home/post/p-186265734] * Reflective Journaling [https://substack.com/home/post/p-185243183] * This week's Substack article: Stewarding Self During the Changing [https://substack.com/home/post/p-199031166]  Subscribe to the Becoming Together Substack for weekly inspiration and practical tools centered in faith, wellbeing and purpose — delivered directly to your inbox. becomingtogether.substack.com Leave a review — it helps more women find this space and I read every single one.

Blazing Trails, Living True & Becoming Who You Were Called to Be With Eboni Monae

In this grounded and expansive conversation, Sherrita sits down with Eboni Monae, a Harvard PhD candidate, scientist-artist, and woman who has learned to honor every part of who she is. From her early fascination with space to becoming a developmental neurobiologist who describes her work as art, Eboni shares how she has learned to live true, move with intention, and step boldly into the calling God placed on her life. Together, they explore identity, purpose, faith, and the future of work in the age of AI. Eboni opens up about navigating elite academic spaces, the pressure to perform, and the spiritual practices that keep her steady. The conversation also naturally weaves into the transformative practice of reflective journaling, which both women use as a tool for clarity, honesty, and spiritual alignment. This episode is an invitation to slow down, check in with yourself, and consider what it means to live in alignment with who you were created to be. Reflective Journaling Resources This episode touches on the deeper practice of reflective journaling, not just writing down your thoughts, but slowing down enough to notice what’s happening within you and allowing God to meet you there. If you want to explore this practice further: Read the Reflective Journaling Article on Substack: becomingtogether.substack.com [becomingtogether.substack.com ] Join the Live Reflective Journaling Workshop A guided, real-time reflective journaling experience onWednesday, May 27th at 7 PM CST Reserve Your Seat At: becoming2gether.com/events [becoming2gether.com/events ] This one-hour experience is designed to help you slow down, go inward, and hear what God is speaking in this season of your becoming. Final Reflection This episode is a reminder that becoming is not about striving it’s about alignment. It’s about honoring the fullness of who you are, trusting the path God is shaping in you, and releasing anything that requires you to shrink. Eboni’s story shows that sometimes the difficulty of the path is the clearest sign that you are blazing a trail that has never existed before.