Transformative Journeys - to Growth and Resilience
Welcome to Transformative Journeys – the channel where growth meets grit, healing gets honest (sometimes the “I can’t believe she said that” kind), and resilience means practice-makes-progress.
If you’ve ever hit a breaking point, questioned everything, or felt like the old “you” doesn’t quite anymore-you’re not alone.
Hosted by Johanna, a resilience rebel with a wicked sense of humor and a heart for healing, this channel explores emotional wellness, self-compassion, and what it really means to bounce back (even if you're held together with duct tape and caffeine).
Here you’ll find:
Podcast episodes every other Monday
Shorts with bite-sized insights and tough-love pep talks
Tools rooted in neuroscience, story-telling, and lived experience.
No perfection. No toxic positivity. Just grounded support for navigating the messy middle of healing and growth.
Because transformation isn’t about “getting over it.”
It’s about growing through it.
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Episodes
38 episodes
The Unspoken Language of Intuition — Why Trusting Your Gut Isn’t Woo-Woo
Your intuition isn’t magic — it’s data. In this episode, we explore the science behind gut feelings, why they matter, and how to stop confusing them with anxiety.✨ What you’ll learn:How your brain and nervous system process s...
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Episode 36
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24:59
Stop “Shoulding” On Yourself – Why Authenticity Is Your Superpower
Have you ever felt exhausted trying to live up to who you’re “supposed” to be?In this episode of Transformative Journeys, we explore the quiet, sneaky ways we “should” on ourselves — and how those internalized expectation...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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25:43
The Radical Power of Rest – Rewiring the Guilt Out of Relaxation and Recreation
How much time do you spend truly resting?Not just zoning out on your phone or multitasking while you fold laundry - but actually allowing your mind and body to pause, recover, and restore?In this episode of Transforma...
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Episode 34
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26:24
The Problem with Resolutions - and the Power of Realistic Goals
Are you tired of making New Year’s resolutions… only to abandon them by mid-January (or earlier)? You’re not alone.In this episode of Transformative Journeys, I break down the real reasons resolutions tend to fail - and spoiler ...
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Episode 33
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35:21
Gratitude, Growth, and Hope - My Holiday Thank You
This week’s episode is a little different.No tools, no tips, no neuroscience or journaling prompts…Just a heartfelt moment of pause - between the chaos of the season - to honour where you are, reflect on what’s been, and hold hope fo...
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Episode 32
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18:51
Broken Traditions: Coping with Spiritual Dissonance and Holiday Grief
This is the final episode in my four-part series on navigating grief and loss during the holiday season.The holidays can bring deep spiritual conflict and emotional pain after loss. In this episode, we explore how to navigate traditions ...
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Episode 31
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31:44
Creating Your Own Meaningful Rituals
Episode 30 is part of my holiday grief support series - and we’re diving into something both simple and sacred: ritual.Rituals aren’t just religious or cultural. They’re deeply human. From how you make your morning tea to how yo...
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Episode 30
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26:49
How to Support Someone Who Is Grieving (Especially During the Holidays)
When someone you care about is grieving, it can feel difficult to know what to say, what to do, or how to show up. You don’t want to say the wrong thing… but saying nothing doesn’t feel right either. And during the holiday season - or around an...
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Episode 29
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25:19
How to Navigate Grief, Gatherings, and Expectations During the Holidays
The holiday season can feel impossibly heavy when you’re grieving. Whether this is your first December without your person - or the fifth, or the tenth - this time of year can bring emotional landmines, painful contrasts, and overwhelm that oth...
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Episode 29
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31:20
Navigating Grief in a Fast-Moving World – Rituals, Realities, and Relearning How to Mourn
How do we grieve in a world that’s forgotten how to slow down?In episode 28, we explore the complex and often lonely experience of grieving in a fast-paced, productivity-obsessed culture. From ancient mourning rituals to modern-day memes...
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Episode 28
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36:55
Grief Brain: Why You Can’t Think Straight (and How to Help Your Mind Heal)
Have you ever found yourself forgetting simple things during grief - misplacing your keys, struggling to focus, or feeling like your brain is wading through fog?You're not alone. Grief doesn’t just affect our hearts - it affects our brai...
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Episode 27
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31:30
My Journey Through Loss: Honoring My Son’s Memory & A Conversation About Lost History
Grief for an unlived future is still grief.It just doesn’t always come with casseroles, sympathy cards… or words.In this vulnerable and reflective episode, Johanna shares her personal journey through a specific kind of grief - one th...
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Episode 26
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27:08
Who Am I to Start a Podcast?: Doubt, Courage, and Doing It Anyway
What does it really take to start something new - especially when you feel unqualified, unsure, or scared out of your mind?In this deeply personal, behind-the-scenes episode, I’m sharing the real story of how this podcast came to be. Spo...
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Episode 25
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27:31
The Art of Unlearning: Limiting Beliefs and Why Shedding Old Stories Is a Superpower
What if the biggest thing holding you back isn’t a lack of motivation or talent… but an invisible chain in your mind, forged by beliefs you didn’t even choose?In this episode, Johanna dives into the science and psychology of limiting ...
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Episode 24
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37:13
Flashback & Forward: A Letter to My 20-Year-Old Self (Revisited)
What would you say if you could sit down with your younger self - the one who was still figuring it out, making mistakes, and quietly becoming resilient without even realizing it?In this special flashback episode, I revisit a letter I wr...
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Episode 23
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23:15
Welcome Into My Home: And My Seasonal Fall Reset
This week, we’re doing something a little different.Instead of tackling a big, emotional topic like grief or shame or self-worth… I’m inviting you into my kitchen. And my living room. And my cozy sweater and fuzzy-sock autumn brain.<...
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Episode 22
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25:52
The Fear of Being Seen: Why Vulnerability Feels So Scary (And How to Do It Anyway)
Ever feel like the scariest thing isn’t what people can see about you on the outside… but what they might discover if they saw the real you?Yeah, me too. 🙋♀️This week on Transformative Journeys, I’m dig...
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Episode 21
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27:57
Revisiting the Ashes: A September Reflection on Loss, Change, and Beginning Again
Some episodes crack you wide open.This one did - and still does.In this special revisit of one of her earliest and most personal episodes, Johanna shares the story of how she began to rebuild her life after the sudden loss of her son...
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Episode 20
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19:10
Why Your “Too ness” Is Your Superpower: Reclaiming Your Space and Your Voice
Have you ever been told you're "too" something?Too loud. Too intense. Too emotional. Too confident. Too real. Too much?In this deeply personal and empowering episode, Johanna explores what’s really behind those labels - and why your ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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30:17
Empathy, Empaths, and Emotional Boundaries: And How Not to Be a Doormat
We all feel the vibes of the people around us. Some light us up, some drain us dry, and most of us call that empathy - our natural human ability to connect and care. But in recent years, the word “empath” has exploded in po...
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Episode 18
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29:55
Emotional Intelligence: Why Naming It and Feeling It Helps in Healing It
Not all of us grew up with great role models for handling emotions.Maybe you were told you were “too much” or “too sensitive.” Maybe you learned early on to hide your feelings, toughen up, or swallow them down.But here’s the truth: u...
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Episode 17
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28:56
What Is Loss?: The Invisible Grief We Don’t Talk About
Have you ever felt like you were grieving… but no one had died?Maybe it was after a divorce, a diagnosis, or a dream that quietly slipped away. You were feeling the ache of loss, but because no one brought a casserole or sent a sympathy ...
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Episode 16
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25:46
You Don’t Need to Earn Your Rest: Otherwise Known As - Fix Yourself First (Snack Episode)
Rest is not a reward. It’s a requirement.And if you’ve ever found yourself trying to earn rest by doing more, fixing yourself, or making everyone else happy first… this one’s for you.This bite-sized pep ...
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Episode 15
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5:49
Choosing Yourself Without Guilt: Why Your Healing Isn’t Selfish
Have you ever felt guilty for resting, saying “no,” or simply putting your own healing first?Yup. Same here.In this episode of Transformative Journeys, we’re unpacking the guilt so many of us feel when we finally try to c...
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Episode 14
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24:23
You’re in Good Company Here: I Still Don’t Have My Sh*t Together a Lot of the Time (Snack Episode)
Ever have one of those days where you know better, but still find yourself spiralling anyway?Yup. Me too.This mini pep talk is for anyone who’s ever fumbled their way through a messy Monday (or any day ending in “y”) wond...
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Episode 13
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9:19