In this heartfelt episode of Heart Sleeve, Octavia | The Surrendered Gem welcomes DaQuala Lee, Founder of the Coronation Movement, licensed social worker, and advocate for healing and wholeness.

Together, they unpack the reality that many women experience: appearing successful on the outside while silently struggling within.

DaQuala shares her personal journey through overwhelming seasons of leadership, motherhood, and responsibility, revealing how emotional exhaustion unveiled self-made idols that she'd never intended to have.

This conversation explores mental health, vulnerability, emotional regulation, returning to God, and the courage it takes to ask for help. Through honesty and faith, DaQuala offers a powerful reminder that success is not the same as wholeness—and that true transformation begins when we allow ourselves to heal.

If you've ever felt overwhelmed, exhausted, or disconnected from yourself while trying to meet everyone's expectations, this episode will encourage you to slow down, surrender, and become anchored with your whole heart.

HEART SLEEVE PODCAST Season 2 | Episode 3

A New Hope with Ryan & Alexica Shelton

What happens when the dream you've carried your entire life doesn't unfold the way you imagined?

In this powerful and deeply transparent conversation, I sit down with Ryan and Alexica Shelton as they share their journey through infertility, pregnancy loss, grief, and the painful reality of unfulfilled expectations.

For years, they prayed, hoped, pursued fertility treatments, and trusted God through devastating heartbreak. Yet even in the midst of loss, they discovered something greater than the answers they were seeking—they found God's presence, faithfulness, and a hope that refused to let go.

This episode is for anyone navigating disappointment, unanswered prayers, broken dreams, or seasons that simply don't make sense.

Together, we discuss:

💎 Infertility, IVF, and pregnancy loss

💎 Grieving the life you thought you'd have

💎 Trusting God when the outcome isn't what you prayed for

💎 Healing through faith, community, and surrender

💎 Finding purpose, joy, and hope on the other side of heartbreak

Their story is raw. Their faith is real. And their testimony is a reminder that even when life doesn't go according to plan, God is still writing the story.

If you've ever wondered where God is in the middle of your pain, this conversation is for you.

What happens when pain becomes purpose? What happens when the scars we try to hide become evidence of God’s healing power?

In this powerful episode of Heart Sleeve, I, Octavia | The Surrendered Gem, sit down with special guest Minister Kia Goodson, Founder of SiStars Speak for a real, raw, and redeemed conversation about grief, healing, identity, and restoration.

Minister Kia opens up about navigating multiple forms of grief — from broken relationships to the incarceration of her son and other life-altering experiences that have tested her faith and stretched her heart. Together, we unpack how childhood experiences can shape the way we love, show up in relationships, and move throughout the world.

But this conversation doesn’t stop at pain.

Minister Kia reminds us that true healing and clarity are found through identity in Christ — and that God is still able to straighten every crooked path.

This episode is filled with wisdom, transparency, encouragement, and powerful gems that will resonate deeply with anyone who listens.

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