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EPISODE · Jul 10, 2025 · 54 MIN

"Destiny's Self-Love Legacy - Reclaiming mine, protecting theirs"

from The Sober New Yorker · host Melissa McGovern

Destiny is a 27-year-old girl mom from North Carolina who’s on a mission to break the cycle of addiction and generational trauma. She got sober on May 2, 2023, after growing up in a home where substance use and mental health struggles were the norm—and where self-love was never taught.For years, she looked for peace in all the wrong places. Now, she’s reclaiming her story, rewriting the rules, and raising two daughters who will grow up knowing exactly what self-worth feels like.Destiny’s Self-Love Legacy is where she keeps it real about sobriety, motherhood, healing, and everything in between. Her message is simple but powerful: we are not what we come from—we are who we choose to become.Show Des some love on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/xo_des97/

Destiny is a 27-year-old girl mom from North Carolina who’s on a mission to break the cycle of addiction and generational trauma. She got sober on May 2, 2023, after growing up in a home where substance use and mental health struggles were the norm—and where self-love was never taught.For years, she looked for peace in all the wrong places. Now, she’s reclaiming her story, rewriting the rules, and raising two daughters who will grow up knowing exactly what self-worth feels like.Destiny’s Self-Love Legacy is where she keeps it real about sobriety, motherhood, healing, and everything in between. Her message is simple but powerful: we are not what we come from—we are who we choose to become.Show Des some love on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/xo_des97/

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