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Surrender2Thrive
by Melony Crayton
The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to center the life experiences of Black healers, wellness professionals, and creatives. Every week, we will sit down with folks from our community to have intimate conversations and take a holistic and honest dive into what it means to be well in life, love, and business.The Surrender2Thrive Podcast is hosted by Melony Crayton and Victoria Kyles, licensed therapists, besties, and wellness advocates.NEW EPISODES EVERY WEDNESDAYJoin the community on IG @surrender2thrive_ Connect with Vic on IG @trustbetweenusemail: [email protected]
Episodes
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77. 2023 Reflections + Setting the Tone for 2024
Join us as we celebrate and wrap up Season 4!!! In this week’s episode, we recap some of our favorite and most listened-to episodes, share our appreciation for our guests who joined us this year, our plans for the podcast in 2024, and more! We appreciate your support and love for the podcast!...
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76. (BONUS) Journal with Us for Seasonal Wellness
This month we are focusing on seasonal wellness! In this week’s episode, we had an impromptu audio journaling session utilizing the {THE AND} SELF EDITION for a moment of self-reflection. We appreciate your support and love for the podcast! Here's how you can continue to spread the love: Please...
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75. Journaling as a Tool for Seasonal Transitions
This month we are focusing on seasonal wellness! In this week’s episode, we discuss the power of journaling for seasonal transitions, including self-reflection, mindfulness, healing, and discovery. We appreciate your support and love for the podcast! Here's how you can continue to spread the…
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74. Holistic Approaches to Seasonal Wellness ft. Christie Holland @guttedfitness
This month we are focusing on seasonal wellness! In this week’s episode, we are joined by Christie Holland @guttedfitness to discuss the importance of adapting our wellness routines to the colder months, including how we prepare and maintain our self-care to navigate the season. Connect with...
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73. (BONUS-PT.2) How Therapy is Helping Me Change My Approach to Dating & Relationships
In part two of this week's episode, we continued to share our love and dating journey, including what we learned about ourselves (the good, the sad, and the fed up!), being okay with not having all the answers, how we plan to move forward, and staying disciplined in what we desire. We appreciate...
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72. (BONUS-PT.1) How Therapy is Helping Me Change My Approach to Dating & Relationships
Late upload, so we made it a bonus episode, enjoy!:) In part one of this week's episode, we discussed how we attempt to resolve childhood wounds in our romantic relationships, and how our parents/caregivers are our first role models of behaviors within relationships. We appreciate your support…
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71. (PART 2) Learning to Mingle After a Season of Singleness for Black Women ft. Dr. Shemeka Thorpe
This month we are entering “cuffing season” where we share our experiences in love and dating! In part two of this week’s episode, we are joined by Dr. Shemeka Thorpe to discuss: the misconception that sex therapists and educators are freaky:) humanizing wellness professionals by learning to...
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70. (PART 1) Learning to Mingle After a Season of Singleness for Black Women ft. Dr. Shemeka Thorpe
This month we are entering “cuffing season” where we share our experiences on love and dating! In part one of this week’s episode, we are joined by Dr. Shemeka Thorpe to discuss: honoring the life experiences, pleasures, and well-being of Black women through the lens of #hotgirlscience if there…
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69. (PART 2) Why Am I So Sad After Choosing Me?
In this week’s episode, we continued to discuss experiencing grief when choosing to transition from being people pleasers to having healthy relationships with ourselves and others. We shared more about our journey in recognizing when we were in people-pleasing mode, and recovering from past...
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68. (PART 1) Why Do I Feel Sad After Choosing Me?
In this week’s episode, we decided to get real about experiencing grief when choosing to transition from being people pleasers to being secure in having healthy boundaries and prioritizing ourselves. . . Our bi-weekly newsletter will serve as your invitation to upcoming events, gatherings, and...
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67. Navigating Career Transitions Ft. Nisha @healingwithnisha
In this week’s episode, we sit down with our friend Nisha to discuss the challenges and joys of changing careers and embracing the journey, including: journeying back to school later in life decisions or moments in Nisha’s journey that led her to transition from the nursing field to becoming a...
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66. (PART 2) Intellectual Housekeeping: Making Room for New Ways of Thinking to Change Your Life
In this week’s episode, we continued our discussion about transitioning from old ways of thinking and opening our minds to experience new ways of thinking and being, including: creating a home environment to maintain a clear mind releasing old ways of being to embrace different parts of ourselves...
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65. (PART 1) Intellectual Housekeeping: Making Room for New Ways of Thinking to Change Your Life
In this week’s episode, we discussed transitioning from old ways of thinking to opening our minds to experience new ways of thinking and being, including: how feeling stuck begins with what and how we’re thinking personal experiences that challenged us to change our thoughts to heal old wounds...
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64. Unlocking Purpose Through Personal Transformation ft. Fred Williams
In this week’s episode, we are joined by therapist Fred Williams, founder of Mental Alchemy Counseling to discuss his journey of becoming a therapist, including his personal experience with therapy, transitioning from Corporate America to the mental health field, abstaining from sex and alcohol,...
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63. Overcoming Perfectionist Paralysis
In this week's episode, Vic dives into her experiences with perfectionism, including the roots of her perfectionist tendencies, and how she is learning to move forward...perfectly imperfect. Join the community by subscribing to the S2T newsletter! Our bi-weekly newsletter will serve as your...
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62. Buy Butter Now or Be Ashy Later: A Skin Love Journey ft. La'Crassia Wilderness
In this week’s episode, we are joined by La’Crassia Wilderness, founder of @butterloveskin to discuss how her skin love journey led her to opening her first brick and mortar this past June. Throughout our conversation, La’Crassia, opened up about her wellness journey, sharing invaluable insights...
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61. Whose At Your Kitchen Table? (FRIENDSHIP EDITION) ft. Christella Jean-Pierre
In part two of this week’s episode, we discussed the significance of friendship, experiencing distance in friendship once a friend enters a romantic relationship, what our friends mirror back to us, and the values we look for when pursuing new friendships. Join the community by subscribing to the...
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60. 5 Questions to Help Strengthen the Bonds of Friendship ft. Christella Jean-Pierre
In part one of this week’s episode, we are joined by our friend Christella to hold space for fun, intimate, and authentic conversations surrounding our friendship using {THE AND} FRIENDS EDITION game deck. Join the community by subscribing to the S2T newsletter! Our bi-weekly newsletter will…
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59. Friendship Maintenance When You're Busy AF
Are you too busy for your friends? Have you ever felt neglected or ghosted in your friendships? Do you find it difficult to maintain your friendships when life gets busy? In this week’s episode, we discuss maintaining friendships when life gets busy AF, including how we maintain our friendships…
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58. We're Back!!! (wellness check-in)
It seems like forever, but we are back! In this week’s episode, we share what we have been up to for the past few months: the transitions, changes, challenges, joys…everything!! Things mentioned in the episode: Healing Exchange Website: www.healingxchg.com IG: @healingxchg Vic’s poetry book: “As…
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57. Choosing Community Over Isolation
This week’s episode, “Choosing Community Over Isolation” is dedicated to my friends and family who have held space for me to feel connected, supported, and grounded in uncertain times. The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to encourage Black healers to put themselves first. Every week, we will sit…
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56. Self-Doubt To Self-Published: A Journey To Realigning With My True Self
Ya’ll, my bestie is a published author (that's how she wants to be introduced now, and I said bet)!!!! Join us in this week’s episode to celebrate Vic’s journey to publishing her first poetry book, “As My Heart Aligns.” We discussed Vic’s process of: -navigating barriers in self-publishing her...
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55. Navigating Failure When You’ve Done Everything Right ft. Grace Holland
In this week's episode, we are holding space for our friend Grace as she shares her journey of navigating failure and trauma, receiving clarity after being diagnosed with ADHD, and learning to be unapologetically in progress so that she could reclaim her joy! Enjoying the Podcast? Let us know!...
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54. Moving Through Difficult Conversations Within Friendships
In this week's episode, we shared some of the significant and difficult conversations we had in our friendship. We also shared our reflections on ending close friendships and explored the possibility of friendship reconciliation. Enjoying the Podcast? Let us know! Please leave us a 5-star review…
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53. (BONUS) Friendship Nostalgia + Maintenance Tips for a Lasting Connection
In this week’s bonus episode, we took a trip down memory lane as we discussed the early days of our friendship, and what it takes to maintain intimacy in friendships. Enjoying the Podcast? Let us know! Please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcast or Spotify and share episodes so others (like...
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52. (PART II) Is Healing Mandatory before dating again?
We couldn’t leave romantic relationships out of the conversation because for the first time, Vic and I are both single and it’s been interesting! In this week’s episode, we wrap up February's Theme as we continued to discuss navigating our singlehood, being tired of being hopeful for love, and...
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51. Is Healing Mandatory Before Dating Again?
February's Theme: "Intimate Relationships" We couldn’t leave romantic relationships out of the conversation because for the first time, Vic and I are both single and it’s been interesting… In this week’s episode, we discussed navigating our singlehood, being tired of being hopeful for love…
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50. (PART II) The Cost of Moving in Silence ft. Grace Holland
February's Theme: "Intimate Relationships" In part one of this week's episode, we continue to share our perspectives on the cost of moving in silence and our plans to co-create experiences in our community that support our well-being and us being unapologetically in progress! Enjoying the…
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49. The Cost of Moving in Silence ft. Grace Holland
February's Theme: "Intimate Relationships" Is it necessary to move in silence? Is moving in silence a trauma response? Why does our joy need protecting? In part one of this week's episode, we are joined by our friend Grace to discuss the cost of moving in silence, starting with our personal...
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48. A Father's Perspective: Raising Daughters ft. Our Fathers
February's Theme: “Intimate Relationships” Brace yourselves for this unfiltered and intimate dive into a father’s perspective on raising daughters! In this week's episode, we sit down with our fathers as they guide us into their fatherhood journeys to share funny childhood memories, how they have...
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47. How to Give Yourself Grace When You're Unhappy
We all want to be happy, right? But what if you’re not? In this week’s episode, we discussed extending grace to ourselves when we feel unhappy, defining grace, and barriers to being kind to ourselves. Enjoying the Podcast? Let us know! Please leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcast or Spotify…
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46. Reflections and Affirmations for Uncertain Times
In this week’s solo episode, Melony shares her reflections, affirmations, and practices as she navigates life transitions and challenges. The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to encourage Black healers to put themselves first. Every week, we will sit down with folks from our community to have…
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45. Paralyzed Potential
Stop discounting yourself and check your receipts! In this week’s episode, we share experiences and barriers that make us feel paralyzed in our growth and how we can honor the greatness within us, aka “I know” (who the f**ck I am) energy! Episode inspired by Tim Ross’s “How to Deal with Paralyzed...
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44. 2022 Reflections + Setting the Tone for 2023
Happy New Year!!! We kick off season 4 to share our reflections from 2022 and how we intend to move through 2023 with trust and discipline. The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to encourage Black healers to put themselves first. Every week, we will sit down with folks from our community to have...
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43. Navigating Friendships as an Adult ft. Ambra @ahandfuloflit (Season 3 Finale)
On the final episode of season 3, we are joined by Ambria @ahandfuloflit on IG to discuss our experiences navigating friendships as adults, the importance of embodying child-like energy, motherhood, and so much more! The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to encourage Black healers to put themselves...
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42. Love is NOT Blind; You Are ft Ambria @ahandfuloflit
Is it love that makes us blind? Or do we lack accountability in love? On this week's "Shoot the Shit" (STS) episode, we were joined again by Ambria, aka @ahandfuloflit on IG, to use the Netflix show “Love is Blind” as a backdrop to discuss if love is really blind. Yes, the question can be…
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41. Black and Bookish ft Ambria @ahandfuloflit
If you are NOT a lover of books, you wouldn't understand! On this week's "Shoot the Shit" (STS) episode, we were joined by Ambria, aka @ahandfuloflit on IG, to discuss how Ambria feels seen through the stories and characters she reads about, why Judy B. Jones was Vic's thing, Mel admitted to...
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40. Prioritizing Mental Health & Self-Care for Black Healers ft. Nico Marie
In this week's episode, we were joined by Nico Marie to discuss navigating the path of the multi-passionate, prioritizing our well-being when life gets busy, holding space for heavy emotions, getting your emotional needs met through community, and so much more! The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims…
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39. Therapists are human?! ft. Healing Spaces STL
In this week's episode, we were joined by Kezia, Tiffany, and Nicole of Healing Spaces STL to have a candid conversation about embracing our humanness as we care for ourselves and others. The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to encourage Black healers to put themselves first. Every week, we will sit...
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38. PART 2: Navigating life transitions w/ Keana Nwaneri
In this week's episode, we continue our conversation with our friend Keana Nwaneri aka @thebougietherapist, to share lessons we are learning through our current life transitions and the challenges, practices and tools assisting us through our journey, and how Mel has experienced healing through...
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37. PART 1: Navigating life transitions w/ Keana Nwaneri
In this week's episode, we invited previous guest, colleague, and friend Keana Nwaneri aka @thebougietherapist, to discuss our journey with navigating current life transitions and the challenges that come along with them. STAY TUNED FOR PART 2! Check out the previous episode with Keana: "29. How...
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36. This is for you.
It's been a while, huh? In this week's solo episode, I share my intentions for the brand going forward and...I might even called you out (haha). Enjoy! The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to encourage Black healers to put themselves first. Every week, we will be sitting down with folks from our...
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35. Toxic? Self-care? Narcissist? Manifest?...
In this week's episode, we discussed some of the most commonly used terms in the wellness and mental health spaces, what they mean, why we use them, and how you may be misusing them. The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to inspire communities of color to heal their relationship with their emotions,...
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34. When change becomes a turnoff #katoby
In this week's episode, we discussed the conflict that arises when you are changing, and the people around you don't like it. Show mentioned in the episode: This Is Us: Season 6, Episode 12 "Katoby" The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to inspire communities of color to heal their relationship with...
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33. How to cultivate friendships and community in life + business w/ Renee & Crystal of SUGA
In this week's episode, Renee & Crystal of SUGA joined us to discuss how to cultivate friendships and community in life + business, navigating diversity within friendships, how building community and connections is necessary for elevation, vulnerability, so much more! Connect with Renee & Crystal...
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32. Would you go to therapy with a friend?
The month of April will be discussing all things friendships and how they contribute to the state of our mental and emotional wellbeing. In this week's episode, we are joined by the Surrender2Thrive Mastermind Circle members Crystal and Chris to share our thoughts on whether we would participate…
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31. Friendship Trauma
The month of April will be discussing all things friendships and how they contribute to the state of our mental and emotional wellbeing. In this week's episode, we discuss traumatic experiences in our friendships, factors that can contribute to friendship trauma, ways we have maintained the…
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30. Let's talk about grief...
In this week's episode, Vic and Mel normalize conversations about grief by sharing personal experiences with grief and loss. The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to inspire communities of color to heal their relationship with their emotions, themselves, and others. Every week we will be sitting down...
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29. How can emotional trauma impact our desire to create and maintain lasting relationships? w/ Keana Nwaneri
In this week's episode, Keana Nwaneri, Clinical Mental Health Counselor, joined us to discuss how emotional trauma impacts our desire to create and maintain lasting and healthy relationships. Things we will explore (discussion starts @ 11:50) -defining emotional trauma -characteristics of someone...
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28. Why are you so emotional?
In this week's episode, Vic and I discuss how "reframing" can be helpful in learning to honor your emotions. We also share personal experiences in understanding why we are so emotional. The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to inspire communities of color to heal their relationship with their…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Surrender2Thrive Podcast aims to center the life experiences of Black healers, wellness professionals, and creatives. Every week, we will sit down with folks from our community to have intimate conversations and take a holistic and honest dive into what it means to be well in life, love, and business.The Surrender2Thrive Podcast is hosted by Melony Crayton and Victoria Kyles, licensed therapists, besties, and wellness advocates.NEW EPISODES EVERY WEDNESDAYJoin the community on IG @surrender2thrive_ Connect with Vic on IG @trustbetweenusemail: [email protected]
HOSTED BY
Melony Crayton
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