Tea With My Sweet Gratitude
by Tea with my sweet gratitude
My powerful journey from despair to self-love is the focus of Tea with My Sweet Gratitude. After enduring a prison sentence that separated me from my infant son, I share how I found hope in the darkest moments. My story highlights the importance of self-compassion, creating mental safe spaces, and the healing power of connection. Join me as I open up about reclaiming my life, proving that even in the most challenging times, it's possible to gather the broken pieces and create something beautiful.
Episodes
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27 Times in Prison: Tonya Shelton’s Raw Story of Trauma, Addiction & Survival | Tonya Shelton | Tea With My Sweet Gratitude
Tonya Shelton opens up about a childhood filled with abuse, screaming, name-calling, and beatings from her father — trauma so deep she didn’t want to live anymore. She shares how that pain led to cocaine, sniffing heroin, IV drug use, and eventually an assault with a deadly weapon that left a man...
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27 Times in Prison: Tonya Shelton’s Raw Story of Trauma, Addiction & Survival | Ep 2 Promo
Tonya Shelton opens up about a childhood filled with abuse, screaming, name-calling, and beatings from her father — trauma so deep she didn’t want to live anymore. She shares how that pain led to cocaine, sniffing heroin, IV drug use, and eventually an assault with a deadly weapon that left a man...
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From Darkest Moments To Finding Purpose | Sonia Fitzgerald | Tea With My Sweet Gratitude
Pastor Tamara Gordon sits down again with Sonia Fitzgerald for season three of Tea With My Sweet Gratitude. Sonia returns after her season two episode to talk about what came after the abuse: years of depression, PTSD, anger turned inward, and the long work of getting clean and rebuilding a...
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From Darkest Moments to Finding Purpose: A Journey Through Healing | Tea With My Sweet Gratitude
Content Warning: This trailer contains discussion of suicidal ideation, abuse, and mental health struggles. Viewer discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please seek immediate support through local resources or the International Association for Suicide Prevention:...
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From Brokenness to Healing: Untold Stories of Survival | Tea With My Sweet Gratitude Season 3
Welcome to Season 3 of Tea With My Sweet Gratitude, hosted by Pastor Tamara Gordon. In this raw and deeply inspiring new season, courageous women share their unspoken stories of surviving domestic violence, overcoming mental health struggles, battling cancer and severe surgeries, and navigating...
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Welcome back to a brand-new season of Tea with my Sweet Gratitude with Pastor Tamara Gordon!
In this season, we’re going deeper than ever before. Join Pastor Tamara as she opens up her video diary, giving you an intimate look behind the scenes—from crafting herbal wellness products and body butters to sharing heartfelt reflections on faith, healing, resilience, and growth.Grab your...
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Tea With My Sweet Gratitude Season 2 Recap: A Heartfelt Thank You!
Welcome back to Tea With My Sweet Gratitude! In this special Season 2 recap, host Tamara Gordon takes us on an emotional journey back through the profound stories shared by our incredible guests. This season wasn't just about content; it was about healing, rebuilding, and rediscovering new...
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Living lawless | Mabel Daniels | Season 2 | Episode 11
At one point, Mabel Daniels was a major player in the local drug trade, making thousands of dollars a day. Then, the justice system caught up with her. But what was meant to break her ended up saving her life.In Episode 11 of Tea with My Sweet Gratitude, host Tamara Gordon sits down over a cup of...
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Tea With My Sweet Gratitude Season 2 - Ep. 11 Promo
In this powerful upcoming episode of Tea with my Sweet Gratitude, our guest opens up about the raw reality of navigating a lawless lifestyle, facing a courtroom, and the life-altering moment of truth before sentencing.The biggest takeaway? "Believe me, it’s so much easier putting in the work...
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Nothing Ever Goes Wrong | Pastor Tamara Gordon | Episode 10
"Sometimes we make somebody a husband or wife when God really put them there for a season to do their job."In this deeply personal episode, Pastor Tamara Gordon shares the origin story behind the name of this podcast and her cosmetic line, Sweet Gratitude. Following the trauma of wrongful...
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Tea With My Sweet Gratitude Season 2 Ep. 10 Promo | Nothing Ever Goes Wrong
"Sometimes we make somebody our husband or wife, when God really put them there for a season to do their job."In this powerful upcoming episode of Tea With My Sweet Gratitude, Pastor Tamara Gordon opens up about a life-changing connection from 2018. She shares a raw and heart-wrenching journey of...
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Tea With My Sweet Gratitude Season 2 | Ep. 9 Promo | Church Hurt
Is the church truly a safe space, or are many people suffering in silence from “church hurt”? 💔 In this episode of Tea with My Sweet Gratitude, we’re having an honest and necessary conversation about the dysfunction often hidden behind the pulpit. It’s time to break the silence.Join us for a...
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From Silence to Strength: Healing After Family Betrayal
In our latest conversation at Tea with My Sweet Gratitude, we dive deep into what it means to be "mentally strong." It’s not about "toughing it out"—it's about the courage to heal and the strength to stop the internal war. We explore: Shifting the "burden of proof" off yourself and back onto…
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From Silence to Strength: Healing After Family Betrayal | Episode 8 Promo
In this moving episode of Tea With My Sweet Gratitude, I sit down for an incredibly brave conversation about surviving the unthinkable. Our guest Sonya Fitzgerald shares her journey of healing after facing betrayal and abuse from those who should have protected her most. “I refuse to allow you to...
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No more family secrets Part 2
“They tried to flip the narrative, but the truth doesn’t need a rewrite.” 🗣️💯In this powerful continuation of No More Family Secrets, Tanisha Williams returns to the seat. After our first episode, the response was a flood of both support and backlash. Why is it that when victims speak up, they...
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Tea With My Sweet Gratitude Season 2 | Ep. 7 Promo | No More Family Secrets Pt. 2
“They tried to flip the narrative, but the truth remains.” 🗣️✨ In the latest episode of Tea With My Sweet Gratitude, we’re diving deeper into the impact of silence and the strength it takes to speak up when others try to label you a liar. Pastor Tamara Gordon is joined by Tanisha Williams to...
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The Justice System Failed Us | Pastor Tamara Gordon, LaResse Harvey & Robin Gibson
In this moving episode, Pastor Tamara Gordon sits down with two courageous women who have navigated the complexities of the justice system. We aren't here to claim everyone is innocent; we are here to talk about the humanity behind the bars. Some people wrong the system, but sometimes, the system...
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Self-defense is a crime | LaResse Harvey & Pastor Tamara Gordon | Season 2 | Episode 4 | Part 2
One policy. 3,500+ lives changed. 🔓In our latest episode, the incredible LaResse Harvey shares the staggering impact of her advocacy journey—including a policy she passed that led to the automatic release of over 3,500 people.But LaResse is more than her achievements. She is a survivor who has...
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Tea with my sweet Gratitude Season 2 Ep. 4 | Part 2 Promo | Self-defense is a crime
"It’s not just the abusers that silenced me. It’s not just prison... even in my freedom, I have been silenced." 🗣️✨In this upcoming episode of Tea with my Sweet Gratitude, host Pastor Tamara Gordon sits down with the incredible LaResse Harvey for a deeply moving conversation about the battles we...
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Self-defense is a crime | LaResse Harvey & Pastor Tamara Gordon | Season 2 | Episode 4 | Part 1
What happens when the people who are supposed to love you the most use your past mistakes as a leash to control your present?In Part 1 of this intense conversation, our guest LaResse opens up about the "silent prison" of life after incarceration. Despite maintaining a clean record and sacrificing...
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Tea with my sweet Gratitude Season 2 Ep. 4 | Part 1 Promo | Self-defense is a crime
In this week’s episode of Tea With My Sweet Gratitude, we hear LaResse share a staggering testimony about the reality of life after jail. It’s not just about the legal system—it’s about the family system. Our guest shares how her past was used to silence her, even while she was the one providing...
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No more family secrets | Tanisha Williams & Pastor Tamara Gordon | Season 2 | Episode 3
"Don't let another person suffer in silence. Speak up, reach out, and save a life."In this powerful and emotionally raw episode of Tea with My Sweet Gratitude, Pastor Tamara Gordon sits down with Tanisha Williams who displays incredible bravery in sharing a story of survival, loss, and the "war...
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How Prison Changed My Life | Tamika Callahan & Pastor Tamara Gordon | Season 2 | Episode 2
Tamika Callahan never imagined that her life would lead her behind the heavy doors of York Correctional Institution—not once, but twice. In this powerful episode of Tea with My Sweet Gratitude (Season 2, Episode 2), she sits down with Pastor Tamara Gordon to share her journey through…
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From Silent Struggles to Purpose with Tanisha Akinloye
Pastor Tamara Gordon sit down with Tanisha Akinloye as she shared her most personal and inspiring storie— journeys through brokenness, pain, and struggle that led her to discover strength, purpose, and self-confidence. This conversation shows how faith, resilience, and self-love can help overcome...
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Ep 12. Challenged But Chosen: Season One Reflections with Pastor Tamara Gordon
When I started this podcast, I didn’t know what I was doing I just knew I had something to say. It wasn’t easy learning the mic, the camera, or how to build a show from scratch. But I followed the vision… and you came with me.This final episode is a moment to pause, reflect, and give thanks.I’m...
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Ep 11. The Confidence to Love Yourself with Candice White
How do you find your voice again after betrayal? How do you face yourself after heartbreak and say, “I love you?” In this powerful and vulnerable episode, I sat down with Candice White a U.S. Air Force veteran, curvy fashion influencer, and advocate for tall women owning their worth to talk about...
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Ep. 10 How to Heal the Spirit with Herbs with Grandma Nacy Andry
Have you ever wondered if your relationship with money, food, or your body is actually blocking your healing?This week, I welcomed Grandma Nancy Andry, a healer and mentor, for a powerful dialogue about realignment, not just spiritually, but practically. They discuss how unresolved trauma and...
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Tea With My Sweet Gratitude Episode #10 Promo
What does true alignment look like, not just spiritually, but in how we engage with money, medicine, nature, and our own emotions?In this episode, healer and mentor Grandma Nancy Andry joins Pastor Tamara Gordon to explore how nature, God, and self come into divine alignment to bring deep healing...
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Ep. 9 The Courage To Surrender with Tye Miles
40+ disciplinary tickets. Fights. Riots. Chronic lockdown.For six months, Tye Miles lived in near-total isolation a 23-hour-a-day confinement that should’ve broken her.But instead, it woke her up.In this soul-baring episode, Tye reveals how prison became the place where she confronted her demons,...
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Tea With My Sweet Gratitude Episode #9 Promo
She had 40+ infractions. Fights. Riots. Isolation. But in the darkest place, she met her truest self.In this raw and healing episode, Tye Miles shares how prison became her personal altar. A whispered prayer. A cry for help. And a hug that changed everything.This is what spiritual awakening looks...
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Ep. 8 The Grace To Forgive with Mitzie Cross
What does it take to truly forgive, not just others, but yourself? In many relationships, love by itself isn’t enough. It takes loyalty. It takes grace. And sometimes, it takes walking through heartbreak to fully understand both. In this deeply personal episode, Mitzie Cross opens up about her...
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Tea With My Sweet Gratitude Episode #8 Promo
In many relationships, Love is not enough; you must also possess loyalty and grace. Grace for others and grace for yourself. In this episode, Mitzie Cross shares her journey of love, betrayal, and redemption. Don’t miss this week’s episode as we unpack what it means to experience the fullness of...
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Ep 7. Are You Ready To Heal? - with Pastor Tamara Gordon
"When I was released from Prison, I was faced with a brutal reality: that although I was innocent, I was still responsible for my healing, for fixing what others broke inside me. That's when I realized the REAL prison was not just behind the bars of a cell, but was living in my mind and in my...
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Ep 6. Victim on Trial - with Robin Gibson
In todays episode we sat with Robin Gibson as she shared her coming of age story and her experience with a violent ALMOST romance. Her story is one of heart ache, pain, resilience and hope. This conversation is more than just a podcast interview its a warning of what can happen when you become a...
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Tea With My Sweet Gratitude Episode #6 Promo
This week's episode is inspiring, tragic, beautiful, and the brutal reality women face when they become a victim of love. In this episode, our guest Robin Gibson, opens up about an almost romance that turned violent, and how she struggled to find her way back to healing and back to faith. This...
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The Faith to Move Forward
God will never let Purpose Die! In this episode of Tea With My Sweet Gratitude, we spoke with Minister Latoya Edwards about her story from a young bride in Jamaica to enlisting in the U.S military, to an anointed minister and business owner. This episode is something special, Minister Latoya’s…
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Rediscovering Identity
Today’s episode of Tea with My Sweet Gratitude is all about the journey to discovering your unique identity. I had the great opportunity to interview Sheena Hanson a powerhouse influencer on her transformation from a Sex addict, and LGBTQ+ advocate to a passionate believer and online minister for...
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The Purpose of Adversity
In this incredible episode of Tea with My Sweet Gratitude, I interviewed Ivette Diaz-yee about her incredible transformation from a functioning addict to a women's support and recovery advocate. Her insights on addiction, self-awareness, and her journey from rock bottom to finding God and…
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The Journey of Resilience, Faith, and Personal Growth
What does it take to turn life's deepest struggles into an anointing that transforms not just your own life but countless others?In this heartfelt episode of Tea With My Sweet Gratitude, I sit down with Marie Burbrick Bailey as she shared her remarkable journey from enduring a bitter divorce to...
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The Crime of Love: From Love to Prison
In this, the inaugural episode of Tea With My Sweet Gratitude, I’ll be sharing my story of uninteded love a wrongful prison sentence, and the profound anguish I endured being separated from my infant son, my daughter, and my entire family. In this episode, I’ll share my unfiltered experience…
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Tea With My Sweet Gratitude S1 Episode 1 Trailer
My powerful journey from despair to self-love is the focus of Tea With My Sweet Gratitude. After enduring a prison sentence that separated me from my infant son, I share how I found hope in the darkest moments. My story highlights the importance of self-compassion, creating mental safe spaces…
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About this show
My powerful journey from despair to self-love is the focus of Tea with My Sweet Gratitude. After enduring a prison sentence that separated me from my infant son, I share how I found hope in the darkest moments. My story highlights the importance of self-compassion, creating mental safe spaces, and the healing power of connection. Join me as I open up about reclaiming my life, proving that even in the most challenging times, it's possible to gather the broken pieces and create something beautiful.
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