Welcome to the Spiritual Homegirl Podcast! I'm Maria—author, speaker, mental health professional, and your host. Spiritual Homegirl is a space for personal growth that explores purpose, resilience, healing, and the human spirit. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, I help listeners connect the dots between life's experiences, navigate life's transitions with greater clarity, and make peace with each day. Whether you're becoming, rebuilding, grieving, or growing, this is a…
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Sometimes we ask for perspective when what we’re really seeking is permission. In this episode, we talk about trusting yourself to make decisions, accepting uncertainty, and remembering that even unfavorable experiences can teach us something. We also get into the exciting increase in podcast interview requests, why every opportunity isn’t necessarily an aligned opportunity, and what I’m…
Forgiveness can get complicated when we assume everyone views it the same way that we do. In episode 609, we discuss how forgiveness can exist on a spectrum, why consideration matters, and what happens when someone else’s version of forgiveness doesn’t match your own. FILL OUT THE PODCAST SURVEY HERE: https://forms.gle/adxbnMAeejfApM1T7 Join my email list: spiritualhomegirl.ck.page/email Subscribe…
Why do we wait for holidays, birthdays, and special occasions to give ourselves permission to celebrate? In this quick 5-minute episode, Maria talks about creating joy on ordinary days, celebrating yourself just because, and refusing to let society decide when life is allowed to feel special. Your life is happening now, so why not make a random day worth celebrating? FILL OUT THE PODCAST SURVEY…
Building on Part 1 from episode 606, Maria breaks down a powerful yet practical real-life example of assertiveness after journalist Jemele Hill responded to an online critic in just two sentences. Sometimes the strongest boundaries simply require knowing who you are and standing on it; no long explanation needed. FILL OUT THE PODCAST SURVEY HERE: https://forms.gle/adxbnMAeejfApM1T7 Join my email…
Not everyone deserves a front-row seat to your identity, especially when they think they know it better than you do! In episode 606, Maria ponders why people sometimes speak with confidence about lives they don't truly know, the difference between intuition and assumption (and even insecurity), and why knowing who you "belong to" makes it easier to reject misplaced authority. Now is the perfect…
Grief isn't always about death. Sometimes it's the quiet (or loud) loss of a season, an identity, a dream, a job, or a version of yourself that no longer fits. In Episode 605, we continue the conversation from Episode 604 about how it's possible to grieve what you've lost while embracing what you're becoming. Give yourself permission to grieve, while also giving yourself another chance to grow.…
Desperation has a way of convincing us that we have no time, no options, and no way out, but that's rarely the truth! In Episode 604, we talk about how desperation clouds our judgment, stomps out our intuition, lowers our standards, steals our abundance mindset, and pulls us away from faith in the name of instant gratification. Join me for the next 25 minutes as we unpack why desperation is a…
Spiritual Homegirl has a quick message to prepare for this weekend to celebrate the new month. FILL OUT THE PODCAST SURVEY HERE: https://forms.gle/adxbnMAeejfApM1T7 Join my email list: spiritualhomegirl.ck.page/email Subscribe to Spiritual Homegirl’s YouTube here: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UClfzaF9Vr-xEPh9WBaEBhww?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/spiritualhomegirl/…
After six months away, Homegirl is back! In this 8-minute episode, we're talking about the difference between true community and the pressure to be liked at the expense of yourself. Self-abandonment should never be the cost to belong. Ever. If this resonated with you, share it with someone who needs the reminder. FILL OUT THE PODCAST SURVEY HERE: https://forms.gle/adxbnMAeejfApM1T7 Join my email…
In this episode, we’re talking about nuance, because healing is not this strict “either you’re healed or you’re unhealed” type of thing that we see presented on the internet and on social media. Life is way more layered than that. You can be doing the work, and still catch the shade. You can be growing...and still check negativity. You can be healing...and still have boundaries. Setting…
Today’s episode is inspired by the beef between Nicki Minaj and Cardi B. The power to engage is a choice, and inviting someone or obliging someone in conflict is a privilege, not a right. Today’s episode talks about how important it is to exercise your power of choice and privilege, and how there is always a loss when engaging in conflict for the love of the game. We went vintage Homegirl today…
For my 600th show I’m celebrating and sounding the alarm: another wannabe just tried to swipe my Spiritual Homegirl name...making it 16 thieves (90 % of them from our own Black community, and we will talk about that today as well, because we are silent about the abusers of our IP within our own community in the face of faux unity, which causes more harm than good). Let’s unpack why “copy-paste…
