Sometimes words just aren’t enough. You can talk about your pain, analyze your patterns, and unpack your childhood—but still feel like your body is carrying the weight of it all. That’s what I explored in this week’s episode of You Have the Power  with Mindful Arts Therapist Susan Day—and it might just change the way you think about healing. When Talking Isn’t Enough Susan shared something powerful: We’ve been expressing ourselves through art since we were drawing on cave wal

We all have our go-to escapes. Food. Scrolling. Shopping. Overworking. Even silence. On the surface, these might look like coping...

You know the drill.You 're not physically hungry—but you find yourself reaching for the snack drawer… again. Maybe it’s after a stressful...

Have you ever seen someone remain calm when chaos is erupting around them? Maybe it was a grandmother, a teacher, or a mentor who stood...

Silence is seductive. It convinces us that keeping quiet will protect us—that we’ll keep the peace, avoid rejection, or stay safe if we...

“We hold the key. We lock the door. And we’re the ones guarding it.”  — Sandra Valks Some of us learned to stay silent to survive. Some...

For a long time, I thought I had to earn love. Be agreeable. Be pleasing. Be low-maintenance. Because somewhere along the way, I learned...

For a long time, my healing journey focused on avoiding the wrong men. Not getting pulled back into cycles of love bombing, narcissistic...

I used to think I just had “bad luck” in dating.That I kept attracting the wrong men because they were emotionally unavailable,...

There’s a truth about being a “successful” woman that almost no one talks about. As Amy Harrington, co-founder of The Passionistas...

It’s been one year since I launched You Have the Power  — a podcast born from pain, healing, and the desire to create a space where women...

Breaking the Cycle: Generational Trauma & Emotional Inheritance – Part 2 You can build a successful career, keep it all together in front...

Let’s get one thing straight: if you feel like you're carrying too much, it’s probably because you are. But here’s the kicker — most of...

In today’s world, many women continue to struggle with the trauma of sexual abuse and betrayal, often in silence. It’s a painful reality,...

There’s a question that so many survivors get asked: “Will you forgive them?” For me, the answer is simple — and not simple at all. No. I...

What happens when the people who should have protected you, silenced you instead? When the secrets you carry become chains that keep you...

I wasn’t supposed to tell these stories. Not because they aren’t true. But because they make people uncomfortable. They ruin reputations....

You’ve tried talk therapy. You’ve read the books. You’ve done the mindset work. And still—your body keeps reacting like the threat never...

I used to believe I had to push through everything. Push through heartbreak. Push through discomfort. Push through my own body’s signals....

Have you ever felt butterflies in your stomach and called it love—only to discover later that it was actually anxiety? If so, you're not...