Bounce Back, Black Woman! | Healing, Relationships, & Resilience

35. Confidence in Your Calling - How Clarity Builds Boldness

Confidence isn’t about faking it ‘til you make it. It’s about clarity — clarity about who you are, what you bring, and where you shine.
In this episode, I share four ways clarity confirms your calling, plus the surprising way closed doors can actually catapult you into your purpose. Along the way, we’ll talk about self-awareness tools like CliftonStrengths, faith, and the role of Ruthless Intentionality™ in building lasting confidence.
You’ll learn:
Why clarity, not comparison, builds confidence
Four steps for discovering and confirming your calling
How closed doors can redirect you toward your true purpose
How Ruthless Intentionality™ ties it all together
A journal prompt to help you take your next bold step
Resources & Next Steps
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34. How to Protect Your Peace When Social Media Turns Toxic

Social media can bring out the best — and the worst — in people. Recently, I experienced a wave of toxic comments on LinkedIn after sharing my perspective on an ICE recruiting ad. What surprised me most wasn’t just the negativity, but the reminder of how important it is to protect your peace in online spaces.
In this episode, I share the lessons I’ve learned about managing emotions during heated exchanges on social media, including family and friends, and knowing when to shut it down.
You’ll learn:
Why toxic comments feel worse in spaces you don’t expect them
How to handle it when even family or friends engage online
Why it’s important to know when to shut it down
A journal prompt to help you create your own strategy for online resilience
Resources & Next Steps
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33. Intentional Resilience: 5 Habits That Build Strength & Confidence Every Day

Resilience doesn’t just happen — it’s cultivated through daily habits.
In this episode, I share the 5 routines I personally use every day to build strength and confidence. From starting with intention to practicing Ruthless Intentionality™ with my time, these habits are simple but powerful ways to bounce back stronger.
You’ll learn:
Why resilience is about daily rhythms, not just big breakthroughs
5 daily habits that build strength and confidence
How small practices like joy, focus, and grace add up to resilience
A journal prompt to help you create your own routine of intentional resilience
Resources & Next Steps
📖 Grab your copy of the Bounce Back Journal [HERE]
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32. Strength After Life's Hardest Seasons - Why it Doesn't Happen By Accident

What if I told you strength doesn’t come by accident?
In this episode, I share my story of leaving a familiar but misaligned life behind to start fresh across the country — and what it taught me about resilience. You’ll also hear how my daughter recently made a similar decision in her thirties, choosing to realign her life with her values. Together, we’ll explore why healing requires clarity, courage, and intentional choices — not just the passage of time.
You’ll learn:
Why waiting for time alone won’t heal you
How clarity about what you want precedes resilience
The role of environment in building your strength
One powerful journal prompt to help you choose growth this week
Resources & Next Steps
📖 Grab your copy of the Bounce Back Journal [HERE]
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31. Resilience in Crisis - How Faith and Self-Awareness Carried Me Through

This week, I faced a terrifying moment: my grand-dog’s sudden decline left me preparing for the possibility of putting him down. The emotions were heavy, the fear was real, and the trauma of past losses came rushing back.
But this time, something was different. I wasn’t the same woman I was a year ago. I’ve been building resilience — and in that moment, my spiritual gifts, my faith, and even my personality wiring carried me in ways I didn’t expect.
In this episode, I’m sharing:
The raw story of my grand-dog’s health crisis and miraculous recovery
How my spiritual gifts (Wisdom, Discernment, Faith, and Hospitality) showed up in real time
Why understanding my MBTI wiring (ENFP/ENTP) helped me process the crisis differently
The truth about why resilience hurts — and why it’s still worth building
💛 Takeaway: Resilience doesn’t erase the pain. It equips us to carry it differently.
📝 Journal Prompt: Think about the last time you faced a crisis. Which of your gifts, strengths, or faith practices helped you get through it? Where do you sense God inviting you to grow stronger for the next storm?
Scripture reference: 2 Corinthians 12:9
Resources & Next Steps
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30. Want to Thrive in Your Relationships? 5 Self-Awareness Tools that Will Transform Your Connections

Episode Title
Want to Thrive in Your Relationships? 5 Self-Awareness Tools That Will Transform Your Relationships
Episode Description
Most relationship problems aren’t really about the other person — they’re about a lack of self-awareness. In this episode, Del explores 5 powerful tools that can help you thrive in your relationships by better understanding yourself and the people around you.
Whether it’s with your partner, your children, your friends, or even your coworkers, these tools can shift the way you love, connect, and communicate.
Inside this episode, you’ll learn:
The 5 Love Languages and why they matter beyond romance
How your Spiritual Gifts shape the way you give and serve
Why CliftonStrengths reveals the way you think and connect
How Energy Leadership helps you recognize the “energy” you bring to conflict
Why MBTI can explain (and heal) communication breakdowns
Plus, a reminder from Psalm 139:14 that you are fearfully and wonderfully made — designed by God for connection.
Journal Prompt:Which of these 5 tools have I already explored, and which one might God be inviting me to learn more about this season?
Resources & Next Steps
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29. One Year Later - Building the Foundation of Resilience

One year ago, I faced one of the hardest setbacks of my life: being let go from my job. I wasn’t prepared. I felt unappreciated, silenced, and left wondering what was next.
But one year later, I can see that God was using that ending to lay the foundation for a new beginning. Out of that season, I started this podcast, grew my baking business, and began living resilience in real time.
In today’s episode, I’m sharing:
The hard truths of being set up to fail in my last role
How I rebuilt from scratch after job loss
The three truths about resilience that can carry you through your own storms
Why resilience isn’t automatic — it’s something you build
💛 Takeaway: Nothing is wrong with you if life knocks you down. Resilience is not about never falling — it’s about learning how to rise again.
📝 Journal Prompt: Think back one year ago. Where were you then, and where are you now? What foundations of resilience have you built, even if you didn’t recognize them until today?
Scripture reference: Isaiah 40:31
Resources & Next Steps
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28. Walking Through the Storm - Coping Strategies to Guard Your Peace

Walking Through the Storm: Coping Strategies to Guard Your Peace
This is the third and final episode in the Resilience in an Age of Division series. In Episodes 26 and 27, we faced the reality of hatred and hostility and grieved the heartbreak of broken systems. Today, we turn to resilience — how to walk through the chaos of division with strategies that protect your peace and strengthen your spirit.
📰 Headlines on September 1, 2025
ICE hosted a hiring event in Arlington, VA — and only protestors showed up.
Governors Gavin Newsom and Wes Moore are openly pushing back against Trump.
ICE agents seized a man granted asylum by a federal judge in New York — fascism in broad daylight.
Yet another school shooting in Minnesota, while lawmakers still refuse to pass stricter gun control.
Lingering questions about 45/47’s connections to Epstein — questions that somehow never seem to stay in the spotlight.
These aren’t random stories. They’re purposeful chaos. And yet, peace is still possible.
🌱 What You’ll Learn in This Episode
Why setting boundaries on your intake is essential for peace of mind
How to anchor in God’s justice while praying for leaders with courage to act
Why purposeful engagement — not panic or withdrawal — sustains long-term resilience
How boundaries are more than barriers: they are fortresses for resilience
📖 Scriptures in This Episode
Philippians 4:7–8 (NLT)
Micah 6:8 (NLT)
John 16:33 (NLT)
Matthew 14:30–31 (NLT)
✍🏾 Journal Prompt
Where is division — political or personal — stealing your peace right now? And what boundary can you set this week to fortify your resilience against it?
🙏 Final Reflection
Resilience isn’t built in a single moment. It’s built in daily choices that guard your peace and anchor your heart in God’s truth — even in an age of division.
🔗 Resources
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27. When the System Breaks Your Heart - Grieving and Accepting Hard Realities

What do you do when the very systems that should protect you end up wounding you instead? When laws shift against you, when justice is delayed or denied, or when the “progress” you thought we made as a country starts to feel like it’s slipping away?
This episode continues our 3-part series Resilience in the Age of Division. Last time, in Episode 26, we named the storm — the weight of hatred all around us. Today, in Part 2, we lean into the hard truth: grief.
💡 In this episode, I share:
The exhaustion of wearing a “mask at work” while carrying private grief
The heartbreak of watching systems slide backward, even after generations of progress
A personal moment of fear and hypervigilance that revealed the depth of my own grief
Why grief is not weakness, but a holy process of release
How to move toward acceptance without mistaking it for approval
✨ Journal Prompt:“What expectation of this country, this system, or this season am I still grieving? And what would it mean for me to accept that reality without letting it steal my peace?”
🌿 Mentioned in this episode:• The “Bounce Back, Black Woman” Podcast Companion Journal → https://a.co/d/gSYKbRi• Join the Bounce Back Weekly Newsletter → https://bit.ly/BBBWInsiderEmail• Connect inside the Bounce Back, Black Woman! Facebook Community → https://bit.ly/BBBWFacebookGroup

26. Living with Hatred Around You - Finding Peace when the World Feels Hostile

Hatred. Division. Cruelty. We see it in our headlines, our communities, and for many of us — in our daily lives. As Black women, we don’t just read about hostility… we feel the weight of it pressing on our hearts and spirits.
This episode is the start of a 3-part series called “Resilience in an Age of Division”. Today, I’m naming the storm: what it feels like to live surrounded by hatred, why it hurts so deeply, and how we can begin to guard our peace even while the world feels hostile.
💡 In this episode, we’ll cover:
Why hatred takes such a toll on our minds, bodies, and spirits
The difference between politics and humanity — and why this moment is about more than “Right vs. Left”
The emotional insight: why hatred cuts so deeply
Scriptures that remind us God is near when hatred is loud (Psalm 34:18, Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 46:1, John 16:33, Philippians 4:7)
A journal prompt to help you reflect and protect your peace
✨ Journal Prompt:“Where in my life am I most affected by the hatred and division around me? And how can I guard my peace in that space?”
🌿 Mentioned in this episode:
The “Bounce Back, Black Woman” Podcast companion journal on Amazon → https://a.co/d/gSYKbRi
Join the Bounce Back Weekly Newsletter → https://bit.ly/BBBWInsiderEmail
Connect inside the Bounce Back, Black Woman! Facebook Community → https://bit.ly/BBBWFacebookGroup