Soft Strength with Stephanie Juste

Stephanie Juste
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I created this podcast because telling my story helped me understand myself. And I realized there are so many women and man living between survival and softness. I didn’t create this to teach from perfection. I created it to share the journey.

Episodes

  1. May 24

    Final Chapter 11:When My Ancestors answered

    In this episode of Soft Strength with Stephanie Juste, I share a turning point from my memoir Between Worlds, a moment when I finally spoke honestly about what I was experiencing and discovered that help could come from unexpected places. This chapter is about courage, truth, family, and the power of being heard. It is a reminder that sometimes the first step toward healing is simply telling the truth about what is happening in your life. Through reflection, affirmations, and prayer, I explore what it means to move from survival toward hope. Final chapter season 1 complete

    10 min

  2. May 23

    Chapter 9: Dreams I was told not to have

    this episode of Soft Strength with Stephanie Juste, I reflect on what it feels like when your dreams are constantly dismissed, redirected, or compared to someone else’s. From wanting to become a lawyer to dreaming of modeling, I share how criticism and comparison slowly affected my confidence and my belief in what was possible for my future. This episode is about identity, discouragement, survival, and the quiet desire to still want more for your life even after feeling defeated. Includes reflection, affirmations, prayer

    8 min

  3. May 19

    Chapter 10: Miami and the love that wasn’t love

    this episode of Soft Strength with Stephanie Juste, I share a chapter from my story Between Worlds about moving to Miami, searching for love, and losing myself in the process. What began as hope and emotional connection slowly became emotional exhaustion, loneliness, and self-destruction. This episode reflects on toxic relationships, survival patterns, emotional pain, and the difference between being chosen and being truly cared for. I also speak honestly about mental health, alcohol, hopelessness, and the quiet part of me that still wanted to survive. This episode includes reflection, affirmations, grounding, and prayer.

    12 min

  4. May 7

    Chapter 8: New York was not Freedom

    New York Was Not Freedom In this episode of Soft Strength with Stephanie Juste, I share a chapter from my story, about moving to the United States and realizing that a new place does not always mean a new beginning. What I thought would be freedom became another space where I felt overworked, blamed, and unseen. This episode explores what it feels like to carry emotional weight in a place that doesn’t feel safe, and how those experiences shape self-worth. I also reflect on the small moments that gave me hope ,a teacher who believed in me, a counselor who listened , and how those moments helped me see that I was not the problem. This episode includes reflection, grounding meditation,for anyone who has ever felt like a burden or struggled to find safety in their environment. #poem #podcast #creativeexpression #healing journey

    11 min

  5. Apr 26

    Chapter 7: The earth shook,and so did I

    In this episode of Soft Strength with Stephanie Juste, I share a chapter from my memoir Between Worlds about the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and the unexpected emotions that came with it. While the world around me was shaken, something inside me shifted too. For the first time, I experienced relief from a life that had already felt heavy. Later, moving to the Dominican Republic gave me a glimpse of belonging, growth, and what it felt like to breathe again. This episode is about how environment shapes identity, how pain can hide beneath routine, and how sudden change can sometimes become the beginning of healing. Includes personal reflection, and prayer. #poem #podcast #creativeexpression #healing journey

    10 min

  6. Apr 22

    Chapter 6:Little Sister

    In this episode of Soft Strength with Stephanie Juste, I share a personal story about sibling comparison, childhood jealousy, and the healing that can come with time. Little Sister explores what happens when children are compared inside the family, when love feels uneven, and when resentment forms before we are old enough to understand our emotions. This is also a story of growth. As I look back now, I see more than childhood pain. I see two sisters carrying different wounds, trying to survive in different ways. This episode includes a story , personal reflection, prayer for anyone healing sibling dynamics, family comparison, or guilt from the past. Healing sometimes begins when we see the child we once were and the child they were too. #poem #podcast #creativeexpression #healing journey

    15 min

  7. Apr 15

    Chapter 5:When silence became my shield

    In this episode of Soft Strength with Stephanie Juste, I share a chapter from my memoir Between Worlds about a time in my life when silence became my way of surviving. As a teenager, I learned to stay quiet, to observe, and to hide my emotions in order to feel safe. What looked like disconnection on the outside was, in reality, a mind trying to protect itself. This episode is a reflection on what it means to grow up without emotional safety, and how silence can become both a shield and a limitation. I speak about the patterns I developed, the beliefs I carried, and the awareness that came from it. This episode includes a personal reflection, grounding, affirmations, and a closing prayer for anyone who has ever felt unseen, unheard, or disconnected from their own voice. You are allowed to take up space. You are allowed to be heard. #poem #podcast #creativeexpression #healing journey

    15 min

  8. Apr 5

    Chapter 4: The girl who was never enough

    In this episode of Soft Strength with Stephanie Juste, I share a chapter from my memoir Between Worlds a story about growing up feeling like nothing I did was ever enough. From school to home, I learned to associate love with performance, and mistakes with pain. I speak about the pressure to be perfect, the fear of getting things wrong, and the quiet loneliness of being a child who felt unseen and misunderstood. This episode is not just about what I experienced, but about the beliefs I carried from it and what I am still learning to unlearn. This episode includes a personal reflection, grounding, and affirmations for anyone who has ever felt like they had to earn love. You are already enough. Even now.

    24 min

  9. Mar 30

    Chapter 3: The child they try to erase

    In this episode of Soft Strength with Stephanie Juste, I share a deeply personal chapter from my memoir Between Worlds. This is the story of how I came into this world not through love, but through survival. A story shaped by rejection, silence, and the quiet strength of a mother who chose to carry me when everything around her told her not to. I speak about childhood memories that stayed in my body moments of loneliness, fear, and learning to find safety on my own. But this is not just a story about what I lacked. It is also a story about what remained. About being here… even when life tried to say otherwise. This episode includes a personal reflection, gentle breathing, and affirmations for anyone who has ever felt unseen, unsupported, or alone. You are not invisible. You are here. And that matters.

    24 min

  10. Mar 25

    Chapter 2:The Boy My PaPa Once Was

    Today’s episode is different, I am reading it from my story “Between worlds” today I am sharing a poem I Called “Papa” it’s about seeing my father not only as a parent but as the young man he once was.

    14 min

  11. Mar 16

    Chapter 1:The girl my Mother once was

    I wrote this poem when I began thinking about my mother not only as a parent, but as the young girl she once was.

    14 min

  12. Mar 3

    Chapter 1:Before me

    A Haitian daughter learning to love herself,my podcast is a story of survival awakening and choosing clarity over chaos through memories of child hood migration,family wounds, not to seek sympathy but to reclaim my voice. I invite every listener who has ever carried pain in silence to finally step into freedom.

    22 min
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I created this podcast because telling my story helped me understand myself. And I realized there are so many women and man living between survival and softness. I didn’t create this to teach from perfection. I created it to share the journey.

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