Becoming, Despite

Savannah Johnson
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Some people are shown the way. Others have to find it on their own. Having to figure it out as we go- learning what to keep, what to unlearn, and who we truly want to be. This is a space for growth, reflection, and honest conversations about breaking patterns and choosing better for ourselves... even in adulthood. A podcast about becoming who you're meant to be... even if you had to learn everything the hard way. Enjoying our conversations? Stay tuned for a new episode every Sunday!

  1. Parenting Your Children: Overly Involved or Emotionally Absent?

    9h ago

    Parenting Your Children: Overly Involved or Emotionally Absent?

    When those once-wounded children grow up and have kids of their own, their parenting often falls int two extremes --over-involvement or emotional distance. In this episode, we break down how unhealed childhood experiences shape the way people raise their own children, and why balance, awareness, and emotional healing matter more than repeating old patterns.

    11 min
  2. Children Shouldn't Have to Heal from Their Parents

    May 31

    Children Shouldn't Have to Heal from Their Parents

    this episode is about emotional maturity, accountability, generational trauma, and the reality that creating a child is not the same thing as being emotionally equipped to raise one. This conversation entails the consequences children carry when parenting is one without healing, intention, patience, or self-awareness.

    11 min
  3. What We Learned to Normalize Part 2

    May 24

    What We Learned to Normalize Part 2

    Not every toxic pattern looks loud. Sometimes it is subtle. In this episode, we talk about the unhealthy relationship behaviors many of us learned to normalize and how unresolved pain can quietly affect the way we connect with others,

    15 min
  4. What We Learned to Normalize Part 1

    May 17

    What We Learned to Normalize Part 1

    Some behaviors become so normal to us that we stop recognizing how unhealthy they really are. In this episode, we talk about toxic patterns that many of us learned before we ever learned emotional health. This episode is about recognizing those patterns to start the process in choosing to become better.

    12 min
  5. Family, Healing, and What Comes Next

    May 10

    Family, Healing, and What Comes Next

    In this episode, we talk about what happens after healing --when awareness is no longer just understanding your past but learning how to live differently because of it. This conversation explores the role family plays in shaping who we are, and how adulthood brings a deeper responsibility: not to reject where we come from, but to grow from it. To take what was taught, what was learned through experience, and begin applying it in the life you're building now. From relationships, to parenting, to the way you show up in your home and your connections-- this episode breaks down how healing isn't just internal work. it becomes visible in how you love, how you communicate, and how you create stability where there once may have been uncertainty. At its core, this is about honoring your past while being fully present in the life you're creating... and building a foundation that reflects growth, awareness, and love that moves differently than before. Because this isn't about erasing where you came from... it's about growing beyond what no longer aligns.

    12 min
  6. Keeping The Peace or Keeping The Pattern

    May 3

    Keeping The Peace or Keeping The Pattern

    What if the peace you've been protecting is actually a pattern you never questioned? In this episode, we're unpacking what it really means to "keep the peace." Because for a lot of us, that didn't start in adulthood-- it started in childhood. In homes where tension was felt but never properly addressed, where silence replaced resolution, and where avoiding conflict became the norm. But those patterns don't stay in the past... they follow you. They show up in conversation you avoid, the things you let slide, and the moments you convince yourself "it's not that serious"-- until it is. This isn't about reacting to everything or creating unnecessary conflict. It's about understanding the difference between protecting your peace and abandoning your voice.... between letting the small things go and allowing them to build into something heavier over time. Because not everything deserves your energy-- but the thin things that hurt you? They deserve your honesty, not your silence. Recognize the patterns you were taught, question the silence you've normalized, and choose to become better.

    11 min
  7. Learning in Reverse

    Apr 26

    Learning in Reverse

    "Learning in Reverse" is about becoming... by watching what not to do. When your examples weren't healthy, weren't stable, weren't something you wanted to repeat--you learn differently. Indirectly. quietly. Sometimes painfully. This episode dives into what it means to take those experiences and flip them into lessons. To witness dysfunction, or emotional immaturity-- and decide it stops with you. Because some of us didn't learn from guidance.... We learned from contrast. And that STILL counts.

    9 min
  8. The Child You Had to Abandon to Survive

    Apr 19

    The Child You Had to Abandon to Survive

    You didn't just grow up... you adapted. And in the process, you may have abandoned parts of yourself just to make it through. In this episode, we break down what a "broken" inner child really looks like-- beyond the soft language and into the patterns that show up in your relationships, your reactions, and your sense of self. This is a raw conversation about survival, self-abandonment, and the responsibility of healing what still lives in you. This isn't about blaming your past. It's about recognizing how it still lives in you-- what it takes to face it and heal it. Because if you don't face it.... it will keep showing up. Healing isn't about going back... it's about going back for you.

    15 min
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Some people are shown the way. Others have to find it on their own. Having to figure it out as we go- learning what to keep, what to unlearn, and who we truly want to be. This is a space for growth, reflection, and honest conversations about breaking patterns and choosing better for ourselves... even in adulthood. A podcast about becoming who you're meant to be... even if you had to learn everything the hard way. Enjoying our conversations? Stay tuned for a new episode every Sunday!

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  • Creator
    Savannah Johnson
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Becoming, Despite