DEEPER Conversations with Dr. Barbara Swinney

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DEEPER Conversations with Dr. Barbara Swinney is a transformational podcast that features authentic conversations with leaders, entrepreneurs, authors, educators, and changemakers who share their journeys of healing, leadership, faith, and purpose. Through inspiring interviews and practical insights, Dr. Barbara Swinney empowers listeners to heal, lead with confidence, and leverage their stories to create lasting impact, influence, and legacy

Episodes

  1. 4d ago

    You Can't Heal What You Hide: Michelle Speakz on Trauma, Faith, Healing & Finding Your Voice

    You Can't Heal What You Hide: Michelle Speakz on Trauma, Faith, Healing & Finding Your Voice What happens when the pain you hide begins shaping your life, your relationships, and even your purpose? In this powerful episode of DEEPER Conversations, Dr. Barbara Swinney sits down with Michelle Poitier, also known as Michelle Speakz, for a raw conversation about trauma, healing, faith, identity, and finding the courage to use your voice. Michelle shares how generational trauma, sexual abuse, shame, silence, and suppressed pain impacted her journey, and how confronting what she had hidden became a pathway toward freedom. She opens up about moving from military service and personal trauma into ministry, leadership, authorship, and a deeper understanding of her calling. Key Takeaways: Silence and shame can keep painful cycles alive, while sharing your story can become part of the healing process. Your trauma is something you experienced, not an identity that defines you. Sometimes stepping into your purpose requires releasing expectations, relationships, and identities that no longer fit. Healing can prepare you to lead, serve, and help others discover their own voice and calling. Rest, stillness, spiritual discernment, and obedience can be essential parts of navigating your next assignment. Watch, listen, and share this episode with someone who needs the reminder that their past does not have to define their future. Like, subscribe, and join the conversation for more real stories of healing, leadership, faith, and purpose.

  2. Aug 17

    From Silent to Powerful: Finding Your Voice, Healing, Faith and Leadership with Chaka Serrant

    From Silent to Powerful: Finding Your Voice, Healing, Faith and Leadership with Chaka Serrant What happens when the little girl who learned to stay quiet becomes the woman who finally finds her voice? In this powerful episode of DEEPER Conversations, Dr. Barbara Swinney sits down with Chaka Serrant for an honest conversation about healing, faith, leadership, identity, and using your God-given gifts without shrinking yourself. Chaka shares her journey from Dominica to Brooklyn, navigating language barriers, cultural identity, childhood silence, church hurt, grief, motherhood, and the pressure to meet everyone else’s expectations. She opens up about how those experiences shaped her leadership and created patterns that followed her into professional and personal relationships. The conversation also explores the intersection of faith and leadership, the importance of therapy and trusted relationships, recovering from compounded trauma, and learning when to speak up and when to remain silent. Chaka also reveals how she now uses her background in technology, AI, and automation to help women and business owners reclaim time and build businesses around what matters most. Key Takeaways Finding your voice starts with recognizing that you are already enough. Healing requires time, grace, support, and sometimes professional therapy. Faith can help you separate your identity from the actions of other people. Self-awareness allows you to recognize old patterns and choose differently. AI and automation can help entrepreneurs reclaim time and protect what matters most. Listen, subscribe, and share this episode with a woman who needs the reminder that it is her time to be heard

  3. Aug 10

    Divorcing the Titles: Alicia Thomas Searcy on Healing, Leadership, and Starting Over

    What happens when the titles disappear, and you're left to rediscover who you really are? In this powerful debut episode of DEEPER Conversations, Dr. Barbara Swinney sits down with former Georgia State Representative and education leader Alisha Thomas Searcy for an honest conversation about healing, identity, leadership, and the courage to start over. Alisha shares her remarkable journey from becoming the first African American elected to the Georgia House of Representatives from Cobb County at just 23 years old to navigating political setbacks, divorce, and personal reinvention. Together, Barbara and Alisha explore how losing careers, relationships, and status can catalyze deeper healing, healthier boundaries, and authentic leadership. This inspiring conversation is filled with practical wisdom for women rebuilding after disappointment, redefining success, and embracing the life they were always meant to live. Key Takeaways: Why your identity should never be defined by your titles or achievements How healing from past relationships creates healthier future choices The importance of taking responsibility for your own growth and patterns Practical ways to create a life that reflects your values, purpose, and peace Why choosing yourself is often the first step toward authentic leadership

  4. Aug 3

    The Child They Didn't Choose: Dr. Leasha Coleman's Healing Journey Through Foster Care, Faith, and Leadership

    Healing is not a destination; it is a lifelong journey. In this powerful episode of DEEPER Conversations, Dr. Barbara Swinney sits down with Dr. LeTasha Coleman to explore how childhood trauma, foster care, rejection, sexual assault, and a breast cancer diagnosis became catalysts for healing, purpose, and leadership. Dr. Coleman shares her deeply personal story of growing up in foster care, navigating emotional wounds, overcoming people-pleasing, and discovering that true healing requires both faith and intentional work. Together, they discuss the importance of therapy, community, identity, and breaking cycles of shame so that women can lead from a place of wholeness rather than survival. If you've ever struggled with trauma, self-worth, or finding purpose after pain, this conversation offers hope, practical wisdom, and the reminder that your story does not define your future. Key Takeaways: Healing is an ongoing process, not a one-time event. Trauma can shape your identity, but it does not have to determine your future. Faith and professional counseling can work together in the healing journey. Moving from survival to healing requires vulnerability, community, and intentional action. Your story can become a source of hope, leadership, and legacy for others. Ready to begin your own healing journey? Listen now, subscribe to DEEPER Conversations, and share this episode with someone who needs encouragement to heal, grow, and rise.

  5. Jul 31

    Welcome to DEEPER Conversations with Dr. Barbara Swinney

    Welcome to DEEPER Conversations with Dr. Barbara Swinney, where powerful women have honest conversations that heal, inspire, and transform. I'm Dr. Barbara Swinney, life and holistic leadership coach, coach trainer, founder and CEO of DEEPER Women Lead Global, and your host. This podcast is more than a conversation; it's a movement for women who are ready to heal from what happened, lead with confidence, and leverage their stories to create lasting impact. Each episode features courageous women who pull back the curtain on their journeys through trauma, triumph, faith, relationships, business, and leadership. Together, we'll explore the real strategies that helped them heal, the lessons that shaped their leadership, and the practical wisdom you can apply to your own life. Whether you're building a business, leading a team, growing your platform, writing your story, or simply trying to become the woman you know you're called to be, you'll find encouragement, actionable insights, and the reminder that your story still has power. Because here at DEEPER Conversations, we believe healing leads to stronger leadership, and your greatest pain can become someone else's greatest breakthrough. So subscribe, tune in, and join us each week as we go deeper into life, love, leadership, and legacy. Your story isn't over. It's just getting deeper.

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DEEPER Conversations with Dr. Barbara Swinney is a transformational podcast that features authentic conversations with leaders, entrepreneurs, authors, educators, and changemakers who share their journeys of healing, leadership, faith, and purpose. Through inspiring interviews and practical insights, Dr. Barbara Swinney empowers listeners to heal, lead with confidence, and leverage their stories to create lasting impact, influence, and legacy

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