Where Tears Wait: Is Where Healing Begins

Erica Denise
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Where Tears Wait is a gentle healing podcast for women who learned to hide their pain behind strength. Through soft, trauma-aware conversations, it explores how unspoken grief shapes identity, relationships, and motherhood — and how healing begins when you don’t have to carry it alone. There’s no pressure to reveal everything, only space to be.

Episodes

  1. 2D AGO

    Dating in My Late 40s: Who Said I Was Ready for This? (Sip & Paint Edition)

    Stepping back into dating in my late 40s feels less like a fairytale and more like a brave experiment in growth — especially when it starts with a Valentine’s Day Sip-&-Paint for Singles. In this honest and lighthearted episode, I share what it means to re-enter the dating world after healing, learning to trust myself, laugh at the nerves, and show up without abandoning my peace.

    14 min
  2. A Love That Gives

    FEB 5

    A Love That Gives

    Thank you for your patience with this episode. It took time to return to it, listen, and release it, so you’re receiving it in its raw form—just like the emotions it carries. This episode reflects on the enduring love of a mother—how it gives, carries, and continues even through loss. Through gentle reflection and shared support, you’re invited to honor that love while tending to your own healing. Song of the Month: Hard Hallelujahhttps://youtu.be/Ti29fzeVt60?si=2wxmFphHN12o2w-l

    46 min
  3. SNOWFALL

    JAN 28

    SNOWFALL

    Set against a snowy Washington, DC, this episode uses winter’s quiet pause to empower women with warmth, reflection, and the reminder that rest can be a powerful form of strength.Grab your journal - Amazon.com: Where Tears Wait: Journey DC, Loves: Books

    26 min

  4. JAN 21

    Discovering Yourself - Part 2

    In part two, the conversation turns toward what comes after the letting go—how clarity, boundaries, and self-trust begin to take shape in your 40s. This episode gently explores choosing yourself with intention and allowing your life to reflect who you’re becoming. Journal - Amazon.com: Where Tears Wait Private FB Group - Where Tears Wait | FacebookSong of the Week - If Only You KnewPerformed by - India Arie

    17 min

  5. JAN 14

    Discovering Yourself - Part 1

    In this episode, we reflect on the shifts that often happen in your 40s and the questions that begin to surface. It’s a thoughtful conversation about growth and clarity without pressure or pretense. Song of the Week - If Only You Knew Performed by - India Arie YouTube - https://youtu.be/-7ImuEjIdSY?si=79rJMA2VOJUrOH6y&t=13

    19 min

  6. JAN 7

    Emotional Safety

    This episode explores how creating emotional safety within yourself is the foundation of healing, rest, and self-trust.

    14 min

  7. JAN 2

    When Grief Crosses the Year with Us

    On the final day of 2025, Erica creates space for those carrying grief into a new year. This tender episode offers comfort, reflection, a gentle countdown into 2026, and a closing prayer for listeners navigating loss, remembrance, and hope at their own pace.

    9 min

  8. JAN 2

    Who I Was Before I Became Everything Else

    In this episode, Erica invites listeners to consider who they were before roles and responsibilities took over. Through thoughtful reflection, affirmation, and journaling, this conversation centers on identity, self-reconnection, and the quiet work of remembering who you are beneath expectations.

    10 min
  9. Welcome

    12/31/2025

    Welcome

    Welcome to Where Tears Wait In this introductory episode, you are welcomed into a space created for reflection, healing, and truth-telling. Centered around Erica's upcoming book -Where Tears Wait, this episode sets the tone for conversations about identity, emotional safety, and the courage it takes to feel. As you listen, take a few moments just for yourself. Grab your journal: Amazon.com: Where Tears Wait: Journey DC, Loves: Books

    8 min
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Where Tears Wait is a gentle healing podcast for women who learned to hide their pain behind strength. Through soft, trauma-aware conversations, it explores how unspoken grief shapes identity, relationships, and motherhood — and how healing begins when you don’t have to carry it alone. There’s no pressure to reveal everything, only space to be.

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