This transformative self-development podcast hosted by LaShonda Walker, a Certified Life Coach & Parent Educator, is your bi-weekly guide to navigating your emotions and fostering healthier relationships with family and friends through self-discovery, setting boundaries, and achieving personal goals as you tap into your highest potential.

Learn how to connect to your emotions and understand your needs.  Discover how to identify and dismantle unhealthy mindsets, uncover hidden beliefs hindering your growth, and replace them with empowering perspectives for a more fulfilling life. Each episode provides the support and tools you need to break free from emotional barriers and build a life rooted in the present.

You have the power to write an authentic and empowered life story, and this show will help you do the same. Join us on this transformative journey to explore, heal and transform, and write "A New Life Story."

Welcome to A New Life Story Podcast

How Your Beliefs Affect Stress Hormones: Tips for Feeling Safe in Your Body - Episode 26

Our beliefs—whether conscious or hidden—affect our stress responses. Where our beliefs are off balance, our body is off balance. However, there are practical strategies you can use to bring balance by reconnecting with your body by uncovering those limiting beliefs to regulate your system.

Read More

Breaking the Cycle: How to Control Ruminating Thoughts for Better Mental Health - Episode 25

Racing thoughts can feel overwhelming, disrupting your focus, sleep, and overall mental well-being. These repetitive thought loops, common during moments of stress and midlife transitions, can lead to exhaustion and difficulty managing emotions.

Read More

Creating Space for Emotions: Practical Tips for Personal Growth - Episode 24

Emotional blocks can significantly hinder your growth and overall well-being, often resulting in avoidance behaviors such as procrastination and denial. This episode will guide you through three simple yet powerful techniques to help you address and overcome these emotional barriers.

Read More

The Adult Chair® Podcast: Healing Generational Limiting Beliefs

In this episode I share how I help people write a new life story by incorporating The Adult Chair Model® and my Explore, Heal, and Transform method. This conversation was focuses on how beliefs formed in our past can affect our present emotional wellness and how healing these emotions can lead to empowerment.

Read More

Adopt These 5 Key Traits to Be Your Best Self - Episode 22

Connecting with your highest self is a journey of personal growth and transformation that involves embodying key traits essential for your development. It's about tapping into your inner potential and aligning your actions with your true essence. This episode discusses several crucial traits associated with being in your highest self.

Read More

4 Simple Practices for Your Next Major Life Transformation - Episode 21

In this episode I’ll help you navigate through overwhelm and emotional turbulence. You’ll discover how small, intentional steps can pave the way for profound personal growth. In this article you’ll learn more about practical tools for managing overwhelm, setting intentions, and embracing gratitude in this transformative journey.

Read More

The Value of Self-Awareness for Breaking Generational Patterns with Alisha Woodall - Episode 20

Self-awareness is the key to personal growth and healthier relationships, a concept Licensed Therapist Alisha Woodall shares about in this insightful episode. This discussion serves as a comprehensive guide to cultivating self-awareness, enhancing personal growth, and transforming relationships.

Read More
Healing & Transformation LaShonda Walker Healing & Transformation LaShonda Walker

How Breathwork Can Rewire Your Brain for Better Health with Brittney Hall - Episode 18

In this episode the transformative power of breathwork, yoga, and mindfulness practices takes center stage. You’ll gain valuable insights into managing stress with a simple practice that will enhance your overall well-being, and reshape neurological pathways for self-regulation and generational healing.

Read More

Understanding Feminine Energy and How It Empowers You with Jacinta Mutonga - Episode 17

In this episode Jacinta Mutonga, a self-love, feminine energy, and relationship coach, shares insights on tapping into masculine and feminine energies for self-love and inner-balance.

Read More

Mindfulness Practices to Heal Childhood Trauma with Rashad Sanders - Episode 15

In order to rewrite your narrative and transform your life, it is crucial for individuals to delve into their past. By understanding what transpired in the past, you can then address and heal what is happening in the present, ultimately leading to a transformation of your legacy. One person has the power to inspire and transform an entire generation, and that’s why personal growth and healing are so important.

Read More
Personal Growth & Development LaShonda Walker Personal Growth & Development LaShonda Walker

How to Align Your Intentions with Your True Self - Episode 14

In this episode I share information about a powerful and life-changing practice of Setting Intentions. As we approach the end of the year, a time when many people think about New Year’s Resolutions, let's explore how setting intentions can be a more aligned and authentic approach.

This episode also marks the end of...

Read More
Healing & Transformation LaShonda Walker Healing & Transformation LaShonda Walker

Using Story Writing to Heal Childhood Trauma with Wendy Olson - Episode 13

***Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault.***

In this episode I’m joined by Wendy J. Olson. Wendy is a healing coach, founder, and executive director of Grit Plus Gumption Farmstead. Wendy believes in the power of story to change and shape people's lives. She walks with women through...

Read More
Healing & Transformation LaShonda Walker Healing & Transformation LaShonda Walker

5 Simple & Powerful Self-Care Practices to Increase Self-Awareness and Lower Your Heart Rate - Episode 12

This episode is all about giving yourself a gift for the holidays and everyday - the gift of Self-Care. I outline five simple, yet free ways you can practice self-care including:

Meditation - Helps you gain a new perspective during stressful situations. The practice of focused concentration, that brings you back to...

Read More
Unconscious Beliefs & Limiting Mindset LaShonda Walker Unconscious Beliefs & Limiting Mindset LaShonda Walker

Discover Unconscious Beliefs to Transform Your Mindset with Jean Adero - Episode 11

In this episode I talk with Mindset Transformation Coach Jean Adero about how you can transform your mindset by understanding your life story.

Jean is a global leader who’s lovingly known as Africa’s Life Coach. She's the founder of Reimagine Africa - an Executive and Life Coaching practice where she has helped...

Read More

Get updates about new episodes by following A New Life Story Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more