Healing Parentified Black Women
Two Soul Thursdays Conversations on Healing, Worth, and Beginning Again
Some weeks on Soul Thursdays, the room feels different.
Not louder.
Not flashier.
Just… more honest.
This week, we’re holding space for two powerful live experiences that speak to the same quiet truth from different angles:
👉 What happens when you’ve been strong for everyone else — for too long?
👉 And what does it look like to finally choose yourself?
🎙️ The Responsible One
Healing Parentified Black Women
Guest: Montina Myers-Galloway, LCMHC
📅 This Thursday
🕗 8:00 PM ET
🔗 Register: SoulThursdays.com
So many Black women were praised for being “mature,” “strong,” and “responsible.”
But nobody stopped to ask what it cost them.
In this Soul Thursdays conversation, therapist and TEDx speaker Montina Myers-Galloway helps us name a pattern many Black women live with but rarely hear explained: parentification — when a child is emotionally, mentally, or practically required to grow up too fast.
This episode explores:
What parentification really is — and how it quietly steals childhood
Why so many Black women become “the strong one” in every room
How workaholism and burnout get tied to proving your worth
Practical steps to stop over-carrying what was never yours to hold
If you’ve been walking through life with an invisible emotional duffel bag — holding everyone else’s needs, feelings, and survival — this conversation is for you.
This isn’t about blame.
It’s about relief.
🎙️ SOUL THURSDAYS LIVE — PODCAST LAUNCH EXPERIENCE
Becoming Natalie: The Soul Wealth Podcast
Guest: Natalie Beard
This Soul Thursday, we’re doing something different.
You’re not just watching a podcast launch.
You’re being invited inside the moment someone chooses to begin again.
Join us live as Natalie Beard officially launches Becoming Natalie: The Soul Wealth Podcast — a deeply personal, soul-centered series born from divorce, burnout, spiritual awakening, and the quiet decision to stop hustling for worth.
In this intimate live conversation, Natalie and Calvin pull the curtain back on:
Why Natalie is launching this podcast now
What it really takes to start a podcast when your life is still unfolding
The emotional, spiritual, and practical shifts behind midlife reinvention
How personal collapse can become creative clarity
What “Soul Wealth” actually means when you’re done performing strength
You’ll hear Natalie’s story.
You’ll understand the why behind the podcast.
And you’ll witness how Soul Thursdays helps turn lived experience into a platform — in real time.
Why These Two Conversations Belong Together
One conversation asks:
What did it cost you to be the responsible one?
The other asks:
What becomes possible when you stop performing strength?
Together, they offer a rare mirror:
Healing the past
Choosing the present
And building forward from truth instead of survival
If you’ve ever:
Felt like your old life no longer fits
Wondered if it’s “too late” to start something new
Been curious about podcasting but overwhelmed by the process
Or needed permission to rest, pivot, or begin again
👉 This week is for you.
🎧 Come for the story.
🎙️ Stay for the process.
🔥 Leave reminded that you don’t have to have it all figured out to start.
📲 Join us live at SoulThursdays.com
Let’s heal the strong one — and honor the becoming — together. 💛
