On Season 2 Episode 4 of What’s The Tea with Sarah E, I sit down with Malaysia Harrell - board-certified psychotherapist, spiritual transformation coach, veteran, entrepreneur, speaker, and author - for a profound conversation about healing, alignment, and remembering who you were before the world told you who to be.

Malaysia’s journey is an “against all odds” story rooted in survival, faith, and radical transformation. From growing up in a traumatic and emotionally unsafe environment, to building a decorated career in highly structured systems - including working with the White House and receiving the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from President Biden (no big deal..) Malaysia learned early how to perform excellence. But it wasn’t until she nearly lost her life that everything changed.

In 2020, following a traumatic deployment during COVID and a near-fatal sepsis diagnosis, Malaysia experienced what she describes as a spiritual reckoning - a moment that stripped away titles, accolades, and identity masks, forcing her to confront who she truly was beneath the armor

In this deeply moving conversation, Malaysia spills the tea on:

• Losing herself while building an empire, and the journey back to her authentic self
• Why healing requires allowing your old life to die before a new one can emerge
• The truth about manifestation: you must become before you receive
• Where high-achieving women still shrink themselves, especially around money and visibility
• Boundaries, self-respect, and why she is no longer willing to tolerate subtle disrespect

Malaysia also shares her boldest truth: that healing is not about fixing what’s broken - it’s about unfolding into who you already are. Through her work at Blissful Life Consulting LLC and the Malaysia Harrell Foundation, she now helps women align their lives, businesses, and relationships with their divine assignment - not perfection, but freedom.

This episode is an invitation to stop striving, stop performing, and start living in alignment... even when it costs you comfort, familiarity, or approval.

🎙 Episode 4 - Becoming Before Receiving: Malaysia Harrell on Healing, Identity, and the Courage to Live Aligned

Streaming now on What’s The Tea with Sarah E.

👉 Connect with Malaysia Harrell

• 🌐 Learn more about her work and programs: malaysiaharrell.com
• 📲 Follow Malaysia on Instagram for teachings on healing, alignment, and spiritual leadership
• 🤍 Explore Blissful Life Consulting LLC and support holistic mental health and mindset work

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