I thought JJ DiGeronimo and I would talk about the early days of spiritual awakening. Then she told me what she heard in my voice, and we went straight into the galactic realm.

JJ, an award-winning author and host of Together We Seek, shares her experiences with the Pleiadians, what channeling feels like to her, and why she records the messages she receives. We also talk about how she went from working in Silicon Valley and writing career books for women to doing the inner work that led to Seeking and Illuminate Your Path.

We talk about the six phases of spiritual awakening, what changed when JJ began paying attention to how often she judged herself and others, and the role that intuition and energy play in our everyday lives. As we were getting ready to wrap up, the conversation took another turn. I shared what I was sensing around JJ, and she helped me consider something I’d never thought about my own voice.

We both went further than we expected. Come hear what happened.

This is The Shari Leigh Roberts Podcast, where we explore ways to live the magic on the other side of trauma.

Content note — Discussion of childhood verbal abuse and a guest’s account of sexual abuse in a past-life experience.

Chapters -

00:00 Meet JJ DiGeronimo

03:45 What JJ Heard in Shari’s Voice

14:14 Past Lives, Energy Work, and Learning to Channel

32:07 From Silicon Valley to Six Phases of Awakening

40:46 Working With Your Energy, Frequency, and Intuitive Gifts

54:11 An Unexpected Energy Reading and a Personal Conversation

Connect with JJ -

Take her quiz: What Phase of Awakening Are You In? https://quiz.jjdigeronimo.com

Book Quiz: What Book Should You Read Next?

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Website: https://jjdigeronimo.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jjdigeronimo

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jjdigeronimo Together We Seek

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TogetherWeSeek

Together We Seek Community: https://togetherweseek.online

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Website: ww.shariroberts.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharileighroberts/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shari-roberts-637b431b8/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shariroberts-g4u/

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What happened to you is part of your story. It does not have to be the end of it.

After sexual assault and domestic abuse, DeDe Hardeman lost her confidence, her spark, and, at times, her desire to keep living. She shares that she attempted to take her life twice. Today, this actress and bestselling author—with credits including The Reading, Tyler Perry’s Sistas, and Ruthless—is building a life filled with creativity, connection, and possibility.

In this episode of The Shari Leigh Roberts Podcast, DeDe opens up about releasing shame that was never hers to carry, seeking support through therapy, and moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting. She shares how learning to trust her intuition helped her set boundaries—and how water became a place to find calm, freedom, and joy.

From waterfalls to freediving to discovering the world of mermaids, DeDe's path is a reminder that life after abuse can hold experiences you haven't even imagined yet. Healing is personal, and you do not have to navigate it alone.

If you've ever wondered whether you could feel like yourself again, this conversation offers companionship, hope, and a reminder: you are not what you went through. There is more life ahead of you.

Content note: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault, domestic abuse, and suicide attempts.

Chapters:

00:00 Meet DeDe Hardeman: More Than What Happened to Her

05:11 Surviving Abuse and Releasing Self-Blame

21:28 Therapy, Acting, and Starting Over in Los Angeles

29:37 Finding Calm in Water and Discovering Freediving

43:50 Becoming a Mermaid and Building Water Confidence

53:28 You Are Not What You Went Through

Connect with DeDe:

Website: https://houseofhardeman.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dedehardeman

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@dedehardeman

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisha.hardemansmumustang/

X: https://x.com/Crazydede09 YouTube: Search “Denisha Hardeman”

Connect with Shari:

Website: ww.shariroberts.org

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharileighroberts/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shari-roberts-637b431b8/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shariroberts-g4u/

Connect with Shari:

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Listen to all episodes - https://shariroberts.org/podcast and (Apply to be a guest)

Watch or listen at - Https://youtube.com/@ShariRoberts-g4u

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What happens when you’re exhausted from trying to control a life that keeps falling apart?

After divorce, grief, serious health challenges, and years of searching for his identity through achievement, Eli Brackenbury reached a turning point. He became still, surrendered control, and began building a personal relationship with God.

This week on The Shari Leigh Roberts Podcast, Eli shares how his faith in Jesus helped him find purpose beyond the expectations of the world—and inspired his book, Finding God at 50.

We explore the courage it takes to ask for help, the difference between religion and relationship, and how faith can offer peace even when life’s hardest questions remain unanswered.

If you’re navigating loss, starting over, or wondering what comes next, this conversation offers hope that your present circumstances don’t have to define the rest of your life.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Meet Eli Brackenbury

03:15 Surrendering Control and Finding Purpose

10:14 Divorce, Loss, and Turning Back to God

21:29 Religion, Identity, and the Struggles Beneath the Surface

32:06 Finding God at 50: Sharing His Story and Living His Faith

40:55 Finding Peace Through Tragedy, Grief, and Uncertainty

CONNECT WITH ELI

Explore his books and story: https://elibrackenbury.com

CONNECT WITH SHARI

Explore psychic medium readings, energy healing, and my memoir, Broken to Enlightened: https://shariroberts.org.

Connect with Shari:

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Listen to all episodes - https://shariroberts.org/podcast

Watch or listen at - Https://youtube.com/@ShariRoberts-g4u

Also available on all major podcast platforms.

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Bryan Blackmon left Texas for California chasing the rock-and-roll dream he had carried since childhood. Instead, addiction consumed him, his plans collapsed, and he found himself homeless—sleeping in his car and in a tent while struggling to survive.

Then an earthly angel, Elaine changed all of that.

But Bryan continued hiding the truth about his addiction until one morning, while brushing his teeth, everything became silent. From somewhere deep within, he heard four words:

“You are worth it.”

For the first time, Bryan believed he was worthy of a better life.

In this powerful and deeply honest conversation, Bryan shares what it took to face withdrawal, accept support, enter recovery, and rebuild his life. He also reveals how an unexpected viral TikTok video featuring Elaine led to the creation of CRAB Crew Life—a global community rooted in Clean living, Resilience, Adaptability, and Belief.

Bryan’s story is proof that regardless of how far you have fallen, you can still claw your way out.

In this episode:

• Bryan’s childhood dream of moving to California

• The addiction, prison, and homelessness behind that dream

• Why Elaine took a chance on him

• The spiritual moment that changed everything

• Surviving withdrawal and finding support through AA

• How one TikTok video changed his life overnight

• The deeper meaning behind the CRAB Crew

• Rebuilding a life through gratitude, resilience, and belief

CHAPTERS

00:00 Meet Bryan Blackmon

06:05 The California dream and early addiction

13:13 Rock bottom: Addiction and homelessness in California

20:07 Elaine, divine intervention, and “You are worth it”

30:31 Sobriety, withdrawal, and finding AA

38:52 Going viral and building the CRAB Crew

CONNECT WITH BRYAN

CRAB Crew Life, TikTok, Instagram, Discord, and more:

https://linktr.ee/bryanandelaine

CONNECT WITH SHARI

Psychic medium readings, energy healing, her book Broken to Enlightened, and more!

Website - https://shariroberts.org

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shari-leigh-roberts-637b431b8/?isSelfProfile=true

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/@sharileighroberts

If this conversation touched you, please subscribe, share the episode, and leave a comment. Someone in your life may need to hear Bryan’s story today.

Content note: This episode includes candid discussion of substance addiction, homelessness, withdrawal, incarceration, and emotional crisis.

Connect with Shari:

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Listen on Shariroberts.org/Podcast

Watch and listen on YouTube - https://youtube.com/@ShariRoberts-g4u

Also available on most major podcast platforms.

#AddictionRecovery #Sobriety #RecoveryIsPossible #SoberLife #HealingJourney #HomelessToHope #SecondChances #YouAreWorthIt #Resilience #SpiritualAwakening #MentalHealth #CRABCrew #TraumaHealing #InspirationalStories #TheShariLeighRobertsPodcast #BrokentoEnlightened #bryanblackmon #sharileighroberts #podmatch #podcast #rockandroll #californiadreams #california #texas

Why should someone have to go to medical school just to understand what is wrong with their body and how to heal?

That was the question that changed the direction of Shawngela Pierce’s life.

Raised in Detroit, Shawngela learned early to suppress her emotions, stop crying, and do whatever was necessary to survive.

Years later, while serving in the Army Reserve and attending college, she developed chronic asthma and severe chemical sensitivities. Her health continued to decline until she was using an inhaler several times a day—and specialists told her the condition would only worsen.

Shawngela refused to accept that prognosis. She knew she could heal, even though she didn’t yet know how.

Her search led her to naturopathic medical school, where she began exploring the whole person instead of treating the body as a collection of separate parts. As her physical health improved, she started questioning why healing seemed so complicated—and why even holistic practitioners could offer completely different approaches.

Those questions opened the door to a profound spiritual awakening.

Through meditation, transformative books, and a growing relationship with her divine team, Shawngela discovered that her calling extended beyond traditional medicine. She was here to help people reclaim their power, trust their inner guidance, and reconnect with the divine wisdom already within them.

In this conversation, Shawngela and Shari explore medical sovereignty, the connection between unresolved trauma and physical health, outgrowing relationships, releasing the need to rescue others, and learning to co-create with the divine.

Shawngela’s message is beautifully simple: You are loved. You are a divine being. The light already shines within you—you only need to open the door.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Welcome and Introduction

02:55 Childhood Trauma and Suppressed Emotions

07:35 Illness, Medical Sovereignty, and the Mind-Body Connection

19:12 How Physical Healing Sparked a Spiritual Awakening

28:51 Outgrowing Relationships and Releasing the Rescuer Role

32:23 Divine Guidance, Co-Creation, and Coming Home to Yourself

Connect with Shawngela and explore her services and spiritual retreats at SeekWithinYou.com and on most social media sites.

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Purchase Shari's book -

Book: Broken to Enlightened (Purchase at most online bookstores or on Shari's website at shariroberts.org/my-book/. You can also download the first two chapters for free on the same page.

Join Shari's Clarity Crusader Community. Go to www.shariroberts.org and on any page at the bottom input your name and email.

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What if the power to heal has been within us all along?

In this powerful conversation, Shari sits down with Dr. Noushin Hart, a Western medically trained radiologist whose own journey through childhood sexual abuse led her far beyond conventional medicine and into the world of energy healing, Kundalini, and MAP (Make Anything Possible).

Dr. Hart shares how her personal healing journey transformed the way she understood illness, energy, and the body's extraordinary capacity to heal itself. Through her work, she discovered that healing isn't about treating the symptoms—it is about reaching the energetic source of what is keeping the body in a state of dis-ease.

Together, Shari and Dr. Hart explore why so many people unknowingly surrender their power to the medical system, what can happen when we begin taking that power back, and why she believes spontaneous healing is not only possible, but happens more often than we realize.

They also dive into energetic vibration, the connection between energy and illness, and the idea that as we raise our energetic vibration, we move into a state where sickness cannot exist.

And perhaps most fascinating of all, Dr. Hart shares the realization that she had been an energy healer all along—because radiology itself is the study and use of energy.

This is a conversation about healing, empowerment, energy, and the possibility that our bodies know far more about how to heal than we've been taught to believe.

You are more powerful than you think?

Connect with Dr. Hart:

• Website
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• YouTube

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• LinkedIn
• YouTube

Purchase Shari's book -

📖 Book: Broken to Enlightened (Purchase at most online bookstores or on Shari's website at shariroberts.org/my-book/. You can also download the first two chapters for free on the same page.

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The world knew about the horrific accident that claimed the lives of Tracy Smaldino’s two cousins and left Tracy burned over 70% of her body, with an internal head injury that forced her to relearn how to walk and talk.

It wasn't enough that she had endured such unimaginable trauma. Every year, the media reminded her—and the world—of what happened on the anniversary of the accident.

Tracy desperately hoped that one day it would all be forgotten, and she could finally live a life outside the spotlight.

Then, just three years later, she endured another horrific trauma at a high school party.

This time, she said nothing.

She buried what happened and carried the secret—and the pain—for more than four decades.

But eventually, the silence had to end.

Then COVID shut down Florida in 2020, and for the first time in decades, Tracy couldn't outrun what was waiting inside. What she discovered when she finally turned inward would change everything.

And that is where this conversation with Tracy and Shari begins.

This is not simply a story about surviving unimaginable trauma. It is a story about what happens when you finally decide to face it.

Connect with Tracy:

• Website: Tracy Smaldino | Trauma Rock Stars™
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharileighroberts/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shari-roberts-637b431b8/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shariroberts-g4u/

Connect with Shari:

• Website: https://www.shariroberts.org
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharileighroberts/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shari-roberts-637b431b8/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@shariroberts-g4u/

Purchase Shari's book -

📖 Book: Broken to Enlightened (Purchase at most online bookstores or on Shari's website at shariroberts.org/my-book/. You can also download the first two chapters for free on the same page.

🎙️Join Shari's Clarity Crusader Community. Go to www.shariroberts.org and on any page at the bottom input your name and email.

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