The Empress of Entrepreneurship | Honeysuckle Moon on Faith, Floods & Legacy

L'Angela Lee, also known as Honeysuckle Moon, is not your average entrepreneur. Born from deep Louisiana roots and shaped by Jamaican culture and Rastafarian philosophy, she built a plant-based skin spa in the historic West End of Atlanta as a love letter to her city and her community.

Then the flood came.

What could have ended everything became the catalyst for a bigger vision. Grounded in faith, motherhood, and an unshakable refusal to quit, L'Angela shares the raw and real journey of building a wellness brand that serves the whole person — body, mind, and spirit.

In this episode, host Jodie Smith sits down with Honeysuckle Moon to talk about what it truly means to be a powerful woman, how Jamaica and Rastafarianism shaped her approach to wellness, and why she believes your greatest setback is simply preparation for your greatest legacy.

She did not just survive the flood. She is building an empire from it.

If you have ever felt like giving up, this episode is for you.

Topics Covered:

• The origin of Honeysuckle Moon and her roots in culture and community
• How Jamaica and Rastafarianism influence her life and brand
• Overcoming a devastating business setback with faith and purpose
• Entrepreneurship, motherhood, and preserving yourself through it all
• What it means to be a powerful woman on your own terms
• Her international expansion as a wholesale wellness distributor

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Prepared. Surrendered. Filled & Overflowing. | ft. Life Coach Bri Boyd

Twelve years of suffering. Lamps burning low. A river with no end. What do they all have in common? They all point to one truth — God is not withholding. He is flowing. But there is a move you have to make.

If you have been running on empty, trying every solution, and still coming up short — this episode is for you. If you have been going through the motions but feel like something is missing in your relationship with God — this episode is for you. If you are ready to stop standing on the bank and actually step into what God has for you — this one is for you.

In this conversation, Jodie sits down with life coach Bri Boyd to walk through three powerful scriptures that tell one story — what it looks like to be prepared, surrender everything, and come out filled and overflowing.

The Woman with the Issue of Blood had been suffering for twelve years. She had spent everything she had on doctors, on treatments, on answers that never came. She was ceremonially unclean, isolated from her community, and had no business being in that crowd. But she had heard about Jesus — and faith without action is dead. So she moved. She pressed through the crowd, reached out, and touched the hem of His garment. The power that went out of Him met the faith that was moving in her. Jesus stopped, turned, and called her Daughter. She didn't just receive healing — she received her identity back.

The Ten Virgins remind us that intimacy with God is not something you can borrow. Matthew 25:1-4 tells us five were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil. The wise ones took oil in jars along with their lamps. Preparation is not a one-time event — it is a daily, sustained posture of staying close to Him. You cannot pour from an empty lamp, and you cannot enter on someone else's relationship with God.

Ezekiel 47 gives us a picture of what full surrender looks like. A river flows from the threshold of the temple — ankle-deep, then knee-deep, then waist-deep, then too deep to cross. This is the river of God. Living water. Where it flows, everything lives. The invitation is not to stand on the bank and admire it. Step in, go deeper, and let it carry you. We decrease. He increases. We empty ourselves and He fills us with living water that overflows into everything around us.

In This Episode:

• Why preparation is a daily posture, not a one-time act
• How the woman with the issue of blood models faith with action
• What it means to decrease so God can increase
• How to stop standing on the bank and go deeper with God

"Where the river flows, everything will live." — Ezekiel 47:9

"Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, rivers of living water will flow from within them." — John 7:37-38

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Quiet the Noise | Seen to Serve, Hidden to Hear The Heart Helper Podcast | Bible Discovery Series

You were sent to serve people — but you cannot serve from an empty cup. When you pour constantly without returning to the Father, you stop being filled by God and start being shaped by the crowd. Slowly you will start to look like the world when you were sent to transform it.

In this episode of The Heart Helper Podcast, Jodie Shannon takes you deep into what it means to show up for people with purpose, protect your assignment with discernment, and return to God so you can be refilled before you pour again. Jesus often stepped away to be alone. This episode gives you permission and the blueprint to do the same.

In this episode you will discover:

• Why separation is a spiritual discipline and not a sign of weakness
• How Jesus modeled the balance between serving the crowd and withdrawing from it
• Why not everyone deserves access to your most vulnerable moments
• How the crowd can slowly shape you into someone God never called you to be
• Why the loner is often the leader — and what that means for your calling
• How to return to the Father as your source so you can serve from overflow

Bible Verses Referenced in This Episode:

• Mark 1:35 — "Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed."
• Luke 5:16 — "But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed."
• Mark 5:37 — "He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James."
• Proverbs 13:20 — "Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm."
• 1 Corinthians 15:33 — "Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character."
• John 6:15 — "Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself."
• Isaiah 45:3 — "I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name."
• Romans 12:2 — "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
• Jeremiah 1:5 — "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart."
• Galatians 1:15–17 — "My immediate response was not to consult any human being. I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia."
• Isaiah 43:19 — "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?"
• Lamentations 3:26 — "It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord."

This episode is for you if:

• You are a natural giver who pours into everyone but feels consistently empty
• You have been feeling guilty about needing space and solitude
• You are struggling to hear God clearly because the noise around you is too loud
• You know you are called to lead but feel pressure to stay connected to everyone
• You need permission to step back without stepping away from your purpose

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What happens when the people who were supposed to pour into you — didn't? In this episode, Jodie sits down with executive function coach Bri Boyd for a raw, real, and deeply necessary conversation about what it takes to rewrite your story when the first chapters were written by people who weren't healed themselves.

We're going there — toxic parental relationships, unsupportive family systems, mother wounds, and the silent ways enmeshment and parentification shape who we become. And yes, we're talking about something that doesn't get said enough: no one taught us how to date. As Black women, navigating love and relationships while carrying generational wounds is its own journey — and we don't shy away from it.

But this episode isn't just about what happened to you. It's about who you decide to be because of it.

Bri brings her coaching lens as they unpack attachment styles, self-betrayal, nervous system regulation, and what it truly means to become the architect of your own mind. Whether you're leaving a toxic environment, healing from a narcissistic family system, or simply ready to show up as the highest version of yourself — this one was made for you.

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Resources for This Episode:

• Codependent No More — Melody Beattie
  • https://www.amazon.com/Codependent-No-More-Controlling-Others/dp/0894864025
• The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk
  • https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748
• Sacred Woman — Queen Afua
  • https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Woman-Guide-Healing-Feminine/dp/0345434080
• Dr. Ramani — Narcissist Recovery
  • https://www.youtube.com/@DoctorRamani
• Heidi Priebe — Attachment Styles
  • https://www.youtube.com/@heidipriebe1
• Tim Fletcher — Complex Trauma & Recovery
  • https://www.youtube.com/@TimFletcher

We celebrate Easter remembering what God did on the third day. But what about the dreams that have been dead longer than three days? What about the marriage, the business, the calling, the version of yourself you quietly buried and stopped talking about?

In this episode of The Heart Helper Podcast, we're sitting in Ezekiel 37 — the Valley of Dry Bones — and asking the same question God asked Ezekiel: Can these bones live?

The answer is still yes.

We'll walk through what resurrection power actually looks like beyond the empty tomb — in your finances, your faith, your relationships, and your purpose. Because Jesus didn't just say He conquered death. He said I am the resurrection and the life. Present tense. Active. And Romans 8:11 reminds us that same Spirit lives inside of you.

This isn't a history lesson. This is a word for the woman who has been standing in her valley long enough to memorize every dry bone by name.

God is still breathing. And He's not done with what you've given up on.

Scriptures referenced: John 11:25 | Ezekiel 37:1-14 | Romans 8:11 | Joel 2:25 | Isaiah 43:19

Some conversations meet you exactly when you need them.

In this episode of The Heart Helper Podcast, we sit down with @lj_da_joker — artist, actor, and father — for a raw, unfiltered conversation about transformation, accountability, and rebuilding your life from the inside out.

After spending 7 years in prison, LJ shares what it really takes to change your path — and why most people never do.

In this episode, we dive into:

• What prison taught him about discipline, identity, and purpose
• How to break cycles and choose a different direction in life
• The hard truths about modern relationships (for both men and women)
• Why attraction alone isn’t enough when choosing a partner
• What intentional fatherhood actually looks like
• How a relationship with God becomes a real source of power
• What he’s building next in music and film

This isn’t just a story — it’s a perspective shift.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, off track, or searching for something deeper… this episode is for you.

Listen now. Like, share, and subscribe.

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What happens when someone turns 15 years in prison into a platform that changes lives?

In this powerful episode of The Heart Helper, I sit down with Charlie Global, who was recently released from prison two years ago after serving 15 years behind bars and has transformed his past into purpose. From being behind bars to dropping bars as an artist, Charlie is proving that your story does not have to end where your mistakes began.

Today, Charlie has built a community of more than 80,000 YouTube subscribers who follow his compelling prison stories. His mission goes far beyond storytelling. Charlie shares his experiences so others can learn from his past and avoid the mistakes he made.

Charlie is not defined by where he has been. He is walking in purpose.

In this episode we discuss:

• What it was really like serving 15 years in prison
• The lessons prison taught him about life and choices
• Who God became to him during some of his darkest moments
• The importance of positive thinking and perspective
• Turning pain and past mistakes into purpose
• How he built a YouTube following of over 80K subscribers
• Why sharing prison stories can help others avoid the same path

This conversation is honest, inspiring and full of wisdom for anyone who believes in redemption, growth and second chances.

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On this powerful episode of The Heart Helper, I sit down with award-winning media personality and now author Christina Dias for a conversation about faith, determination, and boldly pursuing your destiny.

Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, Christina made the life-changing decision 13 years ago to move to Atlanta because she knew her dreams were bigger than her hometown. She chose faith over fear — and she’s been moving that way ever since.

From working on Tyler Perry sets, hosting major events, managing brands and artists, to now becoming the author of Look What a Year Can Do, Christina embodies what it means to be not just a dreamer, but a doer.

In this episode, we discuss:
• Moving with determination when the vision feels bigger than you
• Trusting God’s calling on your life
• Pursuing your dreams unapologetically
• Manifesting what’s already been placed in your mind

If God is in you, who can be against you?

This conversation is your reminder that it’s time to stop sitting on the vision and start walking in it. The ideas, the calling, the purpose — they were given to you for a reason.

It’s time to manifest what’s already within you.

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