Starting over in your 40s can feel like standing in the middle of a life you’ve already lived and realizing you’re being asked to build again — with fewer illusions and a whole lot more truth. In this episode, we talk about the grief, the courage, and the quiet rebuilding that happens when the path you thought you were on no longer fits. We’re naming the fears, honoring the losses, and claiming the right to begin again with wisdom, self-honesty, and a future that actually reflects who you’ve become.

Dating after you’ve been hurt is not simple. In this episode of The Messy Middle, Jamila sits down with Mindset and Confidence Coach Nichole Williams for a real conversation about love, trust, triggers, and rebuilding confidence after emotional damage. They talk about intuition vs trauma responses, emotional safety, boundaries, and what it really looks like to date while you’re still healing. This episode is for anyone trying to open their heart again without losing themselves.

This episode dives into the quiet, complicated journey Black women face when their faith begins to shift. It explores what it feels like to still believe in God while feeling disconnected from the pressure, silence, and expectations that came with church culture.

This is the middle of a spiritual turning point — where the old version of faith doesn’t fit anymore, and the new version hasn’t fully formed. If you’re questioning, rethinking, or rebuilding your relationship with God, this conversation creates space to be honest about where you are without guilt or fear.

Your faith can grow with you. You’re allowed to change spiritually. And you’re not wrong for asking the questions you were taught to ignore.