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.

In this season finale, I’m not talking to you—I’m talking with you. About the tension between wanting to create something meaningful and feeling invisible while doing it. About the moments when you show up with your whole heart and still feel like no one sees it. This isn’t a pep talk. It’s the middle of trying to trust your gift when the world stays silent. If you’ve ever poured yourself into something and wondered if it even mattered, this one’s for you.

There’s a space nobody talks about—the one after the breakup but before the healing. You’re not checking their page every day anymore, but they still live in your mind rent-free. You’re not going back, but you’re also not quite free either.In this episode of The Messy Middle Podcast 🎙️, we sit with the confusing, in-between space of heartbreak—the part where the crying is done but the ache hasn’t left. It’s the space of lingering feelings, unfinished closure, and the slow, quiet work of letting go.You’ll hear: • Why moving on is rarely a straight line • The difference between missing a person and missing how you felt • How grief after love shows up in layers, long after the breakup • Why staying gone—even when you’re not “over it”—is an act of strengthIf you’ve ever felt stuck between hurting and healing, this conversation is for you.

Some friendships don’t end. They just fade. The texts get shorter. The laughs feel forced. The connection starts to feel more like obligation than closeness. In this episode, we sit with the in-between of a friendship that’s still technically alive—but no longer thriving. This is for the woman who doesn’t have the words for it, but knows the energy has shifted.

Everyone says that if you love what you do, it shouldn’t feel like work. But the truth is, even meaningful work can drain you. In this episode, we sit with the uncomfortable middle—when your purpose starts to feel like pressure, and the thing you once felt called to is quietly wearing you down.

What do you do when people tell you to stick it out with toxic family members—because “family is everything”—but your spirit knows you need distance? This episode holds space for that painful middle ground: the guilt, the grief, and the radical choice to protect your peace even if it means walking away.