What happens when society demands your silence and your softness?

In this powerful comeback episode, Latonya McDonald—spiritual-psychological life coach and founder of Live & Be Great—unpacks the emotional toll of being a Black woman in a world that misreads your strength and punishes your honesty.

From the racialized narratives in Love Island USA to her own lived experience with ADHD, anxiety, and perfectionism, Latonya explores how empathy can be weaponized, why binary thinking keeps us stuck, and how reclaiming your truth is the first step toward healing.

✨ Topics Covered:

• The emotional cost of being “the strong one”

• How media frames Black women’s emotions

• Why empathy isn’t immunity from accountability

• Navigating perfectionism and analysis paralysis

• Living in the duality: two truths can exist at once

• Astrology + self-study for emotional clarity

🌀 Journal Prompt:
Where have I confused being “too much” with simply being honest?

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