The Heroine's Journey with Joan Perry

In this episode of The Heroines Journey with Joan Perry, we explore what it means to become the heroine of your own life when you’re standing at the crossroads. Sometimes the most meaningful conversations come from life’s hardest moments — in this episode, Joan Perry is joined by Melissa Cook to talk about resilience, courage, and staying true to yourself when life takes an unexpected turn.Melissa shares her lived experience with honesty and strength, offering insight into how adversity can become a catalyst for deeper self-trust, clarity, and purpose. Together, Joan and Melissa explore what it really means to stand in your truth, keep going when things feel uncertain, and find your footing again after challenge or loss.“What I’ve learned is that resilience isn’t about being unbreakable — it’s about staying true to yourself, even when it’s hard.”(paraphrased from Melissa Cook in this episode)This is a grounded, heartfelt conversation for anyone navigating change, challenge, or their own heroine’s journey.Get your Free e-Book: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Women Make at: https://www.walkthejourney.com/4-mistakes Want to learn more about The Heroine's Journey - Check us out at: WalkTheJourney.com #WalkTheJourney #TheHeroinesJourney #WTH #IJT #JoanPerry

In this episode of The Heroines Journey with Joan Perry, we explore what it means to become the heroine of your own life when you’re standing at the crossroads. In this episode, Joan Perry sits down with Cheryl Fischer for a real, open-hearted conversation about resilience, healing, and what it actually looks like to trust yourself again when life throws you off course.Cheryl shares pieces of her own journey — the moments that stretched her, changed her, and ultimately helped her come home to herself. She also talks about the wisdom behind her book The Resilient Heart and the conversations she continues on her podcast Resilient You. Together, Joan and Cheryl explore what it means to sit with discomfort, listen to your inner voice, and keep choosing yourself — even when the path forward feels unclear.“I didn’t become strong by avoiding pain — I became strong by learning how to stay present with it and trust myself through it.”(paraphrased from Cheryl Fischer in this episode)This episode feels like a supportive check-in with a friend — the kind of conversation that reminds you you’re not alone, and that growth doesn’t have to be perfect to be meaningful. If you’re navigating change, healing old wounds, or stepping into a new chapter, this one’s for you.Get your Free e-Book: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Women Make at: https://www.walkthejourney.com/4-mistakes Want to learn more about The Heroine's Journey - Check us out at: WalkTheJourney.com #WalkTheJourney #TheHeroinesJourney #WTH #IJT #JoanPerry

In this episode of The Heroines Journey with Joan Perry, we explore what it means to become the heroine of your own life when you’re standing at the crossroads.In this episode, Joan Perry is joined by Ilissa Panitz for a powerful, honest conversation about divorce, reinvention, and choosing yourself when life breaks open.Ilissa speaks from lived experience as the author of Get the F Out: A Modern Guide to Divorce and as the host of The Divorce Hour, where she brings real, unfiltered conversations about life before, during, and after divorce into the light. With warmth, humor, and truth, she offers insight for women who know it’s time for change — even if they’re still finding their footing.“Divorce wasn’t the end of my life — it was the moment I finally started telling the truth about what I needed.”This episode is for any woman navigating endings, new beginnings, and the courage it takes to reclaim her life.Get your Free e-Book: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Women Make at: https://www.walkthejourney.com/4-mistakes Want to learn more about The Heroine's Journey - Check us out at: WalkTheJourney.com #WalkTheJourney #TheHeroinesJourney #WTH #IJT #JoanPerry

In this episode of The Heroines Journey with Joan Perry, we explore what it means to become the heroine of your own life when you’re standing at the crossroads.In this episode, Joan Perry is joined by Dr. Erin Oksol for a candid and compassionate conversation about healing, self-trust, and the moments that change everything.Dr. Erin openly shares how being picked up for a DUI became a profound turning point in her life — a wake-up call that set her on a new path of self-awareness, responsibility, and deep personal transformation. Drawing from her work as a psychologist, author, and podcast host, she offers grounded insight for women navigating change and learning how to turn breakdowns into breakthroughs.“That moment could have defined me in the worst way — instead, it became the moment I chose to change my life.”This is an honest, heart-centered conversation for any woman standing at a crossroads and ready to step into her own heroine’s journey.Get your Free e-Book: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Women Make at: https://www.walkthejourney.com/4-mistakes Want to learn more about The Heroine's Journey - Check us out at: WalkTheJourney.com #WalkTheJourney #TheHeroinesJourney #WTH #IJT #JoanPerry

What does it truly take to navigate divorce with clarity, confidence, and self-trust?In this empowering conversation, Joan Perry, host of The Heroine’s Journey, is joined by attorney, coach, and women’s advocate Davina Frederick to explore how women can move through divorce and major life transitions with informed decision-making, emotional resilience, and personal power.Drawing from her years of experience supporting women through divorce, Davina shares practical guidance and mindset shifts that help women avoid common mistakes and step into confidence. The discussion is informed by her book, Divorce Success for Women, and the leadership conversations she hosts on the HERSuites Podcast, both designed to help women create successful, intentional lives beyond divorce.“Divorce doesn’t have to define you — but the decisions you make during it can shape the rest of your life.” — Davina FrederickIf you’re a woman standing at a crossroads, this episode invites you to step into The Heroine’s Journey — reclaim your voice, trust yourself again, and take your next empowered step forward.

In this powerful episode, Joan Perry is joined by her friend and fellow podcast host, Lisa Tickel, host of the podcast Healing & Growing, Hand in Hand, for an honest and heartfelt conversation about what it truly takes to listen to your inner knowing — even when the path forward feels uncertain.Lisa opens up about the moments when life quietly (and sometimes loudly) asks us to pause, reflect, and choose differently. Through honesty, wisdom, and lived experience, she shares the challenges that shaped her, the lessons she resisted at first, and the clarity that emerged when she finally trusted herself.As someone who has dedicated her work to healing, growth, and breaking cycles of trauma, Lisa brings a grounded, compassionate voice to this conversation — reminding us that transformation doesn’t require having all the answers, only the courage to take the next honest step.“Healing doesn’t happen when we push through — it happens when we finally listen to what our heart has been trying to tell us all along.” — Lisa TickelThis episode is for every woman standing at a crossroads — feeling the nudge to slow down, realign, and reclaim a deeper sense of purpose.✨ A conversation about self-trust, courage, and becoming the heroine of your own life.Get your Free e-Book: The 4 Biggest MistakesWomen Make at: https://www.walkthejourney.com/4-mistakes     Want to learn more about The Heroine's Journey -Check us out at: WalkTheJourney.com #WalkTheJourney #TheHeroinesJourney #WTH#IJT #JoanPerrya.    Get your Free e-Book: The 4 Biggest MistakesWomen Make at: https://www.walkthejourney.com/4-mistakes b.    Want to learn more about The Heroine's Journey -Check us out at: WalkTheJourney.com #WalkTheJourney #TheHeroinesJourney #WTH#IJT #JoanPerry

In this episode, I’m joined by Marie-Ange Tagne, who shares her story about what it took to be a Heroine and accomplish her dreams.Marie-Ange grew up in Cameroon, Africa, and followed a path that eventually brought her to the United States, where she became the first Black woman to earn a PhD in Engineering from UC Berkeley. But this conversation isn’t just about what she’s accomplished — it’s about the courage it took to trust herself through uncertainty, cultural shifts, and moments when the way forward wasn’t clear.We talk about identity, faith, money, and what it’s like to build a life far from where you began — and how those experiences shaped her new book, For Such A Time As This.At one point, Marie-Ange shares something that captures the heart of this episode:“I didn’t always know how it would work out — but I knew I was being called to show up anyway. For such a time as this.”This is an honest, heart-level conversation about becoming — not after everything is figured out, but right in the middle of the becoming.If you’ve ever wondered whether your story, your timing, or your voice truly matters — Marie-Ange’s journey will remind you that it does.✨ This is The Heroine’s Journey — lived, earned, and shared.Get your Free e-Book: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Women Make at: https://www.walkthejourney.com/4-mistakes Want to learn more about The Heroine's Journey - Check us out at: WalkTheJourney.com #WalkTheJourney #TheHeroinesJourney #WTH #IJT #JoanPerry

In this episode, I sit down with Anjalia McGoldrick, who openly shares her own Heroine’s Journey — a path that truly tested her to her limits.We talk about what happens when life strips away what’s familiar, challenges your identity, and asks more of you than you think you have to give. Anjalia’s story is honest, powerful, and deeply human — a reminder that breakdowns often come just before breakthroughs.If you’re in a season of transition, questioning what’s next, or being stretched beyond your comfort zone, this conversation is for you.Get your Free e-Book: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Women Make at: https://www.walkthejourney.com/4-mistakes Want to learn more about The Heroine's Journey - Check us out at: WalkTheJourney.com#WalkTheJourney #TheHeroinesJourney #WTH #IJT #JoanPerry

Self-Preservation – it’s real – and it’s true that we each know someone who has tried or died as Jackie says.  TheSuicideProventionSociety.com has a guide that can help you talk with someone else about this pivotal point in life.  With this guide you can inspire hope where it’s needed.  It directs you to activate a discussion without causing angst, and then take the conversation to a new place and create reasons for staying.  Go to the website and find this valuable information that opens this subject into the airways – and saves lives.  This format creates a way to break the silence.  It’s not for you to do this on your own – whether you are at risk or someone you know is at risk.  Please know that this direction is there for you – It’s about rewiring your brain so that there are more reasons to stay than to leave.  It’s not easier for everyone else if you’re not around, it’s mental jujitsu to find your way ‘in’ to find more options for life so that this opens the way to hope.  This is a ‘hump’ to get over.  Come listen to this important conversation and go to TheSuicideProventionSociety.com to get help.  Healthy people build a buffer between these thoughts and their subconscious thoughts.  Get a copy of the ‘Why Not’ worksheet off of the website.  Times can be tough, and Jackie teaches a ‘pause button’.  Hear her guidance.  Inform yourself.  Learn more about your Heroine’s Journey.  Joan’s book The Heroine’s Journey, The Art of Becoming the Heroine of Your Own Life is waiting for you!  And…Big News…you can get your copy for Free + Shipping – by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.HeroinesBook.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ now! ---------------------------------RESOURCES + LINKSThe 4 Biggest Mistakes ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ebook Download⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn More About ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joan's Best-Selling Book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get Our Weekly Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & Get Insights From Joan Every Single Week On All Things The Heroine's Journey, freedom, stability, and more!Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Send Us A Screenshot & We’ll Send You The Heroine's Journey Discovery Course Completely FREE (value $297) 

Today it’s a big conversation with Jackie Simmons – we’re talking the nature and nurture of suicidal Idealation.  Big words – and if you have any concern for yourself – you dial ‘388’ on your phone to reach someone to talk with you right now.  We are about recognizing that in our life big things happen – maybe it’s divorce or other life upset – and that the curious brain considers options.  We support acknowledging the ways we think – and finding our way through to the healthy, productive, life inspiring thinking that leads us to our hope and Path forward.  The Heroine’s Journey is about encountering these times, and summoning up the Courage and Strength to journey onward.  Your Life is unfolding, sometimes painfully, but always with more to come for you.Remember, I (Joan Perry) co-wrote the book ‘Living Proof, Gifts that Came Wrapped in Sandpaper.’  Yep – that’s what it is sometimes. There is a gift, hard as it can be to see it sometimes.  Join us for this important conversation with Jackie Simmons as she talks about the steps and thinking that ignites hope and self-preservation.  And, there is so much here that she’ll be back with us in our next episode to continue this powerful conversation.  Learn more about your Heroine’s Journey.  Joan’s book The Heroine’s Journey, The Art of Becoming the Heroine of Your Own Life is waiting for you!  And…Big News…you can get your copy for Free + Shipping – by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.HeroinesBook.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ now! ---------------------------------RESOURCES + LINKSThe 4 Biggest Mistakes ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ebook Download⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn More About ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joan's Best-Selling Book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get Our Weekly Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & Get Insights From Joan Every Single Week On All Things The Heroine's Journey, freedom, stability, and more!Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Send Us A Screenshot & We’ll Send You The Heroine's Journey Discovery Course Completely FREE (value $297)