What if success wasn’t something to chase — something you were never meant to inherit?

In this raw, revelatory episode, I share the truth behind what it really means to awaken and succeed as a Black woman in systems never built for us. This is my most personal transmission yet — a reflection shaped by my recent fall, my daughter’s terrified eyes, and the deeper fire that has been rising in me ever since.

We talk about:

🔥 The pain, grief and bloodiness of real transformation (not just the buzzword kind)🪨 Why success is not neutral — and what we must leave behind to redefine it🧬 How religious colonisation shapes generational trauma and keeps Black women stuck🌀 Moving mountains as a lived daily reality — not a metaphor🌸 What it really means to mother a liberated lineage⚡ Reclaiming power as a post-Christian woman who is done waiting for salvation

This episode is a sacred call — to anyone holding the vision for a life beyond silence, obedience, and survival. If you’ve been feeling the stirrings of your own awakening and you’re ready to move your own mountains… this one is for you.

🎧 Listen in + enter the giveaway to win a spot in one of my sacred containers: The Awakening Path or Creatrix Rising.Visit my Substack, Towards Embodied Living, for more details.

What if joy wasn’t a luxury — but a lifeline?

In this soul-nourishing episode, I’m joined by intuitive coach, speaker, and joy weaver AJ Smit, whose vibrant presence and lived wisdom light up every corner of this conversation. Together, we explore what it really means to awaken — not just spiritually, but viscerally, relationally, and creatively.

We talk about:

✨ How joy becomes a sacred signal on the awakening path🌊 What it means to deconstruct your faith and still stay spiritually rooted🌿 The quiet “hum” that calls you toward more — even when life looks good on the outside🔥 Reclaiming beauty, visibility, and self-expression as a form of liberation🌀 Why awakening can feel lonely — and how to find women walking the same path🌈 The nervous system realities of expansion, embodiment, and soul-level permission

AJ brings honesty, laughter, and depth to this conversation — and reminds us that awakening isn’t always clean, but it is always sacred.

🎧 Listen in + enter the giveaway to win a spot in one of my sacred containers: The Awakening Path or Creatrix Rising.

Aj Smit is an intuitive energy worker, speaker, henna artist, and the author of the book Red Thread: Weaving an Embodied Life of Joy. She is a hot chocolate connoisseur, a glitter enthusiast, and a military spouse in Mississippi, with two pups and a plethora of houseplants. Aj has led various Red Tents, retreats, and workshops internationally over the last 15 years to help others discover how to weave creativity, joy, and wonder into their lives. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram at @TheJoyWeaver and on her website, The Joy Weaver.

Visit my Substack, Towards Embodied Living for more details

What if midlife wasn’t a crisis — but a calling?

In this heart-opening episode, I’m joined by educator, speaker, and midlife mentor Denise Drinkwalter, who brings over 30 years of lived and professional wisdom to the conversation. Together, we explore what it means to stop waiting for permission and finally choose yourself — not just in theory, but in practice.

We talk about:

Why women feel rage in midlife (and how to honour it)

The invisible labour of motherhood and caregiving

The power of embodied decisions: “for you, by you, because of you”

Redefining happiness beyond external approval

How to model joy and sovereignty for the next generation

Denise’s energy is warm, wise, and radically empowering — and this episode is an invitation to re-meet yourself with grace, softness, and truth.

🎧 Listen in + enter the giveaway to win a spot in one of my sacred containers: The Awakening Path or Creatrix Rising.Visit my Substack, Towards Embodied Living for more details

What does it mean to awaken — not just spiritually, but politically, emotionally, and bodily?

In this bold and unfiltered conversation, I sit down with Rachel and Nasreen, the co-creators of Women Are the Medicine, to explore what happens when women begin to listen to the wisdom of their bodies and refuse to keep playing by the rules of systems that were never made for us.

Together, we talk about:

Awakening from patriarchy, burnout, and people-pleasing

Learning to trust the body — cycles, triggers, truth-telling

Plant medicine, nervous system healing, and soul-aligned risk

Rebellion, rupture, and returning to joy

The vision for a new way of living, loving, and leading

This is the kind of conversation that moves like fire and lands like medicine.

✨ For the woman who knows: she is no longer available for self-abandonment.

🎧 Listen in + enter the giveaway to win a spot in one of my sacred containers: The Awakening Path or Creatrix Rising.(More details on episode page show notes)

What happens when a woman finally steps across the threshold of self-abandonment… and chooses herself?

In this rich and resonant conversation, I’m joined by writer, healing coach, and creative force Marcy Neumann — who brings more than 50 years of hard-won wisdom to the table.

Together, we explore what it truly means to cross the sacred threshold into self-love, especially after years (or decades) of people-pleasing, performing strength, and putting others first.

Marcy shares with honesty and grace:

The difference between self-care and true self-love

How our bodies signal when we’ve been betraying our truth

What it means to mother without martyrdom

Why courage doesn’t always feel brave, but always leads us home

Whether you’re navigating your own turning point, or simply longing for deeper alignment, this episode is an invitation to remember that you are allowed to choose you.

Crossing that threshold is not selfish — it’s sacred.

🎧 Listen + enter the giveaway to win a spot in one of my two sacred containers: The Awakening Path or Creatrix Rising(Link in show notes and comments)

About Today's Guest

Marcy Neumann is a spiritual guide, self-love coach, author, and founder of Self Love University. With 50+ years of experience as a nurse, hypnotherapist, and energy specialist, Marcy helps people unlock healing and fulfilment through her HeartShifting process. Learn more at selfloveuniversity.com.

What does it mean to be an Awakening Woman?

Beyond spiritual performance and self-optimisation — a return to truth, wholeness, and embodied power.

In this episode, Florence unpacks the dominant definitions of “awakening” in both spiritual and personal development spaces — and offers a powerful alternative: awakening as embodiment, not escape. Through tender truth-telling and fierce clarity, she invites women to reclaim their voice, honour their nervous system, and create from soul.

🎧 Listen now + enter the giveaway via the show notes.

In this opening episode of The Awakening Woman: Ready to Thrive, Florence Ukpabi invites you into the sacred space between burnout and rebirth — the threshold. This isn’t just another self-help show; it’s a call to remember your truth, reclaim your rhythm, and begin again.

We explore:

Why burnout isn’t failure — it’s a sacred signal

How systems of performance and extraction disconnect us from our essence

The deeper invitation of COVID, AI, and motherhood

What it means to trust your inner knowing and choose life on your terms

Whether you’re a mother, a seeker, or a woman rising from exhaustion, you’re not alone.

Giveaway details + full resources in Substack post

Welcome, welcome to the final episode of Becoming YOU Beyond Deconstruction. Now that I’m into the third year of sharing my deconstruction and deconditioning journey here, I thought that going back and revisiting the idea of faith and how my understanding of faith has shifted and changed would be a nice way to bring things to a close.

I actually started drafting my thoughts for this episode back in January, it’s taken me this long to put them together and feel in the place where I can share it.I am excited to do so today.This episode gets a little emotional and raw at times, but it’s not surprising as I not only share some of the shifts and changes that I have been experiencing and how they have informed my understanding of faith, trust, spirituality and life but also where this is taking me next.

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode and I also want to say a huge thank you for being a part of this podcasting journey with me. I hope you will continue joining me as I share written posts via Substack.NB. After recording the episode I realised that the audio wasn’t the greatest but it still is fine to listen to, it was such an honest and raw episode that I knew I didn’t want to record it again even if it doesn’t sound 100% perfect.

Lastly, I have a favour to ask, I would love for you to consider leaving a comment or if not liking or sharing this post. Much LoveFlorence O. x

Posts and Episodes Mentioned

* EP14 Exploring Embodiment

* EP10 God Who are You

* Second Awakening

* Letting Go of Toxic Faith

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