In this conversation, Karen R. F. Mitchell sits down with Sharlyn Russell for a powerful and deeply honest conversation about childhood, identity, survival, and the beginning of her story behind her upcoming book, Lame No More.Sharlyn shares what it was like growing up between Abaco, Freeport, and Nassau in The Bahamas, the memories of island childhood, and the moment life began to change when instability entered her home.This first part opens the door to a larger story about what happens when childhood innocence meets family pain, displacement, silence, and survival.This episode is for the woman who has ever allowed something that happened to her to convince her it was who she was.You are not the label.You are not what happened.And your story is not over.Lioness Question:What happens to a little girl when the place that should protect her becomes the place she has to survive?Subscribe to The Empress Lioness Podcast for real conversations about healing, identity, womanhood, survival, purpose, and becoming.The Empress Lioness PodcastWhere spirit roars and the soul remembers.#TheEmpressLionessPodcast #HealingJourney #Becoming👑 Welcome to The Empress Lioness with Karen R. F. Mitchell.Real Women. Real Stories. Real Transformation.If you're ready to heal, rediscover your voice, build healthy boundaries, and become the woman you were always meant to be, you're in the right place.Here you'll find transformational conversations, inspiring interviews, coaching insights, and practical tools to help you move from survival into sovereignty.🌿 Connect with Karen🌐 Website:https://www.karenrfmitchell.com📖 Read the BookBecoming the Empress Lionesshttps://www.karenrfmitchell.com/bookstore💛 Work with KarenBook your complimentary conversation:https://calendly.com/theempresslioness/free-30-minute-clarity-session✨ Subscribe for weekly conversations that inspire healing, confidence, and transformation.#TheEmpressLioness #HealingJourney #WomenEmpoweringWomen #PersonalGrowth #Mindset #TransformationReady for your own conversation:https://calendly.com/theempresslioness/real-women-real-conversations-with-the-empress-lioness

In this episode of The Empress Lioness Podcast, Karen R. F. Mitchell sits down with Tory Saks for a soulful conversation about full moon wisdom, intuition, alignment, and learning to trust the guidance within.

Together, they explore the energy of the full moon, what it can reveal emotionally and spiritually, and why releasing what no longer serves us is an important part of healing and becoming.

Tory shares her wisdom on spiritual alignment, body awareness, energy, self-compassion, and the difference between simply trying to stay balanced and truly living in alignment.

This conversation is for the woman who has been feeling emotionally full, spiritually pulled, or quietly aware that something within her is asking to be released.

Your intuition is speaking.
Your spirit is guiding.
And sometimes the full moon simply illuminates what your soul already knows.

This is The Empress Lioness Podcast — where spirit roars and the soul remembers.

Subscribe, share this episode, and follow The Empress Lioness Podcast for more real conversations about healing, identity, intuition, and becoming.

About Tory Saks

Tory Saks is an Alignment Alchemist who specializes in Eastern modalities to help bring alignment, balance, and harmony back into the body, spaces, and animals. Blending a lifelong love of sports, a corporate background in sports and marketing, and deep training in Eastern healing, Tory offers a grounded and intuitive approach to clearing mental, emotional, and energetic blocks.

She is also a Spiritual Guide and Chieftain who calls on Oracle energy during her sessions. Tory has been leading an Ayurvedic and holistic lifestyle since 2016 and believes the body has the power to align and heal itself when we are willing to listen.

Connect with Tory Saks

Website: ⁠https://www.torysaks.com⁠

Tory’s guiding message:“Alignment is where healing meets guidance.”

In this episode of The Empress Lioness Podcast, Karen R. F. Mitchell sits down with Tory Saks for a powerful conversation about body wisdom, healing, alignment, and learning to trust the guidance within.

Together, they explore how the body communicates when something is out of alignment, why physical and emotional signals are often invitations to listen more deeply, and how healing begins when we stop pushing past ourselves.

Tory shares her perspective on alignment as the place where healing meets guidance, offering insight into energy healing, Ayurveda, intuition, self-care, and the importance of quiet time and self-reflection. This conversation invites listeners to slow down, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and begin honoring the messages their bodies have been trying to send.

This episode is for the woman who has been carrying too much, ignoring the signs, or questioning whether she can trust herself again.

Your body is speaking.
Your spirit is guiding.
And your healing may begin the moment you finally listen.

This is The Empress Lioness Podcast — where spirit roars and the soul remembers.

About Tory Saks

Tory Saks is an Alignment Alchemist who specializes in Eastern modalities to help bring alignment, balance, and harmony back into the body, spaces, and animals. Blending a lifelong love of sports, a corporate background in sports and marketing, and deep training in Eastern healing, Tory offers a grounded and intuitive approach to clearing mental, emotional, and energetic blocks.

She is also a Spiritual Guide and Chieftain who calls on Oracle energy during her sessions. Tory has been leading an Ayurvedic and holistic lifestyle since 2016 and believes the body has the power to align and heal itself when we are willing to listen.

Connect with Tory Saks

Website: https://www.torysaks.com

Tory’s guiding message:“Alignment is where healing meets guidance.”

In this episode of The Empress Lioness Podcast, Karen R. F. Mitchell sits down with Lizzy, a jazz singer whose voice carries more than music — it carries story, soul, and lived experience.

This conversation explores the woman behind the song: the journey, the lessons, the courage, and the becoming that shaped Lizzy’s voice both on and off the stage.

Together, Karen and Lizzy talk about music, identity, creativity, womanhood, purpose, and what it means to trust the voice within you.

This episode is for the woman who has ever questioned her voice, hidden her gifts, or wondered whether what she carries is enough to be heard.

Because sometimes becoming does not arrive loudly.

Sometimes it comes through a song.
A stage.
A season of uncertainty.
A decision to stop hiding.
And the courage to let your soul be heard.

Connect with Lizzie Thomas
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizziethejazzsinger/

@lizziethejazzsinger.

In this episode of The Empress Lioness Podcast, Karen R. F. Mitchell sits down with Marlee B. Kivens for a grounded and inspiring conversation about disability, independence, confidence, and learning what is possible one practical step at a time.

Marlee lives with Spina Bifida and cognitive learning differences, but her story is not centered on limitation. It is centered on determination, adaptation, and the quiet power of learning how to do things for herself.

Before building her Pampered Chef business, Marlee relied on support for cooking. Over time, she began gaining independence in the kitchen, preparing her own meals, building confidence with practical tools, and creating a business that helps others feel more capable in their daily lives.

Together, Karen and Marlee explore what independence actually looks like — not as a perfect motivational slogan, but as a real-life process of trying, adjusting, asking for support, finding the right tools, and refusing to give up on yourself.

This episode is for the woman who has been underestimated.

The woman who has had to do things differently.
The woman who wants more independence but does not know where to begin.
The woman who needs to remember that confidence is often built through small, repeated acts of courage.

Because sometimes healing is not only emotional.

Sometimes healing looks like making your own meal.
Learning a new tool.
Building your own business.
Taking one step toward independence.
And realizing, “I can do more than I thought I could.”

Marlee is also a Pampered Chef Independent Consultant through Kivens Kitchen Korner, where she helps others feel more capable and confident in the kitchen through tools, recipes, parties, fundraisers, and practical support.

Connect with Marlee B. Kivens:
Email: mbkivens@gmail.com
Call/Text: 952-681-0043
Website: www.pamperedchef.com/pws/kivenskitchenkorner
Interactive Catalog: https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/kivenskitchenkorner/interactive-catalog-page

This is The Empress Lioness Podcast — where spirit roars and the soul remembers.

In this episode of The Empress Lioness Podcast, Karen sits down with Stephanie Rahming for a deeply personal conversation about faith, friendship, grief, womanhood, and becoming.

Stephanie is more than a guest. She is a woman whose life, presence, and faith helped Karen see something deeper during a season when Karen did not fully believe. Through Stephanie’s story, this conversation explores what it means to live with grace, endure loss, carry faith through difficult seasons, and become the woman life has been shaping you to be.

This episode is not about perfection or performance. It is a real conversation between women about love, loss, strength, faith, friendship, and the quiet wisdom that comes from lived experience.

For the woman who is grieving, questioning, surviving, or trying to understand what life is teaching her — Stephanie’s story is a reminder that sometimes healing comes through the presence of another woman, and sometimes faith is seen before it is understood.

Topics explored in this episode include:

Faith and womanhood
Grief after the loss of a mother
The power of friendship and divine connection
Learning from life’s hardest seasons
Becoming the woman you were meant to be
How another woman’s faith can become a mirror

This is Real Women, Real Conversations with The Empress Lioness — where spirit roars and the soul remembers.

In this episode of The Empress Lioness Podcast, Karen R. F. Mitchell sits down with Helinka for a heartfelt conversation about healing, identity, self-discovery, and the courage it takes to become the woman you were always meant to be.

Together, they explore what it means to move through life’s challenges, listen to your inner wisdom, release old versions of yourself, and step into a more honest and aligned season of life.

This conversation is for the woman who is learning to trust herself again, honor her journey, and remember that becoming is not about perfection — it is about returning to the truth of who you are.

Join us in the throne room and remember: your story matters too.

Connect with Helinka Carr:
Website: https://unspokenrosebud.com
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Unspokenrosebud

Connect with Karen R. F. Mitchell:
Website: https://www.karenrfmitchell.com
Book: Becoming The Empress Lioness: Rising from Survival into Sovereignty
Schedule an alignment conversation: https://calendly.com/theempresslioness/alignmentconversation

In this episode of The Empress Lioness Podcast, Karen R. F. Mitchell sits down with Robyn Harris for a heartfelt conversation about the woman beneath the strength.

Robyn’s message centers on gently breaking free from fear, overwhelm, and dis-ease, and helping women reconnect with the truth of who they are beneath survival, pressure, and the roles they have carried.

Together, Karen and Robyn explore healing, becoming, self-trust, and what it means for a woman to return to herself after years of holding so much.

This conversation is for the woman who has been strong for everyone else, but is now ready to feel whole within herself.

Join us in the throne room and remember: your story matters too.