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  • #8 – Building Blocks to Dreams, Pt. 1 – Clarity & Trust
    2025/10/15

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    What if the desires in your heart weren’t random—but actual guidance toward your purpose? In Part 1 of our Building Blocks to Dreams conversation, we’re talking about the foundations of pursuing what you long for: clarity, understanding desires are guidance, and releasing the pressure of figuring out “the how.”

    Join us as we share stories of how our dreams began to take shape when we stopped shrinking back and started believing they were pointing us somewhere intentional.

    Want help with figuring out your dreams? Connect with Melissa here: https://melissarunacres.com/offerings/

    Interested in Dez's 2026 mentorship? Check out her website here: https://desireeamarieiconsulting.squarespace.com/


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    41 分
  • #7 – Roadblocks to Dreaming
    2025/10/08

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    Dez and Melissa explore the tender moment on the healing journey when you’re finally ready to dream again—but resistance shows up. Together they unpack the most common roadblocks to dreaming, from past pain and shame to fear, impostor syndrome, and the subtle excuses that keep us from stepping into more. Through their own stories, client experiences, and practical wisdom, they guide you toward supporting yourself as you reconnect with your dreams.

    You’ll walk away with encouragement, tools to soften the resistance, and the reminder that dreaming isn’t selfish—it’s another pathway for your heart to experience healing and wholeness.



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    38 分
  • #6 – Embracing Every Part of Your Feminine Identity
    2025/10/01

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    In part 3 of this 3-part conversation on living in our feminine identity, Desiree and Melissa get practical about what it looks like to live from a place of healing.

    We unpack how overemphasizing just one part of ourselves can create pressure, judgment, and disconnection—and how recognizing the many facets of our identity allows for greater alignment and freedom. From mothering to friendship, from sisterhood to intimacy, each part of us has beauty and value to offer.

    We also share practical ways to name and validate your unique values so you can step into greater confidence and wholeness. Along the way, you’ll hear personal stories and encouragement to embrace your feminine identity as both complex and deeply good.

    It'd mean the world if you could follow, rate/review so we can spread our message of hope and healing with others who need to hear it. Thank you!



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    45 分
  • #5 – Finding Healing in Community: From Hurt to Wholeness
    2025/09/24

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    In part 2 of our conversation around healing our feminine identity, we explore the role of community in our healing journeys.

    We talk about the paradox of relationships: they can be the source of our deepest wounds, yet also the space where our hearts find restoration. We share practical ways to discern safe connections, nurture dreams, and courageously open ourselves to love again.

    If you’ve ever longed for a community where you can be fully seen and known, this episode will remind you that healing isn’t meant to happen alone.



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    48 分
  • #4 – Reclaiming Your Feminine Identity, Part 1
    2025/09/17

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    In part 1 of this important conversation, Mel and Dez dive into the shame that can veil our feminine identity. We explore how cultural, familial, and faith-based messages shape our sense of womanhood, the moments of disconnection, and the catalytic moments of re-awakening to our God-given selves.

    Join us as we unpack the lies we’ve unlearned and the truths we’re reclaiming, inviting you to honor your voice, body, and unique feminine expression.

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    38 分
  • #3 – What's in A Name: Identifying Seasons in Life & Healing
    2025/09/10

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    In this episode, Dez and Mel discuss what's in a name – and how learning to name our stories, seasons, and truths reclaims our identity as women and children of God.

    Topics include: the power of honoring your humanity, unexpected components of healing, learning self-compassion, embracing duality in life, and shaking off shame narratives and replacing them with empowering ones.



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    40 分
  • #2 – Collision and Breadcrumbs: Finding the Road Back
    2025/09/03

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    Join Mel and Dez for a heartfelt conversation in Episode 2 of The Road Back: Conversations to Guide You Home.

    This week, we dive into what's in a name—why this title for a podcast?

    We also discuss what "the road back" means to us—exploring the messy collisions where faith, identity, and emotional wounds intertwine. Pulling from our personal stories, we unpack moments of feeling far from ourselves, the divine breadcrumbs that guided us home, and how our understanding of God has shifted through it all.

    If you’re navigating disorientation or searching for hope, this episode is a tender reminder: you’re not alone, and there’s a path back to your truest self.

    Tune in for raw reflections, honesty, and permission to be exactly where you are on your own path.

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    41 分
  • #1 – Welcome to The Table: Our Story, Our Why
    2025/08/27

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    In this very first episode of The Road Back Podcast, Melissa and Desiree pull up chairs and discuss the origin story of this podcast. They share who they are, why this space matters, and what “the road back” has meant in their own lives. It’s an honest conversation about voice, faith, healing, and how reclaiming belovedness isn’t a one-time event — it’s a journey.

    There's a place at the table with your name on it—so make yourself at home. You belong here.

    Episode breakdown:

    00:00 Welcome to the Road Back Podcast
    02:58 Setting the Table: The Invitation to Connection
    05:12 The Journey of Self-Discovery
    10:31 Embracing Humanity and Vulnerability
    15:54 Hope in the Messy Middle
    17:20 The Power of Intuition
    18:56 Beyond Logic: Embracing Intuition
    21:37 Savoring Life: The Art of Embodiment
    24:51 Messages to Our Younger Selves
    28:36 A Blessing for the Journey

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    31 分