Melanated Moments with Erica
Melanated Moments with Erica is a series of guided meditation and impartations for your journey as a Melanated Woman pursuing wellness in the present moment and beyond. Be Well. Live Well. Love Well.
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When You Outgrow a Friendship: Navigating Change with Grace (opens the original)
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Have you grown — in your faith, your healing, your sense of self — and found that some friendships no longer fit the way they once did? If you've been editing yourself around people who used to feel like home, this episode gives you language, clarity, and a way forward without shame. Licensed therapist and coach Erica St. Bernard explores the lonely in-between many women experience when relationships that once fit no longer do — and what to do about it without ghosting, performing an earlier ver
Identity After Job Loss: Rediscovering Who You Are (opens the original)
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What happens to your sense of self when the role that organized your life - your title, your position, your professional identity - is suddenly gone? In this episode of Melanated Moments, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Erica St. Bernard speaks directly to high-achieving women navigating professional transition - whether through layoff, career change, calling, or season shift - and asks the question that matters most: Who are you without your title? In this episode: The specific disorient
A Faith-Filled Conversation About Su!cide Prevention (opens the original)
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Content Warning: This episode discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. If you are in crisis, please call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) or text HOME to 741741 (Crisis Text Line). Both are available 24 hours a day. September is Suicide Prevention Month. And as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and woman of faith, Erica St. Bernard is adding her voice - clinically informed, spiritually grounded, and deeply human - to one of the most important conversations we can have. In this ep
Financial Transparency in Marriage: What I Learned the Hard Way (opens the original)
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One impulsive purchase exposed a much bigger marriage issue: financial transparency is really about trust, intimacy, and whether you’re willing to bring your partner into the hard conversations before damage is done. Erica St. Bernard, LMFT, shares the deeply personal story of making a solo financial decision, the uncomfortable fallout that followed, and the surprising clarity that came from owning it fully. If you’ve ever justified a money move with “it’s time-sensitive” or “I didn’t want to bo
How to Keep the Connection Going After a Couple's Trip (opens the original)
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Travel can reveal the truth about your marriage fast - and this episode shows you exactly what to do with what you discovered. If a trip, getaway, or even a shared experience made you see your partner differently, Erica St. Bernard, LMFT explains how to turn those moments into deeper connection instead of letting them disappear once the dishes, emails, and daily routines return. Erica unpacks the idea of "relational data" - the clues you gather when you're away from ordinary life and seeing each
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