Adyna K. Pressley spent 34 years as VP of Operations in corporate finance before a 2025 layoff and a Guillain-Barré Syndrome diagnosis forced her to stop. What came next — a book, a business, a sisterhood community, and Oprah — is a masterclass in what Black women can build when they finally choose themselves. Host Loveli Brown sits down with Adyna for one of the most honest conversations of Season 9.

Healing Through Conversations with Loveli Brown - Why Black Moms Live in Constant Grief — Even When Their Children Are Safe A Morning Reflection on Motherhood and Survival There is a specific kind of grief that comes with being a Black mother. It is not always loud. It does not always look like tears. Sometimes it looks like checking your phone too many times. Sometimes it looks like asking, "Did you make it home?" before you can fully breathe. Sometimes it looks like tracking locations,...

Still Standing: Resilience, Reinvention & Rebuilding After Life Tries to Break You Featuring Nina J. Smith on Healing Through Conversations with Loveli Brown Can I ask you something? Have you ever survived something that nobody saw? Something that didn't make the highlight reel, didn't get a toast at dinner, didn't come with a congratulations card, because from the outside it just looked like you were holding it together? That's the conversation I had this week with Nina J. Smith. And I need...