Hey y’all! Welcome to the first Brown Heart Podcast episode of 2025! 🎉 I’m Samantha Edu, and today, we’re diving deep into vision, intention, and my word of the year: vessel. This episode is all about exploring what it means to be a vessel—what we carry, how we prepare for overflow, and how we can create a lifestyle rooted in love, grace, and abundance.

What to Expect in This Episode:

• Reflecting on Your Vessel: What are you carrying into 2025, and what needs to be released?
• Cleansing for Overflow: How to let go of toxic relationships, negative self-talk, and anything weighing you down.
• Living a Lifestyle of Abundance: Practical ways to keep your vessel full and pour out love, compassion, and grace.

Thought to Carry into This Year:
"I am a vessel of purpose and abundance. I carry what serves me and pour out love and grace in overflow."

Favorite Things This Week:

• Moment of the Week: It snowed in Georgia!! Loved taking winter pictures of my 16 year old for her birthday!
• Self-Care Practice: Journaling to clarify my vision for the year.
• Challenge of the Week: Visualizing what I want my vessel to hold in 2025.

Take the Next Step:

• Reflect on what your vessel holds—what’s serving you, and what needs to go?
• Join the Brown Heart Facebook Community to connect and grow with others.
• Get ready to participate in the One Brave Thing a Week Challenge, starting this month!

Let’s step into 2025 with purpose, clarity, and fullness. Don’t forget to subscribe, share this episode with someone who needs it, and join the conversation in our community.

See you next episode, and here’s to living in overflow!

Hey y’all! As we close out 2024, we’re taking a heartfelt look back at the journey we’ve been on together this year. In this special end-of-year episode, we’re recapping highlights from our 12 episodes, sharing listener favorites, and reflecting on the lessons that stood out most.

We’ll also introduce my word for 2025: vessel. I’ll share how this word came to me, what it means for my vision, and how I’m preparing to carry it into the new year with purpose and intention.

Plus, I’m thrilled to reintroduce the Brown Heart Community Facebook group—a space for connection, accountability, and mutual growth. And don’t forget about the One Brave Thing a Week Challenge, launching in January. It’s a way to step boldly into 2025, one small courageous action at a time.

What to Expect:

• A recap of this year’s most-loved episodes and funny moments.

• Reflections on the themes of 2024 and what we’re carrying into the new year.

• The meaning behind my 2025 word, vessel, and how it’s guiding my vision.

• An invitation to join the Brown Heart Community and the One Brave Thing Challenge.

Thought to Carry Into the New Year:"Your purpose isn’t tied to a single moment—it’s in the way you fill and pour out your vessel with intention, love, and grace."

Favorite Things This Week:

• Tea of the Week: A cozy cup of Vanilla Chai while journaling about the year ahead.

• Frames of the Week: I am starting the new year with these gorgeous new frames from Zenni engraved with Brown Heart on the arm.

• Self-Care Moment: My bestie and I attended an end of year yoga, sound bath, and journaling session with

Let’s Keep the Conversation Going: Join the Brown Heart Community Facebook group, and let’s prepare for an incredible 2025 together. Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and share this one with someone who might need inspiration to reflect and reset.

Here’s to finishing 2024 strong and stepping into 2025 with clarity and intention. See y’all next year!

Hey y’all! This week on the Brown Heart Podcast, we’re continuing last week’s conversation on accountability—this time focusing on the importance of cleansing as we move into 2025. It’s about releasing toxic relationships, negative self-talk, and unrealistic pressures, creating space for what truly matters.

I also share a personal story about feeling overwhelmed by self-imposed January 1 deadlines. A recent coaching session reminded me to take the pressure off, embrace flexibility, and focus on building something sustainable. Accountability isn’t about perfection—it’s about alignment and grace.

1. Cleanse Your Space – Let go of toxic relationships, habits, and mindsets that no longer serve you.

2. Set Realistic Expectations – Give yourself permission to move at a pace that’s sustainable.

3. Build Community – Find spaces that encourage growth and alignment, like our upcoming Brown Heart Facebook Community.

4. Take One Brave Step – Start thinking about a brave action you can take each week to move closer to your goals.

Join me on Instagram (@brownheartwellness) to connect and share your journey. Stay tuned for the January launch of the Brown Heart Facebook Community and the One Brave Thing a Week Challenge—together, we’ll step into 2025 with courage and intention.

• Moment of Clarity: My coaching session—letting go of perfection and choosing sustainability.

• Self-Care Practice: Restorative practice using my bolster and meditation pillow. I finished my book, “Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race Based Stress and Trauma” and wanted to start experiencing the poses.

If today’s episode inspired you, share it with a friend and subscribe so you’re ready for next week’s episode, where we’ll align our goals with purpose and prepare for a courageous 2025. Let’s grow together!