Authentic Thriving Podcast

About Authentic Thriving Podcast

Authentic Thriving Podcast is a trauma-informed mental health and personal development podcast hosted by Abies Sonia Ebenezer-Bamigbayan, a BACP-registered counsellor, life coach, and positive psychology practitioner. This podcast supports individuals navigating trauma, burnout, emotional suppression, people-pleasing, faith-related emotional wounds, and identity loss, particularly within African and Black diaspora communities. Each episode blends psychoeducation, cultural insight, reflective dialogue, and practical emotional tools to help listeners heal, reclaim self-worth, set healthy boundaries, and move toward inner harmony. 🎧 Important note: This podcast is educational and reflective and does not replace therapy

Publisher

Abies Sonia

Category

education · health & fitness · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Feb 2023

Latest episode

24 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

63 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Oct 2026

   Emotional Infidelity: No Touch, Still Betrayal?

   Can someone betray their marriage without kissing, touching, or sleeping with anyone else? We sit with that uncomfortable question and walk through three stories that start with “just being kind” and end with suspicion, arguments, and trust breaking down in slow motion. If you have ever felt uneasy about a friendship, a colleague, or a church connection, you will recognise the patterns straight away. We talk about emotional infidelity in plain terms: secrecy, emotional prioritisation, ...

2. 

   10 Oct 2026

   Doulas: The Support You Didn’t Know You Needed

   Birth can be clinically safe and still feel emotionally unsafe. That tension sits at the heart of my conversation with Naomi, founder of Holding Her Space, and Lorene, a doula whose path into this work begins with baby loss and the quiet loneliness that so many families recognise. We talk openly about what doula support actually is, where it comes from, and why community-based care for African Caribbean mothers in Manchester is not a “nice extra” but a health need. We get into cultural safet...

3. 

   26 Sept 2026

   Why Do Some Couples Feel Further Apart After Raising a Family Together?

   A marriage can look stable and still be starving. When we hear about couples divorcing after 20, 25, even 30 years, it is easy to blame a single event or a sudden change, but the truth is often slower and quieter: the emotional bond fades while life stays busy. We talk honestly about why that drift is so invisible, why it can bypass even the couple’s own awareness, and why empty nest syndrome can turn a “fine” home into a painfully silent one. We walk through a relatable fictional story of A...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

9,819

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

32

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