Welcome to Let Go Sunday, a weekly guided meditation series hosted by Drenda Thomas Richards. This is not a wellness podcast. It is a weekly reset ritual designed for people who want to step into the week ahead with intention instead of inertia.
Every Sunday, we deliver a 3 to 7-minute practice that is short enough to be non-negotiable and long enough to actually work.
Our Three-Word Promise
Relax: Slow down first, because nothing releases from a gripped hand.
Release: Let go of the week, the weight, the noise, and the roles.
Own: Step into the next week with intention & as who you actually are.
The Theme Framework
Each series focuses on one specific theme, creating a complete arc throughout the year that mirrors the journey of returning to your core self.
RELEASE
Identifying and gently releasing what is no longer required.
It meets you where you are, helping you let go of the unresolved decisions and accumulated obligations carried over from the past year.
RECLAIM
After releasing, something gets reclaimed.
Focuses on returning to what was always yours, such as your confidence, clarity, original motivation, and authentic voice.
REBUILD
Focuses on constructing forward.
Instead of building from who you were told to be, you build from what's actually true, connecting deeply to your leadership identity and purposeful momentum.
REMEMBER
This most reflective series meets you with intention.
It is about coming home to yourself, auditing your life, and remembering your original wholeness before the year ends.
I'm Drenda Thomas Richards. Take a breath, let the part of you that's been holding it together take a step back. Relax, Release. Own. Let's begin.
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Drenda Thomas
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health & fitness · health & fitness · religion & spirituality
Reclaiming doesn’t require penance. It requires permission.
Welcome to a new season where we focus on reclaiming what has been lost or abandoned. In this episode, we confront the exhausting belief that you must constantly perform, pretend, or please others to earn the acceptance you crave. It is time to stop putting yourself last and remember that you never have to earn your place in any room. Take a few moments to breathe, straighten your posture, and step into the week with a new, quiet confidence: you belong simply because you say you belong.
2 Jun 2026
Week 2 - Reclaiming Your Intuition
Before you learned to second-guess, you knew things.
Before anyone taught you to doubt yourself, you had clear instincts and a quiet, internal intuition. In this episode, we explore the moments when you talk yourself out of your gut feelings, replacing them with logic, external validation, or someone else's opinion because it feels "safer". We are unlearning the lie that your instincts need evidence to count. Your gut isn't wrong; it is the accumulated data of every experience you have ever had. Take a breath, drop the need to explain yourself, and step into this week ready to give your intuition the room it deserves.
2 Jun 2026
Week 3 - Reclaiming Your Voice
Not the polished version. The honest one.
Your real voice is worth hearing exactly as it is—without excuses and without caveats. In this brief meditation, we confront the reality that staying quiet and holding back always has a price. This week, your challenge is simple but profound: find just one place to let your true voice be heard, even if you have to start with a whisper. Take a deep breath, let go, and step into the week ready to finally be heard.
2 Jun 2026
Week 4 - Reclaiming Your Dreams
The desire you buried under ‘being realistic.’
At some point, your dreams and goals became smaller. Maybe you watered down your ambition so you wouldn't make others uncomfortable, or perhaps you settled for what felt "sensible" because your original desires felt too risky. This episode challenges the quiet belief that it is too late or too silly to go after what you really desire. Take a few minutes today to drop the strategy, stop planning, and simply give yourself permission to want it again. You are allowed to want and to have more—you always were.
2 Jun 2026
Week 5 - Reclaiming Boundaries
Taking control.
The word "boundary" often gets a bad rap, feeling like a harsh wall or a selfish rule, especially for those raised in high-control environments who were taught to always put others first. In this episode, we reframe what a boundary actually is: a necessary fence designed to protect your energy and your mental health. You will learn to draw a circle around your own feet, taking full responsibility for your own thoughts, words, and actions while letting go of how anyone else reacts on the other side of that fence. Take a deep breath and remind yourself that your feelings matter, and setting a boundary is an act of self-care, not selfishness.
2 Jun 2026
Week 6 - Reclaiming Rest Without Guilt
Rest as a right, not a reward for sufficient exhaustion.
Notice if a quiet voice inside tells you that you haven't earned this moment because your to-do list isn't finished. In this episode, we tackle the guilt of taking a few minutes for yourself and the cultural conditioning that demands a constant hustle. You are allowed to rest simply because you are human, not because you have checked enough boxes to justify stopping. Take a deep breath, let this moment be complete without planning for what is next, and remember that your worth is never found in your output or a full calendar.
2 Jun 2026
Week 7 - Reclaiming Your Own Definition Of Success
Whose finish line have you been running toward?
At some point, you likely adopted someone else's definition of success, whether it arrived as a parent's hope, cultural expectations, or an industry benchmark you began chasing. In this episode, we pause to honestly evaluate the destination you are currently working toward and ask: who actually decided that was your goal? You will be challenged to sit quietly and consider what success would look like for you if absolutely no one else could see it or measure it. Take a deep breath and give yourself permission to define what winning means for you, and start running your own race at your own pace.
2 Jun 2026
Week 8 - Reclaiming Curiosity
The person you were before you became an expert.
Before you became an expert, or before you cared what anyone else thought, you were naturally curious. Somewhere in the process of getting good at something, that curiosity got traded away for the quiet pressure to already have all the answers. In this episode, we reclaim the permission to ask questions and try things without needing them to be strategic or practical. Your challenge this week is to follow an interest that is entirely outside your lane—not to monetize or master it, but simply because you want to. Take a deep breath and remind yourself: curiosity doesn't need a destination; it only needs permission.
2 Jun 2026
Week 9 - Reclaiming Trust In Yourself
After years of outsourcing your knowing to others.
How many times today did you check to see if your instinct was correct, or defer to the person in the room with the bigger title? In this episode, we confront the conditioning that has taught you to trust the opinions of others instead of trusting yourself. That quiet knowing inside you isn't luck; it is your accumulated competence that has evolved into intuition. This week, your challenge is to make just one decision strictly from your own gut without asking anyone else what they think. Take a deep breath, trust yourself, and watch what happens.
2 Jun 2026
Week 10 - Living From What You’ve Reclaimed
Not just knowing it. Practicing it in the ordinary moments.
Knowing your instincts are worth trusting and actually living like you know it are two completely different things. In this episode, we bridge the gap between awareness and action, taking the trust and ambition you have reclaimed and putting it into practice in your ordinary, everyday moments. You will learn how to notice old patterns of shrinking and second-guessing without judgment, recognizing that while awareness is the first step, it must eventually show up in your Tuesday afternoon meetings and daily choices. Take a deep breath, drop the unnecessary explanations, and challenge yourself to live true to the authentic version of you that existed long before the BS.
2 Jun 2026
Week 11 - When Reclaiming Feels Selfish
Naming the guilt that arrives when you finally choose yourself.
There is a loud voice of obligation that shows up the exact moment you start choosing yourself. It uses heavy words like responsibility and reminds you of all the people who are counting on you. In this episode, we tackle that internal guilt trip and dismantle the myth that your exhaustion is somehow noble. You will learn that choosing yourself isn't selfish—it is the exact requirement for you to show up fully for the people who truly need the whole, resentment-free version of you. Take a deep breath, let the guilt pass, and remember: guilt is not the same thing as truth.
2 Jun 2026
Week 12 - You Were Never Lost
The self you’ve been returning to was never actually lost.
Here is something that might surprise you: you haven't been "finding" yourself this season; you have been uncovering yourself. In this episode, we explore the crucial difference between searching for something that was misplaced and realizing that the true version of you was actually there all along. The self you are reclaiming was never gone—she was simply buried underneath layers of performance, expectations, and the conditioning you adopted to survive different seasons of your life. Take a deep breath and rest in the quiet knowing that you don't need to search anymore; you just have to remove the BS and come home.
2 Jun 2026
Week 13 - Honor What You've Reclaimed
Honoring the work.
Over the last thirteen Sundays, you have been doing the profound work of reclaiming various parts of yourself—whether it is your instincts, your voice, or the ambition you had quietly set aside. In this final episode of the quarter, we take a moment to sit quietly, let that progress land, and name at least one specific thing you have successfully reclaimed. Honor the significance of this space, be proud of yourself, and celebrate that you are simply being who you were created to be. You have cleared the BS, and as we transition into our next series, we prepare to leave the old blueprints behind and begin rebuilding from what you now know is true.
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