LivD Stories

About LivD Stories

Breakups suck—but your comeback story? That’s where the magic happens. Livd Divorce Stories is the go-to podcast for Black and Brown women navigating divorce, co-parenting, and healing. Expect raw truths, emotional breakthroughs, expert tips, and unfiltered conversations on everything from finances to finding yourself again. Whether you're crying on the bathroom floor or laughing with friends, we’re here for it all. Real stories. Real support. Real glow-ups. Welcome to Livd Divorce Stories: The messy, beautiful truth about starting over.

Publisher

Livd

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Feb 2024

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

30 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   The House Was in My Name and I Still Lost It: What Nobody Tells Black Women About Life After Divorce with Tonya Poindexter

   She qualified for the house on her own. She paid the mortgage on her own. The judge still told her to sell it and split it fifty fifty. Liv sits down with Tonya Poindexter, author of The Aftermath: What Nobody Tells Black Women About Life After Divorce, two decades of federal service behind her, chamber of commerce chair, mother of three, grandmother of five. The woman everybody else leans on. And the woman who, by her own admission, has never told this story out loud until now. Tonya takes us to the closing table, where the title company asked her twice if she was sure about putting his name on the deed. Her gut said no. She said yes anyway, to keep the peace. She calls it the biggest mistake of her life. Liv gets real right back, on paying spousal support, on the friend who said “girl, pay him, you make more,” and on walking down the aisle already crying and calling it joy. Two different marriages. Two different states. Same landing place. This is not a conversation about who was wrong. It is about what stayed attached after the judge was done, and what it costs a woman to find out too late. Expect laughter and some tears, Sis. Both are welcome here. You’re going to want to sit with this one. 3 Things You’ll Take Away: 1. Your Name on the Mortgage Did Not Make It Your House You qualified on your own. You made every payment on your own. You assumed that meant something. Tonya assumed it too, right up until a judge told her to sell the house she had been holding for her children and her grandchildren, and hand over half. What she learned about how her state actually treats property will make you go read your own paperwork tonight. 2. The Pause Was Trying to Save You They asked her twice at that closing table. Are you sure. Something in her said no, and she overrode it to avoid an argument she did not feel like having. She calls it betraying herself. If you have ever gone along to keep the peace in a room full of documents, this part of the conversation will sit on your chest in the best way. 3. Being Strong Will Not Protect You From the Aftermath She did not cry. She did not turn up. She felt numb, and she spent a long time thinking that meant something was wrong with her. Tonya names what the aftermath actually is: not who you were before the marriage, not who you were inside it, a whole new person you have to build from scratch. Six months, six years, or the rest of your life. There is no calendar, and nobody hands you one. For additional support: Join the Livd Community:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.livd.co/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.livd.co/membership) Subscribe to the Livd Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.livd.co/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.livd.co/newsletter) Need Guidance? Learn about coaching packages here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.livd.co/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.livd.co/coaching) Connect with Livd Stories: IG: @livdstories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.livd.co/⁠⁠ (https://www.livd.co/) Connect with Tonya Poindexter The Book: The Aftermath: What Nobody Tells Black Women About Life After Divorce (https://www.amazon.com/Aftermath-Nobody-Tells-Black-Divorce/dp/B0HF8KRSM4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13KDHVWA0IBC4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._LVCJNZYmBBnRZJMI5hv3A.pMCj9BCa704mndlZCyn7RS9PlZtAMeA3g-aU4HE3xXw&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+Aftermath%3A+What+Nobody+Tells+Black+Women+About+Life+After+Divorce&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1792072385&sprefix=the+aftermath+what+nobody+tells+black+women+about+life+after+divorce%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-1) LinkedIn: Tonya Poindexter Instagram: @writer_queent LinkedIn: Write Touch Publishing Instagram: @writetouchpublishing Facebook: Write Touch Publishing

2. 

   11 Jun 2026

   This Is for You - A Word for the Woman Who Knows But Hasn't Found the Courage Yet with Liv Lewis

   You listened to Amanda's episode. And maybe something in you recognized her story as your own. This is the bonus you didn't know you needed. After wrapping that interview, Liv had one more thing to say. Not to everyone. To the specific woman sitting with the question: can I do it? If you know you need to exit but haven't found the courage yet, this short and honest message is for you. No fluff. No pressure. Just truth, love, and a reminder that the strength you're looking for? It's already yours. Takeaway: The tension between knowing you have to leave and actually leaving is real, it's common, and it doesn't mean you're weak. It means you're human. And when you get to the other side, Liv promises you this: it won't even feel like it was as hard as it felt in the moment. Because you'll be standing in a completely different life, knowing you chose yourself.

3. 

   4 Jun 2026

   Marriage Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Body Knows What Your Mind Is Still Trying to Deny

   What happens when the healer needs healing? This episode is one for the archives, fam. Liv sits down with Amanda Thomas, licensed psychotherapist, TikTok truth teller, and woman who spent 20 years in a marriage quietly disappearing into it. Amanda gets breathtakingly honest about what it means to be the one who studies relationships for a living and still miss every sign happening inside her own home. She wasn't being hit. Nobody was cheating. What she was navigating was something far more invisible and far more common: marriage death by a thousand cuts. This conversation goes deep into the places we don't always name. The body holding what the mind won't admit. The jaw clenching at night. The neck that never stops aching. The moment you realize you've been living in the dark just to love someone who wasn't choosing you back. Amanda opens up about her silent retreats, the message that changed everything ("the healer needs healing"), and what life looks like now that she has finally, fully chosen herself. If you've ever felt that pressure in your chest and told yourself it wasn't that bad, this episode is your exhale. This is not a conversation about whether to stay or leave. It is about having enough information to make an informed decision, and knowing that whatever that next step is, you are not alone in it. You're going to want to sit with this one. 3 Things You'll Take Away: 1. Your Body Has Been Trying to Tell You Something You've been pushing through, holding it together, keeping it moving. Amanda did too. But years of stress, emotional suppression, and navigating a difficult marriage had a plan of its own. What happened to her body once she finally reached safety will make you rethink everything you've been calling "fine." 2. It Doesn't Have to Be Dramatic to Be Real No affair. No violence. Just a slow, quiet erosion that took 20 years to name. Amanda calls it marriage death by a thousand cuts and the response from women across TikTok says everything. If you've ever minimized your pain because there was no single moment to point to, this conversation gives language to what emotional neglect actually feels like from the inside. 3. She Said She's Better Than She Ever Imagined Not okay. Not surviving. Better than she ever imagined. Amanda is a licensed therapist, a community builder, and a woman who spent two decades choosing everyone but herself. Hear what healing after divorce, reclaiming your identity, and finally choosing yourself actually looks and feels like on the other side. For additional support: Join the Livd Community:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.livd.co/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.livd.co/membership) Subscribe to the Livd Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.livd.co/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.livd.co/newsletter) Need Guidance? Learn about coaching packages here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.livd.co/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.livd.co/coaching) Connect with Livd Stories: IG: @livdstories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.livd.co/⁠ (https://www.livd.co/) Connect with Amanda Thomas IG:@audaciousblackgirl TikTok: @.just_manda SubStack: Marriage Death By A Thousand Cuts (https://justmanda.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web)

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

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Quality

72

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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