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Episode 119

Breaking Generational Trauma, Faith, Identity & Holistic Healing w/ Author & Storyteller Angela Golden Bryan

with Author & Storyteller Angela Golden Bryan

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What happens when storytelling, faith, cultural identity, and holistic wellness come together in one honest conversation? In this powerful episode of The Holistic Counselor Podcast, host Diana S. Rice sits down with Angela Golden Bryan — Amazon bestselling…

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What happens when storytelling, faith, cultural identity, and holistic wellness come together in one honest conversation?

In this powerful episode of The Holistic Counselor Podcast, host Diana S. Rice sits down with Angela Golden Bryan — Amazon bestselling author, filmmaker, speaker, wellness advocate, and founder of Fireburn Heritage — for a deeply authentic conversation about generational trauma, healing, identity, emotional wellness, storytelling, church hurt, holistic health, and breaking unhealthy cycles.

Diana and Angela first met years ago during a completely different season of life while both working in the entertainment and acting world. Now reunited through purpose-driven work, the two explore how our stories, belief systems, family histories, faith experiences, and even the lies we internalize can shape our emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health.

Angela shares the powerful history behind the 1878 Fireburn Revolt in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, including the deeply personal discovery that her own great-great-grandmother survived the historical uprising. Together, Diana and Angela discuss how intergenerational trauma, cultural identity, forgiveness, nervous system survival patterns, and community impact the healing journey.

This episode also dives into:

  • Generational and intergenerational trauma
  • Identity confusion and cultural belonging
  • Faith and mental health stigma in Christian and BIPOC communities
  • Church hurt and spiritual bypassing
  • Anxiety, burnout, depression, and emotional exhaustion
  • The connection between storytelling and healing
  • How lies and limiting beliefs shape mental health
  • Holistic wellness and mind-body-spirit healing
  • Healthy community, accountability, and emotional support
  • Nervous system regulation and lifestyle healing practices
  • Nutrition, sleep, movement, and sustainable habit change
  • Why healing requires both truth and compassion

Angela also opens up about her own health journey that inspired her newest book, Treasure Your Temple, and how holistic wellness, nutrition, faith, and intentional community became part of her healing process.

About Angela Golden Bryan

Angela Golden Bryan is an Amazon bestselling author, filmmaker, speaker, certified life coach with the John Maxwell Team, and founder of Fireburn Heritage, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and amplifying untold Caribbean stories while contributing to cultural identity, legacy, and generational transformation.

She holds master's degrees in Counseling Psychology and Practical Theology and is also a certified holistic health practitioner through Hippocrates Wellness with specialized training in plant-based nutrition and whole-person wellness.

Her work focuses on helping individuals break generational patterns, reclaim identity, strengthen faith, and pursue healing across mind, body, and spirit through storytelling, education, wellness advocacy, and cultural preservation.

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