Before we dive into this week’s double-feature, check out our newest SoulThursdays releases:
🎨 Jessye Norman School of the Arts (JNSA2) – Eastside Atlanta:
Empowering Youth Through Artistic Expression
🩺 Poise Under Pressure:
Winning the Med School Interview with Dr. Nicole Forsythe, M.D., M.S.
Both episodes are now live and available for streaming — and they set the tone for a powerful season of growth, courage, and community.
✨Newly Published Episodes
Jessye Norman School of the Arts (JNSA2) – Eastside Atlanta: Empowering Youth Through Artistic Expression
In this SoulThursdays episode, we sit down with leaders from the Jessye Norman School of the Arts (JNSA2) – Eastside Atlanta to explore how arts education, youth empowerment, and community engagement intersect in real life.
This week, Soul Thursdays brings you a powerful double-feature on purpose, healing, boundaries, and the sacred work of becoming whole again — featuring Kourtni Brandy, Joy Long, M.A., NCC, and Dr. Rebecca A. Eldredge.
If you’ve been navigating purpose, burnout, emotional exhaustion, or the quiet desire to start over… this night is for you.
Episode 1 — Betting on Yourself & Building with Purpose
Featuring: Kourtni Brandy & Joy Long, M.A., NCC
This opening segment is all about faith, courage, and the leap toward a life aligned with your purpose.
🌟 Kourtni Brandy — Betting on Yourself
She left Chicago at age 20 with nothing but faith, a packed car, and a promise from God — and built a life that reflects her calling.
Kourtni’s story is the spark for anyone standing at the edge of a big decision, waiting on strength to jump.
What she teaches us:
Taking the leap before you feel “ready”
Building a brand from the ground up
Trusting God when the path is unclear
Choosing purpose over fear
If you needed a sign? This is the one.
🌿 Joy Long, M.A., NCC — Whole With Joy: Healing, Prosperity & Purpose in Entrepreneurship
Joy is a healer, somatic guide, and founder of Whole With Joy — a practice rooted in embodiment, ancestral grounding, and liberation work.
Her message: healing and prosperity are not opposites — they are partners.
What you’ll learn:
Healing as the foundation of sustainable success
Embodied leadership & spiritual alignment
Defining prosperity beyond money
Daily practices that root you in purpose
How to build a business without burning out
Joy’s presence is an invitation to breathe, soften, and rise again.
Episode 2 — Self-Care Isn’t Selfish: Boundaries, Belonging & Becoming Whole Again
Featuring: Dr. Rebecca A. Eldredge, PhD
After exploring purpose and prosperity, we shift inward — toward the emotional labor, unspoken expectations, and lifelong patterns that shape how Black women carry the world.
For so many helpers, healers, mothers, and movement-makers, self-care isn’t optional — it’s oxygen.
Dr. Rebecca Eldredge brings a grounding, trauma-informed, heart-centered approach to the truth so many Black women live:
We can’t save everyone else while holding our breath.
🌱 This conversation explores:
Why self-care feels selfish — and why that belief must be unlearned
The Strong Black Woman schema and its quiet cost
Emotional labor, exhaustion, and the body
What healthy boundaries actually look like
The longing for belonging, rest, and soft places
How the Chrysalis Collective creates space for transformation
This segment is an exhale — a soft landing for anyone who’s been tired for too long.
✨ Why This Double Feature Matters
Together, these segments remind us:
Purpose requires courage.
Prosperity requires healing.
Wholeness requires boundaries.
Kourtni, Joy, and Dr. Rebecca offer two sides of the same spiritual truth:
You can rise — and you can rest.
You can dream — and you can heal.
You can rebuild from the inside out.
📅 Join Us Live
This Thursday · 8:00 PM ET
🔗 Register at SoulThursdays.com
Bring your notebook. Bring your questions.
Most importantly — bring your whole self.