From Teen Mom to Trailblazer: A Journey of Purpose and Empowerment

Camille McDaniel, LPC (00:05.68)

Welcome back to another episode. Today we are going to be talking to a wonderful clinician and social worker about her journey. You’ll hear way more about that. It’s going to be a very interesting, empowering journey from her very start to where she is today as a clinician who is helping individuals who are families and children. She’s doing a great work and I just thought it would be wonderful for us to hear.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (00:09.402)

you

Camille McDaniel, LPC (00:35.408)

this story, you know, sometimes as clinicians Life is rough. We’re helping other people but But maybe it’s not always going so well on our end and it’s nice to also hear from day to day from other clinicians who have overcome obstacles and are doing quite well at this stage just to just to kind of encourage us and and others that

There are no major things that can stop you if this is what the Lord has set out for you to do. So today we’re going to be talking to Tiesha Bryant and listening to her wonderful journey. And Tiesha Bryant, otherwise known as the Parent Healer, is an accomplished author and speaker. She’s a License Master Social Worker. She’s also the CEO of We Have a Purpose, Inc.

She leads efforts in providing vital prevention and intervention services to at-risk families. And then through resilient family wellness, she offers expert coaching and consulting. She specializes in parenting and emotional distress. Her degree is from Florida A University and Troy University, which underscores her dedication to social work. She’s hailing from Pittsview, Alabama.

Bryant, Tiesha Bryant, balances her roles as a wife and a mom with her commitment to community service, empowering families to thrive despite adversity. So thank you so much, Tiesha, for joining this episode.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (02:20.411)

Thank you so much for having me.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (02:22.828)

Absolutely. So let’s jump right on in because you really do have a story that just speaks volumes about perseverance and overcoming. So can you start by sharing with us, just share your story, just your journey. You were a teen mom. So as a teen mom, I guess just start there and tell us how you just navigated those challenges.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (02:49.661)

Absolutely. So again, I am

and Bryant and I was a teen mom. I was pregnant at 13 and I had my daughter at 14. I had very supportive parents. My siblings, they were supportive to assist me along my journey as well as my maternal aunts and my best friend. She also played a major role in that whole process. I was still able to go to high school.

Normal Russell County High School, I was still Alabama. I was able to participate in different extracurricular activities because it aligned with my child’s daycare schedule. My mom made sure I had everything I needed as well as my child. The support I had from my mom and my family was top tier. And my church family, when I went to church,

They welcomed me back with open arms. was no, no, you gotta sit out. was, what can we do to help you along this journey? So my faith in Christ continued to just increase because again, like I said, I was 13. I was baptized when I was like nine. So I’ve always been a church girl, but being a mom caused my faith.

and caused me to actually have a relationship with Christ. being in labor, instead of me screaming, acting a fool like most people do, especially at my age, my mom said, baby, you called on Jesus the entire time. She said, I have experienced labor the way that you did. I would have had a lot of y’all. And that was only God’s grace that kept me through pregnancy.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (04:33.669)

Mm.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (04:46.396)

delivery and up until this point. And I’m just so grateful and so thankful for God just keeping me, you feel me? The fact I’m 33 now and I’m an empty nester, like it’s bomb. Like it is totally a different feeling because it’s like, I don’t go back to that teenage girl anymore. I am an adult.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (04:55.406)

Right, right.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (05:13.307)

I am a grown woman who’s gone through some things and with the things that I have endured, it’s only triumphed me to the point I am now in life, which is a life of social work and an author, a speaker, parent healing, all of those things. So my journey, the things that I went through, the things that were tea for everybody else was really, I set it up as a testimony and I said with proud, know, hey, I was that person.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (05:23.556)

Definitely.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (05:35.77)

Mm-hmm.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (05:42.758)

And to this day, I still help teen parents because I would never turn my back on somebody who’s a teen parent. I would never shame them for being a teen parent. But in the same breath, I’m not going to encourage you to be a teen parent because it was not sweet as it appears on outside. Yes, like I come from a praying family and that just continued. And to be able to raise a child who’s a praying young lady.

It’s just such a blessing all together. So baby being off in college.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (06:18.97)

Restarting life again is so many words, focused on the things that God allowed me to birth while I was going through the process, which is the nonprofit We Have a Purpose and my coaching and consultant, Resilient Family Wellness, all while being a

Camille McDaniel, LPC (06:38.298)

Woo, and that’s a lot now. Now that is a lot. I think, you know, and I want to just highlight some things that you mentioned when you were talking about your journey, because I think that is what contributes to the success of your journey. You mentioned how close your family was and how much they supported you. And like you said, you know, I would never turn my back on a teen mom. I wouldn’t necessarily encourage them to walk this journey, but

But hey, if you’re here, if this is the journey that you have, I’m gonna support you. And I love also to hear that your experience, which I know some people have their own stories about this, but your experience with your church was one where, you know, after you went through all of that, they were there, you know. So you did not experience anybody turning your way, making you feel guilty or anything like that. Again, it’s like, hey, we’re here. So we’re…

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (07:26.068)

Yeah.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (07:35.14)

Right.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (07:36.878)

We’re going to embrace you and I know that that’s not everybody’s story, but I’m really glad that that was yours. All of that, sounds like because you came from a praying family, because you had them wrapped in their arms around you and then your best friends, so you had friends and then you had church. I think that also speaks to the success that people can have when there is community versus us having to do things all by ourselves.

And I’ll say this too, because like congratulations to you, because as you said, you’re an empty nester now. And I’m not saying that’s the congratulations part. We love our children. But I did notice, I think you must be on one of my social media platforms and we must be connected because I saw a picture of your daughter and she had like cords or something. So she’s she’s obviously very bright young lady. And I was just like, look at that. That’s so awesome. So.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (08:10.465)

Right. Right.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (08:29.936)

I was cheering for, I don’t know, anyone’s children. I’m up here cheering for them anyway, but I thought, now that’s wonderful. So not only the start was bumpy, you were a teen mom, like you said, pregnant at 13, had your child at 14, but because of community, it allowed you to still go forward. You didn’t have to stop your education. You didn’t have to stop your life. And you were able to also, along with your community, give your daughter.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (08:35.867)

Yeah.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (08:49.986)

Absolutely, Because it goes back to, takes a child to a child. My village, because again, I was a child, I was still being raised while

Camille McDaniel, LPC (08:58.773)

foundation where it seems as though she has excelled quite a bit as well.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (09:10.672)

Mm-hmm.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (09:17.727)

being a mom, trying to raise someone else and I’m still being raised, but my foundation was already set. My foundation was set in love and in Christ. So it was just a continuation of things being built and my mom nurturing me. And of course, you know, the stones were thrown by family members. And I’m almost certain from church folks and other folks who had something to say negatively.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (09:39.738)

Mm-hmm.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (09:44.325)

Yeah.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (09:45.355)

But it was more positive things that was spoken over my life and that I actually internalized to get me to the next point that I got to in life. The negative, all it did was catapult me. It made the progress a little faster. God was like, you know what, I’m your mouth on my child. I’m gonna show you. I’m going to prepare a table for her in presence of her enemy. And it’s so crazy.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (09:57.796)

Yes.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (10:06.668)

Yeah, that’s okay.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (10:13.232)

Thank

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (10:14.6)

that God has prepared. I don’t mind pulling the chair out and let the same ones that talked about me have a seat. So you know it is it is only God’s grace and the chorus you’re talking about as far as my daughter she graduated with her associate’s degree before she graduated with her high school diploma and all of her yes so her chorus were honor chords.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (10:22.863)

Right.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (10:36.858)

STOP! Alright!

Camille McDaniel, LPC (10:42.915)

Awesome.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (10:44.177)

National Honor Society beta club. She’s also was pinned as a phlebotomist. So she Listen she shot past me because I Started college before I finished high school and God just continued that cycle and allowed her to finish college before she finished high school So I’m not the one Hey Listen when I tell you God is so

Camille McDaniel, LPC (11:05.06)

Wow, that’s awful.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (11:09.914)

That’s alright.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (11:12.829)

Because I’m not the one to brag on my child. I mean, the things she do or the things I do, I brag about God’s grace and the things that I’ve seen in our lives. That simple thing that they’re praying.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (11:20.378)

Bye.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (11:24.656)

Right because moving as far as the honors you also graduated with honors too but you’re you graduated with college honors so here you graduated with college honors she graduated before she even got out of high school she already had her associates and she had all these honors and it’s like yes yes that’s all that’s phenomenal yeah that’s awesome.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (11:30.238)

Yes.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (11:42.181)

Yes. Yes. It was definitely a generational challenge. My mom, I think she graduated high school with a 3.9, and I was like, ooh, I’m to beat yours. And I graduated with like a 4.1. And my daughter was like, I both of y’all. think she had like a 4.3 or 4.4. So it was just like, yes. know? I’m just.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (11:57.072)

Bye!

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (12:05.352)

grateful and even along that journey of being in high school and things of that nature. Of course dating was a no-go because nobody wanted to date somebody, you know, with a kid. You know, now their mom was looking like, she’s fast and this is that third. And that was not a thing. So because nobody really knew how I ended up in that space to even become a teen mom. The trauma and the things that I went through.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (12:24.345)

Yes.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (12:33.447)

prior to conceiving my child that led me to that space. And it was okay that people didn’t know because I mean, it is what it is. It was something that happened, but I wasn’t a victim. I became victorious. So I was okay with it. Now hindsight 22, I’m okay with it. But then I wasn’t because I was trying to figure out what’s wrong with me. Like why nobody wanna date me? I am not good enough.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (12:46.116)

Mm-hmm.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (12:59.696)

Yeah.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (13:01.84)

You know, I graduated, I got this, I got that, but none of that matter because God was preparing me for a time such as seven years ago when I got married. I had to go through the relationships, I had to go through the heartbreaks and you know, the daddy trauma because my parents divorced. I had to endure all of those things to make me who I am today. College, listen, when I talk about my degrees and I stand ten toes on it,

Camille McDaniel, LPC (13:12.058)

Yeah.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (13:30.435)

It’s because the hell I went through to get them. It was not even

Camille McDaniel, LPC (13:33.68)

Mm-hmm. Okay, okay.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (13:36.988)

Thank God I had that same support system as a teenager I had when I had to go away to fam for nine months to finish my degree. My best friend, which is my daughter, Godmom, her, my siblings, my child’s father, my mom, they made sure my baby was okay while I was gone.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (13:38.746)

Yeah.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (13:44.655)

Okay.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (13:56.656)

Allowing you to pursue those dreams were not okay so that you could have the foundation that you needed to keep moving forward. And so even in building that foundation and being able to go off to college, what made you choose of all the things that you could have chosen? What made you pursue social work?

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (14:00.239)

Yeah. Yeah.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (14:17.079)

So I wanted to do something in the medical field, but I didn’t like the blood to throw up that know that whole portion my It has been all of my life And I’ve always seen us helping somebody somebody was always coming to the house was always helping somebody to do something

Camille McDaniel, LPC (14:23.094)

Right.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (14:34.778)

I had cousins who kind of had issues within the Department of Children, Family and Services. So we would help them with certain issues. I had a cousin who was in college for social work and I was like, so this is a thing. And as a teen mom, there was a social worker I met who was linking me to different resources. And I was like, I think I want to do that. Like that looks like something I want to do.

And at the age of 18, I began working at Tears Inc. It’s a nonprofit in the Phoenix City area where I would go into the schools and teach prevention. It was an abstinence-based curriculum that I was facilitating. And to see the kids gravitate towards the information and being able to make a difference and have kids pull me to the side to have these sidebar conversations, it was like…

This is what I want to do. Now let me try green. Let me go find the paper to give me the money I need to go with what I’m already doing.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (15:35.514)

Okay.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (15:42.04)

Yes, yes. Okay, yeah, that part is the important part. But what you, I mean, you found a way, you made a way and you kept on persevering. And then there came a time where you created your own nonprofit. So can you talk to us about, know, what was the inspiration behind all of that? You know, what were your thoughts before you even went in? Because developing a nonprofit is not, that’s not easy. So, you know, what?

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (15:47.18)

Get good.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (16:10.68)

What kind of inspired you there?

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (16:13.118)

So we were in high school, 12th grade, and our advisor, she was like, okay, so you guys come up with something to help the community, you know, come up with something different.

So it was young women with the purpose. That was the name that I had. And it would be girls in the school we would meet who had different traumas and different things that happened to them in life. So it was some of the same issues. I think I was the only teen parent that was known to be a teen parent at that time. Some was molested, a whole bunch of different people. And we just came together.

We make like a little community within the school and then we would go out. We adopted a family for Christmas and just doing things like that in the community. And when I was at FAM, so fast forward, 2014, 2013, 2014, I’m doing my internship at this Florida. And I was like, we don’t have a program like this back home. And my supervisor was like, well,

take what you see that you want and make it yours. So I was like, you know what, I’m gonna do that. So I did a needs assessment to see exactly what we needed. I contacted our state representative for the area, the local judge, sheriff’s office. So I did all the footwork, had petition signed for this particular program. And the thing was, I can’t just say young woman with a purpose because I’m serving more than just young ladies.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (17:26.096)

Okay.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (17:36.591)

Hey.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (17:50.018)

So that’s where we have a purpose come from because it’s not just the agency, not just Tyesha, but the community, the children, we all have a purpose. We just gotta find kids and actually operate in it. So that’s how we have a purpose with birth. And the initial program was to service individuals who have committed a misdemeanor, juveniles, to keep them from having

Camille McDaniel, LPC (17:50.116)

Okay.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (18:01.207)

Nein.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (18:17.848)

a criminal background, keep them from having to miss school, keep mom and dad from having to pay out so much money, we provided them services. And they had to do like community service and write letters. We would go to the school monitor their behavior because it ain’t back in the day where mom and them can just hop off work to go check on the girl or baby boy at school. we were that, and then doing that,

Camille McDaniel, LPC (18:33.07)

Wow.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (18:39.12)

Run.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (18:45.95)

speaking to a kid and he was like well it’s my mama it’s my mama my mama the problem so I began to sit down and have a conversation with mom and that’s where my parenting piece was ignited because now I’m looking for resources to help me with you know parenting and the one thing I found and I built on was the five love languages so I put my program around the five love languages

Camille McDaniel, LPC (18:58.192)

Mmm.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (19:15.0)

and it was in the pandemic 2020 I released my first book which is Imperfectly Perfect Three Steps on the Parenthood Journey. Yeah, so it’s literally like a full.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (19:24.137)

Okay.

Okay, so it’s all coming together. Yes. Okay.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (19:30.242)

Yeah, so I released that book because I remember that child saying what is mama? I saw a video clip on Facebook where a mom and daughter were going back and forth the mom was accusing the daughter sleeping with her boyfriend and My husband I happen to be watching scared straight and I saw the issues with the parents and I was like, you know what? me help these parents because a lot of times as parents our trauma

The things that we have not let go of, those very things are seeping onto our kids and we wonder why they’re bucking the system. They’re bucking the system because of your trauma. They are experiencing secondary trauma and nobody is checking it.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (20:08.025)

Yes.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (20:16.333)

Yes, wow So you I mean you are really you were in there observing listening and then took the next step of doing you know, I mean that And it sounds like it’s all coming back full circle now Do you ever have an opportunity where your own personal story? I mean, is that just your motivation for all that you do or do you ever? have an opportunity to share your story to uplift others or empower them or to

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (20:27.128)

Absolutely.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (20:45.838)

I guess act as an example that no, can be done.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (20:49.75)

Right, so I do share my story. At one point I thought it was time for me to retire it. I was like, well, I think it’s time for me to retire my story because my baby is, you know, she’s an adult now and I’m not as good and God was like, you can’t retire what I gave you. And I was like, okay.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (21:00.88)

Thank

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (21:09.08)

still share my story because that’s my foundation. That is what unlocked what God had in me. And everything was, you know, built upon that particular story. So I share it as background information. And depending on the audience that I’m in, I share it to inspire them to get to the next level.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (21:13.392)

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (21:19.118)

Yes.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (21:29.391)

Okay.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (21:38.228)

a teen mom recently inboxed me and she was like hey miss Tiesha I seen your story I’m going through cuz you helped me and I was just like sure baby girl you know we’re about to get advice now you know so I’m work with her I had a court order someone actually recommended me to be a mentor to a teen mom yeah so I even done parenting a whole eight week parenting course

with this group called Young Lives. And it’s working with teen parents. So I’ve had different opportunities. I’m always open to opportunities to work with teen parents, whether it’s the mom or the dad or both. Because at the end of the day, you’re here, but you’re not here to stay. It’s so much more in head, you know, head and.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (22:10.32)

Okay.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (22:23.695)

Okay.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (22:27.226)

Mm-hmm. Right. Right.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (22:34.391)

Of course, you know, being a team mom was definitely my driving force because I wanted my daughter to have a real model and not necessarily a role model. And I had to be. So I actually started Tiesha’s bounce back convention back home. I said, I’m going to share my story at home. I had never shared it. So I came back. And I shared Tiesha’s bounce back convention.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (22:43.152)

Yeah.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (22:57.56)

Okay.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (23:02.989)

And that’s where I shared my story for the first time in my hometown. And right. So that catapult, Tiesha’s bounce back convention this upcoming year, a make through. So I have women. Thank you. Thank you. I have women traveling from all over to share their testimony, their bounce backs to help inspire the next person. Because all of us have stories. All of us have gone through something at some point.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (23:07.162)

Wow.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (23:16.56)

That’s awesome.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (23:27.812)

Yes. Right.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (23:32.239)

And we didn’t go through it just for ourselves. So a lot of speakers have never spoken before. And I offered them that platform. And from that platform, they’ve been booked to speak in other locations. So I’m really all about just uplifting and building community and helping our parents heal so their kids can live. Once we do that, then we’ll be OK. I think we’ll be all right.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (23:35.237)

right?

Camille McDaniel, LPC (23:55.535)

Yeah.

Yes, yes. I would agree. And I think that the importance, like you shared already, your storytells of how everything started, your storytells of all the strength that the Lord gave you to make it through and continue. And I’ve noticed that in my years as a clinician, that there’s a certain population of individuals who hear it better from someone who’s been there, whether that’s teens or whether that’s parents.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (24:23.675)

Camille McDaniel, LPC (24:27.648)

Sometimes they understand that, you know, they can make it through and these are the steps, but they’re like, yeah, but have you ever tried it? You know, it’s like, yeah, or know, and the kids are, they’re oftentimes very real. It’s like, yeah, but how do you know? It’s just like, okay, they want to, and really in that sometimes what they’re saying is give me a real life example of somebody who has made it through what I’m going through so that I at least know it’s possible, you know, and so.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (24:54.719)

Right.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (24:56.654)

Yeah, I love that. Well, can you give us like, know, for those who they might be feeling a bit overwhelmed or uncertain about their future. And honestly, at this point in time, whether it’s a clinician or whether it’s a client, because I know I was online just sometime this this past week and I saw that a clinician had written, you know, how hard it was to show up for clients when your life is falling apart, you know, and so, you know, if for yourself, you know, just

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (25:20.459)

Right.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (25:24.93)

What piece of advice would you give for those they’re overwhelmed, they’re uncertain about their future, whether they’re navigating motherhood, whether they’re navigating being a professional, what would you give as far as just a word?

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (25:39.442)

Okay, so for starters, in college they would say, know, therapist need a therapist and I’m just like, I don’t need no therapist. I’m good, I’m good. Now that I am older, that thing resonates a little different. So for all…

Camille McDaniel, LPC (25:48.528)

you

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (25:57.212)

of my fellow therapists, all of my clinicians, social workers, counselors, whichever life coaches, whatever category you fall in, get you professional help as well. Whether you feel like your life is all together or not, please have someone that you can go sit on their couch because somebody already sat on yours and now you got your stuff and they stuff and your mama them stuff.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (26:18.501)

Mm-hmm.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (26:24.042)

So go ahead to somebody who’s going to help you release that. And for me, mine was initially a life coach, a spiritual life coach, affectionately known as my tea mommy, Shalonda Williams-Lenard. She’s a life coach, she’s a spiritual advisor. And that’s who I went through first. And I really thought because I’m a social worker, I know all this stuff. I know the tools to use, but how are you really using them?

Camille McDaniel, LPC (26:32.546)

Okay.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (26:48.99)

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (26:52.842)

And it was like, OK, so she had to put me in line even when I wrote the resilience over regret, when I actually shared my testimony. Coach me through that. And she said, Tidesh, if you’re going to share your story, you got to be real and you got to be ready for what comes with it. So a lot of stuff that we go through throughout life, it lies dormant because we have never dealt with it. We suppress it and kept moving.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (27:01.765)

Yes.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (27:18.82)

Yes.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (27:20.778)

In that suppression it comes up in little different pieces. I would definitely suggest getting you a therapist a life coach For my parents and for those who are not parents. I have three F’s for you. and that is to have a foundation We all know when it’s time to build a house the foundation has to be laid first

And it’s okay if you feel the need to go through and tear down some things, whether it was things you learned at church, things you learned at home, things you learned from just your community. If you feel it is not working for you, it is not beneficial, please tear it down and rebuild. It is okay, but your foundation has to be solid. Start with love first. That’s the key for you. Build your foundation on love. Okay?

Camille McDaniel, LPC (28:09.679)

Yeah.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (28:14.831)

Yes.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (28:16.03)

Secondly, become free from your past baggage. The things that hurt you, the things that attempted to tear you down, that molestation as a child, that abandonment from your mom or your daddy, the feeling like nobody wants me, I’m not cute enough, that depression, all of those things that you are dealing with silently, you have to be free. I am today, October the 8th, 2024 at three o’clock PM Eastern Standard Time.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (28:32.409)

I don’t know.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (28:46.394)

am giving you permission to let go and be free of everything that’s holding you down from the back to the playground when you were a kid. You got to let that stuff go baby in order for you to grow and be able to focus on yourself as an individual. What I mean by that is focus on you. What are your goals? What are some things you want to do for yourself? And I know as parents we get caught up in you know we got to

make sure baby girl’s straight. We got to make sure our son is straight, but who’s making sure you straight? And that house and you’re going to be lost in the sauce. I was this close from being lost in the sauce and I had the tools. I knew what to do. But I still made sure baby girl was straight and every goal that I set in my life has been made.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (29:21.656)

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (29:42.974)

to ensure that it was beneficial to her livelihood. It’s some things, it’s some choices you gotta do to make sure your kid is straight. And once they leave, you build on that. Focus on yourself as an individual. Once those three things are done, you show up whole and imperfect, perfectly as a parent and the person that God has made you to be. And you have to live so your next generation, you have to heal so your next generation

Camille McDaniel, LPC (29:50.532)

Yeah.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (29:54.33)

Mm-hmm.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (30:13.163)

Until then we’re be lost in the sauce baby and we can’t we can no longer do that time is up for that Love is foundation of peace

Camille McDaniel, LPC (30:19.81)

All right. Okay. Awesome. feel like I’m literally listening to you on a conference stage because I’m like, she is speaking to the crowd. I hear it. Okay. That is so true though. There are so many things that you shared, right? I believe that it definitely reached somebody who is listening at this time and who needed to hear that and needed to just be reminded, like you said.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (30:25.002)

You

Right.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (30:48.24)

We struggle and we have the tools. That’s the very nature of the career. Well, thank you so much for joining us today. Please tell us where people can find you, how they can connect with you and all that you’re doing.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (31:04.299)

Okay, so I can be reached I can be found at www.tyeshianbryant.com I am Tyesha Bryant on all social media platforms. You can actually come and see me on March 1st 2025 here in Phoenix City, Alabama.

for our third annual bounce back convention. It is going to be powerful. This year, our theme is shut up and get out of the way. It is gonna be good and I’m so, so excited about that. And y’all, I love y’all because I can. There’s nothing you can do about it. If you would like to donate to our nonprofit, you can find us on social media as well. We have a purpose incorporated. It will be 10 years, November the 4th.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (31:33.102)

you

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (31:54.24)

that we have a purpose has been founded. So I am excited as we’re gearing up towards that. And Ms. Camilla, thank you so much. Thank you for this platform. I pray bless over your life. I pray that this platform catapults to the next level and any and everybody that comes in contact with you will be blessed like no other. I pray an overflow.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (31:58.329)

Welcome.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (32:03.268)

Thank you. Absolutely.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (32:19.659)

for your clients that you see to be able to provide them the services and they need for a better life. God bless you, my sister, and I greatly appreciate it.

Camille McDaniel, LPC (32:29.808)

Thank so much. definitely, thank you for that prayer. Thank you for the prayer for myself and for anyone who listens. It’s always welcome. Prayer is always welcome so much. And this has been, I’m so thankful that you took the time. I know that everybody that does come as busy as we listen to everything that you all are doing for community, for yourself, you know.

marriage and mom and community and businesses and conferences. It means a lot. It means a lot. So I thank you so much and all the very best in what you’re doing. I will make sure and everyone knows you can connect with Tiesha right there all on our website. Everything will be there in case you missed anything, but you can always rewind.

Tiesha N. Bryant, LMSW (33:20.481)

So, thank

Camille McDaniel, LPC (33:21.453)

Like she said, Tiesha N Bryant on all social media platforms and she will also on her platforms, I believe even at your website, you have all the information for everything you’re doing. And then we will also have information listed on Christ in private practice. Again, thank you so much and until next time.

CPP Ep. 12 From Teen Mom to Trailblazer A Journey of Purpose and Empowerment