The Heart Healer Returns: Healing, Community & Your 2026 Word
Women of Color An Intimate Conversation
Release Date: 12/30/2025
Women of Color An Intimate Conversation
In this powerful return conversation, Victoria Finch — known as The Heart Healer — joins host Deneen L. Garrett for an intimate, deeply reflective dialogue on inner child healing, emotional freedom, leadership, and the power of community. Victoria shares the origin of her healing work, the childhood moment that shaped her life’s mission, and how decades of trauma recovery, hypnotherapy, and personal healing now inform the way she supports women at pivotal turning points. Together, Deneen and Victoria explore: Why so many high-achieving women struggle with feeling unseen How...
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info_outlineIn this powerful return conversation, Victoria Finch — known as The Heart Healer — joins host Deneen L. Garrett for an intimate, deeply reflective dialogue on inner child healing, emotional freedom, leadership, and the power of community.
Victoria shares the origin of her healing work, the childhood moment that shaped her life’s mission, and how decades of trauma recovery, hypnotherapy, and personal healing now inform the way she supports women at pivotal turning points.
Together, Deneen and Victoria explore:
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Why so many high-achieving women struggle with feeling unseen
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How unresolved childhood experiences quietly shape adult relationships and leadership
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What happens in a woman’s nervous system when she enters a truly safe community
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Why the next chapter of a woman’s life deserves to be named, honored, and lived fully
This episode also introduces a reflective ritual: choosing your Word of the Year for 2026 — not as a goal, but as an intention and compass for how you want to live and feel.
Victoria reveals her 2026 word — Freedom — and invites listeners to begin listening for the word that’s calling them forward.
This conversation is especially resonant for women who have spent years caregiving, leading, surviving, and giving — and are now ready to choose themselves, their joy, and their next chapter with intention.
⏱️ EPISODE TIMESTAMPS
00:00–04:00 | Returning with intention & entering community
04:00–09:00 | Victoria’s origin story & becoming The Heart Healer
09:00–14:00 | Defining moments that shaped her healing work
14:00–19:00 | Healing, leadership & choosing yourself
19:00–24:00 | What women carry at life’s turning points
24:00–28:00 | The work Victoria is doing now & transformation in this season
28:00–31:00 | Community, nervous system safety & the Dream Lifestyle™ Collective
31:00–33:00 | Naming the next chapter of a woman’s life
33:00–35:00 | 2026 Word of the Year: Freedom, intention & closing reflections
🌿 ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Episode 191
This is the final episode of the year and a powerful closing reflection on:
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Healing forward, not backward
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Community as medicine
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Freedom, joy, and reinvention after 50
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Listening to the quiet pull toward what’s next
👩🏽🦱 GUEST BIO — VICTORIA FINCH
Victoria Finch, known as The Heart Healer, is a transformational speaker, two-time bestselling author, songwriter, and master hypnotherapist with over 30 years of experience in inner child healing, childhood trauma recovery, mindset coaching, and personal development.
She is the founder of Avalon Executive Assistants, a PR and marketing agency helping coaches, entrepreneurs, and mission-driven leaders expand their visibility and reach. Victoria’s mission is simple and profound: to heal the world, one heart at a time.
🔗 CONNECT WITH VICTORIA FINCH
📧 Email: victoria@justaskvictoria.com
🌐 Website: https://www.justaskvictoriainternational.com
🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/justaskvictoria
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justaskvictoria_
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victoriafinch22
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MotivationHighway
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriafinch/
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@justaskvictoria
📚 Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Victoria-Finch/author/B07HNKVCGV
✨ ABOUT THE DREAM LIFESTYLE™ COLLECTIVE
The Dream Lifestyle™ Collective is a private community created by Deneen L. Garrett for Black women 50+ who have lived, led, caregiven, and carried responsibility — and are now choosing joy, softness, visibility, and reinvention in their next chapter.
🎙️ ABOUT THE PODCAST
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is a 100 Best Women’s Empowerment Podcast hosted by Deneen L. Garrett, featuring honest, soul-centered conversations that empower women to choose themselves, heal deeply, and live boldly.
🎧 Original episode with Victoria Finch:
https://www.womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/inner-child-healing/