Break Phree Podcast

In Part One, Derrick Smith revealed the choices and consequences that cost him 20 years of his life. Now, in Part Two, we meet DERRICK2.0—the man he became before the prison doors ever opened.

Derrick shares how a life-changing encounter with God forced him to confront the man he had been and intentionally rebuild himself from the inside out. While incarcerated, he earned his GED, graduated from Miami Dade College, built a gov...

The Power in Healing ft. Kortynie Canady

In this episode of Break Phree Podcast, Kortynie sits down and tells the truth — the version she used to hide. The heartbreak that broke her. The moment she stopped recognizing her own face in the mirror. The things she tolerated because starting over terrified her more than staying broken.

This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s the accountability, the anger at God, the forgivenes...

Before there was DERRICK2.0, there was Derrick Smith 1.0.

In Part One of this powerful Break Phree Podcast interview, Derrick takes us inside the life he lived before his transformation and the choices that ultimately led to him serving 20 years in prison.

He opens up about his conviction, the darkest moments of incarceration, the relationships he lost, and the painful reality of watching life continue without him. Derrick also share...

READY READY READY! From Church Rejection to Reaching Hundreds of Thousands. Ft. Pastor Candice Grace

Candice Grace’s journey is one of faith, rejection, restoration, obedience, and becoming the woman she was called to be.

One of ten children, Candice attended 24 different schools before the age of 17. By 18, she was already a mother, living on her own, working, and attending college. Raised as a pastor’s daughter, she kne...

While other young people were hiding relationships, changing the way they talked, or terrified that being honest could cost them their family, Storm grew up with something many Black gay boys never experience:

Permission to exist exactly as he was.

His mother didn’t shame him. She didn’t make him feel like something was wrong with him. She looked at her son and asked the question before he could even say the words:

“...

He Tried to Kill Me in Front of Our Son | From Broken to the Bank | Joi Hunt

“I never imagined the man I married would one day try to take my life.”

Behind the smiles and appearances was a decade of abuse, manipulation, and fear. Then everything changed when Joi Hunt says her husband tried to kill her in front of their son.

In this unforgettable episode of Break Phree Podcast, Joi shares the terrifying reality of surviving...

Behind every successful entrepreneur is a story most people never see.

Before Kim Perrymond built a million-dollar party planning empire, she was a little girl growing up in chaos, searching for stability, love, and safety. She survived a decade-long abusive relationship, walked away from a secure teaching career, and made one of the most difficult decisions a mother could ever face—sending her children to live with family whi...

When Nikell lost both of her parents, she believed the adults in her life would protect her.

A promise was made to her mother that she and her sister would be cared for. Instead, a decision was made that would expose Nikell to seven years of abuse at the hands of someone who should have never had access to her.

From losing her parents to losing her innocence, Nikell’s story is one of unimaginable pain, betrayal, survival, and u...

The Pain That Refused to Let Me Go Ft. Vaneesah “Vee” Bahar

Grief doesn’t always begin with death.

Sometimes it begins with a prison sentence.

Sometimes it begins the moment you’re forced to leave your newborn baby behind.

Sometimes it comes through the loss of the people you love most.

In this unforgettable episode of Break Phree Podcast, Vaneesah Bahar shares the heartbreaking chapters that shaped her life. Af...

What happens when the streets know your name, death keeps knocking at your door, and God keeps saying, “Not yet”?

In this powerful episode of Break Phree Podcast, Deangelo, also known as God Sent, shares the unfiltered truth about gang life, having guns pointed at him, surviving shootouts, walking away with a target on his back, and the moment he realized he wasn’t built for the streets—he was built to lead.

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Your anger might not be anger.

Your independence might not be strength.

Your personality might be trauma.

Cousin Colby joins Break Phree Podcast for a raw conversation about trauma, identity, survival mode, emotional suppression, and the hidden ways pain shapes our lives. Together, we unpack generational trauma, grief, father wounds, relationships, and the patterns many people mistake for who they are.

What if the version of you that&r...

What happens when the person you love is sentenced to decades behind bars? Do you walk away, or do you fight for the future you still believe is possible?

In this powerful episode of Break Phree Podcast, Angela sits down with Myca “Nova Jay” Beale—veteran, entrepreneur, author, mother, and proud prison wife. Nova shares her remarkable journey of loving her husband through incarceration, raising their son while navi...

I Cant’t Miss Because I’m Not Guessing ft. Prophet Jeremiah Daniel Davis

What happens when God shows you something before it happens?

In this compelling episode of Break Phree Podcast, Angela Wright sits down with Prophet Jeremiah Daniel Davis for a transparent conversation about the prophetic, purpose, obedience, heartbreak, and the responsibility that comes with hearing from God.

Prophet Davis shares what it’s real...

I Was Left Alone Ft. Brittany Brewster

At just 10 years old, Brittany Brewster experienced a loss that would change her life forever when her brother was murdered. Years later, she faced another unimaginable heartbreak—the unexpected loss of her mother, the woman who had been her foundation, protector, and guide.

In this powerful and emotional episode of Break Phree Podcast, Brittany shares what it feels like to navigate grief,...

I Lost My Mother… Then I Lost Myself ft. Tekesia Shields.

Before there was Ms. Tk… there was Tekesia. A young girl raised by a single mother, becoming a teenage mom at just 16 years old while still trying to figure out life herself. But at only 18, everything changed when her mother unexpectedly passed away — and survival mode took over. In this raw and powerful episode of Break Phree Podcast, Tekesia opens up ...

✨ God Is In The Details ft. London King What looks like “luck” is often God moving behind the scenes. In this episode of Break Phree Podcast, Angela Wright sits down with entrepreneur and visionary London King for a raw conversation about survival, success, grief, faith, and purpose. From growing up learning independence at an early age… to hustling as a young girl selling candy in school… to building p...

What happens when the woman known as the “Seven Figure Spa Chick” stops talking business… and starts talking truth?

On this episode of the Break Phree Podcast, Dr. Angela Wright sits down with Candace Holyfield Parker for a raw conversation about survival, success, motherhood, pressure, faith, and the emotional cost of building an empire.

Candace opens up about:

Growing up in the projects in Memphis

Building a seven-...

This episode wasn’t planned… but it was necessary.

I had a guest scheduled for this week, but at the last minute she decided she didn’t want to speak on her past—specifically her time in prison. And for me, that’s not something I can skip over.

At Break Phree Podcast, we don’t tell half stories.

We don’t hide the hard parts.

We don’t protect images over truth.

So I made a decision to pivo...

Before she became a celebrated entrepreneur, a Spelman alumna, and the visionary behind a luxury fragrance brand… Sakari Sanders was fighting for her life—literally.

In this deeply raw and necessary conversation, Sakari opens up about the reality behind her glow—surviving abusive relationships where her life was once threatened, including a moment no woman should ever have to experience… a gun placed in her...