Monomyth Diaries
Monomyth Diaries, hosted by Rachel Leon and Mandi Jones, is a podcast where real stories inspire personal growth. Through honest and heartfelt experiences—free of advice or experts—we foster connection, validation, and new perspectives. Each episode invites you to listen, relate, and embrace your own journey.
Episodes
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What happens when the pain you never healed finally catches up with you?
In this gripping episode, Paul Leslie takes us back to a childhood marked by trauma, addiction, instability, and the kind of emotional wounds that don’t go away just because you grow up. From a devastating family tragedy to parents battling darkness, to joining the army at 19, and hidden addictions, Paul spent years tr...
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What happens when life forces you to slow down—and in that stillness, you rediscover your purpose?
In this episode, Sam shares her powerful journey from running a thriving massage therapy business to surviving a life-altering triple aneurysm at just 37 years old. Through the long road of rehabilitation, she uncovered a new way of seeing life and her work—transforming massage therapy into a ...
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In this special bonus episode of Monomyth Diaries, we’re sharing a meaningful conversation that first aired on Beyond Beauty with Stephanie, where Rachel joined Stephanie as a guest to share her personal testimony. She shares her journey from a difficult childhood to surviving a traumatic assault as a teenager that resulted in pregnancy, and the life-altering choice she made to choose life...
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What happens when you finally recognize that you are the common denominator in your own story?
In this episode, Tara shares her journey of transformation—through faith, discipline, and intentional partnership with her husband, Keeley. From counseling breakthroughs to completing the 75 Hard challenge, Tara reveals the tools that helped her release resentment, find forgiveness, and live with ...
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What do you do when life forces you to confront the role you’ve played in your own heartbreak? What’s the moment that makes you say, “It’s me — I’m the one who has to change"?
Growing up in a fractured family, navigating bullying, and finding her footing after betrayal and heartbreak, Tara Bell’s story unfolds as a powerful look at what happens when pain meets self-awareness. From he...
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What happens when you decide your story doesn’t have to repeat itself?
In this chapter of Sam Golubic’s series of mini-monomyths, we explore how she chose a different path from the one she grew up with. Raised in a home shaped by her mother’s mental illness and her father’s distance, Sam could have easily carried those patterns forward. Instead, she made a conscious decision to live differe...
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What is Monomyth Diaries, anyway?
In this updated trailer, original creator Mandi is joined by new co-host Rachel to revisit the heart of Monomyth Diaries—its mission, what the show truly is, and how the name Monomyth Diaries came to be. Shaped by 1.5 years of listening, learning, and holding space for guests to share transformative journeys, this episode offers a...
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What happens when a pre-teen boy loses his dad early—while still needing fatherly guidance?
In this Mini Monomyth episode, Evan reflects on losing his dad at a young age and the unexpected place where he began to find direction, guidance, and a sense of belonging. What started as a simple decision became a steady influence—shaping his character, his confidence, and the way he would eventua...
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(Originally recorded on Beyond Beauty with Stephanie Podcast)
In this special bonus episode of Monomyth Diaries, we’re sharing a meaningful conversation that first aired on Beyond Beauty with Stephanie, where Mandi joined Stephanie as a guest to share her personal testimony of finding faith.
Mandi opens up about growing up in chaos, carrying deep shame, and walking a long, honest road toward...
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How do you turn pain into purpose?
In this episode, Rachel Leon opens up about the tools that helped her heal—faith, scripture, forgiveness, and the courage to share her story. Guided by mentors like her father and grandmother, she learned to embrace her worth, check her heart, and live by the truth that our stories are gifts meant to be shared.
What blessings can come from choosing forgiven...
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How can something so painful become the start of something beautiful?
In this moving episode, Rachel shares her story of growing up in a turbulent, unstable home—an experience that ultimately led to unimaginable trauma, but also to an unexpected blessing: her daughter. Growing up with a deeply spiritual, Christian father who also battled addiction shaped the way Rachel saw people—not as go...
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What happens when a small moment of remorse opens the door to a quiet, unexpected transformation?
In this special bonus episode, Rachel shares a tender and surprising shift taking place in her marriage—one that began with reflection, humility, and a step neither of them saw coming. What unfolds is a reminder that growth doesn’t have to be loud to be miraculous.
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What’s the most meaningful gift you’ve received this year — and could it be something you can’t wrap?
In this reflective bonus episode, the Monomyth Diaries Mandi, Rachel and Angie share the intangible blessings that have shaped their journeys — from forgiveness and faith to healing and friendship. Through gratitude and reflection, they explore how unseen gifts often bring the deepest tran...
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What does it take to step into leadership with confidence and purpose?
In this episode of Monomyth Diaries, we shine the spotlight on one of our own — Angie, AKA Country Girl, a founding member of the podcast who usually works behind the scenes. This time, Angie steps up to the mic to share her personal journey of growing into leadership, from her role as a manager in corporate America to h...
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What does it take to rebuild after rock bottom?
In this second part of Melissa’s monomyth, she shares the steps—both physical and emotional—that brought her back to life. From seeing someone run while she sat in a wheelchair, to eventually running marathons herself, Melissa's path shows us that healing is both possible and powerful.
What role did Scouting, therapy, and her community ...
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How does a loving and confident beginning turn into a season of insecurity and destructive choices?
In this episode, Melissa shares her monomyth—from a confident childhood in to a teenhood marked by illness and insecurity, and a young adulthood full of heartbreak and destructive choices.
What led Melissa to her fateful night? And how did that moment become the wake-up call that sparked her...
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What moments shape us the most — the ones we live through, or the ones we hear from someone else’s story?
In this Thanksgiving episode, Mandi, Rachel, and Angie gather around the mic to share the guests who impacted them most this season — the stories that shifted their perspectives, softened something inside them, or reminded them that transformation is always possible.
They also open up ab...
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What does it mean to leave a quiet legacy of impact?
Ida shares how her parents’ simple values—work hard, treat people right, and give back—shaped her life, her success, and her heart for service. From building Venus Construction to mission trips in Africa to supporting her community in times of crisis, Ida reminds us that success isn’t about spotlight—it’s about showing up.
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What happens when one chapter closes but the story continues?
In this heartfelt bonus episode, Karen and Mandi sit down together as Karen bids farewell—for now—to the Monomyth Diaries. As one of the founding voices of the podcast, Karen reflects on what this journey has meant to her, the lessons she’s learned from our guests, and the ways this experience has shaped her own monomyth.
What mom...
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What does it take to begin healing after a lifetime of pain?
Tyler walks us through the turning point that changed her life forever. After decades of addiction, homelessness, incarceration, and trauma, she emerged from her incarceration with a determination to live differently.
This episode explores Tyler's decision to do life differently, her journey of deep inner work, and the unwaver...
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