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The Hey Rhona Podcast is a space created for leaders who are growing, healing, and leading with intention. This show is for those who feel the pull to live fully, love well, and lead with purpose—even in the middle of the mess.
You’ll hear real conversations about emotional health, faith, identity, and what it looks like to lead while still healing. Whether you're in the boardroom, the classroom, at home, or in transition—this podcast will help you connect the dots between your story and your leadership.
Each week, you’ll find practical tools in the show notes for both personal development and leadership development—so you can apply what you hear to real life in real time.
Join Rhona Rubio, Certified Primal Question Coach, speaker, and workshop facilitator, as she shares soul-shifting insights, practical tools, and powerful guest interviews designed to help you grow from the inside out.
This is a safe space to reflect, reframe, and find restoration in the stories that shape us. Because the life you’re meant to live—and lead—isn’t on the other side of healing. It’s happening right now.
Cheers to hope + healing.
Rhona
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Let’s Talk: Choosing to Stay. Grief, Intimacy & God’s Redemption in Marriage with Jen Johnson
In this raw and hope-filled episode, Rhona sits down with marriage and intimacy coach Jen Johnson to talk about the real work of restoration—when staying feels harder than walking away.
Jen shares her powerful story of facing betrayal, grief, her husband's health crisis, and the deep inner work required to rebuild trust. She opens up about letting go of self-righteousness, grieving the loss of what “should have been,” and discovering a deeper purpose on the other side of pain.
Whether you're walking through marriage challenges, personal loss, or wondering if healing is still possible—this episode is your reminder: it’s never too far gone for God to redeem.
How to hold space for those you lead:
🧭 1. Lead with presence, not pressure.
Jen’s healing didn’t come from someone trying to fix her—it came through space, time, and grace. As a leader, your steady presence creates safety. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is:
“Take the time you need—we’re with you.”
🌿 2. Normalize struggle without judgment.
When Jen shared the raw parts of her journey, she invited others to drop the mask. As a leader, you can say:
“Hard seasons don’t disqualify you. They shape you.”
This gives people permission to be human—and grow in the process.
💥 3 Reminders for High-Capacity Leaders (Inspired by Jen’s Story)
- Capacity isn’t immunity.
Jen was strong, successful, and capable—but when grief and betrayal hit, even she had to slow down and heal. Being high-capacity doesn’t mean you don’t break—it means you need deeper rhythms of care. - Overfunctioning isn’t leadership—it’s survival.
Jen could have thrown herself into fixing everything fast. Instead, she chose the hard, slow work of rebuilding—letting God lead, rather than her own strength. - What you build is only as strong as what you believe.
Jen and her husband didn’t just rebuild a marriage—they rebuilt their foundation in God first. That inner restoration made room for real, lasting intimacy.
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