The Glorious Mess
The Glorious Mess is for people who didn’t inherit a clean story.
Mixed. Fostered. Raised in systems. Raised across cultures. Raised by people who loved you but couldn’t give you your origin.
Hosted by Raymond Jordan Johnson-Brown, the show sits inside identity, memory, race, belonging, and the strange work of becoming yourself when you had to assemble the pieces.
No self-help. No performance.
Just lived experience, sharp conversation, and the honesty of building a self in public.
If you’ve ever felt like the exception in your own family, you’re home.
Welcome to the mess.
The Glorious Mess
Agree to Disagree
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In this episode of The Glorious Mess, we kick things off by sharing our roses and thorns—moments of joy and challenge from the past week. What starts as light reflection quickly grows into a heartfelt discussion on the complicated nature of family and chosen family. From there, we dive into a thought-provoking debate: whose responsibility is it to establish and uphold boundaries? Should we communicate them explicitly, or is it up to others to recognize and respect them? Spoiler alert: we don’t all agree, and that’s where the magic happens.
Join us for an honest and dynamic conversation about connection, conflict, and the messy but meaningful moments where differing perspectives collide.
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