This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://themediocreblackwoman.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_7">themediocreblackwoman.substack.com</a><br/><br/><p>Yesterday, I was invited into a live conversation with Reverend Evelyn about joy, spirituality, and what it means to stay grounded in a world that feels increasingly unstable.</p><p>At one point, she posed a question that stayed with me long after the live ended:<em>Can you have true joy without safety?</em></p><p>Her belief was that genuine, sustained joy requires safety — t…</p>