Hey lady! Have you ever been accused of being stuck-up, shy, rude, or flat-out a b*tch and you were simply existing? Other people’s projections land on you and suddenly you have a reputation for being anti-social or awkward while anxiety is beating your butt and you’re doing your best not to show it. Or, maybe you’re the one pre-emptively judging someone for their demeanor, creating stories about why they are behaving they way they are without pausing and finding a neutral space from which to observe the interaction.

This week, Dr. Dom and Terri show some love to the socially selective, the socially anxious, and the downright awkward among us so that we can understand these relational dynamics and hopefully offer more compassion to ourselves and others. Why? Because we’re all doing life for the first time and we do not all have the answers but we can make the effort to help each other along the way.

Have you noticed that certain situations trigger fight, flight, freeze, or fawn responses from you? Dr. Dom offers an actionable toolkit to help you navigate those scenarios so you can enter spaces skillfully. And, Terri offers perspective about how you can give yourself grace because it is quite possible that you are reading the room accurately and acting perfectly appropriately even if other people misunderstand your behavior.

Terri and Dr. Dom share their real-world experiences and how they’ve been able to adapt to situations while also identifying when they’ve personalized a situation without enough data or proper context. Lady, doing that can cause unforced errors in an otherwise fruitful potential relationship, so do yourself a favor, head over to the Cultivating H.E.R. Space shop, grab your journal and spend some time with the reflection questions offered in this episode.

Lady, life is all about relationships so let’s expand our capacity to be in sisterhood by increasing our confidence and our understanding of our differences. We’re shaping this world into a beautiful one full of genuine authenticity!

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He writes his name in all capitals with a period — because MAJOR. means that. And this week, he proves it.

On this episode of Happy With Tammi Mac, host Tammi Mac welcomes the incomparable MAJOR. for a conversation that moves like a gospel song — slowly, deeply, and straight into your chest.

MAJOR. has built a career on music that makes you feel seen. But behind the voice and the artistry is a story of profound love and devastating loss. His worst moment? October 2015 — when his stepfather, Edward Walter Moten, passed away. Edward was MAJOR.'s hero: a humble, God-fearing, quietly powerful man who came into his life through a church connection when Major. was in kindergarten, married his mother, helped raise a blended family of ten children, and never once made Major. feel like anything less than his own.

In this episode, MAJOR. recalls the second-grade moment that changed everything — when Edward knelt down and asked him for permission to marry his mother. He remembers saying yes. Not because he was a kid who didn't know better, but because even then, he knew Edward was the real thing.

MAJOR. also shares something rarely discussed with such tenderness: how his stepfather helped him navigate his complicated feelings about his biological father — a man he didn't meet until he was eight — and ultimately arrive at a place of agape love, compassion, and peace.

Tammi Mac brings her own vulnerability to this conversation, sharing why she created Happy With Tammi Mac after suffering from depression during the pandemic — struggling to perform happiness on air at KJLH radio while barely finding the strength to get out of bed. Her question, which drives every episode: "How the hell are people supposed to be happy when the worst things imaginable have happened to them?"

MAJOR.'s answer begins with breath. With gold. With the quiet certainty that if you're still inhaling, it isn't over.

Segments covered in this episode:

🌑 The Dark Journey — Losing the man who was the foundation of his world

🔀 The Turning Point — Grace, blended families, and choosing to love fully

☀️ Finding Happy — Why breath is proof that there's more to come

Happiness has been a hard word to come by — but it will exist again.

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In this solo episode, Bailey Taylor gets candid about body image, self-esteem, and the pressure to keep up in a world shaped by social media, fashion trends, and Ozempic culture. She opens up about her own weight loss journey, falling out of routines, and what it feels like to start over when your confidence is low. Bailey also shares her honest take on the return of ultra-skinny beauty standards, why she believes health and strength should be the goal, and how comparison online can distort your sense of reality. From small daily rituals to movement, skincare, mindset shifts, and learning to slow down, this episode is a raw conversation about taking your power back and building confidence in a healthier, more lasting way.

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