Ah’Nue Dae Dauning Podcast — where Dawn not only rises... she breaks chains.

What if reaching the end of your strength is not evidence that you have failed—but an invitation to discover what grace can carry that survival never could?

Welcome to Episode One of The Beatitudes: The Bough of Your Breakthrough, an eight-part Ah’Nue Dae Dauning Podcast series exploring Matthew 5:1–12 through a Kingdom-centered and trauma-informed lens.

In “Blessed in the Breaking: Poverty of Spirit Is Not Deficiency—It’s Eligibility,” Dr. Dawn Michaux James explores Jesus’ declaration in Matthew 5:3: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

For women who have experienced gender-based violence, trauma, loss, or other life-altering crises ...