We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Angela Bradley. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Angela below.

Angela, appreciate you joining us today. Was there a moment in your career that meaningfully altered your trajectory? If so, we’d love to hear the backstory.

When I was a child, I always knew I wanted to be a therapist. There was something about helping others through their pain that felt natural and necessary to me. I followed that passion early on, earning my BS in Psychology and setting my sights on a future in mental health.

But life had other plans. I got married, joined the military, and spent the next 20 years serving, supporting my family, and navigating a life that looked very different from what I had imagined. I went through a 22-year marriage that was incredibly rough emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. It challenged me in ways I never expected. But in that pain, something powerful happened it reignited my calling.

That experience forced me to reconnect with the part of myself I had buried—the part that was made to help people heal. So I went back to school and earned my master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and Theology. It wasn’t just about fulfilling a dream it was about reclaiming who I was all along.. I started my business sound mind well center LLC to help others.

Every twist in the journey, even the hardest ones, brought me back to my purpose. And now, I show up for others from a place of deep understanding and lived truth.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

For those who may not know me yet, my name is coach Angela J and I’m the founder of Sound Mind Wellness Center, LLC, where we focus on helping individuals heal, grow, and reconnect with their purpose through therapy, coaching, and holistic mental health services.

What sets me apart is that I’ve lived through the things I now help others walk through. My approach is deeply compassionate, faith-integrated, and culturally aware. I don’t just offer tools—I offer real understanding.

One of the things I’m most proud of is my book, “On Purpose,” which speaks to the journey of rediscovering your identity and calling, even after life has taken you through the fire. It’s part memoir, part guidebook, and all heart.

If there’s one thing I want people to know about me and Sound Mind Wellness Center, it’s this: healing is possible. You’re not too far gone, too broken, or too late. My mission is to help you return to yourself, renew your mind, and live your life on purpose.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

There was a moment in my life that changed everything—not because I wanted it to, but because it had to.

I was married for 22 years, and during the course of that marriage, my husband had a child with someone else. That kind of betrayal is the kind that cracks something open in you. But at the time, I chose to stay. I told him I forgave him, and I meant it. I believed in love, in family, in redemption. I held on, hoping things would change.

But the truth is, the patterns didn’t stop. The betrayal didn’t end with that one moment—it continued through repeated behaviors, broken trust, and emotional wounds that kept getting reopened.

At some point, I realized I was losing myself in the process of trying to hold everything together. I was pouring all of me into someone who was not willing to change. That’s when I had to do the hardest thing I’ve ever done—I chose me. I chose to stop surviving and start healing. I chose to rediscover who I was outside of the pain, the title of “wife,” and the silence I had been sitting in for too long.

That season forced me to find my strength, my voice, and my worth. It pushed me back into my passion for helping others heal, and ultimately led me to pursue my master’s degree and start Sound Mind Wellness Center.

If I could do it differently, I wouldn’t wait so long to choose myself. I wouldn’t shrink to keep the peace or betray my own needs in the name of “holding it down.” But I also honor the version of me that tried so hard to make it work—because she loved deeply. And now, I use that experience not as a source of shame, but as a source of strength to help others find their own light in the dark.

If you could go back, would you choose the same profession, specialty, etc.?

If I could go back in time, I would still choose to become a therapist—without hesitation. Helping others heal, grow, and find their inner strength has always felt like my true calling. Even through the detours and hardships, that passion never left me. My own experiences with pain, betrayal, and rediscovery have only deepened my empathy and strengthened my purpose. Being a therapist isn’t just what I do—it’s who I am. I believe I was born for this work, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

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