Series synopsis
Iyanla: Fix My Life is an American reality television series that premiered on OWN on June 2, 2012. It stars Iyanla Vanzant.
A self-help program that features Vanzant helping Americans to overcome difficulties in their lives.
Premise
A self-help program that features Vanzant helping Americans to overcome difficulties in their lives.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Iyanla Vanzant as Herself
Episodes
This series spans 11 seasons with 148 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 6 | April 20, 2013 | May 18, 2013 |
| Season 1 | 13 | June 2, 2012 | November 24, 2012 |
| Season 2 | 6 | April 13, 2013 | May 18, 2013 |
| Season 3 | 12 | July 27, 2013 | December 14, 2013 |
| Season 4 | 16 | November 2, 2013 | October 15, 2016 |
| Season 5 | 8 | November 7, 2015 | |
| Season 6 | 10 | September 10, 2016 | November 12, 2016 |
| Season 7 | 16 | April 15, 2017 | November 18, 2017 |
| Season 8 | 20 | March 3, 2018 | October 13, 2018 |
| Season 9 | 25 | January 12, 2019 | August 3, 2019 |
| Season 10 | 16 | October 31, 2020 | May 22, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 2 |
Fix My Celebrity Ex-Spouse Iyanla works with former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Sheree Whitfield on her relationship with her ex-husband, former NFL star Bob Whitfield. Iyanla sits down with the couple to talk about the role of co-parenting in spite of their contentious divorce. |
April 20, 2013 |
| 3 |
Fix My Diva Life Iyanla travels to Stockbridge, Georgia to help the family of popular radio personality “Sasha the Diva”, who is caught in the middle of a rocky relationship between her 42-year-old husband of two-years, Kevin, and her 17-year-old son, Dominique. Iyanla attempts to open the lines of communication between all three family members. |
April 27, 2013 |
| 4 | Fix My Broken Mother | May 11, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fix My Broken Family In this sneak preview episode, Iyanla hits the road to help a family in crisis. She lays the foundation for healing as she helps three generations of women—Bernetta, Brenda and Corrine—begin to tell the truth. Iyanla provides the tools to restore mother-daughter relationships and offers advice on how to keep lines of communication open. |
June 2, 2012 |
| 2 |
Fix My Reality Star Life, Part I In the series premiere, Iyanla travels to Miami to visit Evelyn Lozada, star of Basketball Wives, weeks before the headline making news of the alleged domestic violence incident between her and her NFL star husband, Chad Ochocinco Johnson. |
September 15, 2012 |
| 3 |
Fix My Reality Star Life, Part II In Part 2 of the series premiere, Iyanla heads to New York to support Evelyn Lozada, star of Basketball Wives, after the headline making news of the alleged domestic abuse incident between her and husband, Chad Ochocinco Johnson. |
September 16, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix My Rap Star Life | April 13, 2013 |
| 2 |
Fix My Celebrity Ex-Spouse Iyanla works with Sheree Whitfield on her relationship with her ex-husband, former NFL star Bob Whitfield. Iyanla sits down with the couple to talk about the role of co-parenting in spite of their contentious divorce. |
April 20, 2013 |
| 3 |
Fix My Diva Life Iyanla travels to Georgia to help the family of popular radio personality "Sasha the Diva", who is caught in the middle of a rocky relationship between her 42-year-old husband of two-years, Kevin, and her 17-year-old son, Dominique. |
April 27, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fix My R&B Family Iyanla travels to Atlanta, Georgia to help mend the volatile relationship between R&B recording artist and reality TV star Syleena Johnson and her mother. |
July 27, 2013 |
| 2 |
Fix My Full House Iyanla travels to Maryland to help a daughter with her angry mother. |
August 3, 2013 |
| 3 | Fix My Raging Spouse | August 10, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fix My Celebrity Parenting Nightmare Iyanla Vanzant travels to Nanuet, New York, to help rapper, actor and reality TV star Saigon and Erica Jean, his on-again, off-again lover and mother to his son. Many know the couple for their tumultuous relationship displayed on the reality series Love & Hip Hop: New York. Although they have a child together, anger, fighting, resentment and a failure to communicate are threatening their ability to effectively co-parent their young son, Steven. |
May 10, 2014 |
| 2 |
Fix My 600 lb Secret Life coach Iyanla Vanzant travels to Los Angeles to work with Bonnie, a woman in crisis, whose weight has spiraled to a staggering 600 pounds, confining her to her home and bed for years. In this gripping episode, Iyanla helps Bonnie examine the emotional road that led to her health crisis, beginning with the death of her mother and the increasingly deteriorating relationship with her daughter and caretaker, Jamesha. Through one-on-one therapy sessions with Bonnie and revealing joint sessions with Jamesha, Iyanla works to repair their relationship and lead Bonnie to a healthier lifestyle and a loving future with her daughter. |
May 17, 2014 |
| 3 |
Fix My Toxic Family Business Life coach Iyanla Vanzant travels to St. Louis to tackle a dysfunctional relationship among business co-owners and sisters Laurie and Anna and their sister/employee, Crystal. Consistent miscommunication and gossiping threaten to destroy their successful healthcare business and to rip their entire family apart. In a highly emotional episode, Iyanla uncovers how Laurie's daughter, Raquel, may be at the center of the sisters' destructive relationships. |
May 24, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fix My Secret Life as a Gay Pastor, Part 1 Iyanla travels to Louisville, Kentucky, to help two pastors whose true identities as gay men have been shrouded by years of lies, secrets and deception. The time has come for both to be true to themselves, while taking the very difficult step of coming out to those closest to them, including their families, a wife in denial and even an entire congregation. |
September 19, 2015 |
| 2 |
Fix My Secret Life as a Gay Pastor, Part 2 The true lives of gay men have been hidden from their families and congregations by years of lies and secrets and it is now time for the ultimate confession. |
September 26, 2015 |
| 3 |
Fix My Secret Life as a Gay Pastor, Part 3 Iyanla supports two pastors in crisis, as they deliver their ultimate confession. |
October 3, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
House of Healing – The Myth of The Angry Black Woman, Part 1 In the first of a four-part special event, Iyanla Vanzant invites eight women to move into her House of Healing. The women, including a single mother, several victims of child abuse, and a set of twins one of whom was attacked by an ex-boyfriend all share one thing in common: They have all been labeled as angry black women. Iyanla's intention is to prove that this stereotype is inaccurate, untrue and dangerous. |
September 10, 2016 |
| 2 | House of Healing – The Myth of The Angry Black Woman, Part 2 | September 17, 2016 |
| 3 | House of Healing – The Myth of The Angry Black Woman, Part 3 | September 24, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Broken Reality: Neffe & Soullow (Part 1) Former reality stars Neffe and Soullow's toxic marriage is on the brink of destruction. Iyanla gives these reality stars a reality check by forcing them to identify -- and finally unpack -- the baggage they've been carrying throughout their lives. Part 1 of 2. |
April 15, 2017 |
| 2 |
Broken Reality: Neffe & Soullow (Part 2) Iyanla delves deeper into the baggage of former reality stars Neffe and Soullow as they try to save their marriage. But when Iyanla questions Neffe's motivation for being there, Neffe storms off. |
April 22, 2017 |
| 3 |
Growing Up Jackson Iyanla provides counsel for Taryll Jackson and his girlfriend of 10 years, who have been struggling for most of their relationship |
April 29, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kidnapped at Birth Iyanla Vanzant works with Kamiyah Mobley, a young woman who was kidnapped at birth and raised by a woman who was not her mother. |
March 3, 2018 |
| 2 |
Addicted to Fame: Mickey Memphitz Wright Iyanla works with Mickey Memphitz Wright, a former hip-hop executive, who lost it all and turned to drugs to numb his pain; it is revealed that the source of Mickey's pain is his father's murder at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan. |
March 10, 2018 |
| 3 |
Crack Addiction, Abandonment, 7 Broken Brothers Pt. 1 Iyanla sits down with the five Mitchell brothers, uncovering decades of guilt and rage among the siblings; abandoned by their parents to the system, it's unclear whether they can see beyond their pain. |
March 10, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Reality Rehab Iyanla works with former reality stars Althea ("Love & Hip Hop"), Dutchess ("Black Ink Crew") and Minyon ("Bridezillas"). Their addiction to fame has left them lost and desperate to reclaim their identities after selling out for money and notoriety. |
January 12, 2019 |
| 2 |
And the Lie Detector Says, Part 1 Evonne raised her three daughters to believe that their father molested them when they were toddlers, a claim he vehemently denies. When a lie detector test exposes the rot gut truth, will it set them free or destroy this family forever? |
January 19, 2019 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 26, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Masks We Wear | October 31, 2020 |
| 2 |
House of Chaos Christy wrote to Iyanla looking for peace with her children to spend more time with her new husband, but when the family opens up, it’s quickly revealed that the behavior of the kids is beyond anyone’s control. |
November 7, 2020 |
| 3 |
The Masks We Wear A comedian’s failure to address past trauma ends up compromising her relationship with her daughter. |
November 14, 2020 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | OWN |
|---|---|
| First aired | June 2, 2012 |
| Last aired | May 8, 2021 |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Saturday at 21:00:00 |