Episode 54: Woman Disrupted ft. Sofia Husnain
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 54: Woman Disrupted featuring Sofia Husnain By the time Sofia Husnain moved to America at age 11 she’d already been through more than most children her age. She was born in Pakistan and raised by a single mother in a male-dominant society, and because women were not treated as equals, Sofia’s […]
Episode 53: A Micro Preemie Family Survival Story ft. Gaby and Mike Grinberg
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 53: A Micro Preemie Family Survival Story featuring Gaby and Mike Grinberg At just 24 weeks of gestation, Mike and Gaby Grinberg unexpectedly welcomed their 11-ounce baby, Lana Rose into the world. Gaby hadn’t encountered red flags throughout her early pregnancy but severe severe preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome struck halfway through […]
Episode 52: What a Father Leaves Behind ft. Samuel Burwell
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 52: What a Father Leaves Behind featuring Samuel Burwell The strongest person Samuel Burwell knew was his father who was his sole parent after Samuel’s mother passed away when he was just 6 years old. Raised by his father and a community of family and friends Samuel learned that hard work […]
Episode 51: The End of Perfection ft. Dana and Sharon Sberro
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 51: The End of Perfection featuring Dana and Sharon Sberro After hitting emotional rockbottoms several years ago sisters Dana and Sharon Sberro realized that they no longer wanted to give into the societal pressure to be perfect they’d felt for years. Facing a darkness they had not known before, they decided […]
Episode 49: Damsel No More ft. Emily Davis
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 49: Damsel No More featuring Emily Davis Emily Davis knew from a very young age that she saw and felt heard things others didn’t. Throughout the day and even more so at bedtime she had a sense of spirits and magic around her and beings trying to communicate with her. Then, […]
Episode 48: Sparrow in the Razor Wire ft. Quan Huynh
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 48: Sparrow in the Razor Wire featuring Quan Huynh In January 1999, Quan Huynh shot and killed a man in Hollywood. He received a prison sentence of fifteen years to life in a state that, at the time, did not parole prisoners with life sentences. Quan had been a member of […]
Episode 47: A Coming Out and Into Power Story ft. Heather Vickery
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 47: A Coming Out and Into Power Story featuring Heather Vickery About 8 years into her marriage Heather Vickery had the realization that she was married to the wrong sex. She and her husband were great parents to their four children but she knew something in her intimate relationship with him […]
Episode 46: A Gay Man’s Guide to Life ft. Britt East
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 46: A Gay Man’s Guide to Life featuring Britt East Britt East didn’t know any other experience growing up but that of abuse and his family’s legacy of intergenerational trauma. Without a mentor or trusted teacher to guide him he spent his childhood alone, struggling to find his identity. Without structures […]
Episode 45: The Toll of Mental Illness and Finding A Path Forward ft. Debbie Lechtman
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 45: The Toll of Mental Illness and Finding A Path Forward featuring Debbie Lechtman September is National Suicide Prevention Month and Debbie Lechtman, an Israeli and Costa Rican writer and jeweler based out of Los Angeles, is using her platform to bring awareness to mental health. Listen On Apple Listen On […]
Episode 44: All Bodies Are Good Bodies ft. Rachel Coleman
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 44: All Bodies Are Good Bodies featuring Rachel Coleman Rachel Coleman is on a mission to help women break free from the social constructs surrounding body image and diet culture. Even as a teenager she found herself fascinated with how people, especially women, internalized the messages of diet culture and the […]