Episode 70: Life After Pregnancy Losses ft. Kim Hooper

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 70: Life After Pregnancy Losses featuring Kim Hooper Before Kim Hooper endured pregnancy loss herself she wondered if women experiencing miscarriages might have had a part to play in their loss—maybe they didn’t eat the right things or didn’t manage stress well, maybe it was their fault. As her own losses […]

Episode 65: Conquering A 20-Year Eating Disorder ft. Alli Spotts-De Lazzer

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 65: Conquering A 20-Year Eating Disorder featuring Alli Spotts-De Lazzer At a young age, Alli Spotts-De Lazzer learned about the connection between food and body weight and was only 9 years old when she started dieting. For most of her life, she equated weight with purpose and worth and fought to […]

Episode 41: When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder ft. Colleen Rosenblum

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 41: When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder featuring Colleen Rosenblum Colleen Rosenblum never suspected her teenage daughter had been battling a severe eating disorder from the early age of 12. She ate meals with the family and did well academically. But then, one day when Colleen was trying to talk […]

Episode 36: From Downward Spiral to the Other Side ft. Ashlee Brown

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 36: From Downward Spiral to the Other Side featuring Ashlee Brown Just before she went off to college Ashlee’s younger brother died in an ATV accident. With her soon-to-be-divorced parents grieving and her own uncertainty about how to cope with loss, she decided to leave for freshman year. Struggling once she […]

Episode 35: Quitter: A Story of Relapse and Recovery ft. Erica C. Barnett

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 35: Quitter: A Story of Relapse and Recovery featuring Erica C. Barnett Five trips to detox, two inpatient rehabs, two outpatient programs, and getting fired from her dream job as a journalist for an alternative newspaper didn’t ultimately keep Erica C. Barnett from drinking again. Listen On iTunes Listen On Spotify […]

Episode 20: Escaping the Midwest Church That Was a Cult ft. Benjamin Risha

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 20: Escaping the Midwest Church That Was a Cult Cult leaders arranged for Benjamin Risha’s mother, a woman of Jewish descent, and his father, of Lebanese descent, to be married.  Their marriage, and his birth, was intended to be a sign of peace between Arabs and Jews. Listen On iTunes Listen […]

Episode 3: Everybody Knew ft. Christine McLean

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 3: Everybody Knew ft. Christine McLean When Christine McLean left home as a teenager to escape her abusive father she didn’t think she’d ever look back. Listen On iTunes Listen On Spotify Listen On Google Podcasts CONNECT WITH CHRISTINE MCLEAN HERE Link The domestic violence she experienced as a child left […]

Episode 2: Different This Time ft. Jason Allen

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 2: Different This Time ft. Jason Allen Addiction ran rampant in author Jason Allen’s family and disrupted every aspect of his life growing up working-class poor in a small, Long Island town. Listen On iTunes Listen On Spotify Listen On Google Podcasts CONNECT WITH JASON ALLEN HERE Twitter Instagram Link Against […]