This is a warning. This story may be triggering to some listeners. It contains themes that may be difficult to listen to. It tells a rollercoaster story of overcoming mental illness, addiction, and trauma. It is intended to empower, educate, and inspire hope.
It is meant to be listened to from beginning to end, starting at Episode 1.
"Don't be yourself. Don't take that wrong, okay? But don't be yourself. Be who they want you to be." And I did.
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22 Jun 2023
Deidre
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." - Maya Angelou
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22 Feb 2023
Dearest
There's no stronger bond in this world than that of a mother and her child.
Sometimes that bond is made of love. Sometimes that bond is made of steel.
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15 Feb 2023
Hurt.
The pain wakes you up. The pain calms you down. The pain is ever-present in your life.
So you might as well learn to like it.
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31 Jan 2023
Shut Up and Let Me Grieve
What do you do when you lose someone? What do you say when a loved one loses someone? How do you deal with the overwhelm of grief? Shut Up and Let Me Grieve explores the reality of the experience of grieving and the shockwave that every death leaves in its wake through original poetry and prose.
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15 Sept 2022
Breakdown Journal
In the summer of 2020, I attempted to end my life. Two days later, I checked myself into a psychiatric facility. On the first day, they gave me a blank composition notebook. This is what I wrote.
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6 Sept 2022
Not me.
If I speak it, it becomes real. If I speak it, it isn’t festering inside me, eating away at my soul. If I speak it, I hold the power over it. The truth needs air. The truth needs to be heard.
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6 Sept 2022
9/10
Decades ago, psychologists conducted the ACE Study on adverse childhood experiences. Every trauma you experienced gives you one ACE point. My ACE score is a nine out of ten. My body keeps the score.
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6 Sept 2022
Holly
She wore fairy wings, jelly shoes, and eyeliner out to her hairline. I knew instantly that we would be best friends. I chose her. This is the story of Holly.
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6 Sept 2022
Hunger
Sixteen years with an eating disorder. Sixteen years dreading every meal, calculating calories, weighing in, measuring myself by my BMI. This is the story of my battle with bulimia, with my childhood trauma, and with myself.
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6 Sept 2022
Somewhere Around The Middle
This is my truth - and the truth is ugly. It is a rollercoaster journey through trauma, mental illness, and addiction. The contents of this story is triggering and may be difficult for some to listen to. Please feel free to walk away for yourself at any time.
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18 Aug 2022
Falling Into Holes: A Memoir (Trailer)
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YouTube views
472
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
5 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
7 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100
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0
YouTube
64
Engagement
51
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