Hank’s Mom Has Opinions is a podcast about life—the beautiful parts, the ridiculous parts, the healing parts, and the “I cannot make this shit up” parts.
Hosted by Denise—a girl with a German Shorthaired Pointer named Hank and a lifetime of stories—this show blends humor, honesty, and heart in a way that feels like sitting down with your funniest, realest friend. Every episode brings a little chaos (courtesy of Hank, whose love language is mild violence), a little reflection, and a lot of truth about what it means to survive the hard stuff and still find joy.
A dead snake was lying beside the trail.
At least, it appeared to be dead.
Within minutes, my brain had given that snake motive, strategy, cognitive reasoning, and a personal interest in my walking route. Meanwhile, Hank—the professional scent hunter—remained magnificently oblivious.
In this episode, we’re talking about forecasting: what happens when our minds fill the space between what we know and what we fear with an invented story—and then charge us the emotional cost in advance.
We’ll look at the difference between forecasting and preparedness, why possibility is not probability, and how a few clarifying questions can bring us back to the reality actually happening.
Because sometimes the wisest creature on the trail is the one who smells everything—and writes no screenplay about it.
22 Aug 2026
The Five Gates: Serenity Prayer Edition
What if the Serenity Prayer isn’t a prayer of surrender—but a roadmap?
In this episode of Hank’s Mom Has Opinions, I take a deeper look at three familiar lines and discover just how much they have to say about peace, boundaries, courage, discernment, and detachment.
Because accepting what we cannot change doesn’t mean approving of it. Changing what we can may mean changing ourselves. And having the wisdom to know the difference might be what finally allows us to put down the things that were never ours to carry.
We’ll talk about the difference between “I give up” and “I give this up,” what it means to find peace with your eyes open, and why sometimes faith looks like recognizing the boundary of your responsibility—and handing the rest to God.
Three lines. So much wisdom.
And yes, Hank contributes his own lesson in discernment. Unfortunately, it involves flatulence.
14 Aug 2026
The Accumulation Effect - Espisode 4 - Accumulated Distance
Distance rarely happens all at once. More often, it accumulates—in missed conversations, neglected habits, unresolved hurts, and all those little promises that we’ll get back to it tomorrow.
In this episode of Hank’s Mom Has Opinions, we’re talking about what happens when the things we once carefully tended begin to wilt, why our brains love to fill in the blanks when relationships feel distant, and how small movements toward each other can begin to close the gap.
We’ll also talk about the important difference between tending something worth growing and wasting perfectly good water on weeds.
And, of course, Hank weighs in with his usual relationship strategy: skip the overthinking, close the distance, and launch yourself directly into someone’s rib cage.
Accumulated Distance: Tend Your Garden — because whatever deserves to grow deserves to be tended.
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