🎙️ Here’s What I Know
No script. No filter. Sometimes deep, sometimes random — but always real. “Here’s What I Know” is about resilience, strength, and the messy middle between who we were and who we’re becoming.
I started this podcast to share the kind of conversations I needed at 25 — the ones that remind you your start doesn’t define your finish, and that you’re not the only one figuring it out as you go.
New episodes now drop every Tuesday, as I balance this show alongside my other creative ventures. I’d rather give you one honest, thoughtful episode each week than chase a schedule that leaves no room to breathe.
Thanks for listening, sharing, and being part of this space — it means more than you know.
People love to say, “They just need to get a job,” “They just need to stop using,” “They just need to grow up.”
Cool. With what tools?
In this episode, I talk about how we learn (or don’t learn) basic life skills: coping, showing up, respecting people, self-regulating, making decent choices even when no one’s watching. We act like those are automatic, but they’re taught. By someone. On purpose. Over years.
And a lot of people just… never got that.
We get into:
Why “just try harder” is useless advice for someone who was never shown how to try in the first place.
How coping skills, consequences, self-control, work ethic, and basic responsibility are literally tools kids are supposed to be handed by adults.
Why some 22-year-olds look “lazy,” when what they actually are is unequipped.
Addiction, self-regulation, and why “just stop doing drugs” is not a plan.
The myth that people automatically get wiser with age. (You can be 55 and still have 12-year-old coping skills. You’ve met these people.)
Giving kids choices, not control — and why that matters.
The difference between “bad behavior” and “no one ever taught me how.”
If you’ve ever said “they just need to ___,” this one’s for you.
Takeaway: You cannot expect someone to use tools they were never given. Have a little grace — and if you can help, help in a way that serves them, not your ego.
25 Oct 2025
Here's What I Know...About Stuff - Rando Edition
A lighter Friday run-through of the things I actually use and love — from my 15-year-old Shark vacuum and a no-knob GE Café cooktop to EGO lawn gear, Gorilla Carts, dehumidifiers, and one tragic pendant-light rant. Oh, and my girrrrl Beula. Zero sponsors. Just honest yays (and a couple nays).
23 Oct 2025
Here's What I Know...About Being Born
Today’s episode is an origin story with the edges left on. I pick up a chapter I once wrote called “Being Born,” and talk through the real beginning: born out of wedlock, a name that wasn’t my father’s, in and out of foster care, a near-adoption, and a kind, brilliant mother who didn’t have the tools. I share how a steady farmhouse (thank you, Beverly), a big-hearted sister (hi, Denise), and a stubborn streak of resilience kept me from breaking—and how early trauma twisted my sense of worth until I learned to untangle it. This isn’t an autobiography; it’s context for why I care so much about helping people navigate life without a script. The headline I’ve earned: survival informs adaptation, and beginnings don’t dictate endings. If your story feels chaotic, you’re not broken—you’re mid-chapter.
We’ll lighten it up on Friday. For now, breathe, give yourself some credit, and be kind (even when people are… a lot).
Content note: brief mentions of childhood sexual abuse.
20 Oct 2025
Here’s What I Know...About Not Knowing
A candid catch-up after a long pause: career pivots, idea overload, and the messy middle of not knowing. I talk anxiety, dopamine chasing, cutting projects, and choosing focus—plus why home “sanctuary” matters when life feels uncertain.
16 May 2025
Start Where You Are
Heather Shampine shares her experiences, from foster care to disaster response, revealing how to build something incredible even when starting from nothing in this introductory episode.
16 May 2025
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