Hot Mess Espresso is a mental health podcast focused on honest conversations around healing, burnout, anxiety, self-growth, and navigating the chaos of everyday life. Through relatable stories, expert insight, and unfiltered moments, the podcast creates a safe space for listeners to feel seen, supported, and a little less alone while figuring life out one episode at a time.
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It’s been over a year since I’ve done a solo episode, so apparently we have some catching up to do.
Like you all asked: it’s just me, a microphone, your questions, and the usual inability to stay on topic. I’m talking about the last year of my life: grief, relationships ending and beginning, finally getting out of survival mode, the uncomfortable amount of growth that happened somewhere in between, and why I almost walked away from HME entirely.
Then we get into your questions: protecting parts of your life when you share so much publicly, imposter syndrome as the pod grows, rebuilding my relationship with self-worth, what I’d tell the version of me who never thought she’d make it this far, and, naturally, forcing me to choose between Dayseeker and Bilmuri (which was incredibly rude).
A lot has changed. Somehow, I think I actually like who I’m becoming. Growth still gets zero stars, though.
7 Oct 2026
(147) It's Okay To Suck, It's NOT Okay To Skip with Will Barker
Six years of training together and I finally got my personal trainer, Will Barker, on the pod... and yes, he can confirm that I still complain about going to the gym.
We talked about the messy intersection of fitness and mental health: what “giving yourself a fighting chance” actually looks like when depression, anxiety, ADHD, chronic pain, or life in general makes showing up hard. Will breaks down why motivation isn’t something we can rely on, why discipline is a limited resource, and why sometimes the win really is just walking through the damn door.
From hot takes and limiting beliefs to “drag ass” workouts and learning to work with where you are instead of waiting to become some magically motivated version of yourself, this one is about getting stronger without pretending the process is always fun.
As Will puts it: it’s okay to suck, it’s not okay to skip. Just try.
30 Sept 2026
(146) So I Cashed Out My 401(k) for a Comedy Festival with Joe Buck
Joe Buck is back! And apparently staying busy was not enough, so he decided to casually add creating a whole comedy festival to the list.
We catch up on the last year of Joe’s life, from leaving a stable career and diving deeper into nonprofit work to comedy, fitness, rejection, relationships, grief, and what it actually means to keep choosing growth when growth is wildly uncomfortable. We also get into using comedy to process the hard shit without turning the stage into a therapy session, learning to be okay with failure, and why success doesn’t have to look the same for everyone.
Plus, Joe is bringing nearly 50 comedians to Colorado for the Trailhead Comedy Festival, October 8–10 in Summit County near Breckenridge. Follow the festival on Instagram @trailheadf for more.
Who has been a guest on Hot Mess Espresso
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
Johanna Swanson
Malisa Hepner
Alyx Wilkins
Jaali Cypher
Alyssa Scarano
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
YouTube views
2,379
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
10 ratings
Spotify
4.7 / 5
27 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100
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Quality
90
Social presence
0
YouTube
68
Engagement
71
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