Radient Resilience - Real Conversations with Tawny Palm

About Radient Resilience - Real Conversations with Tawny Palm

Welcome to Radiant Resilience, the podcast where real people share their unfiltered stories of triumph, perseverance, and the raw realities of life. In a world dominated by curated social media narratives, it's easy to feel alone in our struggles. But the truth is, everyone faces challenges – some overcome them, others navigate through, and a few find themselves still in the midst of the storm. Tawny Palm invites you to join an open and honest conversation that goes beyond the highlight reel. These are not just success stories; these are real-life accounts of resilience in the face of adversity. In each episode, guests bravely step into the spotlight to recount their journeys, sharing the highs, lows, and the unexpected twists that have shaped them. You'll hear stories of triumph, stories of survival, and stories that are still unfolding. In the spirit of fostering genuine connections, Radiant Resilience encourages listeners to send in their own stories anonymously if they prefer. This podcast is a safe space where vulnerability is celebrated, and your struggles are not minimized. Why share these stories? Because, in the power of storytelling, we find solace. By listening to the experiences of others, we learn that we are not alone in our challenges. Radiant Resilience believes that sharing our stories can be a beacon of hope, a source of inspiration, and a reminder that resilience takes many forms. Through tough conversations, empathy, and a shared commitment to understanding, Radiant Resilience aims to break down the walls of isolation. Join us as we explore the depths of the human experience, embracing the good, the bad, and everything in between. Your story matters, and by sharing it, you contribute to a world where compassion and understanding flourish. Tune in to Radiant Resilience, because we all have a story to tell, and in our stories, we find strength.

Publisher

Tawny Palm

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

12 Dec 2023

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 139 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   127. BOOK CLUB - Books, Travel & Giving Back — with Alannah Zilkowsky

   Major / full spoilers: None. This is a recommendations-and-reactions episode — no book endings are revealed. Moderate (an inciting event or arc direction discussed): The Midnight Library (Matt Haig) — the book's opening event and central premise are described (see content warnings below). A Court of Thorns and Roses series (Sarah J. Maas) — light, directional talk about character arcs across the series (which sister becomes central, that Book 2 is a big step up from Book 1). No specific plot twists revealed. Minor mentions (premise/setup only, nothing significant spoiled): The Husbands (Holly Gramazio), The Poison Daughter (Sheila Masterson), Daggermouth (H.M. Wolfe), Silver Elite / Broken Dove (Dani Francis), Alchemised (SenLinYu) and its origin as the fanfic Manacled, and The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Jonas Jonasson) — concepts named, no reveals. Grab your TBR pile — the one that's "taller than you are" — because book club is back, and this time it's paired with the other great love Alannah and I share: travel. Alannah Zilkowsky returns to Radiant Resilience for the first time since Episode 14, and a lot has changed. She's a hairstylist, salon owner, and website designer for salons and stylists up in Edmonton, Alberta — plus an amateur beekeeper, scuba diver, dog mom, plant lover, and world traveler who's already 43 books deep this year. (For the record: audiobooks count. We don't gatekeep.) We start where every good reading comeback starts — a bring-a-friend book club, a copy of Fourth Wing, and "faceplanting" back into reading for pure pleasure. From there we trade our top fives from last year and this year — Crescent City, Onyx Storm, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Alchemised, Yesteryear, Daggermouth, Silver Elite, and plenty more — talk series-size philosophy, most-anticipated releases, and why we're both deep in reread season before the next A Court of Thorns and Roses books land. Then the wanderlust takes over: top-five destinations, dream bucket-list trips (Bhutan! Easter Island! Raja Ampat!), and the reminder that "these knees aren't getting any younger," so do the active trips now. Alannah also shares her work leading international projects for Hair Aid — teaching basic haircutting so people can earn an income in their own communities — with a brand-new project launching in Chiang Mai, Thailand in early 2027. Books, travel, and hair — the trifecta. How did we not meet sooner? Stick around to the end, because we're already planning a year-end follow-up on how our top fives shift… and our DNFs. Want in on the Thailand trip, or more on Hair Aid? Go back to Episode 14, and check the show notes.

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   5 Oct 2026

   126. BOOK CLUB - The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson

   🔴 MAJOR / FULL SPOILERS — The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson The entire episode is an unfiltered, spoil-everything discussion. If you haven't finished the book, come back after. Fully revealed: the ending and every major twist — Henry's true nature (one of the "returned"/undying and how he keeps coming back), the truth about Adia, Kellen's secret identity as the rebel leader, Gavin's death and everything he confesses, the fate of Harlow's parents and Rafe, the necromancer reveal, and the real story behind the garden. 🟡 MODERATE SPOILERS — A Court of Mist and Fury / ACOTAR (Sarah J. Maas) Some backstory and lore-theory chatter (Amren, the Prison, "rips in time") while Tawny re-listens. No plot-breaking spoilers, but skip that stretch if you're new to the series. 🟢 MINOR MENTIONS — no significant spoilers Brief, spoiler-free asides and recommendations only: The Knave and the Moon and The Knight and the Moth (Rachel Gillig), The Sweetest Fiend (Raven Kennedy), The Plated Prisoner series (Raven Kennedy), Because I Killed Him, Throne of Glass (Sarah J. Maas), The Black Jewels series (Anne Bishop), and Spark of the Everflame (Penn Cole). Twilight and Fifty Shades come up only as examples of same-story-retold-from-his-POV. This week on the Radiant Resilience Book Club, I'm joined again by my book bestie Alysha (last with us on Episode 116) to dig into a standalone that completely swept us up: The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson. Picture a heroine whose kiss means instant death, a vigilante alter ego handing out justice to abusive men, and a forced marriage to the one man her poison can't touch — all set against feuding founding families, hungry things in the woods, and gods dealing out gifts you never asked for. We had a lot to talk about. We get into our overall ratings (Alysha came in high), the dual-POV structure and why it actually worked for us, the spice — including the parts that landed a little too dark for our taste — and the avalanche of reveals that had us texting each other mid-read going "wait, did that just happen?" We also wander (lovingly) into what we'd want from a possible spin-off novella, our ongoing dragon agenda, and the towering stack of fall releases we cannot stop talking about. If you love a morally grey enemies-to-lovers with feminine rage, genuine emotional gut-punches, and a heroine you'll root for from page one, this one's for you. Heads up: this is a full-spoiler discussion, and both the book and our conversation touch on some heavy themes — check the content notes and spoiler tiers below before you press play. Grab your TBR list. We're about to add to it.

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   28 Sept 2026

   125. Lindsie Vizethan - From ER Nurse to Body Wisdom Guide: Rewriting the PCOS (Now PMOS) Story

   Content & trigger warnings Domestic abuse / intimate partner violence Disordered eating & food control Chronic illness & medical trauma Weight & body image Infertility & IVF Grief / loss of a parent Medication discussion You know that feeling when you eat and just… don't feel right? A little bloated, a little sluggish, a little off — and somewhere along the way you decided that was just normal? In this episode, Tawny sits down with Lindsie Vizethann — a former emergency room nurse turned Body Wisdom Guide, two-time author, and certified health and nutrition coach based in Clearwater, Florida — for a conversation about what happens when you finally start listening to what your body has been trying to tell you all along. Lindsie spent nearly twenty years in emergency medicine before a dramatic gluten reaction — the kind that left her looking six months pregnant at a pizza dinner — became the wake-up call that changed everything. But as she shares, that moment wasn't really the beginning. It was just the point where her body finally screamed loudly enough to get her attention, after years of joint pain, puffiness, and signals she'd learned to ignore. Together, you'll get into both the science and the soul of women's health: why PCOS was recently renamed PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome), and what that shift toward the metabolic and insulin-resistance piece really means; why so many women get dismissed with a "you're too thin to have that"; and why Lindsie starts her clients not with a meal plan, but with breathing — because when your body thinks it's being chased by a tiger, it isn't prioritizing your hormones. You'll also hear the honest stuff: Lindsie's story of leaving an abusive relationship that warped her connection to food, the grief and caregiving so many women quietly carry, and the question she used to ask her patients that she had to learn to ask herself — "but who's taking care of you?" Whether you're navigating PMOS, perimenopause, an autoimmune diagnosis, or just that nagging sense that something feels off and no one's listening, this one's for you. As Lindsie puts it: you are not limited by your diagnosis. Your body isn't working against you — it's been working for you all along. It just needs you to learn its language. Plus: reading ingredients instead of nutrition labels, the real talk on GLP-1s, why your taco seasoning has oil in it, and how to actually advocate for yourself in a system that's quick to tell you your labs look "normal." Find Lindsie's books Healing Beyond the Diagnosis and Healthy for a Reason*, and catch her own show, the* PCOS Unfiltered: Nourish, Heal, Thrive podcast. CONNECT WITH LINDSIE https://www.linkedin.com/company/upsell-health/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/upsell-health/) https://www.instagram.com/upsellhealth (https://www.instagram.com/upsellhealth) https://www.facebook.com/upsellhealth (https://www.facebook.com/upsellhealth)

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103. Zolal Habibi - From Grief to Resistance: One Woman’s Fight for a Free Iran

Published 20 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So it's probably had like different forms and shapes, but it is that, you know, I have dedicated my life to the cost for freedoms, be it from working right now in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, working with different lawmakers in different countries, or NGOs, or whatnot, to draw attention to the situation in Iran, or, you know, just in different times, it's been like different aspects. And I've been times that my work has been mostly concentrated in like, in regards to the situation of women in Iran, or like, for instance, our youth chapters and youth activism, or human rights situation, or just different fronts based on what was needed. […]

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