Talks With Friends is a conversation-driven podcast exploring modern life through the lens of friendship
We unpack relationships, personal growth, mental health, culture, spirituality and the everyday experiences that shape us
Honest dialogue, different perspectives, and meaningful connections because the best insights often come from simply talking with friends
Elise Skibik is a trauma-informed author, holistic healer, and spiritual mentor devoted to helping women reclaim their power after adversity. Through her writing, workshops, and guided healing spaces, she supports women to transcend.
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Women please Send us your story via email đĽ and we will feature it on an upcoming episode. Look forward to hearing from you
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#9 sneak peek seastar meditation for October Law of Attraction
a ear inside our sisterhood where we feature guided reiki meditations around monthly topics to create accountability to heal, nurture and align enjoy https://www.eliseskibik.com/memberships
9 Aug 2026
#8 Feeling Your Emotions, Reclaiming Your Potential & Moving Forward
đď¸ NEW EPISODE OF TALKS WITH FRIENDS
Todayâs conversation with James Richardson went somewhere real.
We talked about mental health, discovering your potential, creating momentum and what it means to actually feel your emotions instead of running from them.
James opened up vulnerably about his own experience with mental health and the importance of creating space for men to talk about what theyâre really feeling.
Because men have emotions too.
Men hurt.â¨Men grieve.â¨Men struggle.â¨Men need support.â¨And yesâŚ
Men can have a good cry. â¤ď¸
Crying doesnât make you weak. Vulnerability doesnât make you less of a man. Being honest about what youâre experiencing can be one of the most courageous things you do.
Sometimes healing begins when we stop pretending weâre okay and finally give ourselves permission to feel.
This conversation reminded me that mental health isnât something we should only talk about when weâre in crisis.
We need to talk about it before we get there.
James is passionate about helping people reconnect with their true potential through positive reinforcement, supportive tools, and the momentum to keep moving forward.
This was an honest, vulnerable, and deeply human conversationâand Iâm grateful he was willing to share his story.
đ§ Listen to the new episode of Talks with Friends today.
And remember:
You donât have to hold everything in.â¨You donât have to be strong every minute.â¨You are allowed to feel.
12 May 2026
#7 From Surviving to Speaking
This is not a conversation about shame.
Itâs a conversation about survival, grief, healing, and the importance of speaking up.
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3 May 2026
#6 Who You Are Without Survival Mode
Mental health crisis?
If you or someone you know suffers from a medical condition or mental health crisis, please call your primary care or the suicide hotline. https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ (https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/)
In an abusive situation:
https://www.thehotline.org/ (https://www.thehotline.org/)
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27 Apr 2026
#5 What Love Is (And What It Isnât)
thanks for joining us for another episode What is love and what isnât? In this episode, Elise explores trauma, attachment, and how we often confuse intensity with connection. A grounded conversation on redefining love, navigating grief, and healing after loss, separation, or divorce.
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13 Apr 2026
#4 Spirituality after Trauma
After trauma, many people are drawn to spirituality in search of meaning, peace, and connection. But what happens when spirituality becomes another way to disconnect from yourself?
In this episode of Talks with Friends, Elise explores the difference between grounded spirituality and spiritual bypassing. She breaks down how trauma can impact discernment, why intuition can feel confusing, and how to reconnect with your spiritual practice in a way that supports your nervous system not overrides it.
This conversation is an invitation to come back to yourself.
To trust your body.
And to build a spiritual path that feels safe, embodied, and real.
8 Mar 2026
#3 When the body remembers what the mind avoids
Welcome back to Talks with Friends.
In the last episode we talked about self-sabotage and how many of the patterns we judge ourselves for are actually trauma responses.
Today, I want to go deeper into something that many of us experience but donât always understand.
The body remembers what the mind avoids.
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1 Mar 2026
#2 Self-sabotage is not a character flaw
Enjoy weekly episodes
Here, we talk about trauma through the lens of spirituality, nervous system wisdom, leadership, and embodied truth.
We explore what it means to stop surviving and start leading your life, your healing, your voice.
I donât believe in toxic positivity.
I believe in alchemy.
In turning pain into purpose, wounds into wisdom, and survival into sovereignty.
23 Feb 2026
#1 Survival Wasnât the End of Me
Trauma doesnât just hurt us it reorganizes us. In this foundational episode, Elise explores how survival patterns form, how the nervous system adapts, and how healing begins when we stop asking whatâs wrong with us and start asking what happened to us.
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22 Feb 2026
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