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Voice Notes: Hi Sam

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by Samantha Fernandez

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8 episodes

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Podcast Overview

Voice Notes: Hi Sam is the public version of my private voice memos that start with “Hi Sam, I hope you’re doing well when you listen back to this.” I use voice notes to process life in real time - untangle thoughts, work through emotions, ask better questions, and find clarity. This podcast is a cleaner, intentional verbal diary: self-reflection, accidental breakthroughs, and surprising insights. I share lessons and epiphanies about life, identity, healing, purpose, relationships, and ambition. If you’ve ever talked to yourself and discovered a good point, this is for you.

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3/28/2026

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Recent Episodes

June 22, 2026

S1E8: Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back, Five Steps Forward

In this episode of Voice Notes: Hi Sam, I come to you two days post-vacation — tan, rested, and completely blindsided by my own life. Cancún was fun. But somewhere in the pockets of quiet between the pool volleyball and the silent disco, something cracked open. Because my person asked me to move in with him. In Florida. And just like that, every single area of my life — my job, my apartment, my relationship, my city — landed in a state of uncertainty all at the same time. Because when it rains, it pours. That's just the deal I apparently made with the universe. This episode is episode seven point two. It's what happens after the breakthrough — when you've done the work, loosened the grip, felt things start to flow, and then somehow, without even noticing, you tightened back up. Worse than before. And had to hit a breaking point to wake yourself up again. I talk about what it actually feels like to go unconscious mid-growth — the anesthesia effect, the white-knuckling, the resistance that creates more pain than the thing you're afraid of. I talk about the slingshot: how the setback wasn't a failure, it was the pullback. And I talk about the realization that finally quieted all the noise — that there isn't a different problem in every area of my life. There is one problem. And therefore one solution. The problem is lack of trust. The solution is faith. That's it. That's the whole episode. But then something happened that I've never done before — I waited a few days before recording. And in that window, something shifted. Because surrender doesn't just mean letting go. It means becoming receptive. And when you're receptive, creativity enters. You get to respond to life from a place of possibility instead of panic. You get to paint the experience from what's actually in front of you. That, I think, is where free will actually lives. I also had to remember who I am. A pioneer. Someone who has always made beautiful things out of nothing — and has the receipts to prove it. I don't have all the answers yet. But I'm done letting logic talk me out of my own life.

June 7, 2026

S1E7: The Knot In The Hose

In this episode of Voice Notes: Hi Sam, I come to you running on fumes — because the two weeks since Episode 6 didn't slow down. They cracked me open. What started as a conversation with a dietitian became a full unraveling. She asked me about my stress. I gave her thirty minutes of my life story. And somewhere between the labs, the therapy session, and the YouTube videos I was watching at midnight trying to convince my brain it was safe to let go — I had to face something I'd been white-knuckling for years: I force everything. My career, my outcomes, my healing, my relationships. All of it. And I do it out of fear. Before I get into what burnout actually revealed, I lay the groundwork: what manifestation actually is versus what new age culture wants you to believe, why desire is direction and not delusion, and how you cannot manifest your way around the blocks you refuse to look at. Shadow work is the unglamorous part nobody puts on a vision board. But it's the only part that actually moves the needle. The deeper layer is where it gets personal. I talk about why I grew up believing my actions created tidal waves — and why I learned to overextend, overcompensate, and take responsibility for everything that was never mine to carry. My therapist asked me one question that stopped me completely. And the answer to that question changed the way I understood every relationship I've ever been in — including the one I'm slowly, imperfectly learning to be present in right now. The thing I keep sitting with is this: burnout didn't break me. It showed me where the knot was. And when I finally loosened it — just a little — everything I had been forcing started to flow on its own. I'm learning the difference between doing my half and doing everyone's half. Slowly. With grace. And a lot of Muay Thai.

May 24, 2026

S1E6: Inner Child, Empty Wallet, and a Dominican Man

In this episode of Voice Notes: Hi Sam, I come to you with a full heart and a lot of homework — because the two weeks since Episode 5 sent me somewhere I wasn't expecting. What started as a therapy session became an excavation. My therapist gave me two things to work with: learning to recognize when I'm reacting from memory instead of reality, and doing the work to actually connect with my inner child. What I didn't expect was how far back those threads would reach — or how many different parts of my life they were secretly running. Before I get into the love story (yes, there's a love story), I lay the groundwork: what inner child work actually looks like for me, why I think it functions as energetic time travel, and how a book about personal finance cracked open some of the most uncomfortable realizations I've ever had about my own relationship with money. I talk about the household I grew up in, what I watched money mean to the people around me, and the patterns I picked up without ever being handed a manual. The second half is where it gets tender. Really tender. I revisit the one person I keep coming back to — and this time, something shifted. Not because the circumstances changed, but because I finally understood something about myself that I'd been circling for years: I have been performing for love my entire life. And here is this man who just... gives it freely. Learning to receive that without my nervous system treating it like a threat is, I'm starting to think, the whole point. The deeper thing I'm sitting with is this: a comment at Muay Thai led me to therapy. Therapy led me to my inner child. My inner child led me to money. And money led me back to love. The wound running through all of it is the same one — the belief that I have to earn the things that were always meant to be freely given. I'm working on believing something different now.

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What is Voice Notes: Hi Sam?: Voice Notes: Hi Sam is the public version of my private voice memos that start with “Hi Sam, I hope you’re doing well when you listen back to this.” I use voice notes to process life in real time - untangle thoughts, work through emotions, ask better questions, and find clarity. This podcast is a cleaner, intentional verbal diary: self-reflection, accidental breakthroughs, and surprising insights. I share lessons and epiphanies about life, identity, healing, purpose, relationships, and ambition.

If you’ve ever talked to yourself and discovered a good point, this is for you.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: No, this podcast does not typically feature guests.

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