Health and Wellness
Living well isn’t just about the salads and the gym sessions. It’s about finding ways to take care of ourselves, even when life is anything but okay. Here, we explore what it really means to be “well,” from the mental battles we fight every day to the physical challenges that remind us of our humanity. This is where we get real about what it means to be healthy in a world that often feels broken.
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349. An Imperfect Metaphor
Being diagnosed with cancer is NOT okay, but Emily shares a small okay thing she found in the middle of treating her own breast cancer.
August 28, 2024
325. Tulips
Christine has been struggling with health issues lately. It’s been scary. But recently while she was waiting to get an MRI, she saw a sign from her mother who died…
July 25, 2024
The Resilience Myth with Soraya Chemaly
Years ago, when Nora was in the worst phase of her life (dead husband, dead dad, lost pregnancy) she heard a lot of people describe her as resilient. Those people…
June 18, 2024
205. Accept the Invite
When you’re in a depressive state, it’s totally normal to want to lay in bed and hide from the world. One of our listeners called in with some advice for…
February 8, 2024
159. SOD Walks
Are you reading this right now while laying on your couch, paralyzed by depression, anxiety or ennui?? Listen to this episode and then stand up and take yourself on a…
December 6, 2023
The Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing
There are some stories so plainly horrifying, some crimes so gut wrenching, that it can be hard to imagine the perpetrator as anything other than a villain. A drunk driving…
November 14, 2023
Claire Has A Secret
When Claire was a teenager, she held a lot of big, difficult feelings, and for a while, she saw only one solution for them. Though Claire decides to not act…
September 5, 2023
The Teachers Are Not Alright
Like many teachers, when Kristen started her career at 22, she was hopeful and excited. She loved working with students with special needs, and loved learning how their brains worked.…
August 29, 2023
From the Archives: If/Then
Charlotte was an operating room nurse, used to handling life-or-death situations with precision. But one night, everything changed.
June 20, 2023
Courtney’s Secret Garden
Courtney Maum is having a midlife crisis. Parenting is taking so much of her time. Her writing career is going well, but that means she’s overwhelmed by deadlines and book…
April 18, 2023
Army Wife
Death by suicide has long been a problem within the U.S. military, and not just among veterans: In 2020, suicide rates among active duty service members hit a six-year high.…
November 15, 2022
Update: The Beautiful Ones
Four years ago, Nora sat down with her friend Gigi to tell the story of … Gigi’s face. It was a story about confidence and beauty (and beauty standards) and…
September 27, 2022
Overthinking About You
Allison Raskin was just 4 years old the first time she told her parents she wanted to die. Within weeks, the preschooler was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder and depression.…
September 13, 2022
Born Fat
Genna is fat. They are also queer and nonbinary. All of these things can make a person feel marginalized in a straight, cisgender, thin-obsessed society … but for Genna, it’s…
September 6, 2022
Brettina Has BPD
Our language surrounding mental illness has evolved a lot over the past couple of decades … to a point. There are still some mental illnesses that exist outside of the…
May 10, 2022
