Every Soul Has A Story

At 45, Julianna Miner discovered she had ADHD—not through a doctor's diagnosis, but while a psychologist was explaining her child's symptoms. For years, she'd thought the chaos in her head was just "h...

3 Nov 202244min

She had just sold three book deals in three months—but celebrating herself felt impossible. For author and CEO Rea Frey, the joy of career success was tangled with a deep discomfort around being the c...

29 Sep 202243min

Paralegal by day, romance novelist by night—Meredith Schorr has mastered the art of balancing a full-time job with writing joyful romantic comedies that readers devour. The author of Seen on TV joins ...

29 Sep 202238min

She had won an Emmy by 24 and was creative director of a TV production company—but she was utterly unhappy. For Jean Meltzer, success on paper meant nothing until a Rosh Hashanah sermon asked her "Aye...

12 Aug 202226min

In her head, it's a black screen—no pictures, no movies, no mental images of what characters look like or where scenes take place. For debut author Maggie Giles, this is aphantasia, and she had no ide...

1 Aug 202231min

Is it possible to be too good at setting boundaries? Friendship expert and podcast host Nina Badzin says yes—and in this candid conversation, she challenges the Instagram-culture mantra of "protect yo...

22 Jul 202234min

What does it feel like when your father says "I love you" and saying it back makes you feel like you're giving away a piece of yourself? For writer Darcey Gohring, that hollow exchange was the painful...

1 Jul 202222min

What happens when you're a licensed mental health counselor with a full-time caseload and a burning desire to publish novels? For C. D'Angelo, it meant learning to self-publish, setting firm boundarie...

20 Jun 202226min