Coping Has a Cost
What you call “coping” might be quietly becoming the thing that’s costing you. Brooke is in nursing school, trying to become the kind of person who understands what the body is saying before it’s too ...
29 Apr 9min
She Said His Name Like a Period. Then Left.
Talon had it all mapped out. Division I track scholarship. A coach who nodded instead of spoke. A mom whose old meet footage he'd been chasing since he was nine. Then his ACL tore. Again. Different kn...
22 Apr 11min
I Drove 9 Hours and Stood on the Porch for 6 Minutes
Nat drove 9 hours to Nebraska. Stood on her parents' porch in April. Hands shaking, phone in hand, watching the minutes tick up. She could smell her mom's honey glazed ham through the door. She still ...
15 Apr 8min
Post Travel Depression Is Real (Here’s How Emily Climbed Out)
It turns out the “post-travel crash” is common enough that therapists and travel writers have a name for it: post-vacation blues—that mood drop when you go from high-stimulation adventure back to rout...
21 Dec 202514min
Teen Body Image Crisis: Silent Battles Unseen
I’m 16, standing in my aunt’s kitchen on Thanksgiving, trying to convince myself that a marshmallow is a threat. Everyone else is laughing in the dining room, and I’m over here negotiating with a cass...
14 Dec 20259min
How to Leave a Toxic Friend Group (Without Losing You)
If your “best friends” are the reason your stomach drops every time your phone buzzes, this episode is for you. 221 unread messages, one toxic group chat, and the moment Maria finally chooses herself ...
7 Dec 202515min
2AM Thoughts and an Overthinking Brain
If overthinking was an Olympic sport, Gen Z would take the gold—but all we get is anxiety and insomnia. This episode is the cool-down routine your brain's been begging for. Freshman year. Private sc...
30 Nov 202514min
Why You Feel Stuck (and What Redwoods Can Teach You)
You ever feel behind in life… like everyone else already bloomed and you're still figuring out if you’re even a plant? 🌱 Redwoods get it. They grow 350 feet tall, live for 2,000 years… but start smal...
25 Nov 20254min
