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The People Who Stay There is a moment in almost every difficult season when we quietly start taking inventory of our lives. Not of our accomplishments. Not of our possessions. Of our people. Who still calls, still shows up, who sits in the silence when there are no easy answers? Who stays? That question stayed… Read more
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Morgan Scafe’s Story and the Reality of Living with Complex PTSD One of the things that stayed with me most after recording Morgan Scafe’s story was how different survival looks from what many people imagine. When we hear stories about trauma, we often want a resolution. We want to believe that once the truth is… Read more
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What happens when something changes your life and then the world stops talking about it? After talking with Kenny that question has been sitting with me. As I worked on this episode with Kenny, I kept coming back to my own experience during COVID. Not the headlines. Not the rules. But the moments that stayed… Read more
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There’s something about poetry that I’ve never quite been able to explain and maybe that’s the point. Poetry doesn’t ask you to understand it, It asks you to feel it, and I’ve always loved that. Even if I don’t read it as often as I wish I did. I don’t sit down every night with… Read more
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I Wasn’t Supposed to Be That Person There are certain lines we draw in our minds about who we will never become. I wasn’t supposed to be someone who struggled with opioids.Not supposed to be someone who knew that quiet, seductive relief.Definitely not someone who understood how quickly “just this once” becomes something else entirely.… Read more
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For most of my life… For most of my life, I didn’t know I was dyslexic.I just knew that reading and writing felt harder for me than they seemed to be for everyone else. It wasn’t until my junior year of high school that something happened—unexpected, uncomfortable, and oddly clarifying—that changed how I understood my… Read more
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Over the years, I’ve witnessed a pattern that becomes impossible to unsee once you recognize it. It shows up quietly at first—during custody disputes, in carefully curated public appearances, and in children who learn early which version of themselves is safest to show. What often looks like “good parenting” on the outside can, in reality,… Read more
Heather Holt Podcast Host | Storytelling on Healing, Resilience & Life After Change
Inspiring stories told weekly to help change your perspective — and maybe even leave you smiling.