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.

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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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    When “Normal” isn’t normal One of the most striking things about recording this episode with Lisa wasn’t just what happened to her. It was how long she believed it was normal. When we talk about normalizing childhood abuse, we aren’t talking about excusing it. We’re talking about how the human brain adapts in order to 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

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    There are things we carry quietly for a long time. Not because we don’t want help.Not because we don’t know something was wrong.But because we didn’t have the words, the safety, or the permission to speak when it first happened. For me, that silence began in childhood. What happened to me didn’t come with language. Read more

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    After recording with Angie Hawkins, I was reminded why Change Happened, Then What? exists. This podcast isn’t about the host—it’s about creating a safe space for guests to share their truth and for listeners to feel seen, connected, and not alone through the power of storytelling. Read more

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    There’s something uniquely quiet about never having a father in your life.You don’t always get a dramatic moment of abandonment.Often, there isn’t a single explanation at all. But because they were simply… never there. Kevin’s story in this episode of Change Happened, Then What? stirred something unexpected in me. When Absence Isn’t Loud—but It Still Read more

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    In this episode, Sandra’s story opened a deeper conversation for me—not only as a podcast host, but as an intuitive and a human who has spent years listening beneath the surface. When we talk about being cracked open, we often think about trauma or life-altering events that force us to stop. Yet, there’s another kind Read more

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    Raising a complex child in a world that didn’t yet understand neurodiversity taught me to trust my intuition and advocate beyond labels. I learned to teach the schools how to teach my child, prioritize who he truly was, and support him until he could choose his own identity as an adult. Read more

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    Ken’s story shows how one grandmother’s belief changed everything. In the 1970s, he was told he’d never learn to read—but she refused to accept that label. When children feel valued and supported, they don’t just become productive. They become confident, capable, and deeply valuable members of society. Read more