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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    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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    There’s a particular kind of silence that follows medical trauma. It’s the silence that comes after you’ve survived.After the scans, the surgery, and the words benign, you’re lucky, and it could have been worse.After everyone around you exhales—sometimes before you do. When I spoke with Rachel Stone, I realized just how familiar that silence felt. Read more

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    There are moments in life that split us in two. After losing her brother to suicide in 2003, Heather Holt reflects on turning grief into purpose—from advocacy and awareness to storytelling that creates space for honesty, connection, and hope for anyone learning how to carry loss with compassion, courage, together. 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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    Losing my brother changed everything, including the way I listen to my intuition. This story explores intuitive healing after loss and why we can’t unknow what our soul knows. When we trust that inner guidance, grief becomes a path toward clarity, connection, and a new way of living. Read more

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    The Conversation After the Recording Some of the best parts of my podcast conversations happen after we stop recording.When Andy and I wrapped up our interview, we stayed on the phone a while longer.What we ended up talking about didn’t make it into the episode — but it stayed with me. Remembering the Band Room Read more

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    A heartfelt reflection on Shawnti Refuge’s journey and the courage it takes to choose accountability. Discover how healing through journaling and self-awareness can turn pain into purpose and strength. Read more

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    When ego takes control, it can drive success—or destroy it. Inspired by Michael Bugary’s story, this reflection explores how letting go of ego can open the door to healing, purpose, and connection. Sometimes, the hardest journey isn’t out in the world—it’s the one back to yourself. Read more

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    At 8, Melinda Moulton turned heartbreak into courage by declaring she’d be a cliff diver. From losing her mother young to reshaping Burlington’s waterfront, her story is one of resilience, love, and change. As I turn 50, I reflect on her lessons and the courage to dive. Read more