In this episode, I chat with Katie. She shares about her time growing up in Ukraine as a missionary, her experiences in Ukraine and her love for the country, and the impacts the recent war has had on her emotionally. Big thanks to Katie for her patience as this was recorded in early May and I just got around to editing it with how crazy things have been. If you’re interested in donating to organizations devoted to helping Ukraine and their citizens, please consider the following organizations pr...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 62
In this episode, I chat with comedian, musician, and actor Zach Dresch. In this episode, we talk about his comedy and music career, how his anxiety and depression has impacted him, his struggles with body image issues, and how the stage helps him to cope. Big thanks to Zach for his patience as this interview was recorded back in April! Also want to note that this guy has blown up in the last few months. It seems like every month I'm hearing about more and more accomplishments coming from his det...
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 61
I wouldn’t necessarily call this an episode but this week I share a little update regarding the future of the podcast. As much as I want to keep producing weekly content, it just can’t continue due to the current circumstances. Listen as I explain what’s currently going on and what the future plans are for the podcast.
May 23, 2022•8 min•Ep. 60
In this episode, I chat with Matt. Matt shares about growing up with a mother who struggled with alcoholism, how 9/11 turned his life upside down in a unique way, and how many of his years have been spent caretaking for his parents. Matt openly shares his struggles with supporting his family but also desiring his independence and freedom from the stress that accompanies such a role.
May 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 59
In this episode, I continue my conversation with Ali from last week. We continue to discuss her rocky road of recovery, her exposure to patient brokering and other predatory actions of some addiction providers, how her relapse after seven years of sobriety was triggered due to her desire to start a family and her bipolar disorder, and how she continues to fight daily using her “secret sauce” for recovery.
May 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 58
In this episode, I have a deep conversation with Ali. Ali shares about her childhood and early years of drug addiction. We discuss the impacts our fathers’ addictions had on our self esteem, her strong desire to escape from emotions with substances, and how her addiction led her into a world of even more trauma and despair. This episode ends with Ali beginning to share more about some of the horrible things that individuals with addiction experience when trying to get clean....
May 02, 2022•46 min•Ep. 57
In this episode, I talk with my friend and former colleague, Kristen. Kristen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a mom of two. Since experiencing some struggles herself with postpartum depression and anxiety, she has felt drawn to helping others in similar situations. We discuss some of the common emotions of parenthood, the concerns regarding the lack of maternal mental health assessment in postpartum care, and the importance of reaching out for support. I absolutely love Kristen’s...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 56
In this episode, I chat with my former client and nomad friend, Sarah. We discuss how a difficult relationship helped her to get on the road and how losing her job during the pandemic combined with our work together helped her to go towards her goal of starting her own successful business while also having a better quality of life. Sarah is definitely one of those people who knows how to take advantage of life’s challenges. If you’d like to learn more about Sarah’s business, feel free to connect...
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 55
In this episode, I chat with Craig Wynne. Craig is a professor, coach, author, and happy bachelor. After a breakup in 2015, Craig stumbled across literature online regarding singlehood and the stigma surrounding it. After learning more about the topic, he became inspired to do his own research and writing on the topic. He has since created a blog at www.thehappybachelor.org , joined other professionals in the field to complete research, written a book called “How To Be a Happy Bachelor”, and sta...
Apr 11, 2022•49 min•Ep. 53
In this episode, it’s just me, myself, and I reflecting back on my first full year of podcasting. I talk about the difficult behind the scene moments in the early days, my amazing guests along with begging for more amazing guests for the future, and share my goals for the future as well as my gratitude for you listeners. I honestly couldn’t do it without you. If you want to connect with me to chat, be a guest, or offer feedback, please email me at karri@wanderingsoullifecoaching.com or reach out...
Apr 04, 2022•56 min•Ep. 53
In this episode, I chat with my client, Sarah. In honor of Endometriosis Awareness Month, Sarah shares very openly about her experience of dealing with this disorder for the majority of her life. In this episode, you will learn more about the history of the disorder, the symptoms, and the need for additional research. Just a warning that we do talk very openly about vaginas, menstruation, bowel movements, sex, and other things that may be uncomfortable for some; however, Sarah and I both believe...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 52
In this episode, I chat with my cousin’s wife, Ashley. While this episode is not necessarily connected to last week’s episode, the two guests of the episodes are. Last week, I chatted with my cousin Adam regarding his adoption story and this week I’m chatting to his wonderful wife, Ashley. In this episode, Ashley shares about being grateful for Adam and how he helps to support her through tough times. Ashley’s tough times started in childhood when she realized that she was struggling with depres...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 51
In this episode, I chat with my youngest cousin on my mom’s side, Adam. Adam was adopted from Honduras and entered our family when he was just 8 months old. Adam shares about his adoption story, his struggles of not having information regarding his birth family, and what it was like growing up in our family. Adam expresses deep gratitude regarding his adoption and I can definitely say that I’m grateful for it too.
Mar 14, 2022•48 min•Ep. 50
In this episode, I chat with Seana. Although you wouldn’t know it due to her upbeat personality and robust acting resume, for the past several years, Seana has been dealing with some very complicated health issues. We discuss her childhood diagnosis of Turner’s Syndrome, her struggles with kidney issues and now kidney failure, her experience with dialysis, and her hopes of getting a kidney transplant in the near future to greatly improve the quality of her life. To get a glimpse of Seana’s writi...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 49
In this episode, my husband Anthony joins me again to officially share the news that WE ARE PREGNANT! We discuss our pregnancy journey thus far including how we found out and told our families, my physical symptoms, and the emotions we have both experienced thus far. As my friend Sarah would say, listen along as a box of crayons and a calculator have a conversation. This is the story of how we made our future Lite Brite.
Feb 28, 2022•53 min•Ep. 48
In this episode, I chat with Karen. Karen immigrated to the United States from Argentina with her mother when she was only nine years old. We chat about their motivation for the move, her experiences of transitioning to the US, her journey to receiving citizenship, and how she and her mother started a successful cleaning business from the bottom up. If you’d like to keep up to date with Karen’s business endeavors, check them out on Instagram @piliscleaningservice.
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 47
In this episode, I continue my chat with Chance from last week. We pick up right where we left off. In this episode, Chance shares about his move to LA, his struggles with substances, and how he was able to find sobriety and healing with encouragement from his always helpful mom.
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 46
Chance was such a fun storyteller that I had to break his story down into two episodes. In this episode, Chance shares about his upbringing in Appalachia, his childhood search for a positive male role model, and the struggles he experienced with bullying in school from both staff and peers.
Feb 07, 2022•41 min•Ep. 45
In this episode, I chat with my good friend, Sarah. We discuss our friendship, her childhood growing up on the road, her profession as an occupational therapist, and how our work together helped her to implement self-care, set boundaries, and find her strength. If you’d like to connect with Sarah, you can find her on Instagram at bond.voyage.
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 44
If you didn’t check out my last two episodes where I chatted with Stephanie, I highly recommend doing so because in today’s episode we’re chatting with her husband, Derrick. Derrick shares about his homeschooling experience, his upbringing in the church, his perspective on their love/hate love story, and how his questioning of the Mormon faith led to their final departure from the church.
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 43
In this episode, I continue my chat from last week with Stephanie. We picked up right where we left off last week when Stephanie was sharing that she would never, ever marry Derrick. In today’s episode, Stephanie shares more about her love hate love story with Derrick as well as the unraveling of their connection with the Mormon church.
Jan 17, 2022•53 min•Ep. 42
This chat with Stephanie was so powerful and engaging that I had to break it down into two episodes. In today’s episode, Stephanie shares her story regarding her difficult upbringing. She shares what it was like to suffer abuse by the hands of her mother, her experience of sexual assault as a young adult, and her struggle with sense of self in regards to her Mormon faith. Buckle up for some powerful vulnerability.
Jan 10, 2022•48 min•Ep. 41
In this episode, I chat with Brian. Brian shares his story of recovery, understanding, and personal growth. Brian’s vulnerability had me silent for most of this episode. He shares about how his days of living the high life in his dream house with his high figure salary were the worst times in his life while his two years spent in prison were the best times of his life. Listen along as Brian shares his rocky road to authenticity. Find him and his story on Facebook at The Rocky Road to Authenticit...
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 40
In this episode, I chat with my friend, Lindsay. I finally get to hear the whole story behind what she calls her series of unfortunate events which span from January 2018 to earlier this year. Most of us agree that 2020 was rough, but one of Lindsay’s easier moments was when she was fighting Covid. Listen along in awe as she shares her years of extreme challenges and how she managed to survive and now thrive.
Dec 27, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 39
In this episode, I chat with my husband’s cousin, Cody. We discuss his history of depression, his thoughts about his own identity, the importance of finding your tribe, and his recent exploration of his newly founded sexual identity.
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 38
In this episode, I chat with Abby. This is actually a follow up episode. In episode 32, I chatted with Gwen about her gender transition and in this episode, I chat with Abby, Gwen’s wife. Abby shares her experience of learning about her then husband’s desire to transition, supporting Gwen through her transition, and all of the emotions encompassed during this beautiful yet very difficult time. If you haven’t yet listened to episode 32, I strongly recommend doing so. These two women are extraordi...
Dec 13, 2021•54 min•Ep. 37
In this episode, I chat with my friend Brittany. Brittany is the owner of The Triad Center in Williamsport, Pennsylvania where she practices as a life coach, reiki master and reiki master teacher. Brittany and I both experienced our first taste of reiki together in grad school and she became hooked. While I was in town visiting family, we got together so she could give me a full reiki experience and I could pick her brain on all things energy medicine. Listen along as I learn more. If you want t...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 36
In this episode, I chat with Ken, my mom’s cousin so my first cousin, once removed if you want to get technical. Ken is one of a few family members who lives and farms on my grandfather’s family’s homestead which was settled in the 1800s. We talk a little about our family history, his experience as a dairy farmer, what impacts business as a farmer, and future plans for the farm.
Nov 29, 2021•45 min•Ep. 35
In this episode, I continue my conversation with my dad from last week’s episode. I highly recommend that you listen to that one prior to this one if you haven’t already. This episode starts right back up where we left off last week. We discuss what it was like for both of us during my upbringing, our estrangement, and our reunion. This one is more emotional and admittedly, I even choked up several times while editing it. Again, I truly believe that vulnerability is the key to healing although i...
Nov 22, 2021•56 min•Ep. 34
This week’s episode is a unique one. In this episode, I chat with my dad. For those of you who listened to my first episode all about my upbringing, you know that I grew up with a father who was addicted to drugs and alcohol and due to that, I struggled a lot in life. My father and I were estranged for over 12 years until just this summer. This episode was recorded in October and is our first emotional talk since reuniting. I’m breaking our talk down into two parts. This part is where you get to...
Nov 15, 2021•57 min•Ep. 33
