Hart to Harts: Recent Episodes
Hart to Harts
Hart to Harts shares stories about being human in less than 10 minutes! People share vulnerable stories about mental health, miscarriages, addiction, loneliness, and more! Each podcast episode features a storyteller's answer to a question shown in the title. These stories will connect your heart to someone else's heart for a few minutes.
Vivian (@nnaifiv) describes the day she heard she was diagnosed with Lupus describing the uncertainty and sadness.
Patrick (@nightlightbookscleveland) shares about fibromyalgia and receiving ketamine treatment.
Alexa shares her story of living with rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, ankylosing spondylitis (arthritis of the spine), and Graves' Disease.
Laura shares about her experience with many traumatic brain injuries and how that led to health struggles and being brave to fight for herself to feel good again.
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Ashley shares about quitting alcohol 1 year ago and finding optimism in her sober life. Instagram: coach_ashley88
Alyssa shares how being burned at 2 years old has led her to lead a life of embracing body positivity.
Jelena discusses her exploration of self-identity and mental health, which ultimately led her to create a project that involves throwing confetti.
Marie shares about her experience with being forced to have a child from a sexual assault when she was experiencing homelessness in contrast with 10 years later, birthing two children by choice.
Sam shares about losing her baby (Blake Ray) at 8 weeks and the process of interacting with doctors throughout her miscarriage.
Christy shares about attempting suicide 5 years ago and how she has been resilient in the process of recovering.
Catalina talks about her journey to accept being disabled and eventually embracing that part of her identity.
Nina talks about withdrawing from an eczema cream (topical steroid withdrawal) after using it from 14 years.
Maria shares about growing up with toes that were different than her peers from a bone growth disease, which inspired her to later start a swimwear brand all about accepting your body as it is.
Jonte shares about his childhood growing up stuttering and how he is now a chemistry teacher inspiring kids.
Jeff shares about his love of wearing high heels and how he has stopped hiding that from people at work, his wife and kids, as well as friends.
Caoimhe describes how she learned to love her fat body with body acceptance and body love.
Erik shares his story of coming out as gay and having to go through conversion therapy.
Danielle shares about growing up cutting and having suicidal thoughts as part of her struggle with depression.
Anna shares about her experience raising Josephine (age 1 born in 2020) and her diagnosis antley bixler syndrome as well as bicoronal synostosis.
Mary shares about her experience being laid off from her job working at a marijuana shop and how that has led to her experiencing homelessness right now.
Allison shares about being diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a young age and how her diagnosis has impacted her life and career.
Suhani was diagnosed with alopecia and lost her hair, which inspired her to write a children's book about alopecia when she gave birth to her two daughters.
Jenna describes losing her brother to suicide two years ago and what gifts he left her.
Aven shares how her ex used to make her feel small because of her height and how that stemmed from her ex's own insecurities.
Renee shares her diagnosis of alopecia and how it hasn't stopped her from pursuing being a state finalist for the Miss United States.
Jolene describes three life events within a 6 week period that led to a brief breaking in her resiliency: having an emergency C-section, her first son having a medical emergency, and then a break-in.
Sheena talks about her childhood where she was abandoned by her mother and how that affected her mental health in adulthood.
Adil talks about leaving university to come home to take care of his family, and how this affected his life moving forward into adulthood.
Henry talks about growing up as an Asian in America, specifically highlighting his experience answering the telephone at his mom's restaurant as a child into his teenage years.
Marcia describes her mom dying by suicide and processing that loss in terms of her Native American community as well as with her brothers and grandmother.
Sarah describes her experience leaving being a nurse in order to pursue her true skill of being a psychic medium.
Katie shares about her experience with being a sexual assault survivor leading to mental health struggles and the brave moment when she asked for professional help.
AJ shares about their three coming out stories: as bisexual, then a trans man, and then as non-binary.
Holly shares about escaping from her abusive father with her mother as the worst day of her life.
Linzi shares about her brother dying by suicide and the fallout for her and her family.
Teri shares about her experience of leaving the Mormon church after 30 years by highlighting the good and not so good parts of religion.
Alle shares about their experience of getting Covid-19 in April of 2020 and their healing still one year post-diagnosis
Jik-Rebeun discusses his travels from Jamaica to New York City after his grandmother's death.
Azzah describes being sexually abused as a child leading to a life-long battle of feeling unworthy.
Jeremey shares his experience of a babysitter sexually abusing him and his present-day legal battle stemming from that experience.
Elika shares about her dad being taken hostage on a routine trip to Iran as a dual citizen 3 years ago.
Jen shares about her experience of leaving a cult and reflects on a mistake she feels she made in the process.
Lane describes the moment they realized they preferred they/them pronouns in a college class.
Novi shares her experience of getting diagnosed with cancer and being told she has 6 weeks to live.
Brittany shares about her experience of being sexually assaulted at work and the fallout of reporting her attacker in her community.
Bernice describes her experience of being bullied in middle school while living in China.
Monica shares her experience of being sexually assaulted multiple times and her healing journey.
Tyler, also known as Acacia Forgot, shares about his experience as gay man who eventually got into drag.
Jameson shares his experience of being bullied for his interest in musicals leading him to bully another student and shares his processing of this as an adult.
Clara shares of staying a night in her 20s on Navaho land and a shared dream among others after a restless night of sleep.
Brittany describes her boyfriend breaking up with her just days after she married her husband.
Virginia shares about her diagnosis of lung cancer and realizing the stigma surrounding it.
Kayce shares about growing up with seizures until she had brain surgery at age 12, however, she shares how a seizure 7 years ago led to a car crash that ultimately led to her becoming an amputee.
Laura shares about having open-heart surgery at age 12 and how her hospital roommate on the cardiac floor inspired her to not sweat the small stuff.
Trevor shares a story of talking at an assembly about mental health in front of hundreds of his classmates during his senior year of high school.
Erik shares about being a gay, queer man who is an actor and his realization that most roles do not allow queer people to tell their stories.
Bella shares his story of entering the New York drag community on a dare leading to his five year career.
Emmet shares about his experience transitioning from female to male within a religious community.
Lez shares her story of her ex-partner, father, best friend, and grandfather all dying within 5 months of one another at the end of 2014.
Neila shares how getting a My Little Pony and re-watching the Little Mermaid again and again connected to her coming out as transgender.
Wendy shares a story that her grandfather and father told her growing up and how that story has saved her life in suicidal times.
Emily shares about falling in love with her high school sweetheart and the journey of him dying of cancer at age 32.
Brid shares a story of forgiving herself for losing a decade of her life due to binge-eating.
Kara shares about her mental health stemming from how she was always put in the middle of people.
Jess shares her experience leaving a job in HR to pursue other work more in alignment with herself.
Lauren shares about her experience standing on a bridge in Dubai and how that's defined her traveling.
Amol shares about his experience of learning more about who he is through alone time during Covid.
Kate shares her story of being addicted to self-harm, specifically cutting from a young age.
Nikki shares a moment back in high school where she was dealing with depression and isolation until her teacher checked in with her.
Craig tells a story that starts with him sitting in an in-patient hospital bed dealing with depression and takes us through his career ending as a college counselor.
Hannah shares her experience of being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease launching her into a wellness journey focused on her physical and mental health.
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Columbia shares her experience of going through four miscarriages and her perseverance to keep trying to have a healthy baby.
Anna shares her experience growing up with parents who sold drugs as well as her own young adult drug use in relation nature.
Ava shares about two life lessons since turning 29 years old: first, learning to love her body after struggling with disordered eating, and second, processing the voices in her head through therapy.
Ngoc shares her refugee story of leaving Vietnam with her family and coming to America.
Karina shares her story of being bullied in middle school and how that's affected her body image and mental health in her adulthood.
Nnenna talks about being 5'8" and getting her period in fourth grade as well as being a plus-sized Black girl growing up.
Bea describes her upbringing in Latvia in order to describe her wishes for schools all over the world.
Brendan shares his experience of remembering his inner child by being a father to three kids.
Barbie shares about her struggle with addiction as she describes as searching for "dopamine hits."
Elisebeth shares a story about working with quadriplegics while dealing with relationship troubles.
Alex opens up about losing her younger self's dream of being on Broadway.
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Aunjelica shares about her mental health that has led her to become a mental health advocate.
Emma shares about her body insecurities relating to an accident that left her paralyzed at four years old.
Tommy shares his life growing up with a heroin addiction until his daughter was born; however, his story shares about his daughter's death in an unexpected accident.
Jaimie shares her story of sobbing in a Starbucks parking lot after receiving sad news.
Claudia shares a heart-warming story of how she met her second husband after her first husband walked out on her.
Sean said he'd never cry again in the seventh grade, until a few weeks ago when he cried again.
Natalie gets real about what it's like living with disordered eating and her recovery in middle school.
Michael opens up to share how he's been processing past-trauma during Covid-19 through artwork.
Janis shares about being diagnosed with situational depression relating to Covid-19 stressors being a single mom and running a business.
Stephanie shares her story of dealing with her miscarriage alone while her husband was at work.