380: What if you had a spontaneous awakening?

After decades of stability, a woman’s experience of menopause brings back a lifetime of buried symptoms and reveals an unexpected truth about her identity, forcing her to reexamine everything she thought she knew about herself. Today’s storyteller wishes to remain Anonymous. If y ...  Show more

After years working as a humanitarian aid worker in war zones and disaster areas around the world, a man is forced to confront the psychological toll of witnessing a broken world he could never fix. Today’s episode featured Gray Doyle. If you’d like to email Gray, you can reach h ...  Show more

This episode includes discussions of domestic violence, addiction, and heavy mental health topics. Please listen with care or feel free to skip if these topics are triggering for you.

This week’s guest is a Pretty Basic legend in her own right — Alisha’s mom, Chris!

Stories in this episode: Just Sit at the Tables, or Pass Out in my Office | xX_Miko_Xx (1:21) I Will Never Pick Up A Hitchhiker Again | snakesr2cool (9:13) Dog Warns Me While I'm In The Shower | pugsammy (20:34) Shot At In The Appalachians | Anon (28:26) How I Met My Wife | moshp ...  Show more

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Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Mary Louise Day's Early Life 4:31
Very Heightened Tensions 7:09
A Change of Scenery 10:44
William's Abuse Gets Worse ...  Show more

Halley and Jaz are finally back on the couch after a whirlwind couple of weeks, and this episode doesn’t hold back. Halley shares the full story of her week-long hospital stay after a brutal ulcerative colitis flare-up that left her in constant pain and doubting herself. from ...