How Childhood Trauma Can Resurface Years Later
Childhood trauma doesn't always stay buried. Learn how repressed memories, therapy, mindfulness, and community helped one man rebuild his life after a mental health crisis.
How to Manifest What You Want Through Self-Discovery
Can manifestation really change your life? James Ruzinok shares how self-discovery helped him find purpose after divorce, and why the life you want begins with understanding yourself.
How to Leave Toxic Relationships and Rebuild Your Life
What do you do when someone you love is the person causing you the most harm? Kim Daigle shares how she learned to recognize manipulation and walk away from toxic relationships.
How Social Worker Burnout Led to a New Life of Service
What happens when the work you love starts taking more than it gives? After 12 years in child welfare, Carmen Gosa reached a breaking point. Hear how burnout led her to an unexpected new chapter.
Lessons From Serving Nashville's Homeless
The people Josh Stephenson set out to help ended up changing him too. Discover the lessons he learned serving Nashville's homeless community.
The Human Need to Create in a World That Consumes
Making something with your hands can do more than pass the time. Stephanie Stewart-Howard explains why creativity has always helped people find purpose, connection, and joy.
How Burlesque Builds Confidence and Self-Expression
Most people assume burlesque is about performance. Kristen Teffeteller explains why it's really about confidence, body acceptance, creative expression, and having the courage to be fully seen.
How Veterans Faced the COVID-19 Pandemic
As the world shut down, Marine veteran Andy Littlefield continued serving, supporting fellow veterans, and navigating the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CBD Myths, Facts, and the Science Behind Cannabis
CBD has become one of the most talked-about wellness products, but misinformation is everywhere. Neal Thompson separates CBD myths from facts, explains the science behind how it works, and shares what every consumer should know before buying a product.
Creative Projects Can Change Your Life
What starts as a creative project can become something much bigger. Michelle Liter shares how illustrating her first children's book helped her rediscover purpose, embrace handmade traditions, and rethink consumer culture.
Escaping the Control of Spiritual Abuse
When does faith become control? Sarah Gates shares her experience with spiritual abuse, religious trauma, fear-based Christianity, and the difficult journey of rebuilding trust in herself after leaving a controlling faith community.
Juicing Benefits for Gut Health and Weight Loss: Ashley Garth’s Story
After a high blood pressure wake-up call, Ashley Garth changed her diet, lost 50 pounds, and built Glow Up Juice Co. She shares what she learned about juicing, gut health, food habits, and the social side of transforming your health.
Life After Loss and the Myth of Moving On
Heather Burwell shares why grief doesn't follow a formula, how loss extends far beyond death, and what it means to build a meaningful life without "moving on."
What People Reveal When You Really Listen
What happens when people feel truly heard? Susan Ruth shares lessons from hundreds of conversations about storytelling, curiosity, creativity, and human connection.
How Chronic Illness Changes More Than Your Health
After years of unexplained headaches and brain fog, Lynnette Henderson discovered she had a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. She shares her diagnosis journey, treatment experiences, and how chronic illness reshaped her identity, relationships, and purpose.
Benefits of Ballroom Dancing for Confidence and Trust
Ballroom dancing helped Brea Cox rebuild confidence, process grief, manage stress, and trust her body again after a type 1 diabetes diagnosis. In this Human Amplified conversation, she shares what dance can teach us about connection, communication, emotional release, and starting something new.
What a Former Cop Learned About Systemic Racism in America
Former police officer Peggy Kingsbury shares how growing up white in the Jim Crow South shaped her understanding of systemic racism in America. We talk about implicit bias, foster care, privilege, criminal justice reform, and the lifelong process of becoming anti-racist.
How Tattoos Help Breast Cancer Survivors Heal
What starts as a conversation about tattoo culture becomes a deeply human story about grief, healing, cancer survival, and connection. Tattoo artists Jeff Barnard and Caitlyn Campbell share how special tattoos transformed not only their clients, but themselves.
When Gender Transition Doesn’t Fit the Expected Story
Winter Breedlove opens up about gender transition, religious trauma, HIV stigma, heartbreak, addiction, and learning how to feel comfortable in her own body after decades of shame and survival.
Black Philanthropy and the Racial Wealth Gap
Kia Jarmon discusses Black philanthropy, the racial wealth gap, collective trauma, systemic inequality, and why healing requires truth, discomfort, and rebellious joy.