Skydiving Into Surrender: Whitney Joy on Trusting the Unknown and Writing Through Resistance

What happens when everything you thought defined you—your marriage, your career, your home—vanishes in a single day?

For Whitney Joy, a sixth-generation farm girl turned adrenaline junkie, that collapse wasn’t the end. It was the initiation. In this raw and radiant conversation, Whitney shares how losing it all became the portal to discovering her intuition, reclaiming her truth, and writing her debut book, The Cure for a Broken Heart.

Kimberly Spencer, your unapologetically empowering host of the Communication Queens Podcast, dives deep with Whitney into the messy middle of transformation—where grief collides with manifestation, where surrender must dance with aligned action, and where vulnerability meets fierce boundaries.

This isn’t just a conversation about writing a book. It’s about the universal story arc we’re all living: facing resistance, embracing evolution, and daring to trust the unknown. Whitney’s journey mirrors skydiving—terrifying before the jump, but euphoric once you surrender to the freefall.

If you’ve ever wrestled with imposter syndrome, resisted your own visibility, or wondered whether your story matters, this episode will meet you right where you are. And spoiler: your story not only matters—it’s medicine.

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What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

✨ How to Turn Rock Bottom Into a Runway

Discover how Whitney Joy lost her marriage, career, and home in a single day—and why that breakdown became the breakthrough that birthed her book The Cure for a Broken Heart.

✨ The Dance Between Surrender & Action

Why manifestation without movement falls flat, and how to balance trusting the unknown with taking bold, aligned action.

✨ Storytelling as Medicine

Learn how writing her story became therapy, legacy, and a transformational gift for readers—and why YOUR story holds the same power.

✨ Overcoming Resistance & Imposter Syndrome

The mindset shifts Whitney used to write her book with two babies under two, and how to keep going when perfectionism tries to pull the plug.

✨ Redefining Visibility & Social Media

How Whitney reframed visibility from “exposure” to “authentic connection”—and why leading with feelings like acceptance, inspiration, and possibility attracts the right audience.

✨ Boundaries, Vulnerability & Legacy

Where to draw the line between transparency and privacy (especially as a parent), while still showing up as your truest self.

✨ Skydiving as a Metaphor for Creativity

What jumping out of a plane can teach you about trust, surrender, and the parachute moment of releasing your story into the world.

Moments of Note:

00:00 – Welcome to Communication Queens: The Book That Sparked a Podcasting Revolution

 Kimberly Spencer opens with the story behind Make Every Podcast Want You and sets the stage for Whitney Joy’s transformational debut.

01:40 – Whitney Joy’s First Podcast Interview: Diving In as a Beginner

 Why being a beginner in visibility can actually be your greatest strength.

02:30 – From Farm Girl to Jet-Setter: Whitney Joy’s Unlikely Origin Story

 How growing up in polarity—teepees and private jets—shaped Whitney’s perspective on life and leadership.

04:00 – The Day Everything Collapsed: Losing Her Husband, Career, and Home in 24 Hours

 Whitney shares the heartbreak that led to her blank-page moment.

06:20 – Choosing to “Get Lost”: The Journey Into Travel, Healing & Self-Discovery

 How world travel, Tinder in foreign countries, and inner shadows became her teachers.

07:30 – Writing as Healing: From Love Letter to Legacy

 Why Whitney’s book The Cure for a Broken Heart began as bedtime stories for her unborn children.

10:30 – Resistance & Roadblocks: The Parallel Between Writing and Transformation

 Whitney reveals how limiting beliefs showed up in her creative process.

11:40 – The Power of Inception: Why We Must Live Our Lessons Before Teaching Them

 The difference between clichés and embodied wisdom in storytelling.

13:40 – Trusting the Unknown: Redefining Success Beyond Metrics

 Whitney explains why true success is measured by feeling and impact, not book sales.

15:15 – Facing Social Media Resistance: Finding Authentic Visibility Online

 How Whitney redefined her relationship with social media as intentional connection, not exposure.

17:10 – Acceptance, Inspiration, Possibility: What Whitney Wants to Feel From Social Media

 Why leading with feeling attracts aligned audiences.

20:00 – Boundaries, Vulnerability, & Sharing Without Oversharing

 How to honor your story while protecting your family and privacy.

23:00 – Surrender vs. Action: The Dance of Manifestation

 The key to co-creating with the universe without bypassing action.

25:30 – Subconscious Blocks & Limiting Beliefs: Why Alignment Matters

 Whitney discusses the subconscious as the “bigger muscle” that shapes our reality.

27:00 – Balancing Visibility With Privacy: Motherhood, Boundaries, and Storytelling

 How Whitney keeps her children’s stories sacred while sharing her own.

29:30 – Imposter Syndrome, Audacity & the Importance of Storytelling

 Whitney explains why every story deserves a voice—and how she claimed hers.

31:30 – Resistance & Excuses: How Whitney Wrote Her Book With Two Babies Under Two

 From “I don’t have time” to building accountability systems with coaches and deadlines.

36:30 – Writing a Book is Like Skydiving: Trusting the Jump and Floating the Parachute

 Whitney’s powerful metaphor on surrendering control in creative work.

38:30 – Book Launch, Community, and Whitney’s Visibility Journey

 Where to find Whitney Joy’s book and why she invites her readers into conversation.

39:50 – Kimberly’s Closing Reflections: Your Story Is Medicine

 Kimberly reminds listeners that storytelling is a legacy—and the world is waiting for your voice.

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