I finally did it!

Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday, dear me! Happy 50th birthday to me!

A tremendous amount of fear has been bypassed. Despite all the voices of shame and self-doubt, I am publishing this episode. Welcome to the very first episode of my podcast. In this episode, I share my experience with a very embarrassing recent situation at the store and more importantly my hope for this podcast.

There is no editing here. No re-recording. The raw me is exposed, and it’s terrifying. But that’s okay. Here, "my humanity is showing"  to be a source of hope for others. I pray my story reaches those who need to hear it.

Trigger warning: depression, suicide ideation and attempts