Identity Episodes

Chloe Kelly spent 45 years suppressing her true identity. One lunch break and a face filter changed everything. This is her story of transition, joy, and becoming real.

Tyler Bramlett spent years chasing success, the body, the car, the company. One moment on a gymnastics floor changed everything. A conversation about ego, shame, and real peace.

Actor Carly Otte opens up about facing cancer twice, losing her sense of self at thirty, and finding a gentler definition of success.

A world class cellist felt relief, not grief, the night her career quietly ended. Kate Kayaian on identity, permission, and starting over at midlife.

Colette Jane Fehr spent years in a marriage that looked perfect from the outside. In this episode, she shares the moment she realized emotional connection had been missing all along, and what it took to finally find her voice.

David S. Bernknopf left CNN after 20 years, moved to Alaska on a cold call, and wrote his first novel at 68. A story about identity, loneliness, and what your kids know that you don't.

Adoption, Identity, and Finding Home

Leyla King grew up in a vibrant family surrounded by food, faith, and love, but she did not have the language or clarity to name her Palestinian identity. In this episode, Leyla shares how a high school film screening shifted everything, leading her to reclaim her heritage, record her grandmother’s stories, and write Daughters of Palestine: A Memoir in Five Generations.