Simple Tips to Support Your Yourself: The Creativity Reset: Simple Energy Tools to Find Yourself Again with Jo-Anne Suriel
Energy healer Jo-Anne Suriel joins A Fresh Story: Simple Tips to Support Yourself to share expert guidance on reconnecting with creativity, calming the nervous system, and rebuilding emotional resilience during major life transitions. Learn simple daily practices, grounding exercises, and the healing story behind her album The Remembering.
Fresh Reads: Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours by Dr. Corinne Low
In this A Fresh Story: Book Talk episode, Olivia sits down with economist and author Dr. Corinne Low to talk about her book Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Womenโs Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours. Blending rigorous research with her own story of marriage, motherhood, divorce, and starting over, Corinne explains why so many women feel burned out, unseen, and โonโ all the time.
Simple Tips to Support Your Yourself: Feeling Your Feelings Could Save Your LifeโHereโs How to Do It Right with Coach and Therapist Laura Fink
In this episode of A Fresh Story, Olivia Howell and therapist Laura Fink dive into the concept of emotional agilityโlearning how to move through lifeโs struggles with honesty and resilience. They explore the impact of social media on mental health, the dysfunctional ways we cope with emotions, and why feeling your feelings is essential for healing.
Fresh Reads: Money Together by Heather and Doug Boneparth
In this A Fresh Story: Book Talk, Heather & Douglas Boneparth discuss Money Together, a story-driven guide to money, love, and equity at home. We unpack cultural scripts, caregiving, โcontribution,โ and healing after financial hurtsโwith practical prompts for real conversations.
Fresh Reads: The Myth of Balance & the Art of Becoming: Amanda Goetz on Healing the Messy Middle with Toxic Grit
In this A Fresh Story: Book Talk, Amanda Goetz shares Toxic Grit: How to Have It All and Actually Love What You Haveโa practical, hope-filled guide to rebuilding after divorce and major life transitions. We explore โcharacter theory,โ intentional seasons, and guilt-free check-ins that help mothers, leaders, and anyone healing from trauma rewrite their inner scripts.
Fresh Reads: Your NICU Story: Reflecting on Your Family's Experience by Mahaley Patel & Emily Souder โ a conversation with Ravi & Mahaley Patel
In this A Fresh Story: Book Talk episode, Ravi & Mahaley Patel share the heartbreaking and inspiring journey that led to their new book, Your NICU Story. Born from their experience of losing their daughter Saachi after a NICU stay, the book offers guided reflections, partner perspectives, and tools for healing. A must-listen for anyone navigating grief, trauma, or the NICU.
Fresh Reads: Clementine Crane Prefers Not To by Kristin Bair
In this episode of A Fresh Story: Book Talk, Olivia Howell interviews novelist Kristin Bair about her powerful new book Clementine Crane Prefers Not Toโa fierce, funny tale of midlife burnout, motherhood, and learning to say no. Inspired by personal experience and literary classics, Kristinโs novel speaks to any woman navigating identity shifts and emotional reinvention.
Fresh Reads: Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl by Anna Rollins
In this emotional episode of A Fresh Story, author Anna Rollins shares how she spent 15 years secretly writing about food, sex, and faithโuntil a traumatic birth and the pandemic pushed her to finally speak her truth. Her memoir Famished explores the intersection of purity culture and diet culture, and this conversation is a must-listen for anyone healing from body shame, religious trauma, or creative fear.
Fresh Reads: No More Mediocre by Laura Danger: The Book Thatโs Changing How We Talk About Relationships, Labor, and Love
In this episode of A Fresh Story, Olivia Howell sits down with Laura Danger, educator and author of No More Mediocre, to explore the emotional weight of care work, domestic inequity, and weaponized incompetence. Laura shares personal insights, actionable tools, and powerful stories that challenge the myth of the โgood enoughโ partnership and offer a new path toward equity, intention, and community care.
Fresh Reads: Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy by Tiffany Graham Charkosky
In this emotional episode of A Fresh Story, Olivia Howell interviews Tiffany Graham Charkosky about her memoir Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy. Tiffany opens up about losing her mother at 11, navigating genetic testing, and parenting without a roadmap. A must-listen for anyone exploring grief, motherhood, life transitions, or writing through personal trauma.
Lori Lyons Asked Her Husbandโs Ex-Wife to Be Her Babyโs GodmotherโAnd It Changed Everything
Lori Lyons shares how she built a joyful, peaceful blended family with her husbandโs ex-wifeโfrom open adoption to co-parenting with deep mutual respect. A Hall of Fame sports writer, stepmom, and adoptive mom, Lori proves that with empathy and intention, families after divorce can thrive. A must-listen on blended families, step-parenting, and divorce recovery.
From NICU to National Brand: How Two Dads Built Baby Food Empire Kekoa Foods From Love
Two dads. One brave baby. A family built through love, surrogacy, and a NICU miracle. In this episode of A Fresh Story, Danny Auld and David Fullner share how their journey to fatherhood inspired Kekoa Foods, their organic baby food brand. From starting a family through surrogacy to launching a purpose-driven business, this powerful story explores parenting, life transitions, and entrepreneurship.
Fresh Reads: Becoming an Artist: How to Make Art Like a Human by Embracing Failure, Discovering Your Creative Voice, & Finding Joy by Scott Christian Sava
In this inspiring episode of A Fresh Story, artist and YouTuber Scott Christian Sava shares the journey behind his book Becoming an Artist: How to Make Art Like a Human by Embracing Failure, Discovering Your Creative Voice, & Finding Joy in the Process. We explore creativity, community, and why art isnโt about perfectionโitโs about being human. A must-listen for artists and dreamers alike.
From Grief to Giant Cookies: How Chloe Sexton Built Her Family and Her Brand
After losing her mom to brain cancer and becoming guardian to her little sister, Chloe Sexton turned heartbreak into hopeโbuilding a viral bakery, Chloeโs Giant Cookies. In this emotional episode of A Fresh Story, Chloe shares how grief, guardianship, and resilience shaped her journey as a business owner, single mom, and TikTok creator. A powerful story of love, loss, and fresh starts.
Fresh Reads: Family & Other Calamities: A Novel by Leslie Gray Streeter
In this episode of A Fresh Story, we sit down with Leslie Gray Streeterโjournalist, memoirist, and now debut novelistโto unpack the heartbreak, humor, and honesty woven into her new book, Family and Other Calamities. With wit and grace, Leslie shares how she turned personal loss and professional scandal into fiction that cuts close to the bone.
The Emotional Journey of Being a Gestational Surrogate with Emily Westerfield
In this episode of A Fresh Story, Emily Westerfield shares her transformative journey from surrogate to surrogacy agency owner. Discover the emotional and logistical aspects of surrogacy, the importance of psychological readiness, and the powerful bonds formed with intended parents.