When the House Gets Quiet: Handling Back-to-School Changes, Empty Rooms, and Children Leaving for College.

Artist is Samuel Woods.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5bpekO3r3G9NeRXDoPMD4O?si=c4ad81d179914cf6

After September 11, Muslim Americans, Sikh Americans, Arab Americans, South Asian Americans, immigrants, and people perceived to belong to those communities faced harassment, discrimination, suspicion, threats, and violence.

Artist is Samuel Woods.
https://open.spotify.com/track/1wjRhBVnWjaExAm4p4hei5?si=a38c8e5d1a184236

Today’s episode is going to be a little different.
It is an episode of remembrance.
An episode of gratitude.
An episode about courage, sacrifice, grief, service, and the way one terrible morning changed millions of individual lives.

Artist is Samuel Woods
 https://open.spotify.com/track/2qz4dDeQvlAvdWyZ9aeZTy?si=98d3adc17e9f4068

Many people are not truly okay.
They have simply learned to act like they are.
They know how to smile.
They know how to stay useful.
They know how to get the job done.
They know how to say, “I’m good.”

Artist is Samuel Woods.
https://open.spotify.com/track/01cVOwJ8LejG7SDFZeeNzK?si=92e1b2004b874b86

But a lot of the heaviest things people carry are invisible. Guilt. Grief. Anger. Shame. Fear. Disappointment. Silence. Old memories. Regret. Pressure. The feeling that everybody needs something from you. The feeling that there is never space for you to breathe.

That is the rucksack I want to talk about today.

Artist is Samuel Woods.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5bpekO3r3G9NeRXDoPMD4O?si=f0e7a8be67394d49

And this one is for the people who are tired. For the people who are overwhelmed. For the people who feel like they’ve been carrying too much for too long. For the people who feel like life has been hitting from every direction, but they still get up, still show up, still put one foot in front of the other.

Artist is Samuel Woods.

https://open.spotify.com/track/1wjRhBVnWjaExAm4p4hei5?si=04163165c2574012

And when your body, your mind, and your emotions get used to pressure, chaos, urgency, hyper-awareness, high alert, and always being ready, then rest can start to feel unfamiliar.

And what feels unfamiliar can start to feel unsafe.

That is what we are talking about today.

Artist is Samuel Woods.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2qz4dDeQvlAvdWyZ9aeZTy?si=666bc1f07dd041f8

Today’s episode is called Come Home to Yourself.

And this one is for the people who are physically present, but emotionally far away.

Artist is Samuel Woods.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2qz4dDeQvlAvdWyZ9aeZTy?si=ccac8cf8a87e45c6

This one is for the people who feel like they are messed up. The people who had a bad day, a bad week, a setback, a relapse, a blow-up, a shutdown, or a moment they are not proud of.

Artist is Samuel Woods.

https://open.spotify.com/track/01cVOwJ8LejG7SDFZeeNzK?si=30b0d9aa87ea489f

Today I want to talk about something that a lot of people don’t always think about: how to recover after the 4th of July.

Artist is Samuel Woods.

https://open.spotify.com/track/1wjRhBVnWjaExAm4p4hei5?si=956b287b30eb41a1