The P-I-G: Stories of Life, Love, Loss & Legacy

The holiday season is often filled with joy — but it can also be a time of reflection, loss, and quiet grief.

In this powerful and deeply human conversation, we sit down with Christy Whitney Borchard, a pioneering hospice and palliative care leader whose life’s work has shaped end-of-life care in western Colorado and far beyond.

Christy didn’t set out to build a legacy — the work found her. What followed was a thirty-year journey of service, compassion, leadership, and courage, founding what would become one of the most respected hospice organizations in the country. Now, she shares what it means to step away from the work that defined her — and trust what comes next.

This episode is not just about hospice. It’s about calling, identity, leadership, grief, service, and the courage to let go when a chapter is complete.

In this conversation, we explore:

• How Christy found her life’s work — and how it found her
• What hospice really means for patients, families, and communities
• Leading with compassion in emotionally complex environments
• Navigating retirement after building something from the ground up
• Redefining legacy beyond titles, roles, and accomplishments
• Why learning to let go can be a powerful act of love

Whether you’re grieving, reflecting, transitioning, or simply listening quietly during the holidays, this episode offers wisdom, warmth, and perspective that lingers long after the final word.

🎧 Listen, reflect, and share with someone who may need this conversation today.

We would love to hear from you—please send us some "Fan Mail"!

Support the show

From Our Heart to Yours...
Hearing the stories of others helps us connect more deeply to our own—because legacy is built in how we live, every single day.

Support the Show
If The P-I-G has meant something to you, consider supporting or sponsoring the podcast. Learn more at thepigpodcast.com/sponsorship.

Connect with Us
📬 The P-I-G Website: https://www.thepigpodcast.com/contact
📱 Facebook: /podcast.thePIG
📱 Instagram: /thepigpodcast
📱 LinkedIn: /thepigpodcast

What if a single sentence could change the way you communicate, connect, or make meaning of your life?

In this conversation, communication strategist and author Neil Gordon joins us to explore what he calls The Silver Bullet — one intentional, clarifying sentence that can move people, inspire action, and deepen connection.

Neil shares the personal story behind his book The Most Powerful Sentence of All Time — including the grief of losing his father, the emotional shutdown that began in childhood, and the moment during the pandemic when he reconnected to his own voice and feelings in a way he hadn’t in years.

We talk about:

•  The Silver Bullet and why one sentence outperforms advice or explanation
•  How contrast creates clarity in storytelling, messaging, and everyday communication
•  Grief, vulnerability, and the emotional journey that reshaped Neil’s work
•  Handling online criticism with empathy (and algorithm-friendly curiosity)
•  Why goosebumps signal that your message is landing at the emotional level
•  How one sentence shaped The P-I-G Podcast’s own mission

Neil offers simple but transformative guidance for finding your own Silver Bullet — whether you’re a parent, partner, leader, writer, or simply someone longing to speak and listen with more clarity and intention.

This episode is a reminder that words don’t just communicate — they connect, heal, empower, and become part of our living legacy.

📘 Explore Neil’s work: neilcanhelp.com
📖 Order the book: The Most Powerful Sentence of All Time

We would love to hear from you—please send us some "Fan Mail"!

Support the show

From Our Heart to Yours...
Hearing the stories of others helps us connect more deeply to our own—because legacy is built in how we live, every single day.

Support the Show
If The P-I-G has meant something to you, consider supporting or sponsoring the podcast. Learn more at thepigpodcast.com/sponsorship.

Connect with Us
📬 The P-I-G Website: https://www.thepigpodcast.com/contact
📱 Facebook: /podcast.thePIG
📱 Instagram: /thepigpodcast
📱 LinkedIn: /thepigpodcast

What happens when two sisters sit down with “their guys” for a Thanksgiving conversation that’s equal parts heartfelt, hilarious, and unexpectedly healing? In this special holiday episode, Kellie and Erin welcome Marcus and Jason back to the mic to talk about gratitude, growth, family traditions, and the beautiful chaos that makes this season meaningful.

From kitchen mishaps and family quirks to the deeper moments that shaped them this year, the four of them open up about what they’re learning, what they’re laughing about, and what they’re letting go of. They talk about relationships, resilience, blended families, the work of becoming better humans… and why gratitude is more powerful when it’s messy, honest, and shared.

In this Thanksgiving roundtable, we explore:

• What each of us is most grateful for this year
 • How challenges shaped our growth individually and as couples
 • Why presence matters more than perfection
 • How gratitude rewires relationships
 • The power of reflection, humor, and intentional connection

This episode is real, raw, meaningful — and full of the kind of laughter that reminds us why holidays matter. Whether you’re cooking, driving, hosting, or hiding in the pantry for five minutes of quiet, this conversation is a warm reminder that gratitude is a practice… and we’re all learning.

**FREE RESOURCE**
Download the all-new P-I-G Gratitude Reset today!

**NEW PROGRAM**
Learn more about the P-I-G Relationship Reset.

We would love to hear from you—please send us some "Fan Mail"!

Support the show

From Our Heart to Yours...
Hearing the stories of others helps us connect more deeply to our own—because legacy is built in how we live, every single day.

Support the Show
If The P-I-G has meant something to you, consider supporting or sponsoring the podcast. Learn more at thepigpodcast.com/sponsorship.

Connect with Us
📬 The P-I-G Website: https://www.thepigpodcast.com/contact
📱 Facebook: /podcast.thePIG
📱 Instagram: /thepigpodcast
📱 LinkedIn: /thepigpodcast

What if one discovery rewrote everything you thought you knew about your life?

When Rich Boerner flew across the country to clean out his late mother’s apartment after her passing, he expected grief — not a total rewrite of his family history. Inside her nightstand, he found a letter that revealed a secret she had kept his entire life: the truth about his father, his identity, and the family he never knew he had.

In this honest and heartfelt conversation, Rich — longtime radio producer, podcaster, storyteller, and author of The Not-So Only Child — shares what it was like to uncover the unimaginable, and how the experience transformed his understanding of love, legacy, and truth.

We talk about:
 • How hidden family stories shape identity and belonging
 • Grieving the loss of a parent while uncovering new truths
 • The emotional impact of silence and secrecy in families
 • What it means to “rewrite” your story with compassion
 • The power of humor, humility, and healing through honesty

Rich’s story reminds us that truth doesn’t erase love — it deepens it. And sometimes, the family we lose isn’t the only one we find.

🎧 Listen and share at thePIGpodcast.com or on your favorite platform.
📖 Purchase the book and connect with Rich.

We would love to hear from you—please send us some "Fan Mail"!

Support the show

From Our Heart to Yours...
Hearing the stories of others helps us connect more deeply to our own—because legacy is built in how we live, every single day.

Support the Show
If The P-I-G has meant something to you, consider supporting or sponsoring the podcast. Learn more at thepigpodcast.com/sponsorship.

Connect with Us
📬 The P-I-G Website: https://www.thepigpodcast.com/contact
📱 Facebook: /podcast.thePIG
📱 Instagram: /thepigpodcast
📱 LinkedIn: /thepigpodcast

Some relationships don’t break because of big events—they fracture quietly through years of misunderstanding, assumptions, and unspoken emotion.

In this two-part series, we invited Marcus Straub—coach, mentor, brother-in-law to Erin and husband to Kellie and—to guide us through a live, unscripted deep-dive into our own relationship as sisters.

In Part One, we explored self-awareness through our DISC assessments: how we’re wired to behave, communicate, and respond under pressure. 

In Part Two, we take it a step further—uncovering the Driving Forces that shape our motivations, influence our responses & reactions, and define how we show up for the people we love. Understanding the WHY behind our HOW.

We laugh, reflect, and lean into the sometimes uncomfortable truths about family, communication, and the courage it takes to listen without judgment or assumption. What began as a coaching session became a powerful reminder that healing relationships isn’t about fixing what’s broken—it’s about rediscovering what’s possible.

In this episode, we:

• Explore the 12 Driving Forces and how they influence relationships
• Discover why curiosity and courage are more powerful than control
• Learn to listen without defensiveness and speak without blame
• Discuss the power of empathy, healthy boundaries, and compassion
• Show how behavioral tools can bring connection back to families

... and so much more!

Every conversation we have reminds us that self-awareness is the foundation for all kinds of love—between siblings, partners, friends, families, and even within ourselves.

If you’re ready to experience your own "reset," explore The P-I-G Relationship Reset—a guided and deeply personal coaching experience to help you discover, understand, and heal together. 

 ✨ Learn more at thepigpodcast.com/relationship-reset.

We would love to hear from you—please send us some "Fan Mail"!

Support the show

From Our Heart to Yours...
Hearing the stories of others helps us connect more deeply to our own—because legacy is built in how we live, every single day.

Support the Show
If The P-I-G has meant something to you, consider supporting or sponsoring the podcast. Learn more at thepigpodcast.com/sponsorship.

Connect with Us
📬 The P-I-G Website: https://www.thepigpodcast.com/contact
📱 Facebook: /podcast.thePIG
📱 Instagram: /thepigpodcast
📱 LinkedIn: /thepigpodcast

What if the thing holding you back in your relationships isn’t what you say or do—but how you’re wired to show up?

In this two-part series, we’re joined by our coach and mentor, Marcus Straub, for an unfiltered, real-time look at what happens when two sisters bring self-awareness, honesty, and raw vulnerability into the heart of family disconnect. Together, we unpack our live DISC comparison report—revealing how our natural communication styles, pacing, and decision-making have shaped decades of misunderstanding, growth, and rediscovery.

In this first half, we explore:

• What DISC really measures and why it matters
• How self-awareness transforms communication and conflict
• The surprising “pressure behaviors” that appear when stress hits
• Why multitasking is a myth and single-focus work builds trust
• How small awareness shifts create real connection and repair

This episode also marks the official launch of The P-I-G Relationship Reset—a deeply transformative and personalized coaching experience for siblings, couples, partners, family and step-family members, close friends, or anyone ready to bridge disconnects, embrace differences, and strengthen connection—all guided by the spirit of Purpose, Intention & Gratitude.

Because real growth doesn’t happen when we get perfect.
It happens when we get real.

We would love to hear from you—please send us some "Fan Mail"!

Support the show

From Our Heart to Yours...
Hearing the stories of others helps us connect more deeply to our own—because legacy is built in how we live, every single day.

Support the Show
If The P-I-G has meant something to you, consider supporting or sponsoring the podcast. Learn more at thepigpodcast.com/sponsorship.

Connect with Us
📬 The P-I-G Website: https://www.thepigpodcast.com/contact
📱 Facebook: /podcast.thePIG
📱 Instagram: /thepigpodcast
📱 LinkedIn: /thepigpodcast

Grief doesn’t move in straight lines. It loops through childhood memories, old fears, laughter, and the moments we wish we could relive just one more time.

In this deeply personal episode, sisters Kellie and Erin open the door to their mother Marsha’s remarkable life — a story of love, courage, and three cancer journeys that changed everything.

Marsha was bold, brilliant, and stubbornly loving. She faced breast cancer three times with humor, style, and an unshakable will to live. Along the way, she raised two daughters who would one day discover the greatest gift she ever gave them wasn’t found in “The Boxes” she left behind — it was in each other.

Through laughter, reflection, and tears, Kellie and Erin share:

• What it was like growing up through 12 years of their mom’s cancer battles
• How grief shaped them differently and how they found their way back to one another
• The story behind The Boxes and how Marsha’s legacy continues to arrive on time
• The life lessons she left behind — strength, grace, and living with purpose

This episode is for anyone who’s lost someone they love — and for everyone learning to carry their story forward with gratitude.

We would love to hear from you—please send us some "Fan Mail"!

Support the show

From Our Heart to Yours...
Hearing the stories of others helps us connect more deeply to our own—because legacy is built in how we live, every single day.

Support the Show
If The P-I-G has meant something to you, consider supporting or sponsoring the podcast. Learn more at thepigpodcast.com/sponsorship.

Connect with Us
📬 The P-I-G Website: https://www.thepigpodcast.com/contact
📱 Facebook: /podcast.thePIG
📱 Instagram: /thepigpodcast
📱 LinkedIn: /thepigpodcast

Some stories begin at the edge.  What do you do when the unimaginable happens? For Rebecca Fielding, life changed forever when her younger brother Jonathan fell to his death at the majestic Moonscape Overlook in eastern Utah. 

Out of that loss came Jonathan’s Journal—a simple notebook left at the site of his fall that grew into a movement of letters, art, and stories passed from stranger to stranger, heart to heart. What began as unbearable grief became a rising movement of connection and healing. 

With raw honesty, Rebecca shares:

• The day Jonathan’s fall changed her world forever.
• How grief reshaped her as a sister and daughter.
• The creation and journey of Jonathan’s Journal.
• Why strangers can sometimes carry us through loss.
• How Jonathan’s love became enough to last a lifetime.

Learn more about Jonathan’s story in the CNN feature article, join the Jonathan’s Journal Facebook group, or follow Rebecca’s reflections on Instagram (@throughjonnyseyesphotography) and TikTok (@bonjovisfamclub). You may also view and support her photography project, Through Johnny’s Eyes.

We would love to hear from you—please send us some "Fan Mail"!

Support the show

From Our Heart to Yours...
Hearing the stories of others helps us connect more deeply to our own—because legacy is built in how we live, every single day.

Support the Show
If The P-I-G has meant something to you, consider supporting or sponsoring the podcast. Learn more at thepigpodcast.com/sponsorship.

Connect with Us
📬 The P-I-G Website: https://www.thepigpodcast.com/contact
📱 Facebook: /podcast.thePIG
📱 Instagram: /thepigpodcast
📱 LinkedIn: /thepigpodcast

Some stories are forged in silence. For Steve Knapp, the weight of carrying secrets finally gave way to a single act of truth—the night he admitted his drinking and chose to change his life.

In this conversation, Steve shares his powerful journey from addiction to recovery and the lessons he’s carried into fatherhood, personal growth, and his work creating safe spaces for connection and honest dialogue — especially around men's mental health — through his podcasts, Through the Glass Recovery and Forged in Silence.

With raw honesty and vulnerability, Steve reflects on:

• The cost of self-abandonment 
• The courage it takes to come back to yourself.
• Why strangers can sometimes offer the safest spaces for healing.
• Redefining fear as something to walk alongside, not run from.
• Creating connection in a world that often feels disconnected.

Whether you’ve faced addiction, carried hidden shame, or simply struggled to be present in your own life, Steve’s inspiring story is a reminder that we don’t climb life’s mountains alone—and the view is always better when shared.

👉 Listen, share, and join the conversation at thePIGpodcast.com

We would love to hear from you—please send us some "Fan Mail"!

Support the show

From Our Heart to Yours...
Hearing the stories of others helps us connect more deeply to our own—because legacy is built in how we live, every single day.

Support the Show
If The P-I-G has meant something to you, consider supporting or sponsoring the podcast. Learn more at thepigpodcast.com/sponsorship.

Connect with Us
📬 The P-I-G Website: https://www.thepigpodcast.com/contact
📱 Facebook: /podcast.thePIG
📱 Instagram: /thepigpodcast
📱 LinkedIn: /thepigpodcast

One year into The Boxes project, something unexpected happened: the story about preserving their mother’s legacy became the very thing that healed Kellie and Erin’s own relationship.

In this episode, the sisters reunite with film and television producer Chris Howard—this time in the hot seat—as he turns the questions back on them. Together they unpack:

• The seven-year age gap that shaped their bond as sisters.
• How business ventures and unspoken expectations became battlegrounds.
• The promise Kellie made to their dying mother—and the weight it carried for decades.
• Why healing in real time makes this project so raw, authentic, and powerful.
• The truth that their mother’s greatest gift wasn’t in the boxes she left behind… it was in giving them each other.

Through vulnerability, laughter, and a few tears, this conversation reveals the deeper heart of The Boxes story—and why legacy isn’t just what we leave, but how we live.

We would love to hear from you—please send us some "Fan Mail"!

Support the show

From Our Heart to Yours...
Hearing the stories of others helps us connect more deeply to our own—because legacy is built in how we live, every single day.

Support the Show
If The P-I-G has meant something to you, consider supporting or sponsoring the podcast. Learn more at thepigpodcast.com/sponsorship.

Connect with Us
📬 The P-I-G Website: https://www.thepigpodcast.com/contact
📱 Facebook: /podcast.thePIG
📱 Instagram: /thepigpodcast
📱 LinkedIn: /thepigpodcast