Season Reboot Premiere
Episode Title: Silver Dollar: My Villain Origin Story
Welcome to the Season Reboot of Spitefully Yours — the podcast for anyone who’s ever survived something they weren’t supposed to.
This premiere goes all the way back to where my story actually begins: a NICU in 1980, where I arrived at just 25 weeks gestation — translucent, tiny, and loudly not expected to live. What follows is the real origin story of how I became someone who stays alive out of spite.
In this episode, you’ll hear about the photo where a scotch-tape dispenser was bigger than my head, the nurse who “accidentally” thumbed the scale to break me out of the hospital, the doll-sized clothes my parents had to buy because nothing fit me, and the Appalachian neighbor, Alma, who cured my relentless colic with catnip tea and sheer mountain intuition. Yes — really.
But this isn’t just a birth story.
It’s the blueprint.
Every pattern that showed up in the NICU — medical uncertainty, misdiagnosis, dismissal, resilience, survival — repeated itself decades later in my adult medical journey. Chronic illness. Gaslighting. Providers who didn’t listen. The desperation to finally be believed. The long road to answers.
In this premiere, I lay the foundation for the entire season:
what happened to me, what I learned, and how you can begin building your own medical backstory — not just for diagnosis, but for legacy.
This season brings new stories, raw conversations, survival tools, and advocacy strategies. And coming soon: The Spiteful Playbook — a free resource to help you map symptoms, document your journey, and advocate for yourself with clarity and confidence.
If you’ve ever felt dismissed, lost, overlooked, or utterly exhausted on your diagnostic journey, this episode is your reminder:
You’re not dramatic. You’re documented.
And you’re still here — out of pure, unfiltered spite.
Show notes: www.aliveoutofspite.com
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