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Something About SoulmatesCameron and Pom: In Defense of Loving Your Dog This MuchWe released this episode on Valentine's Day on purpose because it captures love at its most honest. Cameron spent her life chasing a dream job in marine mammal care, only to realize that achieving it was taking a serious toll on her health. As she worked to untangle her identity from her work, a new dog tippy-tapped into her life and became an unlikely anchor, offering presence, steadiness, and a kind of support she had never expected or experienced. Cameron reflects on being understood without words, what animals can teach us about care and communication, and why s...
2026-02-1452 minSomething About SoulmatesTrailer: Season TwoMeet the couples you'll be hearing from on season two of Something About Soulmates: Two best friends and next-door neighbors who didn't know they were yearning for each other for years An animal behavior expert whose job was slowly crushing her, and whose Pomeranian brings more to the table than any boyfriend ever has Two women who found each other later in life, and never once questioned that this partnership was their path to healing A couple who tried non-monogamy, chose monogamy (for now), and believe their past is exactly what makes their relationship work Y'all, there...
2026-02-0901 minSomething About SoulmatesSeason Two Sneak PeekIs it just us or does the world really need some love stories right now? Don't worry, we're on it. Welcome to season two! Our first full episode is dropping Feb. 14, but in the meantime, we're sharing clips from our upcoming interviews and introducing you to the all-star lovers of season two. These lovers are trainers of Navy seals (ahem, we mean sea lions), business partners, mothers, best friends, and motorcyclists. One of them has four legs. And all of them have taught us something new about what it means to be and be loved by a...
2026-02-0712 minSomething About SoulmatesDarla and Nadia: Falling in Love for the First Time, After MarriageDarla and Nadia's love story began after the soulmate myth had already been dismantled for one of them. In this episode, they reflect on growing up with a narrow idea of what love was "supposed" to look like, and how unlearning those beliefs reshaped what they thought was possible. What followed surprised them both: a relationship that formed quickly, demanded emotional presence from the start, and gently revealed that soulmates aren't found; perhaps they're built through care, communication, and shared vision. More About Your Hosts: Anna Socolofsky is a queer wedding officiant and ce...
2025-12-2452 minSomething About SoulmatesJust Between Us: I Stopped Proving I Could Do It All AloneFirst-born children, where you at? Today we're diving into what happens when the hyperindependent folks among us finally (begrudgingly?) let our loved ones help us. We're sharing the vulnerable, visceral moments when we interrupted our default patterns, stopped white-knuckling it, and actually let ourselves be supported in real moments of need. Being self-sufficient has its perks, but it can also be a barrier to closeness. In this episode, we talk about how some of our closest relationships have transformed once we admitted that we couldn't, in fact, do it all alone. By the way, welcome to our...
2025-12-0941 minSomething About SoulmatesChloe and Kiara (Part 2): Doing Long Distance Long TermIn part two of our conversation with Chloe and Kiara, we are shocked to learn that long distance doesn't have to be a death knell! In fact, it can become one of a relationship's most surprising strengths. Chloe shares her honest take on soulmates (finally!), and she and Kiara talk about how living apart has actually created more freedom, more attraction, and deeper intention in how they show up for each other. More About Your Hosts: Anna Socolofsky is a queer wedding officiant and ceremony designer serving soulmates in Portland, OR and beyond. The...
2025-11-2541 minSomething About SoulmatesChloe and Kiara (Part 1): Falling in Love with a FriendThis relationship started with... a rejection. What does it take for a friendship to withstand a "no," hold steady, and eventually become something deeper? In part 1 of our interview with Chloe and Kiara, we learn about the high-stakes, tender and messy shift from platonic to romantic love. Their story is a study in vulnerability: testing boundaries, saying the hard thing that needs to be said, and learning what it means to trust someone with the parts of yourself you usually keep hidden. >> Stay tuned for part 2, where Chloe and Kiara tell us their take on soulmates and...
2025-11-1132 minSomething About SoulmatesWhy We're Making a Podcast About LoveAnna and Grace share why they created the show, what makes them so obsessed with love stories (and qualified to talk about them), and how their own decades-long friendship shapes the way they think about partnership. They talk about the kinds of relationships you'll hear on the show, from committed partnerships to soul-level friendships and even post-breakup couples. And they introduce the standing question at the heart of it all: What even is a soulmate? More About Your Hosts: Anna Socolofsky is a queer wedding officiant and ceremony designer serving soulmates in Portland, OR...
2025-11-1125 minSomething About SoulmatesCJ and Emily: What if Soulmates… Are Real?CJ and Emily don't just believe in soulmates, they believe their lives are evidence. From the day they met in college, their connection always felt certain. Now, a decade and a marriage later, they join Grace and Anna to unpack what soulmate-ship feels like for them, and what has kept them convinced their relationship was something destined. More About Your Hosts: Anna Socolofsky is a queer wedding officiant and ceremony designer serving soulmates in Portland, OR and beyond. There is nothing she loves more than cheering folks on. You can learn more about her...
2025-11-1134 minSomething About SoulmatesSomething About Soulmates TrailerWe're not here for "happily ever after." We're here for what comes next. Something About Soulmates is a podcast about love as practice, hosted by best friends Anna Socolofsky and Grace Heerman. Together, they interview couples to explore the tender, funny, and complex art of loving on purpose. And every episode ends with the same question: do you believe in soulmates? Episodes 1-3 drop November 11th, 2025! About your hosts: Anna Socolofsky is a queer wedding officiant and ceremony designer serving soulmates in Portland, OR and beyond. There is nothing she loves mor...
2025-10-2801 min
The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever ToldThe Snakehead of ChinatownIn this episode, we look at the underground world of Sister Ping. It's a story about desperation, ambition, and the shadowy world of human smuggling. It’s about the lengths people will go in search of a better life—and those who build their empires by making that journey possible. • Follow Diversion Audio on Instagram • Explore more: diversionaudio.com This series is hosted by Mary Kay McBrayer. Check out more of her work at www.marykaymcbrayer.com.This episode was written by Grace HeermanDeveloped by Scott Waxman, Emma DeMuth, and...
2025-07-1541 min
The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever ToldThe Woman Who Went Off the GridIn this episode, we examine the story of Rebecca Vance: one of a mother’s misdirected love, the line between self-determination and mental illness, and the way conspiracy theories can compel us to make very dangerous decisions, even in the name of safety. • Follow Diversion Audio on Instagram • Explore more: diversionaudio.com This series is hosted by Mary Kay McBrayer. Check out more of her work at www.marykaymcbrayer.com.This episode was written by Grace HeermanDeveloped by Scott Waxman, Emma DeMuth, and Jacob Bronstein Associate...
2025-07-0137 min
Everything Is StoriesThe Disorientation of Survival - Part 3*This episode contains strong descriptions of sexual situations and abuse, listener discretion is advised.As a closeted gay teenager, lying was familiar to Mark Olmsted. Concealing parts of his identity was just part of the deal–and he was good at it. But when the AIDS crisis threatened his life and left him with little to lose, the lying would turn so grandiose that no one who knew him could quite believe it. In our previous two episodes Mark Olmsted spoke on his upbringing and the complicated history with his...
2024-11-191h 19
Everything Is StoriesThe Disorientation of Survival - Part 1*This episode contains descriptions of sexual situations, listener discretion is advised.As a closeted gay teenager, lying was familiar to Mark Olmsted. Concealing parts of his identity was just part of the deal–and he was good at it. But when the AIDS crisis threatened his life and left him with little to lose, the lying would turn so grandiose that no one who knew him could quite believe it. In part one of our three-part series, Mark vividly recounts his childhood upbringing and the complicated relationship with his brother that would ultimately transform in...
2024-09-241h 36
Everything Is StoriesWhere Two Lines MeetSince the year 2000, more than 3,500 border-crossers have met a gruesome fate throughout the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. With over 1,000-and-counting still missing, the numbers have only continued to rise as more attempt the trek each year in pursuit of a better life. This is the story of Alvaro Encisco, an immigrant who found his own version of the myth of the American dream, and with his art, has been on a mission giving a voice to the seekers who have died in search of theirs.---Produced by Mike Martinez, Tyler Wray, and Grace Heerman...
2024-07-2357 min
Everything Is StoriesHen’s Teeth*This episode contains strong descriptions of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.Susan Pavlak is at work hospicing the Catholic Church, and after spending her youth in the crosshairs of a sexual predator, found solace in forgiveness and truth. Pavlak describes how she reconciles her history of abuse with her continued faith in the Catholic Church and the goodness it provides - and how that faith would lead her to Gil Gustafson. A former priest, Gustafson has become Susan’s unlikely partner in a quest to shine light on the church's darkest secrets. In th...
2024-06-181h 15
Everything Is StoriesDel From HellWhere do we go when we can’t make it in mainstream society? As someone who has often battled mental illness and rage, Del Hendrixson Jr. connects the dots between a violent mental breakdown and his struggle to find a sense of belonging as a child. In this episode, Del talks about a successful career in printing that would eventually turn criminal, hitting rock bottom, and fighting an insatiable urge to kill. Following a suicide attempt and a slow journey toward peace and acceptance of living outside the mainstream, life would eventually come full-circle to the place everything bottomed ou...
2024-05-211h 08
Everything Is StoriesA White Noise in Your Head - Part 2By the time her boyfriend became violent, Kim Dadou Brown was confident she could handle it. It was just one of those things the women in her family dealt with. It wasn’t until Kim found herself in prison that she realized how seriously the years of abuse had skewed her reality – and what little support the system offered women like her.Kims' story continues in part 02, where she shares what transpired in the wake of her boyfriends' death and how she came out on the other side into a career as an activist for domestic violence vict...
2024-04-161h 23
Everything Is StoriesThe Shores of AcheronForty years ago, military-backed death squads descended on Dora Rodriguez’ hometown as a civil war spiraled out of control in El Salvador. Forced to flee as a teenager and leave her family behind, Rodriguez began what she thought would be the only journey north through Mexico and into the harsh Sonoran Desert. In this episode, Dora recounts her harrowing start-stop passage across the desert, predatory smugglers that nearly cost her life, and an unlikely relationship with a man from the other side of the wall.*This episode has been edited from the original version for safety and ed...
2024-04-101h 40
Everything Is StoriesA White Noise in Your Head - Part 1By the time her boyfriend became violent, Kim Dadou Brown was confident she could handle it. It was just one of those things the women in her family dealt with. It wasn’t until Kim found herself in prison that she realized how seriously the years of abuse had skewed her reality – and what little support the system offered women like her. In Part 01, Kim meets us in her home in Rochester, New York, where she shares what ultimately led to a final act of violence and how much work she’s had to do in order to fre...
2024-03-191h 08
Everything Is StoriesAcross the Purple SageThey say stealing cattle in Texas can get a man hung by the neck until dead. From a young age Roddy Pippin was ready to take that risk, as he and his crew would take home close to a million dollars rustling cattle over the course of 3 years. In this episode Pippin speaks of his idyllic childhood and love for the ways of the old west, the precarious choices he made while chasing the steal that would lead to brushes with death, and how those few years on the run pushed him and his lifelong friendships to...
2024-01-161h 08
Everything Is StoriesLonewolfDeath, life’s ultimate closure, often casts a long shadow over the funeral that follows. These ceremonies rarely spark protest or public outcry, but in the spring of 2013 Lonewolf Smith was thrust into a national dilemma when he and his colleagues at Graham, Putney, & Mahoney Funeral Parlors were asked to tend to the body of one of America’s most reviled terrorists.In this story we hear from former mortician Lonewolf on his dedication to his often-misunderstood work, a personal moral dilemma following his own experience with a horrific act of terrorism, and how he answers the ques...
2023-12-191h 04
Edgefield Church Nashville – SermonsWhy Then The Law? | Bill Heerman | Galatians 3:15-26In this passage Paul explains how the law prepares us for a savior. Obeying the law cannot save us. Instead, the law is God?s holy standard that reveals to us our sinfulness. Apart from Christ, our situation is desperate. But in Christ we are saved by grace through faith, and faith alone.
2019-09-2243 min
The Autoimmune Wellness PodcastBonus Episode #2: Deep Dive w/ MickeyThis post contains affiliate links. Click here to see what that means!In order to support our blogging activities, we may receive monetary compensation or other types or remuneration for our endorsement, recommendation, testimonial, and/or link to any products or services from this blog.
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2017-12-152h 05The Autoimmune Wellness PodcastBonus Episode #1: Deep-Dive w/ AngieThis post contains affiliate links. Click here to see what that means!In order to support our blogging activities, we may receive monetary compensation or other types or remuneration for our endorsement, recommendation, testimonial, and/or link to any products or services from this blog.
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This is a special bonus series of The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast where we are sharing in long, conversational format our personal healing stories. In each of these episodes, we are joined by our Content Manager, Grace...
2017-12-152h 04