
Living with Anxiety
2026-1-14 | 23 mins.
In this episode we breakdown a poem called “anxiety is my roommate”. Touching on being a person who has anxiety everyday and the ways it manifests itself for me personally and for others. The poem is from my newest book ‘loves of our lives’ which is available everywhere now.

When Your Job Is Your Identity
2026-1-06 | 21 mins.
In this episode we breakdown a poem called “when your job is who you are”. Touching on my recent lay off from my career and all of the feelings that come along with that. The perks of not feeling like your identity is attached to your job, and the reasons we should slow down and take in even the hard parts of what we do.

I don’t want to grow old, but I don’t want to not grow old
2024-6-20 | 20 mins.
In this episode we breakdown the idea of not wanting time to pass but not wanting time to stop

Platonic Soulmates
2024-6-13 | 16 mins.
In this episode we deep dive into platonic soulmates and how important they are

I’m Gonna Miss You Forever
2024-6-05 | 18 mins.
In this episode we breakdown a poem called “I’m Gonna Miss You Forever”. We’ll touch on the missing people and different kinds of grief you experience throughout life



The Breakdown with Josie Balka