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The Breakdown with Josie Balka

Josie Balka
The Breakdown with Josie Balka
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  • The Breakdown with Josie Balka

    Grieving the Living

    2026-02-05 | 22 mins.
    In this episode we break down what it means to grieve the living. The slow loss of people who are still here, the relationships that change without warning, and the version of someone you have to learn to let go of while they’re still alive. We talk about why this kind of grief feels different, why it’s so hard to explain, and what it looks like to move forward.
  • The Breakdown with Josie Balka

    When You Spend Your Whole Life Trying To Be Smaller

    2026-01-20 | 24 mins.
    TW: BODY IMAGE. 

    In this episode we breakdown a poem called “smaller”. Touching on spending your whole life trying to be smaller and how hard it is to be someone who thinks that way.

    The poem is from my newest book ‘loves of our lives’  which is available everywhere
  • The Breakdown with Josie Balka

    Living with Anxiety

    2026-01-14 | 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.
  • The Breakdown with Josie Balka

    When Your Job Is Your Identity

    2026-01-06 | 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.
  • The Breakdown with Josie Balka

    I don’t want to grow old, but I don’t want to not grow old

    2024-06-20 | 20 mins.
    In this episode we breakdown the idea of not wanting time to pass but not wanting time to stop

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About The Breakdown with Josie Balka

Welcome to an emotional breakdown. Literally. Josie Balka is an author who reads poetry from inside her closet. This pod will breakdown the topics of each of her poems from life and love to friendship and nostalgia - both the good and bad sides of all of it. Let’s have a breakdown, shall we? New episodes drop on Wednesdays.
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