Reclaiming Power After Childhood Sexual Abuse “Healing doesn’t necessarily come from speaking up—but absolutely comes from feeling heard.” – Kath Essing On this week’s episode of Hard Beautiful Journey, I sat down with the wise and courageous Kath Essing—a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, author of The Courage to Speak Your Truth, and advocate for […]

When Life Gives You a Second Chance—Will You Take It? Some stories stay with you.Not because they’re dramatic—but because they’re honest. This week on the Hard Beautiful Journey podcast, I sat down with Dan Reilly—a man who’s been through the kind of moments that split life in two. A bank robbery. A wildfire. And a […]

A raw conversation about trauma, burnout, and the quiet strength of staying. Some people survive the fire—and some become it. In this episode of Hard Beautiful Journey, I sit down with therapist, speaker, and creator Malisa Hepner, whose story is both devastating and lit from within. After a lifetime of trauma, the loss of both […]

Grief has a way of changing everything. It shifts our perspective, our priorities, and the way we move through the world. Some people get lost in it, unable to find their way forward. Others, like Denise Clanin, find a way to use it—transforming pain into purpose. Denise lost her brother to NF2 (neurofibromatosis type 2), […]