Season 2
Episodes
Late to the Party
Two weeks into the new year, most resolutions have already faded. That doesn’t mean you slipped. It means the goal may never have fit your life. This episode invites you to stop forcing an upgrade and start noticing...
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Simple Gifts
I’m showing up on Christmas Day with a very simple gift—eight minutes that might land exactly where your heart has been whispering. No big reveal, no holiday gloss. Just truth, connection, and the reminder you may...
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The Becoming
You ever wake up before the world does and feel the weight of everything you’ve survived? This episode is for that moment. It’s a love letter to anyone who’s been the scapegoat, the truth-teller, the one who carried...
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Breaking Curses
You ever try to heal while still showing up to toxic family dinners like it’s a damn performance review? Yeah—me too. In this episode, I’m breaking down what it actually means to break generational curses. Spoiler:...
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Losing Loudly
What happens when a trauma-informed coach runs for county council in a small-town hamlet where “nervous system regulation” sounds like a conspiracy theory and campaign signs double as lawn darts? You get this episode....
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Haunted by What is to Come
It’s Friday the 13th. The lake is quiet, but something stirs beneath the surface. You’re in love — or maybe you think you are. But your body knows what your heart won’t admit: something’s wrong. In this episode of The...
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Out of the Loop
Ever feel like your brain won’t shut up? Like you’re stuck replaying the same moment, the same mistake, the same fear—on a loop that promises clarity but delivers exhaustion? In this episode of The Grit Files, I dive...
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The Art of Loss
Grief isn’t just emotional—it’s biological, psychological, and deeply personal. In this episode of The Grit Files, trauma-informed coach Anastasia unpacks the science of mourning, challenges the myth that time alone...
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Little Girl Interrupted
This episode wasn’t planned. It’s one of those late-night recordings—the kind that comes from a whisper in the dark, a stirring in the soul. I’m up in my little studio while the house sleeps below, lamp flickering...
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For the Love of Teaching
In this powerful episode of The Grit Files, we dive into the unfolding teachers’ strike in Alberta with raw honesty, lived experience, and unapologetic truth-telling. Drawing from my own time on the picket line—the...
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Life By the Drop
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Life by the Drop isn’t just music—it’s a gritty confession, a rebirth wrapped in guitar strings. And in this soul-shaking episode of The Grit Files, we’re tuning into how creative expression can...
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Louder Than Words
Ever walked into a room and instantly felt the tension—before a single word was spoken? Behavior is a loud, unruly narrator, and in this episode of Louder Than Words, we’re turning up the volume on nonverbal cues that...
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