Cat, Unmuted Podcast

Sometimes the problem isn’t your relationship. Sometimes... you’ve simply disappeared inside everyone else’s needs. This week’s episode is one of the hardest I’ve ever recorded. I talk openly about my struggles with intimacy, what therapy has uncovered, and how years of being everyone’s caretaker slowly caused me to lose myself. If you’ve ever forgotten who you are while taking care of everyone el...

🎙️ Episode 23 of Cat Unmuted is now live! This week, I sit down with Journey Pierre from The Inner Bloom for a conversation about rock bottoms, shadow work, boundaries, nervous system healing, self-worth, and the identities we leave behind as we grow. We talk about childhood wounds, sibling guilt, toxic family dynamics, validation, feminine energy, and what it really means to become the person you...

Episode 21: Voices, Stories, and Finding the Good Guest: Heather Ballantine of Voices and Stories Studio Welcome to Episode 21 of Cat Unmuted , and my very first guest episode! In this conversation, I sit down with my friend Heather Ballantine, fellow Air Force veteran, author, podcast host, and creator of Voices and Stories Studio . Heather shares her journey from military life to writing books f...

Episode 20: Interviewing Myself This episode started as an experiment. I've been thinking about bringing guests onto Cat Unmuted because, if I'm being honest, talking to a camera by myself can feel awkward. I wanted to test-drive a set of interview questions I've been developing for future guests. So instead of interviewing someone else, I interviewed myself. What followed was a surprisingly hones...

I thought I was being lazy. Turns out… I was exhausted. Not physically. Emotionally. Living in a house that no longer feels like mine. Trying to keep everything perfect for showings. Writing a book. Trying to stay positive. Trying to “manifest correctly.”Trying to hold it all together. Then one day I stopped cleaning. Stopped forcing productivity. Stayed up until midnight playing Super Mario with...

In this episode of Cat Unmuted , I share a real experience from a recent vending event I attended with a friend—and how quickly things can spiral when people choose reaction over awareness. What started as a new opportunity turned into a front-row seat to miscommunication, personality clashes, and unnecessary drama. But instead of getting pulled into it, I found myself observing something deeper:...

This episode of Cat Unmuted is deeply personal. Cat opens up about her experience with adenomyosis, a condition she had never even heard of until after years of unexplained symptoms, chronic pain, infertility struggles, miscarriage, exhaustion, and brain fog. What started as confusion around heavy bleeding and hormonal chaos eventually led to answers she didn’t know she needed. In this raw and unf...

In this episode of Cat Unmuted , I talk about something subtle that showed up the moment we got our first house showing request… excitement. But not the calm, grounded kind. The kind that spikes. The kind that hooks you into an outcome. I walk through how that moment revealed something deeper: The difference between hope vs. attachment How “this could happen” quietly turns into “this needs to happ...

In this episode, I walk through the real process of preparing a home for sale—not just the physical work, but the emotional and energetic shifts that come with it. After a full month of deep cleaning, decluttering, and preparing our house for the market, I found myself navigating something deeper: letting go of identity, attachment, and control. This isn’t just about selling a house. It’s about tr...

I saw two posts the other day. One remembering a stillborn. One remembering a lost friend. And somehow… without even realizing it at first…they led me back to my own miscarriage. I realized it was also my anniversary for my miscarriage, which was about a week away. I didn’t fall apart. I didn’t cry the way I thought I was “supposed” to. I felt… peace. And for a split second, I questioned myself. A...

What this episode explores:🔹 People Change—Not Just Women A perspective shared in this episode highlights how women evolve through major life experiences. But Cat expands on this idea: Men evolve too Emotional growth isn’t one-sided Shared experiences shape both partners Growth happens on both sides—and that matters. 🔹 Timing Is Everything One of the biggest reflections in this episode: What if...

I opened my old email to clear space—and instead found memories I hadn’t touched in years. Messages from my dad. Conversations around his passing. Pieces of a life I had already packed away. And just like that… I was triggered. But here’s the thing—I didn’t let it take over my day. In this episode, I talk about:✨ What triggers really are✨ Why grief isn’t always about the person✨ How big life tr...

In this episode of Cat Unmuted , Cat reflects on a simple moment that turned into a much bigger realization. While helping a friend troubleshoot a Facebook issue, frustration quickly took over when things didn’t go as expected. That moment sparked a deeper reflection on how we respond to situations we can’t control . From pandemic experiences to everyday interactions, Cat explores how people often...

In this episode of Cat Unmuted , Cat shares a real-life experience that happened while she and Josh were out near the dunes of New Mexico with their Jeep. After hearing someone yell for help, they discovered a father and son stuck in the dirt with their truck. What started as a simple recovery turned into a reflection about embarrassment, ego, personal responsibility, and how our reactions to diff...

We don’t always process pain. Sometimes we survive it. And survival can look like strength. Silence. Composure.“I’m fine.” In this episode of Kat Unmuted , I talk about emotional dissociation, trauma, and the quiet ways we disconnect from memories that once overwhelmed us. The brain is brilliant at protection. It can separate emotions from experiences so we can keep functioning. But what happens w...

The Body Remembers: Pain, Conditioning & Listening to the Whispers In this episode, I explore the idea that the body remembers . We often think of memory as something that lives in the brain, but our bodies hold patterns too. From muscle memory to immune memory, we are constantly conditioning our bodies to respond in certain ways. The question is: what have we taught our bodies to ignore? As a for...

This episode was supposed to be about muscle memory and cellular memory. Instead, it became something else. I watched one of my previous recordings and noticed the long pauses. The ums. The silences. The rambling. And instead of deleting it or re-recording it like I’ve done so many times in the past, I kept going. In this episode, I share: Why I started recording in the first place The specific fe...

In this episode, Cat unpacks why some people see a new experience as thrilling while others feel frozen by fear. Using travel, diving, first heartbreaks, pain tolerance, and even old-school Nintendo as examples, she explores the idea that our comfort level is trained through repetition. Fear isn’t the enemy, it’s a signal. The goal is learning how to listen without letting it drive the car. What y...

In this episode, I talk about the hard experiences that “mute” us, and why we actually need them to learn, grow, and develop real compassion. I share a few examples, like how falling is part of learning (for birds, kids, and honestly… all of us), and why experience is the real teacher. I also dive into how trauma can create fear and control, and how that control can accidentally spill onto the peo...

In this episode, Cat reflects on identity, change, and the unexpected advantages that come from being uprooted. From growing up across Japan, Taiwan, and the United States, to learning how to say no, to rock-bottom moments that forced self-definition, this episode explores how changing environments can unlock versions of ourselves we were always meant to become. Cat shares deeply personal stories...

What started as a five-foot inflatable rubber duck strapped to my Jeep during one of the darkest seasons of my life slowly became something much bigger than I ever expected. During my miscarriage and the numbness that followed, I was desperate to feel something . Joy. Laughter. Connection. Anything. That search led me to an absurd, joyful decision: buying a giant inflatable duck and driving it aro...

Welcome back to Cat, Unmuted . In this second episode, I reflect on what it felt like to release my very first episode and how big that step really was for me. In the beginning, sharing my voice, my thoughts, and my truth felt uncomfortable. Talking about my throat chakra wasn’t just symbolic. It was real. It was about learning how to speak, share, and be seen. Since then, something beautiful has...

Welcome to Cat, Unmuted Cat, Unmuted is a reflective audio space where lived experience, truth-telling, and quiet clarity meet. In this welcome episode, Cat shares who she is, why this space exists, and what “unmuted” really means. No fixing. No performing. Just honest reflection, out loud. This episode is an introduction to Cat, Unmuted and the intention behind it. In it, I share: - Who I am and...