Voice Notes: Hi Sam

In this episode of Voice Notes: Hi Sam , I come to you two days post-vacation — tan, rested, and completely blindsided by my own life. Cancún was fun. But somewhere in the pockets of quiet between the pool volleyball and the silent disco, something cracked open. Because my person asked me to move in with him. In Florida. And just like that, every single area of my life — my job, my apartment, my r...

In this episode of Voice Notes: Hi Sam , I come to you running on fumes — because the two weeks since Episode 6 didn't slow down. They cracked me open. What started as a conversation with a dietitian became a full unraveling. She asked me about my stress. I gave her thirty minutes of my life story. And somewhere between the labs, the therapy session, and the YouTube videos I was watching at mi...

In this episode of Voice Notes: Hi Sam , I come to you with a full heart and a lot of homework — because the two weeks since Episode 5 sent me somewhere I wasn't expecting. What started as a therapy session became an excavation. My therapist gave me two things to work with: learning to recognize when I'm reacting from memory instead of reality, and doing the work to actually connect with m...

In this episode of Voice Notes: Hi Sam , I come to you raw, emotional, and in the middle of something I'm still processing — because sometimes the most important episodes are the ones you record before you have all the answers. Two weeks ago, I named a desire out loud: to be bold, unapologetically, with full self-acceptance. What I didn't know was that saying it would set everything in mot...

In this episode of Voice Notes: Hi Sam , I take you along for my entire birthday week — and it turns out, a solo trip to Fredericksburg, a crying-at-breakfast moment, and a very questionable dating card taught me more about myself than I expected. I've always made my birthday a whole thing. A week off, a solo trip, a celebration with the people I love. But this year felt different. This year I...

In this episode of Voice Notes: Hi Sam , I reflect on something my therapist had to stop me mid-session to address: my habit of living fully and freely in the moment, then spending the next 24 hours putting myself on trial for it. I've always been someone who acts first and thinks later. I go into the world unfiltered, I make connections easily, I say what I feel... But then, I come home and a...

In this episode of Voice Notes: Hi Sam , I reflect on a pattern I’ve started to notice in my relationships - how my instinct to protect myself can sometimes turn into isolation. After leaving a toxic environment, I realized that even though I was physically safe, my mind and nervous system hadn’t caught up yet. Fear of judgment, rejection, and abandonment had quietly shaped the way I approached co...

In the very first episode of Voice Notes: Hi Sam , I’m sharing a little bit about who I am, why I started this podcast, and how years of talking to myself through voice memos somehow turned into this. This episode is your introduction to me, this space, and what you can expect moving forward: deep thoughts, real conversations, self-reflection, and probably a few accidental breakthroughs.