Walk With Me

What happens when shame shapes your identity for decades? And how do you find hope after losing someone you love to suicide? In this deeply personal episode of Walk With Me – Conversations With Real People , host Stephanie Bloom welcomes Colleen Clifford , author of Life Beyond the Binge: A Commercial Fisherwoman's Journey Home , for an honest conversation about binge drinking, hidden shame, grief...

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The Wake-Up Call at 30: Leaving Drugs Behind and Rebuilding Life | Frank Molman What happens when you realize that the life you've been living isn't the life you want to keep living? For Frank Molman, that realization came just before his 30th birthday. Growing up in Santa Cruz, California, Frank experienced a free-range childhood filled with friendship, skateboarding, partying, and plenty of ques...

What if the peace you've been searching for has been within you all along? Udo Erasmus survived World War II as a young child, became a refugee, experienced separation from his mother, and grew up questioning everything he thought he could trust. But his search for answers led him somewhere unexpected: inward. In this episode of Walk With Me – Conversations With Real People , host Stephanie Bloom...

Galen Wilson shares his life story, detailing his experiences from childhood through various career challenges, struggles with alcoholism, and ultimately finding love and purpose after a heart transplant. His journey emphasizes resilience, the importance of relationships, and the tools he developed to overcome adversity. The conversation explores the Monument Method, a relationship coaching approa...

What happens when you get the money, the recognition, the relationships, and the life you thought you wanted—and you still don’t feel whole? Ali Christos knows what it is like to build a life that looks successful from the outside while struggling deeply on the inside. In this vulnerable conversation, Ali shares his journey from childhood bullying and trauma to depression, a suicide attempt as a t...

What happens when anxiety doesn’t feel like panic—but instead shows up as nausea, vomiting, weight loss, fear, and an increasing need to avoid everyday life? In this episode of Walk With Me — Conversations With Real People , Stephanie Bloom talks with journalist and podcaster Noah May about living with depression and anxiety from a young age, navigating grief, bullying, family challenges, and the...

What happens when your deepest experiences challenge everything you have been taught about identity, consciousness, God, and what it means to be human? In this episode of Walk With Me—Conversations With Real People , Stephanie speaks with Michael Monk, founder of the Avatar Energy Mastery Institute. Michael describes growing up as the black sheep of his family, struggling to find a stable identity...

What happens when the survival skills that protected you as a child begin to destroy your life as an adult? In this deeply personal episode of Walk With Me Conversations , Stephanie sits down with author Rich Dunning , whose memoir, Silence Was My First Language , tells the story of a childhood shaped by poverty, instability, addiction, abuse, homelessness, and one overriding rule: stay silent. Ri...

When a Brilliant Child Can't Get Their Ideas Onto the Page What if a child who struggles to read or write isn't lazy, unintelligent, or incapable—but has simply never been taught in a way their brain can use? In this episode of Walk With Me: Conversations With Real People , Stephanie speaks with dyslexia researcher and educator Russell Van Brocklen, whose own painful educational journey became the...

What happens when you spend decades carrying grief, trauma, responsibility, and pain without ever truly learning how to process it? In this episode of Walk With Me Conversations , Stephanie sits down with author, speaker, and Marine Corps combat veteran Keith Cole for a deeply personal conversation about survival, faith, healing, and the courage it takes to finally face the things we have carried...

What if finding your purpose isn't about searching harder—but about noticing the need right in front of you and choosing to act? In this episode of Walk With Me Conversations , Stephanie sits down with Luke Mickelson, founder of Sleep in Heavenly Peace , an organization built around a simple but powerful mission: "No Kid Sleeps on the Floor in Our Town." Luke's journey began in Idaho with one fami...

What happens when something that feels completely normal in childhood quietly becomes the thing that consumes your life? Jay Sapovitz grew up close to his father, spending much of his childhood around sports and racetracks. By 13, Jay had started gambling. Before long, gambling wasn't simply something he did—it had begun swallowing his identity. He worked constantly to fund it, surrounded himself...

What if healing isn't about finding the perfect treatment—but becoming the kind of person who believes healing is possible? In this deeply encouraging conversation, Stephanie sits down with Amy Lenius , holistic health advocate, coach, and speaker, to explore what happens when we stop waiting for someone else to rescue our health and begin becoming active participants in our own healing. After yea...

Have you ever left a workplace wondering why the same unhealthy dynamics seem to follow you from job to job? In this thought-provoking episode of Walk With Me – Conversations With Real People , Stephanie Bloom sits down with employment attorney, speaker, and author Natalie Holder to explore how workplace experiences can leave lasting emotional imprints—and how recognizing those patterns can become...

Who are you when the world has spent years telling you who you should be? In this deeply thoughtful conversation, Stephanie Bloom sits down with licensed therapist, storyteller, and author Johnzelle Anderson to explore the profound connection between identity, trauma, storytelling, and healing. Growing up as a mixed-race child in the American South, John struggled to find belonging while navigatin...

What happens when the unimaginable becomes your reality? In this deeply moving episode of Walk With Me – Conversations With Real People , Stephanie Bloom sits down with author, educator, and grieving mother Katie Rizzo to talk about surviving the loss of her oldest son, Nicholas, to opioid addiction. Katie shares the journey that led her from scientist and biology teacher to writer and advocate af...

What if the life you've worked so hard to build is the very thing disconnecting you from yourself? In this deeply personal conversation, Stephanie Bloom sits down with Elizabeth Munoz , founder of Soulhaven and creator of the Radiant CEO Movement , to explore how childhood trauma, nervous system dysregulation, perfectionism, and burnout can quietly shape the course of our lives. Elizabeth shares h...

Some people survive adversity. Others allow adversity to transform how they live. In this inspiring episode of Walk With Me Conversations , Stephanie Bloom sits down with Bron Watson —nurse, educator, entrepreneur, mother of five, and founder of The Serenity Project . After surviving breast cancer and later being diagnosed with incurable multiple myeloma, Bron discovered that healing is about far...

What happens when a childhood tragedy shapes the course of an entire life? In this deeply moving episode of Walk With Me Conversations , Stephanie Bloom sits down with Karen Olsen to explore the profound impact of losing her mother to suicide at just twelve years old. Growing up in a time when grief, mental health, and suicide were rarely discussed, Karen was left to navigate unimaginable loss wit...

In this deeply moving episode of Walk With Me Conversations , Stephanie sits down with healer, teacher, and meditation guide Ben Oofana to explore a lifetime devoted to healing, self-discovery, and the pursuit of deeper awareness. Ben shares the extraordinary story of growing up amidst childhood trauma, religious extremism, and emotional wounding, only to find himself drawn toward Native American...

What happens when unimaginable loss becomes the foundation for a life of purpose? In this powerful episode of Walk With Me Conversations , I sit down with Zolal Habibi , activist, advocate, and member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran's Foreign Affairs Committee. Raised in the United States by Iranian parents deeply involved in the fight for human rights, Zolal shares a story that is b...

In this deeply moving episode of Walk With Me Conversations , host Stephanie Bloom sits down with Lena Fein, author of Shattering the Mirror , to explore the lifelong impact of childhood shame, emotional trauma, and the powerful journey back to authenticity. Lena shares her story of growing up in a home shaped by criticism, emotional neglect, and generational trauma. From the heartbreak of having...

In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Stephanie sits down with Dr. Albert Bermonti — performance psychologist, professor, author, talent agent, and NLP practitioner — to explore the lifelong journey of healing, belonging, and overcoming self-imposed limitations. Albert opens up about growing up feeling different in a blue-collar Italian family where sports defined connection, while he fo...

What happens when a healthy, adventurous young professional suddenly wakes up unable to walk, talk, or smile? In this powerful episode of Walk With Me , Dan McQueen shares the incredible story of surviving a catastrophic brain hemorrhage after what initially seemed like "just headaches." From a vibrant life in London working for Hootsuite to emergency brain surgery, a coma, and the brutal process...