Loving Everything

Drawing from his work documenting protests in Portland, reporting in conflict environments, and responding directly to human need through community action, Josh shares what most people never see: • the difference between events on the ground and how they are portrayed • ethical reporting and the responsibility of truth-telling • the emotional impact of witnessing suffering over time • protest, con...

You can look completely fine… and still be quietly struggling.  You can be capable, productive, dependable, and high functioning… and still feel anxious, exhausted, depressed, or disconnected from yourself. I n this episode of Loving Everything, Andrea Love sits down with Marriage and Family Therapist Kelley O'Gorman for an honest conversation about what happens when competence becomes survival. B...

Why do some men go quiet when life gets hard? Not because they do not care. And not always because they are unwilling. Sometimes, emotional shutdown is survival. In this episode of Loving Everything, I sit down with therapist and men's mental health specialist Dr. Miles Salisbury for a powerful conversation about attachment, burnout, masculinity, emotional shutdown, and the hidden cost of always h...

What if safety is not something you find — but something you learn to build again? For many women healing relational trauma, betrayal, emotional neglect, or years of self-abandonment, the world can stop feeling safe. But what if confidence does not come from reassurance or positive thinking alone — what if it comes from competence, embodiment, and learning to trust yourself again? In this episode...

You can be surrounded by people… and still feel completely alone inside your experience. In this episode of Loving Everything, I sit down with therapist Kelly Pratt to explore a concept at the heart of real healing: undoing aloneness. Because most people don't just struggle with anxiety, grief, or overwhelm. They struggle alone. Alone inside their experience. Alone inside their emotions. Alone ins...

We're told it's about chemistry. About connection. About finding the right person. But that's only part of the story. In this solo episode of Loving Everything, I break down what's actually happening when we fall in love— from attachment and neuroscience to the deeper psychological truth most people don't talk about: You're not just falling in love with someone else. You're falling in love with wh...

In this episode of Loving Everything, I sit down with KP Parks—therapist, healer, and midwife of the heart—for a conversation about grief, transformation, and what it means to stay present in the face of life's most profound thresholds. KP brings a deeply integrative approach to their work, shaped by over 25 years of lived experience with grief, a background in midwifery, and a commitment to walki...

Is wanting love actually the problem… or is it the thing we've been taught to question? In this episode of Loving Everything, I sit down with licensed marriage and family therapist Nora Harrington to explore the experience of longing, attachment, and what it means to be single in a culture that often pathologizes the desire for connection. We talk about the tension so many people feel between bein...

What happens when the danger ends but your nervous system never gets the message? In this deeply honest episode of Loving Everything , I sit down with Oregon native and U.S. Air Force veteran Grant Hohman to talk about something we rarely acknowledge in public conversations about trauma, mental health, and survival. We don't talk about it. We don't talk about what it feels like when hypervigilance...

What if the real question isn't why violence happens... but what was missing long before it did I sit down with Dr. Jeff Todahl, Director of CSAW & Associate Professor at the University of Oregon, to talk about violence prevention, childhood safety, and what it actually takes to reduce harm in real communities. Jeff shares decades of experience at the intersection of child welfare, childhood sexua...

What if your body is not betraying you, but protecting you in the only way it knows how? In Episode 64 of Loving Everything, Andrea Love sits down with Cece Hughley Noel for a raw, illuminating conversation about chronic illness, trauma, and the inner war so many women live with for decades. This episode explores the hidden relationship between emotional neglect, attachment wounds, self-abandonmen...

An intimate conversation with writer Benjamin Baker on beauty, masculinity, desire, childhood, and the emotional labor of becoming a man who can finally be seen. This conversation explores the intersection of masculinity, beauty, and healing through the lens of emotional vulnerability. Andrea Love sits down with Benjamin Baker, a Portland-based writer, aesthetic philosopher, and emotional advocate...

What happens after the diagnosis After the hospitalization After the labels, the silence, and the fear In this deeply moving episode of Loving Everything, Andrea Love sits down with Renee Anderson, writer, conservationist, and creator of Wild Oregon Girl, for an honest conversation about life after schizoaffective disorder, dual diagnosis rehab, and the slow, courageous work of rebuilding a relati...

Aleksey Podlinov returns to explore the tension between religious obedience, personal truth, and the lived experience of spiritual transformation. Alex first shared the origins of his journey in Episode 40, The Gift of Self-Reliance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGmz-l0uSbQ&t=3s ), where he described how the sudden death of his father at 15 shattered his worldview and set him on a decades-long...

In this episode, I vulnerably share the deeper truth behind why rejection from the people we love cuts so painfully — and how unhealed trauma, attachment wounds, and generational patterns shape who we choose, how we love, and why we stay in relationships that minimize our worth. This episode is for women in midlife who have spent decades holding families together, surviving unequal relationships,...

What does it really mean to survive breast cancer — and come out the other side more alive than ever? In this intimate and soul-centered conversation, I sit down with Richelle Brigola, a Personal Mentor and breast cancer survivor, to explore her powerful journey through illness, healing, and transformation. With over 35 years in the beauty industry, Richelle has turned her pain into purpose — supp...

Domestic Violence Intervention: Motivational Interviewing & Eye Movement Therapy explores how trauma-informed care and innovative therapeutic techniques transform lives. In this episode, I interview Dr. Sam Gioia, a respected educator, social worker, and Associate Professor of Social Work at Portland State University, who has decades of experience in batterer intervention, addiction treatment, and...

Planting Seeds Early is a heart-centered interview with Connie Ramaekers, Prevention Specialist and Program Coordinator of the STUDD Club at Tigard High School. Connie is the Founder of Tigard Turns the Tide and one of Oregon's first certified Prevention Specialists, with over 40 years of experience supporting young people and families. In this conversation, Connie shares her journey from childhoo...

Why I'm An Addict explores the deep roots of addiction through the lens of trauma, attachment, and neurobiology. In this powerful conversation with Mark Douglass, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon specializing in addiction treatment, Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC III), and Certified Gambling Addiction Counselor (CGAC II), we uncover the science and lived experience beh...

Who Am I Really? In this powerful interview, counseling graduate student, veteran, and mixed-culture community member Jorge Orozco-Roller explores identity, healing, and transformation. With openness and depth, Jorge reflects on childhood memories, family relationships, cultural roots in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and his journey through the US military. He shares how intergenerational trauma, machismo,...

In this powerful episode, I sit down with Collin King, a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate based in Portland, Oregon. Collin shares his raw and deeply personal story of growing up in a fundamentalist religious environment in the South, navigating chronic suicidality, spiritual abuse, queer identity, and self-harm, and how he found his way to healing and wholeness. Collin brings both lived...

In Empowering Women: Sacred Feminine Leadership & Community Building, I sit down with Michelle Long, founder of The Practice for Women, to explore how women can rise from decades of self-sacrifice, trauma, and loss into lives filled with purpose, community, and sacred self-love. Michelle shares her powerful journey of creating transformational spaces—from her healing center in California to her ev...

In Exploring the Self: Unlocking Self-Discovery & Personal Growth, we sit down with IFS Coach, mental health advocate, and soulful explorer Avery Wood for a deep and intimate conversation about healing from the inside out. Avery guides us through the transformative framework of Internal Family Systems (IFS)—a therapeutic approach that views the mind as a constellation of "parts," each carrying its...

What does it mean to truly love without conditions? In this soul-stirring episode of Loving Everything , I sit down with David Sudar—former Buddhist monk, trauma-informed meditation teacher, and the heart behind Path of Sincerity. We explore liberation through mindfulness, navigating shame and depression, and what it takes to find inner peace after a lifetime of suffering. David's story—from addic...

What does it mean to truly love without conditions? In this soul-stirring episode of Loving Everything , I sit down with David Sudar—former Buddhist monk, trauma-informed meditation teacher, and the heart behind Path of Sincerity. We explore liberation through mindfulness, navigating shame and depression, and what it takes to find inner peace after a lifetime of suffering. David's story—from addic...