The Fox and the Phoenix

In this episode, Savannah and Julie discuss what its like to be affected by trauma and how it affects male-to-female crossdressing in both a negative and positive. It has been said that some people escape to their feminine personas because of trauma in their male-centric lives. Some deal with the trauma that comes with societal ignorance and intolerance. At the end of the day, how we cope and how...

In a new ongoing segment, Savannah's partner, Judy, comes on the podcast to lend her personal experiences when it comes to being in a relationship with a male-to-female crossdresser. In this first episode, Judy reads the second part of the letter she wrote several years ago for the first 'Living with Crossdressing: Defining a New Normal' book... back in the early days of her and Savann...

In this episode, Savannah and Julie discuss a social media post from a beloved listeners who is on a quest to physically meet those people she has befriended online up to now. The post details becomes fuel to discuss meeting people in real life for the first time, aligning schedules, taking precautions, setting expectations, and having compassion and understanding for the fact that meeting people...

In this episode, Savannah and Julie discuss a letter from a pod listener named Charlotte who asks if the intrepid co-hosts had ever discussed the practice of a male-to-female crossdresser hiding one's femininity under the guise of overt and exaggerated masculinity. From going out for high school football to several tours in the US Navy, the efforts to conform is always heavy lifting and hard w...

In this episode, both Savannah is excited to share in a celebration with her co-host Julie. A close friend of the podcast, codenamed 'Jellyfish' (if you know, you know), had begun to share their feminine persona with a couple close lifelong friends and close neighbors. Each has been met with love, support, acceptance and shares of their own. Each reveal is a testament to the kind side of h...

In a new ongoing segment, Savannah's partner, Judy, comes on the podcast to lend her personal experiences when it comes to being in a relationship with a male-to-female crossdresser. In this first episode, Judy reads a letter she wrote several years ago for the first 'Living with Crossdressing: Defining a New Normal' book... back in the early days of her and Savannah's relationship...

In this episode, both Savannah and Julie return to the podcast mics from their separate travels abroad within the US of A. Savannah went to New York on a work trip and Julie joined her extended family in Aspen for a week of rest and relaxation. Each of them return with very similar stories, regaling each other with unplanned and positive encounters with strangers who become engaged in conversation...

In this episode, Savannah discusses with Julie her feelings of fatness and unattractiveness that seems to be more acute int he summer months. While Savannah has mentioned this concern before on previous episodes, she shares with Julie some tips that may assist in body positivity and self-love. From mirror affirmations to surrounding yourself with positivity-filled friends, Savannah and Julie bring...

In this episode, Savannah discusses with Julie her feelings of fatness and unattractiveness that seems to be more acute int he summer months. While Savannah has mentioned this concern before on previous episodes, she shares with Julie some tips that may assist in body positivity and self-love. From mirror affirmations to surrounding yourself with positivity-filled friends, Savannah and Julie bring...

In this episode, Savannah and Julie talk about how hot they both are. No... no... they aren't talking about their amazing physical appearance but rather the difficult times some crossdressing men may encounter when the full glare of summer is upon them. Some may feel self-conscious showing more skin, while others may come close to heat stroke with their wigs and compression and padding on. Sti...

In this episode, Savannah is so excited to tell Julie abut her interaction on an Instagram post where a troll tells Savannah she needs to repent, Read the Gospels, and be saved from sin. From that interaction, Savannah decides to think back to episode '5 - Debunking Deuteronomy 22:5' and see what else people who spout one of the 613 Mitzvot should be also adhering to to secure their own pl...

In this episode, Julie asks Savannah to discuss the hot raging news coming from the lush green White House lawns during a PRIDE celebration. Front and at the center of it all... in several ways... was the one and only Rose Montoya. As a mentor and influencer to Julie, Rose Montoya and her breasts were weaponized against her and the Transgender community by conservative media outlets that felt her...

In this episode, Julie asks Savannah how her experience was going to therapy for the first time... as Savannah. Sure, Chuck has been going to therapy for a while now, but this marked the first time the therapist asked Savannah to make an actual "wig to heel" appearance "on the couch". They touch on the actual session experience, the nervousness Savannah felt about showing up fo...

In this BLUE SKY episode, Savannah brings together and shared with Julie her own list of a few male-to-female life hacks she either has heard of or employed during her time on this planet. From taking time to make sure every strand of hair is in place to having the right padding and proportions, from taking mindful steps to casting intentional movement in one's feminine space, from being aware...

In this episode, Julie sent out an "all points bulletin" to ask our community what DIY and life hacks they have discovered, invented, or employed in the development of their male-to-female gender diverse lives. On air, she shares some of the responses with Savannah and with the listeners in the hopes that these great ideas can be utilized by others as well. Even Savannah, when her memory...

In this episode, Savannah and Julie wish you a good start to the summer of 2023. We hope you enjoyed your weekend of independence! We will be be back next week - July 12th - with all new episodes! ----- SAVANNAH HAUK is the author of “Living with Crossdressing: Defining a New Normal” and “Living with Crossdressing: Discovering your True Identity“. While both focus on the male-to-female (mtf) cross...

In this episode, Savannah and Julie wish you a good start to the summer of 2023. Have an amazing month of PRIDE! We will be be back July 12th with all new episodes! ----- SAVANNAH HAUK is the author of “Living with Crossdressing: Defining a New Normal” and “Living with Crossdressing: Discovering your True Identity“. While both focus on the male-to-female (mtf) crossdresser, “Defining a New Normal”...

In this episode, Savannah and Julie wish you a good start to the summer of 2023. We will be be back July 12th with all new episodes! ----- SAVANNAH HAUK is the author of “Living with Crossdressing: Defining a New Normal” and “Living with Crossdressing: Discovering your True Identity“. While both focus on the male-to-female (mtf) crossdresser, “Defining a New Normal” delves into crossdressing and r...

In this episode, Savannah joins Julie to read an excerpt from a NEW YORK TIMES article "Always Well Groomed" by Rhona Garelick, an entry that raises questions about what drives the ideals of socially acceptable beauty. From industry determinants to cultural, but fleeting, 'It' standards, from publications and advertisements pushing an agenda of beauty that is not only nearly unat...

In this episode, Julie lightens the heavy mood from the last couple of weeks to talk about something that affects every woman and male-to-female crossdresser who doesn't live off the grid in a plush forest somewhere... shoes and heels. Julie reads a love letter sent in by a lover of heels, creating a conversation with Savannah about the power of feminine footwear, how best to fill your shoe tr...

In this episode, Savannah comes back from a trip west. She returns with a heavy heart and some of her father's ashes. Per a thought from Julie Savannah sat down to write a letter to her father, finally putting into words and onto paper everything she had ever wanted to share with her dad. Today, Savannah reads that letter aloud in a very emotional pod. ----- SAVANNAH HAUK is the author of “Liv...

In this episode, Savannah finds out minutes before recording the podcast episode that their father is terminally ill in the hospital without any chance to recover. What bubbles up to the surface is a frank conversation with Julie about Savannah's childhood as the little boy his parents' assumed them to be, how Savannah dealt with their upbringing, the things they felt they missed out on, t...

In this second of two episodes, Julie and Savannah reconnect in person as Julie makes a cross-country trip to be IRL with Savannah in the studio. Above and beyond that, Julie, Savannah AND Judy come together again for day trips to local downtowns, lunches and dinners out, work trips to Starbucks, and a couple hours at the podcast mic to ask Judy questions from our listeners, specifically from the...

In this first of two episodes, Julie and Savannah reconnect in person as Julie makes a cross-country trip to be IRL with Savannah in the studio. Above and beyond that, Julie, Savannah AND Judy come together for day trips to local downtowns, lunches and dinners out, work trips to Starbucks, and a couple hours at the podcast mic to ask Judy questions from our listeners, specifically from the wonderf...

In this episode, Julie and Savannah reconnect after a couple weeks away from podcasting. Julie talks about her new laptop and Savannah regales Julie with her trip to the 13th Annual Keystone Conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Other than the conference and workshops as a whole, Savannah comes back with tales from the Significant Ones--the partners of their male-to-female crossdressing mates--m...