A Rainbow In The Storm

Katharine and Seth return after a brief, impromptu hiatus to talk about the messy middle after any tragic event. While so much is better after the immediate effects of Hurricane Helene, there are still many questions, murky paths, and unknowns. Katharine and Seth discuss what’s next for their former home and how they’re surrendering yet again in the process. They also talk about their recent garag...

Katharine and Seth are back after a rejuvenating spring break and they’re thrilled to have Deborah Sabalusky on the podcast this week! Deborah faced a dark night of the soul when her relationship of almost 15 years fell apart in front of her eyes. The dream home, family, and life she had imagined was stripped from her and it left her contemplating who she really was, what she truly wanted, where t...

Katharine and Seth sit down to interview their very own son, Bradshaw and ask him what it was like to lose his home and many of his belongings during Hurricane Helene. They ask him questions that they had never asked him in the six months following the storm and learn how children see things so differently than we adults.  We hope you find it uplifting and hopeful and it makes you feel good about...

Katharine sits down solo and shares some thoughts that have been on her heart and mind over the last few weeks. She talks about the emotional journey of walking through grief and how memories can unexpectedly take you back and how challenging emotions can feel fresh again. Sparked by a great conversation with a friend, Katharine contemplates what happens when she feels sorry for someone and how it...

Seth sits down for his first solo-cast this week! It's six months to the day since Hurricane Helene swept through Western North Carolina and Seth shares where they’re at with their home reconstruction, the emotional journey, and how he feels about the storm today. It’s a brief episode but we didn’t want to let this milestone go by without checking in. As always, thank you all for listening and we...

Katharine and Seth are thrilled to share the powerful interview they had with Kay Sullivan, Katharine’s mom. Kay went through her own dark night of the soul beginning in 2006 when she was diagnosed with Lupus, a chronic “incurable” autoimmune disease. Kay’s mindset upon her diagnosis and what she chose to do with this information may surprise you. It certainly inspired us! Kay’s unrelenting belief...

Today you are in for a real treat as Katharine and Seth sit down with the luminous, brilliant, and hilariously funny Cindy Gough James. She calls herself a Planetary Force and by the end of this episode, you will see why. Cindy shares a story of heartbreak, a mother’s powerful intuition, and ultimately one of miracles. The dark portal of transformation that Cindy went through is one that would bre...

Today we have Katharine and Seth sitting back down as a duo to share the top five things they would tell their younger selves. This exercise was based loosely on former hospice worker, Bronnie Ware’s Regrets of the Dying . Katharine and Seth had so much fun doing this writing excerise and sharing it with each other. We encourage you all to give this a try and see how your day changes! Katharine en...

This week we welcome Dr. Kye Peven to our podcast! Dr. Kye holds double doctorates in Oriental Medicine and Naturopathic Medicine and is a master at explaining complex physical systems in simple terms. Dr. Kye walks Katharine and Seth through the physical and physiological processes of shock and the instinctual responses of fight, flight, and freeze. Dr. Kye breaks down in layman’s terms what peop...

You are in for a treat this week, as Katharine and Seth sit down with friend, medium, healer, and all around beautiful human, Tahra Collins of A Guided Soul. Tahra shares her story of heartbreak and losing what she thought might end her. She gets raw and real and reveals the immense gratitude and freedom that lie on the other side of surrendering to the darkness. Tahra also shares the importance o...

In this week’s episode, Katharine and Seth sit down with Christina’s Cunningham, a local massage therapist and somatic healer to hear her story of losing her home to Hurricane Helene. Christina walks us through the nights leading up to the storm and the experience of watching her home flood before her eyes. She shares the deep pain, grief, and shock that followed. Christina also describes the deep...

In this week’s episode, Katharine sits down for her first solo podcast to share where she’s at four months post Hurricane Helene. She talks about the logistical updates of navigating the process of figuring out next steps, all while managing big emotions felt by herself and her family. She delves deeper into the art of surrender and also the tightrope walk of surrender v. doing what needs to be do...

In this episode, Katharine and Seth interview Katharine’s sister Sarah Sullivan and investigate all the ways in which she supported them through the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Sarah, who is an expert in creating, analyzing, and building new organizations and systems, as well as being a self-proclaimed “spiritual activist” shares many of the practical tools that helped their greater family navi...

Happy New Year everyone! In this episode, Katharine and Seth share the five…no the six things they are bringing into the New Year. These aren’t resolutions, but new things to focus on. After losing so many physical items, they have gained so much more wisdom on how they both want to show up in the world and what truly matters. They also share three things that are no longer serving them and are qu...

In this episode, Katharine and Seth depart from their typical podcast topics — and enjoy the fun and magic of the holidays. Katharine shares her top five Christmas movies and Seth creates themed cocktails for each! In the heaviness of sorting through flood insurance, buying new things, moving (again), and driving 10 hours to celebrate Christmas, Katharine and Seth decided it was more important thi...

In this episode, Katharine and Seth are in conversation with Dagmar Stansova, whose mother was a hidden child separated from her parents for many years during the Holocaust. Similarly, Dagmar had a dramatic childhood, being separated from her parents for a year after being caught trying to flee communism in their home country. She describes in poetic detail what it means to take difficult situatio...

In this episode, Katharine and Seth share the initial nine lessons they’ve learned since Hurricane Helene ripped through their town of Black Mountain, NC and took their home and many of their belongings. The 9 Lessons they shared were: Life’s storms present us with an opportunity to deepen our faith and lean into the notion that we are Divinely led. There are levels to surrender, and in the midst...

In our inaugural episode, we share the story of the storm that took our home and changed the trajectory of our lives. We go into all of the details from the day before the Hurricane through the days that followed. Katharine shares two of her writings about grief, loss, and gratitude. We have split it into two parts. Thank you for listening!

In our inaugural episode, we share the story of the storm that took our home and changed the trajectory of our lives. We go into all of the details from the day before the Hurricane through the days that followed. Katharine shares two of her writings about grief, loss, and gratitude. We have split it into two parts. Thank you for listening!

Welcome to A Rainbow In The Storm: Finding hope and meaning in the midst of tragedy. Join us each week as we share practical advice, personal stories, and the hope that no storm lasts forever.