Come to The Brink w/ Zoë Flowers 🪬

Welcome to Come to the Brink. This is where we gather — the grievers, the dreamers, the builders — to speak honestly about what it means to live through endings and still create. My guests today are Fiona Oliphant and Cassie Whitebread of Healing Equity United , an organization dedicated to centering those living at the margins by valuing lived experience, amplifying marginalized voices, and reali...

My conversation with Debbie Weiss was so inspiring, Debbie is the bestselling author of On Second Thought…Maybe I Can! and The Sprinkle Effect. For over 40 years, she was the family caregiver. She took care of her father from age 17-49, her son, and later her husband. Along the way, she lost herself in the roles she was carrying. At 50, she chose to start living for herself. Nine years later, at 5...

It's my 2nd birthday without my mom. Something has shifted.

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Today, I’m joined by Tracie Collins. Tracie is an author, entrepreneur, business strategist, public speaker, and creative powerhouse. She is best known for her stage production Cold Piece of Werk , which confronted the human trafficking epidemic in Oakland, California. That groundbreaking work earned her a Mayoral Proclamation from the City of Oakland—declaring March 14, 2015, as Tracie Collins Da...

Today’s guest is a force. A conjurer of stories. A root woman. A grief witness. A ritual architect. She is Renée Michele — a multi-hyphenate creative whose world stretches across the realms of spirit, story, and sacred service. She is a Hoodoo practitioner and a Yayi in Palo Mayombe, where she navigates spirit realms with intention and ancestral devotion— always bringing respect, purpose, and just...

Today’s guest is Reverend Sandy— Author. TV and radio personality. Life coach. Reiki Master Teacher. Corporate trainer. Master gardener. Energy medicine practitioner. Community organizer. And someone who has been on the frontlines of healing and transformation since 1961. Born and raised in Watts, California—Sandy has lived through more than most. She’s survived two of the most explosive uprisings...

Today, I got the chance to talk with my friend Jarrett. We had a real and raw conversation about Jarratt's journey through depression, the impact of friendships with other men has had on his mental health, and healing. You can follow Jarratt's podcast, It's About Damn Time , where he dives deep into self-improvement, mindset shifts, mental health, fitness, relationships, and personal development....

Welcome back to Come to the Brink . I’m your host, Zoë Flowers. Thank you for joining us and for following the podcast. If you’ve been sitting with the stories we’ve shared so far—of grief, resilience, and healing—I hope you’re finding space to breathe, to reflect, and to remember that none of us are alone on this journey. Today’s episode is for the organizers. The caregivers. The cultural workers...

Grief can take us to unexpected places. The resilience we discover and the courage it requires to reinvent our lives can take a toll. Today, I'm talking with Aleese Moore Orbih about losing the love of her life to cancer, navigating that deep loss, and courageously pivoting careers after decades of transformative advocacy work. Song Inspo-Back To Life Soul II Soul https://music.apple.com/us/album/...

Hey there, it’s officially a year since my mom passed. Some things are different. Some things are the same.

Today’s conversation is a journey through grief and trauma into creativity, spiritual awakening, and deep healing. My guest is the inspiring Amy Miranda —entrepreneur, activist, shamanic practitioner, and award-winning executive producer. Known for her powerful connective gifts, Amy is the founder of Lunch, an author, and a healer committed to guiding others through both spiritual and creative pat...

Amy Torok and Risa Dickens , are the magickal creators behind the Missing Witches podcast, books, and coven. The duo has built a vibrant, honest community around the sacred and the unseen, And like me, they've spent time in the underworld and have stories to share. Amy spent nearly a decade caring for her father, navigating the slow loss that comes with dementia, and Risa is traveling through the...

Welcome to Come To The Brink. I’m Zoë Flowers. Today’s conversation explores the space between belonging and outsiderhood, wellness and chronic illness, grief and healing. My guest, Skyeris (Skye), describes themselves as a sinistral, spitfire creatrix whose voice was always a bit too loud, hair too unruly, and spirit too wild to ever fit neatly into a box. As a neurodiverse synesthete, Skye has s...

Welcome to Come To The Brink. w/ Zoë Flowers. Today’s episode explores how the past shapes us, how trauma can transform us, and how powerful purpose can emerge from even our most painful experiences. Today's guest left a 17-year relationship mired in domestic violence to become the CEO and Program Director of Rescue Her 33 , a powerful organization providing essential support and community to dome...

Welcome to Come To The Brink. I’m Zoë Flowers. Today, we’re holding a sacred conversation about healing from trauma through nature, plant medicine, and the courage of rebuilding a life after unimaginable tragedy. I’m joined by the compassionate and courageous Kristen Renaud , a survivor of a mass shooting in 2021, whose profound journey led her away from her life as a lawyer into a deep relationsh...

Welcome to Come To The Brink. I’m Zoë Flowers, the place for honest conversations about grief, courage, and transformation. Jeff Gurkin's early life was colored by being raised in the rural south in a religious family where he experienced childhood sexual abuse from a cousin starting at age 5. Today, he's sharing his healing journey. and mission to help other LGBTQ+ people embrace their spirituali...

Can astrology tell us where and when grief will show up in our lives? Cayelin Castelle and I chat about it on this week's episode. Today, I’m joined by the wise and visionary Cayelin K Castell , co-founder of Venus Alchemy, My Star Alchemy, and the former Shamanic Astrology Mystery School. Cayelin’s life is dedicated to decoding celestial mysteries and helping people understand that we are, each o...

Some conversations ask to be felt more than figured out. This is one of them. I’m joined by Beki Crowell , a soul artist and vibrational healer who has touched the sacred through surrender. Through her healing work with the Akashic Records, Reiki, Light Language, and her soul-led paintings, Beki guides others to reconnect with the Divine Self. This conversation is about what happens when we encoun...

Welcome to Come To The Brink. I’m Zoë Flowers. On today’s show, we’re diving deep into the realities of caregiving, emotional abuse, and the complex grief that comes from losing loved ones in more ways than one. My guest today is the dynamic and compassionate Sherri Pullum, award-winning storyteller, artist, producer, and wellness coach, who courageously uses her art and advocacy to foster healing...

I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with the incredible Shanda Brown of Healing Is A Lifestyle Podcast to discuss in depth what it truly means to trust your intuition, make bold life choices, and lean into the unknown, even when fear is present.

Welcome to Come To The Brink . I’m Zoë Flowers—and this is where we gather to talk about the kinds of grief that don’t fit neatly into a funeral or a diagnosis. Today, I’m sitting down with someone I deeply respect. Monica Martinez is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with nearly two decades of experience holding space for survivors of trauma, interpersonal violence, and generational harm....

Welcome to Come to the Brink w/ Zoe Flowers. This is the space where we talk about the moments that shake us, the losses that reshape us, and the wisdom we gather along the way. There is no quick fix to trauma. Music Inspo-Losing My Religion By REM

In this bonus ep. Astrologer Cayelin Castelle and I are doing a deep dive into the energies leading up to next month's Summer Solstice. The current astrological landscape and planetary lineup gives us the support we need to course correct personally and publicly. This month's reading is a map to get there.s Correction from Cayelin: Jupiter has been in the Sacred Hoop since it entered Gemini in 202...

I broke my episodes into guest eps and storytimes. Storytimes are my reflections and an attempt to make sense of the nonsensical. In this episode, I am pulling apart my nonsensical GenX youth and how it impacted me. The GenX experience...when we say nobody was really checking in on us for most of our young lives, we mean it. and it left us with a certain amount of scrappiness and freedom to become...