Home is a Changeling Podcast

On August 1, 2003, I landed in Flagstaff, Arizona. Thus began an identity-shaping chapter in my life, one whose lessons still resonate almost two decades later. Reflection Questions: * Where did you live in your early twenties? If it was close and familiar or far and unfamiliar, why did you make that choice (if you had one)? * Was there ever a time in your life when you took a big leap and doubted...

This essay was originally published in September 2022. Make sure you read Part One first! I’m resharing my earliest pieces for those who subscribed recently, and I’ve recorded a voiceover for you to listen to it through your podcast app if you’d like. To do so, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. I...

This essay was originally published in August 2022. I’m resharing my earliest pieces for those who subscribed recently, and I’ve recorded a voiceover for you to listen to it through your podcast app if you’d like. To do so, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, y...

For the January 2025 The State of Home: Year Three, click here . And if you’re a subscriber who joined this year, don’t forget to check out my introductory essay, Welcome Home , here. Otherwise, there’s no particular order in which these need to be read (or listened to), so go for it! If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) ab...

For some context, check out Gone to Carolina in my Mind from November 2024. If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, you can find a shareable, web-friendly version at ashleighellskells.substack.com ,...

This essay was originally published in May 2022. I’m resharing my earliest pieces for those who subscribed recently, and I’ve recorded a voiceover for you to listen to it through your podcast app if you’d like. To do so, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, you...

If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, you can find a shareable, web-friendly version at ashleighellskells.substack.com , where all my other essays and podcasts live. You can request to follow me o...

This essay was originally published in March 2022. It’s back-to-school time, so we’re heading back to Fall 1997 when I first started college. I’m resharing my earliest pieces for those who subscribed recently, and I’ve recorded a voiceover for you to listen to it through your podcast app if you’d like. To do so, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions...

If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, the essay might have been clipped, so you can find a shareable, web-friendly full version at ashleighellskells.substack.com , where all my other essays and po...

If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, you can find a shareable, web-friendly version at ashleighellskells.substack.com , where all my other essays and podcasts live. You can request to follow me o...

This essay was originally published in February 2022. It has now been five years since the events I wrote about here. I’m resharing my earliest pieces for those who subscribed recently, and I’ve recorded a voiceover for you to listen to it through your podcast app if you’d like. To do so, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to epi...

Welcome to Home is a Changeling, a monthly newsletter written by me, Ashleigh Ellsworth-Keller. This was my first essay of this series, published in 2020. It's 2025 now, and I've gone back and recorded an audio voiceover for those who are just joining me on the journey. It's fun to revisit earlier work and see what has changed and what remains the same. So, if you’re ready for ego-driven self-disc...

If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, you can find a shareable, web-friendly version at ashleighellskells.substack.com , where all my other essays and podcasts live. You can request to follow me o...

As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people who have resided all over the country and the globe. These occasional interviews appear as podcast episodes (available through your browser or on various podcast apps) and while the starting place for these interviews are questions about physical “homes”, we get to talk about all sorts of other things that are (or are not) “home”...

If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, you can find a shareable, web-friendly version at ashleighellskells.substack.com , where all my other essays and podcasts live. You can request to follow me o...

This essay first appeared on my old blog as It is a Privilege: Lessons in Humility and Compassion in March 2017, shortly after the first immigration halt (aka “Muslim ban”) of this administration. I was feeling pretty helpless, and needed to remind myself—and hopefully remind others—that there are things that we can do, right now, to help others who have been unfairly targeted. I’ve made some mino...

For the January 2024 The State of Home: Year Two, click here . And if you’re a subscriber who joined this year, don’t forget to check out my introductory essay, Welcome Home , here. Otherwise, there’s no particular order in which these need to be read (or listened to), so go for it! It’s been THREE years since I started Home is a Changeling! A continued THANK YOU to my paid and founding subscriber...

Home is a Changeling is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. You can listen to this interview in your browser by clicking the voiceover button above. Even better: Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people w...

Home is a Changeling is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. You can listen to this interview in your browser by clicking the voiceover button above. Even better: Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people w...

Home is a Changeling is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people who have resided all over the country and the globe. These occasional interviews appear as podcast episodes (available through your browser or on various podcast apps) and while the starti...

If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, you can find a shareable, web-friendly version at ashleighellskells.substack.com , where all my other essays and podcasts live. You can request to follow me o...

If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, you can find a shareable, web-friendly version at ashleighellskells.substack.com , where all my other essays and podcasts live. You can request to follow me o...

If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, you can find a shareable, web-friendly version at ashleighellskells.substack.com , where all my other essays and podcasts live. You can request to follow me o...

If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, you can find a shareable, web-friendly version at ashleighellskells.substack.com, where all my other essays and podcasts live. You can request to follow me on...

If you’re reading this in your inbox, you can find a shareable, web-friendly version at ashleighellskells.substack.com , where all my other essays and podcasts live. You can request to follow me on Facebook here and Instagram here , and I’m happy to hear from you at aellsworthkeller@gmail.com If you were a kid growing up in 1980s America, you knew how to rollerskate.  Reflection questions: * What...