Honestly, I'm Fine

If you've ever felt stuck, like your brain wants a new life but your body refuses to move toward it, this episode is for you. After losing my son, I spent almost two years asking myself the same question: Why do I feel so stuck? Not lazy. Not unmotivated. Just... stuck. In this episode of  Honestly, I'm Fine , I break down what I've started calling  countermanifesting : the ways grief,...

THE PLAN: Walking to Heaven’s Door What do you say to your nine year old child when you know he’s dying? In this episode of Honestly, I’m Fine, I tell the story people have quietly wondered about but were too afraid to ask. The conversation Kingston and I had before he died. The movie that became our roadmap. The “plan” we made together. And the impossible reality of trying to prepare your child f...

Things I’m Done Faking: Group Chats, Clean Girl Aesthetic, and Leftovers | S2 Ep10 This was supposed to be a deep, poetic episode about signs, grief, and Kingston… and instead you got me rage-quitting group chats, slandering the clean girl aesthetic, and confessing my toxic relationship with leftovers and DoorDash. Michael is here as I admit I no longer have the range to pretend I care about 93 un...

What not to say to grieving people, child loss, pediatric brain cancer, grief support, and what awareness actually means, because some people are trying their best and some people should remain silent. May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month, so we’re discussing two things the internet and society still routinely fumble: how to talk to grieving people, and how to care about a cause beyond changing your...

If you’ve ever wondered whether the people we love still communicate after death, this episode is for you. Maile Navarro shares her deeply personal experience after losing her 9-year-old son, Kingston, and the moments that made her question whether love ever truly leaves. In this episode, Maile talks about grief, skepticism, hope, and the signs that kept appearing when she needed them most, red ca...

What To Do When You Feel Lost and Stuck in Life Have you ever waited for a sign to tell you what to do next, only to get silence? In this episode of Honestly, I’m Fine, I share what happened when I spent weeks searching for answers outside myself through signs, mediums, and hoping someone else would tell me my next move. We talk about why grief can keep you frozen, how burnout and avoidance show u...

If you’ve ever wanted someone else to hand you the answers, fix your future, or tell you exactly what to do next, this episode is for you. Maile Navarro shares what happened after chasing signs, spiritual guidance, and repeated attempts to get clarity through medium readings, only to realize she was outsourcing work that belonged to her. In this episode, Maile talks about grief, spiritual searchin...

Broke, Grieving & Rebuilding After Child Loss Will My Life Ever Get "Better"? If you’ve ever wondered how to rebuild your life after loss while feeling emotionally drained, financially stressed, and nowhere near “healed,” this episode is for you. Maile Navarro shares the raw beginning of her journey after losing her son, navigating grief, motherhood, money pressure, and the uncomfort...

My Ex Thinks I’ve Lost My Mind After Child Loss If you’ve ever started healing after loss only to have someone question your sanity, this episode is for you. Maile Navarro shares the emotional and often absurd reality of grief, spiritual awakening, and trying to make sense of life after losing her son Kingston. In this episode, Maile talks about the moments after Kingston died that changed everyth...

Going on 2 Years Since Losing My Son… I’m Still Lost AF If you’ve ever wondered how someone keeps going after unimaginable loss, this episode is for you. Maile Navarro shares the full story of survival, motherhood, caregiving, grief, and rebuilding after losing her son Kingston. In this deeply personal episode, Maile talks about childhood instability, addiction, starting over with nothing, and the...

Why Is My Inner Critic So Mean? ADHD, Trauma & Self Sabotage If the meanest voice in your life sounds suspiciously familiar, this episode is for you. Maile Navarro explores how ADHD, trauma, grief, and shame can create an inner critic that sounds convincing while quietly wrecking your confidence. We talk about the voice that says you’re too much, too loud, too late, too broken, and why that vo...

The Dumbest Advice I Got After Child Loss If you’ve ever been told to get back to normal after your life was permanently changed, this episode is for you. Maile Navarro shares the frustrating and often absurd advice grieving parents receive after child loss, and why so much of it completely misses the reality of trauma, grief, and survival. In this episode, Maile talks about trying to work after y...

NEW HERE? If this conversation resonated with you, I'd love for you to listen to  "My Ex Thinks I've Lost My Mind After Losing Our Son."  It's the next chapter in our story and a much deeper conversation about how grief changed both of us, spirituality, and what it's been like trying to rebuild our lives after losing Kingston. If you’ve ever wondered how two people can su...

If you've ever wondered whether signs from loved ones are real, this episode is for you. After losing my son Kingston, what was supposed to be a Thanksgiving trip to Six Flags turned into one of the strangest days of my life—and ended with a ride photo that made me question everything I thought I knew about signs from the other side. In this episode, I talk about grief, intuition, signs from l...

Signs, Grief & The Red Balloon | Part 2 with Tanisha If you’ve ever experienced moments after loss that felt too specific to ignore, this episode is for you. In part two, Maile Navarro and Tanisha continue their conversation about grief, spiritual signs, and the experiences that do not fit neatly into logic. In this episode, they talk about Kingston, the red balloon, unexpected signs, and how...

They Said It Was Nothing. It Was Stage 4 Brain Cancer. I took my son Kingston to six hospitals before anyone finally listened. Six times I was told some version of “it’s nothing.” Growing pains. Normal kid stuff. Anxiety. Basically a greatest hits album of people underestimating a mother who knew something was wrong. When they finally ordered the MRI, our lives split in half. Kingston was diagnose...

🦈  NEW EPISODE If this conversation resonated with you, I'd love for you to listen next to  "Countermanifesting: How ADHD & Grief Keep You Stuck." After recording this conversation with Tanisha, I realized I'd never really answered the biggest question it raised: Why do so many of us know exactly where we want to go... but still feel completely stuck? In my newest episode, I...

Why I Love People Who Don’t Love Me Back If you’ve ever wondered why emotionally unavailable people feel familiar, this episode is for you. Maile Navarro shares the childhood experiences that quietly shaped how she understood love, trust, and who gets access to her heart. In this episode, Maile talks about learning the man who raised her was not her biological father, meeting her biological father...

I Tried a Medium’s Method to Reach My Son. Here’s What Happened. I followed a medium’s instructions to see if I could intentionally receive a sign from my son Kingston after his death. I was hoping for something clear. Something undeniable. Something less subtle than the emotional scavenger hunts the universe usually assigns. What followed was strange timing, goosebumps, license plates, and a cate...

What happens when your life does not just change... it splits into before and after?⁠ This is Honestly, I’m Fine. I’m a mom. I’m someone who thought I understood hard things. Then life introduced a version of hard that does not resolve, does not wrap up neatly, and does not move aside so you can heal on schedule. So this podcast exists for that space. Not the inspirational version of grief. The re...

Title:  I Lost One Child. Now I Fear for My Other One. What happens when you’re already grieving one child and then your other child gets treated like she does not matter? In this episode of Honestly, I’m Fine, Maile Navarro talks about what grief actually looks like more than a year after child loss, when the world assumes time has fixed something that was never fixable. After the death of her so...

It’s been one year since my son Kingston died. Time didn’t fix anything. It just made the absence more permanent. This episode is what grief looks like a year later. Not the version people expect. Not closure. Not “healing” in the way it gets packaged. I still feel him. Not in a vague, comforting way, but in moments that are specific, sharp, and hard to explain. The kind of moments that make you q...

Twin Flames, Cord Cutting & Why I Still Feel Their Energy If you’ve ever tried to move on from someone but still felt deeply connected to them, this episode is for you. Maile Navarro is joined by Royce Perkins for a candid and funny conversation about twin flames, cord cutting, emotional attachment, and how to protect your energy without shutting down your heart. In this episode, Maile and Roy...

Is This Hell? Or Just Earth? Spiritual Awakening, Grief & Cosmic Burnout If you’ve ever wondered why being alive can feel exhausting, confusing, and suspiciously expensive, this episode is for you. Maile Navarro explores grief, burnout, and the strange path people call spiritual awakening, which often begins when your life falls apart and ends with you questioning everything. In this episode,...

Why You Self-Sabotage After Loss (And How to Stop) If you’ve ever wanted a better life but kept pushing away opportunities, love, peace, or progress, this episode is for you. Maile Navarro explores how grief, trauma, and feelings of unworthiness can quietly turn into self-sabotage, even when you deeply want things to change. In this episode, Maile talks about where unworthiness begins, how childho...