Say It Mercy!

It started with a video playing in the background and a rhythm that made me stop scrolling. I didn't know who Karol G was. I didn't go looking for her. Something catchy caught my attention and I wondered — who is this? And that small moment of curiosity opened an entire world. In this episode I share what happened when I followed that pull — her story, her music, a video filmed in a smal...

It was a regular week. Doctor appointments. Drives I kept postponing. The traffic concern. The parking worry. All the completely reasonable reasons to stay close to home. And then — one by one — something kept happening. A friend I couldn't postpone anymore. A Neuroscience department full of strangers with the warmest smiles. A Friday night in Miami Beach that almost didn't happen. A que...

Have you ever received a handful of flowers from someone... and still couldn't let go of the one thing that stung? That's where this episode begins. A lunch with friends, a passing comment, and a question that slipped in quietly and wouldn't leave: Am I too much? From that moment, Mercy traces something she's carried since childhood — the shy little girl who always knew things...

Do you take the same route every single morning... and have absolutely no idea why? In this episode, Mercy follows one small habit — her route to her parents' house — all the way to a bigger question: how many of the choices we make every day don't really feel like choices at all? From the backseat voice that rises up when someone takes the wrong turn, to a season of life that looked lik...

Have you ever had a song play in your head that you couldn't explain? Not a song you love. Not an artist you follow. Just a melody that showed up uninvited and wouldn't leave. That happened to me with Sign of the Times by Harry Styles — a song I heard once in a movie theater and somehow couldn't shake for days. In this episode I share what I did with it, what I found when I stopped...

Why is it so easy to share our lives with strangers? That question has been sitting with me for a while now — and in this episode, I let it wander. From the early days of Facebook to the psychology of the hook, from social media pile-ons to a director friend who always said a movie only needs to do one of two things. We talk about why we react, why we click, why we watch — and what it might look l...

Why are so many people recording videos from their cars? In this light and curious episode, Mercy reflects on the unexpected “magic” of the car — that small, private space where thoughts get louder, memories resurface, and the sudden urge to call someone appears out of nowhere. Is it the motion?  The solitude?  The fact that no one is watching? From spontaneous phone calls to full-volume singing s...

Sometimes it isn’t the brilliance of a question that creates transformation — it’s the space and timing in which it’s asked. In this episode of Say It Mercy , Mercy reflects on two personal moments when a simple, well-timed question shifted her perspective before she even answered. Through story and gentle insight, she explores how we unconsciously translate experiences into narratives — and how a...

Welcome to the very first episode of Say It Mercy. This is not a launch announcement.  Not a dramatic entrance. Just… a quiet beginning. In this episode, I explore the kind of beginnings that don’t arrive loudly — the ones that emerge softly, almost unnoticed, and slowly become part of who we are. Have you ever felt something shifting inside you before you had words for it?  Not something to expla...