Cara Kapler

Thrifting Sparks

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Thrifting Sparks is a podcast about rebuilding yourself after life knocks the wind out of you. Host Cara Kapler shares the hard-earned insights she’s gathered from burnout, complicated relationships, therapy breakthroughs, and the messy process of starting over. Each episode explores the small pieces of wisdom we collect along the way — the ideas, tools, and perspective shifts that help us move forward when life doesn’t look the way we expected. Think of it like thrifting for your inner life. New episodes explore topics like: • healing from burnout and toxic dynamics • rebuilding identity afte...

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Cara Kapler

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02 - Talking Audience Response to Episode One + Catching Your Breath When Life Feels Overwhelming 06.07.2026 36:31

Episode 02: Catching Your Breath 🛁✨ Thrifting Sparks | Cheaper than therapy. Warmer than a cardigan. Picture it: launch day. One episode live, heart wide open, and then — a wave of anonymous one-star reviews trying to tank the show before it even had a chance. In this episode, Cara pulls back the curtain on what really happened behind the scenes of Thrifting Sparks' launch: the podcast algorithm...

01 - Thrifting Sparks | Starting Over: Why I Built This Podcast From the Wreckage 16.06.2026 28:13

"Surviving is not the same as settling. And rebuilding is not the same as starting from nothing." What do you do when everything falls apart at once — your marriage, your business, and the identity you spent a decade building? You pick through the wreckage. You find what's worth keeping. And if you're lucky, you find a way to make something new. Welcome to Thrifting Sparks — the podcast about rebu...

Thrifting Sparks with Cara Kapler - Official Trailer 30.05.2026 0:45

🔗 Links & Resources: Follow Thrifting Sparks on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thriftingsparks/ Subscribe & leave a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrifting-sparks/id1891592389 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3IvoxSnxFyfXT0dPE0rVyB?si=_w_lQcL-TtOMkI3RTF-88Q Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thriftingsparks

00 - Behind the Scenes: Creating the Thrifting Sparks Podcast 28.04.2026 10:33

Episode Title: Behind the Scenes: How I Created the Thrifting Sparks Podcast (And the Fear I Had to Face First) Have you ever had a dream that felt bigger than your confidence? That's exactly where Thrifting Sparks began. In this very first behind-the-scenes episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on what it actually looked like to create this podcast — the excitement, the self-doubt, the creative b...