What’s Your Story? | Healing Through True Stories

Finding closure isn't always loud, sometimes it's a quiet return to yourself. In this Season 3 finale, host J.D. Murgolo offers a solo benediction: a reflection on healing, personal growth, and the true stories that shaped this season of What's Your Story? If you've ever struggled to let go, move forward, or make meaning from a painful chapter, this episode is for you. In this episode: What it tru...

What happens when a community decides to tell its own history? For too long, the stories of many cultures have been told from the outside looking in. Today, we sit with the work of documenting the Cambodian diaspora, a movement of reclaiming narrative, rediscovering cultural pride, and creating a "prepared environment" for a community to speak in its own voice. This is a meditation on intergenerat...

A quiet pause before the season’s final stretch. In this solo reflection, J.D. revisits the stories of Season 3 and asks one simple question: What part of you is still returning? Have a seat on the porch with J.D. HERE --- From the Studio This episode is part of What's Your Story?, produced by Story House. We believe story is a tool for meaning-making, not just performance. Leave a voice message o...

What happens when healing turns outward — when the hard-won wisdom of your own story becomes something you offer to someone else? In this episode, we sit with a story about generosity, care, and what it truly means to give back. Not from a place of having it all figured out, but from lived experience — the kind that can only be earned, not taught. This is a conversation about what we carry, what w...

How does a story live on after it is told? A story becomes a "living legacy" when it is shared; it no longer belongs solely to the teller but begins to echo through the listener. This process of narrative exchange allows truth to be reshaped and reclaimed, proving that the stories we tell today are the architecture of how we are remembered tomorrow. In this episode, we explore memory, legacy, and...

What does it mean to "come back to yourself" after trauma? Healing is often less about pushing forward and more about returning to the body. This "coming back" involves recognizing the quiet intelligence of our survival mechanisms, the ways our mind and body protected us until it was safe to return to presence. It is a process of reclaiming autonomy through storytelling and somatic awareness. In t...

What happens when the life you planned disappears? How do you begin to build a new identity when the foundation has shifted? In this episode of What’s Your Story? , we’re sitting with a profound narrative about grief recovery and the courage it takes to start over. This is a study in resilience, not the kind that bounces back, but the kind that moves through the unknown one gentle, regulated step...

What happens when the reflection stops cooperating? There is a quiet reckoning that begins when the mask we show the world no longer matches the truth we feel inside. Today, we sit with a story about identity, visibility, and the decision to stop performing for the sake of others. This is a meditation on the transition from external validation to internal honesty. It is an invitation to anyone nav...

What happens when the most meaningful response is silence? We explore the power of silence as an act of dignity and the art of holding space for others. Host J.D. Murgolo reflects on the transition from reactive talking to intentional stillness the Director of Humans of San Quentin, Diane Kahn. We explore how the power of silence can act as a bridge in our most fragile moments, offering a dignity...

What happens when silence stops working? We explore the power of naming your feelings and how setting healthy boundaries becomes an act of care for those we love. What happens when silence stops working, and honesty becomes an act of care? In this episode of What’s Your Story? , we explore the delicate balance between internal struggle and external responsibility. Host J.D. Murgolo sits with a nar...

What happens when survival isn’t the finish line, but the beginning? We explore the power of reclaiming your narrative and choosing yourself during life transitions . What happens when survival isn’t the finish line, but the beginning? In the Season 3 premiere of What’s Your Story? , host J.D. Murgolo explores a narrative of transition, responsibility, and the profound choice to prioritize one’s o...

A new story is arriving. What’s Your Story? returns this February with a new season titled The Art of Returning — a cinematic exploration of what it means to come back to yourself after loss, change, or silence. This season unfolds as a storyworld within the What’s Your Story? anthology, weaving together lived experiences, quiet reckonings, and the moments that reshape who we are. Produced by Not...

Every season has a thread — a fragile line of truth that weaves its way through each story. For Season 2, that thread has been about return: to resilience, to tenderness, to the quiet places inside us that teach us how to keep going. In this final episode of the season, JD sits down with Christina Kingston — known to many as The Velvet Empath — to explore what it means to live with open hands and...

You don’t have to be a believer to pray. Sometimes the prayer isn’t even words. Sometimes it’s just the ache of being lost long enough to finally ask for help — not from a person, not from a system, but from whatever else might be listening. That’s where Sophia’s story begins. On a beach in Egypt. A stranger in a strange place. A whispered please — flung into the air with no expectation of return....

There’s a kind of wisdom that doesn’t announce itself. It doesn’t arrive in the form of a five-step plan or a TED Talk voice. It arrives slowly — in stillness. In the breath you didn’t know you were holding. In the soft return to a body you forgot how to trust. That’s what this story holds. Not a lesson. Not a formula. Just a quiet unfolding. Catherine Crestani has walked the long road of returnin...

Some relationships look like love on the surface — but underneath, they echo the same abandonment, chaos, or silence we learned to tolerate as kids. This week, I sit down with Dr. Chelsea Azarcon — a deeply thoughtful voice in the intersection of trauma, health, and emotional healing — to talk about the kind of love that breaks us down before it builds us back up. Chelsea shares her story of survi...

Sometimes the loudest part of life is the silence that follows holding it all together. This episode opens in the stillness after bedtime dishes undone, a baby monitor humming, the hum of mental chaos louder than anything outside. It’s a fictional story, but if you’ve ever sat alone in a room feeling like the weight of your own life might quietly crush you…you’ll feel seen here. This isn’t a comeb...

She used to live her life in whispers. Tiptoeing around her needs, folding herself in half just to keep the peace. Until one day, she stopped apologizing, not with a shout, but with a quiet decision to choose herself. We follow a story of emotional burnout, identity, and the journey home to self. From loading up an RV in Tennessee to uncovering what boldness really means, this is a portrait of a w...

They said he wouldn’t live past four. He did. They said he’d never walk. He does. Now, at 35, he’s becoming a father and breaking the cycle he was born into. This is a story about resilience, legacy, and the radical act of staying alive. If you’ve ever wondered what it means to rewrite a future that was never written for you… this one’s for you. What You’ll Hear in This Episode: * The quiet brutal...

There are so many versions of the immigration story that never get told. The quiet ones. The complicated ones. The in-between ones. The ones that don’t make headlines, but shape entire generations. Those stories deserve space. Connect with Heidy De La Cruz Say hello on ⁠Instagram.⁠ Comment on this episode HERE Support the show through our Sponsors HERE Donate to the Fragile Moments Community. Lear...

There’s a point where you break. And when you grow up in a house where breaking is the norm? You don’t even realize you’re shattered. The person you’re about to hear from grew up inside a storm. Connect with Fia Sylvan Say hello on ⁠Instagram.⁠ Comment on this episode HERE Support the show through our Sponsors HERE Sign up for the Fragile Moments Community to support our work. Learn more and sign...

 People talk about breaking points, like they're always loud, a slam door, a breakdown in a parking lot, a dramatic walkout, but sometimes it's a cardboard box. Connect with Sandra Schnakenburg Could you say hello on Instagram? Sign up for our occasional newsletter HERE Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts Sign up for the Fragile Moments Community to get a supportive community of listen...

Our newest storyteller is someone who doesn’t just *talk* about healing — they live it, breathe it, and guide others through it with empathy, honesty, and a deep understanding of the human experience. What started as a passion for teaching — rooted in how writing became a lifeline through their own struggles — evolved into something even more powerful: a calling to walk with people through trauma,...

Meet Sage DeLoach —a vibrant 40-year-old mom who's on a heartfelt journey of rediscovering her personal style and sharing the beautiful complexities of her life with the world. Connect with Sage DeLoach HERE Could you say hello on Instagram? Sign up for our occasional newsletter HERE Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts Sign up for the Fragile Moments Community to get a supportive commu...

Laurie Gilbertson is a seasoned communication expert, former New York City prosecutor, and Emmy-award-winning television legal analyst who helps professionals master the art of impactful communication. As the founder of Tribeca Blue Consulting, she combines her extensive background in law, media, and public speaking to teach executives, attorneys, and entrepreneurs how to present themselves with c...