The Alchemy of Pain Podcast
1) EPISODE 48 - Santa Claus: The Message is Love
"Santa! I love you!" Those words, yelled out by a random car passenger driving past him brought clarity to a man whose white beard and demeanor immediately evoked the classic image of Santa Claus. H...Show More
2) EPISODE 47 - Stephanie Smith: The Mother Wound
"My mother didn't like me." Born ten months after her older brother died, Stephanie Smith grew up feeling like "the replacement baby." Only she wasn't a boy and her talkative, creative, and effervesc...Show More
3) EPISODE 46 - Laura Krauss: The Layoff Cooties
When you're winning awards for crushing company goals, chosen to lead and mentor, and generating millions of dollars in revenue, the last thing you'd expect is to be terminated. Laura Krauss was blin...Show More
4) EPISODE 45 - David Wetherelt: Living with Undiagnosed Autism and ADHD
He always felt "different." His entire life? A quest to get to the bottom of what fueled chronic anxiety, depression, and alcohol abuse. Appearances are deceiving. A high performer who enjoyed top-t...Show More
5) EPISODE 44 - Herbie Mack: Surviving Suicide and Living to Save Lives
He just celebrated the 9th anniversary of his last suicide attempt. Growing up in the Bronx, Herbie Mack was conditioned to be tough. If you feel it, don't show it - and don't talk about it. Caught i...Show More
6) EPISODE 43 - Sarah Smith: A Survivor's Story
Survivor's guilt tormented Sarah Smith. At age 22, a night out with friends turned into a nightmare. When her Lyft driver exited the car to assist her, he was hit by a drunk driver and killed. She w...Show More
7) EPISODE 42 - Lance Cibik: The Odds Were Stacked Against Me
Meeting Lance Cibik, you'd think the world was his oyster. Well-spoken, charming, attractive, educated... ...you'd never guess that at age 8, Lance Cibik tried to kill himself. Born in poverty to a ...Show More
8) EPISODE 41 - Caryl Westmore: The Fire That Cracked Open Her Heart
"Let me die or find me a reason for living." This was the prayer Caryl Westmore prayed after losing her home and her beloved dog in a fire...and, soon after, facing the end of her marriage with no re...Show More
9) EPISODE 40 - Lynn Singer: Breaking Into Brilliance
The minute you hear her voice you know you're experiencing an otherworldly gift. She's worked with Academy Award-winning actors, taught at Yale, and rubbed shoulders with the New York elite. But a psy...Show More
10) Episode 39 - Michelle Kuei: From Crutches to Courage
She was celebrating the end of the school day and running toward her mother when a taxicab struck 11-year-old Michelle Kuei. Catapulted 100 feet by the impact, she spent the next four years in and ou...Show More