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At 17, Ruthie Lindsey was hit by an ambulance and given a 1% chance of survival. What followed was decades of physical and emotional pain, masked by perfectionism and a desperate need to be liked. In this bold and tender episode, Ruthie shares how she slowly dismantled her pain story, abandoned the “basic bitch” mask she used to wear, and began reclaiming joy, creativity, and weirdness on her own terms. We talk about trauma, truth-telling, the deep grief that followed fame, and learning to live in your body again. This one is for anyone who has lost themselves in trying to be lovable—and is ready to come home to their weird, wonderful self.

Topics:

• Chronic pain and trauma healing
• The cost of people-pleasing and perfectionism
• Letting go of being “likable”
• Creativity as reclamation
• Choosing joy after survival
• Living without needing to perform
• Beauty, grief, and aliveness
• Rebuilding identity after collapse

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What if the “good girl” in you isn’t your personality—it’s a nervous system survival strategy? In this rich and revealing episode, embodiment coach Beth Clayton breaks down the “good girl” protector archetypes and how they live in the body. We talk about how early conditioning around approval and belonging shapes our adult patterns of people-pleasing, achievement, and avoidance—and what it takes to begin reclaiming choice. This conversation is both tender and activating, especially for women who are ready to trade performance for presence and rewrite the rules of their own lives.

Topics:

• “Good girl” conditioning + protector archetypes
• Nervous system work + body-based healing
• Patriarchal performance patterns
• Embodiment as rebellion
• Shame, self-worth, and visibility
• Unlearning people-pleasing
• Power, softness, and reclaiming voice
• Self-liberation through body awareness

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In this deeply human and unforgettable episode, Christina Miglino King returns to the show—this time joined by her partner, award-winning drag king and trans non-binary activist Lee King (aka Phantom Nips). Together, they share the story of how they met, fell in love, and built a new kind of life—one rooted in truth, presence, and the kind of connection that only comes after burning it all down.

We talk about the moments that change us: a devastating burnout, a $5 bill with a phone number, walking shirtless into the sun for the first time, saying “I’m staying” in the middle of a hard conversation. Christina reflects on what it meant to let her old life collapse—shutting down a business, grieving the identity she had built, and trusting the strange, undeniable pull of her intuition… all the way to the love of her life. Lee opens up about gender, drag, cancer, sobriety, and surviving a suicide attempt that gave them a second chance at life.

Topics:

• Ego death and rebuilding identity
• Drag, gender, embodiment, and authenticity
• Burnout, collapse, and radical redirection
• Queer love and being chosen for who you are
• Body dysphoria and healing through top surgery
• Sobriety, depression, and surviving suicide
• Starting over at any age
• The power of staying through the hard stuff
• What it means to be seen, truly seen—and stay

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