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Cracking Open with Molly Carroll
What happens when life brings you to your knees and forces you to discover who you truly are?
Cracking Open is the podcast for anyone who has faced a defining moment of crisis, grief, trauma, or rock bottom and found themselves transformed by it. Hosted by Molly Carroll, licensed therapist, TED speaker, published author, and coach, each episode dives deep into the raw, real stories of actors, athletes, thought leaders, healers, and everyday warriors.
Whether it was the loss of a loved one, addiction, childhood trauma, incarceration, or an unexpected life collapse, these "cracking open" moments shape everything: how we parent, love, work, lead, and connect.
What you'll discover:
- How trauma and crisis can become the greatest catalysts for growth
- Tools and insights from mental health, healing, and personal transformation
- Honest conversations that normalize struggle and celebrate resilience
If you're navigating grief, trauma recovery, personal growth, or a major life transition, or you simply want to feel less alone in your human experience, this podcast is for you.
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Cracking Open with Molly Carroll
100th Episode Part 2: Coming Home to the People Who Know Me Best
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Welcome back to Part 2 of our 100th episode.
If you have not listened to Part 1 yet, pause here and go back. Truly.
Tommy, Lisa, René, Leo, and Cora brought everything. And your responses told me just how deeply it landed.
You shared that Tommy reminded you that everything you need is already inside of you.
That Lisa’s story made you want to start something new at 60.
That René’s story changed the way you see single moms and families of three.
That after listening to Cora, you wanted to sign up for her workshop on overcoming toxic friendships. Honestly, same.
And that Leo left you feeling more hopeful about your own life.
I could not have asked for more than that.
And now, we continue.
Because there are more stories to tell.
More moments to sit with.
More truth to witness.
In this second half, you will hear from some of the people who have held me together for decades.
Charlotte Hardwick, my most trusted confidante, reflects on what 100 episodes of this podcast have taught her.
Noelle Teuber, who has been running beside me, both literally and figuratively, for 15 years, shares about loss and what it means to find love again on the other side.
My husband, Adam Carroll, opens up about navigating life’s biggest transitions and what it truly means to believe in yourself when the path is not clear.
Bowen Teuber speaks honestly about the loneliness and challenge of transitioning to college and how he found himself in the middle of it.
And then there is me.
Because if I am going to ask the people I love most to crack open on this microphone, it only feels right that I do the same.
I share what it meant to show up for René after she lost Jason and how, in that moment, our group of friends became something more than friendship.
We became family.
These are not famous voices or household names.
They are the people who show up.
The people who stay.
The people who love.
And somewhere in these conversations, my hope is that you hear yourself.
That you feel a little less alone.
And that you are reminded:
Cracking open, that beautiful, messy, courageous act of being human, belongs to all of us.
🎧 Tune in now to listen.
With love,
Molly
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