Hold On To Your Heart Project
Hold On To Your Heart is a podcast that unravels the complexities of mental health and emotional well-being from a candid lived experience stand point. Hosted by Jacquie King, each episode offers honest, raw and real conversations with community individuals. Hold On To Your Heart tackles a wide range of topics related to mental health, including anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relationships, and more. Listeners can expect to gain a sense of community and support.
Listen in & oh ya, hold on to your heart...
Episodes
20 episodes
Finally Safe: Journey to Self-Worth and Healing
In this powerful episode, Jacquie sits down with Michelle—a mother, survivor, and woman in recovery—who shares her incredible story of finding her voice after decades of silence. From childhood trauma and early substance use to surviving sexual...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:06:44
Versatility of the Heart: Journey from Grief to Growth
In this heartfelt episode, Jacquie sits down with Nicky G—who opens up about the early loss of his father, emigrating from a small Welsh mining town to Canada, and the winding path of healing that followed. From growing up in a tightly-knit com...
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52:46
Strength Beyond the Surface- Strength, Setbacks and Self Awareness
In this powerful episode, Jacquie sits down with Darcy Allen, a well-known local strongman whose story goes far beyond physical strength. Darcy opens up about living with a permanent disability, the emotional toll it took, and how he found heal...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:01:42
The Weight We Don’t Speak Of: Motherhood, Miscarriage & Mental Health
In this deeply honest and healing conversation, Jacquie sits down with Emily—therapist, mother, and community leader—to explore the silent struggles of postpartum depression, intrusive thoughts, miscarriage, and the impossible expectations plac...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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50:57
Crushed by the Bottle, Carried by the Light – 42 Year Journey of Recovery
In this deeply moving episode of Hold On To Your Heart, Jacquie sits down with Richard, a retired community counselor and recovery advocate who brings 42 years of sobriety and a lifetime of hard-won wisdom to the conversation.Bo...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:09:55
Holding On to Inherent Worth: A Story of Courage and Belonging
Jonte Hurlock, a gay convention refugee from Jamaica, now calls Cranbrook home. In this raw and moving conversation with host Jacquie King, Jonte opens up about the pain of leaving everything he knew behind in search of safety and acceptance. H...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:07:59
Breaking The Chains
In this powerful episode as we delve into Bailey King's journey through a tumultuous childhood marked by abandonment and uncertainty. Bailey opens up about her own battle with addiction, the dark and chaotic path it led her down, the pers...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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56:52
Accepting Anxiety
In this episode, Jacquie sits down with Jordan, a brave individual who suffered extreme anxiety that left him feeling trapped in a small, isolated world. Jordan shares his transformative journey of breaking free from the grips of anxiety by ...
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52:01
Just Breathe
Join host Jacquie as she sits down with Simone to delve into the complexities of her journey. Simone opens up with raw honesty and a touch of humor about her tumultuous upbringing, struggles with substance abuse, relapses, and hitting rock bott...
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1:10:19
Where There Is Breath There Is Hope
Join Jacquie as she sits down with Keira, a brave individual who opens up about her challenging upbringing on a reserve, growing up with alcoholic family and a constant sense of uncertainty, Keira shares her raw and honest experiences.
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:24:21
Fearless Embrace
In this captivating episode, Jacquie sits with remarkable Shayla to delve into her extraordinary journey towards success in her online business, dance coaching and life as a while. Despite a tumultuous upbringing filled with dysfunction and unc...
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55:24
Turning Wounds into Wisdom
In this honest episode, Morgan shares the sensitive yet crucial topic of his childhood bullying, its profound impact on his mental health, and the journey towards healing and self-discovery. As we explore the experiences of Morgan who fac...
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1:02:39
Becoming Authentic
In this thought-provoking and honest episode, Jacquie delves deeps with Candace into her transformative journey of unlearning old conditioning, self beliefs and negative self worth into a transformative journey of healing, rewriting the script ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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42:37
Turning Trauma into Triumph
In this episode, Jacquie speaks with Ryan Boyce, a successful online fitness coach and body builder. We dive deep into the transformative power of fitness, goal-setting, taking action, healthy masculinity, and overcoming sexual abuse at a young...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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47:01
Breaking The Silence
In this powerful episode, Jacquie speaks with Keegan who delves into the sensitive and often overlooked topic of sexual abuse, as well as the struggles being raise by a parent with a mental disability, in which she shares the effects it h...
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1:08:10
Embracing the Lows
depression, anxiety, ADHD struggles are real for so many of us. host jacquie king speaks with jayna who has struggled with all of the above.listen in as she gets honest and real about the impacts of these challenges & shares wi...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:07:10
Overcoming the Path of Least Resistance
Hold On To Your Heat Project host Jacquie King converses with Gavin. He grew up in the midst of a dysfunctional upbringing in which he created narratives and ways to protect himself from the harsh reality that he was in it alone fr...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:08:10
The Only Way Out Is Through
Jacquie speaks with Mike in this Episode of Hold On To Your Heart Project Podcast. Mike shares how his lost limbs from a severe work accident, loss of a child, separation, and cocaine abuse have impacted his life & how he used to try and nu...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:03:24