Soul SiStories
Soul SiStories was born out of a mutual desire to bring forward hope and healing through sharing our lived experiences. Hope is embracing life despite adversity. Hope is our reason.
Episodes
34 episodes
Connection Series: Reading The Signs
Grief can make you ask a question that feels almost unbearable: are they still here? We sit down as Diana and Dona and talk honestly about spiritual signs, the small “God winks” and the unmistakable moments that feel like direct afterlife commu...
Hope Through Waking Up
Some mornings don’t feel like mornings at all, they feel like a weight. We start from that honest place and work our way toward something sturdier: hope that comes from waking up, not just physically, but emotionally, socially, and spiritually....
Connection Series: Hope Through Connecting
What if love doesn’t vanish—it starts speaking a new language? We kick off our connection series with a candid look at how two sisters walked from childhood sensitivity and fear into an intentional practice of communicating with loved ones beyo...
Rethinking Success: Curiosity, Resilience, And The Future Our Kids Will Build
What if the most important thing you teach a young person isn’t a formula or a checklist, but how to listen to their own curiosity? We sit with Mary—educator, consultant, and nonprofit co-founder—whose path winds from risk management to a fifth...
From Trauma To Legacy: A Doctor’s Journey To Healing And Thriving
What if thriving starts where certainty ends? We sit down with Dr. Greg Linkowski—retired diagnostic radiologist and author of Dare to Thrive—to unpack a life shaped by early trauma, a demanding medical career, and the love and loss of his son ...
From Grief To Brushstrokes
Loss can silence a room, yet sometimes it also hands you a new language. We sit down with artist Catherine Lamarche Horney to follow the unlikely path from widowhood to a thriving, self-taught art practice sparked by a medium’s simple instructi...
From ICU To Pop-Ups: Building Donut Kitty
What if a family joke became the blueprint for a second chance? We sit down with Ryan and Anne-Marie Villiers to unpack how a terrifying early brush with COVID—coma, code, and the long climb back—sparked the creation of Donut Kitty, a design-fo...
Hope Through Witnessing
When the noise gets loud and the headlines sting, naming what we see becomes an act of care. We sat down to talk about hope through witnessing—how refusing silence, telling the truth, and showing up in nonviolent solidarity can steady us when f...
Hope Through The WTF Moments
When life throws the kind of curveballs that make you say “are you kidding me,” where does hope live? We open up as sisters about the losses that reshaped us—death, divorce, and the everyday mess that never takes a day off—and how we learned to...
From Grief To Connection: Why We Started Soul SiStories
What if the hardest years of your life became the seedbed for hope? We open up about the losses that reshaped us in 2019–2020 and the unexpected ways they led to Soul SiStories—a place where story, spirit, and everyday courage meet. Our convers...
Frosty The Snowman On Hope, Imagination, And Living Your Motto
What if belief came before proof—and that shift changed how you move through every season of life? We invited Frosty the Snowman to share a surprisingly grounded take on hope, resilience, and the quiet power of imagination. The result is part c...
Hope Through Compassionate Education Dr. Ali Herweck
What if the detour was the door you needed? We sit down with Dr. Ali Herweck—physician, MPH, and current REI fellow—to trace a real, unvarnished path into women’s health and fertility care. From not getting into medical school the first time to...
Rhonda K Roberts: Hope in the Face of Loss
Death doesn't come with a guidebook. For Rhonda Roberts, each loss became a stepping stone toward profound understanding—from the confusion of a 10-year-old watching her grandmother's casket to the peace of whispering goodbye to her father-in-l...
From Theater to Page: A Writer's Journey of Healing and Hope w/Gail Priest
Gail Priest, award-winning author of Soul Dancing, shares her journey from theater teacher to novelist and how her background in education and counseling psychology influences her storytelling. Her passion for writing stories about healing from...
Finding Hope Through Mediumship with Miguel Gonzalez
Miguel Gonzalez shares his extraordinary journey from fine arts graduate to gifted medium and spirit artist, recounting how a profound visitation from the Lady of Guadalupe changed his life path forever.• Experienced dream visitations f...
Embracing Autism: Life at Your Own Pace w/Liz Michels
Liz Michels shares her powerful journey as an adult woman with autism, challenging misconceptions and advocating for understanding that people develop "in their own time." Her story from early diagnosis to becoming a workplace advocate demonstr...
Life Beyond Death: The Zach's House Story w/Martin & Krista Anderton
What if the death of a loved one isn't the end of your relationship, but rather the beginning of something profoundly different? Martin and Krista Anderton discovered this truth in the most heart-wrenching way when their 20-year-old son Zach di...
Going Beyond Customer Service: A Life Dedicated to Helping Others - Neal Woodson
A childhood brush with death shaped Neal Woodson's entire life philosophy. After surviving what doctors called an infant tachycardia at less than a year old, Neil's mother consistently reminded him: "You're here for a reason. Don't squander it....
Finding Your True Voice: Heather Wolf's Journey Through Music and Sacred Wisdom
From childhood wonder to professional musicianship, Heather Wolf's journey embodies the essence of authentic expression. Growing up with a profound spiritual connection to nature, Heather recounts the transformative moment when she felt uncondi...
She Said Yes to Life and Grew to Meet Her Challenges: Linda Wolf
What does it mean to live an authentic life? Meet Linda Wolf, a woman who has fearlessly navigated cultural revolutions, personal struggles, and social upheaval since the 1960s, never losing sight of her core values along the way.Linda'...
The Larson Legacy: 40 Years of Transforming Lives Through Community Theater
Paul and Karen Larson never planned to revolutionize their community. When their athletic young son wanted acting classes in 1984, they signed him up with their local city program. The disappointing result – children simply lip-syncing to Sound...
Hope Through Surrender: Debbie McDonnell's Story
What happens when a 16-year-old girl makes the hardest decision of her life, then spends decades wondering about the outcome? Reverend Debbie McDonnell, sister to podcast hosts Dona and Diana, opens her heart to share a profoundly moving adopti...
Hope Through Dance: A Mother-Daughter Journey
Join us as we dive into an inspiring conversation with Laurie and Cameron, a remarkable mother-daughter duo who embody resilience and hope through dance. Their journey is one of not just facing life's challenges head-on, but embracing them with...
Finding Strength in Spiritual Exploration with Tracy Earlywine
Reverend Tracy Earlywine, our guest in this thought-provoking episode, opens up about her remarkable journey from a nature-loving California girl to a senior minister at the Claremont Center for Spiritual Living. Her diverse experiences in hosp...
A Journey of Light: Leah's Path to Resilience
What if the key to hope was not a distant dream, but a conscious choice? Leah, a friend dear to our hearts, embodies this very idea. Her journey from social work and forensic interviewing in the 90s to creative entrepreneurship and real estate ...
