The Phoenix Table
Welcome to The Phoenix Table—a podcast for anyone rising through the messy middle.
Hosted by entrepreneur, parent, and storyteller Sam Anderson, this show is where the real stories get told unfiltered, unpolished, and unapologetically powerful.
Whether you're navigating burnout, grief, mental health, caregiving, or the quiet ache of rebuilding your life, you're not alone.
Through soul-deep conversations, raw solo episodes, and stories of survival and rebirth, The Phoenix Table invites you to pull up a chair and exhale. We’re exploring the concepts of grit, grief and growth.
This is not a space for toxic positivity or surface-level advice. It’s for the people who’ve been through it, are still in it, and are determined to rise anyway.
You’ll hear from guests who’ve lost everything and started over, who’ve cared through crises, loved through darkness, and dared to dream again. And you’ll hear from Sam—honestly, vulnerably, fiercely—as they share their path from ashes to alignment.
If you're ready to feel seen and be inspired, we invite you to pull up a chair.
🔥 New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe and let's rise better together.
The Phoenix Table
Latest Episodes
Coffee Break: When Productivity Becomes a Vice
In this season finale of The Phoenix Table, Sam opens up about a struggle many high achievers face: using productivity as a vice. As year-end pressure builds, she finds herself stuck in the cycle of stress, overdoing, and eventual burnout.<...
What Chronic Illness Taught Yasmine De Aranda About Family, Gratitude, and True Success
In this episode of The Phoenix Table, we sit down with Yasmine De Aranda, who turned a season of heartbreak and uncertainty into a profound journey of love, resilience, and redefinition.When Yasmine’s husband was diagnosed with long COVI...
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How Michele Hecken Built a Business That Runs Without Her
In this episode of The Phoenix Table, we sit down with Michele Hecken, a serial entrepreneur, speaker, and author who built her first business from scratch while raising two young daughters, and later transformed it to run entirely without her....
Coffee Break: How to Heal Together Without Losing Yourself
In this solo episode of The Phoenix Table, Sam opens up about what it really means to love someone through their healing — and how to stay whole while doing it.She reflects on the quiet, complicated space between care and self-p...
How a 2,500-Mile Bike Ride Helped Travis Scott Heal and Redefine Strength
In this episode of The Phoenix Table, we sit down with Travis Scott, who transformed a period of intense depression and grief into an extraordinary 2,500-mile journey on a bicycle.Travis shares the emotional weight of losing his...
