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
Stop Shoulding On Yourself!
In this episode of The Phoenix Table, we dive deep into the quiet pressures we place on ourselves—the "shoulds" that stack up and quietly define our identity. Sam unpacks how the collapse of her first business revealed just how much of her self-worth was built on productivity, achievement, and outdated expectations.
Through personal stories and mindset shifts, she explores what happens when we stop living by the rules we didn’t choose—and start asking what we truly want. From motherhood to leadership to self-worth, this episode is an invitation to trade guilt for growth and rewrite your story from a place of clarity and power.
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