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
From Business Collapse to Personal Clarity: Todd Palmer on Resilience and Redefining Failure
In this raw and eye-opening episode of The Phoenix Table, Todd Palmer shares how losing his father at just five years old shaped his beliefs about success, leadership, and self-worth. What began as a drive to “do it all” as an entrepreneur eventually led him into burnout, debt, and the brink of bankruptcy.
Todd opens up about the brutal truth a coach gave him, the neuroscience that rewired his thinking, and the shift from seeing himself as a victim to leading with vulnerability. Along the way, he unpacks how childhood wounds echo into adulthood, why “failure” is really just learning, and what it means to finally believe you are enough.
This conversation is a powerful reminder that our greatest breakdowns can become our greatest breakthroughs, and that true leadership starts not with titles or revenue, but with healing ourselves first.
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