He Polished My Soul: When You Only Have One Quill Left with Deborah Weed

Send us Fan MailWe sit with creator Deborah Weed to explore how love, loss, and art can coexist, and why self-worth must be defined from within. Her stories of hospice dignity, cross-country wandering, and the evolution of Paisley the Musical point to a courageous path back to voice and purpose.• holding grief and joy in the same body• caregiving as dignity and soul polishing• the year of firsts and self-permission to feel• self-worth versus self-esteem and why it matters• fear as information, not a prophecy• Paisley the porcupine and the cost of self-erasure• reclaiming power when only one quill remains• parenting, special needs, and a different kind of proud• real connection beyond social media“Thank you for listening and watching as we're uh we're on YouTube and a bunch of radio stations and TV stations out there too. So uh thank you for being a part of Real Talk with Tina and Ann. And as always, there is purpose in the pain and there is hope in the journey, and we will see you next time.”Support the show