EPISODE · Jan 15, 2026 · 6 MIN
The First Shoe
from The Other Shoe · host Liz Cirrito
In this episode, I talk about the first shoe, beginning with the day my father died when I was fifteen. I trace what that first loss taught my nervous system. This episode isn’t about dramatic grief or collapse. It’s about the quieter ways loss settles in. The way vigilance can masquerade as responsibility. The way joy can arrive with tension. The way the first shoe doesn’t just fall. It teaches you how to listen for the next one.
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In this episode, I talk about the first shoe, beginning with the day my father died when I was fifteen. I trace what that first loss taught my nervous system. This episode isn’t about dramatic grief or collapse. It’s about the quieter ways loss settles in. The way vigilance can masquerade as responsibility. The way joy can arrive with tension. The way the first shoe doesn’t just fall. It teaches you how to listen for the next one.
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