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Don’t call Me
by Em
Don’t Call Me is a raw, poetic, and darkly humorous podcast for women, soul-seekers, trauma survivors, and creatives seeking spiritual healing and transformation. Hosted by a woman who has come back from the brink, each episode offers a piece of her journey – stories polished by pain and time like stones from Avonia Beach – told with unapologetic feminine authority and intuitive insight. She shows that by sharing our truth, we become story healers , guiding one another across the threshold from despair to hope. Her dream-fueled wisdom and dark humor serve as an unexpected lifeline, finding light even in the heaviest moments. Through these candid narratives of trauma and rebirth, listeners are reminded that even after the darkest times, we can emerge whole.
Episodes
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The Shoot
Title: Episode 10: The Shoot Description: After months of surviving courtrooms, exchanges, and silence, I stepped back into the world. I started protesting. I worked with an artisan boutique. And then—I did a photoshoot. Just jeans, a bra, and a jacket. This episode is about what it felt like to…
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The Shoes by the Door
After the driveway exchange, I didn’t feel strong. I felt broken. In this episode, I talk about what came next—what it looked like to survive the aftermath. The grief that settled into my bones. The rage I never expected. The stories that were told about me while I was fighting every day just to...
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The Driveway Wasn’t Safe
They weren’t even allowed to cry. Sometimes it was their father putting hands on Ash. Sometimes it was their grandmother threatening to send them to their room if they showed any emotion. So I stopped saying goodbye in the driveway. This episode is about the violence of drop-offs, and how I…
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Six Weeks of Sky
There’s a lot I don’t remember from that time. That’s how trauma works — it fogs the details and burns the feelings in sharp. But I remember this: I used my rent money to rent a car. Drove straight to Rochester. Brought my babies home for the summer. And for six weeks, we lived. We swam. We…
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A Mother Outside the Room
I was finally in a home that felt peaceful. Coffee on the porch. Open fields. A friend who saw me as human. And still, I was losing my children in real time. This episode is about what it means to be a mother completely shut out — while still very much alive. It’s about decisions made behind my...
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The First Yes
I didn’t want to go back to work. The thought of someone asking what happened… of trying to explain where I’d been, why I looked hollow, why I flinched when people were too kind… made me sick. But I went. And that’s where I met Ann. The kind of person who doesn’t just see you, she stays. This...
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The Year I Started Counting
Episode 6: The Year I Started Counting Before the shelter, there was David’s couch. Panic attacks in my sleep. A body that refused rest because the world wasn’t safe anymore. This episode walks through what survival actually looked like — not the hashtags, but the night sweats, the silence, the...
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Holy Looks Like This
In this episode, Em unpacks what it felt like to shave her head in the wake of assault—how something that began as sacred and freeing slowly turned isolating. People looked at her like she was unwell, like she was dangerous. What began as power became proof against her in the eyes of others. Even...
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Nothing Left But White T-Shirts
Episode 4: Nothing Left But White T-Shirts Season 3, Episode 4 | Say It Happened In this episode, Em returns to the time when survival became a full-time job. Working at a restaurant while being interrogated by the state police, she found herself juggling custody exchanges, rent, gas money, and...
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After the Call
After I made the call to protect my child, everything changed. I wasn’t met with support—I was met with silence, suspicion, and a system that was ready to investigate me instead of the harm. In this episode, I share what happened next: the retaliation, the isolation, the betrayal by people who…
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Home is a Diagnosis
Episode Title: Home Is a Diagnosis Season 3, Episode 2 | Say It Happened After fleeing abuse and returning to New York in silence, Em hoped to reclaim time with her children. Instead, she was met with judgment, false accusations, and a mother who called her sick at first sight. This episode…
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The Cut
Episode Title: The Cut Season 3, Episode 1 | Say It Happened In this opening episode of Season 3, Em takes us back to the moment before the escape. Before the healing. Before the microphone. When survival looked like silence, exile, and a pair of clippers in a borrowed bathroom. This isn’t a…
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A Few Towns Over
A house that looked like home. A memory just out of reach. And a choice not to take what wasn’t offered. In this episode, Em revisits the shadow of a former life through a dream set a few towns away from where the real heartbreak happened. What unfolds is a quiet reckoning with the past, the…
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The Pants Didn’t Fit
In this episode, Em shares a quiet dream that lingers like the memory of almost-love. Through a kiss that never deepened, a song that never existed, and a pair of pants that no longer fit, she explores the ache of shrinking for someone else’s comfort—and the quiet liberation of deciding not to....
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The Door, the Chalk, the Sea
Sometimes the dream doesn’t start where you thought it did. This is the real story—before the tornado. Before the stairwell. Before the door. It begins with rainbow chalk, with memory as protest. It moves through false accusations, the sacredness of motherhood, and whales crashing into concrete...
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She Shut the Door
What if the storm isn’t something you survive… but something you seal off? In this dream, the tornado came from outside. Everyone else ran. I turned back. Because someone had to close the door. This episode isn’t about being fearless. It’s about choosing where the chaos ends. About being the body...
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The Sea Dried Up and I Kept Singing
I started this dream on a city bus and ended it at the head of a boat—singing a language I didn’t know, calling people home from the wreckage. In between? Glass ceilings that shattered on command. Starving fish that bit but didn’t mean harm. A collapsing bridge, a message from the dead, and a...
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The Name That Opened the Door
What if your seat was never in question—just waiting on you to claim it? In this episode of Dreams Between Lives, I share a dream where I almost missed a flight… not because I wasn’t ready, but because I stopped to change. It’s a story about identity, timing, the power of naming yourself, and…
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The House That Didn’t Fall (Yet)
What do you do when you know it’s all about to collapse—and no one believes you? In this episode, I take you inside a dream where I’m trapped in a house that’s already dying. A sliding stairwell, a splintering beam, two patients too bitter to move, and a room full of people pretending nothing’s...
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The Hidden Exit
What begins as a strange walk through a train museum becomes something much deeper—an unmarked map of the self. Curated by someone who once helped me find my voice, this dream wasn’t just memory. It was movement. Misdirection. And a confrontation with power disguised as silence. I flew through...
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The Ones Who Forgot I Was Sacred
This episode is a return. To grief. To silence. To the shoreline that held me when I couldn’t hold myself. It’s a story carved across Charlotte, Carbondale, Avonia, and Rochester. Across eclipses. Across motherhood. Across memory. I speak about Shiv—not as a romance, but as a soul-recognition....
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She Who Walks Between
She thought she was just visiting a cave. But the stone knew her name. The water anointed her hands. And the darkness remembered her before she remembered herself. In this episode, Em returns to a memory buried since childhood— a dream of stairs behind a door, a temple beneath the surface, and a...
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He Stayed Still
Don’t Call Me: Dreams Between Lives Not all healing comes from collapse. Some begins in a room that asks nothing of you. No story. No apology. No performance. In this dream, I was exhausted. Unwashed. Unfiltered. And for once, no one looked away. He stayed still. Not to rescue me. Not to possess...
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The Ones I Never Had
Some dreams don’t come to shatter you. They come to show you what you almost forgot. They come quiet. They come soft. And they stay. The night before the eclipse, I dreamed of the ones who loved me without needing to hold me. The ones who saw me without asking me to disappear. I almost missed the...
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The Threshold
In this opening episode, I take you into the dream that broke me open. A wedding I didn’t want. A weight I was never meant to carry. A torn gown, wet hair, and the truth that stillness isn’t danger—it’s freedom. Under the light of a total lunar eclipse, I was forced to face the roles I played…
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The Blanket
Some objects carry more than just weight, they carry history. They hold memories, emotions, and the echoes of past versions of ourselves. Tonight, I pulled out a blanket. A thick, high-quality throw that has been with me for fifteen years. But I didn’t buy it. I didn’t inherit it. I picked it out...
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The Blackwater Sanctuary
Not all sanctuaries have walls. Some exist in the hush of midnight, in the weightless drift of water, in the space between the stars and the earth. This is the story of a Midwest farm, a dark pond, and a moment of stillness that felt like sanctuary. A summer night where the world disappeared, and...
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Aligned by Amaya
In this episode, I share the serendipitous story of how life brought me back to two incredible people, Reema and Ramneesh, and their restaurant, Amaya Indian Cuisine. Years ago, in Carbondale, Illinois, I found comfort and connection at their first restaurant, Reema’s. Their warmth, kindness, and...
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Coffee, Chaos, & Mr. Jones
Sometimes, the right person enters your life at exactly the right moment, and for me, that person was Ann. In this episode, I share the story of how Ann and I met as medical secretaries, both navigating devastating circumstances and rebuilding our lives. From morning coffee chats on a rusty...
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Moments That Stay
In this brief episode of Don’t Call Me, I dive into one of the most profound moments from my childhood—an encounter in a grocery store that taught me the power of compassion and how our actions, even as kids, can leave a lasting impact. I also reflect on how life has a way of bringing us full...
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A Candlelit Night
Ease into the evening with a gentle, candlelit discussion designed to comfort your mind and body. In this episode, we explore the soothing quiet of night, the flicker of a glowing flame, and the freedom found in letting go of the day’s weight. Through calming imagery and thoughtful reflection,...
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Kicking Off the Narrative
Description: In this episode, we explore how the stories we tell ourselves shape our lives—and what happens when we step outside of them. From a near-drowning at age five to a life-altering car accident decades later, two pivotal moments reveal the power of leaving behind what separates us....
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Above the Noise, Beneath the Waves
In this episode, I take you back to a pivotal moment from my childhood—a near-drowning experience that shaped my understanding of stillness, connection, and instinct. As chaos unfolded above the surface, I found myself in a state of profound calm beneath the waves. Floating between two worlds, I...
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Barefoot Through the Glass: A Story of Survival and Change
In this deeply personal episode of Don’t Call Me, I share a life-changing moment that forced me to reassess my life, my relationships, and what I truly deserve. It’s a story about survival, connection, and the kind of clarity that only comes through adversity. Here’s what you’ll hear in this...
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In the Middle of Nowhere, Everywhere
Episode Notes: In the Middle of Nowhere, Everywhere In this episode of Don’t Call Me, I take you back to a McDonald’s parking lot in southern Illinois—a moment frozen in time where I felt the full weight of the gap between how people live and how people survive. At the time, I was living in a...
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Rewriting the Script: Untangling the Web of Control With AI
In this episode of Don’t Call Me, we dive deep into the complex world of coercive control and boundary-setting. Together, we explore how understanding manipulation and reclaiming your voice can lead to profound transformation. With the help of AI tools and expert insights, we untangle the web of...
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Turning the Page – Welcoming a Prosperous New Year
In this reflective and inspiring episode of Don’t Call Me, we explore the transition from one year to the next. It’s more than just flipping a calendar—it’s about recognizing the powerful shifts happening in our lives and how we can align ourselves with the energy of growth, abundance, and...
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Deerly Beloved
In this episode of Don’t Call Me, Em shares a profound and transformative experience from her past—a quiet, unexpected moment spent face-to-face with a wild buck in a secluded clearing. As she recounts the encounter, Em explores the deeper meaning behind this connection with nature, the peace…
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The Faucet, The Priest, and The FBI
In this episode of Don’t Call Me, we’re diving into an unforgettable childhood memory—a story about a truck stop, a sneaky faucet heist, and the anxiety that followed. What started as a seemingly innocent moment with my cousin turned into my first real encounter with guilt, moral conflict, and…
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Returning to the Grassroots of the Self
In this episode of Don’t Call Me, we’re diving deep into the art of rediscovery—returning to the grassroots of the self. Together, we’ll explore how childhood moments of awe and wonder, like laying in the grass for hours and marveling at tiny treasures, can reconnect us with the joy and…
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the one without a name
In this episode, we dive into the journey of escaping the labels that others have placed on us and the stories we’ve been told about who we are. From the weight of external expectations to the process of recreating your identity, this episode explores the power of reclaiming your narrative. Join…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Don’t Call Me is a raw, poetic, and darkly humorous podcast for women, soul-seekers, trauma survivors, and creatives seeking spiritual healing and transformation. Hosted by a woman who has come back from the brink, each episode offers a piece of her journey – stories polished by pain and time like stones from Avonia Beach – told with unapologetic feminine authority and intuitive insight. She shows that by sharing our truth, we become story healers , guiding one another across the threshold from despair to hope. Her dream-fueled wisdom and dark humor serve as an unexpected lifeline, finding light even in the heaviest moments. Through these candid narratives of trauma and rebirth, listeners are reminded that even after the darkest times, we can emerge whole.
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Don’t Call Me is a raw, poetic, and darkly humorous podcast for women, soul-seekers, trauma survivors, and creatives seeking spiritual healing and transformation. Hosted by a woman who has come back from the brink, each episode offers a piece of her journey – stories polished by pain and time like...
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