Say It Anyway with Corey Proffitt-Boyd
Say It Anyway with Corey Proffitt-Boyd is a heartfelt podcast about the thoughts and emotions people rarely express. Hosted by Kentucky-based storyteller and massage therapist Corey Proffitt-Boyd, each episode explores grief, personal growth, mental wellness, resilience, relationships, and self-acceptance. Through honest, vulnerable, and humorous storytelling, Corey shares personal experiences and conversations that remind listeners they are not alone. The podcast covers topics like mental health, emotional wellness, self-improvement, and grief support, offering a refreshing and uplifting perspective.
Episodes
Thrown Under the Bus: When a Friend Betrays You
Host Corey Proffitt-Boyd explores the pain of being betrayed by someone you trusted—especially when they embarrass you publicly to protect themselves. He explains why such incidents damage trust, how to address them calmly and specifically, and why giving the other person a chance to explain matters.
The episode covers what a sincere apology looks like, options for repairing or redefining the rela
Put Your Bread on the Water: Kindness, Dolly, and Dreaming Big
In this episode, Corey Proffitt-Boyd reflects on Dolly Parton’s life and how her kindness brought people together, even after her death.
He explores how quiet acts of compassion and the courage to dream big can change lives, sharing personal stories like a childhood bus ride that illustrate ordinary kindness at work.
The episode encourages listeners to practice everyday kindness, set healthy bound
When Friendship Goes One-Way: Learning to Step Back
Corey Proffitt-Boyd explores those painful moments when a friendship feels one-sided, sharing his own journey from people-pleasing and addiction to recovery and clearer boundaries.
He explains how stepping back and matching the effort you receive can reveal what a relationship really is—friendship or acquaintance—and emphasizes self-care, honest communication, and accepting change without blame.
Lonely in a Crowd: When Love Can't Fill the Gap
In this episode the host reflects on a listener's question about feeling lonely even when surrounded by caring people, and shares personal experiences—from childhood outsider feelings to the deep ache after his mother's death.
He explores how loneliness can come from longing for a specific person or from a lack of inner connection, and describes how grief, self-reflection, and therapy helped him b
The 10-Minute Fix: Small Changes, Big Momentum
Brought to you in part by Sheabel Veterinary Hospital: In this episode, Corey shares how tidying a messy recording desk sparked a chain reaction of small improvements and a surprising boost in motivation. He explores how minor, manageable actions can build momentum and improve how we feel in everyday spaces.
Corey also discusses using a phone’s screen time feature to become more intentional with s
Say It Anyway: Speak Your Truth with Kindness
Host Corey Proffitt-Boyd explores what it means to speak your truth gently and clearly, especially when doing so feels uncomfortable.
The episode contrasts staying silent to keep the peace with setting healthy boundaries, offers the "do no harm" rule as a guide, and encourages pausing when anger clouds judgment.
A listener's question about distinguishing honest expression from hurtful speech leads
The Question Beneath the Hurt
Corey shares a personal story about being hurt by his father, the long journey from blame to understanding, and the choice to offer compassion. He reflects on how asking different questions changed his relationship and himself.
As his father becomes ill, Corey describes how vulnerability and presence allowed them to rewrite their ending while honoring boundaries and personal healing.
Make Time for What Matters: Choosing Family Over Busyness
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In this episode, Corey Proffitt-Boyd explores how our schedules can quietly replace what we say we value, urging listeners to intentionally make time for family and presence instead of letting work and distractions take over.
Through personal storie
Say It Anyway — Don’t Wait for the Last Time
Corey Proffitt-Boyd reflects on how ordinary, unnoticed moments quietly become the memories we cherish, urging listeners to be present and appreciate the small parts of life while they’re happening.
He explores gratitude without guarantees and encourages saying what matters—love, thanks, apology—because sometimes we don’t get another chance. Say it anyway.
The Lost Art of Listening: When Empathy Means Staying Silent
In this episode, Corey Proffitt-Boyd explores how modern conversations often mistake listening for simply waiting to speak. He discusses how true empathy requires presence, silence, and allowing others to fully express themselves without immediately jumping in with advice or personal stories.
Corey shares personal reflections and practical suggestions for becoming a better listener, emphasizing th
Grief Is Love Continued: Learning to Carry Loss
This episode explores how grief reshapes our view of life, showing that loss isn’t only about death but also endings like divorce, career changes, and the death of a pet.
It reflects on how grief spills into everyday moments, how it can make us both more grateful and more fearful, and why all forms of loss deserve compassion.
The host encourages listeners to accept grief as part of love’s continui
Are We Becoming More Like Machines?
In this episode of Say It Anyway, Corey Proffitt-Boyd reflects on how our growing reliance on technology and artificial intelligence may be changing how we relate to one another, often replacing presence with efficiency.
He argues that no algorithm can substitute compassion, patience, or genuine attention, and challenges listeners to put their phones away and practice simple acts of human connecti
When Roles Reverse: The Hidden Work of Caring for Parents
Corey Proffitt-Boyd reflects on the quiet, complicated experience of caring for aging parents — the exhaustion, unexpected joy, and the ordinary moments that become treasured memories.
He shares personal stories about finding humor, facing loneliness and grief, asking for help, and redefining what it means to love well through presence rather than perfection.
My Brain Has No Business Hours
Host Corey Proffitt-Boyd explores the familiar experience of a racing mind at night, unpacking why quiet moments bring up old memories, worries, and imagined stories.
He reframes a busy brain as evidence of a life lived, encourages self-compassion over self-criticism, and offers gentle reminders to seek professional help if thoughts become overwhelming.
What They're Really Carrying: Invisible Burdens We All Share
In this episode Corey Proffitt-Boyd reflects on the unseen emotional burdens people carry, drawing from his experience caring for his parents. He explores how love and difficulty can coexist, how strength often looks like persistence, and why we should replace assumptions with compassion.
The episode encourages listeners who are struggling to be gentle with themselves and invites everyone to meet
You’re Not Behind: The Truth About Timelines and Rest
Corey Proffitt-Boyd shares simple, timely reminders: life isn’t a race, uncertainty is part of being human, rest is essential, and growth means allowing yourself to change direction. He urges listeners to show themselves grace, recognize progress, and seek support when needed.
This episode reassures you that you’re doing better than you think and that your story is still being written.
Wonderfully Strange: An Alien’s Take on Human Habits
In this episode, a friendly alien visits Earth and observes everyday human behavior, from gyms and refrigerators to weather talk and repeated button-pressing.
Through humor and curiosity, the episode highlights our odd, unwritten social rules and small anxieties, then shifts to the warmth behind those quirks—memories, relationships, and the reasons we keep connecting.
Don't Wait to Live: Stop Moving the Finish Line
Corey Proffitt-Boyd explores how we often put life on hold—waiting for the perfect job, relationship, or milestone—only to find the finish line keeps moving. He urges listeners to notice and appreciate the ordinary moments and small victories happening right now.
This episode encourages pursuing goals without letting them steal present joy, and reminds you to create memories and gratitude in the l
Nobody Warns You Life Gets Better
Corey Proffitt-Boyd explores the unexpected upsides of getting older: caring less about others' opinions, healing from pain, building confidence, and finding joy in ordinary moments.
This episode offers reassurance for anyone struggling, reminding listeners that many things improve over time and that strength and self-kindness grow with experience.
The People You Only Know in One Place
Corey Proffitt-Boyd reflects on the small, familiar people in our lives—the gas station clerk, the grocery cashier, the hairstylist—who know us in one place and quietly shape our days. These background characters become comforting routines, often unnoticed until they’re gone.
The episode celebrates the power of consistency and small acts of kindness, reminding us that showing up matters and that m
Unseen Handprints of Society & Culture
Corey Proffitt-Boyd reflects on the small, often unnoticed moments and people who quietly shape our lives — teachers, strangers, family, and friends. He explores how brief acts of kindness, encouragement, or humor can leave lasting impressions and change our paths.
Corey urges listeners to reach out and thank those who've made a difference, reminding us that ordinary moments and unseen gestures ma
Mental Health Matters: When Childhood Follows You into Adulthood
Host Corey Proffitt-Boyd shares a personal story about growing up around addiction, how childhood survival skills followed him into adulthood, and how he was able to quit alcohol and tobacco on October 1, 2019.
He describes discovering the difference between functioning and healing, admitting to the benefits of therapy, and learning to trace present reactions back to past experiences.
This episode
Rewrite Your Story: How Small Choices Create Big Change
In this episode Corey Proffitt-Boyd explores how the narratives we tell ourselves shape our reality. Using personal stories and everyday examples, he shows that small choices and changing your internal script—not magic—are what create new outcomes.
He explains how familiar, limiting beliefs can hold us back, why visualization and practice matter, and how to start rewriting your story to notice opp
Calendar Tops, Comic and Santy Claws: Small Town Sayings That Warm the Heart
Corey Proffitt-Boyd reflects on the charming, often humorous mispronunciations and unique family words he grew up with in Kentucky—"calendar top," "comic" cleaner, "warsh," and "Santy Claws."
These words are framed not as mistakes but as treasured remnants of family, culture, and memory that keep loved ones present long after they're gone.
You're Allowed to Be You — Stop Asking Permission
Host Corey Proffitt-Boyd explores why so many of us hide our true selves and live under the imagined supervision of the "committee." He shares personal stories—from growing up gay in a small town to wearing a hair system—and offers a clear message: you don’t need permission or approval to be who you are.
The episode encourages listeners to stop apologizing for harmless joys, embrace authenticity,
The Waiting Room Olympics: The Art of Awkwardness
Corey Proffitt-Boyd humorously explores the everyday awkwardness of waiting rooms—seat selection, accidental eye contact, stale magazines, chatty neighbors, restless kids, and the panic of low battery.
Under the jokes he finds a deeper point: waiting rooms are one of the few places where strangers briefly share the weight of uncertainty, reminding us of our common humanity.
The Knock at the Door: Small-Town Hospitality and Hidden Boundaries
Host Corey Proffitt-Boyd remembers the awkward, unexpected visits of small-town life — the sudden knock, the pressure to be hospitable, and how privacy once signaled rudeness. He explores how those habits shaped emotional boundaries and the mixed feelings they left behind.
Then he contrasts that world with modern adulthood, where unexpected calls feel intrusive and loneliness is quieter, arguing f
Stop Apologizing for Your Joy
Corey Proffitt-Boyd examines why people feel embarrassed to openly enjoy things, exploring influences from small-town judgment to social media and learned defenses like sarcasm and humor.
He encourages listeners to reclaim sincerity, accept comfort and joy without apology, and practice softness and vulnerability as a path to healing.
Burnt Burgers & Blue Kool-Aid: The Real Heart of Holiday Cookouts
Corey Proffitt-Boyd reflects on the chaotic, funny, and tender world of holiday cookouts—burnt burgers, family characters, quiet tensions, and kids running barefoot—showing how those imperfect gatherings in small working-class towns became treasured memories.
The episode explores nostalgia, sacrifice, and the ways ordinary moments take on lasting meaning, urging listeners to reach out to loved one
Did You Eat? The Southern Language of Love
This episode explores how many Southern families express love through actions, humor, and food rather than direct words, and how those expressions can be misunderstood.
It reflects on generational coping—how survival, resilience, and wit replaced emotional language for older relatives—and how recognizing that changes our view of those who raised us.
Ultimately, the host reminds listeners that impe
Why Americans Are Choosing Cannabis Over Alcohol
This episode explores the growing shift from alcohol to cannabis across generations, examining how stress, mental health, loneliness, and changing ideas of wellness are reshaping drinking culture.
Host Corey Proffitt-Boyd shares personal experience and asks why people are seeking gentler forms of relief, urging compassion and deeper questions about how society copes with modern life.
I'm Fine (But I'm Not): The Hidden Weight of Pretending
This episode explores the quiet exhaustion of people who say "I'm fine" while carrying emotional burdens, and the ways we edit our lives to appear okay.
Host Corey Proffitt-Boyd urges honesty, normalizes therapy and messy healing, and encourages listeners to reach out, listen, and stop performing… so real connection and recovery can begin.
The Love Doesn't Leave - Mother’s Day Is Different For Everyone
On this Mother's Day episode of Say It Anyway, Corey Proffittt-Boyd explores the complex emotions of celebrating, missing, and remembering mothers.
He honors the quiet sacrifices parents make, describes how grief often appears in small moments, and suggests love changes form rather than disappears.
Whether you are celebrating or grieving, the episode offers comfort and a reminder that a mother's l
When Growth Gets Lonely: The Messy Middle of Change
This episode explores why personal growth often feels lonely, showing how awareness sparks change long before the outside world catches up.
It discusses the grief of leaving old identities and relationships, the difference between loneliness and solitude, and how quiet seasons rebuild your sense of self into lasting peace.
You Don't Have to Be Everything to Everyone
Corey Proffitt-Boyd explores the pressure to perform for others and the slow compromises that make us lose ourselves.
He urges listeners to pause before saying yes, practice honest choices, and choose authenticity over constant approval to find peace and clarity.
Say It Anyway: The Filter We Live Behind
Corey Proffitt-Boyd hosts Say It Anyway, a podcast about the split-second filter that stops us from saying what we truly feel. This episode explores how we learn to edit ourselves, the lonely thoughts we keep inside, and how honest words can create real connection.
Listeners are invited to practice honesty—first with themselves, then with others—and to learn the difference between being reckless a
Fix Your Ads: The 4 Reasons Local Ads Fail
Corey Proffitt-Boyd explains why most local ads fail—missing a hook, emotional connection, a clear offer, or a direct action—and shows a simple, repeatable formula to fix them.
Learn practical examples and quick steps to create ads that stop the scroll, create urgency, and drive real calls and bookings.
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