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I'm Sad But I'm Trying

I'm Sad But I'm Trying 6 Episodes Sep 6, 2025

I'm Sad But I'm Trying is a weekly narrative podcast about living with, despite, and ultimately past depression. Hosted by a lifelong writer and reluctant survivor, each chapter explores the quiet war of staying alive through softness, structure, and story. With poetic honesty and a bookish sensibility, the show moves through themes of grief, growth, and grace—one candle-lit chapter at a time.

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I’m Sad But I’m Trying — Breaking Ranks: Letting Go of Perfectionism, Overachieving, and What No Longer Serves You Sep 6, 2025 00:29:07 Welcome to I’m Sad But I’m Trying, a podcast about living with, despite, and ultimately past depression. In this chapter, we step into the difficult work of breaking ranks—shedding the survival tactics that once kept us safe but now keep us stuck. From perfectionism to overfunctioning, avoidance to emotional numbing, we explore how these old shields protected us in darker times, but can also weigh

I'm Sad But I'm Trying — Holding Your Ground: Staying When You Want to Quit Aug 21, 2025 00:25:00 Welcome back to I’m Sad But I’m Trying, a podcast about living with, despite, and ultimately past depression. In this chapter, we turn to the courage of staying—the quiet defiance of holding your ground when everything in you wants to retreat. This episode reflects on the strength it takes simply to endure, to remain present in a body and a life that often feel unbearably heavy. It is a reminder t

I'm Sad But I'm Trying — Sneak Attacks: How Depression Creeps In Without Warning & How You Can Creep Out Aug 6, 2025 00:29:21 Welcome to I’m Sad But I’m Trying, a podcast about living with, despite, and ultimately past depression. In this chapter, we explore the quiet onset of depressive episodes—the subtle signs, small shifts, and creeping fog that often go unnoticed until they’ve fully settled in. But this isn’t just a study in sadness. It’s a strategy session. This episode invites you to disrupt your depression throug

I'm Sad But I'm Trying — Know Your Enemy: Naming and Confronting Depression Aug 4, 2025 00:28:11 Welcome back to I’m Sad But I’m Trying, a podcast about living with, despite, and ultimately past depression. In this chapter, we step closer into the shadows to give shape and name to the internal antagonist—a familiar, yet ever-changing, presence. This episode invites you to meet your own version of the enemy, to see it as something separate from yourself, and to begin reclaiming your story with

I'm Sad But I'm Trying — The Art of War With Yourself: Surviving the Quiet War of Depression Aug 2, 2025 00:21:44 Welcome to I’m Sad But I’m Trying, a podcast about living with, despite, and ultimately past depression. In this opening chapter, we delve into the metaphor of depression as an internal war—a landscape both shadowed and familiar. This episode invites you to peer into the battleground within, to begin understanding the enemy without surrendering your own story. It is a gentle call to arms for anyon

Hi. I’m Sad. But I’m Trying: A Podcast About Living With Depression Aug 1, 2025 00:07:43 An introduction. A soft beginning. A little about why I’m making this podcast, and why I think sadness deserves space—and structure. If you’re here, I’m glad you are.

I'm Sad But I'm Trying

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