I'm Sad But I'm Trying

I'm Sad But I'm Trying

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. If you’re still here, still sad, still trying—this is for you.

Episodes

August 6, 2025 29 mins

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 through small, surprising acts of resista...

Mark as Played

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 new understanding and gentle coura...

Mark as Played

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 anyone seeking to live, despite the weig...

Mark as Played

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.

Mark as Played

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