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Episodes
Voices for Voices®Traffickers Target Comic-Con | Here's What Parents Need to Know | DA Summer Stephan
Traffickers Target Comic-Con | Here's What Parents Need to Know | DA Summer Stephan | Episode 542 A packed convention center, sold-out hotels, nonstop foot…
Voices for Voices®Elon Musk's SpaceX Failure Teaches This One Principle
Elon Musk's SpaceX Failure Teaches This One Principle | Episode 541 Failure doesn’t usually arrive as a clean lesson. Sometimes it shows up as a pile of broken…
Voices for Voices®One Acoustic Guitar Silenced a Billion People | Here's Why
One Acoustic Guitar Silenced a Billion People | Here's Why | Episode 540 A billion people can watch the same performance and still walk away with completely…
Voices for Voices®They Forced Me Into Psychiatric Care | What Happens When You're 'Pink Slipped'
They Forced Me Into Psychiatric Care | What Happens When You're 'Pink Slipped' | Episode 539 “Get help” is easy advice to give and painfully hard advice to…
Voices for Voices®Motivation Without A Lifting Partner | Staying Consistent When You'd Rather Skip
Motivation Without A Lifting Partner | Staying Consistent When You'd Rather Skip | Episode 538 One good workout can lift your mood, but what happens when life…
Voices for Voices®When The Environment Tells You To Slow Down
When The Environment Tells You To Slow Down | Episode 537 Smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts into the United States, the air turns hazy, and suddenly even a…
Voices for Voices®Sui*ide, Stigma, And Why This Matters Now
Sui*ide, Stigma, And Why This Matters Now | Episode 536 Fog outside the window can be unsettling, but the heavier haze is the kind you can’t always see: the…
Voices for Voices®Trauma Doesn't Stay Filed Away (Here's What Actually Happens)
Trauma Doesn't Stay Filed Away (Here's What Actually Happens) | Episode 535 A normal day can flip in an instant when something familiar drags you back into a…
Voices for Voices®The Brutal Truth About Time, Legacy, And What's Left
The Brutal Truth About Time, Legacy, And What's Left | Episode 534 “How are you feeling?” sounds like a throwaway question until you answer it without hiding…
Voices for Voices®Purpose Feels Like This When You're Helping Others Heal
Purpose Feels Like This When You're Helping Others Heal | Episode 533 A $20,000 inpatient stay should never be the reason someone delays mental health care…
Voices for Voices®Show Up Even When Nobody's Watching
Show Up Even When Nobody's Watching | Episode 532 Motivation is unreliable, but your next action is still yours to choose. We sit down for a candid solo…
Voices for Voices®Step Away From Your Life? Here's Why You Can't | Anxiety Reality
Step Away From Your Life? Here's Why You Can't | Anxiety Reality | Episode 531 Advice is cheap until you are the one inside the storm. I get real about the gap…
Voices for Voices®Your Therapist Doesn't Expect You To Say Everything
Your Therapist Doesn't Expect You To Say Everything | Episode 530 You walk out of a therapy session and realize the one thing you wanted to say is still…
Voices for Voices®The Smallest Wins Nobody Celebrates | Rebuilding After Trauma | Lawrence C. Harris
The Smallest Wins Nobody Celebrates | Rebuilding After Trauma | Lawrence C. Harris | Episode 529 You can hear it in Lawrence C. Harris’s voice: this isn’t…
Voices for Voices®A Kid Goes Down and Nobody's Ready | Why Sports Tournaments Need Medical Staff | Episode 528
A baseball field can feel safe right up until it doesn’t. One pitch gets away, a kid goes down, and suddenly you’re watching an ambulance, a neck brace, and a…
Voices for Voices®Asking for Help Doesn't Make You Weak | We Push Back on Stigma | Episode 527
Watching a loved one struggle is hard enough. Watching it happen while they refuse support can feel crushing, confusing, and isolating. We talk candidly about…
Voices for Voices®Forgetfulness Isn't a Memory Problem | It's a Decision Problem | Episode 526
You know that annoying moment when you get home and realize you forgot something simple and your brain refuses to drop it? We start with a tiny gym mistake…
Voices for Voices®Persistence Isn't Motivation—It's This Instead | Episode 525
The hardest part of doing meaningful work isn’t starting. It’s waking up on a random day, hearing that voice in your head say “pack it in,” and choosing to…
Voices for Voices®This Is What Happens When You Step Off The Sidelines | Episode 524
Someone asks, “What keeps you going?” and my answer is simple: you. Your attention, your shares, and your decision to care are what turn Voices for Voices from…
Voices for Voices®When Speaking Truth Becomes Illegal: A Survivor's Fight for Justice | Episode 305
When Speaking Truth Becomes Illegal: A Survivor's Fight for Justice | Episode 305 When a human trafficking survivor tries to speak his truth, should a…
Voices for Voices®Burnout Doesn't Announce Itself | It Sneaks In Quietly | Episode 523
Burnout rarely shows up all at once, it builds quietly when you keep “powering through” and ignore what your mind and body are asking for. We get real about…
Voices for Voices®Behind The Scenes: The Unglamorous Work Nobody Sees | Episode 522
One quote stopped me in my tracks: “You can’t be inconsistent with the grind. You miss one day and your competition overtakes you.” I sit with what that really…
Voices for Voices®High Reps Over Max Weight Changed My Stress Completely | Episode 521
Stress does not wait for your schedule to clear. It shows up on busy mornings, on off days, and even right after you do something good for yourself. We sit…
Voices for Voices®Walking Into A Therapist's Office Feels Like Admitting Defeat | It Isn't | Episode 520
Walking into therapy can feel like you’re admitting defeat. Taking medication can feel like you’re “not strong enough.” We reject that story and tell the…
Voices for Voices®When Fitness Becomes a Place to Grieve | Episode 519
A broken screen at the gym gave me something I did not expect: relief. No speed readout, no calories, no countdown clock pulling my attention away from my…
Voices for Voices®Handling Doubt From The People Closest To You While You Build Something New | Episode 518
Some losses don’t show up as a single moment. They show up as a look, a laugh, a whisper, or a quiet “that’ll never happen” from someone you love. Justin Alan…
Voices for Voices®Your Body Doesn't Separate Good Stress from Bad Stress | Episode 517
If you’ve ever told someone else “just get help” while secretly thinking, I could never say that out loud about myself, this conversation is for you. We get…
Voices for Voices®The Mindset That Keeps You Steady When Popularity Brings Criticism | Episode 516
Showing up is the hardest part and the most powerful part. We talk about getting back in the gym and why self-care is not a flex, it is a commitment to your…
Voices for Voices®Three Billion People Need This | Episode 515
Listening is not a soft skill when someone is drowning. We sit down and get honest about how simply being present, staying in the room, and letting someone…
Voices for Voices®When You Can't Fix It Anymore | Episode 514
There’s a moment many people hit where they’re not okay, they know they need help, and they still can’t figure out what to say or who to call. I’m Justin Alan…
Voices for Voices®Restarting My Fitness Journey After 10 Years | Episode 513
A week can turn on one good update. We start with a grateful check-in, from summer heat and World Cup buzz to a personal moment of relief as my friend’s second…
Voices for Voices®Denying Last Rites Over Money? Inside the Transactional Hospital | Episode 512
A priest shows up to give last rites, takes a call, then refuses because the person did not donate enough money. That story is hard to hear, but it points to a…
Voices for Voices®My Realistic Plan to Feel Healthy and Toned | Episode 511
I spent years putting real effort into mental health, recovery, and getting through the hard seasons, but I also had to admit something out loud: I was…
Voices for Voices®When Life Changes with One Phone Call | Episode 510
A friend goes from celebrating 40 years of sobriety to landing in the hospital with a heart number that shocks everyone. That whiplash is where we start…
Voices for Voices®You Don't Have to Carry the Storm Alone | Episode 509
Life doesn’t usually tell you right away whether you’re making the “right” choice and that silence can mess with your head. I talk about what it feels like to…
Voices for Voices®Your Life Isn't Yours to Control—Here's Why That's Good | Episode 508
Who’s holding the pen to your story and how much of it is really yours to control? We sit with that question and follow it where it leads: childhood memories…
Voices for Voices®This Viral Airport Prank Exposes a Dangerous Gap in Security | Salish & Jordan Matter | Episode 507
Watching your child scroll YouTube on a school-issued laptop can feel normal right up until the moment you see something that makes your stomach drop. We’re…
Voices for Voices®I Couldn't Get The Pills Even Though They Had Them | Episode 506
A prescription can be sitting at the pharmacy, but still be out of reach. I’m Justin Alan Hayes, and I’m putting a spotlight on what happens when prior…
Voices for Voices®I Called My Pharmacy Live to Confirm the Damage UnitedHealthcare Surest Did | Episode 505
My prescription didn’t change, my doctor didn’t disappear, and the pharmacy had the medication ready, yet I still hit a wall that left me without a key…
Voices for Voices®Joy and Panic Attacks Hit the Same Weekend—Here's What Happened | Episode 504
Two big events in one day can feel like a victory or a minefield, depending on what your brain and body are carrying. We’re Justin Alan Hayes and Voices for…
Voices for Voices®Don Matis, Jr. on What It Takes to Stay Sober 40 Years | Episode 503
Forty years sober sounds like a headline, but it’s actually thousands of small choices stacked on top of each other. We met up with Don Matis Jr. out at Hudson…
Voices for Voices®Timed Tests Taught Me I Was Broken | I Was Just Different | Episode 502
A stopwatch in a classroom can teach a lesson nobody intended: your value equals your speed. We get personal about how timed quizzes in elementary school…
Voices for Voices®Other People's Opinions Cost Me Years—Here's How I Stopped | Episode 501
We spend so much time scanning other people for flaws that we forget to check the one relationship that shapes every single day: how we treat ourselves. Justin…
Voices for Voices®After Watching Her Feed Our Baby, I Completely Changed How I Love Her | Episode 500
Mother’s Day can expose the quiet cracks in a home: the assumptions, the missed signals, the “I meant well” moments that still land like neglect. We sit down…
Voices for Voices®Why I'm Celebrating Lucy's Third Birthday | Episode 499
Episode 500 is coming up fast, and I wanted to slow down for a minute and talk about what it really takes to keep a mission-driven show going. Voices for…
Voices for Voices®Disneyland's Strangest Visitor | A Family's Encounter We Can't Ignore | Episode 498
A family photo in front of the Disneyland castle turns into something stranger: a whispered “Hello,” a tall man with golden hair and pointed ears, and then…
Voices for Voices®Rehearsal Changes Everything | What Public Speaking Taught Me About Confidence | Episode 497
Practice sounds ordinary until you notice how much of your life depends on it. We dig into the difference between practicing and not practicing, starting with…
Voices for Voices®Choose Goals That Are Yours, Not Someone Else's | Episode 496
Choose Goals That Are Yours, Not Someone Else's | Episode 496 Every day you wake up, you are already moving closer to something. The uncomfortable part is…
Voices for Voices®Your Psychiatrist Can't Help If You Don't Tell Them This | Episode 495
Your Psychiatrist Can't Help If You Don't Tell Them This | Episode 495 A missing refill can feel like a personal failure, even when it’s really a system…
Voices for Voices®We're Pushing 500 Episodes - Here's Everything We Do | Episode 494
We're Pushing 500 Episodes - Here's Everything We Do | Episode 494 Almost nobody needs another vague “mental health resource” they need a clear path to action…
Voices for Voices®Clean Bed, Safer Body with Bedding That Cares | Episode 493
Clean Bed, Safer Body with Bedding That Cares | Episode 493 A hospital bed can look clean and still be a revolving door for pathogens. That’s the unsettling…
Voices for Voices®Dyslexia And Autism Don't Cancel Out Your Gifts | They Shape Them | Episode 492
Dyslexia And Autism Don't Cancel Out Your Gifts | They Shape Them | Episode 492 Autism can change how we process the world, but it doesn’t change our worth…
Voices for Voices®9 Years Sober and Still Getting Pressure: Here's How I Stay Steady | Episode 491
9 Years Sober and Still Getting Pressure: Here's How I Stay Steady | Episode 491 Friday nights can reveal what we’re really living for. Justin Alan Hayes gets…
Voices for Voices®She Carried the Shame for 30 Years | Now Ellen's Demanding Justice | Episode 490
She Carried the Shame for 30 Years | Now Ellen's Demanding Justice | Episode 490 Silence protects offenders, not survivors, and Ellen is finished staying…
Voices for Voices®The Grass Got Cut And So Did My Stress | Episode 489
The Grass Got Cut And So Did My Stress | Episode 489 Some days, the biggest mental health breakthrough is finishing a basic chore. Justin Alan Hayes shares a…
Voices for Voices®Flashbacks During Spring Chores? Here's What's Actually Happening | Episode 488
Flashbacks During Spring Chores? Here's What's Actually Happening | Episode 488 A messy yard can be more than a weekend chore. Sometimes it’s a trigger, a…
Voices for Voices®Safe Enough to Dream | Safe Enough to Build | Episode 487
Safe Enough to Dream | Safe Enough to Build | Episode 487 If you’ve ever felt torn between “do more” and “I’m running on empty,” this one is for you. I’m…
Voices for Voices®When You're Waiting for Bad News | How to Show Up for Yourself | Episode 486
When You're Waiting for Bad News | How to Show Up for Yourself | Episode 486 Some days don’t just feel “busy” or “off” they feel heavier in your body and…
Voices for Voices®Why a Puppy's Medication Sent Me Back to the Worst Day | Episode 485
Why a Puppy's Medication Sent Me Back to the Worst Day | Episode 485 A syringe shouldn’t be able to time-travel, but sometimes it does. I’m connecting a few…
Voices for Voices®Sexual Assault Awareness Needs Real Action, Not Just Promises | Episode 484
Sexual Assault Awareness Needs Real Action, Not Just Promises | Episode 484 We’ve got a lot of “special days” on the calendar, but I keep coming back to one…