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The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMac
A podcast about the stories that shape us, connect us, and help us live with more honesty, compassion, and purpose.
The soulnotskin Podcast shares honest human stories that help us see ourselves in each other. Through reflective conversations about childhood, identity, family, adversity, recovery, reinvention, and service, guests explore what shaped them, how they learned to cope, what those patterns protected or cost, and what helped them choose what came next.
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Episodes
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacA Former People-Pleaser Speaks Up Without Shutting Down
Send us Fan Mail What does it cost you to keep everyone else comfortable? Katy Downey spent years as the peacekeeper — the one who caved in, went along, and…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacWhy This Man Cries at Videos of Strangers — with Jesson Mata
Send us Fan Mail What if the bravest thing a man can do is cry — in public? Jesson Mata has become known online for doing exactly that: filming himself…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacHow Storytelling Turns Divorce's Pain Into Healing
Send us Fan Mail Divorce is one of the least spoken of traumas. My guest today knows that terrain from the inside out. Travis Andre Ross is an actor, writer…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacThe People We Fear May Be the Ones We Need
Send us Fan Mail A red Winnebago, a box of ashes, and a woman who can’t outrun her guilt. That’s the emotional launch point for my conversation with author…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacYou Cannot Earn Belonging By Giving Yourself Away
Send us Fan Mail A life can look successful on paper while you are quietly starving for belonging. I sit down with Sunaina Mehta, founder of Design Your Next…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacJail to College: Why Willpower Isn’t the Missing Piece
Send us Fan Mail You can’t “willpower” your way through reentry when the barriers are baked into vision care, literacy, trauma, and the way institutions…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacSurvivor’s Guilt After Leaving Prison - Chris Miner
Send us Fan Mail You can believe in accountability and still question the way we punish. That tension is exactly where this conversation lives, and it gets…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacNot In My Backyard, Until It’s My Nephew - Pr. Carlton
Send us Fan Mail Eighty-five percent. That’s the success rate Pastor Carlton cites for a restorative justice model that helps people leave prison and stay out…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacSincerely, America - Benjamin Lee
Send us Fan Mail What would it feel like to hear your country look you in the eye and say, “I see you, and I’m sorry”? I’m joined by Benjamin John Lee, a…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacSusan Cottrell - God’s Love for LGBTQ+ People
Send us Fan Mail A parent asks for spiritual support after their child comes out and gets a verdict instead: “It’s a sin and you can’t accept it.” That moment…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacKristin Crockett - Founder of Courageous Destiny
Send us Fan Mail Your life can look “fine” on paper and still feel like a daily fight with your own mind. Jen SluMac reconnects with Kristin Crockett, CEO and…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacGrief: The Body Knows Before You Do
Send us Fan Mail Your body can tell the truth long before your brain is ready to say it out loud. In this episode, I share a moment from a conversation with…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacDarron Charles - The Speed of the Leader
Send us Fan Mail Somebody tells you “be realistic” and suddenly your dream feels embarrassing. We wanted to name that moment and push back on it with something…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacFalling Through the Ice - Jolene Janke
Send us Fan Mail Addiction changes a person, but it also reshapes everyone who loves them. We’re joined by Jolene, a business owner and mom from Canada we met…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacShelia Bruno - PICS: Post-Incarceration Syndrome
Send us Fan Mail Freedom is not the same thing as release and families learn that the hard way. Jen SluMac sits down with Shelia Bruno, founder of Wife After…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacGrief Changes The Relationship
Send us Fan Mail A moment with your host, Jen SluMac - one-off episodes I'll publish to share thoughts or learnings as I go through my life. We sit with the…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacTom - Unhoused to Executive Director & Servant
Send us Fan Mail Ten years living under a freeway can teach you things most of us never have to learn: how fast addiction strips away options, how “freedom”…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacKazu - Fierce Vulnerability in a Fractured World
Send us Fan Mail This Episode: A young man sits in a county jail on the edge of tears and says the words so many of us wish we heard more often: “I want to…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacThomas - Vietnam Vet & PTSD
Send us Fan Mail This Episode: PTSD can live quietly for decades, hiding behind work, marriages, anger, and a proud habit of “soldiering up.” We sit outside…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacMartin - ADHD & Bipolar Superpowers
Send us Fan Mail This Episode: Some people don’t fall apart because they’re weak. They fall apart because they’ve been carrying too much for too long without…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacSheree - Cancer and Two-Way Prayer
Send us Fan Mail This Episode: She hears the words “You have breast cancer” while standing on a packed BART train in San Francisco, and the world tilts. Sheree…
The soulnotskin Podcast with Jen SluMacJoe - Addiction & Overdose
Send us Fan Mail This Episode: The texts slow down, the silence stretches, and your stomach already knows what your brain is trying to deny. We sit down with…