Unpacking Life's Crazy

By: Esperanza Phoenix
  • Summary

  • Funny personal stories, dark confessions and empathetic interviews with weird, wonderful and often hilarious guests. Entertainer, storyteller, artist and podcast host/producer, Esperanza Phoenix brings to life unusual experiences, struggles with mental and physical illnesses and how humor, therapy and entheogenic plants help some of us to survive. Humans possess the amazing ability to shift their perspective and develop better coping mechanisms by learning from the stories of others. We are not alone on this roller coaster of life, grab a friend, buckle up and hold on. We cover adult topics, including sex and sexuality, LGBTQ issues, child abuse, trauma, the #MeToo movement, systemic racism, religious oppression, the use of cannabis and plant medicine, indigenous culture as well as other controversial subjects, some of which may be triggering for some listeners. We are all adults here, there is often swearing. Life can be a crazy journey, let's unpack it together.
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Episodes
  • S3 Ep35: Celebration Pride Month 2023 with Transgender Musician & Game Producer; Lennon Lange
    Jun 30 2023
    43 year old musician and video game producer, Lange, joins Ms. Phoenix to share some Pride Month perspective as a transgender mother of 4 children between the ages of 11 and 24. She's faced many challenges in her life, from living on the streets at 16 and struggling with schizophrenia to coming out as transgender just 5 years ago. Lennon has a lot to teach listeners about overcoming the odds and living your best life. Esperanza and Lennon have a frank discussion about the bigotry facing the transgender community in 2023. So much to unpack in this celebration of pride.
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • S3 Ep34: Celebrating one’s not normalcy: ADHD in women
    May 31 2023
    In part 2 of her exploration into how ADHD affects women, Esperanza explains what the diagnosis process is like, how brains with this condition react in a counterintuitive way to stimulants, the surprising benefits she's experiencing on the medication, and some tools to help integrate into the normie lifestyle. Still so much left to unpack in this episode.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • S3 Ep33: That weird girl; ADHD in Women
    May 30 2023
    Esperanza shares the knowledge she's gained by growing up with and seeking treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as an adult.  Many girls with ADHD go undiagnosed and untreated, in part, because the symptoms are less obvious or disruptive to others. In her desire to uncover all she could about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Ms. Phoenix amassed more information than she could squeeze into a single episode. Let’s unpack part one of this two part dive into the topic of ADHD in girls and women. Return for part two when Esperanza unpacks the rest and shares some of the gadgets she uses to manage her ADHD.
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    58 mins

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