I’m Sad But I’m Trying — Breaking Ranks: Letting Go of Perfectionism, Overachieving, and What No Longer Serves You

I’m Sad But I’m Trying — Breaking Ranks: Letting Go of Perfectionism, Overachieving, and What No Longer Serves You

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 us down in healing. This episode is an invitation to grieve what no longer serves you, to question the identities you’ve outgrown, and to imagine who you might become without the armor. It is a gentle reminder that letting go is not weakness—it is radical self-kindness, and the beginning of living more fully.

I'm Sad But I'm Trying — Holding Your Ground: Staying When You Want to Quit

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 that survival itself is an act of resistance, and that choosing to stay is one of the bravest victories you can claim.

I'm Sad But I'm Trying — Sneak Attacks: How Depression Creeps In Without Warning & How You Can Creep Out

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 resistance—what we call sneak attacks. It’s a gentle rally cry for anyone trying to interrupt the inertia, reclaim their agency, and find sparks of joy in the fog.

I'm Sad But I'm Trying — Know Your Enemy: Naming and Confronting Depression

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 courage. It’s an invitation to begin the quiet act of knowing your enemy, so you might one day outwit it.

I'm Sad But I'm Trying — The Art of War With Yourself: Surviving the Quiet War of Depression

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 weight of their own mind.