Ep. 8 Red Means Go, Part 2

Ep. 0 Why This Show MUST Exist

Episode 0: Why This Show MUST Exist Before the guests. Before the stories. This one is mine. This mini-episode is dropping on my birthday. I mention in this episode that there was a point where I genuinely did not know how many more I would have. I thought it was appropriate to start here. Full episodes drop every Wednesday starting April 29th. Before anyone sits across from me and tells me the realest thing they have ever said out loud, I owe you the same. In this mini episode, I explain what Anchor Moments actually is - not the cleaned-up version, the real one. I talk about my own anchor moments: the childhood I have spent decades trying to understand, the year my family was technically homeless, and the rock bottom that was not metaphorical. I was struggling with suicidal ideation. I do not say that lightly. I say it because it is true, and I think there are people listening who know exactly what that feels like and need to hear that someone came out the other side. I made a list. Not a bucket list. Things to do with my kids. Financial goals I needed to meet to set them up. I taped it to the wall so I would see it the second I opened my eyes. Some mornings it was the only reason I stayed. Then something strange started to happen. Every item on that list turned out to teach me something I did not expect. What started as a reason to leave became a reason to stay. This show is on that list. I also explain what I mean by an anchor moment - why the anchor is often not the event itself but the response, the silence, the thing that did not happen. I talk about who comes on this show, which is not celebrities or experts or people who survived something so extraordinary that the rest of us can only marvel. It is everyone. The cashier, the refugee, the quiet neighbor, the parent who made choices they still cannot fully explain. Because I genuinely believe - not as a talking point, but as something I have lived - that it is impossible not to love someone once you know their story. If you are new here, start here. A gentle heads-up: This episode includes discussion of childhood sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, and homelessness. I share these things because they are true, and because I think someone listening needs to know they are not alone in them. Resources are below. Please take care of yourself as you listen. Resources If anything in this episode touched something real for you, please reach out for support. 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline - call or text 988 (US) Crisis Text Line - text HOME to 741741 (US) Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline - 1-800-422-4453 (US) Psychology Today therapist finder - psychologytoday.com (US and international listings) National Homeless Shelter Directory - homelessshelterdirectory.org (US) SAMHSA National Helpline (mental health, grief, substance use) - 1-800-662-4357 (US) If you're outside the US - findahelpline.com connects you to crisis support in more than 200 countries. Befrienders Worldwide offers free emotional support at befrienders.org. If you don't feel ready to call anyone, even telling one safe person you're struggling counts. If this episode stayed with you Please follow, rate, comment, and share. One text to one person is the single biggest thing you can do for a show this size, and it might be exactly what someone in your life needs today. Tag us on socials @anchormomentspod. If you have a story you think belongs here, reach out at anchormomentspod.com or email hello@anchormomentspod.com. I'm Krista Patrick. This is Anchor Moments. You are already part of someone's story. Carry that with kindness.

Ep. 8 Red Means Go, Part 2

This is Part 2 of 2. Start with Part 1 if you haven't yet. When we left off, Tara had just made a decision. She picked up her phone, got on TikTok, and posted a video about her husband cheating on her. Millions of people watched what came next. In this episode: going viral without a plan, building a career from scratch with $500 and an in-home daycare, filing for divorce, dating after divorce, the shark-infested waters of healing in public, and what Tara means when she says she's learning to choose herself. She doesn't have a tidy ending. She is still in it. And that is exactly what makes this worth listening to. Find Tara: Instagram: @tara.divorce.healing.unhinged | TikTok: @tara.r0se Resources: National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 | Text START to 88788 | thehotline.org [http://thehotline.org] Financial abuse resources: thehotline.org/resources/financial-abuse [http://thehotline.org/resources/financial-abuse] Al-Anon (addiction, partners + families): al-anon.org [http://al-anon.org] SAMHSA Helpline (substance use): 1-800-662-4357, free + confidential, 24/7 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 International: findahelpline.com [http://findahelpline.com] (200+ countries) | befrienders.org [http://befrienders.org] Have a story for Anchor Moments? hello@anchormomentspod.com [hello@anchormomentspod.com] | anchormomentspod.com [http://anchormomentspod.com]

Ep. 7 Red Means Go, Part 1

This is Part 1 of 2. Tara's story didn't start last year. It started with a dad who chose alcohol over her, and a pattern she repeated in every relationship that followed - choosing people she could change, staying longer than she should have, and telling herself it wasn't that bad. In this episode, Tara walks through two marriages, infidelity, a partner's addiction she had no idea existed, the moment a therapist named what was actually happening in her home, and the financial trap that made leaving feel impossible. Find Tara: Instagram: @tara.divorce.healing.unhinged | TikTok: @tara.r0se Resources: National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 | Text START to 88788 | thehotline.org [http://thehotline.org] Financial abuse resources: thehotline.org/resources/financial-abuse [http://thehotline.org/resources/financial-abuse] Al-Anon (addiction, partners + families): al-anon.org [http://al-anon.org] SAMHSA Helpline (substance use): 1-800-662-4357, free + confidential, 24/7 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 International: findahelpline.com [http://findahelpline.com] (200+ countries) | befrienders.org [http://befrienders.org] Have a story for Anchor Moments? hello@anchormomentspod.com [hello@anchormomentspod.com] | anchormomentspod.com [http://anchormomentspod.com]

Anchor Moments - Trailer

Every one of us have moments we can't stop being shaped by whether we want to be or not. Anchor Moments is a storytelling podcast about those experiences. Real people. Real stories. The moments that made us who we are, and who we're still becoming because of them. I believe it's impossible not to love someone once you know their story. New episodes drop April 25, 2026. Follow now so you don't miss them.

Ep. 6 The Girl Who Stayed, Part 2

This is Part 2 of my conversation with Grace from Grace Filled Mama. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, start there - you need that foundation before you come here. When we left off, Grace had just hit the lowest point of her Cinderella story. The dresses were gone. Her mom's words were still hanging in the air. In Part 2, we pick up right there - and we talk about what happened next. A suicide attempt at nine years old. What God said to her in that moment. The vision that kept her here. And then years later, the slow and honest work of actually healing. Grace also shares four of the most practical, grounded things I've heard anyone say about rebuilding yourself after a childhood like hers. I took notes. I think you will too. ---------------------------------------- In this episode: * The hidden dress and what it meant to her in the darkest moments * A suicide attempt at age nine and the experience that changed everything * The vision of her future family that kept her here * Meeting her husband at sixteen and knowing immediately * The sexual abuse she experienced the night before her wedding * Early marriage - the hard years and what it took to stay * Holding her first daughter and realizing for the first time she didn't deserve what happened to her * Going no contact with her entire family * How the suicidal ideation finally stopped - and what actually made the difference * Four things Grace wishes someone had told her sooner: * Thinking through hard things instead of toxic positivity * What it really means to love your neighbor as yourself * A daily practice for healing from body shame and sexual abuse * The new door - why healing doesn't feel good yet, and why that's okay ---------------------------------------- Trigger warnings: This episode contains a suicide attempt, sexual abuse by a parent, religious trauma, descriptions of early marriage difficulty, and detailed discussion of suicidal ideation. Please take care of yourself as you listen. ---------------------------------------- Resources: United States: * Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 | 988lifeline.org [http://988lifeline.org] * RAINN (sexual assault support): 1-800-656-4673 | rainn.org [http://rainn.org] * National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 | thehotline.org [http://thehotline.org] * Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 International: * Crisis Text Line (UK, Canada, Ireland): Text HOME to 741741 * Samaritans (UK and Ireland): 116 123 | samaritans.org [http://samaritans.org] * Befrienders Worldwide (international suicide prevention directory): befrienders.org [http://befrienders.org] * International Association for Suicide Prevention (crisis center directory): iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres [http://iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres] ---------------------------------------- Connect with Grace: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grace_filled.mama/ [https://www.instagram.com/grace_filled.mama/] Keep an eye out for Grace's personal development journal for husbands - she mentioned it's dropping soon and I'm excited about it. ---------------------------------------- If this episode meant something to you, share it, leave a review, or tell one person. That is how people who need this find it. Thank you for being here.