Back to the Beginning, with Elsa Barbi

Back to the Beginning, with Elsa Barbi

In this conversation, Dawn and Elsa discuss the goals and experiences of their podcast, which centers on honest confessions from guests. Elsa hopes listeners gain a deeper appreciation for people's journeys, not just their careers, emphasizing empathy and understanding. They share personal anecdotes, including Elsa's experiences with fraud in her former industry, and discuss their excitement and nervousness about launching the podcast. The unique bond and long-standing friendship between Dawn and Elsa adds a special dynamic to their collaboration, making the podcast both fun and meaningful for them. The conversation highlights curiosity, connection, and the joy of working together as close friends. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568525/fan_mail/new] Want to be interviewed? You can remain anonymous. Voice distortion now available. Email or Text us!

Meet a Physio Therapist for Horse Riders

A horse can humble you fast, and so can the human body when you ask it to stay balanced on a moving animal.  This week on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors, we sit down with a physiotherapist who specializes in physical therapy for horse riders. She walks us from her first pony and after-school riding lessons to building a long-running private practice focused on rider biomechanics, posture, deep core control, and the subtle ways equestrian sport loads the pelvis and spine. We also get honest about what the job actually looks like behind closed doors. Tailbone and coccyx issues are real, falls are common, and yes, some cases require working with the jaw and TMJ, including intra-oral techniques when clenching or long dental visits leave someone misaligned. She shares what it takes to “Nancy Drew” a complex pain problem when other providers can’t find the source, and why listening closely often beats rushing to the next protocol. Then the workplace confessions kick in: unforgettable patient stories, awkward boundary-testing, and the professional choices that keep a clinic safe and respectful.  Subscribe, rate, and share Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568525/fan_mail/new] Want to be interviewed? You can remain anonymous. Voice distortion now available. Email or Text us!

Meet an Electrician

Midnight bank remodels, vault alarms, and a run-in with eight LAPD officers are only the beginning of this anonymous guest’s work story.  This week on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors, we sit down with a career electrician and electrical contractor who started earning money in sixth grade, found his way from selling car stereos to the jobsite, and spent 45 years learning how power really moves through buildings and through people. We dig into what a trade career actually looks like: mentorship, on-the-job training, and the slow build of judgment that keeps you safe around live electricity. Along the way, we talk jobsite hierarchy, teaching the next generation, and why “I can do my own wiring” is one of the most dangerous myths in home improvement. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s career-curious, and leave a review so more listeners can find Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568525/fan_mail/new] Want to be interviewed? You can remain anonymous. Voice distortion now available. Email or Text us!

Meet an Insurance Industry Expert

Insurance is everywhere in our lives, yet most of us only learn how it works when something goes wrong.  This week on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors, we sit down with an anonymous guest who has done nearly every job in the insurance industry, from claims adjuster to underwriting leader to corporate trainer, and now runs her own Medicare insurance agency. What she brings is the rare skill people actually want: the ability to explain complicated coverage without “dumbing it down,” so smart, capable clients can finally feel confident about what they are buying. If you like smart career stories, real workplace drama, and genuinely useful advice, hit subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568525/fan_mail/new] Want to be interviewed? You can remain anonymous. Voice distortion now available. Email or Text us!

Meet the Founder of Glo Health Center in Nicaragua

You can feel the difference between wellness that’s marketed and wellness that’s lived, and Grace Van Berkum is firmly in the second camp.  This week, on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors, we talk with the founder of GLO Health Center in northern Nicaragua about what it really takes to build a detox and nutrition retreat from absolute scratch, keep it going for 10 years, and guide people through a seven-day reset that actually changes their day-to-day life.  Her core belief is simple but sharp: food is medicine, but the real transformation comes when you slow down enough to let your nervous system settle and your habits catch up to your goals. Grace shares her path from early addiction to becoming a registered holistic nutritionist, then “breaking up with winter” and finding her home in the tropics. We get into the surprising parts of running a wellness retreat program. She also calls out diet culture myths. The most powerful story is deeply personal: bringing her father with Alzheimer’s out of a care home, taking care of him in Nicaragua, and witnessing changes that challenged what she’d been told was possible.  Listen now for a grounded, story-driven look at holistic nutrition, lifestyle medicine, and what a real reset can look like. If it resonates, subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a breather, and leave a review so more listeners can find us. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568525/fan_mail/new] Want to be interviewed? You can remain anonymous. Voice distortion now available. Email or Text us!