Traveling Companions: Stories of Becoming
There are moments in every life. When we can't go back to who we were. And who we're becoming isn't yet clear.
It can feel disorienting. Even lonely.
Sometimes, in those moments, the presence of someone sitting with us in the uncertainty — not to offer answers, but to be there — makes a next step possible.
That's the heart of Traveling Companions.
In each episode, I walk alongside someone navigating this territory firsthand — the questions that arise, what matters, and what opens up. These aren't polished "I made it" stories with tidy conclusions. They're honest conversations — with people standing in the middle of it, or looking back at a moment that shifted something important for them.
If you've ever stood in that uncertain place — or find yourself there now — come join us.
Episodes
6 episodes
An Opening of the Heart with Momo (Monica Escobedo)
What does grief ask of us? And what does it open?Momo (Monica Escobedo) has lived close to both questions — through her mother's death, her own cancer diagnosis, and the slow discovery of who she was becoming on the other side. In this c...
When a Door Closes with Corinne Hart
Corinne Hart spent nearly a decade at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), building a career around advancing women's rights and gender equality around the world. When the agency was shut down in 2025, the ground shifted beneath...
The Messy Middle with Vanessa Wedderburn
When Vanessa Wedderburn was laid off, the professional disruption was only the beginning. What followed was something harder to name — a slow unraveling of the identity she had built around her work, and what opened up in its place.
Learning to Follow the Call with Dr. Kellie Sanders
Ten years into teaching, Kellie Sanders heard a woman at a backyard party mention that she had been a middle school principal. Her head whipped around. In all her years in education, she had never seen a woman in that role. That moment — what K...