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   E38 · 28 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 41 min

   Is Your Gut Connected to Your Mental Health? with Funcitonal Medicine Practitioner, Dr. Chris Motley

   Have you ever gotten a clean bill of health and still felt like something was wrong? What if the anxiety, the brain fog, the thing you can't explain isn't in your head, but a story your body inherited? Dr. Chris Motley is a functional medicine practitioner and acupuncturist based in Nashville, and the host of the Ancient Health Podcast. For over 22 years, he's blended Chinese medicine, kinesiology, and biofeedback with Western diagnostics to find what standard testing misses — the chronic weaknesses that don't show up on a bloodwork panel but show up in how we sleep, how we digest, and how…

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   E37 · 17 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

   Building Self Worth Without Approval with Tori Kelly

   Have you ever believed you're only worthy of attention when you're performing and perfect? What if the thing you fear your kid will inherit is the exact thing you've never worked through yourself? Tori Kelly , a Grammy-winning vocalist who's been sharing her voice with the world since she was a kid, sits down with Miles for a conversation about identity, motherhood, and what happens when the performance stops. Tori opens up about growing up in a mixed-race householdwhere she often felt othered, getting signed at 12 and "shelved" before she'd lived enough life to have something to say, and…

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   E36 · 9 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

   Raising Capable Kids in the Anxious Generation with Sissy Goff & David Thomas

   How do you help an anxious child build real confidence instead of just managing their fear? What if the very thing keeping your kid unsafe is how hard you're working to protect them? Sissy Goff and David Thomas are two of the most trusted voices in child and adolescent mental health today, counselors at Daystar Counseling Ministries and hosts of the popular Raising Boys and Girls podcast . With more than three decades combined sitting across from kids and their families, they've become go-to resources for parents navigating anxiety, emotional development, and resilience in childhood. Their…

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   E35 · 2 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

   How to Talk to Anyone with Bobby Bones

   What's the real difference between showing up for someone and rescuing them? Can a single pair of socks undo years of not letting yourself feel anything? Bobby Bones went from a campus radio station in Arkansas to the National Radio Hall of Fame, two #1 New York Times bestsellers, and a syndicated morning show heard by millions, turning his own story into a reason other people feel less alone in theirs. He sits down with Miles Adcox eight weeks into fatherhood, in a season that's forced him to slow down after two decades of never having to. Bobby opens up about being raised by a 16-year-old…

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   E34 · 25 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

   When One Dream Ends with Reece Weaver

   Have you ever lived a dream so fully that you felt the quiettug to walk away? Not because it failed you, but because something new was calling. What does it look like to anchor your identity in somethingthat can never be taken from you, even when everything you've built your life around closes a chapter? Reece Weaver spent her entire third season as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader (DCC) carrying a decision nobody outside her closest circle knew about yet. The preacher's granddaughter from Jacksonville, Florida who started dancing at three, earned a scholarship to the University of Alabama…

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   E32 · 11 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

   Keeping a Soft Heart After Hard Things with Connor Smith

   What does it actually look like to rebuild from the insideout — before the world even knows you needed to? What happens to a person when tragedy arrives not as a slowunraveling, but all at once — and the only thing left standing is who you actually are? What does it look like to grieve something you can't talkabout, for a family you can't reach, while the world keeps watching? Country singer-songwriter Conner Smith landed his firstpublishing deal on Music Row at 16 years old. By 21, he was opening for his heroes. By 24, he'd gone independent, walked away from a label, and released a raw…

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   E31 · 4 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

   Learning You Don't Have to Earn Love with Alana Springsteen

   What if the songs you've been writing were actually thetherapy you desperately needed? What if the version of you that felt like the black sheep your whole life was the one who would help the rest of us feel less alone? Alana Springsteen has been performing since before she knewwhat performing cost her. She signed her first publishing deal at 14, earned a gold record before she turned 25, CMT's Next Women of Country, and has shared stages with Keith Urban and Tyler Hubbard — all while quietly carrying a version of herself she hadn't yet figured out how to put down. Her sophomorealbum, I Hope…

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   E30 · 28 May 2026 · 1 hr 50 min

   The Courage to Be Yourself with Skylar Gray

   Have you ever felt like becoming quieter was the only way to survive being too much? What if the chaos you chased and the life you almost missed were both pointing you home? Skylar Grey is a five-time Grammy-nominated artist, SpotifyBillions Club member, and one of the most distinctive voices of the last two decades. Known for her work with Eminem and Dr. Dre, she sits down with Miles Adcox to talk about the parts of her story the highlight reel never shows: a 1,500-person Wisconsin town, being told she was too much, a friendship breakup she never forgot, and a teacher who said music wasn't…

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   E29 · 21 May 2026 · 1 hr 33 min

   Hugging the World Back Together with Tim Harris

   What if the most powerful thing you could offer the world wasn't your résumé or achievements, but simply your presence and a hug? Tim Harris is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, Special Olympics athlete, author of T he Book of Hugs , host of the Big Heart Talks with Tim podcast, and founder of Tim's Big Heart Foundation . Raised in Albuquerque, Tim built a life around one belief: love, kindness, and connection can change everything. He ran Tim's Place: Breakfast, Lunch & Hugs , greeting every guest at the front door — all while living with Down syndrome, not in spite of who he is, but because…

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    E28 · 15 May 2026 · 1 hr 58 min

    How to Make People Feel Truly Seen with Mary Bellofatto

    Have you ever met someone who spent 50 years healing others and somehow became more human with every one of those years? What would it mean to stop hiding behind your busyness, your title, or your phone, and let someone actually see you? Mary Bellofatto is a pioneer in mental health who has spent five decades walking the hardest terrain human experience offers — trauma, disordered eating, addiction, grief, and couples work. With deep mastery in psychodrama, she has brought healing to therapy rooms across the world. At 81, she still wakes up excited, tears up at the thought of never retiring,…