We are taking a break this summer (not a vacation!) to produce new stories, so we are sharing some of our favorite episodes while we’re working. This episode was first broadcast in 2018.Remember, our full episode archive is always available to TTFA Premium members! Join here!—Religion often gives people a sense of belonging. It tells them who’s in and sometimes (depending on the faith, or depending on the microcosm of the faith they're raised in) who's out.That's how Patricia grew up — in a faith where leaving your religion meant leaving behind everyone you love. She is a former Jehovah’s Witness who left the church when she was in her mid-20s.This episode looks at what's worse: keeping the people you love at a distance, or showing them your true colors and losing them forever.—Listener support helps make our independent podcast possible. Consider joining TTFA Premium to get ad-free episodes, bonus content and more. Our Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join the club here. This episode transcript can be found here. –We’re lucky to only work with sponsors and brands we know and love. Using our links and codes saves you money and supports our independent production!BetterHelp: This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/ttfa to get started with 10% off your first month. Learn more at BetterHelp.com/privacy.Squarespace: Go to Squarespace.com/TTFA and use offer code TTFA to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.LMNT: Visit DrinkLMNT.com/TERRIBLE to get a free sample pack with any purchase.Hiya: Receive 50% off your first order by visiting hiyahealth.com/TERRIBLE.You can find our full sponsor list here.—Find all our shows and shop our merch at feelingsand.co—Follow TTFA online!Instagram | FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An operating room nurse encounters a girl on the brink of suicide, causing her to question her own life. The podcast explores the anxiety of 'what ifs', a tense moment witnessing a girl in distress, and the emotional aftermath of witnessing a suicide. It also touches on the importance of sleep and reflections on past events.

We are taking a break this summer (not a vacation!) to produce new stories, so we are sharing some of our favorite episodes while we’re working. This episode was first broadcast in 2018 and is one of our all-time favorites.Remember, our full episode archive is always available to TTFA Premium members! Join here!The Achilli siblings would like you to know that if there was a Dead Parent Contest (there's not), they would win the gold medal. In 2008, their dad was murdered by a hitman in a dispute over a girlfriend. Four years after their father's killers are tried and convicted, their mom dies after driving her car off a cliff. This is a story about being orphaned as young adults and the family ties that keep siblings together.—Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Consider joining TTFA Premium to get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.Our TTFA Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join us here.The episode transcript can be found here.—We’re lucky to only work with sponsors and brands we know and love. Using our links and codes saves you money and supports our independent production!Rothy’s: Head to oseamalibu.com and use code TTFA for 10% off.Osea: Get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/TERRIBLE.You can find our full sponsor list here.—Find TTFA on social:TTFA on Instagram | TTFA on FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are taking a break this summer (not a vacation!) to produce new stories, so we are sharing some of our favorite episodes while we’re working. This episode was first broadcast in 2017, the first year we started making this show!Remember, our full episode archive is always available to TTFA Premium members! Join here!—So many people start off their stories by saying their pain and suffering doesn’t compare to what happened to someone else. But this isn’t a game of Who Has It Worse, so why do we act like there is some sort of imaginary yardstick for struggling? Today’s episode tries to convince you that if you’re feeling pain, it’s painful — no caveats.This episode transcript can be found here.—Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Consider joining TTFA Premium to get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.Our TTFA Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join us here.—We’re lucky to only work with sponsors and brands we know and love. Using our links and codes saves you money and supports our independent production!Squarespace: Go to Squarespace.com/TTFA and use code TTFA to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.Osea: Head to oseamalibu.com and use code TTFA for 10% off.BetterHelp: This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/ttfa to get started with 10% off your first month. Learn more at BetterHelp.com/privacy.You can find our full sponsor list here.—Find TTFA on social:TTFA on Instagram | TTFA on FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Five years ago, on Mother’s Day, Katie was sitting in prison, far from her kids. She couldn’t hug them, she couldn’t kiss them. It was at that moment she decided she would completely change her life so she could be with them again. But changing her life required a lot of help that didn’t exist in prison. Then one day, she opened a book in the prison library and a brochure fell out. It was for a place called Benevolence Farm, and they could help her change her life.If you want to help Benevolence Farm continue helping formerly incarcerated women in North Carolina, you can shop the Farm’s products here or make a donation to their programs here.—Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Consider joining TTFA Premium to get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.Our TTFA Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join us here.The episode transcript can be found here.—We’re lucky to only work with sponsors and brands we know and love. Using our links and codes saves you money and supports our independent production!Hiya: Receive 50% off your first order by visiting hiyahealth.com/TERRIBLE.Squarespace: Go to Squarespace.com/TTFA and use code TTFA to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.Rothy’s: Get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/TERRIBLE.Osea: Head to oseamalibu.com and use code TTFA for 10% off.You can find our full sponsor list here.—Find TTFA on social:TTFA on Instagram | TTFA on Facebook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Xiomara Medina was a teenage girl in Puerto Rico, a quinceañera was all she wanted when she turned 15. She dreamed of a big, sparkly dress and dancing the night away with her friends. But her family couldn’t afford it. So when she grew up and had four daughters, she wanted to give each of her children the party she never had. In this episode, her daughter, Jeyca Maldonado-Medina, brings us along as the family hosts its final quince for Jeyca’s youngest sister.—Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Consider joining TTFA Premium to get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.Our Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join the club here.The episode transcript can be found here.—Shop Our Sponsors: LMNT: Visit DrinkLMNT.com/TERRIBLE to get a free sample pack with any purchase.BETTERHELP: This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/ttfa to get started with 10% off your first month. Learn more at BetterHelp.com/privacy.---Our Social Media:TTFA on Instagram | TTFA on FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Courtney Maum is having a midlife crisis. Parenting is taking so much of her time. Her writing career is going well, but that means she’s overwhelmed by deadlines and book deals. Her marriage is in a rough patch, and when she starts asking herself “should I have an affair?” and “should I become an alcoholic?” she recognizes she needs a change in her life. She dreams of finding an escape that brings her back to her childhood passion of being outside for hours, lost in her thoughts.In this episode, we follow Courtney as she tries to find her Secret Garden. Courtney is an author, her most recent book The Year of the Horses is a memoir about rediscovering herself through her love of horses. Nora recommends her fiction: I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You and Touch.__You can read the episode transcript here.Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Consider joining TTFA Premium to get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.Our Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join the club here.—Shop our sponsors: Rothys: Get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/TERRIBLE.Osea: Head to oseamalibu.com and use code TTFA for 10% off.Headspace: Try Headspace FREE for 30 days by going to headspace.com/Nora30Day.Boll and Branch: Get 15% off your first order when you use promo code TTFA at bollandbranch.com.LMNT: Visit DrinkLMNT.com/TERRIBLE to get a free sample pack with any purchase.Foria: Get 20% off your first order by visiting foriawellness.com/TERRIBLE, or use code TERRIBLE at checkout.You can find our full sponsor list here.—Find TTFA on social:TTFA on Instagram | TTFA on Facebook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are a ton of money stories out there. Stories about people who are screwed financially through no fault of their own. People who did everything right and still cannot get a leg up. This episode is not one of those. It’s an excavation of a specific kind of debt, and a specific kind of shame. The kind that Jamie Feldman found herself in when she was 33 years old: credit card debt.—Resources:  Average credit card debt in the U.S. Information on emotional spending —Find Jamie on TikTok and Instagram @RealGirlProject. If you have a story about credit card debt – or any financial struggle – reach out to us at terrible@feelingsand.co or leave us a voicemail at 612-568-4441. We might use your story in a future TTFA episode or Premium episode. Support our *newly independent production* by joining TTFA Premium and get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more. Our Substack subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here.The episode transcript can be found here.—We’re lucky to only work with sponsors and brands we know and love. Using our links and codes saves you money and supports our independent production!Rothys: Get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/TERRIBLE.Osea: Head to oseamalibu.com and use code TTFA for 10% off.Headspace: Try Headspace FREE for 30 days by going to headspace.com/Nora30Day.Boll and Branch: Get 15% off your first order when you use promo code TTFA at bollandbranch.com.LMNT: Visit DrinkLMNT.com/TERRIBLE to get a free sample pack with any purchase.Foria: Get 20% off your first order by visiting foriawellness.com/TERRIBLE, or use code TERRIBLE at checkout.You can find our full sponsor list here.—Our social media:TTFA on Instagram | TTFA on FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In April 2022, Marlin Sill’s father died from a head injury caused by a cycling accident. A few weeks later, he embarked on a months-long hike through the Western United States. Throughout last summer, Marlin sent the TTFA team voice memos of himself processing his dad’s death while he hiked. In this episode we take you on the trail with Marlin as he grieves, and also throughout the rest of the first year without his dad.—Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Consider joining TTFA Premium to get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.Our TTFA Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join us here.Read the episode transcript here.—We’re lucky to only work with sponsors and brands we know and love. Using our links and codes saves you money and supports our independent production!Rothy’s: Get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/TERRIBLE.Vegamour: Visit vegamour.com/Terrible and use code Terrible to save 20% on your first orderSquarespace: Visit squarespace.com/TTFA for a free trial and use offer code TTFA to save 10%—Our social media:TTFA on Instagram | TTFA on FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enjoy this free TTFA Premium episode! And if you like it, consider signing up for future bonus content like this. Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Consider joining to get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices