Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads

Podcast for Mental Health Insights, Compassion, and Friendship

This Episode will drop on Tuesday at 3 am Eastern

👋 Hello Beautiful Souls!

It’s your mental health co-pilots, G-Rex and Dirty Skittles, coming in hot with another vulnerable, honest, and transformative episode of Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads. This Tuesday at 3 AM ET, we’re bringing you a story that moved us to our core. It’s raw, it’s real, and it’s incredibly important.

Our guest, Lynda Hugessen, shares how she navigated the unthinkable—losing her son to alcoholic liver disease, surviving cancer, and rebuilding from addiction—to discover a new light in the darkest of places. Don’t miss this one. 💔✨

🧠 The Art of Getting Out of Your Own Damn Head

This week hit me hard. I couldn’t get out of my own damn head. Between the pressure of running a business and co-hosting two podcasts, I found myself caught in a spiral of overthinking and self-doubt.

Sound familiar? Yeah, I was giving my inner critic way too much airtime 🎙️. So I made a choice. I listed my ideas, prioritized them, and took intentional steps to quiet the noise. Saturdays are now sacred—no work (unless we’re recording). That headspace reset is doing wonders.

💬 What about you? What helps you get out of your own damn head? Hit reply—we’d love to hear from you.

📝 Podcast Reflection Worksheet

Transform what you hear into something you live. Use our Podcast Reflection Worksheet to jot down:

Key takeaways 💡
Personal “a-ha” moments 🤯
How you’ll apply the wisdom 💥
Podcast Worksheet _05_27_25_Finding Light After Loss- How Lynda Rebuilt Her Life and Inner Glow.pdf

Let’s turn those insights into real-life shifts. 🌈

💔 When Grief Speaks, Listen: What Loss Can Teach Us About Purpose

Lynda’s story is more than a tragedy—it’s a blueprint for transformation. From losing her son Ryan to overcoming addiction and cancer, she found her strength in vulnerability. 🌿

She now crafts crystal healing bracelets and created Inner Glow Rising, a community platform to help others walk through their pain toward purpose. 🕯️

“Healing isn’t about forgetting. It’s about carrying the pain and still choosing joy.” — Lynda

🕊️ Real Talk from the Hosts

“Lynda shows us that survival is messy, beautiful, and powerful.” – G-Rex “Her story is a reminder that your worst day might be the beginning of someone else’s healing.” – Dirty Skittles

📓 Journal Prompt

Reflect on this:

When did you feel lost or broken?
What nudged you toward healing?
How can that experience guide someone else?

💡 Bonus Tip: Share your journal entry with someone you trust. Healing happens in community. ❤️

✨ Mental Health Quote of the Week

“The time you take for yourself isn’t selfish—it’s sacred. You can’t pour from an empty cup.”

🎙️ Meet Our Guest: Lynda Hugessen 💖

From Grief to Glow: How One Woman Turned Pain Into Purpose

This week’s guest is the kind of person who lives her truth out loud—whether it’s the truth about loss, healing, sobriety, or starting over. Meet Lynda Hugessen, a radiant force of light and love, even in the darkest chapters of life.

Lynda isn’t just someone who talks about growth—she embodies it. After surviving a traumatic childhood, years of addiction, a DUI arrest, and later being diagnosed with vulvar cancer, Lynda faced her most devastating heartbreak in 2021: the loss of her son Ryan to alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 35. 💔

But Lynda’s story doesn’t end there. Through all the pain, she discovered a calling—one rooted in compassion, spirituality, and crystal energy. She got sober in 2015 and never looked back. That sobriety was the first spark in a new journey of healing not only for herself but for others.

🌿 A Purpose Born from Healing Lynda founded Inner Glow Rising—a heart-centered platform focused on mental wellness, emotional healing, and finding joy again after life knocks you down. It’s a space for anyone who feels alone, stuck, or just needs someone to say, “I get it.”

She’s also a certified Happiness Coach and a Reiki Master, blending science-backed emotional wellness with intuitive spiritual practices. Her goal? To help others rediscover the spark within, especially when life has dimmed their light.

💎 Crystal Energy Meets Intention Lynda channels her love and healing into the bracelets she creates by hand. These aren’t just accessories—they’re made with intention, each designed to support specific challenges like grief, anxiety, addiction recovery, or even chronic illness. Her first bracelet was the “Sobriety Bracelet,” featuring Amethyst, the “Sobriety Stone,” created in honor of her own recovery journey.

📬 She’s received heartfelt messages from customers saying how her bracelets gave them strength during chemotherapy, helped them feel united in grief, or reminded them that healing is possible. Every bracelet tells a story—just like Lynda does.

🎤 In Her Own Words

“I’m not a therapist. I’m a human with a heart who just wants to help people feel seen, heard, and loved. We don’t have to do this life alone.”