In this episode of Feathers in My Face, we explore childhood soulmates, childhood friendship, intuition, attachment, grief, and the deep connections that shape us for life. Through one story of meeting a little boy in kindergarten and instantly feeling recognition, safety, and familiarity, this episode asks whether some bonds begin before we have words for them and keep shaping us long after childhood ends.

Permission Slip:  If it felt real, it was. 

Episode 1 | Heaven’s Mixtape®

These are the songs J and I chose for this episode. Each one carries something of the memory, recognition, safety, and longing at the center of this story.

• Waiting in the Dark by Cathartic Fall 
• Empty Room by Jamie Miller 
• Glitter by Patrick Droney 
• The Promise by Tracy Chapman 
• I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston 

Listener Note
Due to copyright, we can’t share the music here, but we’ve listed the titles so you can listen on your preferred platform,

A note for listeners: this series contains mature themes, including childhood trauma, emotional neglect, addiction, suicide, sexuality, spiritual experience, death, and grief.

If this episode stirred up a memory or story of your own, feel free to share it with us on the show’s fan page. 

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Feathers in My Face® and Heaven’s Mixtape® are registered trademarks. If this episode stirred up a memory or story of your own, feel free to share it with us on the show’s fan page. Until next time, stay close to what stirred. There is more to remember.

Feathers in My Face is a podcast about childhood bonds, grief, imagination, attachment, memory, and the defiant hope that love doesn’t end.

Through raw storytelling and deeply personal reflection, this series explores the people who shape us forever, the parts of ourselves we abandon to survive, and the strange ways love continues reaching for us across time, silence, distance, and loss.

This trailer is the doorway into the story.

Content Note: This podcast contains mature themes including grief, suicide, addiction, trauma, emotional neglect, spirituality, and discussions surrounding death and enduring attachment. Listener discretion is advised.

Names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals discussed throughout the series.

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Feathers in My Face® and Heaven’s Mixtape® are registered trademarks. If this episode stirred up a memory or story of your own, feel free to share it with us on the show’s fan page. Until next time, stay close to what stirred. There is more to remember.