After more than three seasons, and 83 episodes, In The Blood is going on pause.

This isn’t burnout. It’s not a breakdown. It’s something quieter. Something slower. A shift from pressure back to purpose.

In this episode, I talk about why continuing no longer feels right, how I’ve come to recognise the difference between momentum and meaning, and what happens when we outgrow the very container that helped us grow in the first place.

This show has been a space for honest reflection—for challenging emotional limits, holding hard truths, and exploring what it means to stay human in the middle of pain, loss, and transformation. I hope those conversations still serve you, even as I step away from the mic for a while.

I haven’t disappeared. I’m still here. Just not in this form.

What happens when empathy goes too far? In this solo episode, I explore the emotional cost of being the one others lean on — especially when we’re already carrying more than we can handle. From the quiet pressure to stay available, to the slow erosion of our own needs, this is an honest look at the tension between caring for others and protecting ourselves.

There’s no easy formula, but there is value in naming the invisible weight — and in learning how to stay soft without staying stuck.

In this episode, AC and Jason sit down to challenge the idea that family estrangement deserves the kind of obsessive attention it often gets.

They explore why treating family relationships as fundamentally different from other platonic relationships can do more harm than good, especially when it comes to boundaries and healing. Together, they question the romanticism of blood ties and push back against the popular narrative that estrangement is something we should always try to “fix.”

AC shares why he no longer finds estrangement stories compelling—especially when they become identity traps—and calls out the unhealthy, unregulated industry of self-proclaimed estrangement “experts” who exploit vulnerable people in pain.

This conversation isn’t about denying the hurt—but about moving forward without making the wound your home.