One year ago, Hurricane Helene brought a thousand-year flood that changed everything here in the mountains of Western North Carolina—entire towns destroyed, highways gone, hospitals, homes, and my own apothecary lost to the waters. In this tender and very personal anniversary episode, I look back on this “doorstep apocalypse” and reflect on what I learned during this potent time. The lessons unearthed in this experience are here as a guide, not just for those who have lived through a natural disaster, but for *anyone* walking through their own personal storms. They are a reminder that even the fiercest cataclysms aren’t just disasters–but doorways into transformation

IN THE EPISODE:

(0:00) - Intro: What a “doorstep apocalypse” looks and feels like one year later

(8:31) - How disaster reveals the surprising core of the human heart

(17:14) - What crisis teaches us about time, presence, and possibility

(23:31) - Why loss rewrites the very maps we live inside

(37:16) - The "privilege" of this intense experience

(46:28) - How cataclysm can become a portal into new potential

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Thanks to iz Parshaw for this perfectly captured term “doorstep apocalypse” 🤍

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