The Shit Stick of Life
The Shit Stick of Life
Podcast Description
The Shit Stick of Life is a podcast about people who have used the proverbial shit stick of life to launch into vibrant, fulfilling, and meaningful next chapters. It’s about how we come back; from failure to betrayal, and move through tragedy and loss. Each episode will feature honest, inspiring conversations about resilience.
Podcast host and re-visionary Kortney Wilson knows a thing or two about reinventing herself. She's been an actress (ironically, on the soap opera One Life to Live), a signed recording artist, a reality television star, an author, a real estate agent, a house flipper, a home designer, a style influencer, and the host of multiple shows on HGTV. When her "perfect" marriage of 20 years ended, surfacing decades of secrets and betrayals, the shock and devastation shook her to her core. She called EVERY aspect of her life into question.
On The Shit Stick of Life Podcast, Kortney shares her story and goes deep in conversation with her heroes, artists, authors, activists, and others--who have transformed their lives and reinvented themselves in the face of extraordinary setbacks.
New episodes drop every other Thursday starting February 2025.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of resilience, reinvention, and recovery from life’s harsh realities, with a particular focus on topics such as betrayal, divorce, and loss. Episodes include personal stories like Kortney Wilson’s journey through her marriage's end and candid interviews with guests like Fartumo Kusow, who shares her experiences with intimate partner violence and motherhood in the face of tragedy. Each episode aims to inspire listeners by highlighting how individuals turn their struggles into vibrant new beginnings.

The Shit Stick of Life is a podcast about people who have used the proverbial shit stick of life to launch into vibrant, fulfilling, and meaningful next chapters. It’s about how we come back; from failure to betrayal, and move through tragedy and loss. Each episode will feature honest, inspiring conversations about resilience. Podcast host and re-visionary Kortney Wilson knows a thing or two about reinventing herself. She’s been an actress (ironically, on the soap opera One Life to Live), a signed recording artist, a reality television star, an author, a real estate agent, a house flipper, a home designer, a style influencer, and the host of multiple shows on HGTV. When her “perfect” marriage of 20 years ended, surfacing decades of secrets and betrayals, the shock and devastation shook her to her core. She called EVERY aspect of her life into question. On The Shit Stick of Life Podcast, Kortney shares her story and goes deep in conversation with her heroes, artists, authors, activists, and others–who have transformed their lives and reinvented themselves in the face of extraordinary setbacks. New episodes drop every other Thursday starting February 2025.
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This week, Kortney sits down with the hilarious, unfiltered, and wildly self-aware Kelsey Darragh for a conversation that goes everywhere in the best way. From her upbringing to the leap that took her to Los Angeles, Kelsey opens up about the moments that shaped her and the ones that nearly broke her.
They dive into what “rock bottom” really looked like for Kelsey, the turning point that forced her to finally choose herself, and how panic attacks and mental health struggles became both her biggest hurdle and ultimately her greatest teacher. Kelsey gets refreshingly honest about her sobriety journey and what pushed her toward it.
Plus, she teases some exciting new projects she’s been working on and what this next chapter looks like for her.It’s raw, funny, deeply human, and exactly the kind of episode that reminds you: you’re allowed to fall apart, and you’re allowed to rebuild.
Follow Kelsey:
https://www.instagram.com/kelseydarragh/?hl=en
Listen to her Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/confidently-insecure/id1460834034
Connect with Kortney:
https://www.instagram.com/allthingskortneywilson
https://www.instagram.com/shitstickoflifepodcast/
https://shows.acast.com/the-shit-stick-of-life
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Hosted by Kortney Wilson
Edited and Produced by Emma Stutts
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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