Dirty Laundry Podcast with Ollie and Em
Dirty Laundry Podcast with Ollie and Em
Podcast Description
Our names are Ollie and Em, and we want to welcome you to the Dirty Laundry Podcast where we air out the unspoken and often hidden stories of our lives. Here, we delve deep into the journey of healing and overcoming trauma. Each episode is a raw, honest exploration of personal experiences, where guests share their ‘dirty laundry’ - the challenges, the struggles, and the triumphs. Our goal is to create a platform for storytelling, understanding, and ultimately, healing. Join us as we unravel the tales that often go untold, and find strength in our shared vulnerabilities.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of healing, trauma, and personal resilience, featuring in-depth conversations with guests from various backgrounds. For instance, Season 2 highlights stories of sexual assault survivors and advocates, while earlier episodes have touched on childhood development and parenting challenges related to trauma, as seen in episodes discussing infant epilepsy and autism.
My name is Olivia (Ollie) and I want to welcome you to the Dirty Laundry Podcast with Ollie where we air out the unspoken and often hidden stories of our lives. Here, we delve deep into the journey of healing and overcoming trauma. Each episode is a raw, honest exploration of personal experiences, where guests share their ‘dirty laundry’ – the challenges, the struggles, and the triumphs. My goal is to create a platform for storytelling, understanding, education and ultimately, healing. Join us as we unravel the tales that often go untold, and find strength in our shared vulnerabilities.
Love With No Place to Go: a Season on the Duality of Grief
Grief has a way of reshaping us. It’s the shadow that follows love, the ache that lingers when someone or something dear is gone. But grief isn’t only sorrow—it’s memory, it’s presence, it’s love with no place left to land.
In this season, we’ll explore the duality of grief: how it pulls us into the depths of loss while also teaching us to notice the beauty of what remains. Through honest conversations and tender stories, we’ll hold space for both heartbreak and hope, laughter and longing, absence and presence.
Season 05 is about the tension of living in between—the place where love and grief walk hand in hand.
In this week’s episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing business owner, influencer, WBCA hall of famer, and Milwaukee Icon, Erin Monfre. What an absolute honor.
What does grief teach us about love, resilience, and living with purpose?
Today, you will hear Erin share her powerful story of losing her mom at 21 and how that loss continues to shape her life today. Erin opens up about her favorite memories with her mom, the day everything changed, and the ongoing cycles of grief through milestones and everyday moments.
We talk about how grief has reshaped her relationships, her ability to set boundaries, and her passion for creating Black Box, a space “where movement meets mental health.” Erin shares how fitness has been both healing and empowering, and how she helps others navigate grief and mental health through movement.
This conversation is encouraging, honest, and full of hope for anyone who has experienced loss or loves someone who has.
🎧 Tune in to hear Erin’s story of love, loss, and the strength to keep moving forward.
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