A woman self-medicating for anxiety and depression spirals into an alternate reality after an other-worldly encounter
Jul 7
414: What if you could never be the ice princess they wanted?
After becoming a teenage figure skating champion and Olympic athlete, a woman is broken open by grief, fame, addiction, and shame, but through motherhood, reinvention, and a return to the ice, she begins to stitch together the person and performer she was never allowed to fully b ... Show More
1h 3m
Jun 30
413: What if your hope was hanging by a thread?
"After a decade of devastating loss, and medical trauma nearly destroys his will to live, a man reaches the edge of giving up before the fragile birth of his son brings him a new hope. Today’s episode featured Nathan Wieser. If you’d like to email Nathan, you can reach him at nat ... Show More
59m 36s
Jun 23
412: What if you were an international drug smuggler?
After being sent out of Cuba alone as a child, a man survives exile, smuggling, prison, and devastating loss, but in the aftermath, he must face the armor that protected him from the world and separated him from the people he loves.Today’s episode featured Carlos “JC” Perez. Carl ... Show More
49m 28s
Dec 2024
Solipsism: This Is All In My Mind?
As the philosophical holds, there’s a chance you don’t exist, that not only you, but this episode, the podcast, and the entire universe are only projections of Josh or Chuck’s mind. If so, then recording this episode was a waste of time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in ... Show More
35m 43s
May 2025
209. The Addiction No One Talks About
What if you're not addicted to pain, but to the identity it gave you? In this raw solo episode of The Leela Show, we unravel the hidden ways identity becomes a drug, how the ego clings to what's familiar (even when it hurts), and how Tantra + psychology can help you rewrite the s ... Show More
48m 6s