My Sisters Closet

In this episode, Hallie kicks off the “What Sisterhood Is Not” mini-series with a deep dive into friendship ghosting.  • What ghosting actually looks like in friendships, not just dating  • Why people ghost their friends (it’s rarely about cruelty)  • The cycle of deflection and dismissed tone that leads to silence  • What it feels like to be on the receiving end of a friendship ghosting  ...

Failure isn’t something we usually celebrate—but maybe we should.

In this episode, I’m sharing one of the most humbling moments of my life: planning an event that almost no one attended. At the time, I thought it meant I wasn’t capable. Looking back, I realize it became one of the experiences that taught me the most.

We talk about giving ourselves grace, learning from mistakes, overcoming the fear of trying ...

This one is short and sweet. I stopped by the closet to share something that felt too good not to say out loud. Things are starting to connect, my health, my vision, my creative direction, and it feels like I can finally see the roadmap. I also got into something that genuinely blew my mind from 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think about how we assume everyone sees the world the way we do, and how that is just simply not t...

Adoption isn’t always the fairy tale we make it out to be. In this episode I’m closing out the adoption conversation – for now – by getting honest about the parts people don’t talk about. The kids who get returned. The homes that are worse than where they came from. The 15,000 children who age out of foster care every year with no family, no home, and nowhere to go.

I’m sharing some hard stats, ...

This week I’m going deeper into my adoption story, specifically what it felt like growing up biracial in a blended family where I never quite fit one box. I talk about being homeschooled, being a preacher’s kid, having a stutter, and constantly being asked “but who are your real parents.” I share some hard memories, including being asked to leave rooms so others could tell racist jokes, and a painful moment ...

Hallie opens her closet — literally — and shares something she’s never fully talked about on the podcast before. Her adoption story. She was three months old when she joined the Hootin household, the fourth of what would eventually be eight kids — none of them biological siblings, none of them looking alike, all of them family. She talks about growing up biracial in a predominantly white Christian home, the ...

Hallie came straight from Pilates with a 20-year friend and left with a reminder she needed to share. Her friend had gone quiet — not because things were fine, but because she didn’t want to be a burden. And Hallie had something to say about that. This episode is about what happens when we shut ourselves off from the people who love us, why silence isn’t protection, and what it actually means to show up for each o...

A quick but important follow up. Hallie clarifies what the refreshing period actually means in practice — giving each other space to grow, room for misunderstandings to become understanding, and choosing to experience joy together instead of holding onto pain.

She also shares a personal story about learning something shocking about someone she considers a sister, and how they chose to move forward...

After the reaction, the reflection, and the repair — what comes next? Hallie picks up right where she left off and finally gets to the part she didn't have time to cover: the refreshing period. What it actually looks like to start from a clean slate, give people space, and show up differently going forward.

She also gets personal about sisterhood — what it means to her as one of four adopted...

If the first two episodes cracked something open, this one asks what you're going to do with it. Hallie digs into a chapter from 101 Essays about intrinsic motivation — what it means to be driven from the inside out instead of chasing external validation.

She gets personal about the gap between who she thought she'd become and what she's building now, and why it finally feels right.

So what happens when you know better but still don’t do better? Hallie had a moment last week that put her own advice to the test — and she didn’t pass. This episode is about what she did next. In this episode: — What she was feeling in the moment and why — Why devil’s advocate has its limits — The difference between an apology that changes things and one that doesn’t — What the...

Hallies check-in. She's been reading 101 Essays and the chapter on Zen, flow states, and creativity stopped her in her tracks — because it connects directly to everything she's building with My Inner Mind.

She also shares that a follower reached out wanting to learn more about the foundations of sisterhood, and Hallie gets real about what that actually requires — including a disagreement wit...

Let’s Talk Depression

In this episode, Hallie gets real about something she’s carried most of her life — depression. From therapy as a teenager to medication, masking with drinking and smoking, and the long road of figuring out what actually helps, this one is honest, raw, and necessary. Hallie revisits Brianna Wiest’s 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think and the ideas around what you create each da...