HIListically Speaking with Hilary Russo
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Warm conversations for healing, agency, and repair.
The gist
HIListically Speaking with Hilary Russo frames personal pain as a path toward steadier living. Through intimate guest conversations, it connects trauma recovery, mindfulness, nervous-system care, creativity, divorce, foster-care dignity, and holistic health practices.
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About HIListically Speaking with Hilary Russo
HIListically Speaking with Hilary Russo is a holistic wellness interview show with a distinctly therapeutic center. It is gentle, but it does not avoid hard stories. Recent conversations begin with stress that takes over the body, marriages that end or erase identity, children entering foster care with too little dignity, and people who feel blocked from joy, creativity, or peace. The show gives those moments emotional room. Guests often speak from lived experience, and the conversation follows the arc from harm toward agency. A discussion of flow becomes a way to remember everyday joy. A foster-care story becomes a call for empathy, legacy, and basic human dignity. A divorce conversation becomes a study of grief, sisterhood, body language, and the strange necessity of humor. A military marriage episode looks at loneliness, reinvention, and the mental health costs that can sit behind service life. The wellness vocabulary is broad. Meditation, Havening, stress release, food as medicine, intentional drawing, manifestation, and nervous-system tools all belong in the same emotional landscape. The show is not detached or debate-driven. It prefers witnessing, reflection, and a careful return to practices that make pain feel workable. That can make the interviews feel unusually personal, especially when the host connects a guest's story to her own experience of healing, divorce, or holistic training. The pacing is measured. The emotional weather can be heavy, but the destination is usually repair. It works best for listeners who are open to both science-framed and spiritual language, and who want self-work presented through story rather than instruction alone. At its strongest, HIListically Speaking treats healing as ordinary and embodied: a breath, a meal, a sketch, a support group, a meditation room, a backpack filled with care, or a small repeated act of self-trust.
Made for: For listeners drawn to holistic health, trauma recovery, meditation, nervous-system care, divorce support, and spiritual self-work. It especially suits people who prefer personal interviews over clinical instruction.
What sets it apart: The show blends wellness tools with emotionally detailed guest testimony, making practices feel rooted in lived experience. Its range is unusually wide, moving from neuroscience-based stress work to foster-care dignity, food, art, and grief.
In their own words
A globally top-rated podcast that's your master class in holistic health and wellbeing. Named #1 of the "15 Interview Podcasts You Should Tune Into" by SquadCast, HIListically Speaking is conversations of stories from trauma to triumph through health, healing, and humor. Discover what it takes to HUG it Out with yourself, be a happy and healthy grownup, and "be kind to your mind". Host Hilary Russo creates the space for stories to be shared, lessons to be learned, and lives to be changed with some of the top luminaries and visionaries in the holistic health, wellness, and neuroscience space. From her own healing journey and work as a Certified Holistic Health Coach and Certified Havening Tec…
As heard by us
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Hilary Russo turns conversations about healing and emotional wellbeing into approachable accounts of practice, support and everyday change.
Hilary Russo builds warm, highly personal interviews around the ways people recover steadiness, purpose and dignity. Conversations move from intentional drawing and meditation to creative flow, divorce support and the experiences of children entering foster care.
Why you'd press play
Hilary Russo moves you from manifesting art to foster-care dignity without dropping the emotional thread.
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- practical ways to turn meditation, creativity, or flow into something you can actually try
- emotionally candid conversations about divorce and foster care that still leave room for humor
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Episodes
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Feeling Stuck? How to Harness the Habit of Flow with Laurie Smith
Hidden gemHilary Russo interviews Lori Smith, author of The Flow Habit, who argues that every person is already a flow expert and that the path to everyday flow begins with following intuitive 'sparkles' — small moments of joy that serve as natural entry points to total absorption.
Apr 8, 2026·39m·2 clips - 2
From Trash Bags to Dignity: How Comfort Cases is Changing Foster Care
Rob Shear, founder of Comfort Cases, describes surviving foster care as the youngest of 10 children, being handed a trash bag at age 12, becoming homeless at 18 after aging out of the system during his senior year of high school, and joining the Navy with nothing but the clothes on his back.
Mar 18, 2026·43m·3 clips - 3
How to Stop Stress from Managing Your Life with Brett Cotter
Brett Cotter discusses neuroscience-based tools to release stress and traumatic memories from the body, emphasizing that stress isn't the problem but how we handle it.
Mar 4, 2026·54m - 4
Doodle Your Destiny: How to Rewire the Brain and Manifest Through Art with Colette Baron-Reid
Hidden gemColette Baron-Reid, internationally known spiritual intuitive, Oracle card creator, and author of 'The Art of Manifesting' (with co-author Anna Denning), joins Hilary Russo to explain how intentional line art rewires the brain and activates what she calls the zone of synchronicity.
Feb 18, 2026·59m·4 clips - 5
Military Marriage and Divorce: Finding Your True Identity
Host Hillary and guest Heather Sweeney discuss the challenges of military marriage and divorce, focusing on losing and rediscovering one's identity, based on Heather's memoir 'Camouflage'.
Jan 29, 2026·52m - 6
The Part of Divorce No One Talks About (But Every Woman Feels) with guest, Therapist Oona Metz
Hidden gemTherapist Oona Metz, author of 'Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women,' joins Hilary Russo on HIListically Speaking to discuss the emotional and psychological dimensions of divorce that her 30 years of clinical practice have revealed.
Jan 14, 2026·28m·1 clip - 7
The Science of Healing with Ocular Meditation and Meta Art with LeeAnn Heltzel
Dec 18, 2025·50m - 8
Millions Meditating: How Global Mindfulness is Changing the World with Lauren L'Amour
Hidden gemHost Hilary Russo and guest Lauren L'Amour discuss the Millions Meditating Alliance, a program L'Amour co-founded to coincide with the UN's first annual World Day of Meditation on December 21st.
Dec 3, 2025·40m·2 clips - 9
Safe Relationships: Breaking Free from Unhealthy Attachments with Jessica Baum
Nov 5, 2025·31m - 10
Unfixed and Unfiltered: Kimberly Warner on Life's Unexpected Gifts
Oct 15, 2025·35m - 11
Surviving Spiritual and Sexual Trauma: The Hidden Truth with guest Chanchal Garg
Oct 8, 2025·36m - 12
The Reset Button: Sobriety, Motherhood and Transformation with guest Cameo Elyse Braun
Oct 1, 2025·34m - 13
When Family Secrets Surface: Healing Generational Trauma Through Yoga and Storytelling with Rachel Krentzman
Sep 24, 2025·35m - 14
So Now What? Life After IVF and Infertility with Lana Manikowski
Sep 17, 2025·49m - 15
Pause to Create: How Reflection Fuels Your Best Work with Hilary Russo
Sep 10, 2025·14m - 16
5 years of HIListically Speaking: Celebrating a Master Class of Healing and Storytelling + The Book Nook Library Reveal
Jul 9, 2025·17m - 17
Online Addiction: The Impact of Screen Habits on Your Hijacked Brain
Jun 25, 2025·47m - 18
Menopause and Mental Health: Breaking the Sexuality Silence with Dr. Juliana Hauser
Jun 4, 2025·39m - 19
Oops! I Ate it Again: Emotional Eating, Sugar Cravings and Self Compassion with guest Connie Bennett
May 28, 2025·44m - 20
The War Within: Veterans and Mental Health with Adam Bird
May 14, 2025·46m - 21
Depolarize for Peace with guest James Twyman
May 7, 2025·40m - 22
Embracing Body Image Highs and Lows with guest Deb Schachter
Apr 23, 2025·40m - 23
Survival and Legacy: A Holocaust Survivor's Story Through Generations
Apr 10, 2025·1h 8m - 24
Holistic Pet Solutions with Dr. Marlene Siegel
Mar 26, 2025·49m - 25
Empowering Women and Protecting Families with Julie Barth (In Collaboration with Podcasthon: Benifiting CJB Outreach)
Mar 19, 2025·52m - 26
Ayurveda: The Answer to Living Well with Dr. Shivani Gupta
Mar 5, 2025·36m - 27
Heart Strong: The Power of Her Pulse with guest Stacey Grant
Feb 26, 2025·31m - 28
Aim Low: Fitness for Beginners with Cheri Paige Fogleman
Feb 19, 2025·57m - 29
The Mindful Bride: Say Yes to the Dress Not the Stress with Jenny Orsini
Feb 12, 2025·1h 9m - 30
Self-Love List: 11 Ways to HUG it Out with Yourself (Bonus Guided Havening Experience)
Feb 5, 2025·24m - 31
Surrender Your Stress. Have Faith in the Rest with Kerstin Lindquist
Jan 29, 2025·47m - 32
From a Sick Care System to the Science of Miracles with Dr. Robin Youngson
Jan 22, 2025·50m - 33
Nature's Medicine: Using Food and Herbs to Heal with Andrea Beaman
Andrea Beaman discusses using food and herbs as medicine for healing, sharing her journey and passion for holistic health.
Jan 15, 2025·40m - 34
Ending Child Trafficking and Exploitation with Erin Williamson
Erin Williamson discusses the prevalence of child trafficking and exploitation, highlighting that it occurs in every state and that Love 146 has served nearly 1,000 kids in Connecticut over 10 years.
Jan 8, 2025·41m - 35
Let's Dance: Healing and Feeling Through Movement with Toni Bergins
Dec 18, 2024·57m - 36
I Want to Be a Therapist with Emily Barbosa
Dec 12, 2024·31m - 37
Holistic Holiday Gifts with Hilary Russo
Nov 27, 2024·6m - 38
Pleasure Principle: How to be a Sexual Biohacker with Susan Bratton
Nov 20, 2024·42m - 39
Thriving After Divorce with Sara Davison
Nov 14, 2024·48m - 40
Lyme Disease Lies: It's Not in Your Head with Dana Parish
Nov 6, 2024·36m - 41
Understanding the Rational Family Caregiver with Deborah Greenhut
An interview with caregiver advocate Deborah Greenhut about the challenges and emotional toll of family caregiving.
Oct 30, 2024·31m - 42
Beyond the Rainbow Bridge: Gifts for the Grieving Pet Parent with Erica Messer
Oct 23, 2024·46m - 43
Sprouting a Wellness Warrior with Natalia Maldonado
Oct 16, 2024·1h 3m - 44
How to Outsmart Burnout by Doing Less with Dr. Zarya Rubin
Oct 2, 2024·44m - 45
Get Booked! Make Every Podcast Want You! With Kimberly Spencer
Sep 25, 2024·42m - 46
Aging Out Loud! How to Rock Your Renaissance Years with Ande Lyons
A conversation with Ande Lyons about embracing aging, overcoming ageism, and thriving in the renaissance years after 50.
Sep 19, 2024·49m - 47
Go with the Flow: Trusting Your Wild, Willing and Wise Self with HeatherAsh Amara
Sep 11, 2024·30m - 48
Truth, Trauma and Transformation Through Love with Dr. Frank Anderson
Sep 4, 2024·51m - 49
Self-Healing and the Modern Trauma Toolkit Dr. Christy Gibson
Jul 10, 2024·47m - 50
Holistic Dentistry: TMJ and Sleep Apnea Connection with Dr. Claire Stagg
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Jun 27, 2024·54m