{"podcast":{"title":"H.O.P.E - Hang On Pain Ends","slug":"h-o-p-e-hang-on-pain-ends-7671656","podcast_index_feed_id":7671656,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/hang-on-pain-ends/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/hang-on-pain-ends","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/hang-on-pain-ends/20260125_050158_ac76627d7982080530c4b1d9d57ad4ff.png","author":"Alana Michaels","episode_count":126,"summary":"This podcast was originally started at the end of January 2026 ... after the sudden death of my Father ... then almost losing my mother 6 weeks later ... I decided I needed the first break of my lifetime, and I took a leave from my job .... and started a podcast. It started as a platform to share my story with Bipolar Disorder.... and then started turning into journal-style recordings of many experiences from my past, not only to do with my mental illness, but including so many other things with a lot of laughter and tears as I have been told my story-telling is beyond compare. Up until a few weeks ago, the podcast was going in one direction ... well, actually, numerous directions... but I thought I knew exactly where I was and where I would end up. Turns out.... after a bipolar depressive crash in early June .... I realized the entire podcast up until then ... was recorded in something called a \"Quiet Hypomanic\" episode of Bipolar Disorder. I was shocked, embarrassed, mortified ... and I almost deleted this entire thing, I could not even stomach the idea of listening back to even ONE episode .... But... Here I am. The dust has settled a bit .... I am not in that deep dark suicida…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T00:20:04.923907+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/h-o-p-e-hang-on-pain-ends-7671656"},"episode":{"title":"Dear Younger Me...YOU WILL SURVIVE.","slug":"dear-younger-me-you-will-survive","published_at":"2026-04-05T12:07:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/h-o-p-e-hang-on-pain-ends-7671656/dear-younger-me-you-will-survive","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/h-o-p-e-hang-on-pain-ends-7671656","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/hang-on-pain-ends/2691309","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/368489/2691309/hang-on-pain-ends/2026_04_05_12_00_53_86bcd7f5-6c00-4e3e-b21e-b830d78b560b.mp3","summary":"\"Dear Younger Me' - by MercyMe. A song that has always been SOOOOO huge ... as the first time I heard it was 2013 during/after my first diagnosed Hypomanic/Depressive episodes of Bipolar Disorder. It always made me cry. ... Today... I hear it... and I still cry, but for different reasons. It's Easter Sunday ... and I reflect on how the idea of being \"Sacrificed to Save\" ... rings true in numerous ways in my Life ... This is a short listen, but an impactful one. I invite you to listen... and perhaps write a letter to YOUR \"Younger Me..\" Thank you for listening everyone... Wishing you a very Happy Easter.... remember this is the ONLY Easter you will EVER have in the year of 2026 ... So, let's make it COUNT.","meta_description":"\"Dear Younger Me' - by MercyMe. A song that has always been SOOOOO huge ... as the first time I heard it was 2013 during/after my first diagnosed Hypomani…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":687,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/h-o-p-e-hang-on-pain-ends-7671656/episodes/dear-younger-me-you-will-survive/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/h-o-p-e-hang-on-pain-ends-7671656/dear-younger-me-you-will-survive.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}