The Why Me Podcast

Brianna Spurgeon
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Why Me is a storytelling podcast about the moments that force us to ask the hardest question: why me? Through real conversations about illness, loss, identity shifts, and unexpected detours, we explore how people find meaning, calm, and purpose when life changes unexpectedly.

  1. 6d ago

    Figure Out What’s Holding You Together Before You Fall Apart

    What if the best time to prepare for a hard season isn’t when you’re already struggling—but when life is going really well? On this episode of The Why Me Podcast, host Brianna Spurgeon reflects on what happened when an unexpected season of complications after surgery completely shook up her routines, leaving her feeling out of balance and unsure how to find her way back to the things that made her feel peaceful, fulfilled, and like herself. Brianna explores the importance of studying your good seasons and identifying the systems that support you when life feels steady. Using the Wheel of Life as a framework, she walks through eight key areas of life: family and friends, romance/significant other, fun and recreation, health, money, personal growth, physical environment, and career. Rather than simply asking whether each area is going well, she encourages listeners to identify the specific systems and habits that are creating that sense of fulfillment—and to consider how those systems could adapt when circumstances change. Because life is going to knock everyone off course at some point. The goal isn’t to build a life without holes. It’s to build a ladder before you need one. In this episode, Brianna challenges listeners to pay attention to what is holding them together while they’re standing on solid ground, document what works, and create a foundation they can return to when their own Why Me moment comes.

  2. Sep 7

    Get Out of the Rut: Change Your Environment, Change Your Experience

    What if getting out of a rut starts with getting out of your routine? In this episode of The Why Me Podcast, host Brianna Spurgeon explores the surprising connection between routine, novelty, memory, and how we experience our lives. When life shakes you up with an unexpected change, disappointment, loss, transition, or difficult season, it can be tempting to retreat into the same routines and environments that keep you stuck. But what if that disruption could become an opportunity to wake yourself back up? Brianna dives into the idea of breaking autopilot and intentionally creating new experiences—even when you can’t completely change your circumstances. Taking a different route to work, walking through a different door, talking to someone new, visiting a coffee shop, exploring your own town, or simply getting out of the house and observing life happening around you can create small moments of novelty that help shift your perspective. The episode also explores why highly repetitive days can begin to blur together in our memories, and why creating new experiences and meaningful moments may help us feel more present and connected to our lives. Rather than waiting until you feel better to start living differently, Brianna challenges listeners to change their experience first. For anyone feeling stuck, overwhelmed, bored, disconnected, or caught in a difficult season, this episode offers a simple challenge: interrupt the autopilot. Get out of your head. Change your scenery. Try something new. Pay attention. Because sometimes you don’t need to completely reinvent your life. Sometimes you just need to experience it differently. The Why Me Podcast with Brianna Spurgeon is about turning unexpected challenges into opportunities for growth, perspective, resilience, and a more intentional life.

  3. Aug 31

    Exercise: Your Secret Weapon for a Why Me Moment

    Everyone knows the advice: “You should exercise.” Move your body. Go for a walk. Get outside. Work out. Take care of yourself. But what if exercise could do far more than improve physical health? In this episode of The Why Me Podcast, host Brianna Spurgeon takes a deeper look at exercise as a powerful complementary tool for navigating the mental and emotional weight of a Why Me Moment. Whether someone is facing a difficult diagnosis, major life transition, grief, anxiety, an overwhelming decision, an unexpected opportunity, or simply a season that requires more emotional capacity than they feel they have, movement can create space to process, regulate, reflect, pray, and reconnect with yourself. Brianna shares her personal journey from being someone who hated running to discovering that a simple one-mile treadmill goal became one of her most meaningful rituals for mental clarity and self-care. She also opens up about how being diagnosed with myasthenia gravis changed her relationship with exercise—and forced her to learn one of the episode’s most important lessons: meet yourself where you are. Because sometimes that means running three miles. Sometimes it means walking ten minutes. Sometimes it means stretching. And sometimes it means resting. The point isn’t how much you can do. The point is showing up for yourself in the capacity you have today. For anyone who has ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally exhausted, or unsure of what to do next, this episode offers a simple invitation: Move. Maybe everyone who has ever told you to exercise was onto something after all. The Why Me Podcast with Brianna Spurgeon explores the moments that make us ask Why me?—and how we can transform those moments into opportunities for reflection, resilience, growth, purpose, and hope.

  4. Aug 24

    When Your Strength Runs Out

    In this powerful episode of The Why Me Podcast, host Brianna Spurgeon shares what she learned after a 10-day hospital stay, two surgeries, time in the ICU, and some of the most physically and mentally difficult days of her life. Brianna opens up about what happens when mental strength, positivity, and resilience aren’t enough—and what it means to reach the end of yourself. Through a powerful moment of prayer and Isaiah 40:31, she reflects on faith, hope, surrender, and trusting God when circumstances don’t immediately change. This episode is for anyone facing a season of illness, grief, burnout, fear, uncertainty, or simply feeling like they have nothing left. Brianna’s message is simple: you don’t have to be strong enough for everything life throws at you. Sometimes, all you need is enough hope to take the next step. The Why Me Podcast with Brianna Spurgeon explores faith, resilience, personal growth, adversity, mindset, motivation, and finding purpose through life’s hardest seasons.

  5. Aug 17

    The Spinning Rock Perspective: Why Your Problem Might Not Be as Big as It Feels

    In this episode of The Why Me Podcast, host Brianna Spurgeon explores the power of zooming out when life feels overwhelming. Through personal reflection and practical perspective shifts, Brianna shares how stepping back from the details can help people see their challenges, fears, and decisions through a bigger lens. From stressful work moments to life-changing leaps of faith, this episode challenges listeners to stop allowing temporary problems to carry permanent weight. Brianna reminds listeners that while challenges deserve attention, they do not have to consume their peace. By remembering the bigger picture—that we are all living on a spinning rock in space—listeners are encouraged to release fear, embrace courage, and take action without being trapped by the question of “what if?”

  6. Aug 10

    Gratitude Is a Discipline: Creating a Habit of Hope

    In this episode of The Why Me Podcast, host Brianna Spurgeon explores why gratitude is not just an emotion we experience when life is going well, but a discipline we can practice in every season. Inspired by her conversation with Emily Stuckwish, who experienced being struck by lightning and later the loss of her father, Brianna reflects on the power of choosing gratitude even in the middle of difficult circumstances. Emily’s daily practice of finding something to be grateful for—even on the hardest days—serves as a reminder that gratitude is not about ignoring pain, but about making room for hope. Brianna shares why gratitude can change the way we see our circumstances, open the “windows” of our minds, and help us recognize the good that still exists even during life’s storms. Listeners are challenged to create their own gratitude practice by tying it to a daily habit: brushing their teeth. Each time they brush their teeth this week, they are encouraged to pause and name one thing they are grateful for. Because gratitude isn’t something we have to wait to feel. It’s something we can choose to practice.

  7. Aug 3

    Surrender Is Not Giving Up

    What happens when life doesn’t go according to plan? When the outcome is uncertain, the timeline is unknown, and the weight feels too heavy to carry? In this powerful episode of The Why Me Podcast, host Brianna Spurgeon explores the difference between surrender and giving up. Through a deeply personal story from her pregnancy with her second son and the unexpected challenges that followed in her own life, Brianna shares how God has been teaching her that surrender is not a sign of weakness—it is an act of trust. Giving up says, “I can’t do this anymore.” Surrender says, “I can’t do this alone.” Brianna reflects on the ways fear, anxiety, and the desire for control can steal the joy of the present moment, and how shifting the question from “Why is this happening to me?” to “What can God do through this?” can transform the way we walk through difficult seasons. This episode is an invitation to release the burden of carrying what we were never meant to carry, trust a plan greater than our own, and discover that surrender is not the end of the journey—it is the strength that allows us to keep climbing.

  8. Jul 27

    For Moments You Can’t Undo: The Viktor Frankl Quote for Every “Why Me” Moment

    In this powerful episode of The Why Me Podcast, host Brianna Spurgeon explores what happens when life brings us moments we cannot undo. Inspired by the story of Emily Traveller, a young woman whose life changed forever after a devastating accident, Brianna reflects on the grief of losing the future we imagined and the courage it takes to move forward when circumstances cannot be changed. Drawing from Viktor Frankl’s bestselling book Man’s Search for Meaning and his profound words, “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves,” Brianna unpacks one of life’s most difficult questions: What do we do when we cannot change what happened? This episode explores the difference between finding meaning in suffering and creating meaning through our response to it. Brianna shares how life’s hardest seasons can reshape our perspective, deepen our character, and challenge us to ask a new question—not just “Why me?” but “Who am I becoming?” For anyone navigating an unexpected diagnosis, loss, disappointment, or a chapter they never would have chosen, this episode is a reminder that while we may not always choose the circumstances we face, we still have a choice in who we become because of them.

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Why Me is a storytelling podcast about the moments that force us to ask the hardest question: why me? Through real conversations about illness, loss, identity shifts, and unexpected detours, we explore how people find meaning, calm, and purpose when life changes unexpectedly.

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  • Creator
    Brianna Spurgeon
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Brianna Spurgeon
  • Show Website
    The Why Me Podcast

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