mandy… so far…

mandy kelly
  • 0,0 (0)
  • Личные дневники
  • Каждые две недели

Mandy… So far is a reflective storytelling podcast about the people, places, and moments that echo through a life. Through personal stories shaped by addiction and recovery, love and loss, work and motherhood, this show explores how meaning often arrives late — and how learning to notice can be an act of care. These episodes aren’t lessons or advice. They’re honest reflections on growth, timing, and walking forward without erasing where you’ve been. Take what resonates. Leave the rest.

  1. Captain Kelly - Orientation is Optional

    22 мая

    Captain Kelly - Orientation is Optional

    This episode is the start of something new. “Orientation Is Optional” is the first story set in Never-WonderMore.LAND — a liminal, slightly surreal place where real life, inner worlds, and story logic bleed together. Instead of analysis or personal narrative, this one is just a story. A calm one. A curious one. A little strange in a gentle way. It follows Iyra Kelly, who wakes up mid‑motion, mid‑system, and slowly realizes that listening changes more than forcing ever could. There’s flight, time behaving badly, humor, and that familiar feeling of not knowing whether you’re panicking or taking off. You don’t need to “figure it out.” You don’t need to interpret it correctly. You can just listen. This episode marks the beginning of a recurring story segment within the podcast — a place I’ll return to alongside the more personal episodes, whenever a story feels like the right container. Thanks for being here, and for letting the podcast evolve in real time.

    5 мин.
  2. Mother’s Day

    10 мая

    Mother’s Day

    This episode isn’t about celebration the way people usually expect. It’s about what gets passed down, what gets buried, and what keeps going anyway — through families, culture, and systems shaped by racism that don’t work the same for everyone. I talk about care and silence. About stories we protect instead of people. About how art carries instruction when families and institutions fail — especially for those who are forced to learn early how broken systems actually are. And about the quiet defaults we keep calling “normal,” even when they’re doing real harm. This is a reflection on motherhood, culture, and accountability — not as personal virtues, but as structural forces. Because anti‑racism isn’t a feeling or an identity; it’s paying attention to where power smooths some paths and constricts others, and choosing not to look away. Listen when you’re ready to sit with something honest.

    13 мин.
  3. captain kelly & the great snake

    6 мая

    captain kelly & the great snake

    A bedtime story from Never-WonderMore.Land where rivers remember, myths are made, and the hush between pages is alive with secrets listen closely: this tale is for the ones who wander, the ones who see, and the ones who know how to dream with their eyes open

    4 мин.
  4. what the gaze finds

    29 мар.

    what the gaze finds

    what does it mean to be seen—and what does the gaze actually find? this episode explores the difference between attention and connection, the layers of being watched, and the quiet power of choosing what you reveal. it’s about the swirl of curiosity, the tension between allure and access, and the ways we learn to live with visibility—on our own terms. take what resonates, and leave the rest.

    6 мин.
  5. the symmetry problem

    28 мар.

    the symmetry problem

    Attraction isn’t always desire. Sometimes, it’s projection—an energy that lands on you, not with you. This episode explores the symmetry problem: how longing, comparison, and fantasy bounce between people, couples, and systems, often leaving us as placeholders rather than participants.
From seductive undertones to quiet wisdom, I reflect on what it means to be wanted, measured, and seen—and why clarity matters more than belonging.
Where have you mistaken symmetry for connection?
Take what resonates, and leave the rest.

    9 мин.
  6. the mirror i didn’t expect

    27 мар.

    the mirror i didn’t expect

    Sometimes insight doesn’t arrive gently.
It arrives through friction. In this episode, I reflect on meeting someone who felt like an unexpected mirror—someone whose observations challenged me, triggered resistance, and ultimately revealed patterns I wasn’t ready to see yet. This is a story about softening without surrender, recognizing when effort is being wasted on closed ground, and learning the difference between fighting and tending. Not every mirror flatters.
Some clarify. Take what resonates, and leave the rest.

    9 мин.
  7. what wasn’t mine to keep

    23 мар.

    what wasn’t mine to keep

    Some connections don’t end because they break.They end because they finish. This episode reflects on intensity, embodiment, and learning to recognize when something meaningful has completed its work. Not a story about rejection or loss, but about resonance, agency, and allowing feeling to move through without mistaking it for direction. A meditation on sensitivity, frequency, and the difference between being awakened by a moment and building a life around it. Borrowed light, returned.

    7 мин.
  8. the one i don’t outgrow

    23 мар.

    the one i don’t outgrow

    💫 Some connections don’t come to stay.They come to orient us. In this episode, I reflect on a love that moved through time differently — a moment under the stars, a promise made, and the slow understanding that followed years later. This isn’t a story about waiting or chasing. It’s about learning how to keep moving forward without turning away from what was real. A meditation on love, timing, and trusting your own path.

    7 мин.
См. все (17)

Об этом подкасте

Mandy… So far is a reflective storytelling podcast about the people, places, and moments that echo through a life. Through personal stories shaped by addiction and recovery, love and loss, work and motherhood, this show explores how meaning often arrives late — and how learning to notice can be an act of care. These episodes aren’t lessons or advice. They’re honest reflections on growth, timing, and walking forward without erasing where you’ve been. Take what resonates. Leave the rest.

Информация

  • Автор
    mandy kelly
  • Годы выхода
    2021 - 2026
  • Выпуски
    17
  • Ограничения
    Без ненормативной лексики
  • Авторские права
    © mandy kelly
  • Сайт подкаста
    mandy… so far…