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by Heather Herington
Hot Mess Espresso is a mental health podcast focused on honest conversations around healing, burnout, anxiety, self-growth, and navigating the chaos of everyday life. Through relatable stories, expert insight, and unfiltered moments, the podcast creates a safe space for listeners to feel seen, supported, and a little less alone while figuring life out one episode at a time.Want to follow along more? Follow us on IG: @hotmess.espresso & @heather.heringtonBusiness & guest inquiries: team@hotmessespressopodcast.com
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- 4 days ago1h 5m
(151) The Industry That Saved My Life: Joshua Short
After nearly 20 years in the tattoo industry, Joshua Short has seen firsthand just how much goes on behind the scenes that most people never think about.I sat down with the founder of Tattoos Saved My Life to talk about the personal struggles that led him to create the nonprofit, the mental health challenges artists face, and how the tattoo community became a lifeline during one of the hardest periods of his life.We get into burnout, ADHD, social media pressure, and the emotional weight of being the person people open up to while sitting in your chair. Joshua also shares some pretty incredible stories from his career, what he's learned about taking care of himself while helping everyone else, and what's coming next for Tattoos Saved My Life, including their first convention in January.
- 1 weeks ago1h 6m
(150) He Was More Than How He Died: Malisa Hepner
Ten months after losing her 18-year-old son Jake to an overdose, Malisa Hepner returns to HME for a conversation neither of us could have imagined having the last time she was here.Malisa shares who Jake was beyond the circumstances of his death, what happened after he unknowingly took a synthetic opioid, and why she’s chosen to speak publicly about his story despite the stigma surrounding addiction and overdose.We also get raw and real about the reality of grief nearly a year later: the physical toll of trauma, how her family has learned to grieve differently, and what actually helps when you’re trying to show up for someone after a devastating loss. The big takeaway? Grief doesn’t disappear when everyone else stops bringing casseroles.This is Jake’s story, but it’s also a conversation about addiction, shame, grief, and why we need to get a hell of a lot better at showing up for each other.
- 2 weeks ago1h 23m
(149) This Was SUPPOSED To Be About Mental Health (Franky Corcoran)
Franky Corcoran is back, which means we attempted to have a structured conversation and instead ended up exactly where you’d expect.We catch up on everything that’s changed since his last HME appearance: from 300+ episodes of The Corcoran Entertainment Show and writing his first novel, Beneath the Badge, to burnout, anxiety, knowing when to slow down, and learning that saying “no” is sometimes the only way to keep doing the things you actually love.Somewhere along the way, we also get into grief, getting older, the weird realization that life moves way too damn fast, pet anxiety, celebrity deaths, and enough completely unnecessary detours to make this a very on-brand HME reunion.
- 3 weeks ago34 min
(148) Growth Still Gets Zero Stars (SOLO EP)
It’s been over a year since I’ve done a solo episode, so apparently we have some catching up to do.Like you all asked: it’s just me, a microphone, your questions, and the usual inability to stay on topic. I’m talking about the last year of my life: grief, relationships ending and beginning, finally getting out of survival mode, the uncomfortable amount of growth that happened somewhere in between, and why I almost walked away from HME entirely.Then we get into your questions: protecting parts of your life when you share so much publicly, imposter syndrome as the pod grows, rebuilding my relationship with self-worth, what I’d tell the version of me who never thought she’d make it this far, and, naturally, forcing me to choose between Dayseeker and Bilmuri (which was incredibly rude).A lot has changed. Somehow, I think I actually like who I’m becoming. Growth still gets zero stars, though.
- Oct 7, 202657 min
(147) It's Okay To Suck, It's NOT Okay To Skip with Will Barker
Six years of training together and I finally got my personal trainer, Will Barker, on the pod... and yes, he can confirm that I still complain about going to the gym.We talked about the messy intersection of fitness and mental health: what “giving yourself a fighting chance” actually looks like when depression, anxiety, ADHD, chronic pain, or life in general makes showing up hard. Will breaks down why motivation isn’t something we can rely on, why discipline is a limited resource, and why sometimes the win really is just walking through the damn door.From hot takes and limiting beliefs to “drag ass” workouts and learning to work with where you are instead of waiting to become some magically motivated version of yourself, this one is about getting stronger without pretending the process is always fun.As Will puts it: it’s okay to suck, it’s not okay to skip. Just try.
- Sep 30, 20261h 13m
(146) So I Cashed Out My 401(k) for a Comedy Festival with Joe Buck
Joe Buck is back! And apparently staying busy was not enough, so he decided to casually add creating a whole comedy festival to the list.We catch up on the last year of Joe’s life, from leaving a stable career and diving deeper into nonprofit work to comedy, fitness, rejection, relationships, grief, and what it actually means to keep choosing growth when growth is wildly uncomfortable. We also get into using comedy to process the hard shit without turning the stage into a therapy session, learning to be okay with failure, and why success doesn’t have to look the same for everyone.Plus, Joe is bringing nearly 50 comedians to Colorado for the Trailhead Comedy Festival, October 8–10 in Summit County near Breckenridge. Follow the festival on Instagram @trailheadf for more.
- Sep 24, 202640 min
(145) Can't I Just Do The Music? with Jake from subtitles.
Jake didn’t realize just how heavy “Reasons to Stay” was when he wrote it, until his own mom told him the song helped her through a dark moment. That realization changed the way he looked at the music subtitles. was making: it wasn’t just music anymore.Fresh off their tour with Free the Witness and the release of their debut album, "subtitles On.": we get into how a vocalist in the U.S. and a drummer in France somehow built a band across an ocean, what their first real tour taught them, and the mildly depressing adjustment of going from playing shows every night back to regular life.Jake also opens up about the very real stories behind his lyrics: writing through depression, ADHD, addiction, and suicidal thoughts. We talk about choosing authenticity over algorithms, & making music that actually means something. Catch them on IG as @subtitles_official to stay up to date with music releases and tour announcements.
- Sep 16, 20261h 14m
(144) Mental Health, Crystals & Existential Chaos With Jana Stern
Buckle up, because this one went a little left in the most HME way possible. This week, I was able to dive in with Jana Stern, host of The Just Jana Show. What starts with her incredible mental health journey somehow takes us through BPD, astrology, spirituality, crystals, Gemini men, and a few much needed detours along the way.Jana opens up about growing up with a father with schizophrenia, developing a severe eating disorder, surviving an overdose, receiving a Borderline diagnosis, and the years of treatment and self-discovery that followed.We talk about the complexity of what happens when a diagnosis becomes part of your identity, learning to trust yourself again through recovery, and giving yourself grace without using your mental health as an excuse. Then we headed STRAIGHT into the woo-woo with astrology, intuition, spirituality, nervous system regulation, and the different ways we find meaning in what we’ve been through.Mental health, healing, astrology, trauma, crystals, and two women with absolutely no interest in staying on one conversational path. You know, a normal episode of Hot Mess Espresso.
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About Hot Mess Espresso
Hot Mess Espresso is a mental health podcast focused on honest conversations around healing, burnout, anxiety, self-growth, and navigating the chaos of everyday life. Through relatable stories, expert insight, and unfiltered moments, the podcast creates a safe space for listeners to feel seen, supported, and a little less alone while figuring life out one episode at a time.Want to follow along more? Follow us on IG: @hotmess.espresso & @heather.heringtonBusiness & guest inquiries: team@hotmessespressopodcast.com
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