Welcome to Come To The Brink. I’m Zoë Flowers.

Today’s conversation explores the space between belonging and outsiderhood, wellness and chronic illness, grief and healing. My guest, Skyeris (Skye), describes themselves as a sinistral, spitfire creatrix whose voice was always a bit too loud, hair too unruly, and spirit too wild to ever fit neatly into a box. As a neurodiverse synesthete, Skye has spent their life exploring liminal spaces, margins, and what it means to feel “other.”

Music Inspiration Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Welcome to Come To The Brink. w/ Zoë Flowers.

Today’s episode explores how the past shapes us, how trauma can transform us, and how powerful purpose can emerge from even our most painful experiences. Today's guest left a 17-year relationship mired in domestic violence to become the CEO and Program Director of Rescue Her 33, a powerful organization providing essential support and community to domestic violence survivors in San Bernardino County, California.

Reacueher33 information is listed below:

Website: www.rescueher33.org

Instagram: Rescueher33

Email:Ashley@rescueher33.org

Phone number: 951-347-9217

Hotline: 215-930-1393

Zelle: 951-347-9217

Cash app:Rescueher33

Welcome to Come To The Brink. I’m Zoë Flowers.

Today, we’re holding a sacred conversation about healing from trauma through nature, plant medicine, and the courage of rebuilding a life after unimaginable tragedy. I’m joined by the compassionate and courageous Kristen Renaud, a survivor of a mass shooting in 2021, whose profound journey led her away from her life as a lawyer into a deep relationship with plants, gardening, and the earth itself.

Kristen now runs Lightning Struck Gardens, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting survivors of gun violence through healing gardens, plant medicine, and community care.

Welcome to Come To The Brink. I’m Zoë Flowers, the place for honest conversations about grief, courage, and transformation.

Jeff Gurkin's early life was colored by being raised in the rural south in a religious family where he experienced childhood sexual abuse from a cousin starting at age 5.

Today, he's sharing his healing journey. and mission to help other LGBTQ+ people embrace their spirituality..

Music Inspiration - I Am What I Am by Gloria Gaynor

Can astrology tell us where and when grief will show up in our lives? Cayelin Castelle and I chat about it on this week's episode.

Today, I’m joined by the wise and visionary Cayelin K Castell, co-founder of Venus Alchemy, My Star Alchemy, and the former Shamanic Astrology Mystery School. Cayelin’s life is dedicated to decoding celestial mysteries and helping people understand that we are, each of us, the living embodiment of cosmic wonder.

https://cayelincastell.com

Cayelin's Youtube https://youtu.be/_NhufCfrYWg?si=eaS7xV3NWfM90Odi

Here is a link to all the videos we have done so far https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Some conversations ask to be felt more than figured out. This is one of them.

I’m joined by Beki Crowell, a soul artist and vibrational healer who has touched the sacred through surrender. Through her healing work with the Akashic Records, Reiki, Light Language, and her soul-led paintings, Beki guides others to reconnect with the Divine Self.

This conversation is about what happens when we encounter something so vast, so loving, so Divine…that it rearranges our cells. It's about unconditional love—the Divine kind. The kind that holds no requirements. The kind you remember, not learn.

And it’s about grief, not just as something we survive, but something that opens a portal.

So, wherever you are, join us.

Music Inspiration - Cosmic Girl by Jamiroquai

Welcome to Come To The Brink. I’m Zoë Flowers.

On today’s show, we’re diving deep into the realities of caregiving, emotional abuse, and the complex grief that comes from losing loved ones in more ways than one. My guest today is the dynamic and compassionate Sherri Pullum, award-winning storyteller, artist, producer, and wellness coach, who courageously uses her art and advocacy to foster healing, self-awareness, and resilience.

Sherri knows intimately the profound challenges of caring for an ailing parent—her beloved mother experienced a debilitating stroke—and simultaneously navigating the painful breakdown of a nearly 30-year marriage marked by emotional abuse and alcoholism.

Music Inspiration by Chaka Khan

Welcome to Come To The Brink. I’m Zoë Flowers—and this is where we gather to talk about the kinds of grief that don’t fit neatly into a funeral or a diagnosis.

Today, I’m sitting down with someone I deeply respect. Monica Martinez is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with nearly two decades of experience holding space for survivors of trauma, interpersonal violence, and generational harm. She’s worked in shelters, research programs, and private practice—and through it all, she’s been a caregiver, a truth-teller, and a bridge between cultures, systems, and silence.

We’re talking about how grief shows up in Latinx communities. What it means to care for your aging parent while also tending to the wounds of a community. What trauma looks like—and what healing might look like, too.

This is a conversation about thresholds. And the people who hold them.

Music Inspiration- Where is My Mind?-The Pixies