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In this Strength Month conversation, Leslie and Alex sit down with Emily Cochran Stiff to explore what strength really looks like after survival. Emily shares her journey through childhood trauma and years shaped by addiction in different forms, including time spent in sex work, and how those experiences influenced the way she learned to protect herself. She speaks openly about recovery, the unraveling of labels that once defined her, and the courage it took to choose healing

In Episode 8 of Don’t Trip on Your Cape , Alex Embry and Leslie Arboleda open Strength Month  with a grounded conversation about what strength really is, how early messages about strength shape our nervous systems, and why strength is not defined by suffering, endurance, or survival alone. Drawing from lived experience, human design, nervous system awareness, addiction, religious trauma, and personal disruption, this episode reframes strength as discernment, self compassion,

Episode 7: Alignment Isn’t a Concept. It’s a Felt Experience. In Episode 7 of Don’t Trip on Your Cape , we explore what alignment really is, how it feels in your body, and why the cost of living out of alignment often shows up as burnout, resentment, and self betrayal. Through real stories from photography, entrepreneurship, and personal transformation, we break down the difference between success that looks good and success that feels good, then share practical ways to reali

Episode 6 of Don’t Trip on Your Cape, “The Mycelial Path Within,” is our deep dive into mushrooms as a tool for healing, clarity, and personal realignment. We share Alex’s origin story with psilocybin, explore why mushrooms help people shift anxiety, burnout, and disconnection, and break down the difference between microdosing and journeying, including practical integration practices that turn insight into lasting change. Some episodes are educational. Some are personal. This

Episode 5 of Don’t Trip on Your Cape, “Beyond the Basics: The Architecture of Your Energy,” is a deep dive into Human Design beyond surface level understanding. In this episode, we explore energy types, inner authority, and energy centers to help you understand how your unique energetic blueprint influences alignment, decision making, relationships, burnout, and ease. If you have ever felt like life takes more effort than it should, this conversation offers a grounded framewo

Episode 4 of Don’t Trip on Your Cape, “The Inner World Revealed,” explores how Human Design and mushrooms act as powerful pathways back to self awareness, emotional truth, and aligned living. In this episode, we examine how disruption initiates growth, how inner authority guides decision making, and how these two tools work together to support healing, resilience, and sustainable transformation. If you are navigating burnout, misalignment, or a sense that something in your li

The Truth That Transforms You: An Intimate Conversation With Leslie About Love, Loss, Responsibility, and Awakening Episode 3 of Don’t Trip on Your Cape pulls listeners into an intimate and powerful conversation about childhood conditioning, grief, awakening, responsibility, spirituality, and the moments that break you open so you can finally step into who you are meant to become. In this episode, Alex interviews Leslie about the experiences that shaped her, the beliefs she h

From Control to Choice: Alex’s Journey Out of a Cult and Into Their Own Body Episode 2 of Don’t Trip on Your Cape shares Alex’s powerful personal story of growing up in a religious cult, escaping at twenty one, and slowly rebuilding a life rooted in choice, authenticity, and healing. In this episode, we explore how Alex’s trans identity, complex trauma, and nervous system healing intersect with their work with mushrooms, not as an escape, but as a tool for remembering who th

There is always a moment when life cracks open and forces you to face the truth you have been trying to outrun. This blog post explores the turning point that reshapes your identity, disrupts your patterns, and becomes the doorway to real alignment. If you have ever felt like everything was falling apart just before a breakthrough, this is the story behind our first podcast episode and the reason Don’t Trip on Your Cape exists. Change rarely announces itself with polite timin

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