Episodes
Welcome to the episode gallery, where every conversation is an invitation to slow down, reflect, and explore what it truly means to be human. Step in, listen with an open heart, and see what unfolds for you.
Introduction
The first three episodes of Don’t Trip on Your Cape are all about getting to know us. In Episode 1, we share how the podcast came to life and what we hope to create through it. In Episode 2, Leslie interviews Alex so listeners can hear more of their story, their heart, and the mission behind their life. And in Episode 3, Alex interviews Leslie so you can meet the wisdom, grounding, and magic she brings to everything she does. These episodes set the foundation for the journey we’re all taking together.
Episode 1: The Moment Everything Changes
Every journey has a point of no return, the moment when life stops letting you pretend. In this opening episode, Leslie and Alex share the experiences that cracked them open and set this entire podcast in motion. It is honest, raw, and grounding. You will hear how the heaviest moments often reveal the strengths you never knew you had.
Episode 2: The Truth Under the Ashes
Leslie sits down with Alex for a conversation that pulls back every layer of who they have become. There are stories of heartbreak, identity, and the fire that reshapes a life. Alex opens up about loss, reclamation, and the quiet courage required to rebuild from nothing but ash. It is vulnerable, powerful, and a reminder that truth often rises only after everything else falls away.
Episode 3: The Power That Pulls You Forward
This time, Alex turns the questions on Leslie. Together, they explore the defining moments that pushed her into purpose, leadership, and alignment. This episode reveals the internal shifts, the initiations, and the choices that shaped her work and her life. It is a deep look at what it means to outgrow old versions of yourself and step into the life calling you.
Foundation
These next four episodes are the foundation we’re building on together. They dive into the things that matter most to us, the beliefs, practices, and perspectives that continue to guide how we show up in the world, for ourselves and for others. We’ll be talking openly about mindset, self-trust, growth, and what it really means to live with intention in a world that often pulls us in the opposite direction. Our hope is that these conversations help you reconnect with what matters to you, wear your cape with a little more confidence, and maybe even feel bold enough to fly a little higher as you continue on your own journey.
Episode 4: The Inner World Revealed
Leslie and Alex introduce listeners to two transformative tools that change the way people understand themselves: mushrooms and human design. They break down the science, the purpose, the myths, and the real benefits of both paths. This episode gives you a grounded way to explore your inner landscape and understand the systems guiding your growth.
Episode 5: Beyond the Basics: The Architecture of Your Energy
In this deeper dive into human design, Leslie and Alex go far beyond the surface. They explore the origin story, the centers, the archetypes, and the energetic mechanics that shape how you move through life. Expect clarity, perspective, and practical guidance. This is where the pieces of your inner blueprint start to come alive.
Episode 6:
The Mycelial Path Within
In this episode, Leslie and Alex take a deeper dive into the world of mushrooms, not just as medicine, but as teachers. Alex shares how growing mushrooms became a personal initiation, rooted in patience, curiosity, and deep listening. Together, they explore different strains and species, the subtle differences in their energies, and the way mushrooms meet each person where they are. This conversation weaves science, lived experience, and reverence for the intelligence of the mycelium. It is an invitation to understand mushrooms not as an escape, but as a relationship, one that helps you reconnect with yourself and the world around you.
Episode 7:
When Life Clicks Into Place
Alignment is not a destination, it is a felt sense. In this episode, Leslie and Alex explore what alignment actually looks like in real life, beyond the buzzword. They talk about the moments when things stop forcing and start flowing, the internal signals that tell you something is right, and the courage it takes to listen when your life begins asking for change. This conversation brings together intuition, lived experience, and practical awareness to help you recognize alignment not as perfection, but as honesty. It is an invitation to notice where your life is already in sync, and where it may be asking you to realign.
JANUARY 2026
During January, we will be exploring the theme of strength, and what it truly means when we slow down enough to feel it. Throughout the month, we invite you into conversations that challenge the idea that strength is about pushing, enduring, or surviving at all costs. Instead, we explore strength as presence, discernment, self compassion, and the courage to choose alignment over obligation. These episodes are an invitation to listen inward, honor your nervous system, and recognize that real strength may not be what carried you through your hardest seasons, but what now allows you to soften, realign, and live with intention.
Episode 8:
The Shape of Strength
To open Strength Month, Leslie and Alex begin by reflecting on what strength has meant in their own lives and how that understanding has evolved over time. Together, they explore the difference between surviving and truly living, and how pain, misalignment, and struggle can become teachers rather than definitions.
Moving through nervous system awareness, human design, and lived experience, this conversation reframes strength as discernment, self compassion, and the courage to choose differently, one step at a time. This episode is an invitation to pause, listen inward, and consider that strength may not be what carried you through your hardest moments, but what now allows you to soften, realign, and choose joy.
Episode 9:
Strength After Survival
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 over self destruction.
Now deeply engaged in spiritual and integration work, Emily reflects on forgiveness, accountability, and learning to meet herself with compassion. This episode is a powerful reminder that true strength is not about fighting or enduring more, but about choosing softness, rest, and peace as an act of self trust.