Episode Details

Julie Barth is a writer, mother of six, trauma survivor, and the founder of Calling James Bath House outreach. She is also the author of Notes from a Blackberry, a deeply moving memoir that explores love, loss, resilience, and what it takes to rebuild your life after everything falls apart.

Her story spans raising a child with a rare genetic condition, losing her first husband to cancer, and surviving years of emotional and financial abuse before finding her way from survivor to something stronger.

This is a conversation about resilience, truth, and what it really takes to reclaim your life.

In this powerful conversation, Julie shares:

• What she believed life and relationships would look like in her 20s

• Facing stacked responsibilities far earlier than expected

• Losing her first husband to stage 4 cancer at 33

• The emotional toll of simultaneous caregiving

• How her children and pockets of joy kept her going

• The subtle signs of emotional abuse she missed at first

• Learning to trust herself again and break the cycle

If you’re in your 20s navigating unexpected hardship, caregiving, loss, or the quiet erosion of self-trust, this episode offers hard-won strength and honesty.

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Connect with Julie Barth

Website:https://www.juliebarthauthor.net/

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Julie

1:40 - Expectations in Her 20s vs. Reality

8:15 - Early Responsibility & Finding Strength

15:30 - Losing Her First Husband to Cancer

23:10 - Caregiving for Husband & Special-Needs Child

31:45 - Never Feeling in the Right Place

40:20 - What Kept Her Going: Children & Joy

48:50 - Recognizing Emotional Abuse

57:15 - Reclaiming Self-Trust & Rebuilding