The Phoenix Table
by Sam Anderson
Latest episode
Coffee Break: When Productivity Becomes a Vice
Coffee Break: When Productivity Becomes a Vice
About this podcast
Welcome to The Phoenix Table—a podcast for anyone rising through the messy middle.
Hosted by entrepreneur, parent, and storyteller Sam Anderson, this show is where the real stories get told unfiltered, unpolished, and unapologetically powerful.
Whether you're navigating burnout, grief, mental health, caregiving, or the quiet ache of rebuilding your life, you're not alone.
Through soul-deep conversations, raw solo episodes, and stories of survival and rebirth, The Phoenix Table invites you to pull up a chair and exhale. We’re exploring the concepts of grit, grief and growth.
This is not a space for toxic positivity or surface-level advice. It’s for the people who’ve been through it, are still in it, and are determined to rise anyway.
You’ll hear from guests who’ve lost everything and started over, who’ve cared through crises, loved through darkness, and dared to dream again. And you’ll hear from Sam—honestly, vulnerably, fiercely—as they share their path from ashes to alignment.
If you're ready to feel seen and be inspired, we invite you to pull up a chair.
🔥 New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe and let's rise better together.
Episodes
- Coffee Break: When Productivity Becomes a Vice · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 17Send us Fan Mail In this season finale of The Phoenix Table, Sam opens up about a struggle many high achievers face: using productivity as a vice. As year-end pressure builds…
- What Chronic Illness Taught Yasmine De Aranda About Family, Gratitude, and True Success · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 16Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Phoenix Table, we sit down with Yasmine De Aranda, who turned a season of heartbreak and uncertainty into a profound journey of love…
- How Michele Hecken Built a Business That Runs Without Her · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 15Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Phoenix Table, we sit down with Michele Hecken, a serial entrepreneur, speaker, and author who built her first business from scratch while…
- Coffee Break: How to Heal Together Without Losing Yourself · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 14Send us Fan Mail In this solo episode of The Phoenix Table, Sam opens up about what it really means to love someone through their healing — and how to stay whole while doing it…
- How a 2,500-Mile Bike Ride Helped Travis Scott Heal and Redefine Strength · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 13Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Phoenix Table, we sit down with Travis Scott, who transformed a period of intense depression and grief into an extraordinary 2,500-mile…
- Rising After the Fall: Nicole Donnelly on Losing Everything and Rebuilding with Purpose · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 12Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Phoenix Table, Nicole Donnelly shares her journey as an entrepreneur, detailing the rise and challenges of her company Baby Legs, the…
- Coffee Break: A Call to Quiet Bravery · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 11Send us Fan Mail In this mini episode, the first in a mini-series called “Coffee Breaks,” Sam reflects on what it really means to be brave, not in the loud, world-shifting…
- From Business Collapse to Personal Clarity: Todd Palmer on Resilience and Redefining Failure · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 10Send us Fan Mail In this raw and eye-opening episode of The Phoenix Table, Todd Palmer shares how losing his father at just five years old shaped his beliefs about success…
- I’m Not Okay: Part 2 — Carrying the Backpack of Grief · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 9Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of I’m Not Okay, Sam shares the next chapter of her journey following a traumatic family event. What does it really look like to heal after everything…
- From CEO to Caregiver: A Daughter’s Journey Through Alzheimer’s with Sarah Medilo · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 8Send us Fan Mail In this raw and heartfelt episode of The Phoenix Table, Sarah shares her journey of shifting from the CEO of a top HubSpot agency in the Philippines to becoming…
- Parental Alcoholism and Family Estrangement: Trygve Olsen’s Story of Healing and Hope · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail In this raw and deeply moving episode of The Phoenix Table, Trygve Olsen opens up about his painful decision to become estranged from his parents after years of…
- "I'm Not Okay": Loving Someone Through Depression · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail This week’s episode of The Phoenix Table is one of my rawest yet. Just two weeks ago, my husband’s depression reached a breaking point, and for the first time I…
- The Invisible Battle of Cancer: Endurance, Healing, and Choosing Joy with Meg Duffy · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Phoenix Table, Sam Anderson sits down with Meg Duffy, a Principal Professor at HubSpot Academy, who shares her powerful journey from…
- Burnout to Abundance: The No-Nonsense Path to Success and Joy with Dr Kristin Kahle · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail What happens when success on paper doesn’t feel like success in life? In this episode of The Phoenix Table, Sam sits down with Dr. Kristen Kale — entrepreneur…
- Stop Shoulding On Yourself! · 17 minSend us Fan Mail In this episode of The Phoenix Table, we dive deep into the quiet pressures we place on ourselves—the "shoulds" that stack up and quietly define our identity…
- The Real Burn Down: What I Lost and What it Gave Me · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode, Sam takes you back to the moment everything she built came crashing down — the collapse of her first business, the grief that…
- Welcome to The Phoenix Table · 5 min · Season 1 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail In this debut episode, host Sam Anderson opens the door to The Phoenix Table — a show born from fire, resilience, and the messy middle of life. Sam shares what…
- The Phoenix Table - Teaser · 1 min · Season 1 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail In this short teaser, host Sam Anderson introduces the heart behind the show: a space for raw stories from the fire—for those rising through the messy middle. If…
