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The Breakdown with Josie Balka

Author: Josie Balka

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Welcome to an emotional breakdown. Literally. Josie Balka is an author who reads poetry from inside her closet. This pod will breakdown the topics of each of her poems from life and love to friendship and nostalgia - both the good and bad sides of all of it. Let’s have a breakdown, shall we? New episodes drop on Wednesdays.
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Living with Anxiety

Living with Anxiety

2026-01-1423:39

In this episode we breakdown a poem called “anxiety is my roommate”. Touching on being a person who has anxiety everyday and the ways it manifests itself for me personally and for others. The poem is from my newest book ‘loves of our lives’ which is available everywhere now.
In this episode we breakdown a poem called “when your job is who you are”. Touching on my recent lay off from my career and all of the feelings that come along with that. The perks of not feeling like your identity is attached to your job, and the reasons we should slow down and take in even the hard parts of what we do.
In this episode we breakdown the idea of not wanting time to pass but not wanting time to stop
Platonic Soulmates

Platonic Soulmates

2024-06-1316:37

In this episode we deep dive into platonic soulmates and how important they are
In this episode we breakdown a poem called “I’m Gonna Miss You Forever”. We’ll touch on the missing people and different kinds of grief you experience throughout life
In this episode we’ll breakdown a poem called “the way that you are” - revolving around why the person you are is way more important than the way that you look. I hope you like it.
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