Jan. 21, 2026

He Polished My Soul: When You Only Have One Quill Left with Deborah Weed

Send us a text We sit with creator Deborah Weed to explore how love, loss, and art can coexist, and why self-worth must be defined from within. Her stories of hospice dignity, cross-country wandering, and the evolution of Paisley the Musical point to a courageous path back to voice and purpose. • holding grief and joy in the same body • caregiving as dignity and soul polishing • the year of firsts and self-permission to feel • self-worth versus self-esteem and why it matters • fear as inform...

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We sit with creator Deborah Weed to explore how love, loss, and art can coexist, and why self-worth must be defined from within. Her stories of hospice dignity, cross-country wandering, and the evolution of Paisley the Musical point to a courageous path back to voice and purpose.

• holding grief and joy in the same body
• caregiving as dignity and soul polishing
• the year of firsts and self-permission to feel
• self-worth versus self-esteem and why it matters
• fear as information, not a prophecy
• Paisley the porcupine and the cost of self-erasure
• reclaiming power when only one quill remains
• parenting, special needs, and a different kind of proud
• real connection beyond social media

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Chapters

00:08 - Welcome And Framing The Conversation

02:12 - Deborah And David’s Love Story

09:47 - Transformation, Travel, And Becoming One

16:11 - Hospice, Dignity, And Sacred Presence

23:49 - Grief And The Year Of Firsts

30:12 - Helping Others And Choosing Change

36:25 - Parenting, Special Needs, And Redefining Proud

44:30 - Joy Without Betrayal And Self-Permission

50:46 - Self-Worth vs Self-Esteem

53:51 - Inside Paisley The Musical

01:01:20 - Reclaiming Power After Self-Erasure

01:09:50 - Fear, Calling, And Being Seen