Pulling Threads, Weaving Authenticity
Pulling Threads is a podcast for women navigating life, career, past and current trauma, breakups and divorce, motherhood, reinvention, and the brave work of becoming who they’re meant to be. Hosted by therapist, coach, and former attorney, Leslie Mathews, JD, MSW, this show blends trauma-informed guidance, nervous system education, and meaningful conversations about the patterns that shape our relationships, identity, and purpose.
Each episode explores the complicated places where life asks us to grow. Many guests share stories of reinvention, entrepreneurship, career pivots, and stepping into authenticity, offering inspiration and wisdom for women.
Through expert interviews, personal storytelling, and mindfulness tools, Pulling Threads supports women who are healing, expanding, and creating aligned lives and businesses. It’s a space for those navigating toxic dynamics, strengthening emotional regulation, or following the pull toward something more authentic and more fulfilling.
Embracing Transformation A Journey from Inner Work to Outer Results
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Healing Journey
The Future of Therapy: AI, Coaching, and Human Connectionm
Separation and Divorce Struggles, Holidays Away From Kids
Finding Yourself in an Unfulfilling Marriage: Should You Stay or Go?
Empowering Women in Toxic Workplaces: A Conversation with Mary Eldridge
Food as Medicine How What We Eat Shapes Our Mind, Mood, and Health
Rebuilding Self Trust & Finding Your Voice After Toxic Relationships & Narcissistic Abuse
Reclaiming Sleep Professional Guidance from Therapist and Coach Melissa Good
Empowering Parents Sobriety and Blended Family Strategies
Intuitive Eating Breaking Free from Diet Culture with Ellina Creary
Why Women Stay Trauma, Shame, Hope
Neuroplasticity & New Beginnings Finding Healing Through Golf
Rewriting Our Stories of Beauty
Navigating Beauty: The New Era of Medical Asthetics with Lisa Hahn
Meeting Emotional and Sexual Needs After Breakups
Heartbreak to Healing After Breakups
Understanding Deception The Intent, Impact, and Healing
Ep 14 Protecting Our Growth as We Let Go of Our Old Narratives, Even When Others Cannot
E13: Mindful Organization: Merging Business and Balance with Kirsten Fisher
Ep 12 Self-Preservation: What once protected us, now holds us back
Ep 11: Beauty, Bravery, and Entrepreneurship with Chelsea Larkins
Ep 10: The Journey from Law to Light—Rebecca’s Path to Energy Coaching + AI Alchemy
E 9: Embracing Love: Letting Go of Control and Finding Freedom
Ep 8: Embracing Grief and Healing in Divorce
Ep 7: The Manipulation Vortex Explained. Love Bombing, Gaslighting, etc.
Ep 6: Trauma Anniversaries
Ep 5: Dating in 2025
Ep 4: Introductions
Ep 3: Navigating the Mixed Feelings: When Dread and Excitement Co-Exist