Halfway to Whole: A Reading
In this episode, I’m reading from Chapter 1 of Halfway to Whole—a book stitched together from the middle spaces. The in-betweens. The not-quite-broken but not-yet-healed.
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May 30, 2025
In this episode, I’m reading from Chapter 1 of Halfway to Whole—a book stitched together from the middle spaces. The in-betweens. The not-quite-broken but not-yet-healed.
Listen →The show is part reading, part ramble—essays, letters, and unsent thoughts spoken aloud. Some episodes are stitched together from fragments of old notebooks. Others are reflections I didn’t know I needed to say until I heard them in my own voice. It’s a place for soft truths, slow questions, and the kind of quiet that lingers long after the episode ends.
Ivy Writerly
I write to name what doesn’t leave quietly. On the podcast, I speak the way I write—softly, but with weight. I bring the pages I’ve marked up, the essays I never published, and the questions I’m still circling. This isn’t performance. It’s presence. If you’ve ever underlined a sentence and whispered yes to no one, you’ll feel at home here.
Sarah Sample
Sarah is a singer-songwriter with a voice that aches in all the right places. She brings the music between the words—the pauses, the breath, the feeling that lingers long after the note is gone. On the show, she shares songs, stories, and moments of stillness that make room for meaning. She’s not here to fill the silence. She’s here to make it sing.