In this episode of TomCast, Tom sits down with Lindsey Woods: speech-language pathologist, small business owner, and Mrs. Arkansas competitor, for a wide-open conversation about growing up in Redfield, AR, moving to Alaska at 22, surviving SA, hitting a mental breaking point in 2018, and rebuilding her life through therapy, community, and journaling. Lindsey's platform, "The Right to Write," makes the case that writing is one of the most underused tools in mental health recovery. Raw, real, and surprisingly funny.

Topics covered: • Growing up in small-town Arkansas and choosing Alaska over Las Vegas • Teaching in Alaska and deciding to pivot to speech therapy • The Alaska Permanent Fund dividend (yes, the state pays you to live there) • Marriage, motherhood, and moving back home • Surviving SA and carrying trauma silently • The 2018 mental ...