The Human OS

Somewhere along the way, most of us learned which parts of ourselves were safe to show, and which needed to disappear to stay accepted, or to survive. This episode breaks down two things that look like opposite personality traits, shrinking into nothing and oversharing to anyone who'll listen - and makes the case that they're actually the same wound wearing two different masks.
I get into what that looked like in my own life, including in front of my tr^fficker, why my body stopped being able to feel anything for two years, and what actually helped me tell the difference between an edit that protects me and one that's just old wiring. If this hits home, the 90-minute Own The Room Masterclass goes live September 22nd at www.storrymusic.com/own-the-room, where I teach the method for catching yourself in real time.

Join 'Own The Room' Masterclass: www.storrymusic.com Backstage before my Voice UK audition, I did everything you're "supposed" to do to calm down... but my knees still shook. Turns out that's not a failure, it's what actually separates performers who look calm from ones who are calm. This episode breaks down three states people mistake for confidence: suppression, performance, and regulation. They look identical from the outside. Only one is sustainable, and I learned the other two the hard way, long before I ever had a stage. 

What if the thing costing you the most time, money and energy is happening inside your own nervous system?
In this deeply personal episode, STORRY shares how Vipassana meditation changed her physical health, stress levels, energy, sexuality, relationship with trauma...and ultimately, her appetite for life. From chronic pain and recurring illness to forgiveness, acceptance and feeling fully alive again, this is her honest testimony about the single best thing she has ever done for herself... that's also completely free. :-) 

A near-death moment. Buried memories. Music as medicine. And the long journey back to the body. In this episode of The Human OS, STORRY sits down with TIHANE for a conversation about trauma, dissociative amnesia, creativity, nervous system healing, storytelling, and what it means to live from your authentic truth. TIHANE shares how memories began resurfacing after a near-death experience, why the body remembers what the mind forgets, and how music became one of the first places she felt safe enough to come home to herself. Because healing and creativity are not separate things.

Meet my FIRST EVER guest on The Human OS, Joyce Perrin: a retired hospital CEO who started solo traveling at 56, climbed Kilimanjaro at 65, cofounded a hospice in Panama, gave her first TEDx talk, visited 187 countries, and went back to school at 80 to become a better writer. Her secret? Curiosity, a twinkle in her eye, and the belief that reinvention doesn’t expire.
If you need a nudge to stop saying "it’s too late," Joyce’s story is your reminder to smile, say hello, stay curious, and keep showing up for life.... no matter your age.

What if the problem isn’t your discipline but the fact that you’re trying to use discipline to solve a capacity issue?
In this episode, STORRY explores the difference between consistency and self-abandonment. While navigating fertility injections, hormone shifts, creative pressure, and the demands of building a purpose-driven business, she asks a question every ambitious person eventually has to face: when does showing up become forcing?
This episode introduces a simple Human OS upgrade...
If you’re tired of the guilt cycle, perfectionism, burnout, or feeling like you’re always behind, this episode is a reminder that sustainable consistency is not about proving you can suffer. It’s about building something you can keep returning to.

We call billionaires powerful. Presidents powerful. Predators powerful. People with money, status, control, platforms, silence, lawyers, and fear around them.
But what if a lot of what we call power is actually extraction based on fear and scarcity? 
In this episode, STORRY breaks down the difference between real power and domination, why abuse and control are often mistaken for strength, and how true power does not shrink people.
This is about redefining power from the inside out. Because real power does not extract. It generates.

A lot of people are self-aware and can explain their trauma beautifully. And yet they are still stuck.
In this episode, STORRY breaks down why understanding is not the same as transformation, how survival mode edits what you see and hear, and why you can name the wound and still keep living from it.
This is about the gap between insight and change - and what it actually takes to stop rehearsing pain and start changing the pattern.

Most people don’t become destructive overnight. It happens slowly… through the need to feel loved, chosen... enough.
In this episode, I break down my claymation film “Up” and the real-life experience behind it - exploring how low self-worth, codependency, and consumerism can turn love into something destructive.
What starts as care becomes over-giving. What starts as ambition becomes insatiable consumption. And what looks like “power” is often just someone trying to fill a void.
If you’ve ever stayed too long, over-given, or felt like you had to prove your worth - this episode will hit.

During the first year of COVID my hands were so cracked and swollen I literally couldn’t open them. I tried doctors, creams, and the usual treatments for eczema, but the flare-ups kept coming back.
Everything started to shift when I committed to an intense eight-week fruit cleanse and began paying closer attention to what my body was trying to tell me.
In this episode, I share a raw and honest account of living with severe hand eczema, chasing root causes, and exploring how stress, the nervous system, and lifestyle choices can show up in our skin. I talk about the small practices that helped me recalibrate and what I learned through the process of healing.
If you’ve ever dealt with eczema flare-ups, cracked or inflamed skin, dermatitis, or chronic hand eczema, this conversation is for you.
Topics covered in this episode:• What severe hand eczema felt like when my hands were splitting open  • The treatments and creams I tried (and why they didn’t fully help)  • My experience doing an eight-week fruit cleanse  • The connection between stress, the nervous system, and skin inflammation  
If you’ve ever felt betrayed by your body, you’re not alone. Come sit with me for a few minutes.
Keywords: eczema, hand eczema, severe eczema, eczema healing journey, eczema flare ups, cracked skin eczema, dermatitis, skin inflammation, nervous system and skin health.