It Stays Here
Some conversations change you. This is the place to have them.
It Stays Here is a podcast hosted by Katiuscia, where intentionality meets curiosity. Each episode is an invitation to go deeper — past the surface, past the resume, and into the real story. Katiuscia sits down with fascinating people to explore the moments, viewpoints, and experiences that shaped who they are today. Because the best conversations aren't just heard — they're felt. They resonate, they linger. They make you think differently about your own path.
We grow not only through what we live, but through what others are willing to share. Here, guests open up about their careers, their passions, their turning points, and the human moments in between — and in doing so, offer something that stays with you long after the episode ends.
Pull up a chair and stay awhile. These are conversations worth having.
Episodes
20 episodes
Standing With Someone Facing Domestic Violence | Paige Dinger
Paige Dinger can tell you exactly where her calling began: in a courtroom, sitting through a verdict that changed the direction of her life. She was a high school history teacher turned stay-at-home mom at the time. Today she is the Executive D...
Independent, Not Alone: The Heart Behind a Fire Wife | Lauren Fitzpatrick
What is life really like as a firefighter wife?Lauren Fitzpatrick, wife of firefighter Darren Fitzpatrick, joins Katiuscia for an honest conversation about the side of first responder life we don't always talk about—the spouse a...
What 30 Years of Coaching Taught a Police Chief | Chief Travis Ruby
Chief Travis Ruby has spent 26 years in law enforcement and more than 30 years coaching youth soccer, and he believes leadership works the same way in both: people rise to the expectations you set for them. As Chief of Police for the City of Ea...
Small Changes, Healthier Life | Chase Tomseth
Chase Tomseth has spent 21 years as a personal trainer and a decade as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, and in that time he's learned the biggest barrier to getting fit was never the workout — it's the story we tell ourselves. In this conversa...
She Found Her Voice. She Left. She Built. | Pina Colucci
This is one of the most personal episodes — because my guest is my mother, Pina Colucci.Pina is the oldest of five, first-generation American, and grew up in a close, traditional immigrant family. She married young — and after years of a...
Trust But Verify: A Fraud Detective on the Scams Draining Our Life Savings | Brendan Kirkpatrick
Detective Brendan Kirkpatrick has spent 32 years in law enforcement — the last six investigating financial crimes for the Ada County Sheriff’s Office in Eagle, Idaho — and the scams he sees every day are more sophisticated, more emotional, and ...
The Voice That Told Her She Wasn't Enough | Nicole Cormier
Imposter syndrome followed Nicole Cormier from a grade school classroom to the boardroom — until a breakdown on a mountain highway forced her to rewrite the story she'd been telling herself since childhood.In this conversation, the Chang...
A Police Chief on Loss, Mental Health & Leading with Heart | Chief Tracy Basterrechea
Chief Tracy Basterrechea has led the Meridian Police Department for six years, with 30 years of law enforcement experience behind him. When a young officer on his team died by suicide, it changed everything about how his department approaches m...
The Sliding-Doors Decisions That Shaped a Life | Travis Jones
Every life has a sliding-doors moment — a small, almost forgettable decision that quietly becomes a career pivot. For Travis Jones, it started with growing up three miles outside a town of 170 people in rural northeastern Oregon: a graduating c...
Mortgage Lender on Farm Life, Highland Cows & Building Wealth in Idaho | Mike Campos
Mike Campos is a mortgage lender with Origin Point Mortgage — and a full-time convert to small-town Idaho farm life, still discovering the Treasure Valley right alongside Katiuscia. He and Katiuscia — both calling Star, Idaho home — pull up a c...
Why I Couldn't Lose Weight — My Thyroid, Menopause & GLP-1 Story | Karyn Stuart
Karyn Stuart spent a lot of her career running weight-loss centers for other people — a Jenny Craig region, managing various centers, working with thousands of clients — before her own body stopped playing by the rules she knew.
Crisis Negotiation, Mental Health, and Balance | Sergeant Justin Elliott
Sergeant Justin Elliott has spent almost 25 years in law enforcement with the Ada County Sheriff’s Office — and over ten years on the Ada County Crisis Negotiations Team, where he has served as team lead since 2021. He came to this career o...
Career Pivots, Relationships & Resilience | Anita Overall
Anita Overall is a Senior Global Sales Account Executive with Delta Air Lines, where she has built her career — and her life — for almost 20 years.Anita and Katiuscia talk about the career pivots and relationships that got her ...
Firefighter Paramedic on Saving Lives and Asking for Help | Darren Fitzpatrick
Darren Fitzpatrick is a firefighter paramedic with 16 years in EMS and 11 in the fire service — and in this conversation, he opens up about first responder mental health, PTSD, and what it actually takes to ask for help when your whole identity...
The Hidden Cost of Always Being in a Hurry | Carmen Goicoechea
Carmen Goicoechea didn't set out to become an expert on slowing down. She was doing the opposite — racing through projects, managing family life, and never truly stopping. Then a trusted colleague handed her a book, and everything shifted.<...
What Makes a City Keep a Small Town Feel | Mayor Trevor Chadwick
He's been in Star since 1993, has deep roots going back to Idaho's late 1800s, and carries a political legacy that runs through his family's DNA — but what drives Mayor Trevor Chadwick isn't legacy. It's people.Katiuscia sits down with M...
Community, Networking & What It Means to Belong in Boise | Brandon Tarpley
Some people just make a place feel like home. Brandon Tarpley is one of them.Katiuscia sits down with her longtime friend Brandon Tarpley — Account Manager at the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce — for a conversation that goes far deeper ...
From Combat to Consciousness — The Mission That Saved His Life | Craig McCarroll
Craig McCarroll spent 8 years as a Marine in the elite First Recon Battalion and 6+ years of high-stakes contractor work— then spent years in the dark.Infidelity during deployment. PTSD. Contractor life's hidden toll. A moment where suicide...
Authenticity, Hustle, & Building a Creative Business | Madeline Elise
What does it actually take to build a creative business that feels like you? Katiuscia sits down with Maddy — brand photographer, videographer, social media strategist, and owner of Madeline Elise Productions — for an honest co...
