Begin Again is back. And Winston Faircloth isn’t the same person who recorded that last episode.

After a season away — five years of honest reckoning, spiritual formation, and the slow daily writing of nearly 1,000 poems — Winston returns with a relaunch that is less a resumption and more a homecoming.

This episode is his most personal yet: the story of what broke at 59, what the silence held, and what he found on the other side of it.

Episode One opens with a poem from Winston’s My Reflections archive — Tour Day 984: Home — and closes with a second: Tour Day 773: Begin.

In between, Winston shares what he has never said quite this directly before.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Why Winston is back — and what changed in the years between seasons

• The identity that collapsed at 59, and what it cost to lose it

• The Loyal Soldier: the part of you that protected you, and now stands guard at a door you need to walk through

• What a ceremonial discharge actually looked like — a speech written for no audience, then read aloud to the people he loves most

• What Begin Again, Season Two is: a companion to the Remember, Recognize, Release, and Reunion journey of My Reunion Tour

• Who this season is for — and the question at the heart of it all

• Two poems: Tour Day 984: Home (opening) and Tour Day 773: Begin (closing)

FEATURED POEMS

Tour Day 984: Home — Opening poem

The poem that opens the episode and the season. Seven stanzas tracing the arc from restlessness and hollow pursuit to the quiet turn toward what truly matters. Written on Day 984 of Winston’s daily writing practice.

Tour Day 773: Begin — Closing poem

The closing poem and the season’s recurring benediction. Four stanzas that arrive at a single word, set alone on its own line: Begin. Written on Day 773.

Both poems are from Winston’s My Reflections archive — nearly 1,000 daily poems written alongside personal photos, chronicling a transformation he didn’t choose but came to receive. Read them at https://myreuniontour.com/my-reflections.

A CLOSING WORD FROM THIS EPISODE

Today in this moment

With Trust and Surrender

We decide to Follow

In a first step of Faith.

This is how we

Begin.
— Tour Day 773

RESOURCES & LINKS

• My Reunion Tour program (forming fall 2026) → https://myreuniontour.com/the-journey
• Schedule a conversation with Winston → book a call with Winston
• My Reflections (poems + photos) → https://myreuniontour.com/my-reflections
• Subscribe to Begin Again → Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Your favorite podcast app

IF THIS EPISODE RESONATED
If something in today’s episode landed for you — if you’ve been carrying an identity that no longer fits, or feeling a restlessness you can’t quite name — visit myreuniontour.com. Schedule a conversation. Or simply share this episode with someone you love who might be standing at the same threshold. You’re right where you’re supposed to be.

ABOUT WINSTON FAIRCLOTH
Winston Faircloth is a spiritual director, guide, and companion for people navigating the second half of life. He is not a theorist. He is a fellow traveler who happens to have five years of unfolding to share — and nearly 1,000 poems to prove it. He works from Tampa, Florida, and online. More at myreuniontour.com.

ABOUT BEGIN AGAIN PODCAST

Begin Again is a companion to the My Reunion Tour program — a faith-based journey for people in midlife and the second half of life who sense that the identity they’ve been carrying no longer fits. Each episode moves through one of four movements of the soul: Remember. Recognize. Release. Reunion. Season One’s sixty stories of perseverance and starting over remain available in the feed. Season Two goes deeper — into the identity work itself. There is no wrong place to start.

Welcome to Begin Again. This is Episode Zero — a brief introduction to the show, to host Winston Faircloth, and to what’s waiting for you in both seasons.

It opens with a poem: “Tour Day 713. Reunion.” Sixty episodes of perseverance and starting over live in Season One.

The deeper identity journey — Remember, Recognize, Release, Reunion — lives in Season Two.

Start wherever you are. There is no wrong door. myreuniontour.com

As our final episode of Season One of the Begin Again Leadership podcast, we've saved our BEST begin again story for last.

A second chance. Three of the most beautiful, hopeful words ever spoken.

Victoria Mininger never set out to write a book, much less a book about depression. In fact, she didn’t really even aspire to be an author. Yet, after a season when overwhelm turned to darkness, Victoria dared to fight. Her second chance not only helped herself, it's now helping thousands.

Writing is hard work. A book always seemed like a daunting task. And it is. And yet, when the need outweighs the excuses, somehow a book is what you get. And WHAT a book! Daring to Fight: When Grit, Grace & Faith Take Depression Head-On is now available on Victoria's website and on Amazon.

I LOVE this book so much that I've already given away copies to friends who need a word of inspiration during a very challenging time.

Victoria is a wife, mom of four, Owner, CEO and Integrator of Bear Creek Outdoor Living ( a Residential Construction Firm), Writer, Author, Speaker, hands in the dirt gardner & farm girl. And a great friend from a faith and business Mastermind we've been part of for several years.

Links from the Show
Bear Creek Outdoor Living (company website)
Daring to Fight: When Grit, Grace and Determination Take Depression Head On (Amazon)
Daring to Fight book trailer (YouTube)
VictoriaMininger. com (speaker website)