Healing, Masculinity & The Stories We Tell Ourselves

In this powerful episode of InnerViews, Ivory Bennett sits down with author, musician, and creative visionary Qpidluv for a deeply honest conversation about foster care, masculinity, identity, and healing through storytelling. From entering foster care as an infant to creating The Safe Home Chronicles and the Forever Home Project, Qpidluv reflects on survival, imagination, and the search for belonging. Together, Ivory and Qpidluv explore what home really means—and how creativity can become both refuge and reclamation.

Guest Bio: 

Qpidluv is an author, musician, and multidisciplinary creative from St. Louis whose work explores identity, resilience, healing, and belonging. Drawing from lived experience in foster care, Qpidluv created The Safe Home Chronicles and the Forever Home Project—creative works centered on representation, healing, and reimagining what home can be for those from disrupted beginnings. Through storytelling, music, and advocacy, Qpidluv transforms lived pain into purposeful art.