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Amanda is joined by an author of Breakthrough, Stefy Covelli to chat about her breakdown and then her breakthrough.

Included in this episode:

• How Stefy's career held so much value to her and how it filled her with a sense of fulfillment.
• The struggles that she experienced going through the loss of her career because of a workplace injury.
• Stefy having to relearn who she is after her injury.

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Amanda is joined by Cierra Bailey who is a mother and a powerhouse in the mental healthy advocacy world to chat about grief, growth and grace in our motherhood journeys.

Included in this episode:

• How powerful lived experiences are in the motherhood space.
• Motherhood and identity, how COVID times changed us as humans but also as parents.
• The grief in motherhood, the beauty of it but also how normal it is to feel this "up and down" feeling in motherhood

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Amanda is joined by one of the authors inside her new co-author project, Breakthrough to chat about what her breakthrough was and why she decided to write about it.

Included in this episode:

• How Jenn woke up one day and started to ask herself "Who am I" and came to realize she is more than her labels, but did not know who that person was.
• The steps she has taken to start learning more about herself
• Motherhood - How being a single mother and caring for her son played a role in her losing herself.

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Amanda is joined by Crystal Shadwell to have a real talk about what marriage is like after kids and even in the thick of parenting school-aged children.

Included in this episode:

• How do Amanda and Crystal feel about what they see online vs what is really happening behind closed doors.
• How does our relationship become the last thing on our lists? What does "making it work" look like for both Amanda and Crystal.
• Being in survival mode, COVID pandemic - how did these things affect our relationships?
• Relearning who we are as individuals but also as a couple now that we have children and so many priorities on each of us.
• Can we outgrow our spouse? Our fears surrounding this.
• Resentment towards our spouses, how it builds, the mental load that we carry.
• The issue ALL of us are thinking about.... sex. Who's having it? How many times a week?
• How do we prioritize date nights?

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Amanda is joined by Amanda Otterman who is a nurse who specializes in Menopause and hormone health to chat about all things Perimenopause.

Included in this episode:

• What is the age range for perimenopause?
• What to do if you are being brushed off by your MD?
• Long term health problems that can come from hormone issues
• Mental Health and hormones
• How can we pay attention to our cycles and prioritize ourselves during each phase?
• Why your coffee MAY be adding to the stress in your body

Some resources:

The New Menopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, and Kristin Myers
•A fresh look at menopause, integrating the latest scientific research on hormones, nutrition, and fitness to help women thrive during and after this transition.
You Are Not Broken: Stop “Should-ing” All Over Your Sex Life by Dr. Kelly Casperson
•A candid exploration of sexual health during menopause, offering advice on reclaiming intimacy and body confidence in midlife and beyond.

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Amanda is joined by Aaron Bailey who is a ADHD coach that works with both adults and kids to chat about ADHD.

Included in this episode:

• How Aaron taught himself that his ADHD symptoms are not a character flaw and how to work through this.
• The unknown sides of ADHD
• Parenting and ADHD - How our children trigger us, and how they act as a mirror to us.
• How dysregulation affects us as parents and how learning about dysregulation can help us when it comes to parenting our children.
• How an ADHD diagnosis can help us understand ourselves/our children.
• Highlighting the strengths of ADHD

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Amanda is joined by Elisha Zavier who is a Pelvic Floor Fitness Coach and she is here to help Amanda break down some pelvic floor myths and empower women to take charge of their bodies.

Included in this episode:

• Why we need to prioritize pelvic floor health
• Why it is NOT normal to pee yourself after children
• Girl math when it comes to urinary incontience
• The mental load of incontenience
• Anatomy 101 Why Pelvic Floor is SO important and the impact it has on our entire system
• Just in case peeing - why can it be harmful
• Womens health - why we need to stop putting bandaids on women and actually fix the problem.
• Ways we can strengthen our Pelvic Floor

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Amanda and Katie are back and they are filling everyone in on what they are currently watching and reading to prepare you for hibernation mode aka Winter.

Included in this episode:

• Our thoughts on "No body wants this" - Adam Brody went from awkward Jewish boy on the OC to the Hot Rabi.
• Secret Lives of Mormon Wives - if you have not watched, you need to.
• Dirty Soda - Amanda tries it for the first time.
• Dr. Odyssey - Katies new fave
• Tell me Lies - Amandas new fave
• Book Recommendations - what are we reading?!

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