I’m THRILLED to share my conversation with bestselling author, Deanna Raybourn about the foundation of her success as an author, what inspires her amazing female characters, her latest book release, as well as some of her own favorite reads.
I’ve been a fan of Deanna’s books after I read THE DEAD TRAVEL FAST back in 2010 and have loved every one I’ve read since. I wanted to have her on the podcast to talk about her inspiration for her unique yet AWEd female characters as well as learn more about where her own strength comes from.
She was as wonderful as I expected and more and hope you take a moment to listen to what goes into creating her stories as well as the strength behind her own life story.
I’m giving away a copy of her latest novel, A Grave Robbery as well as her first book in the Veronica Speedwell series. Just comment here, on this episode specific IG or FB post and you’re entered to win!
Today, I'm talking about letting the tears flow, the anger rise, the heart overflow, the hope float, and all the emotions in between.
I'm fully owning all the feelings because I've stuffed them away for far too long. I believe long-term suppression leads to anguish and rage, along with a whole host of physical repercussions and I, personally, am sick of it. I'm done with it in my own life and I'm really done with it out in society.
Join me for a conversation about feelings, emotions, and why we need to let it all out. I also share a few of my favorite ways I process my emotions that are healthy that also allow me to learn more about who I am along the way.
This episode has been a long time coming because I can think of no one better to talk about the essentialism of friendship in living an AWEd Life than Nina Badzin.
Nina hosts her own podcast called Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship which is clearly devoted solely to this topic!
I came clean about my own struggles with making connections in midlife as well as wondering when it is time to let go or keep pursuing current friendships.
I hope you find something in this conversation to help you navigate your own friendships and if you don’t hear it covered in this episode, there are 90+ others to go check out on Nina’s podcast when you’re done listening!
This one was a tough one to talk about but there was a lesson I recently learned that I felt was too important to NOT talk about, especially given the time of year. This has been an incredibly heartbreaking part of my life for the past six years, that is until I had an a-ha after a conversation with an estranged friend that allowed me to look at things differently.
I’ve found peace within myself again and while I still don’t love this part of my life or even talking about it, I had such a revelation about what I was still feeling that I knew it may be helpful for you, too.
Truly, I share all of this, not to bring up old hurts or to make myself look like the only wounded person in this, but to highlight the lesson and give you a new way to look at your own breakups, whether they are relationships, family members, or friendships. It’s given me so much peace and I no longer continually grieve over it.
I LOVED this conversation!! Dr. Brooke Scheller has such an unique approach to helping others on their sober journey…their nutrition! As simple and common sensical as this sounds, no one has been talking about it…until now.
In today’s chat, we talk about her own journey into sobriety, how different body systems are impacted by alcohol, and how a nutritional and functional medicine approach can change your relationship with alcohol through what she calls functional sobriety.
If you’ve ever been curious about traveling down the sober road yourself, this is a must listen to help you get started.
In today’s episode, I’m sharing some of my recent travels to Austin and what connections I made between some events at my son’s baseball game and the recent Super Bowl win by the Kansas City Chiefs. I also share why I think it’s important to show up for the important people in our lives.
Fifty episodes! We made it to the 11%, folks! (According to Poddster, only 11% of podcasts make it to 50 episodes.)
It’s time to celebrate for a second then get into the business of talking about something “easy” (which may not be for some folks) to grow your empowerment muscle. In my opinion, this is one that if you don’t use it, you lose it. And I canNOT imagine not feeling empowered as I get older.
Join me for a conversation after this conversation if you want over on Patreon, on Instagram, or Facebook. Let me know what you do in your life that helps you feel empowered.
In this episode, I’m sharing some things from our holiday break, family vacation to Cabo San Lucas, and some things I’m working on in 2024.
I’m sharing some stories from the trip, an unexpected “gift” from an old friend, and I get a little vulnerable on what areas on want to work on in 2024. Maybe you can relate.
Join me over on Instagram or Facebook with any comments after listening or watching! I’d love to hear what you’re working on in 2024 so I can support you every step of the way.
My next guest is no stranger to doing hard things but getting off antidepressants after 15 years may be one of the hardest.
In this episode, we discuss her introduction to them, life on them, and then what finally made her decide to try life without them. I recently read her book, May Cause Side Effects (May 2022) and could not put it down. It was so well written and her story was riveting.
I don’t think you have to be on antidepressants (I’m not) to appreciate or empathize with her journey and I highly recommend giving her memoir a read, right after you finish listening to the podcast ;)
I’m giving away a copy of the book to a lucky listener so head over to Instagram to this episode’s post to learn how to enter.
I’m taking the next month off from the podcast to count my blessings, reflect on the past year (both personally and professionally), as well as set a vision for the months ahead.
In this episode, I share why I’m starting this back up after not doing it for the past couple of years. Doing this kind of reflection and intention-setting work will help kick off my 2024 in a way that feels…well, just good. Like I’ve got my stuff together and I’m in alignment: mind, body and spirit. Who doesn’t want that?!
I’m also sharing a couple of words that are driving my actions this next year and I hope it encourages you to take some time to reflect on your 2023 and to make your 2024 amazing!
I’ve compiled my favorite books and shows that helped me feel more awake, well, and empowered this year. I”m sharing some non-fiction and fiction books both as well as documentaries and TV series that had my heart and mind turned all the way up.
I love reading more than anything and while I’m falling a little short of my goal of 50 books this year, I’m determined to do more of it in 2024.
I’d love to hear what were your favorite books/TV shows this year! Leave them in the comments below or head over to The AWEd Life IG account or FB page and leave your faves in the comments of this episode’s specific post.
In today’s episode, I”m sharing my path into the Woo and why I have loved every step. My spiritual health has never been stronger and I fully attribute it to the soul work I’ve done.
I think this is an area that gets the most flack for being fringe, weird, BS, snake oil, etc. but usually comes from those who haven’t explored it. Like I say at the end of this episode, don’t knock it until you try it. You just might love what you learn and how you see yourself, and the world, in a whole new way!
My guest today is no stranger to the negative self-talk we have all found ourselves doing at some point in our lives. We pick apart the way we look, the way we did or didn’t do something, how we do our jobs…the list is endless of all the thing we can speak negatively to ourselves about.
Katie Horwitch is the founder of the WANT: Woman Against Negative Talk, a multimedia platform to give women tools, tips, motivation, and inspiration to shift negative-self talk to positive + proactive. She’s also the host of the WANTcast: Women Against Negative Talk podcast, a mindset coach, public speaker, fitness instructor, writer, and now published author.
Join the conversation to learn more about her, where WANT started and what her debut book, Want Your Self, is all about.
I’m sharing a part of my life that has always been a source of pain and has taken up way too much of my energy. And I’m ready to be done.
It all came to the surface recently as I thought about some things I’d reading in the book, Want Your Self by upcoming podcast guest, author Katie Horwitch) and after going to a group yoga class. I knew I’d been spending so much mental energy on this but I think I’ve finally hit my breaking point with it.
Take a listen to what I’m letting go of once and for all. I’m ready to start WANTing myself. Maybe you are, too.
Avarie’s back on the podcast! This time we talk about what the last year has done for her personally and professionally and why even though it was one of the toughest years of her life has also been her best.
Avarie is currently a sports reporter and social media strategist for Hurrdat Sports/Media in Omaha, Nebraska where she covers Husker football, a variety of Omaha sports like hockey and basketball, College World Series baseball, and soon to be the first pro-volleyball team in Nebraska, the Omaha Supernovas.
I’m constantly amazed at all that she’s done in her short 24 years of life but I have a feeling this is just the beginning for her. I can’t wait for you to listen to our conversation and if you are wanting a bit more, head over to my YouTube channel to watch the conversation.
Today I’m sharing my recent experience with my blood test results I received for my most recent bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. I share where I started on this road and where I ended up, which was very different from the advice I had been getting from the practitioners I was seeing.
I share my concerning rise in blood glucose levels over the recent years and why a keto-centric diet was never the answer. At least for me.
What I also have come to realize is that the blood work never lies.
From swimming competitively at a young age, to battling an autoimmune disease, and moving to a new city with a big dream in her heart, my guest, Sydney has already accomplished so much at such a young age.
Sydney is currently an MLB and NFL photographer and she's only 24 years old!
In this episode, she shares her story of how she got into photography in the first place, how her illness landed her at the college she was truly meant to be, and how her friends helped launch her into a career she had never dreamed of for herself.
AND we talk about the day Taylor Swift came to town (the first time in Chiefs red) and how Sydney ended up up close and sort of personal. ;)
Her story will inspire you to say yes to more things and to follow what lights you up inside because you never know where it may lead!
Hi, how are you…really? Jenna Kutcher even wrote a book with that as the title and it just might be time to pick that one up.
Because I’m not well. I’m overwhelmed, overburdened, overstressed, and feel like I’m going to implode with all the emotions from the past couple of weeks. Hell, the past couple of years.
I’m not well because I’m a mom with 24 of being overburdened under her yoga pant waist band; I’m a woman in menopause with a overdue dose of bio-identical hormones, and I’m competely overwhelmed by the onslaught of news, none of it very good.
And I’m here today to tell you you’re not alone in how you’re feeling because I’m feeling it, too. I’ve got a few things I’m implementing in order to get myself to a healthier state than I’m in right now and they may inspire you to try a few things as well.
We’re all in this together so when some of us aren’t well, we all suffer. It’s how being human works. Moms get this because we all know that we are only as happy as our most unhappy child. And right now, it seems the world is unhappy.
So many of us are at our limit and it’s time to talk about it. Join me for an important conversation.
My guest, Laura Munson, has carved out a life for herself in Montana but she happily shares it with dozens of writing retreat attendees each year.
Laura is a bestselling author and novelist as well as essayist, having one of them gone viral in the Modern Love column of the New York Times, which she still receives emails about to this day!
She is the definition of an AWEd woman. She's awake to the beauty and wonder of nature all around her; she lives well surrounded by family and friends where she belongs to no one but herself, and she’s empowered as someone who found a solution to a problem which is still providing for her in so many ways years later.
I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did and maybe you’ll see yourself at one of her writing retreats someday!
In today's episode, I bring up an experience that will let you know who your friends are and what you want friendships to look like in the latter years of life.
It's just the beginning of many episodes on this topic of friendships and would love to know your thoughts in the comments if you think about the same things I share in this episode.
