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February 16, 2023Ep. 46: Women hold wisdom w/ Jessica Zweig
Burnout was so real for author and entrepreneur Jessica Zweig it manifested itself in the form of severe depression and anxiety. It cost her her happiness, her peace and nearly her business. That is, until she was able to open herself up to ask for (and receive!) help.
A trip to the other side of the world helped Jessica leave behind how she’s been programmed to think, act and be – and see the path forward.
In this episode, you'll hear how the former hustlin' boss babe shed the skin of overwhelm and stepped into a divinely feminine mode in her life and work.

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
-You’ve been wanting to take a pilgrimage to gain some perspective on your own life and happiness
-You’re having trouble in your professional life, with motivation, or with the path you’re on and you need reframing
-You want to stop making apologies for being a strong woman and are looking for ways to channel that energy

📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Lauren asking about what high-vibe emotions Jessica's been feeling lately. It initiates a soul-led conversation where Jessica describes a recent journey to Egypt and the full body experience that helped her shed her skin.
[7:47] Lauren gives Jessica a new way to look at her relationship with her husband that makes her feel less guilty talking with other women about her marriage.
[21:06] How Jess realized she was acting like a freaking VICTIM, turned it around and launched her personal branding juggernaut SimpleBe.
[33:30] Jess describes how she reached full-on physical depletion and how it manifested as depression. She shares how moving from Chicago to Nashville helped her address it.
[42:56] An unexpected moment when Lauren mentions something specific about Jessica that is so spot on – she reveals she has a tattoo of the very thing Lauren is talking about.

🔖 Chapters 🔖
3:01 - The high-vibe emotion Jessica Zweig is feeling right now
4:34 - Emotional breakdowns, depression & anxiety
5:30 - Jess details going to Egypt
7:47 - The gift of husbands
10:41 - Women are the holders of wisdom
15:32 - Womb wisdom
19:29 - The stories we tell ourselves
21:06 - Jess realized she was being a VICTIM, but she has CONTROL
24:11 - The power in intentions
28:35 - Who was Jessica Zweig 6 years ago?
33:30 - Jess reaches full and utter burnout manifesting as depression
35:14 - Jess admits she was ready to sell her business
40:14 - The fallacy in thinking taking care of yourself is a luxury
42:56 - HIGH PRIESTESS MODE
45:50 - Your power is in your NONdoing
1:02:10 - What's coming up next week

✔️ Show Notes✔️
Rea Frey episode where she addresses primal screaming [Apple | Spotify]
Article on how ketamine helps in treating depression

✔️ Connect with Jessica Zweig ✔️
On Instagram through her personal page or SimplyBe Agency
Her website
Read her book, Be. A no bullsh*t guide to increasing your self worth and net worth by simply being yourself

✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️
On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
1 hr 4 min
February 15, 2023Ep. 45: Mark the Moments (B/c it matters!) w/ Lauren Lowrey
We rarely celebrate. WHY IS THAT!?! Celebrations aren't just for birthdays and big promotions. They're for marking the moments that MATTER. For AMPstigator founder/host Lauren Lowrey, the launch of this podcast was a date worth marking.
This re-launch of Season 3 falls intentionally on AMPstigator's one year anniversary, February 15th. In this solo episode, Lauren details what 2/15 really represents. Part surrender. Part truce. Part celebration. She walks you through the 5 questions to ask yourself to find times in your life that are worth marking.
Lauren also shares how she spent her two-month "creative winter" from Dec '22 to Feb '23 and how the time away from AMPstigator became an unexpected opportunity for advocacy work around maternal heart health.

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You really missed AMPstigator and you wonder how Lauren passed the time for the last two months.
- You're not the best about celebrating things and you need a kick in the pants
- You've heard bits and pieces of Lauren's life-threatening heart event and you want the full story

📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Lauren sharing why the mid-season relaunch was placed on February 15th, 2023. But it isn't all unicorns and rainbows! This date represents waaaaay more than celebration.
[3:54] Lauren shares why she calls February 15th her personal Armistice day. She delves into the truce she brokered between her body and her destiny to release AMPstigator.
[5:12] Lauren details the three amazing honors that came ALL DURING THE CREATIVE BREAK. She learned AMPstigator was in the Top 10% of Most Shared Podcasts globally on Spotify. Then a few days later, the Nashville Business Journal named her to the Top 40 under 40. By January, the American Heart Association named her a Woman of Impact to raise awareness about maternal heart health.
[8:34] Lauren shares, in great detail, the life-threatening heart event she experienced in 2018 after the birth of her second child. She details the sensations she felt and how she advocated for herself in the hospital - even when the tests showed nothing! Lauren needs your help, TOO! You can donate by clicking this link.
[20:15] Plus! You get your favorite meditative mind prompts to find the moments in your life that are worth MARKING.
🔖 Chapters 🔖
1:17 - Why Feb. 15th is the release date
3:54 - My personal Armistice day
5:12 - Awesome things that came during the break
8:34 - Lauren's heart story
20:15 - Meditative mind prompts

✔️ Show Notes✔️
Contribute to Lauren's Woman of Impact campaign through the American Heart Assoc.
4 signs your creativity needs a vacay AMPstigator (Spotify | Apple)
The backstory of how Lauren got sick and what she learned (Spotify | Apple)

✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️
On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
24 min
December 06, 2022Ep. 44: 4 reasons why your creativity NEEDS A VACAY (w/ Lauren Lowrey)
You once loved it dearly, but now you dread doing the very thing that made your heart sing. How do you reverse it? We're glad you asked because that's EXACTLY what today's episode is all about: why your creativity NEEDS A VACAY and how to turn it around.
In this solo episode, AMPstigator host Lauren Lowrey walks you through her own experience with burnout and why you need to take a "creative winter," even if its preemptive. She encourages you to explore the seasonality of creativity and how you can take charge of your process by incorporating the wisdom of nature into your yearly rhythms.
Creativity should never be a grind. It's sacred. Keep it that way.

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You currently dread to do things you used to LOVE to do
- You've been feeling like your creative juices JUST AIN'T FLOWIN'
- You want to explore the seasonality of creativity
- You love the way Lauren tells stories and teaches lessons

📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Lauren sharing what singer/songwriters were saying on the red carpet at the CMA Awards November 8th and how that inspired today's episode.
[3:58] Lauren explores the 4 reasons your creativity needs a vacay and how to remind yourself that creativity is sacred.
[10:39] Nature seems to shutdown in the winter but much is still accomplished. Lauren explores the wisdom in the winter season and how you can apply it to your own creative process.
[16:23] Okay, okay! You want to take a break but you don't know where to begin. Lauren shares her 4 best tips for creating your winter.

🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:37 - Lauren's epiphany on the red carpet
2:14 - What it took for Lauren to build AMPstigator (and where to learn more)
3:58 - 4 Reasons Why Your Creativity NEEDS A VACAY
4:16 - #1 Creativity is sacred
5:37 - #2 Creativity takes time
9:08 - #3 Creativity dies with drudgery
10:39 - #4 There's seasonality to creativity
15:02 - What a "Creative Winter" looks like for Lauren
16:23 - Lauren's 4 tips on how to create your Creative Winter
18:27 - Why you gotta be open to whatever happens in your Creative Winter

✔️ Show Notes✔️
Lauren was interviewed about finding purpose and creating AMPstigator (Spotify | Apple)
The backstory of how Lauren got sick and what she learned (Spotify | Apple)

✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️
On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
23 min
November 29, 2022Ep. 43: DON'T FIT THE MOLD w/ Attorney Aleece McKnight
Consider this episode your call to action as trademark attorney Aleece McKnight encourages you to STOP fitting the mold.
Much of her advice comes from working with creatives to protect their intellectual property. She's also personally struggled to fit into they typical image of an attorney. After years of practicing family law, criminal law, civil litigation, bankruptcy and personal injury, Aleece admitted to herself she hated it all!
In 2019 she quit the big law firm to take time away, find silence and re-set. In that time of soul-searching she remembered her love of non-traditional law – particularly working within intellectual property. By the end of the same year, she started a law firm specifically to help and protect the work of entrepreneurs.
In this episode Aleece reminds us: you were called to break the mold.

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You're fascinated by Aleece's story of hating traditional law and creating her own firm.
- You want to know why creatives need to protect their intellectual property
- You want to learn how Lauren found Aleece to do work for AMPstigator

📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Aleece sharing her personal story of practicing law but HATING it. She knew she wanted to be an attorney, so she needed to go back to the drawing board to discover what type of law to practice. It's how she remembered "non-traditional" careers in trademark and intellectual property.
[7:44] When Aleece went out on her own as an attorney, she didn't have anyone who really supported her. Those around her would send job-postings even after she opened her own firm. Aleece shares the difficulty of being unsupported.
[20:31] Aleece teaches her lesson about NOT fitting the mold. She details how crucial it is to find the path you were meant to walk. Sometimes that means walking alone, but others will always come alongside when you choose to live with purpose. She also teaches that you can break out of the mold you made for yourself -- for reinvention!
[36:25] In this excerpt, Aleece explains why you must let things unfold with Divine timing. You can believe for an increase, but just because you want it doesn't mean you're ready for it. She encourages you to trust how things unfold.
Plus, Aleece shares what it's like to work with people every day who are pursuing their purpose.

🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:37 - Lauren’s opening monologue
3:01 - How Aleece arrived in non-traditional law
6:48 - Aleece was reluctant to start her own firm
7:44 - The lack of support and encouragement
11:23 - How Lauren found Aleece
12:45 - How Aleece is living with purpose
14:48 - Typical ages of Aleece's clients
17:18 - Aleece wants to be accessible to creatives
20:31 - LESSON #1: DON'T FIT THE MOLD
24:48 - Where Aleece isn't finding peace
29:55 - LESSON #2: "In order to become, you have to let things BE."
36:25 - LESSON #3: "Just because you want something doesn't mean you're ready."
41:48 - People didn't support Aleece
44:18 - She gets to choose who she works with
47:20 - What happens when you step out in purpose
50:29 - Imposter Syndrome (You belong here)
55:46 - Coming up Next Week on Ep. 44

✔️ Connect with Aleece McKnight✔️
Her website
Connect on Instagram

✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️
On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
57 min
November 22, 2022Ep. 42: The gal-pal TELL-ALL, PART 2 (w/ Dr. Joyce Williams and Keli Alvarez)
When was the best time in your life? How 'bout the worst time? In this episode, AMPstigator host Lauren Lowrey is put on the hot-seat by two friends and podcast guests Dr. Joyce WIlliams and Keli Alvarez. Together, they turn the series of questions on the host. Press play to hear her answers!
Prepare to learn more about Lauren in the first 25 minutes than she's ever shared on this podcast before.
This episode also explores the lessons these three women are learning right now as they encourage you 'this, too, shall pass.'

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You've heard Lauren ask hundreds of questions on this podcast and you're ready for someone to interview her!
- You're curious about the lessons these 3 women are learning in real-time
- You listened to Part 1 of this conversation when it was released (Sep. 13th) as Episode 32 and you're ready to hear the rest.

📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with host Lauren Lowrey taking a turn in the hot-seat. The first 25 minutes of the episode has Lauren answering the original AMPstigator questions from Seasons 1 & 2. She begins with the best time in her life.
[10:59] Hear what Lauren calls 'the worst time in her life.' It's a section she thought about cutting out of this episode but decided to leave it in for honesty and authenticity's sake.
[19:53] Lauren shares the reoccurring lesson she's learned 3 times in her life. She explains the meaning behind 'what got me here isn't why I'm here' and how you can use this powerful statement to ensure you're seeing the gift in every situation.
[43:07] The three women set the record straight on all-girl exclusivity -- whether it's building community or an eye-roll producing extra.
Plus, in the episode's final minutes [54:01] Lauren shares her theory about spouses and partners – and what you can learn about your friends just from watching their significant other.

🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:36 - Lauren's opening monologue
4:49 - Lauren answers the Best Time, Worst Time questions
8:50 - Post-traumatic growth & radical acceptance
10:59 - The worst time in Lauren's life
16:09 - What Lauren's been saying a lot lately: "At What Cost?"
19:53 - Lauren's reoccurring lesson: "What got you here isn't why you're here"
24:39 - What Dr. Joyce would tell her younger self: "You don't have to learn the lesson."
28:17 - What Keli would tell her 32 yr old self: "Run the mile you're in!"
35:37 - Learning to take the good with the bad
39:14 - How Dr. Joyce sees death and mortality
42:07 - Dr Joyce: "Everyone is here for a purpose"
43:07 - Setting the record straight on all-girl exclusivity; structure of seeking out community
50:44 - The necessity of female friendships
54:01 - Lauren's theory about spouses
57:09 - Coming up next week on #AMPstigator

📝Show notes📝
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk
Ep. 31 At What Cost (Spotify, Apple)
Ep. 32 Cultivating Deep Female Friendships (Spotify, Apple)
Ep. 26 Transforming your worst time into your BEST (#Find the GIft) (Spotify, Apple)

✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️
On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
59 min
November 15, 2022Ep. 41: How giving connects us (w/ Pat Shea)
Prepare to gain a new perspective on giving from a powerhouse business woman who's co-founded a tech startup, run a non-profit, served on beaucoup boards and helped name the AMPstigator video podcast.
Pat Shea has provided background support for AMPstigator's efforts for the last 15 months, but now she makes her podcast debut with the lesson "How Giving Connects Us."
In this episode, Pat teaches you how to create a movement and shares why asking someone for money is actually doing them A FAVOR.

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You follow AMPstigator on Instagram and loved the quotes you saw from Pat Shea
- You want to know more about the impact Pat had on AMPstigator and Lauren's roster of guests
- Pat's ideas around the power of giving are quite novel

📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Host Lauren Lowrey sharing her first connection with Pat Shea over smash-burgers and fries. The two women became fast friends and Shea even helped name the podcast.
[14:07] Pat is known for her knack for raising money and in this episode she shares why! It may surprise you to learn when Pat asks for money she sees it as doing YOU a FAVOR. She explains how her belief is based in human behavior.
[25:43] Pat also encourages us to check-in with our motives to give. Research shows when we give joyfully, we're much healthier. In this part of the episode, she shares how giving has always been a great tool for self-love.
[40:29] Pat & Lauren gush over the James Webb Telescope images that show the universe still being created. Pat reflects on how images of star nurseries influence her belief that we're all connected.
Plus, find out what's next for Pat Shea [47:03] in the realms of giving, politics and fundraising.

🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:36 - Lauren's opening monologue
3:48 - How Pat Shea helped name this podcast
4:28 - Pat's personal story
8:01 - Pat co-founded a tech start-up in the giving space
13:30 - Pat's always been generous
14:07 - Fundraising is a favor to the giver
16:41 - Pat's lesson: How giving connects us
24:08 - You aren't on a solo journey
25:43 - Joyful giving is a form of self-love
28:14 - Health impacts of giving
33:31 - Pat has an internal purpose radar
35:13 - Pat is known for her 'LET'S DO IT' attitude
36:59 - What you give is often what you need
38:36 - Giving as a currency
40:29 - Lauren and Pat are obsessed with the James Webb Telescope images
42:28 - What things exist around us that we're unaware of?
47:07 - What's next for Pat Shea?
52:32 - Coming up next week on #AMPstigator

✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️
On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
54 min
November 08, 2022Ep. 40: Overcoming SCARCITY w/ Dr. PaQuita Pullen
Just because someone has letters behind their name DOES NOT mean they have it all figured out. So, what lesson is a doctoral-level therapist learning right now?
In this episode of AMPstigator, Dr. PaQuita Pullen, a therapist-professor-yoga instructor, shares the role scarcity continues to play in her life. You'll also learn how she helps her patients UNLEARN behavior to rediscover purpose.
In this LAUGH-OUT-LOUD episode, Dr. P gives real talk about having a clinician of color and what it's like to show up each day from a place of wholeness.

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You follow AMPstigator on Instagram and LOLed with every Dr. P clip
- You're a high-functioning female in public, but a mess in private
- You want to know what lesson a therapist is learning in her own life

📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Dr. Pullen describing her therapy practice, Ubuntu Counseling & Wellness, which offers personal coaching and development for anyone who needs mental health help. Dr. Pullen shares stats on the stunning lack of clinicians of color in America.
[21:10] Dr. P describes what steps to take to find just the right therapist and why it's so necessary to get the perfect fit. Plus, how to know when you've outgrown your therapist.
[23:45] Dr. P gets into the meat of the lesson of how to overcome scarcity. She helps you notice when fear from others is projected on to you and how fear can flourish within you. So, how do we root it out?
[57:21] Dr. P describes her calling to train other clinicians of color. One of her focuses is on teaching therapy students to ask the right questions. She shares a story from her own experience that illustrates the power in how we pose questions.
[1:02:11] In the final 8 minutes of the episode, host Lauren Lowrey asks Dr. P if everyone needs stillness. Her captivating answer gives insight into human needs and provides permission for stillness to take whatever form feels right for the practitioner.

🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:36 - Lauren's opening monologue
3:40 - The meaning of 'Ubuntu'
9:38 - How ACES scores affect your personal development
13:35 - The lack of clinicians of color
19:13 - You have to find a therapist who you CONNECT WITH
23:45 - Dr. P's lesson in Overcoming Scarcity, Part 1
28:52 - #SoftBlackGirl
34:17 - How Dr. P helps people UNLEARN on their path to purpose
40:01 - Dr. P's lesson, Part 2: Sometimes people project their scarcity on you
44:41 - How your personal transformation may threaten other people
57:21 - The proper way to ask questions
1:02:12 - Ask Dr. P: 'Does everyone need stillness?'
1:12:10 - Coming up next week on #AMPstigator

✔️ Connect with Dr. PaQuita Pullen✔️
Ubuntu Counseling

✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️
On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
1 hr 14 min
November 01, 2022Ep. 39: How to trust, allow & let go w/ Alyssa Rosenheck
Alyssa Rosenheck is living in a forceful season of non-attachment. Once you listen to this episode you'll understand how it's made her stronger.
In this episode of AMPstigator, Alyssa shares her personal evolution from workaholic, to cancer survivor, to acclaimed creative. Her work as a celebrated architectural/interiors photographer provides the metaphors for her own life as she explores the light and shadows in herself. It's been the platform from which she's expanded into titles like 'celebrated speaker' and 'best-selling author.'
In this episode, Alyssa reflects on her use of visualization and meditation to show how powerful it's been in her physical healing and how you can use it in your own life. She also shares how she's embracing her divinely feminine wisdom and the role it plays in her work.

📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
Alyssa shares her personal journey and her all-around views on life through stories and laughter. The episode begins with Host Lauren Lowrey's assessment of Alyssa's impressive evolution.
[3:33] Alyssa admits she's an old soul but has realized she can redefine who she is as many times as she wants. It's an empowering message for every listener.
[9:32] Alyssa shares how creativity saved her life during her battle with cancer and reveals how she felt called to pick up a camera.
[21:18] Visualization and meditation are incredibly powerful practices for Alyssa. She begins to share how she uses both and how they play into this episode's life lesson.
[41:57] In the final 20 minutes, the conversation turns to the divine feminine energies Alyssa draws on for her creativity.
Plus, Alyssa shares throughout the episode how she roots herself daily in different stilling practices.

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You're a fan of Alyssa's photography and style
- You're going through a heavy time in your life and you want advice on how to handle it
- You're interested in learning how someone can balance their feminine and masculine energies

🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:37 - Lauren’s opening monologue
3:33 - Alyssa is an old soul
5:24 - We get to redefine ourselves, change our story
8:13 - Work. Build. Create.
9:32 - How photography healed Alyssa
14:21 - Alyssa’s lens “identifies holes” in a space
17:34 - Photography plants seeds
19:42 - Alyssa needs inner stillness
21:18 - The power of visualization
23:01 - Alyssa’s a Generator in Human Design
25:17 - ALYSSA’S LESSON - Non, attachment, allowing & listening
34:16 - How do I want to show up today?
36:26 - The importance of VISUALIZATION!!!!
41:57 - Masculine-Feminine energies
45:41 - A woman is powerful on her cycle
48:40 - Living in your light exposes others’ shadows
55:23 - How Alyssa continues to find inspiration in her work
1:00:44 - Coming up Next Week

✔️ Connect with Alyssa Rosenheck✔️
Her website
Connect on Instagram

✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️
On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
1 hr 2 min
October 25, 2022Ep. 38: Forget SUCCESS, purpose is found IN THIS! (w/ Lauren Lowrey)
How do you define success? And is that definition even yours?
In today's solo episode, Host Lauren Lowrey shows why your definition of success is holding you back from PURPOSE. She encourages you to eradicate the word success and instead replace it with a better word that's expansive, uplifting and releases you from others' expectations of you.
In the final minutes, Lauren guides you as you uncover your true definition of success. She creates a mindful moment and guided meditation to help you understand your truth around what you're striving for.
It's another encouraging episode that will leave you calmer, lighter and ready to reconnect with what you really want.

📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Lauren explaining why you need to hear this episode RIGHT NOW and how your views of success are holding you back from finding purpose.
[1:30] Lauren starts by defining the word success and why we're so tied to it's financial implications
[3:42] She unveils the word you should be using instead and shares how she uses it in daily affirmations.
[10:06] Lauren shows how this idea of productivity is killing us. It's keeping us from discovering what we're really meant to do. We can't cultivate purpose when we're living by other people's rules.
PLUS, Lauren uses her knack for asking questions to guide you [11:34] through prompts and a meditation to uncover what you really want!

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You feel overwhelmed by the hustle and struggle of the pressure to be 'successful'
- You feel like the bar for success is way too high and you need help figuring out a better way
- You love Lauren's way of breaking down complex concepts and making change RELATABLE

🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:36 - Your idea of 'success' is holding you back from purpose
1:30 - The actual definition of success
3:42 - The word we'll use to replace 'success'
4:21 - Lauren's daily affirmations using the new word
6:29 - How replacing the word 'success' connects you back to gratitude
8:10 - How we're processing 'success' in the body
10:07 - Why your definition of success is keeping you from purpose
11:34 - Lauren's Prompts + guided meditation
14:15 - An exciting guest is coming up next week!

Show notes:
Ep. 26 "Find the Gift" Transforming your worst time into your best time

✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️
On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
16 min
October 18, 2022Ep. 37: What loss teaches about life w/ Katie Radel
Grief and loss are powerful emotions, but they can also be your greatest teachers. In today's episode, entrepreneur/wife/mom Katie Radel goes deep on her relationship with death, even calling it her "greatest teacher."
Katie grew up working in the family funeral home business, working Visitations, cutting the grass and maintaining the hearse. She saw what death did to families but was most struck by how people were remembered.
"I have this strange habit," says Katie. "I read obituaries all the time. To me, it’s just another reminder that ‘this life is short,’ and ‘what do you want that to say?’”
She was confronted with death when someone incredibly close to her died. Katie talks through what she learned through that traumatic loss and what it meant for her failing marriage at the time.

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You know, first-hand, the pain of losing someone close to you
- You're fascinated by the concept that grief/loss could influence how you live
- You love Katie Radel and the PR work she does for companies and non-profits

📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Katie talking through the odd-jobs she performed while working at -and living above- her family's funeral home. But the conversation quickly transitions to why death became her teacher.
[9:01] How constantly seeing death taught Katie to live a fuller, more balanced life.
[11:18] When Katie lost her mom, it made her realize she needed to divorce her husband and leave her failing marriage.
[29:24] Katie's flow from entrepreneurship, back to corporate life, and then into the creation of a new company after her son was born.
Plus, host Lauren Lowrey goes deep into [45:23] abundance versus success and Katie Radel gives parting words about listening to your intuition [55:07].

🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:36 - Lauren's opening monologue
3:22 - Katie grew up in a funeral home
7:50 - Death brings out the best & worst
9:01 - 'Death has taught me how to live'
11:18 - Losing her marriage and her mom
18:32 - Katie's familiarity with loss
19:32 - When Katie feels her mom's presence
23:09 - Katie's end-of-life plans
29:24 - Katie's profession in PR/Marketing
36:59 - Being a working mom is harrrrrrd
41:01 - Was anyone ever buried in their THINGS? No!
42:36 - The wisdom in obituaries
45:23 - Lauren's take: 'Success vs. Abundance'
52:28 - Lauren's take: 'Purpose comes from pain'
55:07 - Katie reminds us to trust our intuition
56:53 - Lauren's tease to next week

Show notes:
Ep. 18 Shannon Schottler, The Illuminator

✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️
On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
1 hr

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