Conversations with Jules & Ang

Conversations with Jules & Ang

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Conversations with Jules & Ang episodes

  • Navigating Healing When You Can’t Do Your Normal Life

    On today’s episode, we discuss how to navigate those periods of life when you are taken out of your normal routine and stripped of the things that make you feel like you. Tune in to hear:

    • Julie shares her recent medical procedures and the impact they have had on her day to day life

    • Julie reflects on the lessons she has learned during this time and the reminder to trust the process

    • Angela discusses experiences she has had and insights she has gained from witnessing her patients navigate periods of rehabilitation

    • Angela highlights the potential for periods of uncertainty to be invitations for growth and evolution

    We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

    Love, Jules & Ang

    24 min
  • Becoming The Person Who Can Achieve Your Goals

    On today’s episode, we discuss the journey of becoming the person who has the capacity to actually live the life of your dreams. Tune in to hear:

    • Angela’s recent work with a new dietician caused her to reflect on the 21+ year journey she has been on to achieve her goal of living in peace with her body and food  

    • Angela shares her insights on how each time she puts in focused work, she heals a little more and brick by brick is building herself up to be the person who can live out her dream

    • Julie opens up about her path as a business owner and how she has shifted her energy from doing more to being more of the woman who is already living out her vision

    • Julie highlights how she uses the thought of her future self to makes decisions in the present as she piece by piece is becoming who she needs to be to achieve her goals

    We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

    Love, Jules & Ang

    21 min
  • Leaning Into 2026

    On today’s episode, we reflect on where we are, what we are ready to let go of, and the energy we want to take into the new year. Tune in to hear:

    • Julie and Angela both review their growth in 2025 and discuss the energy and intentions they have for 2026

    • We want to thank each and everyone of you for your support this year and wish you a happy and healthy New Year

    We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

    Love, Jules & Ang


    20 min
  • What It Truly Means To “Feel Good” with Amanda Hake

    On today’s episode, we are joined by Amanda Hake, a 40-year-old woman, wife to her high-school sweetheart, and mother to two beautiful children. After finding herself unhappy and sick and tired of being sick and tired, Amanda embarked on a health journey and today shares her story, the insights she has gained along the way, and the evolution of what this journey has meant to her. Tune in to hear:

    • Amanda explains that after the birth of her second child, she physically and mentally hit rock bottom prompting her to embark on her health journey

    • Amanda walks us through the steps she took to gain control of her health and how she navigated barriers along the way

    • Amanda shares how freeing it was to learn that it is ok to not like everything you have to do to live the life you want 

    • Amanda discusses how focusing on how she feels versus other metrics has helped her stay consistent and anchored in her journey

    We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

    Love, Jules & Ang


    36 min
  • Put Down What Is No Longer Yours to Carry

    On today’s episode, we discuss the concept of putting down the weight of things that no longer serve us. From guilt we have harnessed to walls we have built, it is time to free ourselves from the extra burden of things that no longer support us and our future. Tune in to hear:

    • Angela talks about how the weight of her backpack directly affected the ease of her forward progress when hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro and how this was a metaphor for her life

    • Angela reflects on how the walls she had built to protect her heart are no longer needed and how holding on to them is just weighing her down 

    • Julie opens up about being in a season of expansion which is requiring her to release old beliefs in order to make room for what she is becoming

    • Julie shares wisdom about the timing of when old thought patterns stop serving us and the courage it takes to put them down 

    We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

    Love, Jules & Ang

    17 min
  • Loosening the Grip of Suffering

    On today’s episode, we discuss our insights and strategies to help lessen the pain that periods of suffering can have on us. Tune in to hear:

    • Julie reviews the difference between pain and suffering and how the stories we create about our experiences lead to our suffering

    • Julie opens up about about her personal experience of pain and suffering and the steps she has been implementing to help her through the ebbs and flows of her emotions

    • Angela explains the healing component of connection and being understood when it comes to suffering

    • Angela shares both experiences that have pulled her out of periods of suffering as well as the intentional work and strategies she has been implementing

    We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

    Love, Jules & Ang

    19 min
  • How Much Control Do We Have Over Our Suffering?

    On today’s episode, we discuss the idea that while experiencing pain is inevitable, we may have more control than we think over our suffering. Tune in to hear:

    • Angela talks about how her experience camping on the mountain caused her to reflect on the concept of suffering 

    • Angela discusses how suffering is largely due to the belief we put on the experiences we go through and is therefore in our control

    • Julie explains the difference between pain and suffering and highlights how pain is part of life, but we have choice over our suffering 

    • Julie opens up about both the pain and suffering she feels regarding losing her mom and how she reframes her beliefs to loosen the grip suffering has on her

    We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

    Love, Jules & Ang

    21 min
  • How Do We Calm Ourselves Down?

    On today’s episode, we are discussing  how to self-soothe, to know what you need and to give yourself permission to have those needs met. Tune in to hear:

    • Julie shares how a conversation with her client prompted her to reflect on how she calms herself down in stressful situations

    • Julie discusses how she has learned to tune in to what she needs in the moment to regulate herself when life gets chaotic

    • Angela opens up about going through a busy period of work making it difficult to implement healthy strategies to manage the stress

    • Angela talks about how she is focusing on identifying her needs and working on giving herself permission to have those needs met as she navigates this stressful period of time 

    We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

    Love, Jules & Ang

    16 min
  • Kili Trek: Fuel Your Passions and Trust the Timing with Matt Davis

    On today’s episode, we are beyond excited to be joined by Angela’s life and adventure partner, Matt Davis, to dive into his story and journey of hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro. Tune in to hear:

    • Matt opens up about his childhood and early adult life and how turning 30 made him reflect on who he was and how he wanted to live

    • Matt shares how he first got the idea of hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro and how he kept space for it until the time was right

    • Matt shares his experience on the mountain, the feelings he had summiting, and the life lessons he took from the whole adventure

    We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

    Love, Jules & Ang


    36 min
  • We Haven’t Topped Out Yet

    On today’s episode, we are debunking the old “over the hill” saying and proving that things just keep getting better. Tune in to hear:

    • Julie discusses how she set a new mile PR at 39 which caused her to reflect on the potential to always be improving which contradicts what we hear in society

    • Julie shares how she applies the wisdom she has gained from experience to continually accomplish more and more

    • Angela talks about examples of individuals who achieve great things at a variety of ages proving that our best may still be in our future

    • Angela explains the placebo effect which highlights the power of our thoughts and how thinking that we are getting better determines our reality 

    We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

    Love, Jules & Ang

    13 min

About Conversations with Jules & Ang

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Welcome to the Conversations with Jules & Ang Podcast. We are your hosts, Julie Smith and Angela Bleecher. Two women with different journeys, but both pushed by pain onto our individual paths of healing and becoming our true selves.