Join me in a live workshop I delivered to Amberly Lago’s Unstoppable Success Mastermind where we talk about what it really takes to write and publish a book.

It’s not just about gaining credibility, followers, money, or some shiny “author” label. Those things can happen, yes - but the real work starts with who you become in the process.

I share the origin story of how I became an author and publisher, why identity and clarity matter just as much as strategy, and the myths that keep brilliant people sitting on their stories for years.

Spolier: stepping into this chapter has less to do with “how-to” and everything to do with your belief system.

This one is workshop style, so listen, take notes, and actually interact with the prompts. Your book might be closer than you think.

Highlights:

(02:33) - Why writing a book starts with identity, not just publishing strategy: BE > DO > HAVE

(07:04) - The power of prioritizing the “why” over the “how” and how it reorganizes your life

(09:51) - My biggest fear realized when my book became an exhibit in court

(12:52) - How writing a book can open doors you didn’t know existed and create real abundance

(19:50) - The belief check that reveals what is actually stopping you (it’s not what you think)

(30:40) - Throwing away your excuses: Practical ways to start writing with the tools already in your life

Follow Amberly on Instagram

Checkout Amberly’s Events & Masterminds here

Resources:

Join SJ’s Spring Writing Retreat: WRITE THE DAMN BOOK! 5/7-5/9 in Denver, CO

1. Follow SJ on Instagram
2. Download the Free Identity Workbook
3. Grab my SLAY YOUR STORY⚔🔥 Storytelling Masterclass here.
4. Buy The Less Effect on Amazon
5. Follow Landon Hail Press on Instagram
6. Download the Free Writing Guide for Aspiring Authors
7. Book A Free Consultation with Landon Hail Press

This Podcast is proudly produced by Wavemakers Audio

In this episode, I’m slowing things down and talking about what it really means to come back to yourself when life feels intense, overwhelming, or just a bit too much. I share why reconnecting with your mind, body and spirit is not some abstract idea, but a practical, and necessary, everyday way to feel safer, calmer and more grounded in your own life.

We get into body intelligence, emotional awareness, and the ways your body is constantly communicating with you, even when you’re not listening (which is often for many of us!). I also talk about stress, coping habits, and simple practices to help you feel more present because this is the only place that truth really exists.

And it’s usually easier than you think - sometimes it really does start with just five intentional minutes a day of returning back to yourself.

Highlights:

(02:15) - Why you need to pause and let yourself feel the discomfort in order to not feel it anymore

(04:34) - Breaking the MBS Integration and why it can change your life

(07:24) - The science that proves your physical and mental health are always linked

(11:56) - A fascinating research study that exhibits the power of emotions in the physical body

(17:19) - The damages of that can occur when ignoring your connection to yourself

(27:32) - Simple practices to help you come back into your body and the present moment

Add additional links / resources:

2014 Study - Body Map of Emotions (Nummenmaa, Glerean, Hari, & Hietanen, 2014)

Resources:

Join SJ’s Spring Writing Retreat: WRITE THE DAMN BOOK! 5/7-5/9 in Denver, CO

1. Follow SJ on Instagram
2. Download the Free Identity Workbook
3. Grab my SLAY YOUR STORY⚔🔥 Storytelling Masterclass here.
4. Buy The Less Effect on Amazon
5. Follow Landon Hail Press on Instagram
6. Download the Free Writing Guide for Aspiring Authors
7. Book A Free Consultation with Landon Hail Press

This Podcast is proudly produced by Wavemakers Audio

In light of the horrific happenings in the world regarding men and consent - it begs the question: how much of this culture is engrained in society? The answer: more than we can ever imagine.

In this episode, I am unpacking time honored wedding traditions dating back tens to hundreds of years. While we consciously associate weddings and marriage with love in modern day (for the most part), this was not always the case - and the origins of nuptial rituals prove it. The scary part is what we have been passed down and taught to see as romantic, harmless, and normal is anything but. I explore where these traditions actually came from and why so many of us never stop to question them.

Join me on this journey of unraveling my own patriarchal conditioning, internalized misogyny, and waking up to the reality of what we have been fed all of our life. If you’re an actual truth seeker (not just one who claims to be until it’s inconvenient), this episode is for you.

Highlights:

(02:10) - A life changing parable that will instantly wake you up

(04:32) - What patriarchy really means, and why matriarchy is not the opposite

(06:44) - Being chosen as the root of women’s worth and why this is harmful

(09:48) - The shocking roots of being walked down the aisle and "given away"

(11:04) The real reason we assign a woman the man’s last name

(14:55) - The dark origin story behind the best man tradition

(16:27) Why women are assigned a label, but not men

(20:17) Unpacking the root meaning of “honeymoon” and its original purpose

(20:34) - Why questioning old rituals can help us choose from truth, not conditioning

Resources:

Join SJ’s Spring Writing Retreat: WRITE THE DAMN BOOK! 5/7-5/9 in Denver, CO

1. Follow SJ on Instagram
2. Download the Free Identity Workbook
3. Grab my SLAY YOUR STORY⚔🔥 Storytelling Masterclass here.
4. Buy The Less Effect on Amazon
5. Follow Landon Hail Press on Instagram
6. Download the Free Writing Guide for Aspiring Authors
7. Book A Free Consultation with Landon Hail Press

This Podcast is proudly produced by Wavemakers Audio

In this episode, I’m joined by my close friend and personal coach, Alyssa Azcué for a deeply honest conversation about what it looks like to be in true feminine power and where we may be posturing as women.

Alyssa is a feminine embodiment practitioner, blending parts work, somatic trauma healing, and relational neuroscience to support women in reconnecting to their truth, feminine power, and inner stability.

We explore important areas like sacred sexuality, cultural conditioning, emotional safety, relationship dynamics, and the difference between external power and the kind that comes from being anchored in your own body and truth.

Alyssa and I dive deep into the stories we were handed as women and how to release these false narratives about love, desirability, and self-worth. If you’re ready to step out of performing and efforting for validation, and return to a version of yourself that feels rooted, truthful, and deeply self-held — this episode is for you.

Highlights:

(02:40) My origin story with Alyssa and how we came together

(08:03) - Alyssa’s relationship as fuel for her personal journey of unraveling false power

(14:36) - The taxi cab ride in Thailand that exposed Alyssa’s truth and changed her marriage forever

(19:37) - The false belief that women must be violated in order to receive love: the perceived cost of intimacy

(20:05) - Why performative sexuality can look like power without actually being that

(26:18) - Maturing of the feminine system and our responsibility as women to heal our lineage

(30:00) - Sacred sexuality, rooting back in the body, and identifying false programming

(40:08) - How to find safety in self and practice detachment to speak truth to your partner

(44:10) - Alyssa’s line in the sand: leaving her relationship with her now husband

(50:48) - Men as the “assessor” and the effect on a woman’s perception of her desirability, worth, and value

(55:10) - Male fragility, managing the shame-body, and the role of feminine power in relationship

Follow Alyssa Azcué on Instagram: @WildlyWorthy_Official

Resources:

Join SJ’s Spring Writing Retreat: WRITE THE DAMN BOOK! 5/7-5/9 in Denver, CO

1. Follow SJ on Instagram
2. Download the Free Identity Workbook
3. Grab my SLAY YOUR STORY⚔🔥 Storytelling Masterclass here.
4. Buy The Less Effect on Amazon
5. Follow Landon Hail Press on Instagram
6. Download the Free Writing Guide for Aspiring Authors
7. Book A Free Consultation with Landon Hail Press

This Podcast is proudly produced by Wavemakers Audio

Welcome back to another sneak peek from my second book, a collection of entries that go straight to the heart of motherhood, identity, and what it feels like to carry so much while feeling invisible.

I invite you into the messy middle of my writing (be nice!), how this book is more memoir than self-help (the power of vulnerable storytelling), and how stepping into the version of you in a moment brings the deepest kind of honesty to the page.

You’ll hear about the rawest accounts of my postpartum experience, the invisibility of motherhood, the grief of single parenting, and the emotional weight so many women are expected to carry in silence.

Despite feeling isolated and overlooked in this season, there is a remembering that your pain is not your identity.

Highlights:

(04:38) - The raw truth about motherhood and the changes in your body & identity

(06:04) - Why the hospital experience still haunts me

(08:00) - The postpartum “support” that is not support at all

(10:12) - The therapy moment where I finally felt seen

(11:37) - Falling apart while holding it together

(14:59) - The fire and the rage that ignites true power

Resources:

Join SJ’s Spring Writing Retreat: WRITE THE DAMN BOOK! 5/7-5/9 in Denver, CO

1. Follow SJ on Instagram
2. Download the Free Identity Workbook
3. Grab my SLAY YOUR STORY⚔🔥 Storytelling Masterclass here.
4. Buy The Less Effect on Amazon
5. Follow Landon Hail Press on Instagram
6. Download the Free Writing Guide for Aspiring Authors
7. Book A Free Consultation with Landon Hail Press

This Podcast is proudly produced by Wavemakers Audio

In this episode, I’m talking about inner child healing, reparenting, and what it really means to meet the parts of yourself that still feel scared, unseen, or stuck in old survival patterns.

This work is deeply personal to me as it has been the gateway to truly understanding my own patterns and behaviors. The awareness of our relationship with the little being inside of us illuminates how childhood wounds continue to shape our adult reactions, and why healing starts by getting curious about what is actually beneath the trigger.

I break down the difference between the inner child, the outer child, and the adult self, and why so much of what we call “self-sabotage” may not actually be what it sounds like.

Highlights:

(02:04) - Why inner child work is the gateway to understanding self

(07:05) - Childhood conditioning - how and why it still runs the show

(12:28) - The reason this work is vital for healing trauma

(19:43) - That “self-sabotage” is mislabeled (in my humble opinion)

(24:42) - The difference between the inner child, outer child, and adult self as explained by Susan Anderson

(32:56) - Some gentle guidance on ways to reparent your inner child for deeper healing

Mentioned in this episode:

“The Journey from Abandonment to Healing” by Susan Anderson

Resources:

Join SJ’s Spring Writing Retreat: WRITE THE DAMN BOOK! 5/7-5/9 in Denver, CO

1. Follow SJ on Instagram
2. Download the Free Identity Workbook
3. Grab my SLAY YOUR STORY⚔🔥 Storytelling Masterclass here.
4. Buy The Less Effect on Amazon
5. Follow Landon Hail Press on Instagram
6. Download the Free Writing Guide for Aspiring Authors
7. Book A Free Consultation with Landon Hail Press

This Podcast is proudly produced by Wavemakers Audio

In this episode, I’m back with part two of my very candid conversation with my bestie, Kristine, who interviewed me for her podcast, Crystal Clear.

We go deep into romantic relationships, self-love, and the difference between living as your Authentic Self versus your Strategic Self. I open up about old dating patterns, emotional unavailability, deep shame, and the ways I once hid parts of myself to feel more lovable.

We unpack what it really takes to break painful patterns, find the courage to tell the truth, and how to stop abandoning yourself in relationships. In true best friend fashion, Kristine hits on the heavy and vulnerable topics with me, pulling out the real experience behind the scenes. While this healing work can bring you to your knees - it’s in the breakdown of personal posturing where the rewards are found.

Highlights:

(02:16) Friendships as a testing ground for intimacy and vulnerability in romantic relationships

(05:58) My personal escapism in dating born out of shame

(09:00) How an image consultation called me out and woke me up to the unserving identity I was projecting

(17:17) The catalyst that led to unwavering self-commitment, breaking deep patterns

(21:02) The inner battle between self-abandonment and inner devotion

(22:30) Why the person who exposes your wounds is your perfect match (for a reason or a season)

(24:35) How romantic partnerships are a mirror for your relationship with yourself

(27:55) The point at which a relationship will always implode

Listen to Kristine Munro’s podcast, Crystal Clear:

On Apple

On Spotify

Learn more about Shine Image Consulting HERE

Resources:

Join SJ’s Spring Writing Retreat: WRITE THE DAMN BOOK! 5/7-5/9 in Denver, CO

1. Follow SJ on Instagram
2. Download the Free Identity Workbook
3. Grab my SLAY YOUR STORY⚔🔥 Storytelling Masterclass here.
4. Buy The Less Effect on Amazon
5. Follow Landon Hail Press on Instagram
6. Download the Free Writing Guide for Aspiring Authors
7. Book A Free Consultation with Landon Hail Press

This Podcast is proudly produced by Wavemakers Audio

In this episode, I take you behind the curtain with a very open and honest chat with my bestie, Kristine Munro about the friendship we have built over the years that has truly healed and changed me.

We talk about what it means to choose your authentic self over the strategic self: the one that stays quiet, plays small, and tries to keep everything “safe” - and how platonic intimacy is the gateway to understanding and healing relationship dynamics.

We touch on vulnerability, emotional safety, and triggers in friendships, and the importance of understanding your attachment style in the context of nurturing connections, both platonically and romantically. This conversation is a deep reminder that we are all mirrors to one another and that the relationship you have with yourself shapes every other relationship in your life.

It’s about healing in real time, being seen more fully, and letting love challenge you into growth.

Highlights:

(02:10) - Strategic Self vs Authentic Self and knowing the difference in relationships

(9:00) - Where Kristine triggers me and how it reflects in my romantic relationship

(16:30) - Love as a threat when it comes to attachment styles

(20:05) - Healing through giving love in the way we didn’t receive growing up

(22:15) - Why Kristine pulled away in our friendship and what it actually meant

(26:30) - Conscious friendships as a testing ground for romantic relationships & challenge as love

(30:35) - Building safety to expand your capacity for intimacy

(34:20) - How my friendship with Kristine has continued building my secure attachment in relationship

Listen to Kristine Munro’s podcast, Crystal Clear:

On Apple

On Spotify

Resources:

Join SJ’s Spring Writing Retreat: WRITE THE DAMN BOOK! 5/7-5/9 in Denver, CO

1. Follow SJ on Instagram
2. Download the Free Identity Workbook
3. Grab my SLAY YOUR STORY⚔🔥 Storytelling Masterclass here.
4. Buy The Less Effect on Amazon
5. Follow Landon Hail Press on Instagram
6. Download the Free Writing Guide for Aspiring Authors
7. Book A Free Consultation with Landon Hail Press

This Podcast is proudly produced by Wavemakers Audio

This is part two of how to survive a breakup, and we’re going deeper. If part one was about feeling the pain, this episode is about rebuilding yourself inside of it.

I’m sharing what’s helping me in real time, from redefining rejection and protecting my self-worth, to creating routines and rituals that anchor me when everything feels unstable.

We talk about self-care as self-respect, breaking patterns instead of repeating them, and why this season is not a setback but a setup for what’s waiting for you.

If you’re in the thick of it, I want you to know this is not the end of your love story. It’s the part where you come home to yourself and rise.

Highlights:

(03:10) Only you can reject you

(07:40) Self-care as self-respect, and why your habits matter more than ever

(10:05) Routine and ritual to create stability in emotional chaos

(13:20) Positive self talk versus shame spirals

(18:10) Date yourself first

(23:45) How forgiveness, compassion, and keeping your heart open are your superhighway to lasting love

Some Helpful Links For This Episode:

Cord cutting meditation

YouTube channel: Neville Goddard

YouTube channel: Abraham Hicks

Read “Wired for Love: How Undertstanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship” by Stan Tatkin

DETACHED Episode 57: The Profound (and Psychological) Impact of Ritual on Mental Health:

Listen on Apple

Listen on Spotify

Resources:

Join SJ’s Spring Writing Retreat: WRITE THE DAMN BOOK! 5/7-5/9 in Denver, CO

1. Follow SJ on Instagram
2. Download the Free Identity Workbook
3. Grab my SLAY YOUR STORY⚔🔥 Storytelling Masterclass here.
4. Buy The Less Effect on Amazon
5. Follow Landon Hail Press on Instagram
6. Download the Free Writing Guide for Aspiring Authors
7. Book A Free Consultation with Landon Hail Press

This Podcast is proudly produced by Wavemakers Audio

If you’re in heartbreak right now, adjusting to a new normal overnight, I want you to know you are not alone - in fact I’m right there with you.

In this episode, I share what’s helping me move through the pain in a grounded way, from feeling your emotions instead of stuffing them down, to cutting energetic cords, protecting your mental health, and choosing yourself even when it hurts.

This is about detachment - not as avoidance, but as self-respect. If you’re walking through a breakup, consider this your reminder that you were brave enough to love, and that still matters.

And I want to remind you: you will get through this and it won’t hurt like this forever.

Highlights:

(02:15) The courage it takes to love, and why shame doesn’t belong here

(05:40) Why relationships don’t always fail, but succeed because you broke the pattern

(09:10) Stop hyper focusing on them, and reclaim your power

(14:30) Feeling your emotions instead of numbing or replacing them

(19:05) Blocking, boundaries, and protecting your healing

(21:40) Gratitude, social media detox, and rebuilding your inner stability

Some Helpful Links For This Episode:

Cord cutting meditation

YouTube channel: Neville Goddard

YouTube channel: Abraham Hicks

Read “Wired for Love: How Undertstanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship” by Stan Tatkin

DETACHED Episode 57: The Profound (and Psychological) Impact of Ritual on Mental Health:

Listen on Apple

Listen on Spotify

Resources:

Join SJ’s Spring Writing Retreat: WRITE THE DAMN BOOK! 5/7-5/9 in Denver, CO

1. Follow SJ on Instagram
2. Download the Free Identity Workbook
3. Grab my SLAY YOUR STORY⚔🔥 Storytelling Masterclass here.
4. Buy The Less Effect on Amazon
5. Follow Landon Hail Press on Instagram
6. Download the Free Writing Guide for Aspiring Authors
7. Book A Free Consultation with Landon Hail Press

This Podcast is proudly produced by Wavemakers Audio