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Amanda is joined by Jennifer Hines, one of the authors inside Breakthrough Book 2 to discuss her chapter.

Included in this episode:

• Real talk of motherhood - We are talking co-parenting, mental health and more.
• Why did Jennifer feel like now is the time to share her experience and put her story out into the world.
• Redefining happiness.
• Learning to live authentically to yourself.

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TRIGGER WARNING - This episode includes conversations around the loss of a child. Please take care of yourself while listening.

Amanda is joined by Yvette Byrne-Menard, one of the authors inside Breakthrough book 2 to discuss her chapter.

Included in this episode:

• Why Yvette felt like now was the time to share this story.
• How she learned to grow her life around her grief.
• How Yvette wants to change her pain into purpose and support mother everywhere.

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Amanda is joined by Dana Whitfield who is one of the authors inside Breakthrough Book 2 which is launching February 16!

Included in this episode:

• Why Dana joined Breakthrough Book 2 and how she trusted her gut on joining and writing her story.
• Attachment vs Love - What is the difference?
• Self Love is number 1 for Dana and what she has learned from this
• Dana's chapter - What can you expect to hear inside her story?

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Amanda is joined by Sasha Howell who is one of the authors inside Breakthrough Book 2 which is launching Feb 16!

Included in this episode:

• Grief - The big role it places in Sasha's story but also inside Breakthrough Book 2 entirely. Grief from death, but also grief from "this is not what my life is supposed to be like".
• Why Sasha joined Breakthrough Book 2 and why she feels the pull to share this piece of her story now.
• How so many of us feel "stuck" in a particular story or label we have given ourselves and how Sasha is breaking through that.
• Sasha's chapter - What can you expect from her story
• Health Anxiety - what is it? How does it show up for Sasha?

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Amanda is joined by fellow Swift Dan Shapiro to clown about Taylor Swift, reminisce on the beloved Eras Tour and more.

Included in this episode:

• Dan shares how he helped SO many fans get their hands on tickets to the Eras Tour by quickly becoming the go to for information regarding Ticketmaster drops.
• Dan shares a story of how he saw Taylor twice thanks to his amazing followers.
• Karma - the lost album, do we think its real?
• Travis and Taylor - what are Amanda and Dan's thoughts and do we hope Taylor marries the guy on the football team?

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Amanda is joined by mindset coach Kayleigh Kennedy and they are diving into mindset, growth and so much more.

Included in this episode:

• What is a "real" job anyway?
• Our mindset - why it is so important and how we can get out of own way.
• What is the messy middle of growth and why is it so important?
• The role that grief plays in your growth
• How can we get clear on what we want?
• Kayleigh shares how changing her mindset helped her through the one of the hardest times of her life.

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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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