Allie Hill is a life coach, author of The Girlfriend's Guide to Empty Nesting, and someone who was, by her own admission, slightly devastated when her daughter left. In this conversation we talk about what the empty nest transition actually feels like, why it's okay if it hits you harder than you expected, and how to use this season as an invitation to rediscover yourself.

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• Instagram: @alliehillcoaching
•  The Girlfriend’s Guide to Empty Nesting 

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In 2005, Carrie Morey started a biscuit business from her kitchen with a baby on her hip, a mom who thought it was a terrible idea, and a conviction that family would always come first. Twenty years later, Callie's Hot Little Biscuit is a nationally recognized Southern brand—and Carrie never missed a single thing that mattered.

This conversation is about what it actually looks like to build something meaningful without sacrificing the life you're building it for.

What We Talk About In This Episode

• How Carrie launched a mail-order biscuit business in 2005 before most people understood e-commerce
• Why she kept the brakes on growth for years,and why she doesn't regret it
• What it looks like to build a business around motherhood instead of the other way around
• The moment she realized you can pull back, regroup, and start again 
• The highs and lows of scaling a handmade product to national retail
• A post-show update from Callie herself, Carrie's mother and the original biscuit maker, on that "terrible idea" twenty years later

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• calliesbiscuits.com
• Instagram: @callieshotlittlebiscuit and @carriebaileymorey

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Your birthday is the one day a year that belongs entirely to you. So why do so many of us dread it, dismiss it, or hand it over to other people's expectations?

Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming is the author of How to Have a Happy Birthday. We talk about why our relationship with our birthday often reflects our relationship with ourselves  and how to actually claim the day as your own.

What We Talk About In This Episode

• Why our earliest birthday experiences shape how we feel about them for decades
• Why Tamar believes your birthday is a spiritual day worthy of real celebration
• Birthday self-sabotage: why we say we don't want anything when we actually do
• What to do when your birthday falls on a holiday or during a hard season
• Using your birthday as a personal new year: the questions worth asking yourself

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• howtohaveahappybirthday.com
• https://www.instagram.com/author.tamar/

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Shauna VanBogart is an intuitive mentor and coach who helps women understand themselves at a level most of us have never been given permission to explore. In this conversation we talk about what intuition actually is, why so many women have learned to ignore it, and what it looks like to start trusting the knowing that's been there all along.

What We Talk About In This Episode

• What intuition really is 
• How she helped me finish my book by identifying what was actually blocking me
• Why women are more connected to intuition than they realize 
• How Shauna connects with someone's energy through photographs
• The difference between soul tired, emotional tired, and physical tired 
• Simple daily practices for staying connected to your own inner knowing

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https://shaunavanbogart.com
Follow her on Instagram: @shaunavanbogart
Read her insights on Substack: shaunavanbogart.substack.com

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Lindsay Ferrier built a career on wit, honesty, and saying out loud what everyone else was thinking. Her blog Suburban Turmoil was one of the most widely read mom blogs of its era. But for years, she kept one part of her story completely hidden.

In this episode, Lindsay opens up about the abuse she endured behind closed doors, the moment she knew she had to leave, and the promise she made to herself: that once she was free, she'd be the voice she couldn't find when she needed it most.

This conversation is about what it really means to live free, not just from a harmful relationship, but from shame, secrecy, and self-doubt.

Content warning: This episode includes discussion of abuse and may not be suitable for all listeners.

What We Talk About In This Episode

• Why Lindsay stayed silent for so long, and what finally changed
• The invisible side of abuse and how it isolates women
• How writing became her way of reclaiming her power and her story
• The moment she had to choose between hiding and healing
• Breaking generational patterns of silence in families
• What it looks like to start over and actually love your life again
• The ripple effect of telling the truth

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• Substack: Something Totally Divorce-Related
• Lifestyle blog: Something Totally Different

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Jonathan "Mookie" Morant wrote and produced for the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Justin Timberlake, and Queen Latifah, and then walked away from all of it to be present for his kids. His memoir The Happy Has Been is about what he found on the other side of that choice.

In this conversation we talk about chasing a dream, redefining success, and why the life you've already lived is worth honoring, not mourning.

What We Talk About In This Episode

• Mookie's journey from childhood musician to working with some of the biggest names in pop music
• The moment he realized his dream was coming true but he still wasn't happy
• Why he chose his children over his career, and what that decision cost and gave him
• The power of connection: why every door that opened in his life came through a relationship
• What "has been" really means, and why he wears it proudly
• The difference between chasing the spotlight and living with purpose
• Why love is the thing that actually moves people

CONNECT WITH MOOKIE

Website: thehappyhasbeen.com

Instagram: @jonathanmookiemorant

Email: [email protected]

Learn more about the Roman’s World Foundation at thehappyhasbeen.com

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Camellia Jade is a personal stylist and a woman on a mission to help other women feel at home in their bodies. I met her when we both spoke at the Take the Lead conference in Charlotte, where she opened her talk by stripping down to her red underwear in front of a room full of women. 

This conversation is about vulnerability, self-acceptance, and why dropping your armor is how you let the right people in.

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Website: https://www.camelliajade.com/

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Laurin Collar is a lifestyle content creator, founder of The Collar Find, and someone I've known since we were cheerleaders together in high school. She left a career in TV news, built a thriving online business in her mid-forties, and became a go-to resource for women navigating the empty nest transition, including the practical stuff nobody tells you about sending kids to college.

This conversation is part empty nest survival guide, part midlife reinvention story.

What We Talk About In This Episode

• How Laurin went from TV news to building a business she loves in her mid-forties
• The practical side of sending kids to college: what to buy, what to skip, and the one tip that actually gets your kid to text you back
• How to stop feeling guilty for focusing on yourself during this season
• Redefining your identity when the role that defined you starts to change
• What Laurin has learned about midlife confidence,and why she thinks this decade is underrated

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@thecollarfind on Instagram
thecollarfind.com

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In this solo episode I'm walking you through a simple practice I use to get clear on what belongs in my life right now and what doesn't. It starts with your closet but extends to your time, your energy, and everything else.

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Today I'm sharing a conversation I had as a guest on the Badass Women in Business podcast. We talk about how I knew it was time to leave my career in television news, what it looks like to follow the breadcrumbs of joy, and why learning to feel your way toward clarity is more reliable than thinking your way there.

What We Talk About In This Episode

• How I knew something was wrong even when everything looked right on the outside
• The difference between forcing a path and following what feels alive
• Why I spent years taking opportunities just to stay relevant, and when I stopped
• Following the breadcrumbs: how saying yes to small things that sparked something led me somewhere I never planned
• Why you can't always think your way into clarity, and what to do instead
• How to recognize when something has run its course (without waiting for a crisis to force the change)

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