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For Father's Day, I'm sharing a story that's been part of my life for as long as I can remember.

My dad has raced the AuSable River Canoe Marathon for 41 years. I've raced it twice.. both times with him.

While this episode takes you inside one of the toughest endurance events you've probably never heard of, this story isn't really about canoe racing.

It's about fathers and daughters, family traditions, grief, perspective, and the memories we don't realize we're making while we're living them.

From running the Mio Dam portage as a kid, to racing alongside my dad after losing my mom, I'm reflecting on the people who shape us, the traditions that raise us, and how our perspective changes with time.

As a bonus coincidence, this is Episode 41 of Navigating Between the Lines.. and this summer marks my dad's 41st start in the AuSable River Canoe Marathon.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads, father figures, and families celebrating this weekend.

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How did taking care of ourselves become so complicated?

One minute we're talking about sleep. The next we're comparing magnesium supplements, cortisol levels, protein intake, fasting schedules, blood work, weighted vests, and whatever health trend showed up on Instagram this week.

Somewhere along the way, health became another thing many of us feel like we need to get right.

This week, I'm talking about sleep, stress, aging, grief, wellness trends, and the pressure to optimize everything, especially our health. Because I don't think most of us are actually chasing perfect routines. I think we're chasing energy, confidence, peace, and a life we're excited to wake up and live.

A conversation about feeling good, trusting yourself, and remembering to enjoy your life while you're busy trying to improve it.

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School is out, the summer calendar is full, and lately I can't stop thinking about one thing.. What is it that we miss so much about summer?

This week I'm talking about 90s summers, Camp Nowhere, baseball games, childhood memories, and why I think we're living in what I like to call the golden ages right now.

The years we'll miss someday.

I also share a story about my mom, raising kids, and the realization that while we're busy managing schedules, camps, snacks, and sunscreen, our kids are simply remembering how summer felt.

Maybe the magic was never in perfect summers. Maybe it was just being fully there for them.

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This week on Navigating Between the Lines, Maggie sits down with OB-GYN Dr. Sara DeNolf for the women’s health conversation that usually happens in group chats, late night Google searches, or quietly in our own heads.

They get into pregnancy, miscarriage, fertility, postpartum recovery, painful periods, hormones, birth control, aging, and the pressure women constantly put on themselves to “do it all.” But beyond the medical side, this episode is really about normalizing the things women carry silently every day.

It’s honest, funny, emotional, and full of the conversations more women need to hear out loud.

Questions women secretly Google at 2am? Yeah… they covered those too.

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This week on Navigating Between the Lines, Maggie talks about adult friendships, emotional safety, and why some people feel easy to be around... while others leave you overthinking every interaction afterward. From follow up texts and random phone calls to friendships built in complete chaos, this episode is about the difference between simply catching up and actually feeling connected. A conversation about weird energy, millennial friendships, grief, growth, voice memos, nervous systems, and the people who still feel like home when life gets loud.

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We'll spend months researching strollers and preschool waitlist, but avoid having actual plans in place for our families.

This week I sat down with Matt Eilers from Medalist Wealth Management
and we talked about estate planning, saving for kids, life insurance, trusts, college funds, raising financially responsible kids, and all the stuff nobody really walks you through as a parent.

But this is NOT one of those intimidating finance conversations.

It’s practical. Real. Easy to understand. And somehow also made me immediately realize I need to update my own paperwork.

We also talked about:
 — why families fight after someone passes
 — what happens when there’s no plan
 — teaching kids about money
 — whether parents should buy their kids cars
 — one spender child vs one saver child
 — why starting early matters more than starting big
 — and why women NEED to understand family finances too

Every parent should tune into this one! Follow up questions @ NBTL

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This week feels like a lot… and if you’re a mom, you already know why.

School events, sports, work, birthdays, the invisible mental load… and somehow we’re also supposed to slow down and “enjoy it.”

I sat down with someone I know to talk about what motherhood actually feels like right now. Jessica James, a mom of three, full time career, and someone who looks like she has it all together.

We got into:

•  the mental tabs that never close 
•  mom guilt (even when you did everything right) 
•  middle school, phones, and the pressure that comes with it 
•  trying to be present while also doing everything
•  and how grief and motherhood can exist at the same time 

This is one of those conversations that feels like a coffee catch-up… but also the kind that makes you feel less alone in your own life. 

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This week didn’t go as planned and that’s exactly the point.

In this episode, I’m talking about pivoting. The small, everyday kind and the bigger life shifts we don’t always see coming. What happens when the plan falls apart? When something throws off your week? When life doesn’t go the way you expected?

We’re getting into bounce back time, letting go of control, and why your ability to adjust might matter more than your ability to plan.

Plus answering a few of your questions on grief, connection, and what a really good day looks like right now.

If things feel a little off right now, like your plan isn’t really… planning... This one’s for you.

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Mother’s Day is supposed to be simple. 

Flowers, brunch, cards. But for a lot of us, it’s not.

In this episode, I’m talking about the version of Mother’s Day we don’t always say out loud.. the one that holds gratitude & grief at the same time. The one where you can feel so lucky to be a mom while missing your own. Or longing to become one. Or navigating relationships that don’t look the way you thought they would.

I’m sharing what this day feels like for me, almost four years after losing my mom, while raising my own kids and standing somewhere in the middle of both.

We’re also getting honest about expectations, the invisible load moms carry, and what we actually want from this day (hint: it’s not managing everyone else).

If you’ve ever felt a mix of emotions around Mother’s Day—this one’s for you.

And if it makes you think of someone… send it to them.

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If you’ve ever gone to bed thinking you were completely fine only to find yourself spiraling in the middle of the night, this episode will hit.

In this episode, Maggie talks about the kind of anxiety that doesn’t show up during the day, the overthinking, second-guessing, and quiet spirals that seem to hit the second everything slows down.

We talk about why anxiety feels louder at night, the pressure to be “fine” during the day, and what it really looks like to navigate those in-between moments when your mind won’t turn off.

This isn’t a how-to or a fix. It’s a real, honest conversation about what it feels like to live it and a reminder that if your brain has ever gone there… you’re not the only one.

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