In this episode of She Is Not Broken, Shelby sits down with her sister Mattie Allred, a breathwork and somatic practitioner, for a conversation about what happens when we become disconnected from the experience of being alive in our own bodies.

Together, they explore why chronic stress, trauma, motherhood, and years of overriding ourselves can leave us living almost entirely from our minds—and what begins to return when the body finally feels safe enough to soften. Play. Curiosity. Creativity. Movement. Emotion. Stillness. Joy. The parts of us that can seem frivolous when there is so much to get done, but may actually tell us something important about how safe and present we feel in our lives.

They also talk about the difference between understanding healing intellectually and actually experiencing it, why we can know all the “right” things and still feel disconnected from ourselves, and how simple practices like breath, movement, curiosity, and noticing the body can help us begin to come back.

This isn't a conversation about escaping your responsibilities or creating a life with less to carry. It's about learning how to actually be here for the life you're already living—and remembering that the playful, expressive, curious parts of you aren't gone. They may just be waiting for enough safety to come back.

Book Reference:

Call of the Wild by Kimberly Ann Johnson

Motherhood changes our bodies, but it also changes the way we relate to them. And in a season when so many women are being told to “bounce back,” movement can easily become another place where we feel like we aren’t doing enough.

In this conversation with Jen Foleker, owner of FIT4MOM Missoula, we talk about finding a different relationship with movement after motherhood—one that isn’t centered around getting your old body back. We explore how our reasons for exercising can change, what movement gives us beyond physical results, and how we can have goals for our bodies without treating them like problems that need to be fixed.

We also talk about something moms need just as much as movement: other moms. Jen shares what she’s witnessed when women are given a space to show up with the babies, toddlers, snacks, interruptions, and messiness of real life—and how fitness can become a doorway into friendship, belonging, and feeling like yourself again.

This conversation is a reminder that taking care of your body doesn’t have to come from wanting to change it. Sometimes movement can simply be one of the ways we care for the woman living inside it.

Connect With Jen
Instagram: @fit4mom_missoula
Website: Fitness For Moms - FIT4MOM® Missoula

In this conversation with professional dancer, heels instructor, and mom Alissa Tucker, we explore how movement became less about performance and more about presence. We talk about why movement can feel so vulnerable, how shame quietly shapes the way women experience their bodies, and how culture often confuses sensuality with sexuality.

We also explore how motherhood changes our relationship with our bodies, the difference between confidence and performance, and what it looks like to model self-care, self-expression, and self-acceptance for the next generation.

Whether it's dancing in a studio, dancing in your kitchen, or simply learning to feel at home in your own body again, this episode is an invitation to see movement not as something you do to change yourself, but as a way of reconnecting with who you've always been.

In this episode of She’s Not Broken, Shelby sits down with personal trainer, nutritionist, and mother Brooke Jessop for a deeply honest conversation about body image, motherhood, fitness, and faith. Brooke shares her journey through bodybuilding, burnout, postpartum changes, and learning to move away from performance, perfection, and self-criticism.

Together, they explore what it means to come home to your body—not as something to control or constantly fix, but as a gift to care for with love, softness, and intention. They talk about the pressure women feel to stay productive and “put together,” the disconnection that can come from chasing external standards, and the healing that comes through slowing down, presence, and surrender.

This conversation is a powerful reminder that your worth is not measured by your appearance, your productivity, or your body size. It’s an invitation to release fear, embrace the season you’re in, and find peace in the body and life God has given you.

Movement has become something many women do to change themselves, control themselves, or earn something. But what if it was never meant to be any of those things?

In this conversation with movement coach, SMASH founder, Taylor Eubank, we explore how culture has intertwined shame with movement and sensuality, leaving many women disconnected from their bodies and afraid to fully express themselves.

We talk about moving because it feels good instead of because it burns calories, reclaiming sensuality from the way culture has sexualized it, the freedom of living unedited, and why expression isn't something we should have to earn. We also explore motherhood, identity, and what it looks like to model a healthy relationship with our bodies for the next generation.

If you've ever felt like you've had to shrink yourself, censor yourself, or disconnect from your body in order to fit in, this conversation is an invitation to begin asking a different question: What if shame and movement were never meant to go together?

In this opening episode of Season 5, I share the question that became the foundation for this entire season: When did we become so disconnected from ourselves?

Together, we explore the quiet ways women learn to observe themselves instead of simply experiencing life, and how that often leads us to slowly edit who we are without even realizing it—from the beliefs we've inherited to the subtle ways we change our bodies, our voices, our joy, and our expression to fit the world around us.

My hope is that as you listen, you won't leave with more answers—but with better questions.

Content note: This episode includes conversations about childhood sexual abuse, child loss, depression, suicide, and other sensitive topics.

Part of our Through the Fire series, where women share the stories that transformed them.

In this deeply personal conversation, my mom shares the story she's always called The Butterfly Story—a journey through childhood sexual abuse, unimaginable loss, motherhood, severe depression, suicide, and what it looked like to slowly build a life on the other side.

Together, we talk about surviving trauma, raising a family while carrying invisible burdens, the moments that shaped her along the way, the long road from survival to transformation and how God used her story to help others through theirs. It's a raw and honest conversation about pain, resilience, hope, and becoming.

If you've ever wondered whether healing is possible after the hardest chapters of your life, I hope this conversation reminds you that your story isn't over.

Part of the Through the Fire series, where women share the stories that transformed them.

After a horse accident left Amanda with a broken back, she was faced with a choice: become defined by what happened to her or let it change her for the better. In this conversation, we talk about resilience, refusing a victim mindset, getting back on the horse—literally—and the unexpected ways faith, perspective, and what she describes as miracles shaped her healing journey. It's an honest story about finding meaning in the hardest seasons and discovering that sometimes the fire changes us for the better.

Kim's story is one of profound faith, unimaginable loss, and choosing to trust God through it all. As a mother, chiropractor, and cancer survivor, she shares what it looked like to walk through cancer, grief, and heartbreak while continuing to believe that God could use every part of her story for His glory.

In this conversation, we talk about trusting God when life doesn't make sense, discerning truth from the lies that often accompany suffering, and why Kim has continued sharing her testimony—even in the hardest seasons. Her story is a powerful reminder that hope isn't found in having easy circumstances, but in the One who walks with us through them.

Content note: This episode includes a conversation about the loss of a child. Please listen in whatever way feels most supportive for you.

Amanda and I explore the relationships we're meant to outgrow—and the ones waiting for us on the other side. This is a conversation about community, vulnerability, divine timing, and finding your people in places you never expected.

We talk about her experience co-leading women's retreats designed to help women reconnect with themselves, what she learned from bringing women together in deep community, and why vulnerability is often the doorway to meaningful connection.

We also dive into my experience growing up in a polygamist community and the unique kind of village it created—one where families helped raise each other's children, life was deeply intertwined, and community wasn't something you scheduled, it was something you lived. Amanda shares what drew her to that aspect of my upbringing and how it shaped her understanding of belonging and connection.