Ever feel like you're drowning in a mud puddle while acting like you need a life raft? Yeah, me too. In this episode, I'm tackling that gloomy voice in our heads that sounds suspiciously like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh—you know, the one convinced everything is conspiring against us.

Here's the thing: COVID turned us all into Eeyores somehow, normalizing a victim mentality where we're waist-deep in water calling it an ocean. But I'm here to tell you how pink inflatable birds became my spirit animal when negativity reared its ugly head. 

So grab your metaphorical floaty and join me as I figure out how to be awkward, imperfect, and unapologetically fabulous—even in the mess.

01:00 - Meet Your Inner Eeyore (He's the Worst)

02:00 - COVID Turned Us All Into Depressed Donkeys

03:00 - Are You Bringing Sunshine or a Complaint Convention?

04:00 - Your Words: Medicine or Straight-Up Poison?

05:00 - I Created a Flamingo Cult During Lockdown

06:00 - Meet Tilly: Our Pink Mascot of Chaos

07:00 - I Became the Oprah of Flamingos (You Get a Flamingo!)

08:00 - People Swimming in Mud Puddles: A Springfield Love Story

09:00 - Job 11:16 or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Puddle

10:00 - You're Not Drowning, You're Just Dramatic

11:00 - Find Your Floaties (No, Really, Find Them)

12:00 - Put a Flamingo on Your Problems

13:00 - Prayer for Hot Mess Flamingo People

14:00 - Two Songs: Pick Your Soundtrack (Eeyore or Fabulous?)

Amber Weigand-Buckley is an award-winning author, podcaster as well as editor and art director for Leading Hearts magazine. She is also co-host of Coffee Chat with Amber & Lisa. Be on the lookout for her May 2026 release #sisterhoodoftheshortyellowpencils: Mental Health Mayhem, One Sticky Note at a Time. Follow her @barefacedgirl on socials for more.