Sol Rising

Are you a highly sensitive person? Not sensitive like you get offended easily, but sensitive to your surroundings. Would you describe yourself as hyperaware or highly observant? And do you have anxiety? If so, you may be a highly sensitive person and not know that this is actually your superpower!

Join Amanda and the intuitive and insightful Ginger Ready, certified Core Energy Coach, Reiki practitioner, and mindset mentor specializing in helping highly sensitive women embrace their sensitivity as their superpower, for a high energy, enlightening, and interesting conversation about how to reduce anxiety and overwhelm in HSPs (as they are affectionately called!).

Topics they explore cover:

• Signs you are an HSP and how a HSP is different than an empath
• The benefits of being an HSP
• How to accept being an HSP and use it as your superpower
• Tools to reduce overwhelm including setting boundaries, grounding, being authentic, entering a flow of high frequency energy, exercise, etc.
• The importance of listening to your intuition and doing what you love
• How to distinguish between ego and Higher Self speaking to you
• A new take on the vision board that is NOT goal-oriented but energy-oriented
• Reducing anxiety all comes down to awareness

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About Ginger

Ginger Ready is a certified Core Energy Coach, Reiki practitioner, and mindset mentor specializing in helping highly sensitive women embrace their sensitivity as a superpower. Through her holistic approach, she blends energy healing, spirituality, and subconscious work to guide her clients in reducing anxiety, breaking through subconscious blocks, and connecting deeply with their higher self. Creator of The Thriving Sensitive YouTube channel and the host of transformational workshops, Ginger is passionate about helping HSPs live authentically, tap into their inner wisdom, and design a life that reflects their true purpose.

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Do you find yourself not enjoying the precious moments of life because you are anticipating loss? Do you struggle with what to say to someone when they are mourning the loss of a loved one or going through a a tough time?

Join Amanda and her guest, Jessica Fein, author of Breath Taking: A Memoir of Family, Dreams, and Broken Genes, host of the I Don't Know How You Do It podcast, and grieving mother and sibling, as they explore grief literacy and how to show up in meaningful ways for yourself, your family, and others in the midst of the chaos and uncertainty that accompanies grief (anticipatory or current). This episode is packed with tips for helping not only the parents of a grieving child but also the siblings.

In addition to Jessica's powerful and important story, other insightful and interesting conversation centers around:

• Creating "micro doses of hope," joy, and "corners of beauty" in moments when it's extremely hard to do so.
• Having a realistic perspective of hope and what is actually possible and achievable, so you don't feel constantly defeated and in despair.
• How to show up vulnerably in challenging, fragile, and painful situations.
• The importance of parents showing their emotions to their children in order to normalize difficult feelings.
• How to help children navigate their own big feelings during a time of crisis and grief.
• The "and/both" concept: living in both grief and joy simultaneously is possible.
• It's less about what you say and more about the actions you take when helping someone through their grieving process.

About Jessica

Author of Breath Taking: A Memoir of Family, Dreams, and Broken Genes and host of the I Don't Know How You Do It podcast, which features real, raw, and rare conversations with people whose lives seem unimaginable from the outside. Her writing explores grief, resilience, and the unbreakable bonds of family, and has appeared in The New York Times, Psychology Today, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, HuffPost, as well as on TEDx stage recently talking about how grief literacy is an antidote to loneliness. Jessica is a relentless warrior in the memory of her dynamic daughter whom she lost to rare disease in 2022. Her work encompasses hope and humor, grit, and grace -- the tools that make up her personal survival kit.

Learn more about Jessica and find links to her book, podcast, essays, and more on her website.

Listen to her TedX talk here.

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Looking for a transformative approach to sobriety that incorporates body, mind, and spirit? Look no further. Gina Kunadian, alcohol-free sobriety coach and host of the Shine Within podcast has a great one! Gina's motivating and life-changing SHINE process delivers!

Join Amanda to hear Gina's incredible sobriety story then dive into the five elements of SHINE:

S: Sobriety and identifying your "why?"

H: Healing and getting to the root cause of the pain that compels you to drink and replacing that pain with self-love.

I: Inspiration through exploring your creativity.

N: Nurturing yourself by discovering the healing properties of and connection to nature.

E: Empowerment found in meeting your resilient self in source energy.

Other interesting ideas and insights they bring to light include:

• The moment of surrender many alcoholics and addicts experience and how maintaining sobriety usually involves a relationship with a Higher Power.
• Prayer followed by vulnerable action is the path to manifesting your greatest goals.
• Harnessing the power of thought in connection with the divine to create a better life and world.
• How setting boundaries with others as part of your growth process makes you attractive to others who may need healing.
• The benefit of living in a consistent state of what lights you up and being unattached to the outcome: having expectations and not being devastated if they don't come to pass.
• An added bonus of newfound self-worth in sobriety can inspire you to try new things and the powerful energy that arises when we find out we are good at them!

*Trigger warning: Gina's story involves sexual abuse in her childhood. If this will trigger you, please check out another episode of Sol Rising.

About Gina

Gina Kunadian is a devoted wife, loving mother, certified massage therapist, TEDx Speaker, and a dedicated women's alcohol-free sobriety coach. Her life's mission revolves around guiding women to break free from the shackles of alcohol dependency, enabling them to realize and live their fullest potential. As the host of the podcast Shine Within, Gina shares inspiration and transformative insights that cultivate unwavering confidence, clarity, and vitality in her listeners. Having personally triumphed over alcoholism, she's deeply passionate about championing others on their journey towards sobriety. Gina's unique "Transformation SHINE Process" provides steadfast support, illuminating the path of recovery and self-rediscovery for many.

Visit Gina's website to download your free Six Step Blueprint to Living an Alcohol-Free Life.

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Do you feel like your grief needs to be validated in order to mourn? Do you judge your loss as worthy before you allow yourself to feel it? Have you considered other manifestations of grief aside from death (aka ambiguous loss), one of the most common being divorce?

Join Amanda and her very affable, fun guest, Rachel Garcia as they discuss the importance of giving yourself permission to grieve, focusing on the grief of divorce and how it can be a catalyst for deep healing, one which prompted Rachel to start her podcast, The Grief Informed Podcast.

The ladies talk about what grief looks like after divorce but that's not all. They also dive into:

• Acknowledging, accepting, and embracing the fact that you are affected by certain losses, big and small
• What it means to be "grief informed"
• How to attune to your needs when you feel triggered by past trauma and loss
• Coming back into "contact" with your higher self and heart when you feel yourself dissociating from your grief
• How to create a nonjudgmental and compassionate space within in order to feel safe enough to grieve
• You cannot receive the support you need if you aren't willing to be vulnerable, and much more.

About Rachel

A single working mom with four teenagers in Birmingham, AL, Rachel worked as a Doula and Childbirth Educator for 10 years and dabbled in life coaching. She found her niche for this season of life through having long form conversations about the ways we are each affected by grief and the ways in which we can better show up for ourselves and for others in that sacred practice. Rachel lost both of her parents at a young age, faced early childhood trauma, and understood grief through bereavement. But it was divorce that taught her another level of grief she wasn't quite prepared for! It was this grief that inspired her to start and host her podcast, The Grief Informed Podcast.

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What's your story? Have you told it to anyone, and have you considered the impact it has on those who hear it?

Join Amanda and her guest, Jose Lugo, author, speaker, and founder of We Are All One Story as he shares his story of rising from the depths of childhood physical and emotional abuse, gang violence, jail, addiction and depression into recovery, redemption, and traveling the world to give voice to other brave storytellers: people who bare their souls with the intention of finding healing through connection.

Jose shares his deepest pain and his greatest healing in this riveting and inspiring episode and does so with incredible honesty, candidness, and vulnerability. Men, listen up...this one is for you!

Other topics they discuss include:

• The resiliency of the human spirit
• The commonalities Jose has found among every story he has heard
• Jose's book, Love, Faith, & Violence: A True Song and Story, a testament to the power of miracles
• How emotional pain can hurt more and do more damage than physical pain
• Jose's powerful spiritual awakening and reckoning after battling depression and addiction
• Normalizing the conversation about depression and other mental illness among men
• The power of shared story to lift people out of despair and into hope
• No matter how far down you go, your dreams are always waiting for you!

About Jose

Jose Lugo is the author of Love, Faith, & Violence: A True Song and Story, speaker, and founder of We Are All One Story, a heart-centered organization created to positively impact the world by focusing on human connection and well-being through the art of storytelling. Jose has dedicated his life to sharing his experiences and helping others own their life stories to live a better life.

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Visit We Are All One Story to learn more about their beautiful mission.

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Has your family, society, or your own self put you in a box and created an identity that suddenly feels inauthentic? Are you awakening to a reality that your conditioning has defined who you are instead of you defining who you are?

Join Amanda and her guest Betsy Pepine, author of "Breaking Boxes: Dismantling the Metaphorical Boxes that Bind Us" for a deeper look into how people and the world around us have the power to shape us into who they think we should be with tactics like judgment and expectation. Break through your own box as you listen to this enlightening and empowering conversation between two women who have witnessed and broken down their own boxes on their journey toward true authenticity.

A few boxes and topics they explore include:

• The "Good Mom" box and how striving to appear like a good mom is actually doing a disservice to your child
• The "Good Daughter" box and the pressure parents place on their children to be what they want them to be instead of honoring and allowing them to be who they are
• The "Single Mom" box and the judgment that comes with being older and single
• Reasons why we stay in these boxes and how to break free from them
• Somatic therapies like EMDR, bioenergetics, and breathwork as a pathway to healing trauma
• Betsy's favorite word, "next," and how she uses that word to dismiss the notion of failure and keep moving forward when things don't go as planned

Pre-order Betsy's book "Breaking Boxes" here

About Betsy

Betsy Pepine is a serial entrepreneur in real estate. Her brokerage, Pepine Realty, has been named as an Inc. 5000 Fasting Growing Private Company in the USA multiple times and has earned spots on the Top 50 Florida Companies to Watch and Florida Trend Best Companies to Work For lists. The Wall Street Journal has consistently recognized Betsy's real estate team as one of the top-producing real estate companies in the United States. Betsy also owns a title company, real estate school, and property management brokerage. She is endorsed by her mentor, real estate mogul, and Shark Tank shark Barbara Corcoran, as well as leading media personalities Dave Ramsey and Glenn Beck. Passionate about helping at-risk families with children, Betsy founded Pepine Gives, a non-profit foundation that helps families facing housing insecurity.

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Are you wondering if your partner may be a narcissist or has narcissistic tendencies? Have you tried to break away from a toxic relationship only to return again? Are you sick and tired of the merry-go-round that leaves you feeling guilty, shameful, and defeated? Then this episode is for you!

Join Amanda and her guest Bre Wolta, EFT and The Clearing Work™ Certified Practitioner and Relationship Clarity Coach as they discuss and explore the 4 stages common in all narcissistic relationships (not only romantic ones!): lovebombing, devaluing, discarding, and hoovering. Understand what it feels like to be in the whirlwind of each one and learn tools to free yourself from this vicious cycle.

Amanda and Bre also talk about:

• How and why women end up in these relationships: the root cause usually stemming from childhood
• Nervous system regulation through EFT Tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique): an energy tool to reset, recenter, and ground into the essence of who you are so you can feel safe in your body again
• Narcissistic relationships are a form of addiction
• How Bre works with women to help get them untangled from these toxic relationships

More about Bre

Bre is passionate about helping women heal from the mindf*ck of confusing relationships so that they can find peace and move toward healthy, secure love. Her own toxic relationship healing journey, and her ability to hold safe space allows her to walk alongside clients as they find clarity, confidence and trust within themselves. It is her life's work, and deep honor, to help women wake up to their life and consciously move outside of their default patterning, so that they can reconnect to and nurture the most important relationship of all: the one they have with themselves.

Learn more about Bre's work here: https://www.brewolta.com/

Bre's freebie "3 Ways to Recognize Love Bombing So You Don't Fall Into it Again" can be accessed here: https://www.brewolta.com/lovebombing

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Jennifer Norman, founder of The Human Beauty Movement, joins Amanda for a bright and beautiful conversation about inner beauty, resilience after loss, and finding oneself through radical self-love, self-awareness, and self-acceptance. Jennifer tells her story of being an Asian child adopted into a white family and feeling like she never fit in growing up. She also speaks about the challenges of being divorced twice and raising a child with severe disabilities on her own. However, Jennifer chooses not to dwell on the depression she felt in those darks days but uses her pain as motivation to be the best version of herself every single day. She tells us how she does it in this captivating and uplifting episode.

A few topics Amanda and Jennifer delve into include:

• The difference between self-love and self-acceptance.
• The body positivity movement and how you are loved just for being you, yet there is always room for growth into a healthier version of yourself.
• How to achieve mental health and mental WELLTH!
• The balance of showing up as your authentic self while living in harmony with others.
• Why narcissistic and codependent people attract each other and how to break the cycle.

The Human Beauty Movement is a Certified B Corp that promotes diversity, inclusivity, and mind-body-soul well-being through its products, media content, and unique wellness programs. Jennifer is also the founder of Humanist Beauty, a clean skincare & conscious lifestyle brand. An award-winning author of SuperCaptainBraveMan children's books, podcast host, philanthropist, and disability advocate.

Visit The Human Beauty Movement to learn more.

Her skincare line can be found here and children's books here.

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How do you deal with loss and grief in sobriety? Who and what do you turn to while navigating some of life's toughest challenges? And how do secondary mental illnesses play a part in a person's ability to stay sober for the long haul?

Join Amanda and her guest Corey Hennings, host of The Sober By Design Podcast, to hear Corey's personal experience with staying sober through the loss of his mother and brother, two profound deaths that occurred within three years. Learn the tools Corey used (and still uses) to not only stay sober, but to increase his overall mental health and emotional well-being in good times and bad. A good example of two people who practice different methods of recovery yet find common ground to meet on, this diplomatic conversation drives home the immense value and benefit of life in sobriety regardless of one's individual path.

Key points they touch on include:

• Removing alcohol is the first step to figuring out the emotional turmoil that is going on underneath the addiction.
• Addiction is a mental illness classified in the DSM-5 and when coupled with another mental illness such as bipolar disorder, depression, and anxiety, staying sober can be exponentially challenging.
• How connecting with other alcoholics was the foundation of Corey's recovery program in the early days of his sobriety.
• The challenge of watching a loved one progress in their illness and feeling powerless to help them.
• The importance of music and how it can be like a time machine, transporting you back to indelible memories and moments in life. (Listen for Corey and Amanda's picks that remind them of their loved ones!)

Corey Hennings dedicates his show, The Sober by Design Podcast, to helping others live a full life in recovery. A certified recovery coach, Corey works in a local organization helping folks find resources to better their lives and find their own path in recovery.

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Returning to the roots of the show, Amanda (in her first solo episode) discusses the dire need for connection right now and provides great tools and tips for sidestepping the emotional booby traps many of us find ourselves in while dealing with our own heightened emotions as well as the heightened emotions of others surrounding the current political climate.

Some of the important points she addresses include:

• The danger of Common Enemy Effect: The psychological phenomenon when people bond over a shared opponent or issue even if they have nothing else in common, producing a false sense of connection.
• A new take on WE the people and how we will only find peace by working together.
• The necessity to take accountability for how we are each individually contributing to the problem with self-centered perceptions and divisive behaviors.
• How crucial it is for leaders and healers to not check out but to take a break when needed.
• The effects of being constantly triggered with visuals of violence that are commonplace now but were not in the past.
• Emotional immaturity and a lack of empathy are two root causes of the division.
• Addictive chemicals are released when we feel "right" and breaking this addiction will require immense amounts of commitment and discipline.
• The political division we are experiencing is a facade of the much larger issue of human survival, and how our energy holds the power to deliver us to harmony.
• How to apply the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous to heal the division.
• Four great phrases to use when you do not want to engage in a contentious conversation.
• A beautiful mantra to immediately shift the focus from blaming someone to addressing what needs to be changed within you.

Please share this with someone you think may need it. (Which is all of us!)

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