Still & Standing Podcast™ (formerly Redefine Your Struggle™) by, Amy McCann

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🎉Introductory Episode: 

For leaders, communicators, and anyone navigating online visibility with integrity—this one’s for you.

👁️How visibility and goal-setting really relate to success and fulfillment.

You don’t need to run a business to realize this:
Your reactions, your stories, and the energy you carry are everyone you care about's business.

💡Turn on this daily focus—in love, leadership, and legacy.

🎧 Inside this audio reflection:

 ✨ The visibility factor: Why “just show up raw” might miss the mark—and what leads to meaningful (long-term) connection instead

 ✨ How “my way or the highway” can evolve into a my way that becomes a fulfilling, measurable byway

 ✨ Goals and checklists won’t help your grief or the worries and woes only your pillow knows

➡️✨For a VIP invite to my guest appearance on the Be in Demand Podcast to air May 20, 2025, AND to become an early listener or guest on my newest podcast release of Still & Standing™, CLICK HERE! 

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Inspiration is a primary principle in every masterpiece. What inspires this episode? This wisdom:  “You can sell anything to yourself.” ~Evy Poumpouras, former secret service agent and author of Beyond Bullet Proof When 

Here, we walk through our inner cave to explore how to cultivate a masterPEACE presence in life beyond emotional complexities.

When it comes to our healing journey and the idea of a peace walk beyond those we feel have betrayed us, we can sell ourselves stories that keep us locked in the prison of bitterness and blame without realizing it. 

To live in unconditional healing and pain release, we must have the courage to ask the tough inner questions: 

❓What is my story, and is it one I can afford to purchase today? 

❓Is this healthy strength beyond that which did not kill me,  or is this a pity-party disguised as a peace-healing journey for others to witness? 

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Today on Inner Cave Walk, I answer the question:

👉 “How do I create an emotional fitness program for myself, quickly?”

Here are 3 powerful mind flex shifts that will change how you relate to pressure and performance—especially if you're tired of high-functioning emotional isolation.

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Welcome to Inner Cave Walk™ , a bonus sample journey of what my email subscribers experience!

JOIN HERE to give a boost (not a blow up) to your inner world and your inbox experience!

This location is where the visibility on the inside transforms into the wisdom we carry beyond bitter endings and into bold beginnings. In real-world practice, not just theory.

In this space, you'll emerge as your best Inner Listener, ready to navigate a world full of external judgments.

Even if you say, "I couldn't care less about what people think,” ask yourself: Does it matter how those closest to me are affected by my declarations and decisions, especially when it comes to emotional complexities?

If you agree that life is a never-ending, unpredictable season of uncertainty, this is a cave experience designed to boost confidence in the dark complexities life can throw at us and foster humility and harmony through success.

As a successful visionary or victorious leader meeting daily high-stakes demands, going through ambiguous transitions, or if you’re secretly aching to move beyond success around achievements, awards, and applause--to feel alive, not just in stride with your spreadsheets and checklists-- here's your season and invitation to take new charge of your fulfillment! Your heart, brain, family, and teams will feel it!

Your Inner Listener Guide,

Amy

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When life burns you and things grow cold in your relationships, what can we do to feel at peace, in the energy of joy, and in harmony with uncertainty? Here's a story about finding warmth at our family's cold Thanksgiving table many years ago.

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Back with another season of episodes--Thanks for listening!

🎃🩻For this Halloween month in America, here's some skeleton advice you may want to grip (not grasp) onto! This skeleton style of living puts us in a better form and relationship with the quality of TRUST! Ultimately, you'll experience greater peace of mind and a more harmonious forward motion.

🎧Whether you're intrigued or scared by this idea, grip yourself a glass of water, and I dare you to listen! 

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This episode is shared from the MasterPeace-of-Mind™ Behind-the-scenes BONUS content!

The day the authorities knocked...

How do we handle ourselves when a force we didn’t see coming appears and our fear and stress kick in?

Sometimes what others think of us can work to tear us down. At other times, we may need to fight to defend ourselves and maintain our authentic identity and values. 

Eventually, no matter how unbelievably unfair a situation seems at the time, we can work to make the situation more bearable.

One of our inspirational artistic principles to help us master peace of mind through stressful situations is the principle of CONTRAST. In art, it is used to create a sense of unease and peace.

Contrast applied to our program is about the uneasy forms of stress and the style of peace we can gain either through instinct or choice.

Join my husband, Sean, and me for this impromptu morning coffee talk about the day the authorities showed up looking for me. 

How Sean handled the situation as an objective outsider, and how I managed my internal fear and stress unfolding (from freezing up with calm to needing to intentionally slow down my breathing through anxiety as I felt myself unraveling).

And we’ll contrast Sean’s objective response to my situation to a day he felt his freeze response kick in when an unexpected problem arose.

You’ll have to wait for the entire story of why the FBI showed up to ‘take me in’ in our upcoming sessions! 

Believe it or not, this is how our morning conversations go! These early-day discussions feel rich and (usually) tied to our work in the world and our excitement for what we are passionate about outside of our marriage. Please listen to this insightful, unfolding conversation, which I felt compelled to record and share with all of you.

After you listen, think back to when you were in a position where someone made entirely wrong assumptions about you. How did you respond? Ask yourself: Is it necessary to change a future response to uncertainty and assumptions by others?

Your Coach,
Amy

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Mental Health Awareness Month may have passed, but the topic of Mental Health will always be a #1 topic that affects us all!*

Please join my excellent guest Shaun Zetlin and me for another profound round of conversation in my Redefine Your Struggle podcast. Thank you for tuning in, sharing, and becoming part of the Perseverance Movement I'm building!

*Disclaimer: In this episode, I mention my struggle with lifelong depression. I have always sought the help of therapists in addition to my coaches. We are not therapists or crisis counselors. If you are in an emotional crisis, please consult a therapist or counselor. If you are having thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 800-273-8255.

To reach Amy:
[email protected] 
OR
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To reach Shaun: 
email [email protected]
OR
website zetlinfitness.com

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How aware are we of others' struggles with mental health? Here are my thoughts--and something you might not know that I've struggled with!

Cheers to higher awareness in Mental Health. Thanks in advance for sharing what you feel is helpful!

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Welcome to Episode #5 PART II with my guest, Rianna Hijlkema!

In PART 1, Rianna shared how she reinvented herself after losing everything in her twenties.
In this PART 2 segment,  she shares her next phase in life and path toward her dream, only to discover things aren't going as planned. If you've ever clung to a dream so tightly that it interrupted your happiness and life, and you're unsure how to get through another day, this segment is for you!

Thanks for tuning in--and let us know what you took away from today's show.

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➡️For more on Rianna
https://www.instagram.com/riannahijlkema/
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Be Bold. Be Confident. See Where it Takes You.