StrongHER Voices

If you're in midlife and you've been carrying something heavy but couldn't quite name it — this episode is going to give you the language you've been missing.

Today, Ashley sits down with Megan States — licensed professional counselor at Blossom Counseling and Wellness — for one of the most meaningful conversations this podcast has had. Megan has a gift for making the most difficult human experiences feel a little less heavy just by talking about them honestly. And today she does exactly that.

Grief in midlife is so much bigger than the loss of a person. It's grieving the body you used to have, the version of yourself you thought you'd be by now, relationships that have changed, children who've grown up, careers that didn't go as planned, and chapters of life that closed before you were ready. Every woman in midlife is grieving something. And today Megan is going to help us understand what that actually means — and what to do with it.

🎙️ StrongHER Voices is the empowering podcast helping women navigate their StrongHER Era with clarity, confidence, and practical, expert-backed support.

Hosted by Ashley Basilio — certified menopause health coach, fitness professional, and women's wellness advocate.

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In this episode, we cover:

✅ What women are really carrying: shame, the pressure to appear strong, and the matriarch image

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👥 Featured Guest

Megan States, LPC — Licensed Professional Counselor at Blossom Counseling and Wellness in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Megan works with children, teens, and adults and is passionate about normalizing conversations around mental health and emotional wellness. She is licensed in Pennsylvania and Colorado.

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If you've ever thought of yourself as a good person because you say yes to everything, put yourself last, and go along to get along — this episode is going to reframe everything.

Today, Ashley sits down with Trina Stutzman — life and executive coach, author of 12 Steps to Overcome People Pleasing, and founder of her own coaching practice dedicated to helping women stop abandoning themselves and start telling the truth out loud and unapologetically. Trina doesn't sugarcoat this topic. She doesn't call people pleasing a habit you can fix with a few boundary tips. She calls it what it is — self-abandonment. And a form of lying. And once you hear it that way, you cannot unhear it.

This conversation is funny, honest, quotable, and genuinely life-changing. You're going to need a minute after this one. 💛

🎙️ StrongHER Voices is the empowering podcast helping women navigate their StrongHER Era with clarity, confidence, and practical, expert-backed support.

Hosted by Ashley Basilio — certified menopause health coach, fitness professional, and women's wellness advocate.

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In this episode, we cover:

✅ Trina's personal journey: a strict religious upbringing, a health wake-up call, and 30 years of reclaiming her voice 

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👥 Featured Guest

Trina Stutzman — Life and executive coach, author of 12 Steps to Overcome People Pleasing, and founder of Trina Stutzman Coaching. Trina helps women stop abandoning themselves and start telling the truth — with humor, heart, and hard-earned wisdom. She offers one-on-one coaching virtually and in person from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and works with women anywhere in the world.

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Today's episode is a little different — and intentionally so. No labs, no clinical deep dives, no hormones. Just a really beautiful, soulful conversation about something that matters just as much: owning your story, asking for what you want, and creating a life that actually feels like yours.

Amanda Soler is the founder of SolFul Living, host of the SolFul Connections podcast, a certified Primordial Sound Meditation teacher, and a health coach with three decades of business leadership. Her gift is making people feel safe enough to tell the truth — about themselves, their lives, and what they actually want. She did it for Ashley on her own podcast. And today she brings that same warmth and wisdom here.

If you've ever felt like you've been living life on someone else's terms — this one is for you. 💛

🎙️ StrongHER Voices is the empowering podcast helping women navigate their StrongHER Era with clarity, confidence, and practical, expert-backed support.

Hosted by Ashley Basilio — certified menopause health coach, fitness professional, and women's wellness advocate.

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In this episode, we cover:

✅ Amanda's journey: from COO of a large Chamber of Commerce to founder of SolFul Living 

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👥 Featured Guest

Amanda Soler — Founder of SolFul Living, host of the SolFul Connections podcast, certified Primordial Sound Meditation teacher, and health coach. Amanda helps people design more intentional, meaningful lives by getting past the small talk and into the soul talk.

Connect with Amanda: 

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If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to keep supporting you on your StrongHER journey. 💛

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⚠️ Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice and should not replace consultation with your healthcare provider. Always talk with a qualified professional about your individual health needs before making changes to your diet, exercise, or treatment plan.

If you've ever quietly wondered whether the leakage, the pressure, the bladder urgency, or the changes you've been noticing are something you just have to live with — this episode is going to be a game changer. Because the answer, according to today's guest, is a resounding no.

Today, Ashley sits down with Dr. Toya Gordon — double board-certified, fellowship-trained urogynecologist and reconstructive pelvic surgeon, OB/GYN, and certified menopause practitioner, and the founder of Journey Well MD, in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Gordon is one of the most rare combinations in women's healthcare — someone who understands the pelvic floor from both a surgical and a hormonal lens. And she brings every bit of that expertise to this conversation with warmth, clarity, and just the right amount of tough love.

This episode covers everything from what a urogynecologist actually does, to prolapse staging, the mid-urethral sling surgery, how menopause accelerates pelvic and bladder changes, vaginal estrogen, and Dr. Gordon's Core Wellness philosophy — nourish, move, restore, connect. Oh, and wait until you hear the moment Ashley and Dr. Gordon realize their approaches to women's wellness are almost identical. 💛

🎙️ StrongHER Voices is the empowering podcast helping women navigate their StrongHER Era with clarity, confidence, and practical, expert-backed support.

Hosted by Ashley Basilio — certified menopause health coach, fitness professional, and women's wellness advocate.

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In this episode, we cover:

✅ Welcome + how Ashley and Dr. Gordon connected through the Chamber of Commerce and a local women's conference 

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👥 Featured Guest

Dr. Toya Gordon, MD — Double board-certified, fellowship-trained urogynecologist and reconstructive pelvic surgeon, OB/GYN, and certified menopause practitioner. Founder of Journey Well MD, a private women's health practice in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Gordon's mission is to help self-sacrificing busy women and career moms prioritize their health and wellbeing without guilt — by focusing on life stage wellness beyond pregnancy and into every chapter of a woman's life.

Connect with Dr. Gordon: 

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If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to keep supporting you on your StrongHER journey. 💛

🩷 Join StrongHER Together 

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⚠️ Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice and should not replace consultation with your healthcare provider. Always talk with a qualified professional about your individual health needs before making changes to your diet, exercise, or treatment plan.

If sleep has become the thing you think about all day because you can't get it at nite — this episode is going to feel like a long exhale.

Today, Ashley sits down with Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown — triple board-certified sleep physician in sleep medicine, pediatric sleep, and internal medicine, founder of Restful Sleep MD, and bestselling author of Beyond Tired. Dr. Brown trained at the University of Pennsylvania and has spent decades helping people understand and fix their sleep — including herself. She is a woman in midlife who has navigated the same hormonal sleep disruptions she helps her patients with every day. And today she brought every bit of that expertise, warmth, and lived experience to one of the most personal conversations Ashley has had on this podcast.

This episode covers it all — why sleep falls apart in perimenopause and menopause, the estrogen and progesterone connection, why the risk of sleep apnea TRIPLES in midlife, the truth about the 3AM wake-up, how to use sleep data without obsessing over it, what supplements actually work, and the gold standard treatment for insomnia that most women have never heard of. You will leave this episode with real answers and real hope.

🎙️ StrongHER Voices is the empowering podcast helping women navigate their StrongHER Era with clarity, confidence, and practical, expert-backed support.

Hosted by Ashley Basilio — certified menopause health coach, fitness professional, and women's wellness advocate.

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In this episode, we cover:

✅ Welcome + how Ashley discovered Dr. Brown through Marla Osner's webinar 

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👥 Featured Guest

Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown, MD — Triple board-certified sleep physician in sleep medicine, pediatric sleep, and internal medicine. Founder of Restful Sleep MD in Horsham, Pennsylvania, bestselling author of Beyond Tired, and creator of the Sleep Recovery Method course. Dr. Brown takes a holistic, comprehensive approach to sleep health — addressing the environmental, psychological, and medical factors that affect how women sleep, with a special focus on women in perimenopause and menopause.

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If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to keep supporting you on your StrongHER journey. 💛

🩷 Join StrongHER Together 

💌 Stay Connected 

💪 Move With Me 

📲 Follow Along on Social Media 

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⚠️ Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice and should not replace consultation with your healthcare provider. Always talk with a qualified professional about your individual health needs before making changes to your diet, exercise, or treatment plan.

If you've been quietly wondering whether what you're experiencing with desire, intimacy, or pleasure is normal — or if you've just been telling yourself this is something you have to accept now — this episode is going to change everything.

Today, Ashley sits down with Andrea Martin — and yes, her Instagram handle is @andrea.sexplains.it.all, which tells you everything you need to know about the kind of conversation this is going to be. Andrea is a board-certified women's health nurse practitioner with a doctorate in nursing, the founder of Glow Health, a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, and a Pelvic Floor Competent Practitioner. She has spent most of her career focused on exactly this topic — and she brings clinical expertise, zero judgment, and a lot of humor to one of the most underserved conversations in women's health.

This episode covers everything from the two types of desire to the physiology of orgasm, vaginal estrogen and testosterone, the best lubricants on the market, how to talk to your partner, and how to finally ask your doctor the questions you've been too embarrassed to raise. It is honest, warm, practical, and deeply empowering.

Ashley's note: I'll be real with you — I was nervous about this episode. When Andrea submitted her guest agreement and said she wanted to talk about sexual desire and orgasm, I sat with it for a minute. But I realized that avoiding this topic is exactly the problem. So here we are. And I could not be more glad. 💛

🎙️ StrongHER Voices is the empowering podcast helping women navigate their StrongHER Era with clarity, confidence, and practical, expert-backed support.

Hosted by Ashley Basilio — certified menopause health coach, fitness professional, and women's wellness advocate.

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In this episode, we cover:

✅ Welcome + how Andrea found Ashley and why she knew they shared the same values 

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👥 Featured Guest

Andrea Martin, DNP, WHNP-BC — Board-certified women's health nurse practitioner, doctoral-level clinician, Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, Pelvic Floor Competent Practitioner, and founder of Glow Health, a telemedicine practice serving women in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Andrea specializes in menopause, pelvic floor health, and women's sexual wellbeing — and she brings clinical excellence, genuine warmth, and absolutely zero judgment to every conversation.

Connect with Andrea: 

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If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to keep supporting you on your StrongHER journey. 💛

🩷 Join StrongHER Together 

💌 Stay Connected 

💪 Move With Me 

📲 Follow Along on Social Media 

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⚠️ Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice and should not replace consultation with your healthcare provider. Always talk with a qualified professional about your individual health needs before making changes to your diet, exercise, or treatment plan.

If food feels harder in midlife than it ever has before — if the scale feels confusing, your old habits aren't working, and you're just exhausted from tracking every bite — this episode is going to feel like a deep exhale.

Today, Ashley sits down with Talia Follador, registered dietitian and founder of Follador Nutrition Services, for one of the most practical, judgment-free conversations about food and midlife that you'll find anywhere. Talia brings both clinical expertise and personal experience to this topic. She is a registered dietitian and her advice is grounded in real science and real compassion. She also brings something even more powerful: her own story of healing from disordered eating, which shapes the way she approaches every single client.

This is the conversation your relationship with food has been waiting for.

🎙️ StrongHER Voices is the empowering podcast helping women navigate their StrongHER Era with clarity, confidence, and practical, expert-backed support.

Hosted by Ashley Basilio — certified menopause health coach, fitness professional, and women's wellness advocate.

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In this episode, we cover:

✅ Welcome + how Ashley found Talia through podcast guest Julie Parana 

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👥 Featured Guest

Talia Follador, RD — Registered dietitian and founder of Follador Nutrition Services. Talia helps women build a healthy, balanced relationship with food that supports energy, confidence, and well being without guilt, extremes, or rigid rules. Drawing on eight years of clinical experience across behavioral health, eating disorder care, and private practice plus her own personal healing journey, Talia brings a uniquely compassionate and evidence-based approach to nutrition for women in midlife.

Connect with Talia: 

🎁 Free Resources from Talia — all available at peaceandpancakes.com:

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If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to keep supporting you on your StrongHER journey. 💛

🩷 Join StrongHER Together Get ongoing support, accountability, education, and the tools you need to feel stronger — inside and out:

💌 Stay Connected Sign up for my email list to get blogs, classes, coaching updates, podcast drops, free workouts, and upcoming events delivered right to your inbox: 

💪 Move With Me Enjoy free, beginner-friendly to advanced workouts any time on my YouTube channel: 

📲 Follow Along on Social Media Daily tips, real talk, behind-the-scenes, and encouragement for your StrongHER Era: 

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⚠️ Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice and should not replace consultation with your healthcare provider. Always talk with a qualified professional about your individual health needs before making changes to your diet, exercise, or treatment plan.

If you've ever laughed, sneezed, or jumped and felt that little leak — and told yourself it's just part of having babies or getting older — this episode is going to change how you think about that. Because here's what Dr. Sushma Nedunuri wants every woman to know: it is common. But it is not normal. And it is absolutely treatable.

Today, Ashley sits down with Dr. Sushma Nedunuri — women's pelvic health physical therapist, founder of Serenity Pelvic Care and Physical Therapy, and someone Ashley genuinely considers a friend. With 20 years of experience and her own personal postpartum pelvic floor journey behind her, Dr. Sushma has built a practice around making the uncomfortable comfortable and the confusing clear. This conversation is warm, shame-free, and packed with things you probably didn't know — including why your jaw might be connected to your pelvic floor, why Kegels aren't for everyone, and why vaginal estrogen is something far more women should be asking about.

🎙️ StrongHER Voices is the empowering podcast helping women navigate their StrongHER Era with clarity, confidence, and practical, expert-backed support.

Hosted by Ashley Basilio — certified menopause health coach, fitness professional, and women's wellness advocate.

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In this episode, we cover:

✅ Welcome + how Ashley and Dr. Sushma met through StrongHER Together 

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👥 Featured Guest

Dr. Sushma Nedunuri, PT, DPT — Women's pelvic health physical therapist and founder of Serenity Pelvic Care and Physical Therapy in Exton, Pennsylvania. With 20 years of experience treating women across the lifespan — from postpartum recovery to perimenopause and menopause — Dr. Sushma specializes in helping women reclaim comfort, confidence, and connection with their bodies. Her approach is grounded, compassionate, and completely shame-free.

Connect with Dr. Sushma: 

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If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to keep supporting you on your StrongHER journey. 💛

🩷 Join StrongHER Together Get ongoing support, accountability, education, and the tools you need to feel stronger — inside and out:

💌 Stay Connected Sign up for my email list to get blogs, classes, coaching updates, podcast drops, free workouts, and upcoming events delivered right to your inbox: 

💪 Move With Me Enjoy free, beginner-friendly to advanced workouts any time on my YouTube channel: 

📲 Follow Along on Social Media Daily tips, real talk, behind-the-scenes, and encouragement for your StrongHER Era: 

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⚠️ Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice and should not replace consultation with your healthcare provider. Always talk with a qualified professional about your individual health needs before making changes to your diet, exercise, or treatment plan.

This episode is a little different. I'm not the host today — I'm the guest.

A few months ago, Amanda Soler — founder of SolFul Living and host of the SolFul Connections podcast — invited me onto her show. And I will be honest with you: I was nervous. Amanda's podcast is all about getting past the small talk and into the soul talk. The real story underneath the public self. And I didn't know how much I was willing to share.

What happened was one of the most unexpectedly moving conversations of my life. Amanda has a gift for making people feel so safe that you find yourself saying things you've never said out loud before. And that's exactly what happened here.

In this episode I share things I have never publicly shared — my father's struggle with alcoholism, my own battle with alcohol addiction and seven years of sobriety, the painful corporate demotion and year of rejection that finally pushed me to go all in on Get Fit With Ashley, and what I've learned about vulnerability, resilience, and what it means to truly show up as yourself.

If you've followed me for a while, I think this will help you understand me better. And if you're new here — hi, this is me. 💛

🎙️ StrongHER Voices is the empowering podcast helping women navigate their StrongHER Era with clarity, confidence, and practical, expert-backed support.

Hosted by Ashley Basilio — certified menopause health coach, fitness professional, and women's wellness advocate.

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In this episode, we cover:

✅ What's lighting Ashley up: the one-year anniversary of StrongHER Together 

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👥 About Today's Host

Amanda Soler is the founder of SolFul Living, host of the SolFul Connections podcast, a certified Primordial Sound Meditation teacher, and a health coach. Her podcast is built around skipping the small talk and getting to the soul talk — the real stories underneath our public selves. She is one of the warmest, most gifted interviewers I have ever sat across from and I am so grateful she invited me onto her show.

Find Amanda and SolFul Connections: 

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If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to keep supporting you on your StrongHER journey. 💛

🩷 Join StrongHER Together 

💌 Stay Connected 

💪 Move With Me 

📲 Follow Along on Social Media 

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⚠️ Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice and should not replace consultation with your healthcare provider. Always talk with a qualified professional about your individual health needs before making changes to your diet, exercise, or treatment plan.

If your relationship has felt harder lately — more arguments, more distance, more moments where you snap and don't even know why — and you've been wondering if it's you, or your marriage, or just life, this episode is going to bring you so much relief.

Today, Ashley sits down with Brooke Davis — founder of Thrive with Moxie and creator of the Hormone Informed Marriage course. Brooke spent 20 years in healthcare administration, has been married for 27 years, and is in perimenopause herself. What started as her own personal experience of feeling out of control, angry, and misunderstood in her marriage became a mission to give couples the language, education, and tools they need to navigate midlife together. Her work is research-backed, deeply practical, and honestly — a little bit of a relief.

This is the conversation about hormones and marriage that most couples are desperately missing. And whether you're in a partnership or not, you're going to walk away with a whole new lens for what's actually happening in midlife.

🎙️ StrongHER Voices is the empowering podcast helping women navigate their StrongHER Era with clarity, confidence, and practical, expert-backed support.

Hosted by Ashley Basilio — certified menopause health coach, fitness professional, and women's wellness advocate.

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In this episode, we cover:

✅ Welcome + how Ashley discovered Brooke's work and why she knew she had to have her on 

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👥 Featured Guest

Brooke Davis — founder of Thrive with Moxie and creator of the Hormone Informed Marriage course. With 20 years of experience in healthcare administration, a deep passion for relationship psychology, and her own lived experience navigating perimenopause in a 27-year marriage, Brooke helps couples understand what's really happening in midlife — and how to move through it together with awareness, education, and compassion.

Connect with Brooke: 

Hormone-Informed Marriage Courses: 

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If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to keep supporting you on your StrongHER journey. 💛

🩷 Join StrongHER Together Get ongoing support, accountability, education, and the tools you need to feel stronger — inside and out:

💌 Stay Connected Sign up for my email list to get blogs, classes, coaching updates, podcast drops, free workouts, and upcoming events delivered right to your inbox: 

💪 Move With Me Enjoy free, beginner-friendly to advanced workouts any time on my YouTube channel: 

📲 Follow Along on Social Media Daily tips, real talk, behind-the-scenes, and encouragement for your StrongHER Era: 

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⚠️ Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice and should not replace consultation with your healthcare provider. Always talk with a qualified professional about your individual health needs before making changes to your diet, exercise, or treatment plan.