The Art of Being Unstoppable

Caring for Aging Parents: What No One Tells You About Caregiving | Part 1

In Part 1 of this heartfelt conversation, Vicki McDougall sits down with Alana Fryer to talk about the realities of caring for an aging parent and what happens when a dementia diagnosis changes everything.

Alana shares her experience after her father was diagnosed with dementia and she suddenly became his power of attorney and caregiver. While navigating appointments, care decisions, retirement living, and her father’s decline, Alana was also raising two young children and trying to keep up with her own life.

Together, Vicki and Alana explore caregiver burnout, grief, asking for help, losing yourself while caring for someone else, and why caregivers need care too.

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This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Alana Fryer.

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Pause. Reflect. Choose. Remember. Come Home. ❤️

What if your body isn’t broken? What if you were simply never taught how to understand it?

Vicki McDougall sits down with Tamilynn Edwards, Board-Certified Clinical Sexologist and Sex Coach, for an open and empowering conversation about women’s health, hormones, menopause, desire, sexual health, body changes, relationships, and learning to advocate for yourself.

Tamilynn shares her own experiences with PCOS and a partial hysterectomy, and why so many women are left without the information they need to understand what is happening in their bodies. They also talk about shame, communication, changing desire, self-advocacy, and why you are not broken.

WE TALK ABOUT:

• Women’s health & menopause

MEET TAMILYNN EDWARDS

Tamilynn Edwards is a Board-Certified Clinical Sexologist and Sex Coach and the founder of Sensuality Coach Clinic.

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What if coming home to yourself also means coming home to your body?

What happens when you spend so much of your life being everything to everyone else that you lose touch with who you are?

In this episode of The Art of BEing Unstoppable, Vicki McDougall sits down with Tracy Godat for an honest conversation about finding yourself again, discovering your purpose, identity, burnout, faith, and balance.

Tracy spent years as a wife, mother, pastor's wife, homeschool mom, ministry leader, and caregiver—constantly pouring into everyone else. Eventually, she realized she had become so busy serving others that she had lost touch with herself.

Tracy shares what it felt like to question her identity and purpose, experience burnout, and realize there was simply “too much noise” in her life.

Today, through Authentically You, Tracy helps women who feel lost, stuck, or disconnected rediscover their identity, purpose, and the woman they want to become.

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The question Tracy's story leaves us with:

Who am I when I'm not doing something for everyone else?

You are not broken. You are not too far gone. There is always hope.

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💬 What happens when you spend so much of your life taking care of everyone else that you forget to ask yourself what YOU want?

In this episode of The Art of BEing Unstoppable, Vicki McDougall sits down with Amey Deanne Stark-Foust to talk about finding yourself after divorce, starting over after 29 years of marriage, rediscovering who you are, setting boundaries, and learning that you are not responsible for making everyone else happy.

After nearly three decades of marriage, Amey found herself facing a completely different life. The pandemic brought loneliness, grief, anger, and a realization that stopped her in her tracks:

She didn't even know what she liked anymore.

What did she want for dinner?

What did she want to do?

Who was she when she wasn't being a wife, mother, or taking care of everyone else?

Her journey became one of self-discovery, healing, courage, and learning to trust herself again.

And sometimes, finding yourself doesn't happen through one huge transformation.

Sometimes it starts with a simple question:

What do I want?

✨ IN THIS EPISODE

• Finding yourself after divorce

🌿 FINDING YOURSELF AFTER DIVORCE

Divorce can feel like you're losing the life you knew.

But what if you're not actually losing yourself?

What if you're finally meeting yourself?

Amey's story is a powerful reminder that starting over doesn't mean starting from nothing.

You bring your experiences.

And all the parts of yourself you've discovered along the way.

One of the biggest lessons from Amey's journey is this:

You are not responsible for making them happy.

You can love people.

You can care about people.

You can support people.

But you don't have to carry everyone else's happiness at the expense of your own.

Because there is a difference between caring about someone and carrying someone.

And sometimes coming home to yourself begins with simply asking:

What do I want?

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🌸 COMING HOME RETREAT

What if instead of constantly taking care of everyone else, you gave yourself permission to pause, reconnect, and simply BE?

The Coming Home Retreat is a community experience for women ready to step away from the noise, reconnect with themselves, build meaningful connections, and remember who they've always been.

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What If Fear Didn’t Get the Vote?

What would you do differently if you trusted yourself enough to take the next step?

In this episode of The Art of Being Unstoppable, Vicki McDougall sits down with Suz Hutchings, an Australian entrepreneur, buyer’s agent, and single mother, to talk about starting over after divorce, overcoming fear, rebuilding your identity, and learning to trust yourself when the path ahead isn't clear.

After 21 years of marriage, Suz found herself facing one of the biggest decisions of her life. It took her two years to finally choose a different path and what followed was a powerful journey through divorce, motherhood, financial uncertainty, career changes, entrepreneurship, and self-discovery.

Suz shares what it was like to rebuild her life while navigating co-parenting, losing her job, facing financial fears, trying to buy a home, and eventually leaving a successful career to build a business of her own.

This conversation is about more than starting over. It's about realizing that sometimes you're not starting from nothing — **you're coming back to yourself.

Together, Vicki and Suz explore:

✨ How to move through fear and uncertainty

And ultimately, asking a different question:

What if everything actually works out?**

Because fear can have a voice.

But it doesn't have to have the vote.

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Ready to step away from the noise and reconnect with yourself?

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Question for you:What would you choose if fear didn't get the vote?

In this episode of The Art of BEing Unstoppable, Vicki McDougall sits down with Stephanie Zito for a powerful conversation about trusting your intuition, reprogramming your subconscious mind, overcoming limiting beliefs, and learning to live more authentically.

Stephanie shares her journey from skepticism to embracing her intuitive gifts and discovering the connection between the subconscious mind, energy, frequency, and personal transformation. Together, Vicki and Stephanie explore how childhood experiences, family expectations, societal conditioning, and subconscious beliefs can shape the way we think, feel, make decisions, and show up in our lives.

If you've ever felt disconnected from yourself, questioned your intuition, struggled with limiting beliefs, or felt like you're living according to someone else's expectations, this episode offers a different perspective on creating meaningful change from within.

The conversation explores hypnotherapy, subconscious reprogramming, energy work, self-love, healthy boundaries, manifestation, intuition, personal growth, and women's empowerment.

Stephanie explains why becoming aware of the beliefs operating beneath the surface can be the first step toward changing the patterns that may be holding you back. By reconnecting with your authentic self and learning to trust your inner guidance, you can begin creating a life that feels more aligned with who you truly are.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• How to trust your intuition and inner guidance

ABOUT STEPHANIE ZITO

Stephanie Zito works with women who are ready to reconnect with their authentic selves, trust their intuition, and move beyond subconscious beliefs and programming that may be holding them back.

Through hypnotherapy, energy work, and intuitive practices, Stephanie helps women develop greater self-awareness, confidence, self-love, and alignment so they can create meaningful transformation in their personal and professional lives.

Her own journey from skepticism to embracing her intuitive gifts has become an important part of the work she now shares with others.

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In this episode of The Art of BEing Unstoppable, Vicki McDougall sits down with Angela DeMarco Snow, a master certified dating and relationship coach, life coach, and professional matchmaker, for an honest and insightful conversation about love, dating, and creating healthy, fulfilling relationships.

Angela shares her experience helping individuals and couples navigate the complexities of relationships, from dating and finding the right partner to overcoming the personal barriers that can stand in the way of meaningful connection.

Together, Vicki and Angela explore what it really takes to build a healthy relationship, why understanding yourself is an important part of finding the right partner, and how we can move beyond patterns and beliefs that may be keeping us from experiencing the love we desire.

As a mother of two young adult sons and someone who has spent years supporting people through their relationship journeys, Angela brings both professional experience and a deeply personal perspective to the conversation.

Whether you're dating, looking for a life partner, working through relationship challenges, or simply wanting to create a healthier relationship with yourself and others, this conversation offers valuable insight and encouragement.

About Angela DeMarco Snow

Angela DeMarco Snow is a master certified dating and relationship coach, life coach, and professional matchmaker. She works with individuals and couples, helping them navigate everything from dating and finding a potential life partner to maintaining healthy and fulfilling relationships.

Her passion is helping people overcome the barriers that can prevent them from experiencing the connection and love they desire. Through personalized and authentic coaching, Angela is committed to helping her clients find the love they seek or reignite the love they already have.

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In this episode of The Art of BEing Unstoppable, Vicki McDougall sits down with Pratiqk Jaani, founder of the Dhrasti Method and author of Dhrasti: The Perception, for a thought-provoking conversation about self-awareness, inner transformation, and discovering lasting fulfillment from within.

Pratiqk shares his personal journey through illness, emotional struggles, and self-discovery, revealing how these experiences led him to question everything he believed about happiness, success, and identity. Through years of exploration and personal transformation, he developed the Dhrasti Method—a unique approach to understanding the subconscious mind, emotional healing, and living from your true self.

Together, Vicki and Pratiqk explore how our childhood conditioning, beliefs, and emotional patterns shape the way we experience life. They discuss why external achievements alone cannot create lasting happiness and how reconnecting with our authentic selves allows us to experience greater peace, clarity, and purpose.

The conversation also dives into the power of the subconscious mind, the role of energy and perception in our daily lives, and practical techniques for releasing limiting beliefs, transforming emotional patterns, and creating lasting change from the inside out.

Whether you're seeking greater self-awareness, healing from past experiences, or searching for a deeper sense of purpose, this episode offers powerful insights that will inspire you to look within and embrace the journey of becoming your most authentic self.

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In this episode of The Art of BEing Unstoppable, Vicki McDougall sits down with Christina Cicci for an inspiring conversation about reinvention, self-discovery, and finding the courage to embrace life's unexpected transitions.

Christina shares her journey of walking away from a dream she had worked so hard to build—a successful restaurant—and how that difficult decision ultimately opened the door to a new chapter filled with creativity, purpose, and personal growth. Rather than seeing change as failure, Christina explains how the pause between chapters became one of the most transformative seasons of her life.

She also shares how reconnecting with her passion for painting and finding a supportive community through the Omega Institute helped her embrace a deeper sense of purpose and authenticity. Their conversation is a reminder that healing and growth aren't about having all the answers—they're about continuing to move forward, one small step at a time.

Whether you're navigating a career change, questioning your next chapter, or simply feeling stuck in the pause between where you've been and where you're going, this episode offers encouragement, hope, and the reminder that every ending has the potential to become a beautiful new beginning.

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In this episode of The Art of BEing Unstoppable, Vicki McDougall sits down with Anjana Nambissan, Board Certified Integrative NeuroSomatic Practitioner and Emotional Wellness Expert, for a powerful conversation about childhood trauma, self-love, and the profound connection between the mind, body, and unconscious beliefs.

Anjana shares how our earliest experiences shape the way we think, feel, and respond to the world around us—often without us even realizing it. Together, Vicki and Anjana explore how unresolved childhood experiences, limiting beliefs, and stored emotions can influence our relationships, confidence, decision-making, and overall well-being throughout adulthood.

The conversation dives into the role of the unconscious mind and the body, revealing how emotional patterns are often held beneath the surface and continue to impact our daily lives until they are acknowledged and healed. Anjana explains how the beliefs we develop early in life can quietly shape our reality, and how learning to work with both the mind and body can create lasting transformation.

Vicki and Anjana also discuss the journey of self-love, learning to reconnect with yourself, and why true transformation begins by understanding the stories you've carried for so long. Rather than simply coping with the past, Anjana shares how healing allows us to release emotional baggage, rewrite limiting beliefs, and create a future rooted in awareness, compassion, and empowerment.

Whether you're working through childhood wounds, struggling with limiting beliefs, or simply looking to deepen your relationship with yourself, this episode offers hope, practical insight, and the reminder that healing is always possible.

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