“The energy you put out in the world really does come back to you.”

- Annette DeNoyer

If you’ve ever felt a creative calling in your life, give this episode a listen.

You’ll hear:

A pro writer’s tip for clearing creative blocks

The influence of fate and energy in our lives

The truth about leaving corporate America for a creative life

How Annette and her husband, Dustin, manage their writing professional writing partnership

Why women are depicted as certain archetypes in film

Who is the protagonist of Thelma and Louise?

Annette DeNoyer received her MA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Northwestern University and works as a full-time writer.

She develops original screenplays for film and television under representation by Cinterra Entertainment.

Annette is the co-author of a historical novel, which is currently in film development with an Academy-award winning studio.

Previously, she worked as a screenwriter for the award-winning 2019 documentary film, The Hunter Legacy.

Annette received her undergraduate degree in Public Policy Studies from Duke University.

👉🏼 Mentioned In This Episode

The Hunter Legacy documentary (Amazon Prime Video)

Lisa Meitner - Austrian-Swedish nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission

Michael Clayton Screenplay by Tony Gilroy

The Substance Screenplay by Coraline Fargeat

Thelma & Louise Screenplay by Callie Khouri

Adaptation Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman

The Hero with a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell

The Heroine’s Journey - Maureen Murdoch

The Deep Kimchi Pod is about badassery, tomfoolery and arriving authentically in life. We’re two Korean-ish bestie broads in their 50's with no F's left to give.

Just shooting the midlife shizz with no holds barred.📢 Visit and contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

❗️WARNING - Not for sensitive ears or the easily offended.

There. You’re warned.

Enjoy, share and leave us comments or questions below! Thank you so much for listening and sharing laughs with us. Contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

In This Episode: Rachel Macmanus

“Allow yourself to try.” - Rachel Macmanus

Jonni & Michelle get into the rollicking deep kimchi with Ireland’s fitness phenom, artist extraordinaire and all-around badass, Rachel Macmanus.

Rachel worked in the fitness industry for 14 years, notably as a:

- personal trainer

- fitness class instructor

- gym manager and owner

- kettlebell competitive lifter; and

- kettlebell certification trainer

Rachel left the fitness industry in 2016 to commence a Fine Art Masters and has worked as an artist ever since.

She still strength trains daily and is an emphatic believer in the transformative power of strength training for mind and body.

Why You Can’t Miss This Episode:

- What do women mean when they want to be “toned”?

- How our bodies are art in and of themselves

- Why Rachel never had mirrors in her gym

- What’s with all the exclusive butt training (and why it may backfire)?

- Why midlife is a great time to pack on muscle

- Why fitness is crucial for creativity

- No more f*cks to give at 50

👉🏼 Learn More About Rachel at:

https://substack.com/@rachelmacmanimous

The Deep Kimchi Pod is about badassery, tomfoolery and arriving authentically in life. We’re two Korean-ish bestie broads in their 50's with no F's left to give.

Just shooting the midlife shizz with no holds barred.📢 Visit and contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

❗️WARNING - Not for sensitive ears or the easily offended.

There. You’re warned.

Enjoy, share and leave us comments or questions below! Thank you so much for listening and sharing laughs with us. Contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

In this episode we go deep with animal communicator and star of the The Telepathy Tapes, Ditte Young.

Ditte is more than the animal communicator elevating elite equestrian athletes, starring in the #1 podcast The Telepathy Tapes, helping animal actors in tv shows like Money Heist on Netflix and assisting everyday pet owners with their present and departed furry and feathered friends. 

 Ditte is also a:

- TedX speaker, 

- author of four best-selling books on telepathy, 

- a family therapist and clairvoyant; and...

...mother to Philip, her son who was born blind, brain damaged and autistic; however, she’s able to communicate with him telepathically and helps others to do the same with their non-verbal children.

Ditte is launching two Masterclass courses — one for animal telepathy and one for parents of autistic children — in the very near future.

👉🏼 You can register for Ditte's mastersclasses at https://ditteyoung.com

The Deep Kimchi Pod is about badassery, tomfoolery and arriving authentically in life. We’re two Korean-ish bestie broads in their 50's with no F's left to give.

Just shooting the midlife shizz with no holds barred.📢 Visit and contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

❗️WARNING - Not for sensitive ears or the easily offended.

There. You’re warned.

Enjoy, share and leave us comments or questions below! Thank you so much for listening and sharing laughs with us. Contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

Season Two of the Deep Kimchi Pod is all about the incredible women we know, want to know and who the world needs to know now more than ever.

Kicking off our new season is Lisa Rousseau…

Lisa is a strategist, storyteller, and accidental stand-up comedian.

By day, she’s the COO of DogsThat, one of the world’s leading online dog training companies.

Lisa helps scale a thriving business while keeping the team culture rooted in:

trust,

clarity, and

psychological safety…

…which, as it turns out, works for both people and dogs.

By night, she overthinks everything, writes about leadership, resilience, and the absurdity of life on her Substack and LinkedIn.

She occasionally wonders how she ended up married to the same man twice.

Lisa has spent years studying human behavior, whether it’s through marketing, improv, parenting a neurospicy family or co-founding a corporate wellness company before wellness was trendy.

Lisa firmly believes:

clarity = kindness,

humor is a survival tool, and

if you’re going to bomb at something, at least get a good story out of it.

She lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, with her blended family, two dogs, two cats, and a lingering suspicion that life is just one long improv game where no one handed her the script.

The Deep Kimchi Pod is about badassery, tomfoolery and arriving authentically in life. We’re two Korean-ish bestie broads in their 50's with no F's left to give.

Just shooting the midlife shizz with no holds barred.📢 Visit and contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

❗️WARNING - Not for sensitive ears or the easily offended.

There. You’re warned.

Enjoy, share and leave us comments or questions below! Thank you so much for listening and sharing laughs with us. Contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

In the Season One finale, Jonni and Michelle check in on how the 2025 New Year’s resolutions are going… or not.

Plus! What is the APT. song by Rosé really about?

Are you still sticking with the goals you set for 2025?

The Deep Kimchi podcast is all things fitness, fun, & tomfoolery with two Korean-ish bestie broads in their 50's with no F's left to give.

We’re shooting the midlife shizz with no holds barred.

❗️WARNING - Not for sensitive ears or the easily offended.

There. You’re warned.

Enjoy, share and leave us comments or questions below! Thank you so much for listening and sharing laughs with us. Visit and contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

Recorded Tues, Jan 14, 2025

Jonni & Michelle dive deeper into some of the book authors mentioned on The Telepathy Tapes podcast.

Have you heard The Telepathy Tapes?

📫 Send us your thoughts! >>

The Deep Kimchi podcast is all things fitness, fun, & tomfoolery with two Korean-ish bestie broads in their 50's with no F's left to give.

We’re shooting the midlife shizz with no holds barred.

❗️WARNING - Not for sensitive ears or the easily offended.

There. You’re warned.

Enjoy, share and leave us comments or questions below! Thank you so much for listening and sharing laughs with us. Visit and contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

We're Obsessed With The Telepathy Tapes Podcast

Michelle convinces Jonni to listen to The Telepathy Tapes podcast by Ky Dickens and now she's hooked.

Have you heard The Telepathy Tapes?

📫 Send us your thoughts! >>

Also in this episode:

Lose less weight to lose more weight

Resume resolutions you may have quit

Pull Up Palooza progress

…and more!

Visit the show page for items mentioned on the pod

The Deep Kimchi podcast is all things fitness, fun, & tomfoolery with two Korean-ish bestie broads in their 50's with no F's left to give.

We’re shooting the midlife shizz with no holds barred.

❗️WARNING - Not for sensitive ears or the easily offended.

There. You’re warned.

Enjoy, share and leave us comments or questions below! Thank you so much for listening and sharing laughs with us. Visit and contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

Ask Me Anything Minisode

Michelle answers a few of your questions while Jonni basks in the Mexican sun’n surf!

Have a nutrition, weightlifting or other question?

Get featured on the pod. Leave us a question - we love hearing from you!Send us a question>>

In this episode:

How fiber and fiber drinks lower “bad” cholesterol

Why I’m not a fan of multivitamins

My daily average supplement stack

Avoid these mistakes when consuming fiber drinks

What to do when the No Fail fat loss nutrition feels like too much food!

The #1 tip for ensuring you achieve whatever it is you truly want

How to keep your Pull Up Palooza progression streak while traveling…

…and more!

Visit the show page for items mentioned on the pod

The Deep Kimchi podcast is all things fitness, fun, & tomfoolery with two Korean-ish bestie broads in their 50's with no F's left to give.

We’re shooting the midlife shizz with no holds barred.

❗️WARNING - Not for sensitive ears or the easily offended.

There. You’re warned.

Enjoy, share and leave us comments or questions below! Thank you so much for listening and sharing laughs with us. Visit and contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

Fave Books, Shows, Pods, & Tunes 2024

Check out Jonni & Michelle's full list of favorite things from 2024 at https://deepkimchi.substack.com/podcast

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The Deep Kimchi podcast is all things fitness, fun, & tomfoolery with two Korean-ish bestie broads in their 50's with no F's left to give.

We’re shooting the midlife shizz with no holds barred.

❗️WARNING - Not for sensitive ears or the easily offended.

There. You’re warned.

Enjoy, share and leave us comments or questions below! Thank you so much for listening and sharing laughs with us. Visit and contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com

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HURRY! This discount only happens once a year and ends soon.Jonni & Michelle Commit to Pull Up Goals for 2025

Won't you join us? All Deep Kimchi paid subscribers can join the 2025 pull up challenge!💪🏾We're going to start training in the New Year to reach our pull up goals by July 1, 2025.

If you're looking to get your first strict or assisted pull up, join us and receive the no fail way to make it possible. We'll be with you every step of the way.📝Let us know in the comments at https://deepkimchi.substack.com/podcast if you're joining at what your personal pull up goals are for 2025!

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The Deep Kimchi podcast is all things fitness, fun, & tomfoolery with two Korean-ish bestie broads in their 50's with no F's left to give.

We’re shooting the midlife shizz with no holds barred.

❗️WARNING - Not for sensitive ears or the easily offended.

There. You’re warned.

Enjoy, share and leave us comments or questions! Thank you so much for listening and sharing laughs with us. Visit and contact us at https://deepkimchi.substack.com