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We're very excited to share this episode with you, our first as part of the Listen Frederick community! Sarah & Sando sit down with Tanya Rockovich & Emily Pastrana, the energetic and passionate founders of the Next Gen Birth Plan. They went from hyping each other up on Instagram to founding a new community for birthing people that's positive, accessible, and very empowering. We talk a lot about confidence in this episode, and while Tanya & Emily have a specific interest in helping those who are pregnant or postpartum feel more confident, we talk a lot about feeling confident and empowered in all aspects of our medical care, well-being, and beyond. They also share some of the challenges they've faced while building this new business venture. We're confident your cup will feel full after listening, Sarah & Sando's sure did.

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Sarah & Sando are happy to be back in front of their microphones and getting back into in-person workouts. In this episode, they chat about how taking their workouts back out into the world is helping them exercise their social muscles too.

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In this episode, Sando & Sarah are joined by five of the Co-Founders of The Frederick March for Justice and dive into the topic of community. This group is working to collectively make an impact. They share what community means to them, what creating The Frederick March for Justice meant to them as part of the Frederick community, and why admitting racism exists isn't enough. We discuss what they have learned about conflict, the difference between reacting vs. responding, and what it means to really embrace the uncomfortable-ness of it all. There also might be a small debate about Chipotle because as they pointed out you can be taken seriously and have fun. Yes and! This is definitely one of those conversations that's worth multiple listens. We hope you'll tune in and listen with the same love and support that this group has shown our beloved community.

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This week, Sarah and Sando chat with Melissa Lawrence, a Certified Career and Life Coach who specializes in helping people in the Pharma and Biotech fields. She helps her clients find happiness in the job they have, navigate their next career move and more! Melissa shares about how her own career led her to help others, signs you might need a career coach and feeling good in your career can influence so many other areas of your life. If you've been thinking about making some professional moves, this interview might help you take those first steps.

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Sarah puts Sando in the hot seat this time around as we kick off our Year of Well with episodes about the career area of life! Sando shares about how she became an educator, how being open to other opportunities actually helped her find her current career path in education, how she's come back from the brink of burnout, and what she does now to prevent burnout from creeping back in. Sando is a great example of how manifestation actually works. She knows how to put the thought out there and then follow up with the work that shows the universe you're ready for what it has in store for you.

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This week, Sando puts Sarah in the hot seat and digs into Sarah's journey to become a health coach. They discuss their shared experiences of body image issues and growing up dancing, how far they've come from trying the South Beach diet in high school and how getting in touch with their periods has improved their overall health. They chat about how important it is to create a complete health team and normalize having multiple people/services supporting your health. (Spolier alert, the health coach is often the missing piece of that puzzle.) Sarah discusses what it's like to work with a health coach and why you should consider investing in your health. Sando also pulls out some fun quick-fire questions including Sarah's celebrity crush, how she met her husband and the celebrity closet she'd most like to peruse.

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In this episode, Sando and Sarah had the pleasure of chatting with and getting to know Shana Knight, the founder of SOUL Street. ICYDK, SOUL Street is a collective of Black business owners and community members who have come together to empower the Black community through events, outreach, advocacy and education.

Inspired by a post she saw on Facebook and pushed by the events of 2020, Shana set out to create SOUL Street to help bring attention to and help support the creative and entreprenurial members of Frederick's Black community. She was met with immediate support and together with the SOUL Street team has hosted two successful markets, is about to host a virtual black friday event and has big plans for 2021.

Shana is down-to-earth, passionate and really in-tune with what fills her cup. In addition to sharing about SOUL Street, Shana talks about her love of vision boards and we get her to talk about the vision board ritual she uses for the New Year.

We get a little raw about our unique experiences of 2020, Shana discovers hygge while we're chatting and Sarah predicts the next winter food trend.

Snuggle up with something to sip on or plug in those headphones and head out on a walk, however you choose to enjoy this conversation, we know you'll enjoy it.

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This week we're sitting down with our friend and licensed massage therapist, Calley Murphy. If you're inspired to book yourself a massage after this, we're not sorry. We talk about the myriad benefits of massage, including stress and anxiety-relief which is on a lot of our minds right now. Calley also shares what it felt like to realize she didn't have a "why" at one point and how that helped her create her own path.

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In this episode Sando and Sarah share a delightful conversation with Taryn Sisco, the creator of BarreLIIT and TheUrbanMaven Etsy shop. Taryn is a shining example that it is OK to evolve. She'll inspire you with her "see a need, fill a need" motto and she talks about the path that led her to develop her own Barre brand and create accessories to help people exercise their voice. (It includes her own personal love boat story and the time she worked with MARTHA STEWART!) Taryn's story will also remind you that it's possible to be both fierce and feminine and find success. We say a big cheers to that!

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In this episode, Sarah and Sando enjoy a lovely conversation with Alecks Moss, founder of Little Wild Herbs. She shares her journey to becoming an herbalist and then an Intuitive Tea Blender. She discusses how the pandemic actually helped her launch her business, what it's been like entering entrepreneurship as a Highly Sensitive Person and gives some excellent tips for turning tea into a mindful daily ritual.

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