The Women Disrupted Podcast

By Amanda Hanson

Welcome to the Women Disrupted podcast where Amanda Hanson inspires and challenges you to think and live a more disrupted life.

She wants you to challenge the status quo about finding fulfillment, t... more

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The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.

The Women Disrupted Podcast episodes:

June 10, 2020S1 E5: Disrupting Colorism, Racism & Supporting Black Lives Matter with Melissa Dhillon
“Whatever color of skin you have, you need to stand with the Black Lives Matter movement.”
In today's episode:
Amanda brings her friend, Melissa, on to discuss her personal experience with being a minority as an Indian woman.

Melissa discusses the colorism and the obsession with whiteness and having fair skin in her culture as well as her experience living in Canada as an Indian/ Asian woman.

They discuss the importance of speaking up against white supremacy and standing with black people during the current protests and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Melissa also gives some extremely interesting insight into why she urges minorities to speak up even when they have struggled with oppression themselves.
For Show Notes, go HERE
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This episode is sponsored by simplySTYLISH Inc and produced by James Higgins Productions - [email protected]
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1h 13min
May 25, 2020S1 E4: The Disruption of Miscarriages with Brandy Williams
**Trigger warning: This episode shares sensitive information that may be difficult for some listeners**
Brandy Williams is a Registered Dietitian and fitness instructor who joined Beautycounter because they are going above and beyond when it comes to safety, performance and education in the personal care industry. When she faced her 6th miscarriage, she started to do research and looks for the "why". This lead her on a mission to push for greater federal regulation of the ingredients used in cosmetics and personal care products.
In this episode:
Brandy Williams shares her personal story of disruption by going through multiple miscarriages and shares the truth about how they affected her emotionally and physically.

Brandy and Amanda discuss how the medical system and education system often fails women in preparing them for not just miscarriages, but their health in general, which can lead to shame.

Brandy discuss why it’s important for women AND men to communicate about their trauma.

Brandy shares the benefits she's had with dealing with loss when it happens instead of pushing it aside and discusses how therapy can help despite how hard it may be to attend counselling.

Brandy shares how her experience led her to learn how our environment and hormones can affect women's mental/ physical health. Proper education and restrictions need to be implemented on chemicals to make sure that people aren't doing long term damage to their bodies by using everyday products.
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Brandy's Beautycounter Website: https://www.beautycounter.com/en-ca/brandywilliams
For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.simplystylish.ca/blog/disruption-miscarriages
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review!
This episode is sponsored by simplySTYLISH Inc and produced by James Higgins Productions - [email protected]
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1h 13min
May 25, 2020S1 E3: Disrupting our Sexuality and Relationships with Amanda Bennett
After a divorce, today’s guest Amanda Bennett tells the story of her personal disruption that changed her life for the better and allowed her to learn more about herself and about relationships.
In this episode:
Amanda shares that shortly after getting a divorce with her husband, she realized that she was more interested in loving a person, rather then their gender.

What it was like coming out to her loved ones and son.

What it's like being in a relationship with someone of the same gender and how it compares to being in one with a man or someone of the opposite gender.

Amanda and Amanda discuss how chaos in life can lead to epiphanies about aspects of you you never know about yourself and how things like your sexuality, who you love, and labels don’t and shouldn’t box you in or be what defines you.

The two also get frank about what it was like having sex with a woman for the first time.
For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.simplystylish.ca/blog/sexuality-relationships
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This episode is sponsored by simplySTYLISH Inc and produced by James Higgins Productions - [email protected]
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42min
May 24, 2020S1 E2: My Midlife Crisis, My Way (Part 2)
002: My Mid-Life Crisis, My Way (Part 2)
"I stopped finding my worth and value by what I did or anything external. It wasn’t about how much I did or didn't do by the end of the day. By how much was in my bank account. By how much time I spent with my daughter or not. What kind of house I lived in, how many degrees I have... I started to measure my happiness based on how much I was living to my values. Letting my values guide me internally, rather then anything that is happening externally to me."
In this episode:
Amanda elaborates on the disruption in her life she introduced in the previous episode and discusses how organizing her core values helped her ground herself in what she needs to do to be satisfied with herself again; in her personal life, and in her personal styling business.

She explains how a focus on external achievements doesn't necessarily equate to feelings of success. Feelings of fulfillment and happy is completely an internal process.

She discusses the importance of keeping her established core values in mind in everything she does. Connecting to our values lives inside our bodies, rather than overthinking everything or allowing our minds or societal standards to guide our actions and feelings.

Keeping these values allows her to be comfortable in speaking her mind and allow her to teach other women to do the same for themselves.
For full show notes and links, visit here: https://www.simplystylish.ca/blog/midlife-crisis-part2
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This episode is sponsored by simplySTYLISH Inc and produced by James Higgins Productions - [email protected]
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37min
May 22, 2020S1 E1: My Midlife Crisis, My Way (Part 1)
001: My Mid-Life Crisis, My Way.
"When my son went to College, I felt a loss and a shift in our relationship and therefore in myself. It led me to ask myself, who am I? To question the life I built and is this still the life I want?"
In the very first episode of Amanda Hanson’s ‘Women Disrupted Podcast’, she gives a candid, in-depth glimpse into her life and how her son leaving for college has triggered a shift in herself and the changes she is making to her life going forward.
In this episodes you will hear:
How these "crises" are normal, healthy, and can kickstart a positive change, or as she would puts it, a positive disruption in our own lives and in the lives of others.

That discomfort and chaos usually means growth and expansion. As humans, we never stop growing, whether we are coming of age, 30, 40, or on the cusp of retiring.

The importance of removing our filters that we put on our voice, our personality, or on our opinions to make others feel more comfortable. We need to remove those filters so that we can truly "be" who we are on the inside.
For full show notes and links, visit here: https://www.simplystylish.ca/blog/my-midlife-crisis-my-way
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review!
This episode is sponsored by https://www.simplystylish.ca/ produced by James Higgins Productions - [email protected]
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FAQs about The Women Disrupted Podcast:

How many episodes does The Women Disrupted Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.