Dad loading…What if I’m not ready? As a culture we have advanced conversations about post partum depression and health for women but what about the transformation that occurs in the making of a Dad? In this honest conversation Mike Jorgensen opens up to AudrieAna about his fear meeting fatherhood and the questions and doubts before and after the first cry.  This episode is for anyone who is facing a big change and not feeling ready! 

Mike's Links:

https://www.storiedarcs.com

https://www.youtube.com/@mtjguitars

http://www.missioncincinnati.org

https://www.goldberrypress.com/products/the-divided-soul-duty-and-desire-in-literature-and-life

How can we feel connected and protected at the same time? What are boundaries? Do you carry deep resentment? AudrieAna challenges and enlightens us on the source. Physical, emotional, sexual, intellectual, and internal boundaries are all being practiced and realized every day.  Strengthen your core in this episode and move through life with less emotional pain and relational damage. 

https://www.healingourcoreissuesinstitute.com

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RPlwMiuDzmzztaSzCMt3Uaz5NAauepzZ/view?usp=sharing

Would you like less emotional pain and relational damage as you move through life? Together, let’s understand and strengthen the “core.” Why do some days we feel great about ourselves and others not so much? What is self-esteem and what factors contribute to it building within us? What does it look like to have a healthy self-esteem as an adult? How important is self-esteem in decreasing depression and anxiety? AudrieAna and Emily take a deeper dive on Pillar #10, “Living from your Core.” When we live from our core, we show up differently in every relationship and every room. 

https://www.healingourcoreissuesinstitute.com

Does Low Self-Esteem Predict Depression and Anxiety? A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.Psychological Bulletin. 2013. Sowislo JF, Orth U.SR 

Low Self-Esteem as a Risk Factor for Depression: A Longitudinal Study With Continuous Time Modeling.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2025. Aebi JA, Orth U.Recent 

What does it mean to be a “Highly Sensitive Person?” (HSP) What motivates an Enneagram 2 “The Helper,” and what is the shadow side to this personality type? In this fascinating conversation Emily shares vulnerably with AudrieAna a through-line she has seen in her life since childhood. Emily shares how she continues to accept and wrestle with her reality today in mid-life.  Emily discusses how she has leaned in and used Pillar #2, “Knowing your Story,” “Pillar #3, Accepting & Integrating Reality and Pillar #8, Fostering Strong Connections to continue and do her growth work across the lifespan.

https://hsperson.com/
https://www.enneagraminstitute.com

https://www.narrativeenneagram.org

https://www.daniellebayardjackson.com

Interested in your own Enneagram Typing Session? Reach out to Amanda today to schedule @ [email protected]

What does it look like to embrace holistic wellness? How can we work as a helping professional or simply live as an empathetic person without all the noise and negativity taking us down?  Does trauma actually get trapped in the body and how would you know? What’s functional medicine all about and why is it such a hot topic in wellness? Emily & AudrieAna enjoy talking with the founder of Focus Health & Wellness, Dr. Jessica Hoying about these topics and more. Spoiler alert: Dr. Jess shares her Top 3 tips she gives to new patients everyday! 

Focus Health & Wellness: https://www.focushealthwell.com/

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) https://www.cdc.gov/aces/site.html#gen

Balint Training: https://americanbalintsociety.org/

How do you know you’re ready and healthy enough to start dating after divorce? AudrieAna and Emily talk with guest Andrea P. Steele who opens-up about rediscovering herself anew after divorce.  Andrea shares how she's navigated change and redesigned a life that had not been previously modeled for her. Building self-trust, meeting yourself again, finding deeper understanding and healing, facing your overwhelm and living courageously are themes throughout this conversation. Andrea’s story inspires us to do the work and be open to love in the "second act” of life. 

Thank you to Andrea P. Steele for joining us this episode!

Andrea's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Apsteele

Andrea's Instagram: @a.p._steele

Episode 4: “People are Amazing”  -

Do you ever feel lonely and don’t know why? AudrieAna talks with therapist and lover of people, Emily Wenstrup, MSW, LSW. Emily shares her story of wrestling with loneliness for the first time when she went to college and the healing and growth that transpired as she worked through her pain. Emily’s story inspires us to wrestle with hard realities in life and keep fighting to show-up as our authentic self.

AudrieAna and Emily continue to reflect and embrace the purpose of Thrivist. The co-hosts invite you into their conversation as they share decades of combined learnings as professionals and human beings committed to learning, growing, healing and thriving. AudrieAna and Emily unveil and discuss briefly the final five pillars of thriving. 

We believe in humanity and know that we can all build resilience and learn to thrive in an unpredictable world. With decades of combined learnings as professionals and human beings committed to learning, growing, healing and thriving AudrieAna and Emily unveil the 10 Pillars of Thriving. In this episode they share the first five Pillars of Thriving.

Welcome to Thrivist!

What is thriving? Does it simply mean over-functioning and keeping your cool?  We’re redefining thriving as we share our “why” behind a podcast and our own authentic learnings in real time.