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On this series we’ve talked about loss, diagnosis, and life changing overnight. Today we’re talking about what happens when the thing that changes… is your body.

In this episode of We Didn’t Plan For This, Mia shares her experience being diagnosed with Graves disease and what it felt like to live in a body that suddenly didn’t feel like her own.

Her heart rate was constantly elevated, she felt anxious and exhausted, and movement — something that had always brought her joy — suddenly became difficult and uncomfortable. For a long time, she didn’t know what was wrong. She thought it was stress, overwork, or just life.

Eventually, she was diagnosed with Graves disease, and everything started to make sense.

This episode is about what happens when your body changes, when you can’t move the way you used to, and how hard it is to step away from the practices that once made you feel like yourself.

It’s about patience, identity, health, and learning to listen when your body forces you to slow down.

Because sometimes we don’t plan for this either.

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Imagine someone took away your business card, your LinkedIn profile, your family group text, and your to-do list.

Who would be left? 

Don’t panic. 

This isn’t a pop quiz.

It’s a guided meditation.

We can spend so much time collecting labels, titles, responsibilities, and roles that eventually they can start to feel like our entire identity. 

But what happens when one of those roles changes, or disappears or simply feels heavier than usual?

This guided meditation is an opportunity to step back from all the hats you wear and reconnect with something deeper — the part of you that exists beneath every title, to-do list, accomplishment, and expectation.

For the moments when you’ve become so busy being everything for everyone else that you’ve lost sight of yourself, press play.

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On this week's episode of People Be Peopling...

Apparently one of the perks of getting older—and going through some serious sh*t—is realizing you don’t have to give a sh*t about everything!!

Adrienne and Nora each bring their official F*ck-It List: five things they simply do not care about anymore. Some are ridiculous. Some are serious. And some probably should’ve been let go a long time ago.

But we’re not completely dead inside. We flip it and share five things we give MORE of a shit about now.

Because maybe it’s not that we stopped caring. We just got a whole lot more selective about what deserves our time, energy, and f*cks.
People be peopling. We don’t have to care about all of it.

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When your patience has left the group chat…press play..

Your phone is dinging. Someone is talking and someone else needs something. Your brain is running through tomorrow while trying to finish today—and suddenly even someone breathing next to you feels like a personal attack..You’re overstimulated.

Perfect for the moment when your brain would like everyone to kindly shut the f#@% up. 
You don’t need to fix your nervous system, clear your mind or become better at relaxing. For a few moments, you just need less.

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In this week’s episode of the We Didn’t Plan For This series, Nora and Adrienne explore how sometimes life doesn’t slowly change — sometimes it changes in an instant.

Nora has done everything right. She took care of her health, exercised, ate well, and paid attention to her body — and she still got breast cancer.

She shares the reality of diagnosis, biopsies, MRIs, and preparing for a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, along with the uncomfortable and often humiliating parts of female healthcare, and how breath work became the one thing she could control when everything else felt uncertain.

From her time in the Air Force and deployment during Iraqi Freedom to the impact of burn pits, Nora reflects on how strength changes over time and what resilience actually means. She shares how breath, mindset, and her community are helping her get through one of the hardest seasons of her life.

This episode is about awareness, about using hard things as fuel to help others, and about learning to control the things you can control — especially your breath.

If you’re listening to this in your car, take a moment before you get out, pause, and take one breath.

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Busy has become a badge of honor for many of us.

In fact, the Urban Dictionary defines “busy” as what people say when they’re too overwhelmed to explain what’s actually going on. Hmmm, yeah…that feels about right.

If there were scout patches for multitasking, overcommitting, and answering texts while standing in line for coffee, a lot of us would have completely run out of room on our sash.

We move from task to task, appointment to appointment, often without taking a single breath.

This guided meditation is an invitation to pause. To slow down. To reconnect with your breath, your body, and yourself.

For the moments when life feels too full and you’re moving through your days on autopilot, press play.

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About a month after Jason married Frank, life handed them a plot twist no newlyweds expect: Jason was diagnosed with breast cancer. 

Yes, breast cancer. 

Within months, Jason went from celebrating a new marriage to navigating a double mastectomy, radiation, recovery, and a healthcare system that showed him the good, the bad—and sometimes the downright nasty—side of cancer treatment. I

n this episode of We Didn’t Plan For This, Jason shares what it’s really like to be a man diagnosed with a disease so often talked about as exclusively female, the moments that made him angry, the moments that made him laugh, and the people who gave him a safe place to completely lose his shit when he needed one. 

He’s using what he went through to show up for others facing a diagnosis, making sure they have support, someone who understands, and sometimes simply a place to scream. 

Because nobody plans for cancer. But nobody should have to go through it alone.

Male Breast Cancer Global Alliance 

Man Up to Cancer

Pink Warrior Angels

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When somebody tries to hand you their bullshit and your nervous system almost signs for the package…press play.

Ever walk into a room feeling perfectly fine and somehow leave carrying somebody else’s mood?

Whether you call it negative energy, tension, stress, workplace drama, or just other people’s shit, being around it can leave you feeling completely different than you did five minutes earlier.

This short guided meditation is about learning to notice what you’re carrying—and deciding what actually belongs to you.

And sometimes the healthiest response is simply…Return to sender.

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What helps when life suddenly becomes something you never planned for?

In today's episode of We Didn’t Plan For This, Adrienne shares where she is now after the sudden loss of her husband, Brian.

If you listened to Episodes 164 and 166 of How Yoga Changed My Life a Podcast, you already know the story of what happened. But this episode isn’t about retelling that story.

It’s about what comes next.

Grief rearranges your priorities whether you’re ready or not.

Adrienne reflects honestly on the reality of grief — navigating loss while raising her daughters, facing unexpected financial challenges, and stepping into a life she never imagined.

She shares the practices that are helping her move through this season, including meditation, breath work, community support, lowered expectations, and gentle movement.

These practices aren’t fixing grief. But they are helping her continue showing up, one breath at a time.

In each episode, we wrap up with a short guided “pause before you get out of the car” practice — a moment to breathe, reset, and gather yourself before stepping back into your day.

If you’re navigating grief, loss, or a season you didn’t plan for, this conversation is for you.

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“Worry is just prayers for chaos” -Gabby Bernstein

For many of us, worry isn’t an occasional visitor - it can be a full time roommate. One thought becomes another, and before we know it, our minds are spinning through every possible scenario.

This guided meditation invites you to step out of the cycle of worry and into the present moment. Through imagery, breath, and gentle awareness, you’ll practice letting go of what hasn’t happened and returning to what is true right now.

For the moments when your mind won’t stop spinning, press play.

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