In this powerful episode, I sit down with the heart behind Pink Ink Tattoo, Tara Williamson, to explore her personal journey, the experiences that shaped her calling, and what led her to launch a business and foundation rooted in service and compassion.

We explore the stories behind restorative tattooing, supporting survivors, and creating a space where people feel seen after trauma, illness, and loss — along with her commitment to always learning, growing, and wanting to do better for the community she serves.

This conversation is about reclaiming identity, honoring resilience, and becoming whole again — one story, one scar, and one brave step at a time.

In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with Meredith Nye to explore grief, healing, caregiving, and how identity evolves after cancer.

Together, they talk about the shock of an unexpected cancer diagnosis during a busy season of life, how Meredith navigated treatment while raising young children, and what it looks like to rebuild a sense of normalcy after treatment ends. Meredith also shares the powerful moment when roles reversed and she found herself supporting her best friend through cancer — learning firsthand what it means to pay forward the support she once received.

In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with Becky Horn, Executive Director of Pretty in Pink Foundation, to explore financial toxicity, survivorship, dignity, and what real support looks like during breast cancer treatment.

When Kimberly Stevenson sat in the doctor’s office and heard the words, “Do you want me to be blunt? This is cancer,” life changed instantly.

But the hardest moment wasn’t the diagnosis.

It was telling her kids.

In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with Kimberly — a wife, mom, realtor, and cancer survivor — to talk about what it’s really like to walk through illness while raising a family.

Kimberly shares how her family held onto small rhythms that brought stability during an unstable season: dinners together, cleanup routines, and nightly belly laughs that reminded them they were still themselves in the middle of it all.

They talk about the vulnerability of parenting while immunocompromised, learning to accept help from others, and how survivorship often means rebuilding confidence, perspective, and identity in unexpected ways.

Kimberly also shares the family motto that guides her life today:

“Well… it ain’t cancer.”

This conversation is for anyone navigating a diagnosis, supporting someone they love through illness, or learning how to rebuild life after a chapter that changed everything.

Because sometimes becoming stronger doesn't look like pushing harder.

Sometimes it looks like rest, laughter, and letting people love you.

Survival is often treated like an ending — a moment of relief, gratitude, and closure. But for many, survival is just the beginning of a much quieter, more complicated chapter.

In this episode of Who We Become, Life Beyond Change, host Amanda shares her personal experience of survival and the identity shift that followed. She explores what it feels like to live in the aftermath — when treatment ends, support fades, and you’re expected to be “back to normal,” even though nothing feels the same.

This episode speaks to the tension so many survivors carry: gratitude alongside grief, strength mixed with exhaustion, and the slow, ongoing process of becoming someone new after life-altering change. It’s an honest reflection on resilience, identity, relationships, and learning how to live forward without erasing what changed you.

If you’ve survived something — illness, loss, or a season that reshaped you — this conversation is for you.

We talk a lot about the moments that change our lives — the diagnosis, the loss, the decision that divides life into before and after. But we don’t talk enough about what comes next.

In this episode of Who We Become, Life Beyond Change, host Amanda explores the quiet, often overlooked space after change — when the world expects you to move forward, but you’re still figuring out who you are now.

This conversation names the emotional complexity of life beyond change: the waiting, the identity shift, and the tension between grief and resilience that so many people carry silently. It’s an invitation to slow down, reflect, and feel less alone in the becoming that follows life’s hardest moments.

If you’ve ever felt like life moved on before you were ready, this episode is for you.

Life has a way of changing us in an instant — through illness, loss, caregiving, or moments that quietly divide life into before and after.

In this opening episode of Who We Become, Life Beyond Change, host Amanda introduces the heart behind the podcast and the space it’s meant to hold. This is a place for honest conversations about identity, resilience, and what it means to move forward after life doesn’t go as planned.

This episode sets the tone for the season, naming the often-unspoken space after change — when the world expects you to be okay, but you’re still becoming who you are now. You’ll hear why this podcast exists, who it’s for, and what kinds of stories you can expect in the episodes ahead.

If you’ve ever felt like life moved on before you were ready, this space is for you.