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Pain that no one can see can still define every hour of your day.

In this episode, we sit down with Dasha Maslennikova, a kinesiologist who spent 13 years navigating her own post-accident chronic pain. Together, we unpack how movement, mindset, and nervous system regulation can turn a stuck cycle into real, sustainable progress.

Rather than chasing quick fixes or waiting for a perfect test result, Dasha explains why active therapy builds resilience, how safety and trust quiet fear in the body, and what shifts when clinicians speak to human experience, not just charts and scans. We explore the bridge her studios create between physiotherapy and personal training, and why graded, evidence-based movement helps the nervous system update its threat response.

We talk candidly about invisible pain and the isolation it brings, the language gaps that leave patients feeling dismissed, and the limits of MRIs and lab work for something as subjective and real as pain. In the fibromyalgia segment, Dasha breaks down nervous system sensitivity and altered signaling without overpromising, instead pointing to practical levers such as pacing, strength training, emotional support, and consistency.

For older adults and caregivers, the fall-prevention conversation is a must-hear. Dasha explains why balance training alone isn’t enough, and how fast-twitch power and reaction time are essential skills for recovering from a trip or stumble, yet are rarely trained as we age.

We also explore how trauma and adverse events can prime the body for chronic pain, and why referrals to counseling or trauma-informed care can accelerate physical recovery. The throughline is hopeful and grounded: movement is medicine, change is possible, and the body often knows how to heal when given the right environment.

If you’re feeling stuck, unheard, or unsure where to start, this conversation offers clear steps and a new lens on what your body might be asking for. Listen, share it with someone who needs encouragement, and subscribe for more conversations that blend science, compassion, and real-world tools.

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I’m Julie Fairhurst - publisher, executive producer, story and sales strategist, and founder of Women Like Me Media.

After 34 years in sales, helping approximately 3,000 clients, publishing more than 350 women’s stories, and hosting over 400 interviews, I know this:

Your story is not simply something that happened to you. It is part of your wisdom, your credibility, and the work you are here to do.

Whether you are ready to write your story, publish your book, strengthen your message, sell with greater confidence, or become more visible, I can help you take the next step.

Your voice matters. Your experience has value. And you do not need to remain the best-kept secret in your industry.

Visit https://juliefairhurst.com to explore coaching, publishing, podcast opportunities, and visibility programs.

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Publisher • Executive Producer • Story & Sales Strategist

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Sometimes the hardest stories are the ones we can’t keep inside.

In this deeply honest episode, we sit down with Thomasine Snelick—known to friends and family as Tommi, a 27-year-old from rural Pennsylvania, who shares the devastating loss of her brother to suicide, and, just eighteen months later, the death of her stepfather. Two losses. One young life forever changed. What follows is an unguarded conversation about grief, mental health, addiction as a coping mechanism, and the quiet courage it takes to choose life again and again.

Tommi paints a vivid picture of her brother — tough, loyal, larger than life, while walking us through the long, uneven search for help: hospital stays, medication changes, and the exhausting hope that things might finally turn. She speaks candidly about the early months after his death, when alcohol felt like the only relief, and the pivotal moment when a coworker’s blunt compassion helped her choose sobriety.

We explore the silence that settled over her home, the fear of saying her brother’s name out loud, and the emotional weight of planning a funeral when everyone is already hollowed out by grief. Tommi also opens up about childhood abuse disguised as “help” at a horse farm, how she left horses to survive, and later reclaimed them on her own terms as part of her healing.

One of the most powerful moments in this episode is Tommi’s decision to rebuild her brother’s 2003 Ford F-250 as a living memorialm a hands-on act of love that gave structure to chaos and meaning to unbearable loss. Along the way, she shares practical tools that helped her survive: daily journaling to track mood and progress, breaking taboos around men’s mental health, and the simple but lifesaving power of checking in when something feels off.

This episode is for anyone navigating life after suicide loss, for siblings who grieve quietly, and for friends who want to help but don’t know how. 

If this conversation moves you, please share it with someone who might need it, subscribe for more real stories, and leave a review to help others find their way here.

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✨ READY TO TURN YOUR STORY INTO AUTHORITY?

I’m Julie Fairhurst - publisher, executive producer, story and sales strategist, and founder of Women Like Me Media.

After 34 years in sales, helping approximately 3,000 clients, publishing more than 350 women’s stories, and hosting over 400 interviews, I know this:

Your story is not simply something that happened to you. It is part of your wisdom, your credibility, and the work you are here to do.

Whether you are ready to write your story, publish your book, strengthen your message, sell with greater confidence, or become more visible, I can help you take the next step.

Your voice matters. Your experience has value. And you do not need to remain the best-kept secret in your industry.

Visit https://juliefairhurst.com to explore coaching, publishing, podcast opportunities, and visibility programs.

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What happens when the life you’ve built looks successful, but quietly starves your spirit?

In this episode, author and book coach Amy Bernstein shares her journey from a high-paying, high-stress government career to a creative life built on courage, strategy, and radical self-honesty. What began as a fleeting thought on a train platform became a clear mandate, and instead of burning everything down, Amy chose a series of smart, sustainable pivots that changed her life.

We talk about the real mechanics of building a creative life: reclaiming time and energy, stacking small wins, and finding community before making big changes. Amy breaks down why so many aspiring authors stall, how to keep joy alive during endless revisions, and what it truly takes to finish a book.

We also dive into her practical guide, Wrangling the Doubt Monster, exploring how self-doubt is shaped by family dynamics and cultural pressures that value titles, money, and visibility over the quiet, unseen work of art. Instead of waiting for confidence, Amy shows how to move with doubt—and still make meaningful progress.

Plus, Amy offers a first look at Tent City, her upcoming speculative novel about a family clinging to the American dream during an economic collapse that feels uncomfortably possible.

If this episode nudged something awake in you, share it with a friend who needs the same reminder. If you haven’t yet, follow the show, rate it, and leave a review. It helps these conversations reach the people who need them most.

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✨ READY TO TURN YOUR STORY INTO AUTHORITY?

I’m Julie Fairhurst - publisher, executive producer, story and sales strategist, and founder of Women Like Me Media.

After 34 years in sales, helping approximately 3,000 clients, publishing more than 350 women’s stories, and hosting over 400 interviews, I know this:

Your story is not simply something that happened to you. It is part of your wisdom, your credibility, and the work you are here to do.

Whether you are ready to write your story, publish your book, strengthen your message, sell with greater confidence, or become more visible, I can help you take the next step.

Your voice matters. Your experience has value. And you do not need to remain the best-kept secret in your industry.

Visit https://juliefairhurst.com to explore coaching, publishing, podcast opportunities, and visibility programs.

🎙️ Subscribe to Women Like Me Stories & Business for honest conversations with women who are turning what they have lived and learned into purpose, leadership, and lasting impact.

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Publisher • Executive Producer • Story & Sales Strategist

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 What if the patterns repeating in your life are not random, but driven by thoughts you barely notice? 

In this episode, Julie Fairhurst interviews author and teacher Mikail Maillet to explore how awareness, belief, and imagination shape relationships, careers, and everyday meaning. 

Drawing from his book Your Mind or Your Life, Mikhail explains why mindset is not mystical thinking but a daily practice that combines imagination with action. 

Together, they discuss breaking relationship patterns, moving out of victimhood, choosing integrity in small moments, and using self-awareness to create real, lasting change. 

Get Mikail's book here:  https://www.yourmindoryourlife.com/

✨ READY TO TURN YOUR STORY INTO AUTHORITY?

I’m Julie Fairhurst - publisher, executive producer, story and sales strategist, and founder of Women Like Me Media.

After 34 years in sales, helping approximately 3,000 clients, publishing more than 350 women’s stories, and hosting over 400 interviews, I know this:

Your story is not simply something that happened to you. It is part of your wisdom, your credibility, and the work you are here to do.

Whether you are ready to write your story, publish your book, strengthen your message, sell with greater confidence, or become more visible, I can help you take the next step.

Your voice matters. Your experience has value. And you do not need to remain the best-kept secret in your industry.

Visit https://juliefairhurst.com to explore coaching, publishing, podcast opportunities, and visibility programs.

🎙️ Subscribe to Women Like Me Stories & Business for honest conversations with women who are turning what they have lived and learned into purpose, leadership, and lasting impact.

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Your mind is already rehearsing your future, often by accident.

 Your mind is already rehearsing your future—often without you realizing it. In this episode, Julie Fairhurst explains the real science behind visualization and how mental rehearsal shapes identity, behavior, and success. Learn why your brain takes imagined experiences seriously, how worry uses the same mechanism as visualization, and how to consciously use your mind as a tool for leadership, confidence, and purposeful action. 

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✨ READY TO TURN YOUR STORY INTO AUTHORITY?

I’m Julie Fairhurst - publisher, executive producer, story and sales strategist, and founder of Women Like Me Media.

After 34 years in sales, helping approximately 3,000 clients, publishing more than 350 women’s stories, and hosting over 400 interviews, I know this:

Your story is not simply something that happened to you. It is part of your wisdom, your credibility, and the work you are here to do.

Whether you are ready to write your story, publish your book, strengthen your message, sell with greater confidence, or become more visible, I can help you take the next step.

Your voice matters. Your experience has value. And you do not need to remain the best-kept secret in your industry.

Visit https://juliefairhurst.com to explore coaching, publishing, podcast opportunities, and visibility programs.

🎙️ Subscribe to Women Like Me Stories & Business for honest conversations with women who are turning what they have lived and learned into purpose, leadership, and lasting impact.

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Founder & CEO, Women Like Me Media
Publisher • Executive Producer • Story & Sales Strategist

Soft heart. Strong voice. Clear invitation.

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Some stories hold you by the hand and walk you straight into the truth. Tracy Graves invites us into a 21-year love story, full of travel, shared jokes, matching outfits, and small rituals, and then into the silence that followed when her partner suicided. With tenderness and unflinching honesty, she traces the signs she saw, the ones she misunderstood, and the brutal reality of seeking help when waitlists stretch into years.

We talk about language and why words matter, choosing suicided over committed suicide to remove shame and blame. Tracy offers practical guidance for anyone worried about a loved one: notice disrupted sleep, appetite changes, withdrawal, and crushing work stress; ask direct questions; go to the hospital; and, when danger feels close, call emergency services. She shares how some emergency rooms now triage suicidal ideation at intake, and why that knowledge can save time and, possibly, a life. We also explore the edges of guilt, how therapy helps separate love from responsibility, and the daily tools that keep her grounded: long walks in freezing air, a worn sweatshirt, a neighbor’s hug, and the steady presence of Lefty, her cat.

Out of the hardest season came a living legacy. Tracy revived a golf tournament and built the Mason Golf Classic, raising over $66,000 for Partners in Mission Food Bank. The work is heavy and hopeful, a way to honour Chris’s belief that no one should go hungry. If you’re grieving, you’ll hear validation; if you’re supporting someone in pain, you’ll leave with clearer steps and gentler words. Subscribe, share this conversation with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help others find a lifeline when they need it most.

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Who Is Julie Fairhurst?

Speaker • Author • Business Strategist • Founder of Women Like Me

Julie Fairhurst is a force of nature disguised as a woman with a pen and a business brain built for impact. As the founder of the Women Like Me Book Program, she has opened the door for women around the world to share their truth, heal their past, and rise into their power. Since 2019, she has published more than 30 books and over 350 true-life stories — without charging a single writer a dime! Why? Because women’s stories deserve daylight, not gatekeeping.

With 34 years in sales, marketing, and successful business leadership, Julie knows how to turn storytelling into influence and influence into income.

Her mission is clear and unapologetic: break generational trauma one story at a time and help women elevate both emotionally and financially. She doesn’t just publish books, she builds brands, confidence, and possibility, giving women the tools to rewrite their futures, grow their businesses, and lift their families with them.

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Promotions don’t hinge on performance alone; they hinge on perception. In this 4-minute video, Julie Fairhurst breaks down the research behind executive presence and translates it into practical, repeatable behaviors ambitious professionals can use immediately, especially women navigating leadership spaces still shaped by old norms.

You’ll learn why high-performing women are often admired but overlooked, how quiet contributions lose leverage in meetings, and what actually shifts perception with decision makers. Julie shares a simple system for building a powerful, grounded presence: speaking early to frame conversations, using decisive language without defensiveness, anchoring calm through posture and breath, and designing key moments before they happen.

This isn’t about being louder or more aggressive. It’s about structure, clarity, and conviction, signals that communicate leadership before titles ever do.

If you’re ready to turn credibility into opportunity, try one tactic in your next meeting and notice what changes.

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✨ READY TO TURN YOUR STORY INTO AUTHORITY?

I’m Julie Fairhurst - publisher, executive producer, story and sales strategist, and founder of Women Like Me Media.

After 34 years in sales, helping approximately 3,000 clients, publishing more than 350 women’s stories, and hosting over 400 interviews, I know this:

Your story is not simply something that happened to you. It is part of your wisdom, your credibility, and the work you are here to do.

Whether you are ready to write your story, publish your book, strengthen your message, sell with greater confidence, or become more visible, I can help you take the next step.

Your voice matters. Your experience has value. And you do not need to remain the best-kept secret in your industry.

Visit https://juliefairhurst.com to explore coaching, publishing, podcast opportunities, and visibility programs.

🎙️ Subscribe to Women Like Me Stories & Business for honest conversations with women who are turning what they have lived and learned into purpose, leadership, and lasting impact.

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Founder & CEO, Women Like Me Media
Publisher • Executive Producer • Story & Sales Strategist

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What makes a reader forget the bath is running and the coffee went cold? We sit down with novelist Frank Talaber to map the exact blend of hooks, humor, and hard research that makes escape inevitable. Frank opens his playbook: how to seize attention on page one, how to layer smell, texture, sound, and light so a scene feels walked through, and why a well-timed joke inside a dark moment can keep momentum alive without breaking tension.

We dig into the craft choices that build trust—verifiable details from Victoria, Stanley Park, and Haida Gwaii—so the wild stuff can land: urban legends, paranormal threads, and moral stakes that lead to catharsis. Frank writes to be felt, not just understood, and he measures success in raw reader reactions: laughs out loud, closed-eye cinema, and honest confessions of missed alarms. He believes the good must win, not to tidy life, but to give the journey meaning and the payoff weight.

You’ll also hear how short stories become novels, why freewriting unlocks flow, and how walks and the edge of alpha state loosen the mind. Frank shares a new short story collection, awards, and a thriller premise with a chilling “what if” that reads like a film. We compare publishing routes, trim sizes, and cover design, and we tackle AI with a clear-eyed take: useful as a tool, risky as a voice. If you need a practical spark today, try this: write a scene you can smell, end it with a choice, and ask what has to be true for your hero to win.

Subscribe for more candid craft talks, share this with a writer who needs a push, and leave a review with your favorite opening line you’ve ever read. Your notes shape future episodes and help this community grow.

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✨ READY TO TURN YOUR STORY INTO AUTHORITY?

I’m Julie Fairhurst - publisher, executive producer, story and sales strategist, and founder of Women Like Me Media.

After 34 years in sales, helping approximately 3,000 clients, publishing more than 350 women’s stories, and hosting over 400 interviews, I know this:

Your story is not simply something that happened to you. It is part of your wisdom, your credibility, and the work you are here to do.

Whether you are ready to write your story, publish your book, strengthen your message, sell with greater confidence, or become more visible, I can help you take the next step.

Your voice matters. Your experience has value. And you do not need to remain the best-kept secret in your industry.

Visit https://juliefairhurst.com to explore coaching, publishing, podcast opportunities, and visibility programs.

🎙️ Subscribe to Women Like Me Stories & Business for honest conversations with women who are turning what they have lived and learned into purpose, leadership, and lasting impact.

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Start here if you’re ready to trade pretending for truth. We kick off Women Unfiltered with a roundtable on what women are outgrowing: staying too long out of loyalty, swallowing anger to be “nice,” apologizing to avoid conflict, and working past our limits just to be called strong. Julie Fairhurst hosts alongside Tammy Trites, Leah Abrams, and Trish Kimble for a candid, vivid, and bracingly useful conversation.

We dig into the reflex to fix everything and how it keeps us stuck in survival mode. Anger gets a full reframe: not a flaw to hide, but information that points to grief, fear, and unmet needs. Desire shows up as a compass, more time, money, rest, intimacy, and we talk about how women are taught to want “just enough.” The panel unpacks praise that costs us, especially the pedestal of “strength,” and the way social media props up a “good life” that often hides real chaos and pain.

From boundaries to becoming, we get practical. Saying no is treated as a complete sentence. Rest is framed as resistance, not laziness, with honest talk about personal rhythms and the toll of overdoing. We explore waking up between 35 and 65 (and beyond): owning power, lowering tolerance for nonsense, and shifting from role to soul. Along the way, we draw clean lines between fitting in and true belonging, and between being nice and being kind.

The takeaways are simple and strong: you’re not behind, you’re becoming; enough is both a limit and your identity; and you were never meant to survive life quietly. If you’re craving language for what you feel and permission to live it, press play. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a review to help more women find these conversations. Grab the link and get started!

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We explore how real healing can happen without reopening old wounds by restoring safety in the body, rewiring implicit memories, and taking back power in the present. Kristen Windsor shares her journey from decades of diagnoses to creating embodied practices that make change last.

• the limits and harms of retelling trauma as a primary method
• the role of implicit memories in nervous system self-regulation
• what safety in the body feels like and how to build it
• nature, mindfulness, and narration to reconnect mind and body
• mapping layers: thoughts, emotions, somatics, nervous system
• embodied healing as a lifestyle, not a quick fix
• celebrating micro shifts to rewire motivation and trust
• moving from wound identity to purpose and dharma
• three daily anchors: love, awareness, presence

Download KRISTIN'S free 20-minute guided mirror practice on my website. Check out the 15-minute story video, message her on Instagram, and explore one-to-one support options:  

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✨ READY TO TURN YOUR STORY INTO AUTHORITY?

I’m Julie Fairhurst - publisher, executive producer, story and sales strategist, and founder of Women Like Me Media.

After 34 years in sales, helping approximately 3,000 clients, publishing more than 350 women’s stories, and hosting over 400 interviews, I know this:

Your story is not simply something that happened to you. It is part of your wisdom, your credibility, and the work you are here to do.

Whether you are ready to write your story, publish your book, strengthen your message, sell with greater confidence, or become more visible, I can help you take the next step.

Your voice matters. Your experience has value. And you do not need to remain the best-kept secret in your industry.

Visit https://juliefairhurst.com to explore coaching, publishing, podcast opportunities, and visibility programs.

🎙️ Subscribe to Women Like Me Stories & Business for honest conversations with women who are turning what they have lived and learned into purpose, leadership, and lasting impact.

Julie Fairhurst
Founder & CEO, Women Like Me Media
Publisher • Executive Producer • Story & Sales Strategist

Soft heart. Strong voice. Clear invitation.

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