Manders Mindset

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if healing isn’t about controlling your body, but learning how to listen to it? In this powerful conversation, Amanda sits down with holistic transformation guide Christine Ruch to explore what it really means to heal from the inside out. After a childhood marked by health struggles and difficult family dynamics, Christine eventually found herself faci...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the answers to understanding purpose, relationships, and personal patterns have been hiding in plain sight... in an ordinary deck of playing cards? In this fascinating conversation, Amanda sits down with sacred strategy guides Alexander and Viki to explore the 52-card system they use to help people better understand themselves and what they describe...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if turning 30 isn’t about having life figured out... but becoming more intentional about how you experience it? For the 30 days leading up to my 30th birthday, I shared one thing every day that I know now that I didn’t understand or didn’t understand in the same way at 20. What started as 30 individual lessons quickly became something much bigger. When...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if some of life’s biggest setbacks aren’t the end of the story, but an invitation to reinvent who you are? In this powerful conversation, Amanda sits down with Gaylen Wilson, heart transplant survivor, relationship author, certified thriving relationship coach, and founder of the Monument Method Institute, to explore a life shaped by loss, addiction, s...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if healing isn’t only about what we put into our bodies, but also what we’re carrying within us? In this powerful conversation, Amanda sits down with integrative health coach, educator, holistic nutritionist, and author Ellyn Hilliard McLeod to explore a journey that has shaped the way she views health, mindset, forgiveness, and love. After being diagn...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the key to enjoying life isn’t achieving more, but learning how to get out of your own way? In this inspiring conversation, Amanda sits down with Ken Reinke, author of *The Road Spoke*, to explore an extraordinary journey of adventure, consciousness, and letting go. A polio survivor who has traveled extensively throughout his life, Ken shares how, a...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the hardest parts of life were actually preparing the way for something greater? In this inspiring conversation, Amanda sits down with Liz Watt to explore a remarkable journey of healing, resilience, and transformation. Growing up in a polygamist family, Liz shares how years of shame, rejection, and hiding her story shaped her identity and how chang...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What does forgiveness really mean and does it always require forgiving the person? In this insightful conversation, Amanda Russo sits down with Katharine Giovanni, forgiveness expert, award-winning author, and speaker, to explore the transformative power of forgiveness and what it truly means to let go. Together, they unpack common misconceptions about forg...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the only thing standing between you and the life you want... is the courage to simply begin? Three years ago, I published the very first episode of Manders Mindset using nothing but my iPhone. I didn't have a microphone, a fancy setup, or a perfect plan. I just had an idea and the willingness to start. Looking back, I'm so grateful I did,...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the most important work you'll ever do... is the work no one else can see? In this inspiring episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo welcomes back former Australian Special Forces commando, speaker, and founder of Breathwork In Bed, Tim Thomas, for a thought-provoking conversation about the invisible habits that shape our lives, the powe...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the hardest thing you've ever faced became the very thing that revealed how strong you truly are? In this episode of Manders Mindset, Amanda Russo sits down with author, speaker, coach, and founder of Ubi Global, Laura Bratton , for a heartfelt conversation about resilience, self-compassion, grief, and discovering the courage to move forward af...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What happens when life strips away the identity that once defined everything? In this powerful conversation, Brian Nugent shares the remarkable journey that took him from professional football to becoming a performance coach after facing life-changing adversity. Along the way, he opens up about the hidden pressures of elite performance, navigating burnout,...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What happens after you begin finding your voice? In Part 2 of Amanda Russo's conversation with visibility and embodiment coach, speaker, author, and Dance to Heal podcast host Jenny C. Cohen, the conversation continues with an even deeper look into healing, resilience, and the life-changing lessons that emerged through some of Jenny's greatest cha...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the parts of your story you've spent years trying to overcome... are actually the very things that help you find your voice? In this powerful Part 1 conversation, host Amanda Russo sits down with visibility and embodiment coach, speaker, author, and Dance to Heal podcast host Jenny C. Cohen for an honest discussion about childhood trauma, ident...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the things you've spent your entire life searching for were never outside of you to begin with? In this deeply vulnerable episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with speaker, author, coach, and founder of Angel Goddess Healing, Shannon Curtis, for a powerful conversation about trauma, addiction, grief, forgiveness, healing, and...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the dream you've spent your entire life chasing is no longer the dream you're meant to live? In this episode of Manders Mindset, Amanda Russo sits down with Shannon Russell, business coach, speaker, author, and host of the Second Act Success podcast, for a conversation about career transitions, entrepreneurship, identity, and having the co...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if one of the most common pieces of advice we've ever been given isn't actually true? In this thought-provoking episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with author Adam Brownlie to explore one of life's biggest questions: Can we actually choose to be happy? Drawing from years of research and the philosophy behind his book...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if one of the most powerful things you could do for yourself wasn’t helping someone else… but learning how to stop abandoning yourself? In this heartfelt episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with former bodybuilding pro turned functional health and fitness coach Allie Cass for a powerful conversation about self-worth, resilience, gri...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if happiness isn't something you're born with... but something you can learn? In this deeply honest and inspiring episode of Manders Mindset, Amanda sits down with author, keynote speaker, happiness coach, and former business executive Todd Patkin for a powerful conversation about mental health, perfectionism, burnout, and the habits that cre...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the biggest thing standing between you and the life you want… is the resistance to change? In this deeply insightful episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with Harvard-trained psychotherapist, mindset expert, executive coach, and bestselling author Madeline Weiss for a powerful conversation about identity, self-worth, reinvention,...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the shame carried for years wasn’t proof that something was wrong… but proof that healing had never truly been given space to begin? In this deeply vulnerable episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with Dr. Zoe Shaw, licensed psychotherapist, relationship coach, author, and podcast host for a powerful conversation about shame, secr...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if rebuilding your life after trauma wasn’t about becoming who you once were… but learning how to embrace who you are now? In this deeply moving episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with author, speaker, and trauma survivor Shannon Michelle for a powerful conversation about resilience, identity, healing, and the life changing power o...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What happens when you’ve spent most of your life believing your voice doesn’t matter… and then you decide to use it anyway? In this milestone Episode 200 of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with podcast host and sustainability advocate Amy Bolduc for one of the most raw and honest conversations yet. From navigating a challenging childhood and y...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What happens when life pulls you so far away from who you once were… that finding your way back feels almost impossible? In this deeply personal episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Dr. Crystal Harrell, Yale-trained public health researcher, bestselling author, and CEO to explore her journey of losing and rediscovering herself. From...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the anxiety, overwhelm, and patterns people struggle to break aren’t random, but the result of a nervous system that has been conditioned over time? In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, Amanda Russo sits down with Rachel Lundberg, owner of Thrive Yoga and Wellness and co-founder of Yoga Oak. With over two decades of experience in yoga and ne...