Manders Mindset

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the hardest moment of your life wasn’t the end… but the beginning of your transformation? In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with Shruti, a cancer survivor, author, and holistic health coach, to share her deeply personal journey through adversity, healing, and self-discovery. From growing up feeling misundersto...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the struggles people face in their lives, whether in relationships, finances, or personal fulfillment aren’t due to a lack of effort, but instead deeply rooted subconscious programming? In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Dr. Joseph, also known as Joey, a rapid growth specialist and creator of the SMT Method...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the patterns that have shaped someone’s entire life were never actually the problem but the solution waiting to be uncovered? In this deeply honest episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with boundaries coach, speaker, and author Barb Nangel, whose life transformed at 52 through 12-step recovery after decades of therapy only scratc...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the voice that’s been held back… is the very thing meant to lead? In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, Amanda Russo sits down with speaker, author, and soulful speaking coach Lauri Smith for a conversation about leadership, authenticity, and the journey from being the “good girl” to becoming an untamed, fully expressed voice. Lauri shares a...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the smallest moment… a compliment, a conversation, an email almost deleted… could change the entire course of a life? In this deeply moving episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with motivational speaker, author, and “motivational firewood guy” Steve Gamlin for a conversation about mindset, awareness, resilience, love, and the une...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the hardest parts of someone’s past didn’t have to define their future? In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with transformational speaker and Air Force veteran Logan, whose life story is a testament to resilience, personal responsibility, and the power of rewriting your own narrative. From growing up in a restric...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the constant mental noise, overthinking, and self-doubt many people experience isn’t something they have to live with forever? In this insightful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with NLP practitioner, hypnotherapist, and founder of Mindful Matters LLC, Nikki Gangemi. After pivoting from a career in acting to 15 years in teach...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if hitting rock bottom wasn’t the end of the story…  but the beginning of rebuilding everything? In this episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with entrepreneur and Uplift 360 founder Wes Towers to explore what happens when life completely falls apart and how those moments can become the catalyst for profound transformation. After exp...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if intimacy isn’t lost because love disappears… but because anxiety takes over? In this thought-provoking episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with Bruce, a Vermont-based psychologist with over 30 years of experience working with couples, to unpack what really breaks relationships apart and what actually brings them back together. A...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the reason your relationship feels stuck… isn’t because of them but because of what you’re carrying? In this episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with marriage and mindset expert Larry Bilotta for a powerful conversation about emotional patterns, childhood programming, and why it only takes one person to begin healing a relations...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the authority you’ve been taught to look for outside of yourself has actually been within you all along? In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with holistic doctor and former midwife Dr. Marissa Heisel for an expansive conversation on women’s health, pregnancy, midlife, and the radical act of self-trust. With more...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if pain wasn’t the enemy… but a messenger? What if stress wasn’t just something to “push through”… but the root of nearly every ache, tension, and health challenge in the body? In this deeply insightful episode, host Amanda Russo sits down with Njideka Olatunde, founder of Focus on Healing Wellness Institute, reflexology educator, and pioneer in medica...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What does it really take to rise from rock bottom and build something meaningful? In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Michael Leung for a raw and deeply human conversation about grief, identity, resilience, and rebuilding after adversity. From immigrating to Canada at six years old to losing his mother to cancer dur...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the reason burnout keeps coming back… isn’t because there’s not enough time but because too much of that time is going to things that don’t actually matter to the life someone wants? In this episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala, clinical psychologist, professor, and bestselling author for a grounded,...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the reason most bras don’t feel right… is because brands aren’t actually listening?  In this episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with Kristen Anderson , co-founder of Iteration , to unpack what happens when product design is guided by real women, not guesswork. From Kristen’s “Skirt Girl” origins and a wild childhood fashion sto...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the healing you’ve been searching for doesn’t start in your thoughts… but in your body? In this episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with trauma-informed healer and spiritual educator Heather Ann Ferri for a powerful, wide-ranging conversation on trauma, remembrance, and reclaiming inner sovereignty. Heather shares her extraordin...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if one recorded conversation could become a living archive... something that speaks long after you’re gone and changes someone’s life in ways you’ll never witness? In this deeply moving episode, host Amanda Russo sits down with Adam Torres, co-founder of Mission Matters , author, international speaker, and host of over 6,000 interviews... for a convers...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the “small changes” you keep putting off are actually the ones that would change everything? In this episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with author and acupuncturist Elizabeth Bruckner , creator of The Homesteader Mindset , for a conversation that feels equal parts grounding, funny, and quietly life-altering. Elizabeth shares h...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the reason “starting over” feels so hard… is because you’re trying to change habits before you’ve changed the way you see yourself? In this episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with mindset and movement coach Christiaan Hoffman for a wide-ranging, thought-provoking conversation about identity, comfort zones, and why real transform...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What happens when someone has been “the strong one” for so long… they forget they’re allowed to need support too? In this episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with PK (Prakash) for a conversation that’s equal parts grounding, honest, and deeply human. PK opens up about growing up in the UK in a South Asian family while helping care for t...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if healing, success, and freedom weren’t about pushing harder… but about clearing what’s been running the show beneath the surface? In this expansive and thought-provoking episode of Manders Mindset , host Amanda Russo sits down with Dr. Alain Salas , bestselling author, chiropractic physician, and mind-body expert, to explore how subconscious programm...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the moments you brushed off as “just being good at your job” were actually something deeper... an inner intelligence quietly guiding you long before you had language for it? In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with ER nurse and author Jen Johnson for a raw, honest, and unexpectedly hopeful conversation about intu...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if true wealth had less to do with how much you make… and more to do with how consciously you live? In this powerful and grounded conversation, host Amanda Russo sits down with Terry Nicklas , certified financial planner, wealth coach, and success coach, to explore the emotional side of money and what it really means to build a life of true wealth. Ter...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! What if the path to healing, motivation, and self-trust wasn’t about fixing yourself… but about staying long enough for change to happen? In this deeply honest episode, host Amanda Russo is joined by Nita Sweeney , bestselling author, ultramarathoner, mindfulness coach, and mental health advocate. Nita shares her powerful journey from growing up in a family...

Feedback on the show? Send us a message! 2025 Year in Review: Listening Sooner In this solo Year in Review episode of Manders Mindset , I reflect on a year that didn’t ask me to do more, it asked me to listen sooner. 2025 was expansive, tender, and slower than I expected. While parts of the year looked grounded and productive on the outside, much of the real work was happening beneath the surface....