Creating Yourself Podcast

Amanda Rae Button never dreamed of burying her husband after just a few years together & not long after married, she never planned to be a widow or a single mom. But what she is doing with the tragedy that she has been given is what most could never do; she is creating a beautiful legacy for their daughter & so many more like her to have in the future. Lieutenant Christopher Button worked for the...

Eric sits down with me this week and we talk about all things men's mental health. Eric grew up in a household with an Irish mother & a father who wasn't always the best at communicating. He was taught that showing emotion and showing his feelings wasn't something that boys & men were supposed to do, like so many who grew up in the millennial generation and those who came befor...

Have you always been curious about manifesting or wanted to know how to manifest what you really want out of life? Well I have, and I have aways been curious about what all it truly involves. But when you get online to look up "how to manifest" it is an overwhelming feeling of where do I start. This week I have on Honor who is the host of another podcast "Manifestation Simplified&qu...

Weslyn grew up in small town Alabama where she thought, like most who grew up in small town America, graduate high school, go to college, find your soulmate, get married and start your family. But Weslyn knew that wasn't what she wanted out of life. At the young age of 15 she had big dreams of being a country music singer & she was not shy about making those dreams a reality. She found her...

Sarah joins me this week as we discuss her life growing up in a small town in Kentucky. She was raised with faith being a strong value, she saved herself for marriage & when she got to college she met the man of her dreams. They fell in love & like most southern couples quickly got married & started a family. But after 10 years Sarah realized that she was not happy in her marriage anym...

This week I have on Jaybo (The Vanilla Gorilla) from TikTok to share his life story with me. He talks about what it was like growing up with just him and his dad. He shares things about his life that most of us who follow him on TikTok don't know. He also talks about the importance of men's mental health & what it was like for him through life with his struggles of the typical "to...

I'm so excited to have Chelsie on this week as she shares her story with y'all. She is back from the Toxic Friendship episode in Season One. We learned a little bit about her in that episode but in this episode we dive deep into Chelsie's past & everything that she has been through in life. Chelsie grew up in Texas & found herself surrounded by what she thought was going to be...

T'Quori is on this week to share her journey in love and happiness. She grew up with just her mother, brother and grandmother raising her. She met her husband in high school and they quickly fell in love but when he was shipped off for the miliary she made the decision to follow. She never dreamed that once in another country that she would eventually find her true soulmate and that it would b...

Ashley was like most of us in our early to mid-30's where she found herself in a marriage that she wasn't happy in, a job she did love and just living day to day without much hope for the future. She decided to end her marriage and make a change. She worked on rebuilding her life for herself and her daughter. While her daughters father hasn't always been the best father, she watched as...

***TRIGGER WARNING*** This weeks episode contains conversations of addiction, suicide, domestic violence & death. If that could be triggering for you I would advise you to skip this episode. This week's episode is the conclusion to last week's episode, if you have not listened to it. I would suggest you go back and listen to it first. My guest this and last week wanted to remain anonym...

***TRIGGER WARNING*** This weeks episode contains conversations of addiction, suicide, domestic violence & death. If that could be triggering for you I would advise you to skip this episode as well as next week's which is going to be part 2. My guest this week wanted to remain anonymous due her privacy and safety. Her story is incredible and inspiring. She has been through more in her 33 y...

Who's ready for Season 2? You all are in for some amazing & incredible stories this season... Stay tuned. New season starts September 20th.

As I end season one with part 2 of my story, I want everyone listening to know this was so hard for me to share but I knew starting this podcast that I not only wanted to, I needed to because all of my guests this first season and every season moving forward have been and will be so vulnerable so I had to do the same. It is a hard story to listen to as it talks about domestic violence & drug a...

We are all familiar with the Jason Aldean "Try That In A Small Town" song & video controversy & if you aren't then consider yourself lucky. This week I have on a few different guests to speak on what the song means to them & how they feel about the controversy surrounding it. I opened up all my social media accounts for anyone who had an opinion to message me to discuss t...

This week I talk with Krystal who grew up in a broken home, was a victim of sexual assault as a child from her stepfather & even tried reaching out for help but her mother ultimately choice her husband over her daughter. Krystal knew from that point on that she was the only one who could control her life. She made a choice to make her dreams a reality & that's what she did. She became...

Lynn has been studying all things holistic and Ayurvedic for 15 yrs. She sat down with me to share all her knowledge on both. She also shares how she used her past struggles to implement what she had learned into her daily life. In 2020 when the pandemic hit she chose to start her own business called Holistic Life Remedy where she now helps others use what she has learned. She helps her clients im...

Reina started her journey working as a lawyer with women & children suffering from abuse, trauma and even being trafficked. She saw herself within her clients & it lead her to creating her company (Power Beyond Boundaries). She also started a podcast (The Warrior Women's Show) so that she could help more women & children on a much larger scale. Her want to understand their stories...

This is the conclusion to Tuesday's episode on Toxic Friendships. If you have not listened to Part 1, make sure you go back and listen to it first. We hear the term "toxic" used all the time to refer to relationships but how often do we hear that in reference to friendships? Toxic friendships is something that is often glossed over, so I sat down with 3 other women to discuss our sha...

We hear the term "toxic" used all the time to refer to relationships but how often do we hear that in reference to friendships? Toxic friendships is something that is often glossed over, so I sat down with 3 other women to discuss our shared experience with some of the same individuals and some other friendships within our life that we are no longer associated with and how we have grown,...

Samantha grew in Utah and she has a long term family history with addicts so she already had to be careful. But at the tender age of 11 she dipped into her parents alcohol & from there on her struggle began. Sam has had many run ins with the law, tried all different kinds of drugs & even overdosed a few times & wound up in the hospital. But today Samantha has SIX years clean & sobe...

Jodie and I have an open, honest and real converstation about the struggles of motherhood, mental health, physical health and so much more on this weeks episode. Jodie is a wife and mom but that doesn’t define her. She is still making sure that she has a role outside of the home. She opened her business after having her second child & she now helps other moms navigate the struggles, hardships & so...

I sit down this week with film maker Michael Crisp who made the documentary film about the incredible young women we will be talking about on this week's episode. Taken Too Soon: The Katelyn Markham Story was released in 2016 & covers the tragic story of a missing Fairfield, OH woman. Katelyn Markham went missing on August 13, 2011, and her remains were found a year & a half later 45 m...

MiKayla Jones was vibrant, beautiful & an 18 yr old girl who spent just as much time with her family as she did with her friends. When she walked into a room the first thing you noticed was her smile, it lights up the entire room. She was fun-loving & easy going but that was all taken from everyone who loved her on May 5, 2021. She left home that night to go hang out with a girl she hadn&#...

Emily is on this week's episode & we have a very open, honest & raw conversation about what it was like when her daughter Maggie was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes before she was 2 years old. We talk about how this diagnosis doesn't just change the person who is diagnosed but it changes the entire family, it changes, the way you live the rest of your life & it can be not only f...

Today is National Fentanyl Awareness Day, join me as I talk with Jenna about the unexpected loss of her son Brandon Anthony Mazzeo or BAM as his family & friends knew him. BAM was just 21 years old when he found himself like most other young adults trying to navigate life & figure out what he wanted to do with his life but its not easy. He became depressed & looked to other avenues as...