Human Amplified

Tia Coffey, a life coach, operations consultant, and mom of three, joins us for a powerful and vulnerable conversation on what it means to untangle your identity from high-control religion. As a former evangelical Christian, Tia shares the deeply personal story of deconstructing her faith while navigating a toxic marriage, suicidal ideation, and the challenge of reclaiming her intuition, worth, an...

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Matt Anderson, a communications consultant, political strategist, and co-founder of Fortify Communications.  From college newspaper revolutionist to Tennessee political insider, Matt shares his unique perspective on where democracy stands today, the growing threats to civil rights, and how everyday citizens can reclaim power in the face of political...

In this episode of Human Amplified, we welcome Pat Embry, a longtime Nashville journalist who has held roles as an editor at the Nashville Banner and The Tennessean, director of the John Siegenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies at MTSU, and communications director for the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.  With nearly 50 years in journalism, Pat has witnessed the in...

Today, we’re talking to guest Katie Jensen, of Franklin, TN. She’s first and foremost a mom and wife, but she’s also a NASM certified personal trainer, nutrition coach, and travel planner. With everything she does, she loves empowering people to find happiness and confidence through healthy lifestyles that feel good. She’s here today to help us wind up Human Amplified season 5 with ways to incorpo...

There’s often a gap between what you say you want and what you actually do. In this conversation, Adelajda Child, a PSYCH-K instructor, unpacks what sits underneath that gap. Subconscious beliefs formed early on, stored experiences, and patterns that continue to influence behavior long after you think you’ve outgrown them. We explore the difference between conscious thinking and subconscious progr...

Today, we're talking to Kirby Fling. He’s a computer science guy turned trauma-informed relationship coach and Founder of his signature program, the Two Mind Method. He focuses on healing attachment wounds and preventing them in the first place. And while the topic at hand may seem heavy, this was such a fun conversation. You’ll walk away from it knowing how to approach relationships in healthier...

For a lot of people, disconnection doesn’t feel dramatic. It feels normal. You go through your day. You handle what’s in front of you. You react, move on, and keep going. Over time, you stop noticing what your body is telling you, or you notice it and learn not to trust it. Renee Watkins, a yoga instructor and doula, talks about what that disconnection actually looks like in real life, from everyd...

For much of her life, Courtenay “Coco” Rogers moved through the world driven by fear, pressure, and the need to hold everything together. Her decisions, relationships, and sense of identity were shaped by external expectations and a constant effort to stay in control. Over time, that way of living became harder to maintain. Letting go of alcohol, navigating a mental health crisis within her family...

Long before most people start questioning their behavior, patterns are already in place. They’re shaped by early experiences, reinforced over time, and repeated in ways that can feel confusing or frustrating when they show up in relationships, work, or everyday decisions. In this episode, Micky ScottBey Jones, coach and facilitator, shares how the Enneagram can be used as a framework for understan...

Before feeling stuck became something people tried to solve, it was just part of how life unfolded. In this episode, Kourtney Brownlow, business owner and mentor, shares how her understanding of motivation and mindset was shaped through experience. Building a business without a roadmap. Parenting four kids. Adopting her son and navigating the unexpected challenge of learning how to communicate in...

Burnout doesn’t usually arrive all at once. It builds slowly, in the spaces no one sees. The extra call you take on your day off. The expectations that are never clearly defined but always feel too high. The quiet pressure to keep showing up, no matter what it costs you. For many clergy women, and helpers more broadly, burnout isn’t about the big, visible moments. It’s the accumulation of everythi...

Before conversations about confidence or authenticity, there is something more foundational that shapes how we move through the world. We want to feel seen. But for many people, especially those navigating multiple identities, being seen has never been simple. It is shaped by safety, by context, and by whether the spaces around you were ever designed to hold your full reality. In this episode, Ami...

Long before today’s headlines, social justice movements were shaped in local communities, in conversations, in classrooms, and in everyday decisions people made about what they would accept and what they would challenge. Timothy Hughes, activist, civic educator, and community organizer, shares how history continues to shape the present and why the stories we tell about that history matter more tha...

Before hypnotherapy became a mainstream wellness tool, it lived mostly at the edges. Part clinical, part spiritual, and often misunderstood. In this conversation, Hannah Bethel, a hypnotherapist, musician, and energy practitioner, walks through what actually happens beneath the surface when people start working with the subconscious. Not just what it is, but what changes when you stop trying to th...

Second-guessing your intuition is normal, especially in the south where there’s culturally a lot of fear around trusting your intuition… and we’ll go so far as to say trusting psychic hits that you get. Yes, you. In this episode, we’re talking to Laura Stendel. She’s a licensed massage therapist here in Franklin, TN offering various forms of body work and energy work in her sessions. She owns Intu...

We spend a lot of time trying to hold things in place. Our identity, our relationships, our sense of control. But what if nothing is meant to stay the same? In this conversation, John M. DeMarco reflects on impermanence and what it means to live fully within it. Instead of resisting change, he explores how awareness, presence, and acceptance can lead to a deeper sense of meaning. He talks about th...

We don’t enter relationships as blank slates. By the time we start dating, committing, or getting married, we’ve already built an internal framework for what love looks like, how conflict works, and what we’re willing to tolerate. That framework often forms long before we have the language to describe it. In this conversation, psychotherapist Amanda JP Brown connects those early experiences to the...

For much of her life, Christy Pruitt-Haynes moved through the world in close connection with others. Her time, energy, and sense of enjoyment were shaped by relationships. Family, friendships, and shared experiences that gave her life structure and meaning. Over a relatively short period, that structure shifted. The loss of her best friend, a divorce, and her daughter leaving for college all chang...

Today we’re talking to Tian Yuming. She’s a yoga teacher and trauma-informed certified life coach who immigrated to Singapore from China at an early age with her family. This immigration and the generational impact of the Chinese cultural revolution set the stage for the healing journey and expertise Yuming shares with us in this episode.  The most prominent thing I noticed about Yuming when...

This episode is all about using spirituality as a practical tool in your life, thanks to today’s guest, Ashley B. Jones.  Ashley is a Transformation Coach and Healer based in Denver, Colorado who supports feelers and dreamers as they learn to embrace change and build inner security to transform their lives into one where anything is possible. She is known for her unique holistic approach that...

Y’all, go ahead and grab your tissues now. Today we’re talking to Cheyenne England about her miraculous healing journey. In late October 2020, at 38 years old, Cheyenne was diagnosed with stage 4b high-grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer.  Cheyenne is not only a cancer survivor, but she’s a mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend, and teacher. She’s been a teacher for 16 years in Tenne...

Do you ever just sit and listen to someone tell stories from their life? What a gift it is to be able to listen to such intimate memories that helped shape a person into who they are in this exact moment, with wisdom unmatched. If you love doing that as much as I do, you’re in for a treat today — this is one of our ultimate storytelling episodes from a special person who has a rich tapestry of exp...

Today we’re talking to Emerson Wright. They go by Em. And y’all, this episode is worth a listen. Through the lens of being a transgender law professor in Florida, we look at how bringing our whole selves to how we show up is healing and empowering, whether we do it individually or systemically. And staying connected to our humanness is how we make life and systems better. That’s huge, and that’s h...

You’re in for a treat with this interview. We start out by talking what it looks like when a man has healthy levels of testosterone and what it looks like if testosterone is low. You’ll see that the role testosterone plays is way bigger than we typically give it credit for. Then, Justin squashes the stigma around testosterone usage and what healthy masculinity really is. Justin opens up about his...

Stories...the stories we tell ourselves shape who we've been, who we are, and what we become. What you choose to do next either reinforces or changes your story. You have the power to choose where we go from here, as humans. So, welcome to the evolving story of what it means to be human through one beautiful and messy person at a time.  We’re back after a two-year break and we’re gonna dig de...