It's Hard

Has your New Years Resolution ever truly stuck? All 365 days? Are you being realistic about your resolution or are you setting yourself up for disappointment?  How can we be gracious with ourselves during a time of immense pressure? How can we look at each day as a new start and new opportunity to walk in the direction of our goals + desires? Are we trying to put a bow on our old selves in hopes t...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains conversation about child abuse, if this is triggering for you please take care of yourself.  Michael Anthony is a trauma and CPTSD healing coach. His passion for helping people was inspired by his own experience with child abuse and generational trauma. Now, the mission of Think Unbroken is as follows "To guide individuals who have suffered trauma in our ment...

Emmy Marie is a certified trauma-informed life coach who strives to create content that makes understanding trauma and healing more accessible and achievable. She hopes to help as many people as possible reject toxic shame, grow to love and accept themselves, and create joyful lives and relationships post trauma.  In this episode, Emmy dives into her experience with trauma and how it led her to wh...

Paige sits down with psychologist Dr. Elnur Gajiev to strives to give the people around him a sense of meaning within their lives. Mental health has always been a factor in his life and he hopes to empower those around him through his experiences.  As a child, Elnur and his family immigrated to the United States. This large change really impacted the way Dr. Elnur lived his life. He encountered ma...

The episode begins with a question about Paige's decision to commit to sobriety. Paige is sober because of the trauma and anxiety that drinking brought to her. While for her it is something that she needed to do and it has helped her mental wellbeing, sobriety is something that many people around us do not understand; some will even try to persuade you into breaking that sobriety. This goes into t...

Liz Krueger is a social media influencer who shares her life to thousands on instagram. With sharing her life, Liz has realized she has had to be very open and vulnerable with her followers. This was not  something new to Liz, as she has always been an open and vulnerable person, but being vulnerable to thousands of people was a big jump. With online bullies and people being mean to her through th...

Kyle Mitchell, a public speaker, took control of his fears and struggles and turned it into something to help others around him. He realized he was not the only person who has or had social anxiety, which made him eager to help others. He began this by creating an Instagram page, and posted everyday, from tips of things he has learned to the things he has endured. This was one of the many baby ste...

Paige and Emily preface this episode with the overarching theme of mental health. Many people in our lives are struggling with mental health, and many people don’t have the support to help them navigate their way through it.  Emily had a tough time trying to diagnose these invisible illnesses she was encountering as a result of her struggle with mental health. As she discusses, mental health and p...

Chrissy Kyles knew she was overwhelmed and anxious; in a mindset of surviving life instead of thriving with life. Chrissy knew it was time for a change with trying to juggle a new normal. Therapy helped Chrissy juggling her life, navigating what emotions she is experiencing and understanding herself more deeply. Therapy is a very powerful source that showed Chrissy that what she was going through...

This solo episode is focusing on the idea of finding yourself. Throughout every obstacle in our lives we are told by others what to do and what to be, but when we do this we lose ourselves. We have to put ourselves first to create who we are, someone who is independent and not dependent on those around us. Our mental health relies on what we do in our daily lives, Paige talks wildly on preferences...

Lynn Casaletto owns her own consulting company called, Core Growth. Core Growth helps individuals and teams realize their greatness.  Within the episode the term emotional intelligence is the forefront of much of the conversation. Emotional intelligence is understanding yourself and your emotions in the moment and not getting burnt out because your emotions are taking over, but instead you are tak...

Reid Bervik has a podcast centered around mental health called Recess. Within his podcast he details both his mental health struggle and opens up to the struggles millions are going through daily in fifteen minute short episodes.  Mental health is an all encompassing topic within so many people's lives, and Reid is not a stranger to mental health struggles. Through this episode we sit down and tal...

McKenna Grass is a fourteen year old mental health advocate who is raising awareness for mental health within her community. She is on a mission to make as many people as she can not feel alone, and change the stigma surrounding mental health.   In this episode we discuss the idea of ‘it’s okay to not be okay’ and Mckenna’s journey surrounding mental health. Mental health is a big part of many peo...

In this episode, Jack and I discuss our big move to Utah and the feelings we have been feeling throughout it all. Moving across the country is a big jump between trying to find your place and feeling like we are enough for each other. From the good days to the bad days, trying to adjust to all the different things that come about from a big move. We discuss how we want to be the best version of ou...

Dr. Nikki Sammet is the founder of Confident Coach Accelerator, Becoming Mama & Beyond, the What Nik Knows Podcast, and is a Transcendental Meditator and a yoga teacher… she does it all! In this episode, Nikki opens up about her journey with ADHD, anxiety, depression, and how the fight to “not be different” caused her to lose hold of her identity. Nikki has struggled with her mental health since s...

Mackenzie Fannin is a Pre-Med Student from Florida who shares her journey on the road to Med School.  In this episode, Paige sits down with Mackenzie who explains the highs and lows of her journey through med school. She discusses how to follow your dreams and become the person you aspire to be, especially as struggles of mental health surface.  Mackenzie opens up about her mental health struggles...

Lindsey Simcik is the co-founder of Almost 30, a top 50 podcast, global brand, and community.  In this episode, Paige and Lindsey discuss mental health and how we can navigate our way through big changes within our lives. We all go through changes in our lives which often leave us wondering if they are worth going through, will they hurt the people around us, will it hurt us, and overall what this...

We are back! Season 3 is here!  I am kicking off season 3 with a solo episode. Every first Monday of the month I will be serving you a slice of solo chats. This is hopefully going to be an opportunity for you all to get to know me better and for me to share what is at the top of my mind in that moment.  Today, I chat about Jack + I's heart centered move across the country, making the "right" decis...

Hi fam! Welcome to the season 2 FINALE. What a season it has been, 36 episodes later + I could not be more proud of my team and all they have accomplished. Most importantly, we are incredibly grateful for those of you who choose to listen to It's Hard. I feel like I am truly fulfilling my mission to help people feel less alone in what they are going through, the messages you send + the proof that...

In this episode, Jack puts Paige on the hot seat! They give the inside scoop of what's new in their life and what’s coming up, as well as opening up about vulnerable topics and experiences. The two give relationship advice and reflect on the different ways they process life changes.  Paige gets vulnerable about her eating disorder. She discusses the societal pressures in summer to look a certain w...

Jayna Davis was 15 years old when she first came out as a lesbian to those around her. However, her coming out journey never stops. Due to her femme-presenting nature, she is constantly challenged on her identity and has to correct others about her romantic preference. She opens up about what it’s like having to prove herself and her sexuality to others, battling comments like “you don’t look lesb...

Sam Led is a mindset and transformation coach, author of the book “Fear Less”, powerful speaker, and group facilitator.  In this episode, Paige and Sam discuss the stigma of mental health and the impact it has. Mental health is typically associated with illness, that something is wrong with you, or that you are “broken”. In reality, everyone has mental health and you are more than your ADHD, anxie...

Done with Adulting is a podcast created to break down societal expectations of “adulting” to relieve listeners of life’s many pressures. Asia and Jareed create a safe space of insightful conversations for whatever phase of life you are in. They talk openly about their experiences with relatable guests to connect listeners, provide resources, and allow themselves + others to grow. In this episode,...

At age 13, Miki Speer lost her mother to cancer. Miki pushed this trauma down, claiming “I’m fine” out of fear of standing out when all she wanted to do was fit in. This unprocessed grief lasted a decade until finally, in college, she started experiencing its impact. She began crying at the drop of a hat and her relationships with friends, school, and sports faced negative repercussions. Miki went...

The Creating Ripples podcast was designed to create empowerment, inspiration, community, and provide guidance to elevate those around us. Alex Zauner believes in the power of showing up and sharing our experiences + knowledge with others to create ripples of impact around us. We have the opportunity to create ripples, both small and large, everyday. Whether it’s smiling at a stranger or compliment...