Make It Make Sense with Izzy

In this week's episode, Izzy explores what happens when the identities we have carried for a long time start to shift. From careers and relationships, to the roles we have played in the world, many of us built a sense of self around labels that may eventually no longer fit. Letting go of those identities can bring grief, uncertainty, and discomfort, but it can also open the door to a deeper, more...

In this week's episode of Make It Make Sense, Izzy dives into the Epstein files, systemic abuse, and the uncomfortable question:  who actually gets protected? From high-profile cases to “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” online groups, this conversation explores why women are increasingly turning to each other for validation and safety, and what that says about the systems meant to protect us. Izzy...

In this week's episode, Izzy explores the role shame plays in shaping our behaviors, relationships, and our sense of self. Drawing from her personal journey and lived experiences with shame, Izzy unpacks how shame forms, what it protects, and what lives beneath it. This episode invites listeners to slow down and build capacity to sit with shame, rather than resist or bypass it. Izzy shares way...

In this week's episode, Izzy kicks off the Self-Trust Series and shares why she stepped away from the podcast - twice this season - and what it's taken to come back on. Izzy shares about the fog that can follow emotionally and psychologically damaging dynamics, how self-trust gets eroded over time, and the courage it takes to reclaim your voice when truth has felt unsafe.

In part 1, Izzy shares the story of moving to California with nothing but a deep inner knowing she was meant to be there. In part 2, Izzy pulls back the curtain on what happened when she arrived - and it wasn't sunshine & flowers. Izzy opens up about the challenges, fear, shame, exhaustion, feeling incredibly lost, and the deep pain she faced in those early months, and the truths she had to co...

Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is pause. In this short episode, I open up about the shame and fear that kept me from recording, the challenges I was moving through, and what it feels like to return to the podcast now. This is a reset - an honest reflection on the hard, messy parts of the journey and a coming back to myself.

In today's episode, Izzy shares the raw truth of what it looked like to move across the country with nothing but her intuition telling her it was time. Izzy shares her experience moving while grieving, heartbroken, unexpectedly unemployed, living off savings, and having zero stability beneath her. This is a story of surrender, resilience, self-trust, and the sacred messiness of expansion and b...

In this week's episode, Izzy shares about the lessons she learned from her last relationship & the heartbreak that came with it. She talks about emotional unavailability and how it deeply affects a relationship, self-sabotaging behaviors, why we must accept that people grow & change when they choose to (not us), how making yourself as need-less & small for love is never the answer,...

Welcome to Season 3 of Make it Make Sense with Izzy! After an 8-month hiatus, Izzy has returned to the mic to kick-off Season 3 with one of her most vulnerable and raw episodes to date; moving through heartbreak. Izzy shares the journey of moving through heartbreak, the emotional complexities that come with this journey, and how confronting heartbreak can be. Izzy has faced more challenges and cha...

In this week's episode, Izzy shares about how after many painful months filled with heartbreak, grief, health issues, planning a big move, going through lots of internal growth & shedding certain versions of herself, getting unexpectedly laid off - that it is vitally important to listen to your higher self/intuition, especially when it feels like life is caving in on you. This week's e...

In today's episode, Izzy talks about working through imposter syndrome and the resistance we feel as we try new things, pivot in our careers, work through self-limiting beliefs and choose to show up differently in our lives. This is the ultimate confidence pep talk you didn't know you needed! Izzy shares how even on her worst days, she is unshakably confident and shares ways to build your...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Make It Make Sense Podcast! This season we are kicking off with a quick-bites episode (under 20 minutes) on Navigating Grief. Izzy shares the different challenges and lessons she has learned while navigating grief in this current season of her life.

This week's episode is the Season 1 Finale Episode - The Human Experience. This episode beautifully captures what the entire first season of the Make It Make Sense podcast is about: The human experience and all that we go through and grow through. This episode is filled with so much love from Izzy's heart and hopes the wisdom and insight you get from this episode you can apply in your ever...

In today's episode, Izzy gives her hot take on the collective healing we are seeing amongst women right now, how you can start to take the steps to heal, and why healing will lead you to the greatest relationship with yourself.

In today's episode, Izzy reflects on the lessons learned in 2023 - from having to rebuild her home, going broke, a brutal PCOS flare-up, working through trauma and lots of discomfort...Izzy shares how through the discomfort she got stronger, rebuilt herself and her life, got more connected and grounded than ever before, and was able to really find her voice. Izzy's words for 2023 were love...

In this week's episode, Izzy shares her personal stories of how challenging and grief-filled the last two holiday seasons were for her and how to got herself out of rock bottom to now sitting in a place of joy, gratitude, and love again. Izzy shares how to start setting more boundaries with your family and yourself, how to prioritize self-care and self-love this time of year, and why this time...

In today's episode, Izzy shares why being a mean girl is never the vibe. As a woman who empowers and gives back to women for a living, Izzy is on a mission to help women feel more connected to themselves and feel empowered in their lives and relationships, which hopefully results in less mean girl behavior. Izzy shares her stories from being on the receiving end of mean girl behavior in her co...

In today's episode, Izzy is sharing her really personal experience of what it's felt like to take the leap and lean into something that is new and unfamiliar in this chapter of her life - love. Let this episode serve as a reminder that when you leap into something, trust yourself, and honor your intuition, you will experience such beautiful expansion and growth within yourself, regardless...

This week's episode was inspired by a conversation Izzy had with a client which is this theme that if women aren't married, engaged, or having a baby by the age of 30, they don't feel as though they are as important or celebrated. Izzy shares her experience of being on the cusp of "having it all" when it comes to these societal milestones, and how she has navigated life being...

In today's episode Izzy gives her hot take on dating. As someone who had to re-learn how to date at the age of 30, Izzy gives her hot take on dating apps, being ghosted, women taking the lead, the dating landscape post pandemic and more. This is a great episode for anyone navigating dating nowadays and how you can empower yourself more in the process.

In today's episode, Izzy talks about the number one barrier she sees show up for people when it comes to showing up confidently in their lives - perfectionism. Izzy shares ways to overcome perfectionism and the fear of judgement, how to embrace your authenticity, and how to reframe self-limiting beliefs when they show up. You only have one life to live - let's make the most of it!

In today's episode, Izzy is covering one of her most requested topics - how to be more confident and show up more confidently in your life. Izzy shares her experiences in her life that helped make her the confident woman she is today and her number one tips for embodying this energy and state of being. This is a good one!!

In today's episode, Izzy shares about the power that lies in vulnerability. For most people, vulnerability feels scary and daunting, but when we can lean into it and allow ourselves to be seen and heard for who we are, we become more empowered, more confident, and are able to honor our true emotions and desires.

In today's episode, Izzy dives into one of her favorite phrases she heard Gabby Bernstein quote many years ago... "Slow down to speed up." Through Izzy's work as a life & empowerment coach and personal trainer, she is always working with clients who have fallen victim to endless quick fixes, only to end up further in the opposite direction than they are wanting to go. Izzy sh...

In this episode, Izzy shares about the first time she went on a solo trip to Costa Rica and unexpectedly met a Shaman who changed her life. She shares the profound wisdom this Shaman taught her, the universal moments she experienced, how grief and pain led her to Costa Rica, and how she left with love, joy, peace, and fulfillment.