She Shed Unfiltered

Send us Fan Mail What started as a conversation over coffee turned into something neither of us could have imagined. In the Season One finale of She Shed Unfiltered , Donna and Meg look back on the journey that brought them here,  from meeting for the first time and building a friendship on the microphone, to creating a community that now reaches listeners in more than 20 countries. Together, they...

Send us Fan Mail What if happiness isn’t something you find after you hit all the milestones, marriage, kids, career, house, but something you slowly build when you finally start listening to yourself? In this episode, Donna and Meg talk about what it means to create a life that feels peaceful, joyful, and fully your own after divorce, heartbreak, motherhood, people-pleasing, and starting over. Fr...

Send us Fan Mail Over the last year, Donna lost more than she ever imagined — a relationship, her sister, her cat, her sweet dog Nelly, and parts of herself along the way. But somewhere inside the grief, heartbreak, and rebuilding, something unexpected happened. She started finding herself again. In this deeply personal episode, Donna and Meg talk about what women gain after loss: clarity, boundar...

Send us Fan Mail EPISODE 16 — I Took My Space Back After heartbreak, loss, and major life shifts, Donna and Meg talk about the surprising power of reclaiming your space, physically, emotionally, and mentally. From packing away old memories to repainting walls, changing routines, reclaiming your side of the bed, and creating peace inside your home, this episode explores how healing often begins wit...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of She Shed Unfiltered , Donna and Meg are joined by longtime friend Nicole for a conversation that will challenge the way you think about healing. Years ago, Nicole said something to Donna that never left her: “ If you keep telling your story, you’ll never heal .” At the time, it didn’t make sense. Now, it’s become a guiding truth. Together, they unpack what it re...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of She Shed Unfiltered , Donna and Meg skip the experts and get real about what it actually feels like when your body, brain, and hormones decide to do their own thing. From hot flashes and brain fog to weight gain, mood shifts, and sleep struggles, nothing is off limits. But this conversation doesn’t stop there. Because somehow… at the exact same time their hormon...

Send us Fan Mail You don’t just lose a job. You lose the version of yourself you built around it. For so many of us, our work becomes more than a paycheck. It becomes identity. Structure. Validation. Purpose. It’s how we introduce ourselves. How we measure success. How we understand our place in the world. So when it’s suddenly gone… the question isn’t just “what’s next?” It’s: Who am I without it...

Send us Fan Mail This week Donna stepped out of the Shed, and into the studio with the guys from The Afternoon Pint, and the conversation goes deeper than expected. They unpack one of the most common misconceptions about Habitat for Humanity: Homes aren’t given away, families buy them. But the model removes the very barriers that keep so many people stuck. No down payments. No high-interest loans....

Send us Fan Mail This one is personal. Donna is in the middle of a fight for her home—a home she built, paid for, and created for her kids long before her relationship began. And what she’s learning? It’s not as simple as it should be. In this episode, Donna and Meg sit down with financial planners and divorce specialists Cindy Viner and Shauna Selig to talk about what really happens when relation...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve all said it: “I saw the red flags…” So why did we stay? In this episode, Donna and Meg sit down with women across different age groups for a rapid-fire, no-filter game of Red Flag or Green Flag. Some answers are instant. Some get debated. And some… hit a little too close to home. Because what we once called “chemistry”… might have actually been chaos. And what felt “boring”?...

Send us Fan Mail Men don’t talk about this enough, so we asked. In this episode of She Shed Unfiltered, Donna and Meg invite two men into the Shed for an honest conversation about what actually changes after a long-term relationship or marriage ends. Stephen and Henrick reflect on what they see differently now, what they’ve learned through experience, and what matters most at this stage of life. T...

Send us Fan Mail Why do some relationships feel intense, confusing, and emotionally exhausting,  even when nothing is technically “wrong”? In this episode of She Shed Unfiltered , Donna and Meg are joined by their friend Dr. Jim Gouthro, who holds a doctorate in Social Work, for a thoughtful conversation about the relationship patterns many people struggle to make sense of. Together they explore a...

Send us Fan Mail I didn’t plan to record this. But the house felt a little quieter… and I didn’t want to sit in that alone. This week, Donna shares a She Shed Reflection after saying goodbye to her dog, Nelly — her constant through some of the biggest changes in her life. This isn’t a conversation about loss in the way we usually talk about it. It’s about the quiet kind of grief. The kind that sho...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of She Shed Unfiltered , Donna and Meg shift the conversation from relationships to leadership — and what it really means to be “the boss.” Donna shares her perspective as a CEO and longtime nonprofit leader, while Meg reflects on leadership in the worlds of communications and creative industries. Their roles may look very different, but the lessons they’ve learned...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you have to lead an organization during the hardest year of your life? In this episode of She Shed Unfiltered, Donna sits down with two members of her Senior Leadership Team, Michelle and Vanessa, to reflect on what it looked like to lead through personal trauma while still showing up every day as a CEO. Recorded on the one-year anniversary of a life-changing mom...

Send us Fan Mail Why do women stop wanting sex — even when they still love their partner? And why does desire disappear long before the relationship actually ends? In this episode of She Shed Unfiltered, Donna and Meg sit down with Serena Haines, Certified Sex Coach (SXI) and Intimacy & Relationship Coach, for one of their most honest conversations yet. This one goes deeper than libido. It’s a...

Send us Fan Mail We were going to release Episode 6 this week. Instead, this felt more honest. In this special She Shed Reflection, Donna sits alone in the Shed and talks about something many women experience but rarely name out loud, what it feels like to come home to a quiet house. The silence.  The space.  The relief.  The grief.  The strength.  The clarity. What’s the difference between being...

Send us Fan Mail Note: Due to recording with multiple guests in the Shed, audio quality may vary slightly in this episode. Thank you for sticking with us — the conversation is worth it. Dating didn’t just change — it was rebuilt. Three university-aged women pull back the curtain on what dating actually looks like in their 20s: apps, expectations, pressure, and emotional reality. This isn’t about j...

Send us Fan Mail What we want changes, usually because we do. This episode explores how values, boundaries, and expectations evolve with experience, and why choosing differently now isn’t settling, it’s growth. Even if you’re happily partnered, this conversation quietly asks: What matters most to me now, and why? https://www.facebook.com/sheshedunfiltered https://www.instagram.com/sheshedunfiltere...

Send us Fan Mail Donna and Meg talk candidly about intimacy, emotional disconnection, and what happens when relationships quietly turn transactional. From avoidance and unmet needs to the invisible labor women carry and the red flags we only recognize in hindsight, this conversation is raw, honest, and deeply relatable. What happens when intimacy stops being about connection — and starts feeling l...

Send us Fan Mail What happens after the door closes — when the noise fades, the shock wears off, and you’re left reaching for answers that never come?  In this deeply honest episode Donna and Meg unpack the quiet devastation that follows emotional abandonment, separation, and the end of long-term relationships. They talk about grief that doesn’t follow neat stages, the pain of unanswered questions...

Send us Fan Mail Before there was a podcast, there was a shed.  In this first episode of She Shed Unfiltered , Donna and Meg share the real story behind how this space came to be — not as a brand or a plan, but as a response to a season where silence no longer felt like safety.  They talk candidly about divorce, identity shifts, and the quiet moment many women reach when pretending everything’s “f...