Sol Rising

Have you considered the amount of power you hold to choose your path during life's major transitions like giving birth, grieving, or dying? And do you exercise your right to tailor your experience to what feels right for you? Or do you go along with the prescribed conditioning without questioning what's available to you during these life-altering choice points? Join Amanda and her guest Sundari Ma...

Are you a super busy go-getter who should probably slow down but doesn't always take the time to do so? Do you allow yourself to stop and smell the roses before burning out with physical illness or emotional stress? And does a planned rest at a transformational, healing retreat in the majestic Rocky Mountains sound like a good idea? Join Amanda and her Sol Rising Retreats co-host and friend Amber...

Struggling with addiction? Or know someone who is? Have you hit a rough patch in your own sobriety and are looking for hope and motivation to continue on?  Join Amanda and her guest Tim Lodgen, Former Gold Glove and Jr. Olympic Boxer, Former U.S Marine and Professional MMA Fighter, for an i ncredible story of addiction, recovery, and the power of mindset to transform pain into purpose. After suffe...

Wrapping up season 3 with an amazing episode with Danielle Marggraf, a leader in the area of somatic and wealth embodiment for women who desire to build authentic and aligned businesses that are lucrative while making an impact. Danielle works with money combined with somatic, energetic, and mindset work to rewire your body for more freedom, fulfillment, and feminine financial well-being. And she...

Do you find it difficult to sit with someone who is grieving and just be there? Are you tempted to make things better for them, to cheer them up? Can you witness someone's pain in full presence and awareness? And how do you take care of yourself before and after to ensure you do not experience compassion fatigue? Join Amanda and her guest, Dr. Heather Taylor, licensed psychologist specializing in...

Are limiting beliefs holding you back from showing up in life the way you want to? Do the same tapes play over and over, and you feel powerless to stop them? Are you ready to flip your script into a narrative that serves you instead of hurts you?  Join Amanda and her special guest and friend Chris Janssen, a results coach in performance and mindset and award-winning author of the USA Today's #4 no...

Sibling loss. Not much has been written about it, no one really talks about it, or asks about your grief. Because quite often when a sibling dies, your parents are considered the ones in real grief, not you. So not only do others minimize your pain, but you also might minimize it too. Have you lost a sibling? Can you relate?  Join Amanda and guest Annie Sklaver Orenstein, qualitative researcher, o...

For many of us, grief can be hard to access. The depth of our pain creates resistance to honoring what yearns to come forward. How do we enter these spaces feeling safe to give voice to grief in a way that effectively soothes the wound left in the wake of loss? Join Amanda and her guest Susie Stonefield,  transformational creativity and grief coach, for a compelling conversation about using art to...

 Are you struggling to feel a consistent sense of peace? Have you tried everything and still feel anxious or depressed and don't know why? Are you at your wits end with trying to figure out how to cure your chronic illness? You may be suffering from a dysregulated nervous system and not even know it. Good news…there is hope for you! Join Amanda and her guest and friend Lisa Broberg, functional nur...

Has life thrown you for a loop lately? Are you having a hard time navigating big changes? Whether you view your situation as positive or negative, transitions like divorce, career change/retirement, moving, and the loss of a loved one are not easy to move through. The great news is we have tools available to help process these changes with the intention of not just getting through them, but of imp...

Are you a highly sensitive person? Not sensitive like you get offended easily, but sensitive to your surroundings. Would you describe yourself as hyperaware or highly observant? And do you have anxiety? If so, you may be a highly sensitive person and not know that this is actually your superpower! Join Amanda and the intuitive and insightful Ginger Ready, certified Core Energy Coach, Reiki practit...

Do you find yourself not enjoying the precious moments of life because you are anticipating loss? Do you struggle with what to say to someone when they are mourning the loss of a loved one or going through a a tough time?  Join Amanda and her guest, Jessica Fein, author of Breath Taking: A Memoir of Family, Dreams, and Broken Genes , host of the I Don't Know How You Do It podcast, and grieving mot...

Looking for a transformative approach to sobriety that incorporates body, mind, and spirit? Look no further. Gina Kunadian, alcohol-free sobriety coach and host of the  Shine Within podcast has a great one! Gina's motivating and life-changing SHINE process delivers!  Join Amanda to hear Gina's incredible sobriety story then dive into the five elements of SHINE: S: Sobriety and identifying your "wh...

Do you feel like your grief needs to be validated in order to mourn? Do you judge your loss as worthy before you allow yourself to feel it? Have you considered other manifestations of grief aside from death (aka ambiguous loss), one of the most common being divorce? Join Amanda and her very affable, fun guest, Rachel Garcia as they discuss the importance of giving yourself permission to grieve, fo...

What's your story? Have you told it to anyone, and have you considered the impact it has on those who hear it? Join Amanda and her guest, Jose Lugo, author,  speaker, and founder of We Are All One Story as he shares his story of rising from the depths of childhood physical and emotional abuse, gang violence, jail, addiction and depression into recovery, redemption, and traveling the world to give...

Has your family, society, or your own self put you in a box and created an identity that suddenly feels inauthentic? Are you awakening to a reality that your conditioning has defined who you are instead of you defining who you are?  Join Amanda and her guest Betsy Pepine, author of "Breaking Boxes: Dismantling the Metaphorical Boxes that Bind Us" for a deeper look into how people and the world aro...

Are you wondering if your partner may be a narcissist or has narcissistic tendencies? Have you tried to break away from a toxic relationship only to return again? Are you sick and tired of the merry-go-round that leaves you feeling guilty, shameful, and defeated? Then this episode is for you! Join Amanda and her guest Bre Wolta, EFT and The Clearing Work™ Certified Practitioner and Relationship Cl...

Jennifer Norman, f ounder of The Human Beauty Movement, joins Amanda for a bright and beautiful conversation about inner beauty, resilience after loss, and finding oneself through radical self-love, self-awareness, and self-acceptance. Jennifer tells her story of being an Asian child adopted into a white family and feeling like she never fit in growing up. She also speaks about the challenges of b...

How do you deal with loss and grief in sobriety? Who and what do you turn to while navigating some of life's toughest challenges? And how do secondary mental illnesses play a part in a person's ability to stay sober for the long haul? Join Amanda and her guest Corey Hennings, host of  The Sober By Design Podcast , to hear Corey's personal experience with staying sober through the loss of his mothe...

Returning to the roots of the show, Amanda (in her first solo episode) discusses the dire need for connection right now and provides great tools and tips for sidestepping the emotional booby traps many of us find ourselves in while dealing with our own heightened emotions as well as the heightened emotions of others surrounding the current political climate.  Some of the important points she addre...

Have you been on a healing journey for a while and still feel like something is missing? Are you still struggling after years of working on yourself? Perhaps it's because you've been treating only one part of the problem instead of all the parts.  Join Amanda and Hope Pedraza, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Reiki Pract itioner, Human Design guide, NL...

How do you keep an open heart after heartbreak, grief, trauma, and other painful experiences knowing that more pain is on the way? How do we love others fully and completely and lay bare the most vulnerable parts of ourselves knowing that loss is inevitable?  Ginny and Amanda divulge their own difficulty with this topic, especially Amanda, calling it the "bane of her existence!" The ladies talk op...

We all know about "good vibes." But what are they really? How do we access them? And why is it imperative to tune into these vibrations right now?  Join Ginny and Amanda and their guest, Vicki Somoya, MFA, in an enlightening and informative conversation about what high frequency energy is, how to tap into it, and how to transmute your energy to align with these good vibes. Most importantly, learn...

Fear. The tiny 4-letter word that runs your emotional show! Fear underpins all anxiety, resentment, and painful relationships that make your life difficult. Can we really rid ourselves of it? Is being completely "fearless" attainable? For most of us, this natural human instinct is here to stay (on some level), so how can we use it as a messenger, showing us where to lean in and grow.  This episode...

Have you suffered traumatic loss and are trying to make sense of how and why it happened? Are you seeking a spiritual and practical pathway to move forward? One filled with curiosity as well as grace.  Join Amanda and Nina Rodriguez, founder and host of the Grief and Life Podcast , in a heartfelt, introspective conversation around the questions that come up about our internal experience with loss...