Start Scared

Do you sometimes feel like you are going through the motions? Your life is full of work, parenting, wash, rinse, repeat? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ You are NOT alone. Man, this podcast community is something else… If it weren’t for IG and Start Scared, I never would have been introduced to the amazingly fierce Andrea Parker! She is a former police detective (my true crime loving heart LOVES this!) turn...

AHHH! MY FRIEND WROTE A FREAKING BOOK AND IT IS ALMOST HERE! You are NOT going to want to miss this back porch chat today! Diana Keller is a former HS Math teacher, turned corporate employee, turned entrepreneur! She is the host of the podcast "Keep Moving Forward", is currently in the process of releasing her book, "Stop Talking About the Weather", and she is building out her...

Do you have a clear sense of who you are? Not that you are a Mom, Wife, Daughter, etc... But who are you on the inside? If you are anything like me, you struggle with knowing who you are outside of the many hats you wear. If so, then you are not going to want to miss this episode! I found a super interesting article all about WHY we experience a loss of identity and questions we can ask ourselves...

Now that school is back in session or almost back in session, depending on where you live... I did an IG live with my girl, Bridgitte Carroll, all about how magnesium can help children and adults with ADHD. Bruce takes The Miracle Worker in the morning along with his probiotic, The Go-To, and The Miracle Worker in the evening before bed. I love the integrity of the company because I know that we a...

You are going to LOVE the chat that I am bringing with Erin Trier today!   Erin is a Mom of 4, Mental Health Advocate, Special Needs Parent and has been married to her husband Dave for almost 13 years. Erin has degrees in social work and psychology, which, combined with her personal and professional experience, has served as the catalyst to teach on the importance of mental health in everyday life...

Some days we have it all together & some days we don’t… This past weekend was one of those times. I immediately jumped on the mic to share with YOU in hopes that it makes you feel seen, heard and understood. I am pulling back the curtain to a REAL TIME moment that happened between me and my 7 year old, Bruce. *This story is shared with his permission. (I have learned my lesson! IYKYK) And afte...

You are going to LOVE today’s episode… Sam Altieri is a certified women’s life coach for empaths and women with ADHD. She helps aspiring and new entrepreneurs get in control of their life and take focused messy action toward their goals. She has organically created well over $700k in her coaching business and is traveling the world full time in a converted van! How freaking COOL! Sam is on a missi...

GIRL! Get freaking ready because you are about to be taken to church! Jenna Klopfenstein, is  a wife, boy mama to two awesome boys, Orthopedic Physician Assistant, Growth Coach, and Podcaster. She is  passionate about EMPOWERING women and helping them see the goodness within themselves. She is  a Growth Coach who helps women love themselves unconditionally and start living a life they really love....

Let's talk about POOP, baby! Is it weird? YES! Is it important? ALSO YES! Today, let's take a deep dive into HOW I started working with an RD, what tests she recommended for me (HINT: A poop test!), the supplements she recommended I take to address the ROOT CAUSE of my symptoms and WHY it is important to invest in your health NOW (HINT: Because you are worth it!). THINGS MENTIONED IN THI...

You are going to LOVE today’s episode! Lindsey Konchar is a licensed graduate social worker, which basically means she brings some credentialed experience to the mental health world. Now, she is a mom by day and a social worker by heart! While she is thrilled to be a stay-at-home mama, she knew couldn’t lose who she was along the way. Doesn’t THAT sound familiar?! She found a way to use the clinic...

Do you feel overwhelmed by your to-do list? Do you feel frazzled and all over the place? Do you feel run down and exhausted by the end of the day? Girl… I 100% feel you! But I have a question… When was the last time you did something that just brought you pure JOY?! When was the last time you put your to-do list aside and did something for YOU!? If it’s been a while, you need to listen to THIS! If...

If you lead, love, or serve a person with ADHD or are diagnosed yourself, this is a POWERFUL episode that you are not going to want to miss. Kristina Ellis was diagnosed with ADHD a year ago. After getting her diagnosis, the world finally started to make a little more sense. Not wanting other women to feel the way she felt for so many years, Kristina created The NBD Podcast to help educate people...

You are going to LOVE today’s episode… Haley Brown-Woods is a financial coach and the co-host of “Price of Avocado Toast” along with her hubby. Together, they help millennials get on a budget and pay off debt and their podcast, that they started in the heart of quarantine, has over 70k+ downloads. She is full of life experience, is a wealth of knowledge and has a no BS approach that I am obsessed...

To celebrate our 10 year anniversary, Frank and I sit down and chat all about how we first met, our reactions to our first date, a super funny story that happened 4 days before the wedding, sex, and the top 10 lessons we have learned in our 10 years of marriage. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE ~ The 5 Love Languages: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801047/9480713 WAYS WE CAN CONNECT ~ - Come hangout with me...

You have heard me mention that we are hosting a foreign exchange student from Germany named Eric. Today, I am bringing him on the podcast to talk all about his experience living in America for a year and why he thinks you should START SCARED to give it a try, too! The day this episode airs is the day we say goodbye and send him back home to his family and we are NOT ok! WAYS TO GET INFO ABOUT HOST...

Today, I am pulling back the curtain on something BIG that has been happening in our lives around here. I am always one who likes to live inside my comfort zone, but I recently took my own advice to START SCARED. I talk about how Angel Numbers and flashing billboards from God ultimately flipped my world upside down in a scary and exciting way! WAYS WE CAN CONNECT ~ - Come hangout with me on Instag...

GIRL! You are going to LOVE today’s interview! Kelly Bluth, who is a Holistic Nutritionist, has had her own fair share of gut health and autoimmune issues and is using that to help serve women who are experiencing similar things. She is also the host of Listening to Your Gut which focuses on listening to your gut (figuratively and literally) and taking care of the whole self by discussing topics r...

Whew GIRL! Do I have a kick in the pants for YOU (and for me) today! Let me start with this... Where do you find your focus? In the Past? Present? Future? I know for me, I can totally LIVE in the future! I find myself saying, "When I... then I..." or "I can't wait for..." But girl, one thing that I am learning in REAL TIME is that we have a TBD amount of days here on this...

GIRL! You are going to LOVE today’s interview! I have Registered Dietitian, Toni Marinucci, on to chat all about how NOT to diet, how to break free from the all or nothing mentality AND how to find balance. Toni’s mission is to end restrictive diet culture by providing simple tips to healthy living while incorporating foods you love! I cannot wait to hear what you think! WAYS TO CONNECT WITH  TONI...

I am STOKED to have our second repeat guest, Dr. Meghan Hurley Powell, who has just birthed a freaking BOOK into the world, The Power Within Her Guide to Journaling. Meghan is deeply passionate about words, books, critical thinking, personal growth, and self-empowerment for women. Her greatest ambition is to empower women to realize their fullest power and potential. She does JUST that in this cha...

My best friend, Jessica, and I recorded this podcast just for YOU as we were driving home from a much-needed and relaxing girl's weekend trip. The biggest thing we want you to know... There's never going to be the perfect time to take the girl's trip or to go away by yourself, but if you want to serve your best, you need to MAKE the time! YOU ARE WORTH IT! Listen to Jessica's F...

Today,  I have Ellyn Schinke on the podcast to chat all about burnout and stress management, something that I feel soooo hard right now and that I think a lot of us can relate to. Ellyn Schinke is a former scientist, certified professional coach, and speaker. After spending over a decade in academic and corporate environments, she's on a mission to help busy, burned out professionals free the...

You are NOT going to want to miss out on this incredible episode today! Stacy Fayling is a wife, mom, nurse, and coach. She has used her past experiences, both amazing and dark, to create a business to help women in their 30's & 40's dig deeper within themselves to help them get unstuck in their life by awakening the past, letting go of all the self-doubt, and rising up to find true...

Today’s episode is an INCREDIBLE interview with Dr. Christine Jehu, a licensed psychologist and host of Beyond The Couch podcast ~ mental health conversations without the psychobabble! She is actually the FIRST returning guest that we’ve had on Start Scared! Today, we couldn’t NOT talk a little bit about THERAPY, but we also chat about getting back to BASICS and discovering our CORE VALUES. **And...

“Feel the fear, but don’t let it stop you. Make the decision to keep moving.” -Chalene Johnson Girl... Are you feeling the fear?! ME TOO! But, what if we felt that fear, but we kept going? Today, I am sharing 2 very personal, very recent events that happened where I felt the fear, but I made myself proud by not letting it stop me. And I want to know, what can you do today that may feel a little sc...