Take This Personally with Morgan Huelsman

Morgan answers questions from Take This Personally listeners on a range of topics. She shares helpful advice when looking to change careers, becoming a therapy animal team, working in social media, and how to date in this modern world. She answers the big question, "is he the one?" and how her new boyfriend handles her public life. She gives the biggest misconception of herself, if her high school...

What if the foods marketed as “healthy” are actually keeping you stuck? Tasha Rosales shares how years of gut issues, gestational diabetes, and chronic fatigue pushed her to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about health. What started as a quest to heal her body turned into a full family transformation. From raising informed eaters (not restricted ones) to finding re...

Functional Health Expert Stefanie Adler unpacks the word “healthy” and why most things we’ve been told in modern times are wrong. She shares why many women are unknowingly deficient in minerals and how this overlooked issue affects metabolism, hormones, and everyday energy. She dives into the root causes behind modern health issues from Candida overgrowth to unexplained infertili...

Morgan sits down with four remarkable individuals from Abe's Garden whose stories span generations of love, loss, resilience, and wisdom.  Ward shares a heartfelt account of falling in love at a fraternity party, and the profound connection that changed everything.  Brenda reflects on nearly six decades of marriage, raising three children, and the emotional journey of becoming a caregive...

Morgan sits down with three extraordinary residents of Abe’s Garden — Dave, Sandra, and Carol — whose life stories are rich with love, loss, resilience, and reinvention. Dave reflects on his 24 years in the Navy, the serendipitous moment he met his wife, and his candid thoughts on the state of the world. Sandra shares how she became a first-time published author at 83, and why ge...

Often times our senior communities get forgotten or overlooked, but we're hoping to change that with this new series. Morgan & her dog Remi found a special family in Abe's Garden, a senior living community they've volunteered at for over 3 years. Morgan is bringing on the COO, a manager of community programs, and a life engagement manager to show the inner workings of senior living so that we...

Cayley Tull is the co-founder of Let Music Fill My World, an organization working to ensure that every child in America has access to music education in school. She explains how music shapes young people for the workforce in their adult lives and the connection between music exposure and graduation. As well as the importance of story-telling and how telling the story right, can be the difference i...

Niall Harbison's addiction landed him in the hospital, but that moment changed the course of his life. In his recovery, he moved to Thailand where he began feeding street dogs. What was once one dog, turned into thousands. His book Tina: The Dog Who Changed The World is all about the journey and Tina, the rescue dog who stole his heart. Niall is Morgan's favorite account to follow on Instagram for...

Morgan's best friends of nearly two decades, Carla and Aleigh, are on this week during their visit to Nashville. They recall the moment they all met (hint: Carla and Morgan were dating the same guy), and old memories that involved some crazy teen choices. They share how their friendship has lasted so many years through marriage and children, moves to new cities, and several moments of heartbreak.&...

Let's talk friendship! Morgan and Friendship Coach Sabrina share their hot takes when it comes to everything surrounding friendships like why you shouldn't ignore your friends when you get into a new relationship, showing up in the good times (not just the bad), and why low maintenance friends aren't really a thing. Sabrina validates friendship breakups and why they are some of the most painful sp...

*Part 2 of the disability series* Sarah Todd Hammer recounts the moment she became paralyzed at 8-years-old after a ballet class and her entire life changed. Now at 23, she is three-time published author, disability advocate and working to foster disability inclusion everywhere. She shares what her disability looks like for her daily life, how to teach the non-disabled to approach disabilities, wh...

*Part 1 of the disability series* Madeline Cheney shares her origin story & why she started The Rare Life podcast after she received troubling results at her 20-week ultrasound that pointed to a rare syndrome. She details the emotions she had throughout the entire journey and opened up about the highs and lows of having a child with disabilities and medical complexities.  Follow  Mad...

*Part 2 of the trauma discussion* Morgan's friend Haley Dollarhide gets very vulnerable sharing her story of survival. In childhood, Haley dealt with an abusive step father who made growing up a constant experience of walking on eggshells. When she was in high school, religious trauma reared its head as she navigated becoming a woman. The trauma continued when Haley was faced with a very difficult...

*Part 1 of the trauma discussion* Morgan brings on Trauma Therapist & expert in all things trauma, Lauren Auer. She shares why it became important for her to explore this specialty in therapy, the technological advancements out there that can help with trauma, and why she dubbed the word "traumalescents." Lauren also shares an important analogy to understand trauma within people and why it loo...

This week, Morgan discusses a variety of topics from her followers. They wrote in to share their experiences, pieces of their stories, and things they're currently struggling with which ranged from chronic illnesses, imposter syndrome, societal pressure to balancing all the things, dating & relationships, and mental illnesses. Morgan offered up some moments in her life that could provide usefu...

Christy Nault is a root cause practitioner and educator as well as the CEO of MicroFlow. She's doing wonders for people with chronic health issues to help them heal from the inside out with science based research. She addresses the hot topic of parasites and if your body needs a cleanse, how to start healing stored trauma, and why it matters to get to the root cause of all health issues. &nbs...

Vestibular Specialist Holly Cauthan is the one person who could help Morgan after she was diagnosed with BPPV (positional vertigo). Holly helped her understand the diagnosis, the cause, prevention, and living with it so now she's helping everyone else with all the information Morgan received. Plus, Holly is debunking some myths around vertigo for fellow sufferers in hopes they can understand their...

Two people from different parts of the world are sharing a similar story this week on disordered eating. Elisa and Tori Peyton join the episode to share their disordered eating stories and how various life moments had an impact on their journeys. Elisa admitted the moment she recognized she had to change something and how it led to an overhaul of her life. Tori opens up about the triggers that exi...

Family, relationships, marriages, motherhood... the theme of this week's episode. First, Dr. Morgan Cutlip comes on to share her expertise on marriages after publishing the book A Better Share . She helps couples break the cycle and reflect on the mental load that's damaging partnerships. She also gave some advice for singles on staying out of this cycle with intentional dating. Then Olympian Kels...

This week Kyla Steele opens up about the abusive relationship that led her to help others in post-abuse recovery. She shares the trauma bond that keeps people in bad relationships, why it's important to heal the trust with yourself, and how some "love actions" are rooted in control. Follow Kyla Steele : @thekylasteele Follow  Morgan :  @webgirlmorgan Follow Take This Personally : @taketh...

MONEYYYYY! 🤑 Yes, we're talking about that special M word this week. Morgan has on financial educator and author Anna Brading to talk about the 3Ms of money, how to save while still living your life, and the best of the best BIG investments to make. Then Daniel Brigham comes on to share his story and how moments of his life led to a difficult relationship with money & how he turned things aro...

There's a delicate balance between feeling happy & healthy in our bodies while also acknowledging body image issues. This week, Morgan has on Cara Clark first to share her expertise on all things integrative health and how her own past paved a way for her career. She shares her perspective on balancing a healthy lifestyle, a growing business, and being a mom of 4. Then Lindsay Kite is on, she...

This week's episode is a story of resilience and strength. Laura Slater is on sharing her breast cancer story from beginning to present moment. She opens up about the family history that prepared her, finding out at stage 3, and how her boyfriend (now husband) supported her journey. A very emotional moment happened when Laura admits how she lives her life after beating breast cancer. Follow Laura...

One can't talk about dating in today's culture without addressing dating apps. Some people found their forever person on the apps, while others hate what it's done to modern dating. Morgan brought on Dating Coach Erika to share her expertise on no-nonsense dating and how to effectively use the apps to find love. Then Morgan's friend Jayme comes on to swap dating app stories and judge each other's...

Becoming heliotropic is something we should all hope to accomplish in our lifetimes. Dr. Harry Cohen, psychologist and author of the book Be The Sun Not The Salt stops by the podcast. He talks with Morgan about the lessons we should all have in life, that may seem easy to some, but difficult to others. His book is meant to inspire others to pursue a "sunshine" type of life that exudes kindness and...