Diana Matuszak

The Peak and Pit

Society EN ↓ 139 episodes

Intending to relate, entertain, and maybe even inspire, Diana (and an occasional appearance by her husband) is here to brighten your Tuesdays. She's known him since age seven and has been in a relationship with him since age twenty-two. They joke that a military marriage should be measured in dog years, but really these two have learned a myriad of life lessons, full of peaks and pits, and Diana is here to share it with the world. Hearing from Diana every week on all things relationships, wellness, self-development, and all of the intricacies life brings with it. Inspired by life in the milita...

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Diana Matuszak

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Society

Latest episode

Dec 18, 2025

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Episodes

Holly Bullough On The NFL Lifestyle, Overcoming Extremes For Vibrant Health, Endless Energy & Everything In Between 29.08.2023

Holly Bullough joins the podcast today to talk about all things fitness, energy, positivity, and the NFL lifestyle. Holly is a former division one collegiate athlete, Certified Strength and Conditioning Trainer, and creator of the fitness app Body By Holly. She is also engaged to the love of her life who just so happens to be in the NFL. Who would have thought that the NFL lifestyle so closely par...

Maintaining Friendships, "Third Brain" Long Distance Thoughts, And My Chicago Weekend 22.08.2023

Diana just got back from the best weekend in Chicago visiting her college friends. She talks about the difficulty of maintaining old friendships when you're constantly building new ones, feeling like you live multiple different lives, and how you should just book that trip to visit friends you've been wanting to do. She gets into her recent thoughts about those "third brain" fe...

In My House-Hunting And Fantasy Fiction Eras, And Does Fulfillment Actually Exist? 15.08.2023

Diana is solo again today for today's episode. It's been a minute for the peaks and pits so she gets into a little life update with those. From the excitement of house-hunting in Arizona, to getting back into fiction reading, trying to live a full force summer, her sister-in-law experiencing the Maui wildfires, and the rollercoaster that is house-hunting. And finally, a conversation on f...

My Sister! Finding Faith, Guardian Angels At Work, And So Much More 08.08.2023

Diana's sister, Natalie,  joins The Peak And Pit Podcast today. First, a silly sisterly look at the peaks and pits of the week, high school not-so-coolness, do you think fighter pilots listen to podcasts while flying, and the worst comment you could make to a military wife during their bout of long distance. Natalie has recently chosen to dive deeper into her faith. In past episodes Tyler and...

Solo Long Distance Update and Q&A 01.08.2023

Diana is solo today talking all about moving through this season of long distance. She get's into how it feels different than most periods of long distance when she's surrounded by her military friends. She goes into trying to do everything at 100% from being a business women, to taking advantage of a month with her niece and nephew, and making the most of this summer in northern Michiga...

Emily Fazzini Rushton On Everything You Need To Know To Buy, Decorate, And Rent Out A Home 25.07.2023

Diana is joined today by Emily Fazzini Rushton, a Philadelphia based realtor. The two have followed each other since Diana moved to Italy, and Emily got married in Lake Como. Emily is a successful realtor specializing in first time home buyers. Given that Diana is going to be buying her first home in the next few months, they get into EVERYTHING. Emily's pillars of buying a home, the not so o...

Melanie Torres On Joyful Wellness, Yoga And Christianity, A Mindful Morning Routine, And Growing Up A Military Kid 18.07.2023

Diana is joined by Melanie from Headstands and Heels. Melanie is the founder of the healthy lifestyle blog, Headstands and Heels, where she shares a joyful approach to wellness. She’s also a yoga instructor and creator of the women’s meetup group Denver Fit Friends. Melanie lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and two rescue pups. They dive into all of this from joyful wellness, to creating...

Alyssa Greene On Surviving Deployment, Military Life, and So Much More 11.07.2023

Diana sits down with Alyssa Greene today to chat about all things deployment  as a military wife. We talk keeping the marriage a priority during distance, stages of emotions during deployment, feeling like you're surrounded by families with children and being alone in not having any yet, guard life, and so much more. For a more detailed look into the show here is a minute by minute breakdown...

My Favorite Books You Need To Read! 04.07.2023

Diana sits down solo again for a quickie little episode for you this holiday week! The week of fourth of July is so special for Diana and Tyler, and she talks a little bit about that! There is so much exciting stuff happening for them this week so she's filling you in on all of those peaks today. Then she's finishing it off with a list of her favorite books. She goes into fiction, non-fi...

Summer Bucket List During Long Distance + Solo Chat Life Updates 27.06.2023

Diana is solo this week for the first time in a while! She's officially stateside again for the foreseeable future, chatting all about making the most of this summer while her and Tyler will be apart. She's going into her list of all of the things that used to bring her so much joy in her hometown of Traverse City, MI. She's turning this list into a summer bucket list to do during t...

Q & A and Unpopular Marriage Opinions 20.06.2023

We are on another level in this episode, P.S. so sorry for the hitting of the microphone from us moving and being too animated during this episode! This week Tyler joins us again to go through 10 of our unpopular marriage opinions. It's the episode where it takes them too long to get on the same page of what the opinion actually is, and you will surely be laughing along the way. We end it wit...

5 Things We Wish We Know Before Marriage And Moving In Together 13.06.2023

Husband joins us again today for a little chat about things we wish we'd known before marriage and moving in together. Merging two independent individuals lives together can be tough, especially when it's done after years of long distance. So we're going over a few things that would've been so helpful to be warned about before doing it ourselves. We talk about dealing with emot...

Mary Mallory On Life In Italy, Life In South Korea, And Girly Chats About Dreaming Bigger 06.06.2023

Diana is joined again by her friend Mary Mallory for a big ole Mary/Diana style girly chat today. They're catching up with each other's travels, life updates and the humorous juxtaposition between life in Italy and life in South Korea. And then they dive into a conversation about their goals and dreams like they used to when they lived in Italy together. In this episode you're going...

Katie Rae Bode On Navigating The Adventure Of Motherhood 30.05.2023

Diana is joined by her friend Katie Rae Bode. Katie Rae is also a military spouse, she's a mom of two living in Australia, a photographer, film producer, and content creator. She's one of those people who has stories of past adventures you think only happen in movies. She's passionate about teaching her children how to find adventure, big and small, and appreciate this one life we g...

Husband Is Back With Life Updates And 10 Things We'd Tell Our Younger Selves 23.05.2023

Husband is back!! Tyler joins Diana again today after a few months away. They give you all of the updates on where they'll be moving next year, recent squadron events, recent travels, and Tyler's new job. Then they get into a more "Diana" episode with 5 tips they'd each give their younger selves, point blank advice. Hearing the differences in personality between the two is...

Mary Mallory On Living Overseas And Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone 16.05.2023

Diana is joined by another friend she met in Italy, Mary Mallory. You'll quickly discover that Mary is not shy when it comes to trying things outside of her comfort zone, especially when it comes to new military bases. We're diving into life overseas, adventures, challenges, getting uncomfortable, and so much more. For a more detailed look at the episode here is a minute by minute breakd...

5 Steps To Be A More Optimistic Person 09.05.2023

Diana is sitting down solo again today for an intimate little chat with the listeners. Beginning as always with the peaks and pits of the week, Diana gets into how apparent her and her husband's way of thinking is so drastically different, with him being much more logical, and her much more intuitive and instinctual.  She dives into their first full week together being a bit more tumultuous t...

Life Update And 15 Tips For Long Flights And Travel Days 02.05.2023

Diana is sitting down solo today to give you a rundown on the past couple of weeks. She updates you on traveling from America back to South Korea, to Bali, being back with her husband Tyler after 2 months apart, and everything in between! Very apropos to this season of life, she is giving you her best tips for long flights and the longest of travel days to make everything a little more comfortable...

Fitness, Moderate Consistency, And Alcohol With Amanda And Ashley From Rosey Times Two 25.04.2023

Diana sits down with Amanda and Ashley from Rosey Times Two, the creators of the Build and Burn workout program. The dive into every facet of creating your best 80/20 healthy lifestyle. From fitness, to fitting it all in, to alcohol and so much more. Stay tuned for a special discount for a FREE month of Build and Burn at the end of the episode!  For a more detailed look into the episode here is a...

Coke Coffee, Botox, Maintaining Adult Friendships, And Type A Versus Type B Personalities with Sydney Sill Smidt (Part 2) 18.04.2023

Since Diana and Sydney could talk for about 5 hours straight, they're sitting down again two days later to chat about all the other topics they had in mind. They talk about botox, lip flips, girls trips, life in Korea, maintaining long distance and adult friendships, and type A versus type B personalities. Its girly bff chat meets life advice. For a breakdown of the episode, here is a minute...

Sydney Sill Smidt On Vulnerability In Friendship, How Pageant Life Shaped Her, & The Power Of Your Inner Circle 11.04.2023

Diana sits down with her friend Sydney Sill Smidt to chat about vulnerability. Diana and Sydney met during their overlapping military assignments living in Italy. Sydney's courage to be vulnerable in friendships is not unseen, and quite an admirable characteristic to have. They chat about the importance of being vulnerable especially in adult friendships, how Sydney's experience in pagea...

Changes to Make In Your 20s To Live A Full And Abundant Life 04.04.2023

Diana sits down solo today for a little heart to heart. Tomorrow she's entering her last year in her 20s, so today she's running through a list of things she's tried to focus on in this past decade to live her most full and abundant life. Things she's noticed have made the biggest difference, and things she's still focusing on.  She's breaking down the big things and...

Dr. Meaghan Rice On Narcissism, Empathy, Anxiety, And Managing Life As A Military Wife 28.03.2023

Diana is joined by Dr. Meaghan Rice of Better Lives, Building Tribes. Dr. Meaghan is a Therapist specializing in relationships and their role in helping individuals close the gap between where they are and where they want to be. In this episode they dive into navigating and communicating in marital relationships when one party lacks empathy. She gives her tool of using the TIPP method to manage an...

5 Tips To Create An Abundant Mindset 21.03.2023

Diana sits down solo this week to dive deeper into the abundant mindset aspect of last week's episode. She's giving her top 5 tips to create a more abundant mindset in your own life. For a more detailed look into the episode here is a minute by minute breakdown of the episode: 1 - 10 welcome back to the pod! Life update in America.  10 - 15 peak and pit of the week  15 - 25 topic of the...

The Power of An Abundant Mindset And, Dare I Say It, Manifesting 14.03.2023

Diana sits down with her husband Tyler for their last episode together for a while. They talk about the power of living life through the lease of an abundant mindset, giving encouragement to just give it a try, what do you have to lose? Even though he denied it for years, Tyler finally admits that he's a manifester, whether he believes it or not, and dives into a few of the ways he manifested...

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