The ReProgram

Vanessa Kroll Bennett is one half of the So Awkward brand and co-author (with pediatrician Cara Natterson) of the hit book "This is So Awkward" that’s making puberty conversations a little less cringey and a lot more human. In this laugh-out-loud, deeply relatable conversation, we toss out the stiff lectures and lean into humor, personal stories, and the messy truth—because puberty isn’t...

I sat down with the infectious Britt Giger with that big sister energy to talk about all things revolution, and what effective activism looks like now. Not the kind that burns us out, but the kind that brings us back to ourselves, and actually works for the long game. The kind rooted in community, creativity, and connection. You will be so inspired and lit up by THIS WOMAN. We talked about what is...

In this episode, I sit down with Carla Fernandez to talk about something most of us carry but rarely feel safe enough to name: grief. But not just the grief of losing someone you love—though that’s here too. We’re talking Renegade Grief —Carla’s fiercely compassionate framework for the untidy, lifelong grief that shows up when we lose a relationship, a role, a dream, a version of ourselves. The ki...

I finally connected with Carson Meyer, birth doula, mother and author of the gorgeous book "Growing Together; Doula Wisdom and Holistic Practices for Pregnancy Birth and Early Motherhood." While I know most of us have already gone through the portal of motherhood and birth, this book and Carson's gentle wisdom and spiritual orientation to life, birth and motherhood can expand our con...

In this tender and truth-filled conversation, I sit down with somatic sage Abigail Rose Clarke to explore the deep waters of somatics, self-trust, and the quiet revolution of choosing presence over performance. Together, we name what it means to live through uncertain times in a body—how community, authenticity, and even gravity itself can be sources of support when the world feels like it’s unrav...

Ooooh this episode hits near and dear to my heart. And as we recorded I kept thinking, they are going to love this one! In this episode, I sit down with the radiant Stasia Savasuk to talk about something that hits close to home for so many of us: the tender, tangled relationship between our bodies, our clothes, and our sense of self. We go deep into how personal style can actually become a healing...

Today’s guest is someone whose work lands like a soul-level exhale in a world that so often asks us to numb, bypass, or carry our grief alone. Holly Truhlar is a politicized grief-tender, collapse-aware therapist, and soul activist who invites us into the sacred, communal, and often uncomfortable work of feeling—really feeling—what our culture has long asked us to suppress. She’s collaborated clos...

The masculinity conversation continues! Whip smart researcher, journalist, and the author of Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Reclaim Our Power , is back on the pod to talk about her upcoming book, Men Too: How a Myth of Male Victimhood Ushered in a New Era of Extremism, and How to Liberate Ourselves From It. This one’s for all the cyclebreaking mamas raising sons,...

Ooooo this one is so good! Like a breath of fresh air. Like sitting in on a conversation between wise women who have lived, learned, and care a whole lot upleveling themselves (and the Collective) with ease, alignment and flow. This, is what we need now, this is what we do now. I sat down (for the second time) with Laura Cardwell and Meghan O’Malley to talk about what it really means to live and l...

Y'all I found the calmest person in the internet and she's here to talk to us about Adolescence, the show, the phase, all of it. In this episode, we explore the complexities of parenting adolescents in today's cultural landscape. Kristina and I discussed the Netflix show Adolescence, what we noticed as clinicians, and points we wanted to highlight for parents who have also watched the...

I had the absolute gift of a conversation with Dr. Doug Bolton—clinical psychologist, educational leader, and just an all-around wise, compassionate soul. We talked about something we both care deeply about: supporting kids who are struggling beneath the behavior. Doug has spent 25+ years walking alongside kids with emotional and behavioral challenges, and his insights hit me right in the nervous...

Teacher, author, and psychological activist David Bedrick is here to talk about breaking free from shame to live a life of freedom, health and vitality, as he elaborates in his beautiful book "The Unshaming Way." I know I know, we all know about shame these days, but the way David talks about this topic is truly deep, gentle and illuminating. I have learned so much from his book, and kee...

Clinician and author, mother and daughter Katherine Fabrizio is on the pod to tell us all about the archetype of the Good Daughter that she discovered in her thirty years working clinically with women. This award-winning book names so beautifully the issue of being an empathic daughter being raised by narcissistic, borderline and difficult mothers, and how to individuate and change the dynamic no...

I sat down with author, mother, sister and daughter Gina Demillo Wagner to discuss her beautiful memoir "Forces of Nature," where she recounts with such wisdom and warmth her experience growing up in an abusive household, having a special needs sibling, and mourning his sudden death in adulthood. While the details of her life story are specific to her, we zoom out into the complexity of...

I am beyond happy (wink) to have author, researcher, speaker and general wonderful human Stephanie Harrison on the pod today to illuminate the ways this culture has brainwashed us and the ways we can get free. Stephanie has been researching happiness for the past decade, and with her internationally bestselling book, "The New Happy" she's here to teach us how to get happiness right i...

The deeply wise and playful somatic coach, host of the Radio Somonaut Podcast, choreographer and mama Whitney Dawn Pyles is here today to deepen our understanding of these bodies and how we can put them in places, spaces and positions to bring forward our highest healing and expression of Self. I met Whitney at a retreat we did at the top of the year, noticed her instantly (you'll hear about t...

Artist, father, professor, co-founder of the Conscious Center for Living and Dying, and Mankind Project member Brent Skidmore is here with us today to talk about all things healing, community, healthy masculinity and actually, life and death. He's a multi-faceted man and we are here for it. For those of you who are expanding your definition of the masculine (what is possible, what healthy *fre...

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author of "Till Stress Do Us Part" Elizabeth Earnshaw @lizlistens deeply understands the unique challenges couples are facing at this time and how our nervous systems and unconscious are running the show. This episode will create so many lightbulb moments for you-- especially regarding how we can upwardly edit the stress in our lives, the ways w...

Award-winning singer-songwriter Ruby Rose Fox is here for a fascinating conversation about all things our nervous systems. Ruby is the author of "Superplay: Your Instrument is You" a Polyvagal-inspired revolution for harnessing stage fright and deshaming your nervous system. While I know most of us aren't trying to write a Grammy-winning song (we're just trying to get these kids...

This is a big one y'all. Sam Kelly teaches women how to break the cycle of motherhood burnout by empowering their kids to be proactive contributors in the home and sharing the mental load with the whole family. I knowwww. She's a therapist turned feminist coach, mother of three, and as a working mother and a wife, she has been living in the current gender inequities of our time, and decide...

We have a special treat for you today: one of our "Founding Mothers" from the first cohort of our Nurtured Mama Group is on the pod with me and my co-facilitator Maggie Viers to reflect on the experience, the shifts, and the turbo-charged magic that occurs when a group of women come together to heal.  If you're Nurtured Mama Curious, or just want to learn more about this whole healing and Cycle St...

I am so happy to share my conversation with somatic fitness trainer Lizzy Zima with you today, she is doing something really unique, needed, and I am obsessed with it. Lizzie has in-person and an online studio where she provides ritual fitness and somatic self-care for women so they can "build strength, process their emotions and align with their highest selves." Lizzy has connected the dots with...

My colleague and friend Kathleen Fleming is on the pod today to delve into the complexities of postpartum mental health, the importance of emotional regulation, and the need for community support for mothers. We discuss the significance of understanding anger as a valid emotion (I know, again....we can't stop won't stop talking about anger!), the role of attachment in parenting, and the cultural c...

Asheville artist, icon, and emerging comedienne Robin Plemmons is on the pod today to make us giggle, open our hearts, and show us what it looks like when we're stepping into our mastery. She's this insane combination of Brene Brown and Dave Chapelle, and everyone needs to know her and what she's doing. Robin did her first comedy show in Asheville earlier this year called "Spread Eagle at the Grey...

I am so happy to share this beautiful conversation between me and Jessica Jocelyn, a deeply wise, vulnerable, relatable poet who has published 5 books on healing, cyclebreaking and mothering. I knowwww. This conversation centers on her latest book called "Stars at Last," about the healing she has found in finally having a daughter juxtaposed by the recent loss of her mother's life due to untreated...