WithIn Podcast

If you’re in mid-life and your body feels like it’s changing faster than you can keep up with, then this conversation is for you.  My conversation with board-certified OBGYN Dr. Kudzai will give you the clarity you need to face the transitions that perimenopause and menopause will bring into your life. Dr. Kudzai is an expert on helping women navigate perimenopause and menopause with evidence base...

For women, and especially for mothers, the holiday season can feel so overwhelming. Between the expectations, the activities, and the responsibilities, it so often feels like we don’t actually get to enjoy the holidays… we just make them happen. I’ve often lost myself during these moments and I’ve made major changes to make sure I center myself in holidays to come. Your wants and needs matter, and...

Nutritionist, writer and podcast host Abbie Attwood shares with us today the sad truth about how wellness culture has become diet culture… just with better branding.  Abbie is an anti-diet, fat-positive, and weight-inclusive nutritionist. Her practice is grounded in a self-compassionate and intuitive approach to helping you heal your relationship with food, movement, and your body. Today on WithIn...

I feel like so many of us find ourselves in a moment of change. The way that life unfolded before might no longer feel like a right fit, but you haven’t yet found your way to what feels like the ‘new’ you. These liminal spaces can be challenging to sit in, but I want you to know - you will look back and love this exact woman that you were, just like you’ve loved each iteration of you before.  Toda...

My dear friend Shannon Buth, the creator of House of Shan, joins me today for a candid chat about grief, ambition, and the importance of connection and support in motherhood.  House of Shan is a clothing brand with the mission to Live What You Love. This mission led Shannon to give a portion of each sale to women’s and children’s charities. Her mission has raised over $250,000 for charity!  Today...

When I read Normalize It: Upending The Silence, Stigma and Shame that Shape Women’s Lives by Dr. Jessica Zucker, I knew that we needed her wisdom here on the podcast.  Dr. Jessica Zucker is an LA based clinical psychologist who, through sharing her own personal story of miscarriage and breast cancer, encourages women to own their grief, reject the shame that we’ve been conditioned to feel, and emb...

No matter how many messages you hear about how to change your habits for the better, actually making sustainable changes in your life is such a challenge! It requires so much more than just ‘knowing’ what you ‘should’ do. Today I will dive into eight mindset shifts and practices that will aid you in not just making changes in your life, but ensuring that those changes stick in a sustainable and po...

JP always tells me to have thicker skin, but the truth is… that’s never going to happen. I have thin skin! I feel things deeply. I love that about myself, but sometimes it makes friendships a challenge to navigate.  Today I’m opening up a bit about my insecurities in friendship, and how I’m working to discern the right level of boundaries with friends so that I look out for myself but also not shu...

I think as modern women, we all have something in common: we are busy! We are constantly running, burning the candle at both ends, and struggling to get the rest, rejuvenation, and down time we need to stay healthy and whole.  As a listener of this podcast, you likely know that meditation and mindfulness are my personal gateway to remedying this in my own life. So today I’ll walk you through why m...

Money in the hands of women can change the world, but our personal money stories can be triggering, emotional and shame-filled topics to work through. Genevieve Anderson of Holistic Personal Finance is here to help us unwind the money stories that are holding us back so that we can achieve financial clarity and make empowered decisions that not only change our financial lives, but create positive...

“I pour into so many other people, but I think I had forgotten to pour into me.”  For the last year or so I thought I was doing fine. Sure, I had sleepless nights or more anxiety than I’d prefer…my skin was a little redder than I’d like.. but for the most part everything seemed basically ‘fine’. But when I got a chance to slow down for the summer, I began to reexamine my health and wellness. What...

It’s the end of summer and I am back! What was going to be a two-week break from the podcast turned into a full summer of slow beautiful presence. I allowed myself to let go of my trademark hustler energy, and a softer side of me stepped forward to take the lead. This shift helped me to  experience such deeper connections with my children, JP, my parents and myself.  Today I’ll share why I needed...

“Mid life is not a crisis. It is a beautiful awakening’  There is a frustrating lack of information out there to support women through the physical, mental and emotional changes of perimenopause and mid life. While I’m not an expert, I have deep lived experience - from heavy periods, to a myectomy, to a hysterectomy and hormone replacement therapy - and I have a lot of thoughts on the topic.  Toda...

I’ve been experiencing a lot of transitions lately, and with those transitions I’ve been feeling a heightened sense of vulnerability around belonging. This feeling isn’t new for me. In fact, I’ve often struggled with feeling like I didn’t ‘belong’. The way I navigate these feelings has changed for the better, though, and today I’ll share how.  We’ll talk about the differences between belonging and...

“We are all just toddlers, but taller.” - Beatriz Victoria Albina Somatic therapy is something that I’ve been really intrigued about in my own life, and before this conversation I didn’t quite understand it. My new friend Beatriz Victoria Albina has changed that. In today’s episode she’ll beautifully explain what somatic therapy is, and how it can help those of us who were socialized in ways that...

“Finding balance in parenting is a journey”  My partner JP is back by popular demand! Be sure to check out our first conversation on the podcast, Evolving in Partnership. Today, we’ll go deep into what it has truly taken to create more balance in our relationship, and where we believe we still need to do more work. We’ll also share insights into the challenges and wins we’ve experienced in this su...

“The healing begins right where you are” - Stephanie Canavesio  Contemplative psychotherapist and embodiment coach Stephanie Canavesio is here today to give you the perspective and the practices you need in order to move past your mind’s thoughts and drop into full present embodiment.  Stephanie defines embodiment as “a remembrance of who you are, an empowered way of living where you step out of t...

“I can’t tell you how much joy it brings me to see people who are agents of change.” - Gaelle Dudley After climbing multiple steps on the corporate career ladder, Gaelle Dudley experienced a health scare that made her ask a big question: does this work make me feel complete? The answer was a resounding no. So, at age 40, Gaelle left her corporate career behind to found GLDESIGN despite having no f...

I find myself in a season of overwhelm right now and I know I’m not alone. So, I wanted to share what I do in moments like these when I’m feeling overwhelmed in order to find my way back to the practices that I find supportive for my wellbeing. Then, I’ll give you an inside peek into my morning routine in hopes that it will inspire you if you need a bit of support to make some new habits.  Sometim...

“Being human isn’t for the faint of heart.”  I have to admit - this season of motherhood has really been a challenge for me. I feel like I’ve lost control of the emotional landscape of my home, and conversations with one of my older kids has left me consistently humbled. Today I’ll share how I’m navigating all of this, plus I’ll dive into some of the questions you submitted on Instagram about frie...

Throughout much of my life, the Catholic church served as a foundation. I was raised in the church, married in the church, and I always envisioned that I would raise my children in the church. Yet, life doesn’t always turn out the way we expect.  Today, I’ll share how my child’s journey with their identity led me to realize how my own views differed from the Catholic church’s teachings, and the mo...

“Savor the moments that become messengers for you.” - Andrea Nakayama Amidst the noise of the highly commodified world of wellness, it can be incredibly challenging to know where to start when charting your own personal wellness path. Functional nutritionist Andrea Nakayama believes it can be simple - if you listen deeply and start from within. Andrea is an internationally known functional medicin...

Intimate relationships play such an important role in the decisions we make and the ways in which we evolve in our lives. I feel this deeply in my relationship with JP, my partner of twenty years. JP and I have witnessed each other go through so many evolutions. Honestly, we have both changed so much that we hardly resemble the people we were when we met.  I believe that this type of co-evolution...

I just returned from our Meditation & Yoga Retreat that I hosted at the beautiful Sansara Resort in Panama, and I can hardly put into words what a sacred and special experience it was. Twenty-four women joined me for an incredibly beautiful six days of practice, reflection, and community. Beyond a yoga and meditation retreat, it almost ended up feeling a bit like summer camp! It was a truly revolu...

“A sexy woman is a woman who believes she is deserving of pleasure” - Shadeen Francis Sex, desire, intimacy and pleasure are topics that are often missing when we talk about wellness, and this does us a great disservice as women. Desire and pleasure belong at the center of our wellness journey instead of being relegated to the sidelines, and Shadeen Francis is here to tell us why.  Shadeen Francis...