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Episode #144: The Growth Is In The Unlearning, Baby

Todays episode is all about the “growth mindset” mentality vs. the process of unbecoming, unlearning and coming home to ourselves that so many of you asked Amanda for after her instagram stories last week.

As someone who lives her life outside of many of the traditional norm boxes that our society is rooted in, this has been on her heart big time, lately, and it’s clearly been on yours too. We’re surely a unique bunch and the Live Your F*ck Yes Life community wouldn’t be what it is without all of you — my fellow people pleasing, trauma navigating, queer and/or non monogamous humans (and beyond!)

So pop in your headphones, snag something yummy and cozy if it feels good to you & let’s dive in.

TW: eating disorder cycles, diet culture, trauma, panic attacks

Things she talks about in todays episode:

  • The desperation for true belonging

  • The environment of the “fit in” mentality to thrive and be enough

  • The good and the harmful pillars around the growth mindset & pop culture “hustle & grind” mentality

  • Her experience moving from Canada to the US at nineteen and how growing up in and around immigrant families has impacted her experience living in the US

  • Moving through the “starving artist” trope for the last decade as an actor & performer

  • The impact of capitalism, the patriarchy & white supremacy on her choices, paths & perspectives

  • Navigating feelings of broken-ness, fear, lack of purpose, panic & beyond

Episode #104: Five Years Ago I Hit Rock Bottom And Now I'm Here | A Solo Episode

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I had planned an entirely different episode for today and in true Amanda following the gut tugs fashion, I needed to share from the depths of my heart around what this move has shown me about the power of conscious thought shifts, inner work and small simple shifts that brought me from rock bottom to here.

5 years ago, I was:

  • in the depths of a cycle of eating disorders and body dysmorphia

  • having panic attacks weekly

  • working 7 part time jobs and just barely paying my bills

  • just coming off of a move (my last one) that was FILLED with breakdowns and fights with my husband

  • burnt out, overwhelmed and in a perpetual exhaustion cycle

On Saturday, I moved into my dream home. A home that 5 years ago, I never imagined I could possibly have no matter where my life took me. This move — something that had it been the me of 5 years ago navigating it — would have brought me to my knees with stress, overwhelm and exhaustion. And instead, I moved through it with ease and light.

And on todays episode, I share all about my journey to help illuminate for you how to get unstuck on your own.

Episode #93: Navigating A Layoff & Creating The Career Of Your Dreams With Emily Eliza Moyer

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As a worldwide community, when we recorded this, almost 17 million people have experienced a layoff in their jobs as a result of this pandemic. A number which BLEW MY F*CKING MIND and which is wildly unprecedented in the history of the working world.

I never thought I’d have a career strategist on the podcast. We all have jobs so how is that taboo at all? And yet isn’t that the VERY reason it is? We face so many job hardships, and in many ways, our jobs often reflect a big piece of our identities or our daily stressors, and we never f*cking talk about it.

So, today, on the podcast, we’re doing just that. And doing it with the only person I could have imagined having on around this topic, the brilliant and soulful Emily Eliza Moyer.

Emily Eliza Moyer is an Intuitive Career Strategist who teaches unhappy professional women how to heal old wounds, uncover their purpose, and craft strategic career plans so they can build careers they absolutely love.  She shares her transformative approach via 1:1 and group coaching, free workshops and educational content featured on instagram, LinkedIn and through media outlets such as NBC News, Forbes, and The Muse.


Things we talk about in today’s episode:

  • How our careers define our lives, for better or worse

  • What the f*ck to do when we are laid off

  • Work trauma, and how work struggles can impact our mental health and sense of self

  • How entrepreneurship/non traditional work spaces aren’t necessarily the answer

  • How the hell to find your purpose

  • The key to knowing how to make decisions with career, life etc.

  • What the economy is showing around “job security” and how to cultivate security in your life

  • Actionable tools to support yourself in this wild time, fear of failure, unemployment, hilarious jobs we’ve had, ridiculous sex stories and beyond

LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

Emily’s Website

Join the waitlist for her next cohort of Career Camp—her 4-week free live workshop series—beginning 6/1 by registering here

Snake plants

Amanda’s fave sex toy

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Amanda’s Instagram | Website

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Episode #75: Sex Addiction, Shame and Learning To Love Yourself with Ashley Beaudin

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Ashley Beaudin is an inspirational speaker, hug-dealer and the visionary of The Imperfect Boss; a movement that is making imperfect normal and inspiring tens of thousands of creative women to grow their confidence. Ashley is passionate about seeing people show up fully as themselves and lead through their gifts, message, and presence.

Things we talk about in today’s episode:

  • TRIGGER WARNING: Ashley has a history of abuse and we discuss some of her journey with sexual trauma so if that’s a triggering thing for you, you may want to skip this week’s episode.

  • How entrepreneurship and creating the Imperfect Boss launched her into feeling seen, worthy and loved.

  • Her journey with online sex addiction as a virgin

  • Where we so often derive our self worth from and how it’s so MF backwards

  • How to embrace our imperfections

  • Also, we get weird AF as per the usual and embrace our mutual Canadian-ness. Giddy up.


LINKS MENTIONED

Live Your F*ck Yes Life Membership — Use code LYFYL for 10%

GET ON THE I CHOPPED OFF YOUR TITS VIP BOOK LIST

Ashleys’s Instagram | Website

The Imperfect Boss

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Episode #73: Harnessing Your Creative Magic and Creating a Life with Purpose with Jade Simmons

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What do the most superlative brands , the world’s most renowned stages , and the most prestigious conferences have in common? They’ re bringing in the one and only Jade Simmons! Jade spent the first few years of her career performing as a classical concert pianist. Following an artistic epiphany, she pivoted from playing the piano to impress audiences , to using the piano as the vehicle by which to provide the inspiration, information and entertainment that profoundly moves them instead. The result s have been, well...darn impressive!

No stranger to pushing boundaries to see bold results , this concert pianist turned world changer is brought in by the likes of corporations like Mass Mutual, Royal Bank of Canada, DOW, Raytheon, the Hershey Company, Genentech, Valic , Pfizer and Nationwide to redefine purpose, inspire seismic shifts in mindset and activate audiences to go out and instantly start living more consequential lives of impact.

The one-of-a-kind artist has built a one-of-a-kind career garnering diverse recognition from unlikely places. She’s played renowned halls , including the hallowed ones of the White House and the US Supreme Court and her genre-bending concert adventures that span Rachmaninoff to Rap attract diverse audiences of all ages and backgrounds . For her work on and away from the stage, Essence magazine featured Jade alongside former First Lady Michelle Obama as a part of their Style & Substance List. As one of the rare classical artists invited to perform at the taste-making South by Southwest Festival, her show was ultimately branded one of the "Best of SXSW 2014". She’s star red in a Broadway-style musical called Lillette’ s Rhythm Club and she can be heard portraying Nina Simone’s classical years in the Oscar -nominated documentary What Happened Miss Simone?

In her inimitable career as a concert pianist and as a media host, Jade has remained committed to expanding the boundaries of Classical music and is the new host of shows for both American Public Media and NYC’ s top rated station WQXR, airing in 2019.

Things we talk about on todays episode:

  • Her journey from classical pianist to successful entrepreneur and keynote speaker

  • Why she feels as if she grew up with black privilege

  • What it means to be an artist

  • How to figure out WTF your purpose is

  • Creating a deep impact in the world with the work you do and who you are

  • Our differing perspectives on the mess, imperfections and beyond

  • Becoming the maverick of your own life

LINKS MENTIONED

Live Your F*ck Yes Life Membership — Use code LYFYL for 10%

GET ON THE I CHOPPED OFF YOUR TITS VIP BOOK LIST

Jade’s Instagram | Website

The Hate U Give

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Episode #70: Hitting Rock Bottom and Getting Sober AF with Sarah Ordo

Sarah Ordo is your not so typical millennial girl just craving to make moves and leave her mark on the world! I’m a bit of a do-it-all kind of girl and seriously do ALL the things. She is an entrepreneur and the owner of 24Luxe Hair & Makeup here in Detroit, an on-location hair and makeup team for weddings and events. She is also a licensed makeup artist, self-published author, podcast host, YouTuber, life coach, workshop creator, and most recently have began organizing live local events!

Things we talk about on todays episode:

  • The endless feeling of not feeling good enough and what that can lead to in life

  • Sarah’s journey with alcoholism

  • The nitty gritty details of her life altering rock bottom that changed everything

  • Her near death experience

  • Our super similar trajectories in our business/life and what it’s like to overcome addiction

  • Tools to pull yourself out of addictive tendencies

  • How important it is to ask for help

  • How she began her career as a writer

  • Her weird quirks and obsessions — get ready to fall in love with this human!

LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

Live Your F*ck Yes Life Membership — Use code LYFYL for 10%

GET ON THE I CHOPPED OFF YOUR TITS VIP BOOK LIST

Sarah’s Instagram | Website | Youtube

My episode on Sarah’s Podcast

Girls Incarcerated

Accounts Sarah mentioned: Cara Alwill Lebya | Rachel Bell | Marshawn Evans

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Episode #52: How Entrepreneurship Helped Me Discover my MF Purpose in Life

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“You can do any job for the rest of your life. But if you are not happy. If you are not fueled in your relationships. If you are not feeling like a health, happy and alive version of yourself, what is the f*cking point?”

This is a long time coming request for an episode that I’m SO freaking excited to share with you all. So many of you ask me how I started my business, had the courage to quit my day jobs and dive into entrepreneurship and how I make it work.

So today, I dish.

The good, the bad, the unexpected and all the in betweens.

‘Cause the entrepreneur life is a MF rollercoaster. It has opened up so many incredible doors for my life and I could not imagine living my life any other way now that I’m in it, but there were years when I thought it for sure wasn’t for me (and still days where I just wanna throw my hands up in the air and go f*ck it, I’m done).

But the honest truth of it is? This path has helped me uncover my purpose in life and today, I share my story and the jumping off pieces that you can use in your own life to figure out WTF your purpose (or multiple purposes? plural? who knows?) are on this planet.

You ready? Here we go.

Episode #48: Using The Enneagram as a Tool For Self Awareness with Sarajane Case

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To kick off a new month, we’re deep diving into everything get to know yo’ self because, let’s be honest, through all the mess that life brings, we can move further and further away from who we truly are, deep down.

One of the ways I love deep diving into getting to know myself in a deeper meaning is through personality tests and when I really took a deep dive into the Enneagram this past fall, I knew I needed to bring on an Enneagram expert to dish all the goods. And that’s why I’m SO excited to introduce Sarajane Case to the podcast today!

Sarajane Case is a writer, coach and speaker based in Asheville, NC. She's the creator of the Brave Collective - a membership community for people who want to create the life of their dreams from right where they are! She's the founder of Enneagram & Coffee and host of both Brave Radio & The Enneagram & Coffee Podcast!

Here are some things we discuss in today’s episode:

  • What the enneagram is and how Sarajane got into it

  • What makes the enneagram different from other personality tests

  • Embracing your shadow side

  • Using the enneagram as a tool for self awareness, deeper understanding of your partner and even bringing it into your work

  • An overview of the 9 types

  • How to use this tool as a way to grow and love ourselves more

  • How different types work together

  • Answering listener questions from our facebook community

  • Using the enneagram in business

  • How our types impact how we show up in the world and how we are perceived

LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

Empowered and Free Retreat

Sarajane’s Personal Instagram | Enneagram and coffee Instagram

Free enneagram webinar at www.sarajanecase.com/enneagram

The Enneagram Institute

The Road Back To You

Sharp Objects

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Episode #42: Owning Your Full Potential and Facing Your Upper Limits | A Solo Episode

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“It could envision myself having these dreams and hitting these goals, and really embodying my full potential as a human being. I could see her and she felt so freaking close. And then I got scared. And I immediately pulled back into my hole and thought 'I can’t do that. I can’t be that person.’”

Have you ever been afraid of being successful?

Of standing in your unapologetic truth?

It can be so terrifying to rise up into our full potential. And so often, we let that fear hold us back from taking any action and instead, we tell ourselves why we’re not good enough and self sabotage from moving in that direction.

I had an unexpected experience with this this week that threw me for a loop in ways I didn’t anticipate. And holy shiz balls did I hit that upper limit ceiling around the prospect of owning my full potential — because I finally had clarity around what that could look like this weekend and it scared the living crap out of me.

More in this week’s episode my loves.

Episode #40: Breaking free of your money blocks and the smart way to save with Alli Owen

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“Money can buy you so much freedom,

and it’s really important to align your spendings to your values.”

Alli Owen is a recovering engineer and overachiever, learning to live her truth every single day. Lately, it looks like helping other people align their finances to their values so they can have more freedom in their life.

Things we discuss in today’s episode:

  • Why so many of us feel the need to live up to society’s expectations instead of following their truth

  • Making 100k a year doesn’t necessarily equate happiness

  • How she and her husband quit their jobs to travel the world

  • How to know the next steps to take in your life when you’re unhappy with where you’re at

  • How to save for retirement/getting out of debt NOW

  • The FIRE movement

  • How she went from spending all the money she earned to saving 70% of what she’s making

  • Optimizing your expenses to maximize your happiness and buy your freedom

  • The #1 question you can ask yourself to launch yourself into a positive money mindset

  • Living in a van for 6 months

  • Where to start with your finances and actually make headway in a tangible way

LINKS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

TEAMI BLENDS TEAS — use code LYFYL for 15% off your purchase

Get access to their own your debt FREE webinar: ownyourdebtcourse.com/webinar

Website: owenyourfuture.com | Instagram

10 minute money checklist- owenyourfuture.com/money-checklist

FIRE

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Episode #32: Creating your Dream Life with the Almost 30 babes

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"Doing this work, you fall in love with human beings. And I'm so grateful we're having these conversations." 

Called "Your virtual best friends” by The Thirty and "The Best Wellness Podcast to Listen to Right Now" by Coveteur, Almost 30 Podcast is an lifestyle podcast, brand and community who invites their listeners to live their most authentic life while navigating any transition they may be going through.

Krista Williams and Lindsey Simcik blend raw, and hilarious antidotes with interviews from amazing guests that provide their listeners with actionable aha! moments. It has reached over 3 million people in 195 countries. Their events have spread to more than 1,500 people, and they've spoken to and collaborated with brands like Nicole Miller, Tory Burch, Kopari, HUM Nutrition and more. They've been featured in Nordstrom's The Thread, Brit + Co, Chalkboard Magazine, Buzzfeed and more.

Both Krista and Lindsey both have their side businesses as well. Krista runs the blog, The Hundred Blog and Lindsey is an actor. They both live in Los Angeles.

Here are a few things we discuss in todays episode:

  • Starting a business from scratch

  • The path to entrepreneurship and how to know where to get started

  • The struggle of our twenties and feeling like we have to live up to expectations

  • The beauty of unexpected things

  • How to trust when to pivot and adjust your path in life

  • Running a business with your best friend

  • The Instagram perfection distorted reality conundrum

  • Getting real about what's challenging in both of their lives right now.

  • Opening up our minds to things like white privilege and the pitfalls of monogamy

LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE

The Authentic Woman Series -- use code: 10LOY for 10% off!

EMPOWERED AND FREE RETREAT

ALMOST 30 WEBSITE | INSTAGRAM | PODCAST

Almost 30 facebook group

Almost 30 episode on white privilege

Mesquite tarot cards

Explained Netflix docu-series

 

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Episode #20: Stop putting everyone before yourself without being a dick with Amy E. Smith

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"If I have to choose between other people approving of me or me approving of me, I choose me." 

Amy E. Smith is a certified confidence coach, masterful speaker, and personal empowerment expert. Founder of TheJoyJunkie.com, Amy uses her roles as coach, writer, podcaster, and speaker to move individuals to a place of radical personal empowerment and self-love. 

With acute focus on helping people “find their voice”, she is highly sought after for her uncommon style of irreverence, wisdom, and humor and has been a featured expert on Fox 5 San Diego and YourTango.com. 

Here are some things we discuss in todays episode:

  • Her two major quarter life crises and how the song Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson changed the game for her (it's a SUPER juicy story, get ready)
  •  The stress of working for someone else's dream and the path to a NEW light
  • The shit we DON'T say and how that can impact so many aspects of our life (except guess what, we say it on the pod)
  • The evolution of Amy's biz
  • How to say NO without being a dick
  • 3 ways to move away from people pleasing and perfectionism tendencies
  • How to meet animosity and disagreement in a way that will leave you getting what you actually want
  • Flipping the switch on guilt

LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAYS EPISODE

FREE TRAINING: 7 days to a more MINDFUL and CONFIDENT you

BUSY BABE'S GUIDE TO HEALTHY LIVING

Amy's Instagram 

Freebie: http://thejoyjunkie.com/free

Amy's After Hours Facebook Club

Coaches Training Institute

 

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Episode #11: The truth of being a woman in theatre with Harmony France

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" Women would talk about it together but we kept it to ourselves. And I reached a point where I'm not afraid of who is willing to hire me and who isn't. If they don't want to work with me because I'm speaking out about how it's messed up how women are treated in this community, then they're not my people." 

Harmony France is the artistic director of the world's first feminist musical theatre company, Firebrand Theatre. She is a casting director, teacher, actress, singer, home-style guru, writer, activist, and Navy Veteran.

Here are a few things we discussed in today’s episode:

  • The TRUTH of what it's like to be an artist in Chicago
  • The mission behind Firebrand theatre and why she started the first equity feminist theatre
  • The fat shaming and harassment we've experienced in the theatre community
  • The "is this why" rabbit hole
  • The moment when she joined the navy that sparked her journey with body dysmorphia
  • How we individually choose to show up as an artist every day
  • The theatre experience that changed my life
  • The power of not taking the easy way out
  • Launching a company and having her dad pass away the same week
  • The behind the scenes of launching a business and the mess along the way
  • The path to happiness *hint* it's not what you expect
  • The top 3 tool for tackling your to-do list

LINKS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE

Bullymake discount code: LYFYL for $10 off your box

Firebrand theatre // Get your tickets to 9 to 5

Harmony's blog

Lizzie Borden: the musical

The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

The Diva Cup / Thinx

The musicals Dessa Rose and Loving Repeating

Black Panther

The Den Theatre in Chicago

 

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Episode #4: Embracing the mess and the power of sharing your story with Lauren Frontiera

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"Even if you don't feel ready to share that part of your story, allow hearing other peoples' stories to give you more empathy." 

Lauren Frontiera is the founder + visionary of the badass online platform + sisterhood, The Real Female Entrepreneur. Her podcast reaches thousands of women at all stages of business through real, honest, inspiring conversations with both high-profile and newly emerging female entrepreneurs. And when she’s not in front of her computer, you can probably find her pretending to be the next contestant on The Great British Baking Show (or some other food-related tv contest)!

Here are a few other things we discussed in today’s episode:

  • Her journey to entrepreneurship
  • The post college what the hell am I doing with my life ness
  • Perfectionism & how to navigate the world as an adult
  • Why she's so dang burnt out on granola
  • Her obsession with storytelling and sharing your truth
  • Insecurities, self doubt and how to navigate the mess
  • Our bouts of road rage
  • Her thoughts on therapy and doing the inner work
  • Our experiences with anxiety
  • How the idea for The Real Female Entrepreneur came to her and what it's all about
  • Why I say the word penis on the pod (HA.)

LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

Laurens website // Connect with her on Instagram and Facebook

Join her private facebook community

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

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