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Back to SearchEpisode 18: Digging Deeper // A Conversation With Les Alfred of Balanced Black Girl
Episode 19
In this episode, Mandy and Les go deep using a garden metaphor for life to talk about mental health, emotions, & accepting the seasons that life has.…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 17: Grief Garden // Mother’s Day Edition
Episode 18
On today’s episode Mandy talks about the history of Mother’s Day (it’s not what you may think!) as well as how to practice Celebrating AND Communicat…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 16: Digging Deeper // Body Image, Grief, & Sharing Our Stories
Episode 17
Digging Deeper Episodes are conversations that support being grounded in heart-first, human-centered, story-driven connection.
In this episode, Mandy…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 15: Booze Free // Thoughts From 98 Days Without Alcohol
Episode 16
“The goal here is to create a situation you no longer have to escape or a life you don’t have to numb. The achievement of sobriety is not the point;…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 14: Dedicated to Diana: What Grief Has Taught Me in Four Years
Episode 15
This episode is airing on April 1, the same date in 2020 that Mandy’s mom, Diana Lynn Jankus took her last breath at 4:41 pm. In this episode, Mandy …
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 13: A Language For Mental Health: Why It Matters
Episode 14
In this episode, Mandy shares some big learnings from a SXSW EDU session she attended with Ross Szabo, an author & educator who focuses on creating a…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 12: Sharing Stories to Amplify Experiences // A Conversation With Amy Kugler
Episode 13
Amy Kugler is a media executive, writer, and founder of BEAM - a venture that illuminates the unseen corners of motherhood with human-scale storytell…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 11: Friendship in Mid(ish) Life Wrap Up
Episode 12
In this episode, Mandy finishes the Friendship series with tips from the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s Together The Healing Power of Human Conn…
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 10: The Seeds of Friendship & Community
Episode 11
In this episode, Mandy uses the book We Should Get Together - The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships by Kat Vellos to examine more of the ways …
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 9: The Inner Work of Understanding Friendship
Episode 10
(Friendship in Mid(ish) Life Series) In this episode, Mandy uses Dr. Marisa Franco’s book “Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Mak…
1 year, 10 months ago