Keri Mangis: Recent Episodes
Keri Mangis
🎙️ Episode Title: Reclaiming Moxie: How Women Shrink—and How to Stop 🪷 Episode Summary: In this empowering and insightful episode, Keri sits down with social entrepreneur, educator, and unapologetic change-maker Kristi Hemmer. Together, they explore what it means for women and girls to “shrink”—in classrooms, boardrooms, conversations, and everyday culture—and how to reclaim your voice,…
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🎙️ Episode Title: Menopause Is Not a Disease—It’s a Rite of Passage 🪷 Episode Summary: In this fierce and freeing conversation, Keri is joined by veteran aromatherapist, coach, and wise woman Anna Denfeld to reclaim menopause as the sacred transformation it truly is. Together they dismantle toxic cultural narratives that treat menopause as a…
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Awakening your power isn’t about control. It’s about agency, alignment, and stepping into the fullness of who you already are.
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“Menopause isn’t a disease to cure or a problem to fix. It’s a sacred rite of passage we’ve forgotten how to honor—and the consequences are everywhere.”
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In these times, it’s critical to hold our line, remember your foundational truths, and refuse to let the Overton Window redefine your values.
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Transformation is when we let go of that molded thing we become completely. We melt ourselves down. We become potential.
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I’m writing this fresh off a trip to Boston, where I visited my youngest daughter. She is a senior year at Boston University, pursuing astrophysics and mechanical engineering (tell me about it). She is currently in the process of applying to grad schools, and has sadly so far amassed three rejections. The mother in me,…
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Think about motivation as the fire that lights up our idea, or the kiln that fires our clay. We need enough fire to sustain us over the long-term, but it has to be a Goldilocks-just-right kind of fire—not too hot, not too cold, not too smoky, not too wet, etc.
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Here’s a theory: What if we spent less time arguing on behalf of our beliefs and morals and more time ridding ourselves of them? What if the time we spend seeking validation for our beliefs was instead spent tracing them back to their origins, understanding how they limited us, and then setting them free? What…
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Scarcity Money doesn’t grow on trees. scarcity Time is money. A penny saved is a penny earned. Since we were children, we were steeped in the idea of scarcity. There was never enough money, we were told, and so, most Americans developed a scarcity mindset around money. This belief started at the level of the…
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Our concept of what and who a hero is arises primarily through our (mostly unconscious) internalization of the Hero’s Journey, which Joseph Campbell popularized in his book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The full Hero’s Journey can be condensed into a three-step arc: Leave the ordinary world to set off on a great adventure. Face…
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If you think about it, our strange beliefs about time — that it can be wasted, saved, lost, spent — never lead to more fulfillment or joy. Rather, our belief in wasted time keeps us from feeling all the feels of being human. It’s a whip that keeps us constantly moving, never stopping to think, feel, or reflect.
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Let’s not let the culture and status quo shame us out of the right to our full humanity. It is who we are, and we’re not meant to live with any more layers than we already have.
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Why would an eternal being, not subject to such human concepts as time and space, suddenly feel pressured by deadlines and burdened with guilt and duty if they don’t figure out their purpose?
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The personal growth world pushes us to become more. What happens if we become less? What if we become nothing? What if we liposuction the growth right out of us until we return to our usual size?
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Free use from Pixabay Each year at this time, I look forward to the tulips 🌷 blossoming in my front yard, the geese returning, and seeing the children playing outside, their winter jackets all tossed in a heap on the last pile of melting snow. The spring season represents opening, rejuvenation, and renewal. The promise of spring shows us that after…
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Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-woman-looking-at-the-mirror-774866/ Combative, comparative, and conditional types of self-worth are temporary and ego-based whereas constitutional self-worth isn’t dependent on any outside situation or person. You already know that a healthy sense of self-worth is essential for overall well-being. But do you know the origin of your self-worth? Can your self-esteem survive any number…
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Photo by Anastasia Shuraeva from Pexels Is your relationship too fiery? Is there too much “go with the flow” and not enough stability? Does one partner constantly have their head in the clouds, forgetting important events, while the other rigidly adheres to calendars and schedules? If so, you may have a relationship in need…
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Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels The element of surprise A friend of mine who lives about 20 miles away recently told me about a great vegan restaurant near me where we could meet for lunch. I hadn’t heard of it, so I asked her for the location, and, as she described the landmarks,…
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Image by Gloria Williams from Pixabay Most of us have difficulty accepting our emotions, especially the uncomfortable or embarrassing ones like anger or envy. Our reaction to feeling these emotions rise up is often to bury them, reject them, or quickly try to reframe them. But emotions are the greatest truth-tellers our body has and…
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We are at a crossroads. We can continue to ignore the rite of passage opportunity the pandemic is presenting to us, turn back, and reinstate the habits of “normal.” Or, we can see the pandemic for the sacred opportunity it is—move forward, evolve, and become increasingly mature in both our actions and words.
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A Blinding Vision You manifested your vision, and now you’re living your deepest calling. Or, at least, that’s what you tell yourself. But you don’t sleep well. Your body feels sluggish and unsteady. Your appetite is nearly non-existent, as are your self-care routines. Worst of all, the intense workload is creating physical or attentive distance…
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Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay A Burning Constitution I came into this world with an abundance of fire energy. In Ayurvedic philosophy, I am a Pitta dosha — constitutionally made up of more fire than water, earth, or air. Like fire in the outer world, my inner fire gives me heat that translates into passion and…
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Image by kalhh from Pixabay I don’t know about you, but I’m dizzy. A new COVID variant, B.1.1.529, or Omicron, has been discovered in South Africa, and has already begun its international tour of vulnerable human bodies. If, for some reason, this particular variant does not live up to the hype it’s causing, you can…
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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Defensive Pessimism I often consider myself a reasonably positive person—that is, until I meet someone who is really a positive person. I’m referring to the kind of person who is forever pointing out silver linings. The person that quickly turns an injury or failure into an opportunity or open door. The…
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Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay What is the point? Asks my ego. Yeah, but what are you going to use it for? Asks the culture. Isn’t learning that now a waste of time? Ask many a well-meaning observer of my life. As a culture, we have so lost our desire, and perhaps our ability,…
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Image by Barbara Iandolo from Pixabay Did you hear that a woman was raped on a SEPTA train in Pennsylvania, and nobody stepped in to help? A man ripped her clothes off in full view of the other passengers and proceeded to assault her. It’s not that they didn’t see; reportedly some took videos. The superintendent of the Upper Darby…
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Photo by Raúl Nájera on Unsplash The midlife crisis The other day, I got curious about who coined the term “mid-life crisis.” Mainly, I was curious about the need for such a strong word like “crisis.” I was betting myself that whoever did this must’ve been unconsciously revealing their own difficulties embracing this change, and…
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Image by jplenio from Pixabay Like about 43% of all women, I chose to give up my career path to stay home and raise our two daughters. It was what I wanted; I never was an ideal “corporate” employee, anyway. At the time, I had been a programmer for a telecommunications firm. Before that,…
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