The Inner Edit: Recent Episodes
Christie Rocha
Join me, Christie Rocha, on my mission to debunk the misconceptions and stigmas around mental health and therapy. Let’s normalize working on our mental health and seeking help when needed. We’ve all heard of self-care, self-help, and self-love but do you often wonder how to actually make it all happen? I do! You’ll hear strategy-based conversations with professionals as well as inspiring and validating stories from women who are just like you and me. Think of this podcast as the weekly therapy sessions you didn’t know you needed...with a dash of sass, a lot of vulnerability, and me, relentlessly asking “but how?”
Today With Christie Rocha:
Today on The Inner Edit we are talking about prioritizing our own well-being.
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Today With Elizabeth Earnshaw:
Today on The Inner Edit I am joined by Elizabeth Earnshaw, LMFT, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and trusted relationship teacher. She is also a business owner, an author, a podcast segment host, and a content creator…you might know her as @lizlistens.
Liz is one of the original Instagram therapists, but as the platform and algorithms have changed, so has her mindset about how she uses the space. Listen now to hear how Liz remains true to herself, trustworthy to her clients, and ethical in her career as a therapist while sharing her message online.
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[2:33] Elizabeth shares why she decided to start her Instagram page and its aim of introducing therapy to people who might not realize what it is or how it can help.
[8:05] Elizabeth and Christie discuss how Instagram has changed, along with how (and why) Elizabeth continues to use the platform in ways that align with her values.
[18:24] Christie has an AHA moment, realizing that Instagram began to lose its appeal for her when it became something she “should” do.
[25:45] Christie asks Elizabeth her thoughts on the pressure put on creators with large platforms to take a stance on every issue in the world.
[32:55] Elizabeth explains how taking public stances as a therapist can limit what her clients feel comfortable sharing.
[40:51] Elizabeth speaks about taking care of herself and her nervous system responses to negative comments on social media by setting boundaries.
[41:33] Christie asks Tomi about how she responds to current events with her audience.
Christie Rocha's and Elizabeth Earnshaw's Ah-Ha Moments “For years, I have always enjoyed [Instagram]. I've always liked it. And I think when it shifted to a ‘you should do this’ is when it starts feeling like ‘ugh’.” – Christie Rocha “Once it became the obligation to say things a specific way…that obligation took the joy away…I'm only going to [post] now when I feel like it's something I really want to say or I feel confident about it, and it's aligned with what feels good. And I'm really trying not to look at metrics.” – Elizabeth Earnshaw “[As a therapist], any [public] stance that you take can be read by your client…and that can limit the way they talk to you.” – Elizabeth Earnshaw “It's much more powerful to talk about what you believe instead of what you don't believe.” – Elizabeth Earnshaw
More About Elizabeth Earnshaw
Elizabeth Earnshaw is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Certified Gottman Therapist, Clinical Fellow of the AAMFT, and the author of I Want This To Work: An Inclusive Guide to Navigating the Most Difficult Relationship Issues We Face in The Modern Age". She sees couples and trains therapists at A Better Life Therapy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is a co-founder at Actually, a company focused on helping premarital couples have important conversations. She hosts a relationship advice segment on the iHeartRadio podcast, Good Risings, and creates relationship wellness content on Instagram @lizlistens.
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Other Shows Mentioned:
SS #177: Katie McDonald: Gaining a Competitive Edge Through Self-Care TIE #204: Kim Young: Building Genuine Influence: Strategies to Foster Authentic Connection with Your Audience TIE #207: Christie Rocha: How to Cope With Creator Burnout TIE #210: Chelsea Conners: Transforming Creative Ruts: The Breathwork Strategy for Digital Creators
Today With Chelsea Connors:
Today on The Inner Edit I have on high-performance coach, former psychotherapist, and certified breathwork facilitator, Chelsea Connors. Breathwork is a growing outlet for self-care and I don’t know about you, but I’m not too familiar with it. Chelsea shares what breathwork is, practicing it tangibly, and its benefits. If you have ever been in a content block, you’ll appreciate this mindful technique to dig you out.
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[2:35] Chelsea enjoys the creative process of social platforms, and she explains why.
[8:20] Chelsea talks about the support system that helps her when she’s feeling a lull in her work.
[14:00] Chelsea explains why she started her podcast, “The Ripple.”
[21:16] Chelsea shares how she battles creative blocks.
[30:22] The reality of the constant negotiation we have with ourselves.
[35:08] Chelsea defines a certified breathwork instructor.
[36:45] The science behind how breathwork changes your brain waves.
[43:53] How you can use breathwork for digital creation.
Christie Rocha's and Chelsea Connors's Ah-Ha Moments “What I do for work is an extension of who I am, so the fact that I get to share that freely on social media feels like a creative expression rather than an obligation.” - Chelsea Connors.
“When you are experiencing a creative block, don’t force it. Step away for a second. Do a task that gets you out of your head, so you can focus on the big picture.” - Chelsea Connors.
“Breathwork is a way to intentionally create an intense experience in the mind that creates new neural pathways through the intensity of your breath.” - Chelsea Connors.
More About Chelsea Connors
Chelsea Connors is a mental health therapist turned coach and a certified breathwork instructor. Through breathwork, coaching and her podcast, The Ripple, Chelsea is on a mission to bridge the gap between mental wellness and personal growth. She helps you reclaim your voice, embrace change and build unshakable confidence.
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#204: Kim Young: Building Genuine Influence: Strategies to Foster Authentic Connection with Your Audience
Today With Christie Rocha:
Today on The Inner Edit, we revisit an amazing episode we had almost a year ago, with the brilliant Michelle Tangeman.
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Today on The Inner Edit we are talking about how to overcome creative blocks in content creation.
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Today on The Inner Edit we are talking about Creator Burnout and how to cope with it.
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Today With Kristen Gingrich:
Today on The Inner Edit I am joined by Kristen Gingrich, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, author, and cohost of Welcome to Group Therapy.
I discovered Kristen during the pandemic and I think we all can agree, that the Covid era exposed a need for mental health and during this time, people were seeking more information about it. It became more recognized and relatable. Kristen joined the social media world just in time to help people live authentically. She strives to destigmatize mental health and teach that at the end of the day, we are all human.
Listen in as we talk about gaining views and followers, how to credit audio in your videos, creating with values, and more!
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[1:41] Kristen explains how she got started on her platform.
[9:27] How Kristen decides what content goes on Instagram and what goes on TikTok?
[11:25] Christie and Kristen discuss when you should credit someone else's audio.
[23:00] Kristen’s value system for what she puts out.
[34:23] How Kristen’s relationships started with Dr. Kristen Casey and others.
[45:50] Kristen on the personal things in her life she chooses not to share.
Christie Rocha's and Kristen Gingrich's Ah-Ha Moments “People can follow you from your viral videos, but what about them keeps you staying?” - Kristen Gingrich
“When it comes to putting your kids on the internet, err on the side of caution and remember that digital footprints are real.” - Kristen Gingrich
“When you share things online, whether you want it or not, you are opening yourself up to feedback.” - Kristen Gingrich
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Other Shows Mentioned:
#121: Lindsay Fleming: An OG TikTok Therapist on the Blessing and the Curse of Social Media for Us and Our Kids
#136: Dr. Kristen Casey: Are You Sabotaging Your Sleep?: A Harm Reduction Approach to Disordered Sleep #203: Chasity Holcomb: The Value in Trusting Your Instincts and Pivoting in Content Creation to Create Evergreen Authenticity
Today With Jennifer Anderson:
Today I’m with dietician Jennifer Anderson, creator of Kids Eat in Color, an educational resource helping families navigate picky eating and feeding children To say that Kids in Color is a success would be a major understatement. The page has 1.9 million followers, an astounding number that reflects the work and intention Jennifer has put into her platform every step of the way. Today, Jennifer is here to tell the story of how she transitioned from working full-time and posting as a hobby to hosting arguably one of the most popular pages in the parenting space, along with her views on the responsibilities we hold as content creators and influencers in the public eye.
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[0:14] Jennifer shares how she grew her platform from nothing to an amazing 1.9 million followers, eventually transitioning to running it full-time.
[5:59] Jennifer recounts some of the struggles she faced and how she knew it was time to commit full-time to her platform.
[18:58] Jennifer breaks down how the business brings money in and the steps she took to create that income.
[28:58] Christie and Jennifer discuss how consuming content creation can be.
[31:48] Jennifer shares her perspective on the choice to share children, or not share children, on social media.
[38:54] Christie asks Jennifer how she cultivated such a thriving community.
[44:12] Jennifer and Christie discuss the responsibility we have as creators to share accurate and non-judgmental information.
Christie Rocha's and Jennifer Anderson's Ah-Ha Moments “I am constantly reviewing the evidence and reading the research coming out every week. If at any point, I'm wrong, and certainly I have changed my position on things over time, I am more than happy to hear about it. I will acknowledge it, decide I will make a statement if I need to, I will change my position, and I will slowly shift over time.” -Jennifer
“I’ve kind of just erred on not showing the kids until I'm really clear on how I want to show them. And I think that's ultimately what I'm getting from you is whatever you decide to do, just have the clarity and intention behind what you're doing.” -Christie
More About Jennifer Anderson
Jennifer Anderson is a mom of two, registered dietitian and has a masters of science in public health from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. In 2019, she founded Kids Eat in Color, a resource for families seeking evidence-based information and strategies on child nutrition and feeding. Prior to starting Kids Eat in Color, she coordinated youth nutrition programs at a food bank, performed research in urban food deserts, and consulted for the USDA national office SNAP-Ed program. Her academic background is in public health nutrition, cultural anthropology, and economics.
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Today With Kim Young:
Today on The Inner Edit I am joined by Kim Young, Kim Young of Dope Black Social Worker and host of the Revolutionary Hoodrat podcast. Kim is a licensed therapist, a nationally recognized social worker, and an expert troublemaker.
For many years, Kim’s career centered on direct clinical services for youth, families, and communities. But over the last five years, Kim has shifted upstream, moving out of direct service, in order to make an even deeper impact in the field of social work, focusing on programmatic, organizational, and systemic changes.
Kim gets it. She knows who she is and who she wants to help. And she understands how her platforms—in addition to her real-life work—are all a part of that.
In this episode, Kim shares the story of how she ‘accidentally’ grew her amazing online following, how she has (reluctantly at times) accepted her influence, and how she uses humor, authenticity, and creativity to make excellent trouble.
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[2:45] Kim explains how she began growing a community online—completely by accident
[9:40] Kim shares why she is so grateful for her online community and gives tips on cultivating respectful engagement.
[20:44] Christie and Kim discuss the importance of setting boundaries, especially within online platforms.
[31:38] Kim shares how she has resisted accepting the influence she has because she prefers to work behind the scenes.
[46:55] Kim unpacks why it is important for content creators to continuously ask themselves and understand who they are creating content for and why.
Christie Rocha's and Kim Young's Ah-Ha Moments “I'm not going to just create content just to create things. I'm not going say things just to say things…When I open my mouth and speak, it's real, deliberate, and intentional.” – Kim Young “If you have the platform, even if you're not going to share your own point of view, put the resources out there of the people that do.” – Christie Rocha “I'm a troublemaker and social worker at my core. Even though I'm online, I'm always thinking ‘how do I use what I have and what I have access to to make sure other people come along with me.’” – Kim Young “I'm not going to concern myself with things I have no control over.” – Kim Young “If we're creating content for external validation—because we're not giving ourselves internal validation—you're never going to find whatever you're looking for.” – Kim Young
More About Kim Young
Kim is a nationally recognized and sought after Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), expert troublemaker. and host of the podcast, Revolutionary Hoodrat. Kim has over a decade of experience working alongside at promise youth, families, and communities. Kim is deeply committed to cross sector collaboration that utilizes an asset based approach to develop strategies which promote community driven solutions to system created problems. Kim has experience in providing direct clinical services to youth and adults in psychiatric hospitals , residential treatment and community based settings. Kim specializes in working with multi–systems involved youth and young adults who have experienced and participated in acts of community violence. In 2019 Kim made the shift upstream and stepped away from direct service to begin working on programmatic, organizational and system changes. Kim has worked nationally with universities, localities, and organizations delivering consultations, training, keynotes, and lectures. Kim focuses her work around three priority areas:
- Increase the visibility of Black social workers.
- Create pathways to opportunities for Black youth and young adults.
- Eliminate barriers to dreaming for Black youth and young adults.
Kim has been recognized as an Essence Magazine Essential Hero, Richmond’s Style Weekly 40 Under 40, Virginia Commonwealth University 10 Under 10 and featured in a number of publications and podcasts. Kim was born and raised in San Diego, California and is proud to have called Richmond, Virginia home since 2011. When not causing trouble Kim enjoys moving with ease, reclaiming rest and listening to trap music. Kim believes that relationships heal and there is power in empathy, compassion, and kindness.
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Other Shows Mentioned:
The Inner Edit #190: Renee Reina: Navigating the Intersection: Where Your Passions and Niche Content Meet on Social Media The Inner Edit #198: Tomi Obebe: Transforming Passion into Profit: Lessons in Blog and Social Media Monetization The Inner Edit #203: Chastity Holcomb: The Value in Trusting Your Instincts and Pivoting in Content Creation to Create Evergreen Authenticity
Today With Chasity Holcomb:
Today, I’m joined by trauma therapist and coach Chasity Holcomb, creator of Momfully You. Chasity’s content often centers on balancing motherhood and a career or business while breaking generational cycles and healing childhood wounds. Chasity started creating content after a decade of experience as a therapist, using her platform as a place to help even more people. Today, she is here to share her journey into content creation and discuss pivoting to a form of content that feels right to you and showing up as your true self.
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[4:43] Chasity shares how she grew her platform and what she loves about creating content.
[8:36] Christie and Chasity discuss weighing out the value of helping your audience with your own time and effort put into your content.
[15:48] Chasity reflects on what to do when you feel like you “have to” create instead of doing it because you want to.
[33:25] Chasity shares why she decided to bring her faith into her platform and why being true to yourself matters.
Christie Rocha's and Chasity Holcomb's Ah-Ha Moments
"I do truly believe that even if people don't like a post or comment, they see it, and I have had experiences where total strangers will book something with me or enroll into one of my programs or something. So I don't think we'll ever truly know the impact that we're making.” -Chasity
“Social media is one of those places where it's the burden and the blessing in the same token.” -Chasity
“This thought of ‘even if I just help one person, that’s meaningful’ is true, but this is one of those situations where two things are true at the same time. It’s also a ton of work for potentially one person to be helped. And that is not to say that that one person doesn't deserve it. But it is a lot of work on the one person pointing at you behind the account to keep it going.” -Christie
More About Chasity Holcomb
"I fulfilled my childhood dream of being a Therapist and spent the first decade of my career doing trauma therapy for thousands of people. They all had one thing in common - a deep wound from a parent.
After having my girls, thirteen months apart might I add, I got a God-nudge to start creating content and open a private practice to help moms overcome anxiety. I noticed another pattern - 90% of them had a childhood wound from a parent.
Having gone through my own healing journey from childhood wounds, I absolutely know how hard it is to parent your children while reparenting yourself."
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Today With Dr. Mariel Buque:
Today on The Inner Edit I have Dr. Mariel Buque, a trauma-informed psychologist, professor, and sound bath meditation healer. Dr. Mariel works as a holistic psychologist who infuses practices essential to our mental well being like meditation and breathwork, as part of her own therapeutic process and protocol. Tune in to find out what this huge online presence and wonderful women has to say about choosing the right platform, creator burnout, setting boundaries, nurturing your community, and more!
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[2:55] How Dr. Mariel got started with her influential online presence in the mental health space. [7:07] Advice or mental health professionals who want to start an online presence to help people. [15:25] Dr. Mariel on migrating to the platforms that feel more aligned with. [20:35] Things that Dr. Mariel has done to nurture her community of followers. [26:58] Advice to creators starting, on which platform or platforms to start on. [34:17] Dr. Mariel advises when and how to say no to an opportunity. [40:29] How Dr. Mariel establishes her personal boundaries. [51:54] Dr. Mariel shares where she sees her reach going in the future.
Christie Rocha's and Dr. Mariel Buque's Ah-Ha Moments
“If you feel like you’re stuck in an ethical conundrum, remember that a part of ethics is to engage in the work in a way that helps the people you’re serving to feel heard, seen, and connected to you,” - Dr. Mariel Buque
“When we tap into our self-awareness, whether it is hard or not, it will feel right,” - Christie Rocha
More About Dr. Mariel Buque
Mariel Buqué, PhD, is a Columbia University–trained trauma-informed psychologist, professor, and sound bath meditation healer. She has appeared as an expert on Good Morning America and Today and in Allure, Self, Glamour, and Well + Good, among many other outlets, and has offered wellness talks to corporations such as Google, Capital One, and Meta. She is originally from the Dominican Republic and currently lives in New Jersey.
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#35: Dr. Traci Stein: Understanding Health Psychology, Hypnosis, and Intuition
#98: MADDIE SPEAR: HOW TO LOVE OUR LITTLE VICTORIES ON THE PATH TO HEALING FROM TRAUMA
#194: Maddie Spear: Mental Health Advocacy Online: Ethics, Connections, and Boundaries
Today With Amy Morin:
Today, I’m with Amy Morin, psychotherapist, international bestselling author, and the host of the Mentally Stronger podcast. Her books on mental strength have sold more than 1 million copies. Amy started her career as a therapist and began freelance writing on the side for extra money after facing tragedy and struggle in her own life. When her article, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do, went viral, it changed everything for Amy. The article appeared nationally, including in Forbes, and Amy began speaking publicly about it. Eventually, she landed a book deal (and later five more book deals) and became a best-selling author. Now she continues to create content around mental strength, and her books, podcast, and article have served as an inspiration to me and so many others. Today, Amy is here to discuss all things content creation, mental strength, therapy, and what it’s like to become essentially an unintentional overnight success.
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[0:45] Amy shares her overnight success story, and how hard it was to believe it was real.
[6:35] Christie reflects on how it just takes one piece of content to make a difference.
[12:04] Amy discusses her fears that her written work would impact her career as a therapist.
[19:23] Amy reflects on the community that has found her over the years.
[30:04] Christie and Amy talk about how and why Amy didn’t tie her worth to the success of the book.
[34:08] Amy leaves us with some valuable lessons on mental strength.
Christie Rocha's and Amy Morin's Ah-Ha Moments
"(Creators), I want you to know you didn't just get lucky, you turned it into something and here you still are. Until you 100% believe that you deserve it...I don't think you'll be successful."
“Something that so many creators struggle with is constantly turning out content that nobody sees. But it just takes one.” -Christie
“You know, I've never regretted sharing my story. I think sometimes it sounds scripted or rehearsed because I've said it so many times or like I don't feel bad that these things happened, but it's just because I've said this story so many times.” -Amy
"People are so kind. I have so many people now that send me really uplifting and kind messages, and I think that is fascinating. They don't know me, and yet they send me really nice messages. That's awesome." -Amy
More About Amy Morin
Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, international bestselling author and the host of the Mentally Stronger podcast. Her books on mental strength, including 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, have sold more than 1 million copies and been translated into more than 40 languages.
She’s practiced therapy for over 20 years and she’s a sought after speaker whose TEDx talk, The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong, has become one of the most popular talks of all time with more than 22 million views.
Amy lives on a sailboat in the Florida Keys.
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Today With Christie Rocha:
Today we are celebrating 200 episodes. I have learned so much on this journey from the early days of Sass Says to the latest shows of The Inner Edit, and I am so happy to have you all here with me. What an adventure! As we ring in #200, I’m sharing thoughts on each of my four pillars: Collabs & Connections, Conscious Content, Maximizing Output, and Mindset Magic. More than anything, I want this to be a community of creators—normalizing the conversations, rooting for more transparency, and cheering each other on every step of the way.
Christie Rocha's Ah-Ha Moments:
“I want to normalize setting personal limits, establishing boundaries, and developing personal codes of ethics that will guide us in creating content that truly resonates with our audience, but also personally fulfills us.” - Christie Rocha
“I want creators to create with intention, and for this to be a safe space to learn how to do that and explore what it means for each of us.” - Christie Rocha
“I firmly believe that there is room for everyone on the internet. So let's stop keeping the behind the scenes tips and tricks to ourselves and share with the class.” - Christie Rocha
“Our mindset and personal growth have a direct impact on our communities, our platforms and the content we produce. So when we prioritize our well being and personal growth, our content will reflect our best selves, and our audience and our community will feel that.” - Christie Rocha
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[0:42] Christie explains the four pillars that are her focus on the podcast, beginning with Collabs & Connections, emphasizing that she intends to normalize the conversations around loneliness among content creators.
[2:28] Christie has an idea for an in-person gathering with creators by creators on how to navigate brand partnerships.
[2:54] Christie discusses the second pillar: Conscious Content, sharing her own struggles with this.
[4:30] Christie explains her thoughts on the third pillar: Maximizing Output, and her concerns with the obvious gatekeeping around this subject within the industry.
[5:32] Christie shares more about the fourth pillar: Mindset Magic, and how she has feelings on the subject that she hopes to continue to address on future episodes of the podcast.
[8:07] Christie invites listeners to share with her what they would like to hear more of on future episodes.
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TIE #187: Join The Movement: The Inner Edit’s Wellness Revolution for Digital Content Creators
Today With Emmy Marie:
Today on The Inner Edit, I am with Emmy Marie, founder of @bloomingwithemmy. Emmy is a content creator and a trauma coach who has worked through her own c-PTSD and trauma from abuse and now helps others on their own path to healing. Emmy’s rise to success started out with an anonymous platform, but over time she began showing up with her face and name. Her journey can teach us a lot about how to dip our toes into something new, how to overcome our own challenges and discomfort, and how to avoid burnout and remain authentic in what we’re creating.
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[0:30] Emmy shares her journey of forming her platform and her decision to move away from anonymity.
[10:32] Christie asks Emmy how she balances creating what she wants with what is valuable to her audience.
[14:21] Emmy and Christie discuss avoiding and recovering from burnout.
[19:39] Christie asks Emmy how she decides which content is worth focusing on.
[22:04] Emmy and Christie discuss boundaries around content creation.
Christie Rocha's and Emmy Marie's Ah-Ha Moments
“It's unrealistic to expect yourself to have an original thought every day.” -Emmy
“I’d rather be happy and balanced than make six figures.” -Emmy
“It’s really that self-awareness of saying ‘I’d rather be happy and balanced than make six figures.’ It’s a simple sentence, but it's not an easy one.” -Christie
More About Emmy Marie
I began this work in 2013 after surviving an abusive relationship that left me with complex PTSD. Since then, I’ve dedicated my life to finding a way to stop viewing myself with disdain and shame, and start believing in my ability to live a wildly joyful, connected, and empowered life.
Along the way, I’ve studied a plethora of healing techniques that bridge the gap between neuroscience and soulful intuitive knowing. I’m a huge fan of everything from the Polyvagal Theory, to the Enneagram, to somatic work, to the mindfulness practice of Radical Acceptance. In October 2020, I became certified as a trauma-informed coach through the ICF-accredited program offered by Moving the Human Spirit. In January 2022, I became certified as a NARM practitioner. NARM is a modality for working with complex trauma. In August 2023, I earned a certificate in Somatic Attachment Therapy (which I apply to coaching) from The Embody Lab.
I view everything I learn about through the lens of trauma recovery in order to help survivors feel safe as they try out new practices or reach for their goals, adapting what I learn to work for overwhelmed brains that are used to looking for danger everywhere.
My dedication to studying trauma recovery has led me from being full of shame to full of self-love. Now that I can see the ways my body adapted to the overwhelming experiences I survived in the light of acceptance, I can work with my symptoms instead of running away from them. Now that I can see how devastating the effects of trauma were on my brain and body, I can give myself the rest I need to recover without judging myself for my needs. Now that I can see how abuse conditioned me to constantly doubt myself, I can make the radical choice to go after what lights me up and know it’s safe to do so.
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TIE #190 Renee Reina: Navigating The Intersection: Where Your Passions And Niche Content Meet On Social Media
TIE #194 Maddie Spear: Mental Health Advocacy Online: Ethics, Connections, And Boundaries
Today With Tomi Obebe:
Today on The Inner Edit I am with Tomi Obebe, a lifestyle blogger and content creator based in Charlotte, North Carolina. With corporate digital marketing experience and an MBA from Clemson University, Tomi has been able to combine her passion for business with her personal style on her blog and on social media, where she is @goodtomicha. Her work has been featured in Business Insider, Yahoo News, and more, and she was also the recipient of the 2019 InfluenceHer of the Year Award. As she has grown her platform, Tomi continues to raise awareness and advocate for inclusion, especially for Black female content creators, and she doesn’t shy away from conversations around transparency in the industry. Today, we are discussing the need for intentionality if you want to monetize a blog or social media platform, as well as the responsibility that comes with it, not only from the creator but from the brands, the consumers, and the community as a whole.
Pick It Apart
[2:30] Tomi shares that she has not gone viral and does not have hundreds of thousands of followers, but she still manages a healthy career as a content creator.
[7:07] Christie and Tomi discuss the need for intentionality and having a plan if you want to monetize a blog or social media platform
[11:36] Christie asks Tomi the differences she sees between being a content creator and being an influencer.
[21:33] Tomi shares her thoughts on being a black content creator.
[29:03] Christie and Tomi talk about the importance of transparency in the industry.
[32:22] Tomi talks about the importance of self-care and wellness and motivating herself in these areas
[41:33] Christie asks Tomi about how she responds to current events with her audience.
Christie Rocha's and Tomi Obebe's Ah-Ha Moments
“Don't be afraid to ask [brands], push them, and see what they're doing to better themselves when it comes to our seat of inclusion.” – Tomi Obebe “Just because it's not brain surgery doesn't mean that you shouldn’t be compensated fairly for the work that you put in.” – Tomi Obebe “Societally we're still underestimating the amount of work that creators put in.” – Christie Rocha “If something is affecting your community, I think we have a duty as influencers and content creators to share resources and how to help because at the end of the day, it is a privilege to be able to speak to so many people.” – Tomi Obebe “There's a human being behind that handle.” – Christie Rocha
More About Tomi Obebe
Tomi Obebe (pronounced Toe-Me Oh-Bee-Bee) is a full-time content creator based in Charlotte, North Carolina. With corporate digital marketing experience and an MBA from Clemson University, Tomi has been able to combine her passion for business with her personal style.
As GoodTomiCha has grown, Tomi continues to recognize the disproportionate number of black female bloggers and advocate for inclusion. One of her goals is to be an inspiration to women of color everywhere that starting a blog, and succeeding, is very possible.
Join Tomi as she presents life through her lens and adventures as a newlywed with her husband, Will.
Tomi’s work with social media and influencer marketing has been featured in Business Insider, Yahoo News, HuffPost, and more. Tomi is also the recipient of the 2019 InfluenceHer of the Year Award.
Stick around if you enjoy style trends, a good skincare recommendation, and a transparent look at the influencer industry!
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Today With Alyce Chan:
Today I’m joined by Alyce Chan. Alyce is a content creator, TikTok star, and a multi-faceted comedian who provides a much-needed comical take on the ups and downs of motherhood. She also performs stand-up comedy live and is a sketch writer and actor. She founded MOMCOMNYC, a humorous parenting platform, which Vogue featured as one of the top six funniest parenting Instagram accounts to follow. Today we’re chatting about juggling motherhood and content creation, how to handle feeling burnt out, and the importance of giving yourself the time and space you need to discover yourself, explore your passions, and show up in the world as your authentic self.
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[1:40] Christie and Alyce talk about content creation and mental health, and the value of showing up with vulnerability.
[14:45] Christie and Alyce discuss the pressure on content creators to take a stand on public issues.
[20:52] Alyce talks about her self-care and how to juggle it all.
[40:47] Christie and Alyce talk about their partners’ support and why it’s okay to take time for yourself and your content.
[45:39] Alyce tells listeners why they need to laugh every day.
Christie Rocha's and Alyce Chan's Ah-Ha Moments
“I want people to make laughing part of their day, and to know that it doesn't take away from other things in your life.” -Alyce
“There's no one that wants to be more supportive than my husband. There are times where just the coordinating of what I want to do stops me from doing it. But no one's happier that I come home happy than he is.” -Christie
More About Alyce Chan
Alyce Chan is a multifaceted talent known as a speaker, writer, producer, and stand-up comedian with a global presence. Her comedy has graced renowned venues such as The Stand and the New York Comedy Club in New York, as well as Yuk Yuk’s in Canada, among others. Her comedic prowess was further underscored when she emerged as a finalist at the esteemed Boston Comedy Festival in May 2023.
Alyce is not only a comedic force but also the creative mind behind MOMCOMNYC, a parenting platform boasting an impressive following of almost 200k devoted fans.
Vogue even took note of her work, recognizing MOMCOMNYC as the top six funniest parenting Instagram accounts. Her comedic sketches have found a home on platforms like Scary Mommy, PureWow, and TodayParents, showcasing her knack for finding humor in the everyday chaos of parenthood.
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Today With Rachael Bozsik-Johanson:
Today on The Inner Edit I am with Rachael Bozsik Johanson—luxury strategist for female entrepreneurs. Rachael is a true esteemed advisor whose clients include Sandra Funk, Kathy Kuo to LuAnn Nigara. Her goal is to help women level up their businesses to the top 3% of their industry or niche.
Today, Rachael and I are talking about what luxury means, how to know if you are even interested in moving in the luxury direction, how to position yourself to shift toward high-ticket offers, and how to get out of your own way (and be kind to yourself in the process).
Pick It Apart
[2:00] Rachael unpacks what luxury really means and how to know if it aligns with your goals.
[9:35] Christie and Rachael discuss the importance of stepping back and realizing when goals and dreams change.
[17:01] Rachael explains why making your clients feel safe is important in your messaging and networking.
[24:51] Christie asks Rachael how to keep moving toward your goals when you’re feeling bogged down and overwhelmed.
[32:03] Rachael shares how to know when you’re in the wrong direction with your business.
Christie Rocha's and Rachael Bozsik-Johanson's Ah-Ha Moments
“I remember feeling like I had all of the accomplishments and was hitting the right goals. But I didn't feel good at all, I actually felt burnt out. And I think when I sat down and realized that I was hitting the goals and still didn’t feel good, I knew something had to be missing here.” -Rachael
“We underestimate ourselves a lot. Sometimes it takes someone else to look at what we’re doing and say, ‘This is a big idea. This is helpful. This was really impactful.’” -Christie
More About Rachael Bozsik-Johanson
From the stages of Harvard Business School, to pages of Architectural Digest, Rachael Bozsik Johanson is regarded as the in-demand Luxury Strategist for interior designers seeking to become a top 3% firm. With a storied career monetizing personal brands, her signature methodology “The Four P’s” leverages positioning, press, paid speaking and pipeline filling partnerships. Think - being positioned as the “go to” call for luxury new builds, press in Elle Decor, paid speaking at High Point Market and a partnership with a custom builder to fill the pipeline for you. Rachael is incredibly selective in the clients she serves, as the majority double their sales a year after her esteemed advising. It’s safe to say she was born to do this work and it is miles from traditional consulting. Her clients have ranged from Sandra Funk, Kathy Kuo to LuAnn Nigara not to mention tons of incredibly talented up and comers with a deep desire to build a profitable firm. As a lifelong student of design & fashion, Rachael is a trained interior designer from High Point University, licensed realtor and recognized tastemaker. Most recently, her wedding was covered by The New York Times. On weekends, she loves sipping her matcha & collaborating with her husband to grow their “on-brand” portfolio. Naturally, it encompasses investing in real estate, startups and collecting interesting art. Currently, the duo is planning a trip to Ancient Egypt and exploring a large-scale remodel of a 1920’s historic estate.
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#182 Amber de La Garza: The Power of Prioritization: Reimaging Productivity and Embracing Balance
#195 Dr. Kelly Vincent: How to Amplify Your Online Presence and Voice through Mindful and Self-Aware Content
Today With Dr. Kelly Vincent:
Today on The Inner Edit, I am joined by, Dr. Kelly Vincent, a licensed holistic and clinical psychologist. Dr. Kelly made a career shift from marketing to psychology.
With now over 184k, her journey didn’t come without questions, imposter syndrome, or creator burnout. She says no matter what industry we are in, we are going through the same thing when it comes to content creation. There is no lack of great takeaways here.
Pick It Apart
[2:26] Kelly shares her journey from marketing into a completely different career, therapist.
[10:00] Kelly offers some marketing tips for therapists.
[20:24] Kelly shares how she built a community digitally through social media.
[26:20] Kelly talks about how she gains relationships with creators on similar platforms.
[38:46] How Kelly manages creator burnout.
[52:17] How Kelly shares everything with intention rather than putting up many boundaries.
[55:55] Any last words of wisdom for creators in the wellness space.
Christie Rocha's and Dr. Kelly Vincent's Ah-Ha Moments
“When I started my practice, I learned that our world is so relational. So much of marketing is about making different relationships. Those relational skills both served me in the room with my clients but then they also served me getting to know people in the community, which then helped build referral channels and networks” - Dr. Kelly Vincent
“External validation feels good, it's not that it's a bad thing, but it’s when we rely on it a little bit too much that it becomes a problem.” - Dr. Kelly Vincent
“There is a secret sauce, but the trick is that the secret sauce changes every week.” - Christie Rocha
“Trust the process. It’s small baby steps that lead to change with anything in life. Healing mostly happens over time.” - Dr. Kelly Vincent
More About Dr. Kelly Vincent
I help women embody their authentic self, heal holistically, and thrive. My clinical approach and style is rooted in a holistic, mind-body perspective.
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The Inner Edit #188: Tara Clark: From Burnt Out to Balanced: Resilience Strategies for Digital Content Creators
Today With Maddie Spear:
Today on The Inner Edit I am joined by Maddie Spear. Maddie is a licensed social worker and trauma therapist in North Carolina where she works with children, teens, and young adults. In addition to her work in direct trauma care, Maddie also takes a modern approach to mental health through social media, where she has a massive following on TikTok (where she is @therapy_thoughts) and Instagram (where she is @loveyourlittlevictories).
Today we are catching up and going even deeper into what it means to be a content creator, especially as a therapist. We talk about ethics, boundaries, and the difference between being a therapist and being a mental health advocate. But don’t worry, Maddie assures us there is room for both. This is such a refreshing chat and Maddie shares so openly her views about being authentic, overcoming perfectionism, and finding meaningful connections with our communities and each other.
Pick It Apart
[1:44] Maddie defines her role as a therapist first but also as a content creator, expanding on her ethics in the social media space.
[8:41] Christie and Maddie discuss the difference between being a mental health professional and a mental health advocate and the importance of checking the source of information online.
[12:03] Christie asks Libby to share advice on creating connection as a content creator.
[20:51] Maddie explains boundaries, ethics, and safety within her online community.
[31:19] Maddie surprises Christie when she shares the amount of drafts she has in her content folder.
[42:32] Christie asks Maddie how her online presence impacts her personal life.
Christie Rocha's and Maddie Spear's Ah-Ha Moments
“There are both spoken and unspoken rules in terms of ethics and the therapy-social media community…we want to continue to do no harm.” – Maddie Spear
“The wellness community has a level of grace…you don't owe me anything. I don't owe you anything. But we get to be in each other's presence and get to have community when it feels right for us both. What a beautiful thing!” – Maddie Spear
“I think sometimes we have to shrink our own voice and shrink the imposter syndrome and ask, ‘Why are you limiting me here? Look at all the good I'm doing, look at all like the beautiful people who are impacted by this.’” – Maddie Spear “Just start and just show up. The world needs your voice…you have a unique perspective, and it's so important for the world to hear yours.” – Maddie Spear
More About Maddie Spear
Maddie Spear, MSW, LCSW, is a trauma therapist located in North Carolina who works with children, teens, and young adults. In addition to her work in direct trauma care, Maddie additionally works to bring mental health tips worldwide. With a following of well over 300,000 on social media, Maddie strives to eliminate the stigma around mental health and promote healing for all with accessible mental health tips and tricks to promote self-growth and self-care. Feel free to connect with her on the following platforms for more ways to impact your mental wellbeing:
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TIE #98: Maddie Spear: How to Love Our Little Victories on the Path to Healing from Trauma TIE #189: Bryana Kappadakunnel: Authenticity Over Algorithms: The Conscious Mommy’s Approach to Digital Growth TIE #190: Renee Reina: Navigating the Intersection: Where Your Passions and Niche Content Meet on Social Media
Today With Jessica Smith:
Today, I am joined by Jessica Smith, owner of The Fit Life With Jessica. Jessica is an accountability and health coach who helps career women create exercise, meal planning, and mindset habits to help them with their energy and confidence. She also helps women with their struggle with accountability. Jessica shares her A-HA moments and how she stopped breaking promises to herself, which many of us are guilty of. She also talks about her Five to Thrive method to gain more energy and confidence.
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[2:16] Jessica tells us the catalyst for her personal growth journey.
[4:49] Jessica shares how her upbringing influenced how she felt about health and wellness.
[12:05] Jessica’s Five to Thrive to maximize energy and productivity.
[30:40] Explains that when she takes time for herself once a week, it is never a regret but you do have to find that balance.
[33:08] Tips on being self accountable.
[39:32] Jessica’s thoughts on motivation, discipline, and accountability and how they correlate.
[48:55] Things that Jessica has learned about herself, as a content creator, through her journey to health and wellness.
[53:51] Last minute tools and tips that has improved Jessica’s content creation.
Christie Rocha's and Jessica Smith's Ah-Ha Moments
“Women tend to put their needs last which leads to mental and physical burnout. But a little forethought and initiative can prevent some of that decision fatigue.” - Jessica Smith
“I need community to have self-accountability.” - Jessica Smith
More About Jessica Smith
As far back as I remember, I’ve always struggled with my weight. Genetics and growth spurts would help me at times, but by the time I got out of college, my level of unhealthy was at an all-time high. After college, I decided I’d start running to get in shape. I signed up for a 5k and began training. You can imagine what happened. I went strong for the first few weeks, but then fell off the so-called wagon. The 5k crept up on me, and while I did complete it - I certainly hadn’t trained well for it. Forget about nutrition or healthy fuel. That didn’t even cross my mind until I was in my 30s. From that first 5k until after I had my second child, I yo-yo’d up and down and tried just about everything to become a healthier version of myself. I’d get “reserious” over and over and over again. I’d never make it all the way. I’d break the promise I made to myself time and time again.
When did things finally click for me? I was reading the book, “Girl Wash Your Face,” by Rachel Hollis when she explained something that totally blew my mind. It changed the game for me. She said, if I made plans with my girlfriends for Thursday night dinner, I would NOT break that commitment. I’d keep that promise and meet them for dinner. We NEVER break promises to others, but we are SO QUICK to break the promises we make to ourselves. My mouth DROPPED. It was such a lightbulb moment to me about accountability. WHY NOT? Right there, I decided that I was not breaking any more promises to myself.
Fast forward a few years, I’ve finally settled into a routine of healthy habits that I’m proud of. I have a plan that I stick to, and truly it just feels like a normal way of life now. My workouts don’t feel like a “task” anymore. It’s a habit. It’s my way of life. It’s my means to sanity and stress relief with two kids and a full time job. My eating habits are no longer fad diets or crazy short term instant gratification gimmicks. I eat to fuel my body because I want to keep this body forever. I want this body to be strong and resilient from the inside out.
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#143: Holly Marie Haynes: Simplify And Scale: The Secrets To Building A Successful Business In 8-10 Hours A Week
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Today With Mikaya Thurmond:
Today on The Inner Edit I am joined by Mikaya Thurmond, an award-winning Public Relations Strategist propelling brands to new heights with more than a decade of expertise. Mikaya is former television news anchor for WRAL in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is a politician’s daughter, Miss Georgia 2009, a University of Georgia and Harvard graduate, and a TedX speaker. But above all, Mikaya’s superpower is authentic storytelling. It’s what she lives and breathes—because if we aren’t being ourselves, then what’s the point, right?
Today, Mikaya and I are discussing how to be true to yourself at work and at home, online, and in real life. Mikaya says she is here for happiness, not the hustle, and is sharing strategies she uses to prioritize her mental health.
Pick It Apart
[5:24] Mikaya talks about working remote as a TV news anchor during the pandemic, and continuing to work remote now as a PR strategist, and what she has learned from these experiences.
[12:07] Christie asks Mikaya about her personal habits that help create intentional time for herself.
[20:25] Mikaya talks about leaving her news anchor position, how scary it was but why it was an important step in her growth.
[26:45] Mikaya shares her perspective on relevance and how she is able to be more authentic to herself as an influencer as opposed to a TV personality.
[29:56] Christie and Mikaya discuss how fast-paced our world is, and the importance of slowing down and taking a breath.
[32:21] Christie asks Mikaya how valuing mental health spills into her client relationships.
[40:59] Mikaya shares how she color codes her calendar to make sure she fits in time for her spiritual, physical, social, and future self.
Christie Rocha's and Mikaya Thurmond's Ah-Ha Moments
“I think we all should ask ourselves every day, ‘What did you do today, Christy, to make yourself happy? And it's got to be something just for you. And I think when you make a habit of that, I've been really successful at maintaining positive mental health.” – Mikaya Thurmond
“We often are looking for what we can add to our life to make it easier, when really we could probably start with what to take out—what can we remove?” – Christie Rocha
“The key to the magic sauce, especially if you're talking about a person or product, is authenticity and vulnerability.” – Mikaya Thurmond
More About Mikaya Thurmond
As an award-winning Public Relations Strategist, Mikaya Thurmond harnesses over a decade of expertise to propel brands to new heights. Her passion for messaging began as a journalist across the southeast. Most notably making waves as the youngest anchor for WRAL News in Raleigh, where she engaged with hundreds of thousands of viewers daily over a seven-year tenure. During her time reporting in North Carolina and Tennessee, Mikaya secured two Associated Press awards and received four Emmy nominations. Notably, she contributed to prominent platforms like CBS Evening News and NBC’s Today Show.
Honored as one of UGA's "40 Under 40" and recognized as a "Mover and Shaker'' by Cary Magazine, Mikaya's influence extends beyond journalism. A proud alumni of Harvard University and the University of Georgia, she's deeply committed to molding the upcoming wave of professionals. This passion led her to educate the future of communications as a 2023 lecturer at North Carolina State University’s communications department. Moreover, she proudly established a college scholarship with the North Carolina Education Scholarship Fund, aimed at financially supporting young women studying communications.
In October 2023, Mikaya will add another feather to her cap by taking the stage as a speaker at TEDxRaleigh. As she continues to shape the PR landscape, Mikaya remains a beacon of inspiration and a testament to the power of authentic storytelling.
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Today With Libby Ward:
Today on The Inner Edit I am joined by Libby Ward. Libby is a digital creator, writer, speaker, and mental health advocate with a deep commitment to changing the motherhood narrative and breaking toxic cycles. You may know her from Instagram or TikTok where she is @diaryofanhonestmom.
Every week, Libby’s inspiring content reaches millions of women around the world in a meaningful way. She has been featured by The BBC, Good Morning America, Motherly, and other media outlets around the world.
Libby is sharing an honest glimpse into her life as a content creator. We discuss finding your voice, growing a community, internal issues versus external issues, and the challenge of making connections in this industry.
Pick It Apart
[0:58] Libby talks about her lane as a motherhood content creator.
[5:13] Libby explains the sense of responsibility she feels for her community.
[11:06] Christie and Libby discuss the feeling of not being enough, and Libby shares a light bulb moment she had recently about this feeling.
[22:19] Christie asks Libby about her choice not to show her children in her digital content.
[34:09] Libby and Christy chat about industry events and cultivating relationships with other content creators.
[53:08] Libby shares her advice to other creators who may be feeling lonely or disconnected.
Christie Rocha's and Libby Ward's Ah-Ha Moments
“I know in my heart and in my logical brain that the thing that I am good at is putting our experiences and our feelings into words and empowering moms to advocate for themselves…I know that words, help, but they're not enough. And so I can feel that can feel defeating.” – Libby Ward “Just let a ‘thank you’ be a ‘thank you.’ And not a ‘thank you, and’ or ‘thank you, but’…it's just ‘thank you.’” – Christie Rocha “This industry is just constantly evolving, too. So it's not like…you learn something, and you're good to go. It's like you learn something, and then it changes also, and then you have to learn something else.” – Libby Ward “It's not possible to not have the dual brain all the time…I am always thinking of different content that can be made. And I have to actively turn that off and just be present with my family.” – Libby Ward “I would just say to other creators: that if you're feeling a need for deep connection and community, and feeling like a group, that you're not alone. And that if it feels like you're being excluded, you probably aren't. And I would just encourage you to find one other creator that you really want to connect with and intentionally seek out to connect with that one person.” – Libby Ward
More About Libby Ward
Libby Ward is a digital creator, speaker, and mental health advocate with a deep commitment to changing the motherhood narrative and breaking toxic cycles. Every week, Libby’s content reaches millions of women around the world in a meaningful way. She has been featured by The BBC, Good Morning America, The Tamron Hall Show, Global News, Motherly, Insider and media outlets around the world.
As a storyteller and thought leader in today’s difficult and complex experiences of mental health, Libby is focused on reaching more women with her perspective changing stories through events and partnerships that make a real impact. Find her at @diaryofanhonestmom on Instagram, Tiktok and on her website diaryofanhonestmom.com and fall in love with her authentic content sure to inspire and entertain you each day.
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Sass Says #78: Libby Ward: Depressed or a Hot Mess? Diary of an Honest Mom Talks on Mental Health and Motherhood The Inner Edit #189: Bryana Kappadakunnel: Content That Cares: How the Conscious Mommy Shows Up Online (and Hopes You Will, Too)
The Inner Edit #190: Renee Reina: Content Creation: What Really Matters
Today With Renee Reina:
Today on The Inner Edit I am with Renee Reina, who joined me in Episode 14 of Sass Says, where we discussed self-reflection and authenticity in motherhood and beyond. You might know Renee from the internet, where she is the mom friend you always wanted. In March of 2020, just days before the Covid lockdowns, Renee finished her PhD in Psychology. Like many of us, she went online, only she was really good at it. Since then, she has gained a huge following on both TikTok and Instagram, and launched the Mom Room podcast, where she hopes to change how people see themselves and motherhood, in her own hilarious way. While Renee is not a clinician, her PhD, training and research all impact the content she creates. Today, Renee and I are digging into what content creation means to her, whether or not being true to a niche is important, the crazy amount of work that actually comes with these mediums, how she handles negative comments, and why it’s important to actually enjoy the content you are creating.
Spoiler alert: it’s super important. Keep listening, because this is a good one.
Pick It Apart
[4:09] Renee talks about her struggle with niching down.
[12:20] Christie asks Renee about being part of a podcast network and what that means for her.
[17:00] Renee shares her experience with hiring out different tasks.
[22:09] Christie and Renee discuss publically responding to negative comments.
[32:45] Renee shares how her work online impacts her real-life relationships.
[39:00] Christie talks about the gray area that comes with working online and the difference between online community and in-person community.
[52:52] Renee reflects on why she can’t put out content just to be performative and why.
Christie Rocha's and Renee Reina's Ah-Ha Moments
“I know what performs on social media when it comes to mom content. But that doesn't feel good to me as a creator to only do that—that doesn't fulfill me. So I had to decide recently to not worry about being niche and just post what I want to post.” – Renee Reina “I do notice I don't feel the best when I'm not doing things for myself, like going to yoga and making time for friends and making time for my husband.” – Renee Reina “Not only is [content creation] a real job, but there's no rulebook, there's no one way to do it. And because your business is your face, there is a lot of pressure, I think, to say and do the right things.” – Christie Rocha “You have to enjoy the content that you're creating. Otherwise, it's not going to last.” – Renee Reina
More About Renee Reina
Renee finished her PhD in psychology days before quarantine started. While in quarantine with her toddler she gained a large following on TikTok with her honest mom-related content and started The Mom Room Podcast. The Mom Room presents a no bullshit, real-life image of motherhood that moms can actually relate to and take comfort in. Renee wants moms around the world to feel a sense of empowerment in being a mom. She wants to help moms acknowledge and validate their feelings and inspire moms to start conversations with their partners that they otherwise wouldn’t have. She wants to help ease the dreaded mom guilt and put an end to the mom vs. mom shaming. Ultimately, Renee’s goal for The Mom Room brand is to normalize the ups and downs of motherhood and change the narrative of what it means to be a mom.
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#14: Renee Reina: Self-Reflection and Authenticity in Motherhood and Beyond #69: Marisa Lonic: Key Time Management Steps to Prevent Burnout #180: Jude Charles: Breaking the Silence: Overcoming Burnout and Embracing Wellness #183: Claire Jefford: Content is Queen: Leverage Video Content That is True To You
Today With Bryana Kappadakunnel:
Today on Sass Says I am joined once again by Bryana Kappadakunnel, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, an Infant-Family Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, and a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist-Certified. Bryana is the owner & voice behind Conscious Mommy where she teaches parents to become the conscious parent they never had. Today, Bryana is here to discuss how she creates content that cares, what that looks like, why that matters, and why she wants others to do the same. Join us as we dig into boundaries, burnout, and being yourself.
Pick It Apart
[1:43] Bryana talks about her journey and how she never intended to grow an audience and community, but she suddenly did.
[9:10] Bryana tells the saga of why she rebranded to Conscious Mommy and what social media means in that.
[21:47] Bryana and Christie discuss the expectation on mental health providers to give information online without charge.
[30:27] Bryana talks about the challenge of social media algorithms, how that can lead to burnout, and what she does to recover from burnout.
[38:05] Christie and Bryana discuss the social responsibility of viral creators and influencers.
[45:20] Bryana emphasizes that she would love to see a cultural shift amongst creators and professionals online that isn't just about views, clicks, and comments but is about taking greater care of the people who are consuming their content.
[47:56] Bryana states that we are all called to be our authentic selves, and explains how she brings her authentic self to her online presence.
Christie Rocha's and Bryana Kappadakunnel's Ah-Ha Moments
“I'm not going to put myself out there in ways that are inauthentic to me, just for clicks, or likes or views. That's just not the life that I personally feel comfortable and confident living.” – Bryana Kappadakunnel “Being a creator on a big social media platform, you are owned by that social media company. And you cannot have your business rely on Instagram or Facebook, they need to be avenues to funnel a business but you cannot rely on it. Because in a second, and I mean that literally, it can be completely swept away from you.” – Bryana Kappadakunnel “Check your source.” – Christie Rocha “Knowing yourself, knowing your values, knowing what you stand for and how you want to show up—that’s the most important thing.” – Christie Rocha
More About Bryana Kappadakunnel
Bryana Kappadakunnel is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (90464), an Infant-Family Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, and a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist-Certified. She is the owner & voice behind Conscious Mommy where she teaches parents to become the conscious parent they never had. Since 2011, Bryana has worked exclusively with families with very young children to navigate challenges related to child development, behavioral & emotional issues, attachment problems, and trauma. Guided by attachment theory and the neurorelational framework, her approach is unique in that she works primarily with parents by helping them discover their child’s nervous system and developmental needs. In this process, parents also learn how to regulate their own triggered reactions and discover more self-control and self-compassion. She also guides parents to develop vital skills in self-reflection & deconstructing familial cycles of guilt and shame, which aims to drastically shift the child-parent relational patterns. Bryana also works with new moms experiencing perinatal mood or anxiety disorders. She uses a conscious- and mindfulness-informed approach to help moms realign their expectations with reality, deconstruct the guilt & shame they’re experiencing, and shift into the present moment, where depression and anxiety cannot exist. Bryana has a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology, has been licensed since 2015, and has an extensive number of advanced certifications & specializations in perinatal, infant, and early childhood mental health as well as conscious parenting. She is the mom of 2 young children, and lives with her spouse in Southern California.
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#109: Bryana Kappadakunnel: Heal the Mother Wound: How This Conscious Mommy Turned Childhood Trauma Into Her Life’s Work #125: Meredith Masony: Content Creator Queens Don’t Gatekeep…Life Lessons from a 9 Year Veteran #153: Dr. Lexx Brown-James: Strategies for Overcoming Intimacy, Mental Health, and Vulnerability Challenges in Relationships #180: Jude Charles: Breaking the Silence: Overcoming Burnout and Embracing Wellness
Today With Tara Clark:
Today, the creator of Instagram’s @modernmomprobs, as well as the author of the book Modern Mom Probs: A Survival Guide for 21st Century Mothers, shares what it means to have creator burnout. It’s an easy thing to have, especially as content creators and influencers in this crazy digital world that is constantly changing. But don’t worry, there are ways around it.
Pick It Apart
[3:50] Tara explains what she learned to be the difference between influencers and content creators
[7:35] Signs you may be experiencing “Creator Burnout” and what to do about it.
[16:44] The importance of compartmentalizing your personal life versus your professional life.
[21:23] Tara shares the personal boundaries she has for what she shares on social media.
[26:32] What is the level of responsibility of a content creator?
[31:59] Tara explains how she decides when and what to do next.
[47:00] When content creators take, repeat, and re-share other’s content.
[55:39] Tara advises staying true to yourself and being proud of what you put out there.
Christie Rocha's and Tara Clark's Ah-Ha Moments
“If you are physically feeling sick when it comes to doing your work, maybe that’s when you need to take a step back and take a break,” - Tara Clark
“What we need to learn how to do is compartmentalize ourselves as a person versus us in our professional life,” - Tara Clark
“Content creators and influencers are people too and need a minute to process certain things, just like anybody else,” - Tara Clark
“In regards to pivoting, originally I started this podcast based on what I needed and now I need something different,” - Christie Rocha
“If there was one wish I had for social media is that they could take away viewing any metrics, so people could create simply for the love of creating,” - Tara Clark
More About Tara Clark
Tara Clark, creator of Instagram’s @modernmomprobs, is the author of the book Modern Mom Probs: A Survival Guide for 21st Century Mothers. She presents realistic issues facing modern parents in a humorous, heart-warming light. A frequent guest on podcasts discussing parenting, Tara is the very funny and authentic voice of a generation of modern mothers.
She got her start in social media while working at Nickelodeon, where she oversaw the social media accounts for Nick Jr. and Nick@Nite. Tara holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Villanova University and an MBA from Metropolitan College of New York in Media Management. She currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and son.
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Other Shows Mentioned:
#03 Tara Clark: Heartfelt Advice from the Creator of an Online Village for Modern Moms
#78: Libby Ward: Depressed Or A Hot Mess? Diary Of An Honest Mom Talks On Mental Health And Motherhood
#143: Holly Marie Haynes: Simplify And Scale: The Secrets To Building A Successful Business In 8-10 Hours A Week
#174: Jenna Hermans: Finding Calm In The Chaos: A Guide To Navigating The Ups And Downs Of Parenting And Daily Life
Today With Christie Rocha:
Welcome to The Inner Edit! In this launch episode, Christie will tell us all about her decision to rebrand from Sass Says to The Inner Edit. We will take a deep dive into content creation, the mental health implications of it, and the ethics of our actions in this digital space. We'll also be discussing topics from productivity hacks to burnout to audience growth to the power of personal branding and content creation. So pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee, and join me for the inaugural episode of The Inner Edit.
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Christie Rocha's and Mary Beth Somich's Ah-Ha Moments
“If you care about someone, it’s important to set boundaries with them. Reframe it as, ‘boundaries are not scary, they are actually indicative of healthy relationships.’” - Mary Beth Somich
More About Mary Beth Somich
Mary Beth Somich is a licensed therapist with a group private practice located in North Carolina called Your Journey Through. She specializes in family dynamic work and is passionate about promoting modern mental health and making therapy accessible and relatable. She helps other therapists promote their own mental health platforms through expanding their reach on social media and building thriving private practices. We discuss the ethics of social media and being a therapist, the pillars of modern therapy, teen, college aged, and post grad mental health challenges, family dynamics, and enmeshment.
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Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Mary Beth’s Website
Mary Beth’s Instagram: @yourjourneythrough
Mary Beth’s Courses
Mary Beth’s Podcast
Ep 98 Maddie Spear
Ep 43 Heather Chauvin
Ep 1012 of Heather Chauvin’s podcast - 4 Steps on How to Create Your Next Level Vision
NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
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Today With Meredith Masony:
Today's a Way Back Wednesday! In this episode we revisit our talk with Meredith Masony, founder of That's Inappropriate, online parenting community.
Christie Rocha's and Meredith Masony's Ah-Ha Moments
“Being a mom is one part of what you do, being a wife is one part of what you do…what does Christie want to do? What does Meredith want to do? You’re allowed to be you because you have a name and your name is not mom.” - Meredith Masony
More About Meredith Masony
Meredith Masony is the founder of That's Inappropriate, an online parenting community with over four million followers across social platforms, where members can talk about the parenting experiences they love, hate, and everything in between. Meredith is a former teacher, and has spoken at women’s and social media conferences including Dad 2.0, Mom 2.0, and Start Loving You. She is the author of Scoop the Poop and Ask Me What’s for Dinner One More Time. Meredith, Dena Blizzard, and Tiffany Jenkins took their comedy out on the road last year for the My Name is Not Mom live tour. Meredith is married to her best friend Dave, who is now her business partner. They live in Florida with their three children, two dogs…and some new kittens.
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Meredith’s Website
That’s Inappropriate Website
Meredith’s Instagram
Meredith’s Facebook Community
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Today With Lindsay Fleming:
Today's a Flashback Friday! In this episode we revisit our talk with Lindsay Fleming, therapist specializing in children, teens and young adults.
Christie Rocha's and Lindsay Flemings Ah-Ha Moments
“There’s a lot of misinformation on social media. A lot of people in the field say ‘yes, be on social media’ and others in the field say ‘that’s not our place.’ My opinion is that people are going to be out there talking about it—we might as well have someone who’s licensed in the mix.” - Lindsay Fleming
More About Lindsay Fleming
Lindsay Fleming is a therapist specializing in children, teens, and young adults with a focus on anxiety and ADHD. In addition to being a therapist, Lindsay is a mental health advocate with a research-based presence on TikTok. Tune in to hear what she has to say about social media, the struggles teens face, and the importance of countering mental health misinformation.
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Today With Claire Jefford:
Today on Sass Says I am joined by Claire Jefford, an award-winning interior designer, business coach, and video content creator. Claire has done design videos, car karaoke, paint color reviews, and more, but the thing all of Claire’s videos have in common is that her personality shines through. Join me as I chat with Claire about video, vulnerability, connection, and opportunity.
Pick It Apart
[0:49] Claire tells Christie about the first video she made for her website in 2011.
[4:35] Christie and Claire discuss why getting started with video can be scary and difficult, but also create valuable connections.
[15:26] Claire explains why it is important to look at the camera like you are speaking directly to your ideal client.
[17:56] Claire talks about the opportunities video content has brought her.
[21:25] Claire and Christie talk about how to handle negative comments from others and how to handle self-sabotage.
[32:47] Claire talks about tech and how great today’s phones are at making video content, as well as other resources she loves.
[43:04] Claire explains the important roles of both having a plan and allowing some things to evolve naturally.
Christie Rocha's and Claire Jefford's Ah-Ha Moments
“The connection that you can get via a video versus an email or a blog article…is huge.” – Claire Jefford
“There is more than one path to the top of the mountain.” – Claire Jefford
“[Creating video content] can feel very isolating…but if you're thinking it and feeling it and experiencing it, there is this very high chance that a lot of other people are too.” – Christie Rocha
“You put yourself out there. You become a little vulnerable. You resonate with some people. Things can happen. Yeah, things do happen.” – Claire Jefford
More About Claire Jefford
Claire Jefford is a Certified Interior Decorator who began her award-winning firm in 2011. She is proud to be the highest reviewed Design Professional in the Toronto area with over 120 reviews. Claire is also a respected Business Coach within the design industry and developed her signature course for Designers 0-5 years in business, called the Interior Design BOSS Academy.
Voted Top Influencer 3 years running, Claire does speaking engagements, panel discussions & live video broadcasts from various design events across North America. She runs a highly engaged, private Facebook group, Interior Design Business Strategies, with over 6000 design professionals from around the world.
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Claire Jefford (Facebook)
Interior Design Business Strategies
Claire Jefford (Instagram)
Coaching
Colour & Design
Claire Jefford (Pinterest)
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Other Shows Mentioned:
Sass Says #180: Jude Charles: Breaking the Silence: Overcoming Burnout and Embracing Wellness
Sass Says #181: Sandra Funk: A Million Dollar Mindset For Setting Boundaries And Standing In Your Space
AWDB #237: Claire Jefford- How To Get More Clients With Video Content
AWDB #325: Claire Jefford: Create Valuable Content to Sell Through Your Website
AWDB #485: Power Talk Friday: Claire Jefford: Rock the Consult
AWDB #807: Power Talk Friday: Claire Jefford: Interior Design Boss Academy. Why Trust & Experience Matter in Creating a Profitable Business
Other Resources Mentioned:
Gary Vaynerchuk
“It’s Corn” kid song on YouTube because my kids play this all the time and I love it ;) but it also has 33M views on YouTube
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Today With Amber De La Garza:
What do you think of when you hear the word productivity? For me, my mind jumps to doing more. Getting things done. Checking off a list. Growing the business, making money—all the things. And if I’m being honest, the word productivity doesn’t exactly make me feel good. Today, The Productivity Specialist Amber de la Garza challenges what we think about “productivity” and shows us how to get out of our own way.
Pick It Apart
[2:37] What does “productivity” actually mean anyway?
[8:37] Balancing work and motherhood
[16:22] Creating strong, but achievable, plans for time management
[24:50] How to be your own “star employee”
[34:49] Self-care and work-life balance
Christie Rocha's and Amber De La Garza's Ah-Ha Moments
“Can we talk ourselves out of things less if we thought of ourselves as a star employee, saying, ‘I want to be the star employee in my business.’” -Amber
More About Amber De La Garza
Amber De La Garza is The Productivity Specialist! Amber helps small business owners maximize profits, reduce stress, and make time for what matters most by improving their time management and elevating their productivity! Amber is a sought-after coach, trainer, speaker, writer, host of the Productivity Straight Talk Podcast and creator of Leverage Lab®.
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Other Shows Mentioned:
Ep 143 Holly Marie Haynes: Simplify and Scale: The Secrets to Building a Successful Business in 8-10 Hours A Week
Ep 43 Heather Chauvin: Permission to Become, Opting Out of Toxicity, and Fighting for Your Joy
Ep 181 Sandra Funk: A Million Dollar Mindset for Setting Boundaries and Standing in Your Space
AWDB 803 Power Talk Friday: Amber De La Garza: Productivity is Personal – How to Create Systems that Will Work for You!
Today With Sandra Funk:
Today I am joined by Sandra Funk, founder and CEO of the boutique interior design firm, House of Funk. Sandra is also an interior design business strategist. Sandra coined the phrase “stand in your space.” I wanted to have her on for the full explanation of this phrase, and it’s a good one.
Pick It Apart
[2:50] How Sandra’s now famous phrase “Stand in Your Space” relates to not only interior designers, but every space.
[13:40] How to build your team based on your budget and needs.
[15:41] Sandra’s practices for checking in with herself.
[23:00] Sandra offers advice for the permission piece of setting your boundaries.
Christie Rocha's and Sandra Funk's Ah-Ha Moments
“My balance has always come from surrounding myself with incredible people and helpers.” - Sandra Funk
More About Sandra Funk
Sandra Funk is the founder and CEO of the boutique interior design firm, House of Funk. She’s also an interior design business strategist. Established designers come to Sandra for her program - the Interior Design Standard - when they realize that they want more for their effort, they’re ready to take on fewer, larger projects and they ONLY want to work with dream clients. Despite her business degree, a background in business process consulting and studying design at Parsons, it took Sandra over a decade - and the help of several experts - to develop and fine-tune a business model that allowed her interior design firm to thrive. Over 30 national press outlets - Elle Decor, Architectural Digest and House Beautiful, to name a few - have recognized Sandra for her award-winning designs and innate entrepreneurial spirit. Today, Sandra is deeply rooted in empowering and educating design entrepreneurs. With her turnkey approach, she welcomes designers into her inner circle, sharing her proven process for a balanced, joy-filled and wildly profitable design firm.
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Other Shows Mentioned:
#177: Katie McDonald: Gaining A Competitive Edge Through Self–Care
Today With Jude Charles:
Today on Sass Says I am joined by Jude Charles, a storyteller, filmmaker, and brand strategist working with purpose-driven entrepreneurs. Jude is an expert in his field and works his magic by pulling back the curtain to tell the story for businesses and personal brands. But Jude is also a regular guy. Today he’s pulling back the curtain on himself and sharing his personal story about living with burnout. We discuss the importance of diagnosis, the ongoing stigma around mental health, creative entrepreneurship, vulnerability, and the importance of showing up as who you are—not just what you do.
Pick It Apart
[1:50] Jude talks about his first speaking engagement and how pulling back the curtain on his own life has not been easy but has been one of the most important things he’s done in his life.
[6:12] Christie asks Jude what he does when creating a video docu-series to get people to open up naturally on camera.
[12:09] Jude shares a crazy story from when he was in the height of his burnout.
[20:20] Jude opens up about going through burnout and why he is vocal about burnout.
[34:30] Christie and Jude discuss the stigma around getting help via therapy in the Black community.
[40:13] Jude and Christie talk about the importance of continuing this conversation in our communities, and showing up as who you are, not just what you do.
[47:25] Jude gives a preview of what he’ll be talking about at LuAnn Live in November 2023.
Christie Rocha's and Jude Charles's Ah-Ha Moments
“[My first speech] wasn't easy at all. But I realized how much people were impacted by what I had to say.” – Jude Charles
“we were our biggest critics and we pay attention to the things that some other people don't even notice.” – Jude Charles
“You are so much more than your work.” – Jude Charles
“If you end up being burned out, it's not the end of the world if you need to take a break. It's necessary. We live in a society that has four seasons, but for some reason, we don't believe in taking time off the four seasons, meaning that a tree the leaves will die, but then it'll grow back the next season. That tree is taking a moment to rest and recuperate, to rejuvenate. And we should do that as well as human beings in order to be better to grow like a tree grows to be more stable.” – Jude Charles “There is strength in vulnerability.” – Jude Charles “There are moments where I find my own satisfaction in just sharing. I get something out of it. Whether it's like a healing or therapeutic to kind of just say something out loud. But it definitely helps to have someone go, ‘Oh, I see you in that. And I see myself in that’.” – Christie Rocha
More About Jude Charles
As a kid, I can remember my dad loved watching shows like NYPD Blue and Nash Bridges.
And because I wanted to spend time with my dad, I would stay up late watching TV with him.
Years later in life, I realized the lessons I learned by watching these shows. Lessons that taught me so much about the craft of storytelling.
It taught me how to search for clues that uncover the truth. How to be relentless in solving the puzzle. How to look beneath the surface of what people wanted you to see.
It taught me how powerful the right kind of evidence can be. I use these lessons to help you grow your personal brand.
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Other Shows Mentioned:
Sass Says #7: Dr. Holly Sawyer: How to Implement Self-Care and Prevent Burnout in Your Daily Life Sass Says #21: Dr. Vanessa Freeman: Get Comfortable with Uncertainty…in Life, Therapy, Higher Ed, and More! Sass Says #69: Marisa Lonic: Key Time Management Steps to Prevent Burnout Sass Says #178: Eileen Hahn: Unlocking Your Joy: Strategies for Personal and Professional Fulfillment
AWDB #516: Power Talk Friday: Jude Charles: Video Storytelling for Your Brand AWDB #626: Power Talk Friday: Jude Charles: How to Tell Your Story to Connect with Clients in Interior Design AWDB #718: Power Talk Friday: Jude Charles: The Power of Dramatic Demonstration in Your Business Videos AWDB #724: Power Talk Friday: Jude Charles: Using Video to Close More Interior Design Deals
Today With Nancy Ganzekaufer:
Today on Sass Says I am joined by Nancy Ganzekaufer, a mom, entrepreneur, body language trainer, and business and life coach. Nancy is sharing her insightful perspectives and down-to-earth wisdom to help us better understand money, avoid the workaholic mentality, and find more fulfillment through balance in business and life—with feel-good motivation and practical advice we all need sometimes.
Pick It Apart
[1:31] Nancy and Christie talk about why conversations about money are often avoided.
[8:41] Nancy asks Christie her first thought when she thinks of very wealthy people.
[12:26] Nancy explains the dangers of being a workaholic versus the benefits of striving for a well-balanced life.
[23:04] Nancy and Christie discuss boundaries, control, balance, and the importance of sitting quietly with yourself.
[27:12] Nancy shares her career path and the importance of keeping your eyes open for new opportunities.
[31:53] Nancy and Christie consider prioritizing the balance of health and wealth.
[38:34] Christie asks Nancy about how to master your own body language and decode the body language of others, and why this is important to success
Christie Rocha's and Nancy Ganzekaufer's Ah-Ha Moments
“Money is energy.” - Nancy Ganzekaufer
“If you look at money as a means to enhancing your life and the lives of the people you support, then what's wrong with making money.” - Nancy Ganzekaufer
“Whatever type of person you are, will be amplified by making more money. If you're not a nice person that will be amplified. If you're a kind giving person that will be amplified.” Nancy Ganzekaufer
“Money talks and wealth whispers.” – Christie Rocha
“There's no glory in being the cheapest in the market. There's no glory even being in the pack. The glory is being the most exclusive with the best service with the most results you can get for somebody. This way you can have less clients and have the money you need to live your life.” – Nancy Ganzekaufer
“The whole time, keep your eyes wide open for opportunities that you never thought and you never planned for.” – Nancy Ganzekaufer
“Be happy for me or get out of my way.” – Nancy Ganzekaufer
More About Nancy Ganzekaufer
Nancy Ganzekaufer is a sought-after Business Coach, Speaker, Body Language Trainer, and Author, named one of the Top 16 Coaches in New York in 2022.
Nancy specializes in coaching interior designers with a focus on marketing and sales strategies, helping them maximize their profitability while identifying and serving their ideal clients with confidence. She guides them to develop the most straightforward path to higher profitability, visibility, and scalability through confident decision making, efficient systems development and effective communication.
Nancy has empowered thousands to know and charge their worth and position themselves in their market with authenticity and authority.
When Nancy is not coaching her clients, speaking at a conference, or engaging with her audience in one of her social media platforms, she spends quality time with her family, listens to music, hikes, plays pickleball with her friends, and travels as much as she can.
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Blog
Profit Insiders Corner (Free Resources!)
Book a Consult
Facebook Page
Facebook Group (Free!)
YouTube
NEW Threads
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Other Shows Mentioned:
Sass Says:
SS # 70: Keisha Blair: Achieving Financial and Emotional Wealth as a New Mom and Young Widow
SS #127: Melanie Lockert: Money and Mental Health: Is the Math Mathing?
SS # 177: Katie McDonald: Gaining a Competitive Edge Through Self-Care
AWDB:
AWDB #15: Nancy Ganzekaufer- Niche is Rich AWDB # 159: Power Talk Friday – Nancy Ganzekaufer – How To Get Confident & Clear on What You Offer AWDB #256: Nancy Ganzekaufer- A Powerful Strategy to Attract More Clients AWDB #389: Power Talk Friday: Nancy Ganzekaufer: The Interior Design Profit Formula AWDB #783: Power Talk Friday: Nancy Ganzekaufer: Profit Insiders for Interior Designers AWDB #841: Power Talk Friday: Nancy Ganzekaufer: Profit Insiders For Interior Designers Group Coaching + Mastermind AWDB #869: Power Talk Friday: Nancy Ganzekaufer: Profit Insiders – How Interior Designers Can Price Themselves Right
Today With Eileen Hahn:
Burnout. If we’re not experiencing it as moms, we’re experiencing it at work or as entrepreneurs. It feels like modern motherhood and burnout just go hand in hand. But what if we can learn how to pivot, welcome more happiness, and take steps to move past burnout? Today, I’m joined by Eileen Hahn, leadership consultant, to unpack how we can reignite passion in our business and in our lives.
Pick It Apart
[8:20] The importance of being excited about your life
[21:15] Life was meant to be joyful
[41:29] Signs that it might be time to re-evaluate where your business is going
[52:11] The value of rest and joy
Christie Rocha's and Eileen Hahn's Ah-Ha Moments
“I know that I know that if I get rest, if I get relaxation, if I get time to myself, if I get to do the fun things that I enjoy, I show up better. Yeah. So it’s important when I show up to my kids, to my job, to my husband, to my life, to myself, that I'm in a good mood and that I have energy and that I'm excited.” -Eileen
More About Eileen Hahn
Eileen Hahn is a leadership consultant who works with firms like Anheuser-Busch, Ericson Worldwide, General Motors, Legoland, San Diego Padres, and interior design firms, as well as smaller entrepreneurial firms. She teaches leaders in these organizations how to hire and lead exceptional employees who bring fire and energy to their work, achieve high levels of performance, and generate financial results. Eileen’s work has improved productivity, profitability, and employee work passion. It has also brought the employees joy, peace, purpose, and prosperity.
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Today With Katie McDonald:
Today on Sass Says I am joined by Katie McDonald, certified holistic health coach and the founder of b.nourished, a concierge coaching service for high achievers who take care of their business, but not themselves. Although self-care seems to be a growing trend, some of us still struggle to fit it in. Katie shares her tips, strategies, pillars, and the importance of taking care of ourselves, even if it means starting small.
Pick It Apart
[9:00] Katie explains how other people reacted to her leaving her corporate job and how she handled it.
[13:00] Katie helps those of us understand that it is OK to take care of ourselves when we have kids or a family.
[19:00] Katie shares the first steps she took to take care of herself after leaving her corporate job.
[29:20] Christie and Katie discuss mental obstacles to the food pillar and fueling your body.
[41:30] How do we prevent reaching that point that Katie did before her self realization and leaving her corporate job?
[45:05] How all of this ripples into our businesses and platforms.
Christie Rocha's and Katie McDonald's Ah-Ha Moments
“I had to fall down in order to wake up.” - Katie McDonald
“We’re better mothers when we are in alignment with our own needs.” - Katie McDonald
“There's nothing more essential to our humanness than what we ingest.” Katie McDonald
“You want to gain a competitive edge? Start taking care of yourself the way you take care of your business.” - Katie McDonald
“We glorify busyness. We glorify and we look up to the people that seem to have it all together….but there is no ‘have it all together club.’” -Katie McDonald
More About Katie McDonald
Over a decade ago, the demands of Katie McDonald’s corporate career occupied her every waking moment. She was left feeling depleted and depressed—suffering from spiraling mental and physical health crises that threatened her life.
Left with no choice but to transform her body-mind relationship, Katie abandoned her corporate job and finally started applying her knowledge of self-care, alternative health, and plant-based nutrition.
Since then, Katie has been on a revitalizing journey of lifelong self-care.
Fully recovered from years of self-neglect, Katie now helps fellow doers embrace self-care so they can do more and be more while leading healthier, more intentional, and more nourished lives.
Katie leads with tough love to inspire, empower, and challenge audiences. She dispels the destructive myth that self-care is an obstacle to productivity and teaches that self-care is, in fact, a tool to create a more powerful and impactful legacy.
Connect with Katie McDonald
Speaking Site
Coaching Site
Bnourished Planners
15% discount code for planners: LUANN
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Other Shows Mentioned:
Sass Says:
#159 Kristine McGlinchey: Awakening the Intuitive Mother: Nurturing Inner Guidance, Navigating Challenges, and Cultivating Fulfillment
A Well-Designed Business:
#881: Power Talk Friday: Katie McDonald: Self-Care is Key to a Thriving, Well-Designed Business
Other Resources Mentioned:
How To Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis
Katie’s Free Strategy Session
Amy Kartheiser is the founder and principal designer of Amy Kartheiser Design and the founder of a nonprofit called "Under the Same Sky." On today’s episode, Amy opened up about her personal journey dealing with the heartbreaking loss of her brother to suicide, and how it inspired her to create a safe space for healing. Under the Same Sky raises funds for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's Healing Conversations Program, which connects people who have gone through similar losses. We talked about the ups and downs of starting a charity, the need for open dialogue around suicide, and the cultural taboo surrounding suicide. She urged listeners to offer support without judgment and to avoid stigmatizing language when discussing suicide. Amy also highlighted the power of therapy and respecting each person's unique healing process. We wrapped up the episode with Amy sharing details about her upcoming event and expressing her gratitude for the chance to share her story.
"After losing my brother to suicide and seeing what it did to my family, I almost felt catapulted on a journey. His death gave me purpose and it helped me find a voice that I didn't know I had anymore." - Amy Kartheiser
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Under the Same Sky’s Website
Under the Same Sky - Starry Night Soiree - Nov 10th, 2023
Under the Same Sky’s Instagram: @utsscharity
Amy’s Website
Amy’s Instagram: @amykartheiserdesign
McCall Dulkys is a mom of three and an interior designer living in Sacramento, California. McCall shares her experience as a mother and living overseas for ten years while her husband played basketball. She discusses the challenges of motherhood, including postpartum depression and anxiety, and the pressure to appear perfect on social media. McCall also talks about building a community while living abroad and the difficulties she faced in forming friendships. She reflects on her journey of putting herself out there and making connections, as well as the misconceptions of being a basketball wife. The conversation also touches on balancing responsibilities in a modern parenting relationship and the importance of self-care and mental health.
“Letting go of comparing myself to other women has been a game changer for me, both in my professional and my personal life with motherhood.” - McCall Dulkys
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
McCall’s Website
McCall’s Instagram: @interiorsbymccall
McCall’s Episode on A Well-Designed Business Podcast
Jenna Herman, known as the "queen of calm," talks about the importance of calmness and chaos in parenting and daily life. We discuss how calmness is subjective and define it as a state of the nervous system where one feels good and in flow. We emphasize the need for individuals to prioritize their own well-being and model self-care for their children. We also discuss the importance of meal planning and habit creation in creating a calmer and more balanced life. Jenna shares personal experiences and strategies for maintaining calmness during challenging times and transitions and we conclude by reminding listeners to be present and prioritize what truly matters.
“One thing I'd say is that this is all temporary. The hard that we're experiencing right now is not the same hard that we will experience in the future. This is temporary.” - Jenna Hermans
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Jenna’s Website
Jenna’s Book
Jenna’s Instagram: @jennazhermans
Ep 131 with Lindsey Kaszuba
Today I’m joined by Amalya Tagakchyan, a mental health professional, who shares her journey into the field and the difference between mental health and mental illness. Amalya shares her personal experiences and explains that mental health encompasses overall well-being, while mental illness refers to diagnosed conditions that significantly impair functioning. We discuss the importance of seeking help for mental health issues and creating a supportive environment for loved ones. Amalya also emphasizes the need for communication and connection in supporting someone struggling with their mental health. We touch on cultural taboos and shame surrounding mental health and the importance of breaking these cycles. Amalya concludes by encouraging us to prioritize our mental health and cultivate self-compassion.
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Dr. Laura Schwinn, a psychologist specializing in working with women and mothers, is interviewed in this podcast episode. She discusses her background, experiences as an identical twin, and her perspective on the use of the title "doctor." Dr. Laura emphasizes the importance of empowering clients in mental health and supporting women and mothers in reconnecting with their vibrancy. She shares personal experiences as a mother and highlights the challenges and pitfalls that mothers often face. Dr. Laura also discusses the importance of letting go of control and focusing on internal states and feelings in achieving goals. She offers one-on-one coaching and group coaching and is the author of You Are The Most Perfectly Perfect You: Reclaiming Self-Love.
“We need to come back to our own vibrancy, our own light, so we can be more attuned to the attachment of our child. ” - Dr. Laura Schwinn
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Dr. Laura’s Book
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Ep 2 Chelsea Riffe
Lucia DeMarco, a coach for women, is interviewed about her motivation for coaching and how negative self-talk has affected her own life. Lucia shares her personal experiences of overcoming self-doubt and pursuing a career change. She emphasizes the detrimental effects of negative self-talk on women's ability to achieve their goals and live fulfilling lives. Lucia discusses the importance of self-awareness, community support, and finding purpose in one's work. She also highlights the mind-body connection and the power of movement in transforming negative thoughts and emotions. Lucia offers free transformation breakthrough calls to help individuals with personal growth.
“The gifts are on the other side, you can't see them but they're always there. Even if you fall flat on your face, and I assure you, I fell flat on my face many, many times. But you get up, you look back, and say, “Okay, that's why I fell flat on my face, I needed to learn from that.”
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Lucia’s Website
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Lucia’s Facebook
Lucia’s Instagram: @luciadimarcozahara
On this solo show, I am celebrating the podcast's 2nd birthday. I am highlighting the top 5 most listened to episodes of the last year and what I took away from each episode. I am also hinting at what's the come for the podcast in the coming year!
In this solo episode, I am sharing an update on my journey with alcohol and elaborating on my experience thus far working with a holistic hormone coach. I also hint at an exciting new direction for the show, involving bringing back favorite guests from past episodes!
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Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Jenn Trepeck is an Optimal Health Coach, Podcaster, and Business Consultant. Jenn grew up the skinny one in a family of dieters which was awesome(!) until it went away. And so began her weight management saga. Ultimately though, Jenn learned the nutrition education we’re all supposed to know but no one ever taught us. This completely changed her life and allowed her to say she “kicked her food issues.” From then, Jenn set-out on a mission to pay it forward and help people help themselves. After over a decade of working with clients, Jenn started Salad with a Side of Fries podcast. Based on science, yet lighthearted, Jenn talks about living life while still making ourselves and our health a priority.
“The big thing in understanding all of it and relearning or maybe learning for the first time about food and the human body is that it’s all chemical. You are not a failure. Your cravings are chemical. Your willpower is actually chemical. We've been told that we've failed. We haven't failed. Every diet out there, every plan out there has failed us.” - Jenn Trepeck
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Jenn’s Website
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Jenn’s Instagram: @jenntrepeck
In this podcast episode, I’m joined by Jamie Scrimgeour, a stepmom and host of The Kick Ass Stepmom Podcast. We discuss Jamie's journey as a stepmom and the lessons that can be applied to relationships in general. Jamie shares her experiences as a stepmom and how she started her blog and eventually turned it into a podcast, membership, and coaching business. She reflects on her own childhood and how it impacted her as a stepmom. We also discuss the challenges of being a stepmom and finding balance in blended families. Jamie emphasizes the importance of self-care and taking breaks from personal development. We also touch on the judgment and stigma surrounding step-parenting and the pressures of being a content creator.
“If you focus so much on the things that you don't have control over, you lose sight of all that you do.” - Jamie Scrimgeour
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Jamie’s Website
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Jamie’s Instagram: @jamiescrimgeour
Jamie’s Community
Ep 78 Libby Ward
Christie’s Interview on The KICK-ASS Stepmom Podcast
In this podcast episode, Gina Gersh, a sleep consultant and mother of four, discusses various topics related to sleep issues and parenting with the assistant. They talk about the upcoming time change and how it can affect sleep routines, emphasizing the importance of flexibility and managing expectations. They also discuss the challenges of juggling multiple children's needs and the importance of self-care for moms. Gina shares her personal experiences with anxiety and sleep issues and highlights the value of support for new moms. They also touch on the importance of accepting help and seeking assistance when needed. Gina explains her work as a sleep consultant and her goal of empowering families to handle sleep challenges independently.
“If you have a routine in place and you have everything set, then veering off here and there is going to make it a lot easier to come back.” - Gina Gersh
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Gina’s Website
Gina’s Instagram: @lulla.by.gina
Ep 99 Gina Gersh
Ep 135 Abbey Williams
In this podcast episode, Wendy Snyder, a positive parenting educator and family life coach, discusses her perspective on the Nashville school shooting and how to cope with fear and anger in the community. She emphasizes the importance of emotional literacy and understanding emotions before taking action. Wendy shares her experience as a parent of a strong-willed child and highlights the significance of self-acceptance and self-compassion in creating positive change. She encourages parents to approach parenting with curiosity and self-reflection, and offers resources on her website for those interested in learning more.
"I'm doing a great job, my kids are alive, I'm learning, I'm growing, I'm going to figure this out, I can do this. That's what self-compassion and awareness looks like." - Wendy Snyder
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Wendy’s Website
Wendy’s Podcast
Wendy’s Instagram: @freshstartwendy
Wendy’s Free Resources
In this solo episode, I reflect on the impact of the pandemic on mothers, sharing my own experience and struggles. I share my thoughts and reflections on the previous episode with Danielle Smith, including her work with moms married to first responders. This episode is part of the month-long series on Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Mental Health.
"I look back on it now and my jaw drops. It's unbelievable what mothers did during the pandemic." - Christie Rocha
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Ep 14 Renee Reina
Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Mental Health Series
Ep 157 Dr. Nicole Rankins, Board Certified OB/GYN
Ep 158 Christie Rocha, My Pregnancy & Mental Health Experience
Ep 159 Kristine McGlinchey, Intuitive Mentor
Ep 160 Christie Rocha, My First Oracle Card Experience
Ep 161 Melissa Fairhurst, Maternal Mental Health Therapist
Ep 162 Christie Rocha, The Advice I Wish I Received
Ep 163 Danielle Smith, Certified Perinatal Professional
Danielle Smith, a licensed mental health therapist and certified perinatal professional, is on the show today. We discuss Danielle's journey into the mental health field, her personal experience as a new mother during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the challenges faced by new mothers. Danielle shares her decision to specialize in perinatal mental health and how her own experience as a first-time mother influenced her career path. We also discuss the impact of the pandemic on motherhood, the shift in identity that comes with motherhood, and the importance of addressing mental health concerns during the perinatal period. Danielle also shares her inspiration for creating a coaching program for first responder wives.This episode is part of a month-long series focused on motherhood, pregnancy, and mental health.
"It's okay if you say this is hard. It's okay if you're not feeling that insane attachment or intuition. With help, with support, like it truly can get better and you really can actually enjoy this stage of life." - Danielle Smith
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Ep 101 Dr. Cassidy Freitas
Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Mental Health Series:
Ep 157 Dr. Nicole Rankins, Board Certified OB/GYN
Ep 158 Christie Rocha, My Pregnancy & Mental Health Experience
Ep 159 Kristine McGlinchey, Intuitive Mentor
Ep 160 Christie Rocha, My First Oracle Card Experience
Ep 161 Melissa Fairhurst, Maternal Mental Health Therapist
Ep 162 Christie Rocha, The Advice I Wish I Received
In this solo episode, I reflect on my experiences and challenges of motherhood, pregnancy, and mental health. I discuss the changes that occur in a relationship after having children, the pressure to "bounce back" after giving birth, and the difficulties of balancing work and motherhood. I also talk about the emotional challenges of becoming a mother and the importance of support during this transition. I emphasize the need for self-care and prioritizing wellness. This show is a follow-up to the previous episode with Melissa Fairhurst and is part of a month-long series on Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Mental Health.
“I wish someone would have prepared me for what it would be like to not 'bounce back.' I fully expected to do it. I fully expected to pressure myself and hate myself into bouncing back, and I was not prepared at all to not succeed.” - Christie Rocha
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Melissa on PsychologyToday.com
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Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Mental Health Series:
Ep 157 Dr. Nicole Rankins, Board Certified OB/GYN
Ep 158 Christie Rocha, My Pregnancy & Mental Health Experience
Ep 159 Kristine McGlinchey, Intuitive Mentor
Ep 160 Christie Rocha, My First Oracle Card Experience
Ep 161 Melissa Fairhurst, Maternal Mental Health Therapist
In this podcast episode, Melissa Fairhurst, a therapist specializing in maternal mental health, shares her journey towards becoming a therapist and her passion for helping others. She discusses her background, including being the youngest and only girl in her family, and how it shaped her. Melissa also talks about her specialization in maternal mental health and the experiences that led her to focus on supporting expecting and postpartum moms. The conversation touches on topics such as self-awareness, the challenges of motherhood, the importance of support, and the need for education and awareness about perinatal mental health. Melissa offers advice for moms and emphasizes the importance of self-care and seeking help when needed. This episode is part of a month-long series on Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Mental Health.
“Even if you don't fit the criteria of postpartum anxiety or postpartum depression, it doesn't mean that you still don't need a place to put whatever you're feeling. You don't need a diagnosis to get help.” - Melissa Fairhurst
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Melissa on PsychologyToday.com
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Ep 90 Meredith Huck
How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn
Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Mental Health Series:
Ep 157 Dr. Nicole Rankins, Board Certified OB/GYN
Ep 158 Christie Rocha, My Pregnancy & Mental Health Experience
Ep 159 Kristine McGlinchey, Intuitive Mentor
Ep 160 Christie Rocha, My First Oracle Card Experience
In this solo show, I share my reflections on the previous episode with Kristine McGlinchey, discussing motherhood, pregnancy, and mental health. I talk about my experiences with intuitive mentors and readings, as well as the concept of Spirit Babies and the belief in a higher power guiding our paths. I also share what happened when I used an oracle deck for the first time! I share the readings and interpretations of the messages, and reflect on the relevance of these messages to my life.
“When we connect to spirit guides, when we meditate, when we get a reading, when we go to therapy, or when we just go for a walk, what we're really doing is connecting to our higher selves.” - Christie Rocha
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Kristine’s Website
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Ep 69 Marisa Lonic
Work Your Light Oracle Cards: A 44-Card Deck and Guidebook by Rebecca Campbell
Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Mental Health
Ep 157 Dr. Nicole Rankins, Board Certified OB/GYN
Ep 158 Christie Rocha, My Pregnancy & Mental Health Experience
Ep 159 Kristine McGlinchey, Intuitive Mentor
Are you struggling to conceive the life of your dreams? Do you feel blocked by limiting beliefs and societal pressures? In this podcast, intuitive teacher and energy healer Kristine McGlinchey shares her personal journey of healing and how she helps women overcome deep wounds and fears around femininity and motherhood. Kristine emphasizes the importance of intentional practice and inner work in the conception process, similar to manifestation. She also discusses the role of spirit guides, tarot cards, and the Akashic Records in helping individuals reach their full potential. Kristine's work and community aim to provide practical and spiritual tools to make motherhood easier and more fulfilling. Listen now to learn how you can trust your intuition and find your own way in motherhood and life.
“We look at ourselves and we're like ‘Why am I so depressed? Why do I miss who I used to be?’ And we try to bypass the experience, but when we can sit with it, when we can really feel it, that makes a big difference." - Kristine McGlinchey
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Om Mammas Community
Journey of Souls by Michael Newton
Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss
The Universe Has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein
Spirit Babies by Walter Makichen
Ep 69 Marisa Lonic
Work Your Light Oracle Cards: A 44-Card Deck and Guidebook by Rebecca Campbell
Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Mental Health:
Ep 157 Dr. Nicole Rankins, Board Certified OB/GYN
Ep 158 Christie Rocha, My Pregnancy & Mental Health Experience
Join me as I share my personal journey of pregnancy, childbirth, and the power of trust and self-awareness. While childbirth brought anxiety, it was a healthy angst. I emphasize the importance of self-reflection and meeting individual needs. No matter how birth unfolds, there is no failure on the mother's part. Postpartum emotions may differ from expectations, and seeking mental health support is crucial. This episode is a follow-up to episode 157 with Dr. Nicole Rankins and is part of a month-long series on Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Mental Health.
“Being pregnant is enough of a reason to seek out mental health support from a therapist.” - Christie Rocha
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Ep 157 Dr. Nicole Rankins
Ep 26 Self-Care with Sass: Pregnancy & Body
Dr. Nicole’s Website
Dr. Nicole’s Podcast
Dr. Nicole’s Instagram: @drnicolerankins
Dr. Nicole’s The Birth Preparation Course
Dr. Nicole’s Birth Plan Course
Have you ever wondered how doctors cope with the emotional toll of delivering babies, especially in traumatic situations? In this podcast, OB-GYN Dr. Nicole Rankins shares her experiences and advice for new doctors entering the field. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing doctors and nurses as human beings with emotions, and offers tips such as therapy, journaling, and reaching out to others for support. Dr. Nicole also discusses the concept of birth plans and their limitations, encouraging pregnant women to educate themselves and be active participants in the birth process. Her advice centers around being informed, empowered, and compassionate towards oneself throughout the pregnancy and birth experience.
“The only predictable thing about birth is that it's unpredictable.” - Dr. Nicole Rankins
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Dr. Nicole’s The Birth Preparation Course
Dr. Nicole’s Birth Plan Course
Dr. Nicole on the You, The Mother podcast
In this final solo show of the month's series on Marriage, Intimacy, and Mental Health, I reflect on the recent episode with Dr. Christie Kederian, discussing matchmaking and relationship advice. I discuss the importance of individual inner work in improving relationships and my personal experiences of questioning, resentment, and eventual empowerment through therapy. I explore the concept of chemistry and the impact of therapy in bringing subconscious dynamics to the surface and how it ultimately influences my relationships.
“In my experience in therapy, whenever my marriage was a topic of discussion, I went from ‘Is it enough for my marriage that I am the only one in therapy?’ to ‘Why am I the one in therapy? Why am I doing all of the work?’ to ‘Holy cow, this is incredible, I get to do all this work on myself and it helps my marriage and this is SO cool.’ From questioning to resentment to empowerment.” - Christie Rocha
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Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
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Dr. Christie’s Instagram: @thedatedoctorchristie
Marriage, Intimacy, and Mental Health Series:
Ep 149 Dr. Morgan Anderson, Attachment Theory Expert
Ep 150 Christie Rocha, My Attachment Styles
Ep 151 Dr. Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, Relational & Sexual Communications Professor
Ep 152 Christie Rocha, Reclaiming Personal Pleasure
Ep 153 Dr. Lexx Brown-James, Sex Therapist
Ep 154 Christie Rocha, Truth vs Honesty
Ep 155 Dr. Christie Kederian, Matchmaker, LMFT, and Relationship Coach
Dr. Christie Kederian is a renowned relationship expert who specializes in helping clients create lives they love and find love they deserve. With an extensive career as a professional matchmaker and relationship expert for eHarmony and Match.com affiliate company, Dr. Christie has helped thousands of people create lives they love and find love they deserve. She is a “Triple Trojan” receiving her Bachelor’s, Master’s & doctoral degree at the University of Southern California in Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy. We discuss matchmaking and hot topics like, “Do opposites really attract?”, “What is chemistry?”, “What are really the hardest years in marriage?” and “What are some relationship red flags?” We also discuss self-awareness and best practices for maintaining a healthy, loving relationship.
“Knowing yourself really well is the key to healthy relationships: attracting them, building them, creating them.” - Dr. Christie Kederian
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Armenian Matchmaking
More Information on Neil Clark Warren
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Marriage, Intimacy, and Mental Health Series:
Ep 149 Dr. Morgan Anderson, Attachment Theory Expert
Ep 150 Christie Rocha, My Attachment Styles
Ep 151 Dr. Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, Relational & Sexual Communications Professor
Ep 152 Christie Rocha, Reclaiming Personal Pleasure
Ep 153 Dr. Lexx Brown-James, Sex Therapist
Ep 154 Christie Rocha, Truth vs Honesty
On this solo show I share my thoughts on what it means to fight fair, how to deepen connection in marriage, and how to handle mental health challenges within the context of an intimate relationship. These reflections are based on my interview on the previous episode 153 with Dr. Lexx Brown-James, sex therapist, educator, and media consultant. It is also part of a month-long series focused on Marriage, Intimacy, and Mental Health. Tune into the episode for more details!
“Arguing is not a skill we are taught and in my experience, doing it the wrong way or unfairly can really take your relationships down paths that are tough to recover from.” - Christie Rocha
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Dr. Lexx’s Website
Dr. Lexx’s Instagram: @lexxsexdoc
Dr. Lexx’s Column on SheKnows.com
Marriage, Intimacy, and Mental Health Series:
Ep 149 Dr. Morgan Anderson, Attachment Theory Expert
Ep 150 Christie Rocha, My Attachment Styles
Ep 151 Dr. Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, Relational & Sexual Communications Professor
Ep 152 Christie Rocha, Reclaiming Personal Pleasure
Ep 153 Dr. Lexx Brown-James, Sex Therapist
Dr. Lexx Brown-James is a sex therapist, educator, and media consultant. The #CouplesClinician runs The Institute for Sexuality and Intimacy, LLC and is an Amazon best-selling author twice over! She is passionate about helping others build, maintain, and perpetuate true relationship intimacy with #shamefreesexed. We discuss vulnerability in relationships, the difference between truth and honesty, common challenges people face when it comes to building and maintaining true relationship intimacy, and shame-free sex ed. We also talk about how to address mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety within the context of sexual and intimate relationships.
“Pleasure isn’t necessarily a morally good or bad word. And it’s not inherently sexy and about intercourse..it really is a word to say that we’re not put on this earth to suffer.” - Dr. Lexx Brown-James
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Dr. Lexx’s Website
Dr. Lexx’s Instagram: @lexxsexdoc
Dr. Lexx’s Column on SheKnows.com
Dr. Lexx on Dr. Joy’s Podcast Therapy for Black Girls
Ep 114 Dr. Juliana Hauser
Ep 139 Sarah Wallace
Marriage, Intimacy, and Mental Health Series:
Ep 149 Dr. Morgan Anderson, Attachment Theory Expert
Ep 150 Christie Rocha, My Attachment Styles
Ep 151 Dr. Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, Relational & Sexual Communications Professor
Ep 152 Christie Rocha, Reclaiming Personal Pleasure
On this solo show I share my reflections on my conversation from episode 151 with Dr. Tara. I delve into the depths of my own experiences with body image issues, influencing my sexual confidence and self-esteem. Discovering the significance of prioritizing pleasure and rewriting societal narratives around joy, pleasure, and sexuality for women and mothers. This episode is part of a month-long series on marriage, intimacy, and mental health.
“Putting sexual confidence, sexual self-esteem, pleasure, and exploration higher on the list is the new vibe. Are you with me? ” - Christie Rocha
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Dr. Tara’s Instagram: @luvbites.co
Dr. Tara’s TikTok: @luvbites.co
Dr. Tara’s Podcast
Dr. Tara’s Website
Dr. Tara’s Sexual Meditations
Dr. Tara’s TedX Talk
Marriage, Intimacy, and Mental Health Series:
Ep 149 Dr. Morgan Anderson, Attachment Theory Expert
Ep 150 Christie Rocha, My Attachment Styles
Ep 151 Dr. Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, Relational & Sexual Communications Professor
Dr. Tara Suwinyattichaiporn is a renowned tenured professor of relational and sexual communication at California State University Fullerton. Dr. Tara's impressive credentials include being an award-winning researcher, a sex and relationship coach, and the host of the Luvbites by Dr. Tara Podcast, dedicated to exploring sexual wellness and sexploration. With the mission to normalize discussions around sex, Dr. Tara provides valuable insights and coaching to help individuals live more passionate, sexually fulfilled lives through improved confidence and communication. Join us in this episode as we delve into Dr. Tara's impactful work, explore her upbringing, and discuss important topics such as sexual confidence, self-esteem, and effective ways to communicate with our partners about sex.
“It’s literally never too late to prioritize your sexual wellness. At any point in your life you can start having multiple orgasms!!” - Dr. Tara Suwinyattichaiporn
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Dr. Tara’s Instagram: @luvbites.co
Dr. Tara’s TikTok: @luvbites.co
Dr. Tara’s Podcast
Dr. Tara’s Website
Dr. Tara’s Sexual Meditations
Dr. Tara’s TedX Talk
Marriage, Intimacy, and Mental Health Series:
Ep 149 Dr. Morgan Anderson, Attachment Theory Expert
Ep 150 Christie Rocha, My Attachment Styles
On this solo show I reflect on my interview with Dr. Morgan Anderson. I take a look at my own attachment styles, secure and anxious, and their impact on my relationships, my mental health, and my relation to these styles have evolved over time. This episode is part of a month-long series on marriage, intimacy, and mental health.
“I get anxious, I get depressed, I get overwhelmed, and while I am so grateful and appreciative that my husband supports me through those times, I feel like I weigh us down. I feel like this hurdle we have to overcome.” - Christie Rocha
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Dr. Morgan’s Instagram: @drmorgancoaching
Attachment Style Quiz
Marriage, Intimacy, and Mental Health:
Ep 149 Dr. Morgan Anderson
Therapist Dr. Morgan Anderson shares her personal story of childhood trauma, losing her mother at a young age, and struggling with relationships as a result. She discusses her journey towards healing and becoming a therapist, and how attachment theory transformed her life and relationships. Dr. Anderson explains the four attachment styles and how they impact romantic relationships, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and doing the work on oneself to show up as a securely attached individual in dating. She also discusses how to use dating apps intentionally and avoid being overwhelmed by them. Dr. Anderson shares details about her program, Empowered Secure Loved, which helps individuals become securely attached in their relationships.
“You're never too broken. It's never too late to have a completely different life. Your past does not determine your future and you really can heal and change.” - Dr. Morgan Anderson
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Dr. Morgan’s Coaching Program
Attachment Style Quiz
Shanna Nardone is a Certified Life Coach and the founder of Maternal Grove. Her work focuses on supporting busy moms (or any default parent) who are ready to make a positive change for themselves. As a woman, wife, mother of two, and entrepreneur, Shanna learned firsthand the importance of establishing healthy boundaries, creating the right support network, understanding herself, and getting comfortable advocating for herself. Her mission is to support other maternal figures in doing the same. We talk about mindset, personal growth, the maternal echo-chamber, and surrounding ourselves with people and communities that support us and our values.
“Because of the work I’ve done, I have changed in a lot of ways and I’ve grown in a lot of ways but I’m not ‘fixed’. There is no end point in which, 'everything is going to be great NOW' because new things are always going to happen.” - Shanna Nardone
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Ep 46 Shanna Nardone
Ep 66 Lina Forrestal
Colleen Ryan-Hensley is a Navy Veteran, Sexual Assault Survivor, Mental Health Expert, and Founder of #BingingSober, a rewards-based system that enables people to develop steps, habits, and beliefs that impact their vitality. She holds an advanced degree in performance psychology and spent 5-years with the team of cutting-edge researchers and clinicians at the University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for BrainHealth teaching High-Performance Cognitive Training to military veterans and their spouses and caregivers, active duty military, and first responders around the country. Colleen struggled with depression, alcohol abuse, and intermittent suicidal thoughts for over 20 years before she tamed her brain and turned her fight into her greatest asset. We discuss her overwhelmingly positive experience in the Navy, surviving sexual assault, and the years of healing she’s done since retirement. She also talks about how she developed #BingingSober, redefining mental toughness, and how you can apply what she’s learned to your life.
“#BingingSober is about turning habitual escapism into purposeful escape.” - Colleen Ryan-Hensley
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Colleen’s Website
Colleen’s Instagram: @colleenryanhensley
Binging Sober
On this solo show I am sharing my experience with cultivating my inner knowing, creating what I need, navigating hard seasons, and the mindset shifts that have come since starting the productivity, ambition, and mental health series on the show. I am sharing how each of the expert interviews have personally overlapped for me and how my reflections help me connect the dots to the previous episodes. These reflections are based on my interview on the previous episode with Dani Kenney, International Life & Business Coach. It is also part of a month-long series focused on Productivity, Ambition, and Mental Health. Tune into the episode for more details!
“I see you in those times of waiting, I see how hard it is to be in the ‘un-knowing.’ And this is why it is so important to cultivate your knowing so that when it calls to you, you can hear it, and you have the trust and confidence to act on it.” - Christie Rocha
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Dani’s Instagram: @danikenney
Productivity, Ambition, & Mental Health Series:
Ep 139 Sarah Wallace, Enneagram Expert
Ep 140 Christie Rocha, Type 3 Reflections
Ep 141 Sade Kelly, Time Management Coach
Ep 142 Christie Rocha, Time Management Mastery
Ep 143 Holly Marie Haynes, Business Strategist
Ep 144 Christie Rocha, CEO Mindset
Ep 145 Dani Kenney, Life & Business Coach
Dani Kenney is an International Life & Business Coach, Speaker and Certified Practitioner of NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming, EFT - Emotional Freedom Technique, TIME Techniques and Clinical Hypnotherapy. With over 10 years of experience in high-level business management and leadership, Dani is dedicated to helping heart-centered, female entrepreneurs like YOU master their energy and their mindset so they can make more money, make a bigger impact and create a life they are obsessed with! We talk about the connection between growing a business, energy work, and spirituality, cultivating your inner knowing, healing our inner children, and how to create momentum when you’re feeling stuck.
“Energy work was a catapult for my business but I actually didn’t DO anything different in my business. There was very little doing and it was more about clearing out the inner gunk. It was identifying the beliefs I was holding that were actually not in alignment with where I was going.” - Dani Kenney
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
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Dani’s Website
Dani’s Instagram: @danikenney
Dani’s Meditation Bundle
Productivity, Ambition, & Mental Health Series:
Ep 139 Sarah Wallace, Enneagram Expert
Ep 140 Christie Rocha, Type 3 Reflections
Ep 141 Sade Kelly, Time Management Coach
Ep 142 Christie Rocha, Time Management Mastery
Ep 143 Holly Marie Haynes, Business Strategist
Ep 144 Christie Rocha, CEO Mindset
On this solo show I am sharing my reflections on my conversation in episode 143 with Holly Marie Haynes. I am also sharing my learnings from Holly’s Free 5-Day CEO Week and her free podcast series on how to ditch the social media drama and build a business without the algorithm. This episode is part of a month-long series focused on Productivity, Ambition, and Mental Health. Tune into the episode for more details!
“I need to identify the emotional, tangible, life-priorities focused WHYs behind what I’m doing here because chasing money, chasing a number, clearly isn’t enough.” - Christie Rocha
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
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Holly’s Website
Holly’s Podcast
Holly’s Instagram: @thehollymariehaynes
Holly’s FREE 5-Day CEO Week Challenge
Holly’s FREE Private Podcast Series: Ditch the Social Drama
Holly’s Planner
Productivity, Ambition, & Mental Health Series:
Ep 139 Sarah Wallace, Enneagram Expert
Ep 140 Christie Rocha, Type 3 Reflections
Ep 141 Sade Kelly, Time Management Coach
Ep 142 Christie Rocha, Time Management Mastery
Ep 143 Holly Marie Haynes, Business Strategist
Holly Haynes helps female entrepreneurs create simple scaleable offers and systems to grow to multiple 6-figures without relying on the social algorithm. An industry expert and featured Thrive and Entrepreneur.com author with a 20-year business consulting background with Fortune 500 companies, Holly runs her strategic coaching business, the Crush the Rush Planner company, and hosts the top 100 Crush the Rush podcast while raising her twin daughters with her husband in Columbus, Ohio. We discuss how to create a life priorities based business, scaling in just 8-10 hours a week, theme days, her anti-social strategy, mindset, and SO much more.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
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Holly’s Website
Holly’s Podcast
Holly’s Instagram: @thehollymariehaynes
Holly’s FREE 5-Day CEO Week Challenge
Holly’s FREE Private Podcast Series: Ditch the Social Drama
Holly’s Planner
Productivity, Ambition, & Mental Health Series:
Ep 139 Sarah Wallace, Enneagram Expert
Ep 140 Christie Rocha, Type 3 Reflections
Ep 141 Sade Kelly, Time Management Coach
Ep 142 Christie Rocha, Time Management Mastery
On this solo show I am sharing the mindset shifts I’m learning to make when it comes to time management, routine-building, and habits. These reflections are based on my interview on the previous episode with Sade Kelly, Time Management Coach. It is also part of a month-long series focused on Productivity, Ambition, and Mental Health. Tune into the episode for more details!
“Sade is giving me permission to redefine time management and routines. Routines don’t have to be every day, they can be every week or month, and this is how I start to design my lifestyle.” - Christie Rocha
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
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Sade’s Website
Sade’s Instagram: @sadekelly_
Productivity, Ambition, & Mental Health Series:
Ep 139 Sarah Wallace, Enneagram Expert
Ep 140 Christie Rocha, Type 3 Reflections
Ep 141 Sade Kelly, Time Management Coach
Sade is the CEO & Founder of The Fire Inside, a time management coaching and content creation services company. As a Time Management Coach, she helps ambitious 9-5ers, side-hustlers, and full-time entrepreneurs manage their time, so they can achieve their professional & personal goals without sacrificing self-care. Sade believes that when you can learn to leverage your most valuable resource, your time, you can be and do anything you desire. Her coaching framework is designed to take you from overwhelmed and all over the place to organized, prosperous, and achieving your goals. Sade and I discuss mindset, pattern interruption, routine building, realistic time blocking, and defining consistency for ourselves.
“People struggle with consistency because they think consistency means 100% and I think we need to build ourselves up to that.” - Sade Kelly
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Sade’s Website
Sade’s Instagram: @sadekelly_
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Productivity, Ambition, & Mental Health Series:
Ep 139 Sarah Wallace, Enneagram Expert
Ep 140 Christie Rocha, Type 3 Reflections
On this solo show, I am sharing my reflections on being an Enneagram Type 3. I share what I’ve learned about my motives and core strategies for getting through life and how I've come to question which strategies serve me and which no longer serve me. These reflections are based on my interview on the previous episode with Sarah Wallace, Certified Enneagram Coach. It is also part of a month-long series focused on Productivity, Ambition, and Mental Health. Tune into the episode for more details!
“In motherhood particularly, as a Type 3, I’ve had to challenge my definition of success. No one is handing out a raise for wiping butts. No one is honoring me with an award for sleep training. I’ve had to redefine what it means to achieve.” - Christie Rocha
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
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Ep 139 with Sarah Wallace
The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
Christie’s Interview on Sarah’s Podcast
Ep 106 Christie Rocha: The Dr. Becky Experience
Ep 2 Chelsea Riffe
Ep 74 Adriana Keefe
Ep 102 Adriana Keefe
Sarah Wallace is a Certified Enneagram Coach, host of the Enneagram MBA podcast,
speaker, and workshop facilitator. With over 15 years in relationship building roles working with government agencies and companies like the US EPA, Federal Reserve Bank, John Deere, and adidas Outdoor, now small business owners, corporations, and event organizers work with Sarah to help them use the Enneagram to develop confident, empathetic, and emotionally intelligent leaders with powerful, productive, and happy teams. We discuss what the Enneagram is and perhaps more importantly, what it isn’t. We discuss how to utilize the Enneagram to get to know yourself and work more effectively at work, in life, and in your relationships.
“The Enneagram is not here to tell you who you are but to give you some insight into how you are approaching life, the lens you see the world through.” - Sarah Wallace
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Sarah’s Website
Understanding People: Enneagram Cheat Sheet
Sarah’s Instagram: @enneagrammba
Sarah’s Podcast
Sign Up to Join us for the LIVE Zoom Panel
Christie’s Interview on Sarah’s Podcast
Insight by Tasha Eurich
Beatrice Tokayer is an interior designer, founder of BRT Interior Design, and mom of 3. Her own son’s sensory needs fueled her curiosity and passion for designing spaces that help children live happier, healthier, and calmer lives. Seeing a greater need for sensory interior design, Beatrice has made it her mission to help families create home environments that allow every individual to express their true selves by being bold, refreshing, and tasteful while delivering on the utmost of comfort and functionality. Beatrice shares her motherhood story from postpartum depression to her sons’ ADHD and sensory processing disorders diagnoses. She also shares her personal growth story from living in several countries, being a child of immigrant parents to how she parents her kids and takes care of herself today.
“Life gives you lessons and it happens the way it’s supposed to happen. I could cry or I could say, ‘hand it over, I’ll deal with it.’” - Beatrice Tokayer
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Beatrice’s Website
Beatrice’s Instagram: @brtinteriordesign
Nancy Ganzekaufer Business Coach for Interior Designers
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza
Barb Hill is a writer and Licensed Mental Health Therapist who is passionate about supporting others in both their navigation of faith and mental health. In 2019, Barb founded Holding Space Counseling, a thriving group practice in Franklin, TN where she works as a trauma therapist as well as oversees and supervises other therapists in their clinical work. Barb calls Tennessee home, and lives in Nashville, TN with her pup Nash. Barb shares her journey to becoming a therapist, how she bridges the gap between faith and mental health, and the universal experience of waiting and all that it evokes in us.
“The circumstances of how our waiting unfolds and the fulfillment of our longings unfolds…it all matters. It’s not your fault. There’s nothing wrong with you.” - Barb Hill
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Barb’s Website
Barb’s Instagram: @barbs_hill
Barb’s Book
Barb’s Private Practice
Dr. Kristen Casey is clinical psychologist, published author, and content creator. She’s the founder and owner of a private practice and consultation company. Prior to her psychology career, she was an EMT for 5 years. Her clinical training focused on health psychology, which sparked her interest in sleep, anxiety, and dedication to utilizing modalities that are rooted in science and research. Dr. Casey is most known on social media for providing mental health and wellness content about insomnia, anxiety, and gender/sexuality concerns.
“If your soul is tired, sleep won’t fix it.” - Dr. Kristen Casey
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Kristen’s Website
Dr. Kristen’s Instagram: @drkristencasey
Dr. Kristen on TikTok: @drkristencasey
Dr. Kristen’s Book
Dr. Kristen on the Human First podcast
Abbey Williams is a behavioral health therapist, Founder of You, The Mother, Coach, and mother of 4. For 10 years, Abbey has provided direct clinical services to families as well as write and speak about various parenting and mental health topics. Abbey focuses on helping moms heal from motherhood identity issues, burnout, estrangement, and breaking generational trauma. She is the host of "You, The Mother Podcast," and has been featured by PopSugar, Parents, SheKnows, and Romper, and was named a top 50 parenting podcast by Podcast Magazine in 2022. We discuss Abbey’s story from young, single motherhood to coparenting to going no contact with her mother. She shares how she navigated these challenging situations which ultimately led her to turn her pain into purpose.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Abbey’s Website
Abbey’s Instagram: @youthemother
Abbey’s Podcast
The Estrangement Project
Abbey’s Weekly Check-In Template (Scroll to Blue Box labeled “Start Sharing the Load”
Costa Rica Retreat
Samantha Porter Grinney is the founder of Samantha’s West, a podcast and resource to
supply you with entertainment and interviews from philanthropic and entrepreneurial guests. Samantha’s West has evolved over the years and continues to do so as Samantha’s interests change and her family grows. She is a wife to an ER doctor, a step-mom to teenage twins, mom to her toddler West, and dog mom to Henry, who makes an appearance on the show today. In my opinion, Samantha is a freakin’ rockstar. We discuss her story from her family roots, to growing up and leaning into her Jewish heritage, to how she went from high fashion New York City girl to podcasting Florida mom pursuing philanthropic interests.
“I’ve been in therapy my whole life. It was never taboo in my family. We go to therapy, that’s what we do.” - Samantha Porter Grinney
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Samantha’s Instagram:
Samantha’s Podcast
Miss Sassafras with Christie Rocha (my episode on Samantha’s West)
Ep 119 Dr. Samara Toussaint
PJ Library
How to support this show: Buy Me a Coffee
Jenna Altman is a health and fitness coach and the CEO and Head Coach at Harvest Coaching. She is also the host of the Mindset, Metabolism, and Movement podcast. Jenna’s mission is to help active women find a healthy lifestyle that they can consistently show up for and to help them make decisions that align with their values and bodies. We discuss Jenna’s story: why she got into this work, and her journey of personal development, particularly as it relates to nutrition, health, and fitness. We discuss anxiety, the benefits of therapy, and the power of working with a coach. Jenna also shares the pillars of her coaching program: mindset, metabolism, and movement.
“If I kept following what everyone else was saying about how to manage anxiety, how to get healthy and do all the stuff, I would have never gotten to this place where I feel such an ownership over my journey as I do now.” - Jenna Altman
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Jenna’s Website
Jenna’s Instagram: @jennaraealtman
Jenna’s Podcast
Buy Me a Coffee
Mary Beth Somich is a licensed therapist with a group private practice located in North Carolina called Your Journey Through. She specializes in family dynamic work and is passionate about promoting modern mental health and making therapy accessible and relatable. She helps other therapists promote their own mental health platforms through expanding their reach on social media and building thriving private practices. We discuss the ethics of social media and being a therapist, the pillars of modern therapy, teen, college aged, and post grad mental health challenges, family dynamics, and enmeshment.
“If you care about someone, it’s important to set boundaries with them. Reframe it as, ‘boundaries are not scary, they are actually indicative of healthy relationships.’” - Mary Beth Somich
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Mary Beth’s Website
Mary Beth’s Instagram: @yourjourneythrough
Mary Beth’s Courses
Mary Beth’s Podcast
Ep 98 Maddie Spear
Ep 43 Heather Chauvin
Ep 1012 of Heather Chauvin’s podcast - 4 Steps on How to Create Your Next Level Vision
NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Lindsey Kaszuba is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Founder of Lindsey Kaszuba Health, and Creator of Health Club Collective. Lindsey guides her clients and members in creating healthy habits in the most simple way so they can feel great today and every day. She focuses on integrating health and lifestyle through nutrition, movement, mindset, and habit formation. Lindsey lives in New York City with her husband, two daughters, and Italian Greyhound. Lindsey and I have an amazing talk about habits, meditation, finding your passion, and understanding the role our minds play versus the role our bodies play in nutrition.
“Health and wellness is not a one size fits all approach, it’s just not. When I ditched all the rules, the unspoken diet culture, very toxic rules, that’s when I started feeling my best.” - Lindsey Kaszuba
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Lindsey’s Website
Lindsey’s Instagram: @lindseykaszubahealth
Ep 66 Lina Forrestal
Dr. Shannon Davis is a physical therapist, Certified Autism Specialist, CEO of Inspiration Physical Therapy Inc. She is also the CEO of InspiraSpark, where she developed and patented products called the Little Balance Box, a push toy and activity table and Hativity, interactive headwear. Dr. Shannon’s products have been mentioned on the Today Show, Parents, Creative Child Magazine, Mom’s Choice Awards, Mothering, Parent Guide News and US Weekly. She is also a military spouse and mom of 2 girls. We discuss her entry into motherhood, particularly as it relates to her husbands’ frequent deployments, and the work she does today. We discuss the mobility and communication connection in children, advocating for your children, sensory overload, and a holistic PT approach.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Shannon’s Website
Dr. Shannon’s Instagram: @drshannonpt
InspiraSpark Instagram: @inspiraspark
Dr. ShannonPT YouTube
InspiraSpark YouTube
Lauren Dorman is a Registered Dietitian, Nutrition Therapist, speaker, and advocate with 20 years of experience working with children and adults with disordered eating, emotional eating, body image, self-esteem, and eating disorders. Her mission is to improve your mental, physical, and emotional well-being. She has a private practice and consulting company called Don’t Diet Dietitian. She believes every person deserves access to a Registered Dietitian, who is an expert in nutrition science to navigate nutrition misinformation, teach sustainable health habits, and focus on a self-care behavioral approach to healing our relationship with food, body, and mind.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Lauren’s Instagram: @dont_diet_dietitian_
10 Ways to Practice Self-Care Through Nutrition
Ep 112 Dr. Morgan Francis
Ep 103 Stacy and Markus Naugel
Ep 81 Stacy & Markus Naugel
Ep 126 Christie Rocha
Help! My Doctor Keeps Telling Me to Lose Weight w/ Ragen Chastain
More Than A Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament by Lexie Kite
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
On this solo show I’m taking you behind the scenes of this show. I am sharing the mental blocks, reevaluations, and stuckness I’m feeling and why. And more importantly I am sharing the sequence of events, including the helping hands, that are slowly pulling me out of the mud! If you’re an entrepreneur, a content creator, or simply feeling stuck in one way or another this show is for you!
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Lindsey Kaszuba (airing soon!)
Ep 74 Adriana Keefe
Ep 102 Adriana Keefe
Ep 80 Megan Moran
Ep 43 Heather Chauvin
Amanda Wallace: @gotchamama
Ep 1012 of Heather Chauvin’s podcast - 4 Steps on How to Create Your Next Level Vision
Melanie Lockert is the founder of the blog and author of the book, "Dear Debt." Through her blog, Melanie chronicled her journey out of $81,000 in student loan debt. Her work has appeared on Allure, Business Insider, Credit Karma, Fortune, and more. She is also the co-founder of the Lola Retreat and host of the Mental Health and Wealth podcast. Melanie lives in Los Angeles and enjoys jazz music, traveling, coffee, and spending time with her two cats and partner. Today Melanie takes a look back at her childhood and talks about where she believes her money mindset in large part comes from, something she has not shared too much about publicly before. We talk about debt and depression, the connection between money and identity and how her story of debt to debt-free impacts other areas of her life. We also get into higher education, student loans, and so much more.
“It’s clear that your mental health affects the way you approach money. And it’s very clear that your financial situation affects your mental health. I’ve seen it both ways.” - Melanie Lockert
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Melanie’s Website
Melanie’s Instagram: @melanie.lockert
Melanie’s Podcast
Melanie’s Book
Resources Melanie Mentioned:
Overcoming Underearning(R): A Five-Step Plan to a Richer Life by Barbara Stanny
I Will Teach You To Be Rich Podcast
On this solo show I am sharing the two planners I am using to help me with my goals and wellness. I am also sharing the most recent bout of sickness to come through our house and what it’s taught me about the goals I set for myself. And I continue to chip away at manifesting and mindset. I share what a recent therapy session revealed about my mindset and how to fix it.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Oprah’s The Life You Want Planner
The Phoenix Journal
Ep 44 Dr. Jisun Sunny Fisher
Ep 102 Adriana Keefe
Meredith Masony is the founder of That's Inappropriate, an online parenting community with over four million followers across social platforms, where members can talk about the parenting experiences they love, hate, and everything in between. Meredith is a former teacher, and has spoken at women’s and social media conferences including Dad 2.0, Mom 2.0, and Start Loving You. She is the author of Scoop the Poop and Ask Me What’s for Dinner One More Time. Meredith, Dena Blizzard, and Tiffany Jenkins took their comedy out on the road last year for the My Name is Not Mom live tour. Meredith is married to her best friend Dave, who is now her business partner. They live in Florida with their three children, two dogs…and some new kittens.
“Being a mom is one part of what you do, being a wife is one part of what you do…what does Christie want to do? What does Meredith want to do? You’re allowed to be you because you have a name and your name is not mom.” - Meredith Masony
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Meredith’s Website
That’s Inappropriate Website
Meredith’s Instagram:@thats_inappropriate
Meredith’s Facebook Community
On this solo show I am sharing my continued thoughts on self-development and what I’ve learned over the course of my multiple year long journey. I connect my learnings to and reflect on my latest read, Your Brain is Always Listening: Tame the Hidden Dragons That Control Your Happiness, Habits, and Hang-Ups by Dr. Daniel Amen.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Ep 122 Christie Rocha: My NEW Definition of Self-Care
Your Brain is Always Listening: Tame the Hidden Dragons That Control Your Happiness, Habits, and Hang-Ups by Dr. Daniel Amen
Find Out Your Dragons!
Michelle Tangeman is a child and family therapist, creator of Thriving Toddler, co-host of the Parenting Understood podcast, and a mom of 2! Michelle has extensive experience in individualized behavior intervention, Functional Behavior Assessments, school-based services, family-focused intervention, early start services, and social skills training and has provided these services to families across Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Her online education company, Thriving Toddler, offers courses and free resources, aimed to help as many people as possible become the parents they want to be. We discuss Michelle’s childhood trauma and its impact on her work and motherhood journey. We discuss toddlers, tantrums, and cultivating emotional intelligence from a young age.
“When it comes to toddler tantrums, the number 1 thing is DO NOT take it personally. It's not about you. Period. End of story.” - Michelle Tangeman
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Michelle's Website
Thriving Toddler Website
Michelle's Podcast
Michelle’s Instagram: @thriving.toddler
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
On this solo show I am reflecting on an episode I published one year ago about self-care and how my definition of self-care has changed over the last year. I also share the details on my self-care challenge to help us kick off the New Year taking care of ourselves!
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Ep 24 Self-Care with S.A.S.S.
Self-Care with S.A.S.S. 5-Day Free Challenge
Ep 94 Tara Brunet
Ep 111 Jessi Jean
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
Lindsay Fleming is a therapist specializing in children, teens, and young adults with a focus on anxiety and ADHD. In addition to being a therapist, Lindsay is a mental health advocate with a research-based presence on TikTok. Tune in to hear what she has to say about social media, the struggles teens face, and the importance of countering mental health misinformation.
“There’s a lot of misinformation on social media. A lot of people in the field say ‘yes, be on social media’ and others in the field say ‘that’s not our place.’ My opinion is that people are going to be out there talking about it—we might as well have someone who’s licensed in the mix.” - Lindsay Fleming
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Lindsay’s Website
Lindsay’s TikTok: @lindsay.fleminglpc
Lindsay’s Instagram: @lindsay.fleminglpc
Taran Conwell is the host of The Undomestic Mom Podcast and an encourager of free-time! She helps millennial moms look into all facets of motherhood and the hurdles it presents to our self-care. Taran is also a mom of 3 and married to her high school sweetheart. We discuss her transition from nanny to stay-at-home mom, how couples therapy has helped her marriage, and a look at mental health and content creation.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Taran’s Website
Taran’s Podcast
Taran’s Instagram: @undomesticmom
Mother’s Helper Cheat Sheet
Dr. Samara Toussaint is an experienced School Psychologist and founder of Path2Growth Counseling Services. She is skilled in Crisis Intervention, Psychological Assessment, Applied Behavior Analysis, Interventions, and Child Development. Dr. T shares her experience growing up in a primarily Haitian and religious community and how that influences her work today. We discuss the impact of the Haitian earthquake on women’s mental health and the “strong Black woman” identity. We also discuss Dr. T’s G.R.O.W.T.H method and so much more!
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. T’s Website
Dr. T’s Instagram: @growthwithdrtoussaint
Previous Sass Says Show Mentioned:
Ep 110 Dr. Quincee Gideon
Ep 7 Dr. Holly Sawyer
My last two solo shows have talked about the stress of the holidays, the end of the year, and the endless rounds of sickness going around my house. One episode talked about how I’ve learned to better cope over the years, the other episode talked about the areas in which I’m still struggling, and this episode is about the decision I’ve made for this show for the sake of my mental health.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Ep 64 Amanda Gurman
On this solo show I am airing some grievances with motherhood and the pressure and overwhelm of the holiday season. I reflect on aspects of my Thanksgiving weekend as well as how difficult the transition back to reality was following a weekend away.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Do the holidays get you stressed? Yeah, me too. On this solo show I am sharing some of the strategies I’ve learned over the last few years to better cope.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Arianna Bradford is an ADHD Productivity Coach, writer, and speaker whose focus is helping people better understand their brains through productivity. After her own diagnosis of ADHD in 2021, she’s made it a point to ensure that those like her know they are not alone and that their brains simply need to be worked WITH, not against. Arianna has regularly had work featured in Mabel + Moxie, HuffPost Parents, Today Parents, and Medium. Her book, SHAME ON YOU: Big Truths From a Bad Mom has regularly gained accolades and positive attention from others in her field. She lives in Costa Rica with her husband and two children. Arianna takes me through the story of ADHD in her household…from her son’s diagnosis to her own. We talk about ADHD and social media, how the ADHD brain works, and the strategies and mindset shifts she’s implemented in her own life and the lives of her clients.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Arianna’s Website
Arianna’s Instagram: @adhdprod
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 107 Amanda Petrik-Gardner
Dr. Juliana Hauser is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a counselor with a Ph.D. in counseling education. For 20 years, she’s worked with clients to help them manage relationships, sexuality, confidence, infertility, and more. Her work has been featured in Oprah, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Women's Health, The Discovery Channel, Martha Stewart, and Shape (among others). Her flagship courses include REVEALED: Uncovering your Sexual Story, REVEALED International Facilitation Certification, Be Your Own (S)expert and The Wanting. She’s also a writer and thought-leader, and she speaks to audiences around the world. We discuss sexual agency, holistic sexuality, and parenting advice on introducing sexuality concepts to our kids.
“I feel that sexuality is a final frontier of self-development. So if you want to know who you are, know who you are as a sexual being.” Dr. Juliana Hauser
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Juliana’s Website
Dr. Juliana’s Instagram: @drjulianahauser
Dr. Juliana’s Programs & Courses
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 33 Dr. Kristie Overstreet
Ep 57 Dr. Melissa Donahue
Ep 61 Dr. Lea Lis
In this solo episode I am sharing my advice on how to support a loved one struggling with mental health. I am sharing from my perspective as someone who occasionally struggles with anxiety and depression as well as taking some pointers from past guests. These tips may not work for everyone. Let me know what works for you!
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 85 Sunni Von Mutius
Ep 106 The Dr. Becky Experience
Dr. Morgan Francis is a Doctor of Clinical Psychology and a Licensed Mental Health Therapist. She is the owner of Scottsdale Premier Counseling and specializes in the treatment of body image, eating disorders, relationships, sexual health, and grief. Her mission is to break through the mental health shame game. Dr. Morgan is a mother to three children and resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with her husband of eleven years. Dr. Morgan shares the story of her brother’s tragic death at just 20 years old and how grieving his loss impacts her life and the work she does today. We also talk about body grief, self-compassion, what we can do to break food and body cycles for our kids, how we unpack the feelings that are beneath our desire to be thin.
“If we really want to help our children, we have to start with ourselves. We cannot expect our children to be body confident if we are insecure and dieting our bodies away. It won’t work.” - Dr. Morgan Francis
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Morgan’s Website
Dr. Morgan’s Instagram: @drmorganfrancis
Mindful Messages (text messages from Dr. Morgan)
10 Ways To Gain Body Confidence
Dr. Morgan’s Courses: Bye Bye Body Blame & Loving Yourself Through Loss
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating By Christy Harrison
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
The Maintenance Phase Podcast
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 111 Jessi Jean
Jessi Jean turned her decade long struggle with food and body into her mission. She helps women all around the world end the fight with food and find confidence in their skin so they can live in complete freedom. Jessi studied to become a Mind Body Eating Coach, partnered with a Licensed Professional Counselor and created the Food Freedom Online Program. She is also the host of the Dear Body Podcast and has a social media following of over 170K. Today Jessi shares some of her story and how she overcame her struggles with food and body image. We talk about the levels of healing, the impact of our visual social media diet on our physical and mental health, and the idea of mental pivoting. Jessi also shares her take on willpower, attention-seeking adults, and protecting our peace.
“There are levels to this and layers to healing but I think getting to a point where you’re no longer triggered into binge and emotionally eating is entirely possible.” - Jessi Jean
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Jessi’s Website
Jessi’s Instagram: @jessijeannn
Jessi’s Food Freedom Online Program
Jessi’s Podcast
Jessi’s Episode on the Squats and Margarita’s Podcast
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 4 Erin Washington
Ep 94 Tara Brunet
Dr. Quincee Gideon is a psychologist, educator, and expert in trauma recovery and post-traumatic growth. She is particularly interested in advocating for healthy boundaries, self-discovery and challenging our own inner shame. Over the years Dr. Quincee developed a specialization in codependency, how trauma impacts the brain and body, cults, and religious trauma. On the show we discuss religious trauma, cult trauma, what constitutes a cult, why a person would get involved with a cult, and so on. Dr. Quincee also shares her story of coming from a very religious upbringing to taking missionary trips to Africa and all the pieces of the puzzle that led to the work she does now.
“You should always be able to leave a group, no matter what.” - Dr. Quincee Gideon
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Quincee’s Website
Dr. Quincee’s Instagram: @drquincee
Religious Trauma Recovery Membership
Training for Therapists on Religious Trauma
Religious & Cult Trauma Coaching
Dr. Quincee’s Podcast
One Love Foundation
Sounds Like a Cult Podcast: The Cult of Instagram Therapists
Bryana Kappadakunnel is a LMFT, an Infant-Family Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, and a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist-Certified. She is also the owner & voice behind Conscious Mommy. Since 2011, Bryana has worked exclusively with families with very young children to navigate challenges related to child development, behavioral & emotional issues, attachment problems, and trauma. Her approach is unique in that she works primarily with parents by helping them discover their child’s nervous system and developmental needs. Parents also learn how to regulate their own triggered reactions and discover more self-control and self-compassion. Bryana is also a mom of 2 young children, and lives with her spouse in Southern California. Bryana shares the story of her childhood trauma, specifically around her relationship with her mother. She shares how her childhood impacts her own motherhood journey and influences the work she does today. We also talk about conscious parenting - how it differs from gentle parenting - and the key elements that set Bryana’s philosophy apart from all other parenting strategies.
“I believe that acceptance of the child really begins with the self-acceptance that many of us are still navigating toward and really embracing.” - Bryana Kappadakunnel
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Christie’s YouTube Channel
Bryana’s Website
Bryana’s Instagram: @consciousmommy
Bryana’s YouTube Channel
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 93 Shonda Moralis
Nellie Harden is a Family Life & Leadership Coach who focuses on helping families with teen daughters stop wasting time and energy in power struggles and raise confident, wise, and respectful young women that know their worth and are actually ready for the world! She is a wife and mom to 4 daughters, author, speaker, podcaster, retired homeschooling parent and adventure chaser. Today Nellie shares her story: how her childhood impacts her work today, how the traumas and challenges in her life have shaped her parenting perspective, unpacking the oldest daughter trope, and growing up in a blended family. We talk about the 5 C’s of communication with tweens and teens and the biological differences in development between teen boys and girls.
“Never accept ‘fine.’ I call ‘fine’ the F-word because ‘fine’ could mean terrible or ‘fine’ could mean I’m great.” - Nellie Harden
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Nellie’s Website
Nellie’s Instagram: @nellieharden
Nellie’s Podcast
5 Things Your Daughter Needs
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 105 Ashley Rodrigues
Amanda Petrik-Gardner is a LPC who specializes in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, including OCD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Hoarding, and Body Focused Repetitive Behavior Disorder. Amanda is the creator of the OCD Exposure Coloring Books and is on the board for OCD Kansas, an affiliate of the IOCDF (International OCD Foundation). She also shares her expertise on social media to her combined 65K+ followers. Today Amanda breaks down all of the above mentioned disorders: the signs and symptoms, how to get help, and how each of these disorders can manifest. Amanda also talks about social media: her perspective and experience as well as our collective experience with normalizing conversation around mental health and the areas we can still improve upon.
“We don’t do this in the physical health field. We don’t say, ‘I’m so cancer, I’m so diabetes, I’m so coronary heart disease…’ but with mental health you hear this all the time: ‘I’m so OCD, I’m so ADHD’ and it’s so harmful.” - Amanda Petrik-Gardner
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Amanda’s Website
Amanda’s Instagram: @anxietyocdtreatment
Amanda’s Tiktok: @anxietyocdtreatment
Amanda’s OCD Coloring Books
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 17 Jenna Overbaugh
Ep 97 Madina Alam
This solo show is all about my experience meeting Dr. Becky Kennedy! I’ve followed Dr. Becky on social media since the beginning of the pandemic and she is an inspiration to me as a mom, businesswoman, mental health advocate, and empire builder! Today I share my mental state leading up to the event and the events that have transpired and impacted my mindset since. I also share the details of a recent depressive episode and what I believe is my most “toxic trait.”
“I need to step into my Dr. Becky era and be convicted in this feeling that I want more.” - Christie Rocha
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Becky’s Website
Dr. Becky’s Book
Dr. Becky’s Instagram: @drbeckyatgoodinside
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 102 Adriana Keefe
Ep 105 Ashley Rodrigues
Ashley Rodrigues is a Perinatal Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate in Denver, Colorado. Ashley is an educator, speaker, and licensed therapist who believes growth is achieved through empowerment and education. She currently practices in the beautiful city of Denver and provides face to face and virtual support for therapy in the state of Colorado. For those residing outside the state of Colorado, Ashley offers virtual workshops and coaching groups. Ashley shares her pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood story. She shares how her pregnancies differed and her experience around pregnancy loss. We talk about navigating the healthcare system during and after pregnancy and identity changes in motherhood.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Ashley’s Website
Ashley’s Instagram: @ashleyrodrigueswellness
Joanna Townsend is a licensed psychotherapist based in Bozeman, Montana and the owner of Root & Rise, a modern and inclusive mental wellness practice for millennials. Joanna brings her true self and inner nerd to the therapy space. She specializes in the areas of anxiety, perfectionism, self-worth, life transitions, burn out, eating disorder recovery, and is a big advocate of feeling all the feels, authenticity, self-compassion, and letting go of shame. We discuss self-compassion and self-acceptance - what they mean, what they don’t mean, and how to start and elevate our self-compassion practices. We talk about perfectionism and people-pleasing and how both can relate to a lack of self-compassion. Joanna talks about enoughness for women, for millennials, for content creators, and so much more.
“Comparison is natural and normal, it’s in our wiring, but our relationship to it can either create wounds to our self-worth or be a source of inspiration and connection.” - Joanna Townsend
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Joanna’s Website
Joanna’s Instagram: @joannatalksfeelings
Joanna’s Feeling Feelings Course
Joanna’s Newsletter
Stacy & Markus Naugle are back! This husband and wife team are high-performance health consultants who help excellence-driven people generate the vitality necessary to fuel sustained success in their professional and personal lives without burning out. Their Six Pillars of Health methodology focuses on quick to implement action steps that are easily integrated into busy schedules. Much of our conversation centers around their big and recent move to Ecuador! We talk about what the adjustment has been like, how they are managing, and what they’ve learned about health so far. We also talk about parenting tips, tricks, and advice for getting kids to eat a wide variety of foods, expand their palates and minds, and what it means to instill a legacy of health.
“When it comes to kids, think about the long game…think about the day and the week, as opposed to each of the individual meals.” - Markus Naugle
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Stacy & Markus’ Website
Stacy & Markus’ Instagram: @your_vegan_family
High Performance Health Audit - Use Code “SASS” for $50 off!
Previous Sass Says Episode Mentioned:
Ep 81 Stacy & Markus Naugle
Adriana Keefe is back for round two! She is an award-winning real estate dropout turned Life and Manifestation Coach. She teaches entrepreneurs how to retrain their brain to build confidence and quit the hustle mentality. Adriana is a wife and mother to 3 children, lover of wine and "New Girl", and host of the podcast Women Who Want More. She was also my guest on episode 74. Today we get deep into the basics of manifesting. We also talk about decluttering our physical space in order to help us declutter our mental and emotional headspace.
“Manifestation at its core is bringing a thought or an idea into reality. An airplane is a manifestation. A computer is a manifestation. So when you hear the word “manifest” it’s not as ‘woo woo’ as the communities make it sound.” - Adriana Keefe
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Adriana’s Website
Adriana’s Instagram: @adrikeefe
Adriana’s Podcast
Adriana’s Free Human Design Chart
Previous Sass Says Show Mentioned:
Ep 94 Tara Brunet
Dr. Cassidy Freitas is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and mom to three. She has a virtual private practice in California where she offers therapy to parents navigating fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and parenting young children. Dr. Cassidy hosts the top-rated wellness and parenting podcast Holding Space and shares supportive tips and strategies for millennial parents over on Instagram @drcassidy. She is also supportive of her colleagues, offering courses, coaching, and even a podcast called Holding Space for Therapists, on how to run a modern private practice. Dr. Cassidy shares her career journey, her early motherhood experience, as well as her experience with her partner’s postnatal depression.
“‘What is enough?’ When I ask myself that, it really frees me up to recognize the ways I already have enough, I’m doing enough or I’m doing more than I need to.” - Dr. Cassidy Freitas
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Cassidy’s Website
Dr. Cassidy’s Instagram: @drcassidy
Dr. Cassidy’s Podcasts
Podcast Ep on Defining Your Values
Dr. Cassidy’s Resources
Dr. Cassidy’s Courses
Previous Sass Says Episodes Mentioned:
Ep 82 Sarah Dalton
Ep 21 Dr. Vanessa Freeman
On this special 100th episode, I am taking a look back at some of my favorite, most impactful, and most challenging moments on the show. I am also sharing boat loads of gratitude, shouting out some fabulous guests, and sharing how you can help me celebrate this milestone!
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Sass Says Episodes Mentioned:
Ep 40 Michelle Dempsey
Ep 78 Libby Ward
Ep 3 Tara Clark
Ep 1 Alexandra Bouffard
Ep 4 Erin Washington
Ep 5 Linda Fruits
Ep 7 Dr. Holly Sawyer
Ep 10 Kerrie Mohr
Ep 53 Carlie Nolan
Ep 56 Sarah Bilger
Ep 64 Amanda Gurman
Ep 90 Meredith Huck
Ep 15 Vanessa De Jesus Guzman
Ep 21 Dr. Vanessa Freeman
Ep 29 Unyime Oguta
Ep 43 Heather Chauvin
Ep 44 Dr. Jisun Sunny Fisher
Ep 74 Adriana Keefe
Ep 46 Shanna Nardone
Ep 47 Dr. Veronica Eyo
Ep 59 Alissa McCormick
Ep 20 Diana Simon
Ep 63 LuAnn Nigara
Ep 2 Chelsea Riffe
Ep 13 Jen Kalawur
Ep 94 Tara Brunet
Ep 12 Christine Michel Carter
Ep 9 Jax Anderson
Ep 84 Cara Tyrrell
Ep 99 Gina Gersh
Ep 16 Dr. Alexis Conason
Ep 25 Katelyn Parsons
Ep 87 Dr. Cassandra Lenza
Ep 81 Stacy & Markus Naugle
Ep 48 Corrin Voeller
Ep 33 Dr. Kristie Overstreet
Ep 92 Jemma Rane
Ep 8 Elissa Weinzimmer
Ep 76 Jessica Gershman
Ep 18 Shaylyn Forte
Ep 35 Dr. Traci Stein
Ep 69 Marisa Lonic
Ep 52 Kathryn Nulf
Ep 85 Sunni VonMutius
Ep 67 Kaitlin Cuevas
Ep 75 Jessi Shuraleff
Ep 66 Lina Forrestal
Ep 82 Sarah Dalton
Gina Gersh is a Certified Pediatric Sleep Coach, Founder of Lulla By Gina Sleep Consulting and mom of four boys. She trained in the area of Pediatric Sleep, becoming certified through Sleep Sense, one of five programs recognized by the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants. As a Sleep Coach, Gina works one-on-one with families designing custom programs and supporting parents the whole way through, with unwavering guidance, education and a ton of motivation. We discuss the importance of sleep for the entire family and what sleep training looks like at every phase of child development. Gina also shared some of her own motherhood story, the impact of sleep on her mental health, and her experience in therapy.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Gina’s Website
Gina’s Instagram: @lulla.by.gina
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 84 Cara Tyrrell
Ep 90 Meredith Huck
Maddie Spear, LCSW, is a trauma therapist located in North Carolina who works with children, teens, and young adults. In addition to her work in direct trauma care, Maddie works to bring mental health tips worldwide. With a following of over 200,000 on social media, Maddie strives to eliminate the stigma around mental health and promote healing for all with accessible mental health tips and tricks to promote self-growth and self-care. We discuss mental health for content creators, trauma, and her work with children, teens, and young adults.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Maddie’s Website
Maddie’s TikTok: @therapy_thoughts
Maddie’s Instagram: @loveyourlittlevictories
Sass Says Ep 9 Jax Anderson
Madina Alam is a licensed therapist, specializing in OCD treatment, specifically, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy. She is the Director of clinical operations for #NOCD and a Certified Yoga Teacher. Madina and I discuss OCD, ERP Therapy, rumination, and why she chose to focus on OCD therapy and treatment. We also talk about Madina’s most recent health scare, what she’s learning from the experience, and getting comfortable in uncertainty.
“Therapy will look like short term discomfort to give you long term relief.” - Madina Alam
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Madina’s Website
Madina’s Instagram @mentalhealth_madina_
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion by Pema Chodron
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 17 Jenna Overbaugh
Justine Carino is a licensed mental health counselor, anxiety treatment specialist and host of “Thoughts from the Couch” podcast. She currently maintains a private practice in New York and helps individuals and families improve symptoms of anxiety and depression, move through feelings of grief, and recover from dysfunctional family relationships. Justine also has a signature online program for perfectionists called The Path to Peace. This course offers a step-by-step system that is clinically proven to reduce anxiety, set better boundaries and help you create a personal mental health routine.
“I believe in change and I believe people can change. It’s extremely powerful when people are able to break cycles of dysfunction that they’ve been exposed to to make their lives and their children’s lives better.” - Justine Carino
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Justine’s Website
Justine’s Instagram: @_thoughtsfromthecouch_
Justine’s Podcast
Justine’s Path to Peace Course
QUIZ: What's Your People-Pleasing Archetype?
In this solo show, I am reflecting on my interview with Tara Brunet on episode 94. So much has happened and changed on this now year long body image and food freedom journey. I share how my biggest takeaway from interviewing Tara was one thing at the moment and now hearing it again, I have a NEW a-ha moment. I share the details of a recent therapy session, where and how I am still struggling with my body but ultimately how I’ve recently moved through a breakdown phase and now into what I believe is a big breakthrough!
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Manifesting Dream Body Masterclass
Manifesting Dream Body COURSE
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Intuitive Eating - The Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 94 Tara Brunet
Ep 16 Dr. Alexis Conason
Ep 25 Katelyn Parsons
Ep 29 Unyime Oguta
Ep 38 Erica Drewry
Tara Brunet is a Manifestation Expert & Course Creator here to guide us into our next level life. Tara believes we can have, do, and be absolutely ANYTHING we want...with the correct mindset. She teaches step by step, how to use manifestation and mindset to intentionally create our dream reality. We are worthy of massive abundance, success, and a life you are completely obsessed with- and she is here to show you us how! Tara is the creator of Manifesting Dream Body, the course I’ve been taking to help marry Intuitive Eating with achieving my dream body. Tara tells us her story, how she got into this work, and of course we break down the Manifesting Dream Body course.
“Manifestation doesn’t mean that you’re not doing the work to make things happen. I don’t expect a million dollars to fall into my lap but I do know that if I set the intention and work on my money beliefs, things will happen.” - Tara Brunet
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Tara’s Website
Tara’s Instagram: @tarabrunetmindset
Manifesting Dream Body Masterclass
Manifesting Dream Body COURSE
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Intuitive Eating - The Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Tara’s Podcast
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 87 Dr. Cassandra Lenza
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Shonda Moralis is on a mission to help women play big without burning out. She is a Life Balance Coach, Therapreneur, Author, and Podcast Host. Shonda serves on the board of Shanthi Project, an education nonprofit providing evidence-based mindfulness services to children and adults. She is the author of Breathe, Mama, Breathe and DON’T FORGET TO BREATHE: 5-Minute Mindfulness for Busy Women – Beat Stress and Find Calm Anytime, Anywhere! We discuss how Shonda’s personal motherhood journey is connected to what she does for other women and moms. We discuss mindfulness at length and Shonda gives us tangible examples of how to quickly and easily add more mindfulness to our daily lives. We talk about the triangle of awareness, having an attitude of amusement, and the importance of course-correcting throughout the day.
“Mindfulness brings us into the present moment, which is so powerful, because that gives us information. Then we can choose how we respond to a situation rather than react.” - Shonda Moralis
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Shonda’s Website
Shonda’s Instagram: @shonda.moralis
Shonda’s Podcast
Shonda’s Books
Shonda’s Free Mini-Meditation Challenge
Jemma Rane is an influential speaker, entrepreneur and certified personal development coach. She is a compassionate and insightful thought leader whose first TikTok video immediately went viral reaching 4.5 million views. She empowers people with a unique synthesis of relational intelligence, well-being practices, and methods to break free from the constraints of conditioning that compromises our self-worth, the quality of our relationships and our happiness. Today we talk about Jemma’s story, including her divorce from a “nice guy” after 20 years of marriage, what the crisis of connection means and what you can do about it in your relationships. We talk about the emotional load and labor in relationships and how gender norms and roles play a huge role in the emotional health of our relationships. We talk about the assumption of love, the types of intimacy, and how to break generational relationship cycles for our kids.
“If you think you know everything about your partner or yourself and stop exploring then things go flat. How can you keep exploring and add in some novelty?” - Jemma Rane
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Jemma’s Website
Jemma’s TikTok: @jemmaranecoaching
Previous Sass Says Episodes Mentioned:
Ep 9 Jax Anderson
Ep 43 Heather Chauvin
Dr. Alissa Silverman is a mom of 3, psychologist, and the founder of Silver Linings Psych in Philadelphia, PA. Alissa and her daughter are working on a project together that stemmed from her daughter’s questions, interest, and concern over some of the recent politics in the US, specifically around the overturning of Roe V. Wade. This project revealed some challenging moments in Alissa’s motherhood journey which include having to have really tough conversations before perhaps her daughter was developmentally ready to have, having to look at her own past relationship with voting and how she wants to do things differently for her kids, and so much more!
“Show your kids that when you feel strongly about something that you can DO something about it.” - Dr. Alissa Silverman
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Izzy’s TikTok Account: @gen.z.under18
Dr. Silverman’s Website
Dr. Silverman’s Instagram: @dralissasilverman
Books about sex (mentioned in the show)
Find out in 30 seconds if you are registered to vote
Modern Mom Style Box
Meredith Huck is a mom of 2, owner of her own interior design firm called House of Huck, and a born Jersey girl now living in Coastal Connecticut with her husband and kids. Meredith is also a licensed real estate agent in the state of Connecticut and enjoys supporting her clients to turn average houses into spectacular homes. Meredith shares her postpartum mental health story, which includes severe postpartum depression. She also talks about how her version of self-care comes in the form of routine, structure, and organization. Meredith also shares what it’s like to parent her two toddlers, while running her own business, and how she makes it work.
“I don’t have the stay-at-home mom bone in me. I’m a way better mom and a way better wife with structure, me time, and work.” - Meredith Huck
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Meredith’s Website
Meredith’s Instagram: @houseofhuck
Previous Sass Says Show Mentioned:
Ep 14 Renee Reina
Annia Palacios is a Licensed Professional Counselor and owner of Tightrope Therapy, an online therapy and coaching practice dedicated to helping moms find balance in life and motherhood. Annia combines her professional experience as a therapist and coaching along with her life experience as a mom and stepmom to help support women in all stages of motherhood and life including infertility, miscarriage, grief, anxiety, depression, birth trauma, and the relationship challenges. Annia shares the story of how and why, even as a therapist herself, she did not seek out professional help while experiencing postpartum depression. We also talk about the difference between postpartum depression and clinical depression, mom rage, overstimulation, shame, guilt, and anxiety in motherhood.
“Within the therapist circles we don’t talk about perinatal mental health. So even as a therapist I knew something was off but I didn’t have a full grasp on exactly what it was.” - Annia Palacios
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Annia’s Website
Annia’s Instagram: @the.therapy.mom
Annia’s TikTok: @tightropetherapy
Modern Mom Style Box
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 66 Lina Forrestal
On today's solo show I am celebrating 1 year of the Sass Says podcast!! I'm sharing a personal story that involves a Taylor Swift concert, what I hope you've learned this past year from me and my guests, and what I hope to do more of in the coming year!
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Cassandra Lenza is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and owner of Healing on Hudson LLC, a growing network of specialized therapists in New Jersey. She specializes in anxiety, balancing life transitions, depression, eating disorders, body image, and trauma. Prior to opening her private practice, she was Clinical Director of BALANCE, a leading eating disorder treatment center in NYC. She also completed a two-year postgraduate program at the Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia. We discuss eating disorders, disordered eating, what are the signs to look for in friends, family, and children, and what the healing process can look like. We also talk about Intuitive Eating, diet culture, and what to say and not to say when it comes to a person’s body. We also talk about body image and just how hard it is to have a body.
“A lot of relief can be found in knowing that having a body is really challenging. The experience of living in a body where things can go wrong, can break, can feel differently from one week to the next is something we don’t talk about nearly enough.” - Dr. Cassandra Lenza
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Cassandra’s Website
Cassandra’s Instagram: @healingonhudson
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Intuitive Eating - The Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Modern Mom Style Box
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 83 Christie Rocha
In this solo episode I am sharing a bit about my history with alcohol and how over the last few months I’ve contemplated quitting altogether. I’ll explain why, what I did and am currently doing to satisfy my curiosity, and how alcohol and my mental health go hand-in-hand. I’m also sharing how alcohol is linked to my body image and it’s perhaps not what you think! I talk about a concept I am calling “informed consent” around alcohol and weight loss.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker
Manifesting Dream Body Masterclass
Manifesting Dream Body Course
Tara Brunet’s Instagram: @tarabrunetmindset
Tara Brunet's Website
Erin Washington - Ep 4 of Sass Says Podcast
Cameron Rogers: @freckledfoodie
Sunni VonMutius is an Intuitive Strategist and founder of Wildflower Strategy. She is masterful at helping analytically minded people integrate spirituality into their daily lives and businesses. Sunni is a certified PMP, a Reiki Master and is currently pursuing ordination as a Minister of Metaphysics. We talk about an article Sunni wrote for Medium.com on what her depression feels like and the checklists and support system Sunni created to self-manage depressive episodes. Sunni shares how her years as a nomad prepared her for motherhood, the importance of self-awareness, and how everyday tasks around the house can be meditative.
“When it comes to the people who are close to me, I don’t get to be the judge of if I’ve helped them ‘enough’ to deserve them helping me in that moment.” - Sunni VonMutius
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Sunni’s Website
Sunni’s Facebook
Sunni’s Instagram: @sunni_sara
Sunni’s Article on Medium.com
Previous Sass Says Episodes Mentioned:
Ep 68 Amy Green Smith
Cara Tyrrell is a mom of 2 girls, an early childhood educator and the founder of Core4Parenting. While teaching preschool and Kindergarten, she identified a pattern of underdeveloped skills sets in her students leading to a professional pivot as an online Early Childhood Parent Educator. Her courses and coaching programs empower new moms to embrace their parenting personal development journey while teaching them how to maximize their baby’s early learning. We talk about the pandemic and how it is affecting toddlers and young children. Cara gives me her take on screens, best practices, and strategies for utilizing technology. We talk about what Cara calls trigger traps, putting yourself first, and how to raise well-rounded kids.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Cara’s Website
Cara’s Instagram: @core4parenting
Cara’s Courses
Cara’s Fall 2022 Coaching Group Info
Modern Mom Style Box
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 82 Sarah Dalton
On today’s solo show I am sharing a life update on how I ended up with a weekend home alone…no kids, no husband, and while it was glorious, it came about in a not so glorious way. I am sharing the 3 colliding circumstances that contributed to the current state of my mental health and make connections to episode 78 with Libby Ward. I also detail the specifics of a recent therapy session which includes an eye opening exercise about my body and body image.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Ep 78 Libby Ward
Manifesting Dream Body Masterclass
Manifesting Dream Body Course
Tara Brunet’s Instagram: @tarabrunetmindset
Tara Brunet's Website
Sarah Dalton is the founder of the Your Simply Big life community, creator of the Peace & Productivity Planner, host of the Peace & Productivity Podcast, and mom of 4. The Simply Big Life community is the perfect blend of mindset, heart and practical tools to help you to design a life you love on YOUR terms. Sarah believes life is meant to be lived with intention and that we can have both Peace AND Productivity when we are clear on what it is we truly want. Boom. Sarah takes us through her step-by-step process for taking back your power in your house and life, identifying your core values, how often to check in on your routines, how to create routines and rhythms that work for your family, and working in alignment rather than seeking perfection.
“When you’re feeling in alignment with your values, to me, that’s a balanced life.” - Sarah Dalton
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Sarah’s Website
Sarah’s Podcast
Sarah’s Instagram: @thepeaceandproductivitypodcast
Modern Mom Style Box
Stacy and Markus Naugle are high-performance health consultants who utilize potent diet and lifestyle enhancements to help excellence-driven people generate the vitality necessary to fuel sustained success in their professional and personal lives without burning out. We talk about the Blue Zones of Health and the lessons we can take into our everyday lives from the healthiest people on the planet. We talk about gut health and the connection to serotonin and mental health. We talk about the type of diet that fuels our brain best, how to incorporate and enhance what you’re already eating to include these foods, and so much more!
“Our gut is responsible for producing most of the serotonin in our bodies which is directly tied to our well-being and our mental and emotional health.” - Stacy Naugle
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Stacy & Markus’ Website
Stacy & Markus’ Instagram: @your_vegan_family
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 44 Dr. Jisun Sunny Fisher
Megan Moran is a mom to 2 babies under 2, Jack and Sophia, wife to her now business partner and husband, Collin, and the owner of The Mompreneur Guide. As a podcast host, professional interviewer and Authority-Building Strategist, Megan helps mompreneurs become natural authorities in their space. Her mission is to help mompreneurs spread their messages and movements in a simple way so they can be more present and productive. Megan shares her personal routine and schedule for being a mompreneur and how she gets it all done. We talk about mindset, growth, and building a business. Megan shares some of her own personal development journey and gives us actionable strategies on how to prioritize our business and our kids in ways that work for us.
“I have minimalist business, which at the end of the day just means that if it doesn’t bring me joy and it doesn’t have a purpose, I don’t do it.” - Megan Moran
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Megan’s Website
Megan’s Instagram: @mompreneurguide
Megan’s Podcast
Megan’s Free Authority Building Framework
Megan’s Connect Retreat
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 44 Dr. Jisun Sunny Fisher
Ep 79 Christie Rocha: Drowning in Limiting Beliefs
Today’s solo episode is about a new course I’m taking called Manifesting Dream Body by Tara Brunet. I talk about how limited my belief system has become in adulthood and how this course is helping me to see that clearly. I share how manifesting has worked for me in the past and how this course is showing me that I need to change my tactics to yield results. This episode is about me, my body image, and the basics of the course: using Intuitive Eating principles and the basics of manifestation to get your dream body. I’m a week into the course and I share my initial reflections, thoughts, and revelations.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Manifesting Dream Body Masterclass
Manifesting Dream Body Course
Tara’s Instagram: @tarabrunetmindset
Tara’s Website
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Intuitive Eating - The Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Libby Ward is the creator of the social media platforms and blog, @diaryofanhonestmom. She is a digital creator, speaker, mental health advocate, and mom of 2. Libby’s content reaches millions of women around the world and she has grown a dedicated community of over 1.2 million (and growing) on social media in just over two years. She has been recognized as a mental health advocate by TikTok, and has been featured on Global News, Motherly, Insider and media outlets around the world. We discuss living with ADHD, her traumatic childhood including emotional neglect and psychological abuse, and breaking the cycle. We also talk about the ups and downs of content creation, and so much more!
“The reality is that life is a journey and the journey sucks a lot of the time and we need to keep reinventing how we cope with it.” - Libby Ward
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Libby’s Website
Libby’s Tiktok: @diaryofanhonestmom
Libby’s Instagram: @diaryofanhonestmom
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Dr. Gabor Maté
Sara Lynn Brennan is an award winning Entrepreneur, CEO and Principal Interior Designer at Sara Lynn Brennan Interiors, the first and only full-service interior design firm in Waxhaw, North Carolina who specializes in Transitional Design. Sara is also recognized as a visionary and innovator in the design industry for her unique and signature design processes and design service packages which have led to an explosive growth for her own business, as well as teaching and coaching opportunities in the industry. Sara is also one of the reasons I have a podcast!! We discuss Sara’s experience with therapy and what she’s implemented in her life and in business. We talk about her parenting style, motherhood, and how she’s built her design business in just a few years.
“I love therapy. To have one hour, uninterrupted, to share my life and get advice on things that aren’t in a manual that I really need help with…I love it.” - Sara Lynn Brennan
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Sara’s Website
Sara’s Instagram: @saralynnbrennan
A Well-Designed Business with LuAnn Nigara
Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
Scary Mommy Blog
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Ep 63 LuAnn Nigara
Jessica Gershman is the voice behind The Zen-ish Mommy podcast as well as a passionate believer in the power of self care. Through her work as a certified yoga instructor, an accomplished home chef, and a dedicated mindfulness practitioner she creates a place where moms can slow down, be authentic, and take the ‘me’ time without guilt. Today we talk about how motherhood pushed Jess to heal from her past including sexual trauma and disordered eating. She shares how stress and postpartum health issues caused her to take a pause and focus on her needs and what it means to be a zen-ish mommy.
“When I talk about trusting your intuition and your own body…getting to that intuition only happens when you slow down.” - Jessica Gershman
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Jessica’s Website
Jessica’s Podcast
Jessica’s Instagram: @the_zen_mommy
Jessica’s YouTube Channel
Modern Mom Style Box
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 40 Michelle Dempsey-Multack
Jessi Shuraleff is an effective storyteller, podcast host, former Google exec, and passionate leader. Her passion is working with female leaders & women-led businesses, helping them develop their voice and amplify that voice in an authentic & proven way. Jessi shares a pivotal and life-changing moment. We talk about tough, uncomfortable, but necessary conversations we need to have with ourselves and our partners. We talk about infertility, loss, and grief. We talk about self-development and holding space for ourselves and the women in our communities.
“One of the hardest things that I had to do was look inward and admit to myself that I wasn’t happy.” - Jessi Shuraleff
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Jessi’s Website
Jessi’s Podcast
Jessi’s Instagram: @thisismytruthpodcast
Jessi’s Coaching Program
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace by Marissa Orr
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Ep 43 Heather Chauvin
Adriana Keefe is an award-winning real estate dropout turned Life and Manifestation Coach who teaches entrepreneurs how to retrain their brain to build confidence and quit the hustle mentality. She is a wife and mother to 3 children, and host of the podcast Women Who Want More. Today we talk about growth mindset, the intersection of marriage and personal development, and the power of manifestation and how to start. We talk about emotional intelligence and how to nurture it. Adriana also shares her personal story of changing careers and working through childhood trauma.
“I hate the word balance because I don’t think that there’s ever a true balance, it’s a give and take.” - Adriana Keefe
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Adriana’s Website
Adriana’s Podcast
Adriana’s Instagram: @adrikeefe
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Jasmine Grace Outreach
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Ep 2 Chelsea Riffe
Ep 55 Cecile Tucker
I’m coming to you solo today to share the current state of my mental health. Here’s a hint….I’m visiting Struggle City. I share what’s going on and why I’ve been feeling down and out. I’m also talking about how social media is impacting my mental health when it comes to creating content and what drove me to start a mental health for creators live series. Join me live on Instagram on Thursday nights at 8:30pm ET.
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Christie Free Self-Care Challenge
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Ep 3 Tara Clark
Ep 53 Carlie Nolan
Amanda Young is a Mental Health Advocate, Author and Podcast Host whose personal mission is to help eliminate the stigma of brain illnesses by educating people on what depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress and bipolar actually are. Amanda shares the story of a pivotal moment in her life that changed the course of her career and identity. She shares what it was like to get a bipolar 2 diagnosis as a 29 year old, how her 5 mental health disorders affect her life and her marriage. Amanda shares how she copes, how medication has helped her, and how her disorders are her superpowers
“Oh my gosh my best decade is ahead of me…I’m enlightened, I’m in therapy, I’m on meds…I’m unstoppable! ” - Amanda Young
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Amanda’s Website
Amanda’s Instagram: @that_manda_girl
Amanda’s Podcast
Amanda’s Books
Keila Dolle is an actress, filmmaker, comedian, and podcast host. Keila’s mission is to create projects that have a social impact. Keila is a fixture in the LA comedy scene - she hosted and produced The Scramble, a brunch variety show for 3.5 years. In 2019, Keila co-hosted the comedy podcast Kings Of Influence, caught the podcast bug, and launched her own show called Crying Behind Sunglasses. Keila’s experiences with anxiety and panic disorder, as well as growing up with a brother who has autism, led to a lifelong passion for psychology and mental health. Keila and I talk about her childhood, growing up with an autistic brother, the loss of her biological father, coping with anxiety and panic disorder, and how therapy and meditation have seen her through it all.
“To anyone who deals with a loved one who is an addict, you can’t save them from themselves, that is a decision they have to make on their own.” - Keila Dolle
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Keila’s Website
Keila’s Podcast
Keila’s Instagram: @keiladolle
When It’s Time to Let Go - Keila’s Solo Pod Ep
Keila’s Pod Ep with Andi Poland
Insight Timer App
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Ep 16 Dr. Alexis Conason
Keisha Blair is the award-winning, bestselling author of Holistic Wealth: 32 Life Lessons To Help You Find Purpose, Prosperity and Happiness, and the Holistic Wealth Personal Workbook. She is a trained economist with extensive experience in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. She is the founder of the Keisha Blair Institute on Holistic Wealth and is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Keisha shares the story of her first husband’s sudden passing when she was just 31 years old with a 3 year old and an 8 week old newborn. We talk about holistic wealth, money trauma, money stories, money and mental health, money and death, and how to discover your money philosophy and why it matters.
“Money trauma leads to unrealized potential in terms of our investments, our money goals, and our life goals in terms of what we are able to accomplish.” - Keisha Blair
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Keisha’s Website
Keisha’s Book
Keisha’s Viral Article
Keisha’s Podcast
Keisha’s Instagram: @keishaoblair
Financial Identity Quiz
Keisha’s Ep with Jessica Moorhouse
Keisha’s Ep with Dr. Nicole LePera
Marisa Lonic is a keynote speaker, life & business coach, author, top-rated podcast host and the founder of Mama Work It. Through her books, courses, and coaching programs, she helps busy moms juggling mom life, work life, wife life, fill in the blank life, turn their dreams into reality, even when they thought they had no time to make any of it happen. Marisa and I talk about her story, the big transitions she made in her life and in her career, and how therapy helped her navigate. Marisa shares her advice on how to best begin time management practices, preventing burnout, and self-care. We also talk about mom guilt, why she calls it Time MOMagement, and her experience as an entrepreneur.
“I’ve never regretted investing in myself, no matter what, I’ve never ever regretted it.” - Marisa Lonic
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Marisa’s Website
Marisa’s Podcast
Marisa’s Instagram: @letmamaworkit
Marisa’s Book
Marisa’s Planner
Amy Green Smith is a certified and credentialed life coach and hypnotherapist, masterful speaker, and courageous communication expert. With acute focus on helping people “find their voice”, Amy uses her popular weekly podcast, The Bold-Faced Truth, to address issues of worthiness, self-confidence, and letting go of people-pleasing. Today Amy shares the story of surviving an extremely religious childhood, how to set boundaries with family and friends, how to exist in relationships with people who have extremely different outlooks on life, and how to communicate what we want in relationships. Amy gives us specific language and examples on how to do all of this. We also talk about self-development and guilt.
“That’s the work - it’s not that you’re not going to experience emotional pain, it’s that you will navigate it from a place of power instead of victimhood.” - Amy Green Smith
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Amy’s Website
Amy’s Podcast
Amy’s Instagram: @heyamygreensmith
Modern Mom Style Box - Clothing Rental Service from Tara Clark
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 43 Heather Chauvin
Kaitlin Cuevas is the owner and founder of Think Happy, Co, a podcast, coaching services, and a book! Kaitlin believes that YOU are in the driver’s seat of your own life. Kaitlin walks me through Think Happy’s 5 Signature Pillars, her habits for happiness, the power of journaling, and doing the inner work. She defines what wasted time is, how to recognize it in your life, and reallocate the time appropriately.
“To me happiness boils down to an intentional mindset where you are continually taking care of your physical body and your emotional heart and mind.” - Kaitlin Cuevas
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Kaitlin’s Website
Kaitlin’s Podcast
Kaitlin’s Instagram: @thinkhappy_co
Regain & Reallocate Wasted Time Workshop - 20% Discount Code: sass
Kailtin’s Book
Self-Care with Dr. Sonia Singh Ep on Kaitlin’s Podcast
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Ep 40 Michelle Dempsey-Multack
Lina Forrestal is a globetrotter turned mama, hobby farmer, motherhood blogger, and host of the New Mamas podcast. The New Mamas podcast is a space created to give first time moms a voice and to have honest and raw conversations about motherhood. We discuss her physical and mental postpartum experience, how she coped, starting therapy, and what she’s learned about her own childhood since becoming a mother. We talk about postpartum body image, loaded language around pregnancy, food, and exercise, and how she’s learned to love herself.
“I started therapy and then everything started to get better. It sounds simple but I really put in the hard work.” - Lina Forrestal
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Lina’s Website
Lina’s Podcast
Lina’s Instagram: @linaforrestal
Lina’s Podcast Instagram: @newmamaspodcast
Krista St-Germain is a Master Certified Life Coach, grief expert, widow, mom and host of The Widowed Mom Podcast. Krista shares the story of losing her husband, how she coped, and how she helps other moms do the same. We talk about Emotional Freedom Technique Tapping, grief, the grief plateau, what to say and what not to say to someone who’s lost a spouse, how she helped her children grieve, and finding love again!
“The goal is to let feelings flow through us, then we can help our kids learn that same skill and witness their experience instead of trying to control it.” - Krista St-Germain
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Krista’s Website
Krista’s Podcast
Krista’s Instagram: @lifecoachkrista
Krista’s Free Course
Thought-Feeling-Action Connection Podcast Episode
For Those Who Love Us Podcast Episode
New Widows, Start Here Podcast Episode
Tapping Solution App
Amanda Gurman is an advocate for normalizing motherhood and the host of the Honest as a Mother Podcast. She lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband and two children, Connor and Scarlett. We discuss her experience with postpartum rage, anxiety, depression, and the toll that bringing humans into the world can take on marriage. Amanda shares the intimate details of coping with her mental health, her idea versus reality of what motherhood would look like, setting up boundaries, and working through her own childhood trauma to be the amazing parent she is today.
“You need to choose yourself over and over and over again and that is 100% ok. If you’re not ok, your kids aren’t ok.” - Amanda Gurman
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Amanda’s Podcast
Amanda’s Podcast Ep with Nikki Fisher
Amanda’s Instagram: @honest.as.a.mother
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 14 Renee Reina
LuAnn Nigara is MY MOM! She is also a celebrated media personality, keynote speaker and seasoned entrepreneur. In her third business launch, LuAnn Nigara Inc., she provides business resources for entrepreneurs through live events and LuAnn University. LuAnn has published three books, is a sought-after columnist and has captured international attention for her weekly podcast “A Well-Designed Business®” which has more than 750 episodes and 5 million downloads. We discuss LuAnn’s entrepreneurial journey, how her upbringing shapes her mindset today, the power and importance of cultivating your inner voice, mothering and building businesses, and more!
“The stories that you say in your head are just the stories, they’re not real. ” - LuAnn Nigara
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
LuAnn’s Website
LuAnn’s Podcast
LuAnn’s Instagram: @luannnigara
Window Works
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Ep 20 Diana Simon
Ep 48 Corrin Voeller
Chelsea Shukov co-founded Sugar Paper in 2003 after she and her co-founder Jamie started tinkering with a letterpress and helping their friends put beautiful paper in the mail. More and more people inquired and today Sugar Paper is found in thousands of United States stores and around the world, including Target and J. Crew. We talk about how letter writing, note writing, and journaling are part of the emotional human experience. Chelsea takes us back to the early days of launching Sugar Paper, balancing motherhood and self-care, and developing her sense of enough-ness. We also talk about Sugar Paper’s company culture built on kindness and empathy. “Underneath all of this: letter writing, birthday cards, post-its on the fridge, underneath all of it is the intention to put more love in the world and create more connection.” - Chelsea Shukov Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Sugar Paper
How to Write a Letter: Find the Words for Every Occasion
Chelsea’s Mindful Journal
Chelsea’s Instagram: @sugarpaper_chelsea
Sugar Paper’s Instagram: @sugarpaperla
Dr. Lea Lis, also known as the 'Shameless Psychiatrist,’ is a double board certified Adult and Child psychiatrist and Assistant Clinical Professor at New York Medical College. She is an expert in the field of psychology, and hopes to change the way we speak about sex. We discuss boundaries, consent, and shame around sexuality and our kids. We talk about the warning signs of sexual abuse and naming body parts correctly. We talk about gender identity, opposite gender role models, grounding children in community and coming of age rituals, and body positivity.
“Shame causes avoidance and we have all been shamed so much around our sexuality.” - Dr. Lea Lis
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Lis’ Website
Dr. Lis’ Book
Dr. Lis’ Instagram: @shamelesspsychiatrist
Dr. Lis’ Twitter: @shamelesspsych
Dr. Lis’ Facebook
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 57 Melissa Donahue
Rebecca Newton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist located in Los Angeles, specializing in working with couples and with women struggling with infertility, pregnancy, and early parenthood. We discuss getting off and back on track as a couple during major life transitions and about how the family unit changes when a baby arrives. We discuss infertility, miscarriage, and how both affect a couple and what to do about it. “When you are in a couple and you have a loss you’re each going to process that grief in a different way and it can feel like a betrayal.” - Rebecca Newton
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Rebecca’s Website
Rebecca’s Instagram: @therapywithrebecca
Rebecca’s TikTok: @therapywithrebecca
Alissa McCormick is a single mom to two boys, a former teacher, and the creator of the educational parenting platform called Heartminded Mama. We discuss how to practice consent and teach body autonomy to kids. We discuss Alissa’s adverse childhood experiences, her journey with postpartum depression, her adult ADHD diagnosis and her divorce, and how she takes care of herself through it all! “Part of what makes me who I am now as a mom is I knew I always wanted to be the mom I never had.” - Alissa McCormick
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Alissa’s Website
Alissa’s TikTok: @heartmindedmama
Alissa’s Instagram: @heartmindedmama
Previous Sass Says Show Mentioned:
Ep 20 Diana Simon
Nicole Edwards is the founder of Edwards Authentic, offering courses and retreats to create a sanctuary for women to flourish in their personal and professional endeavors. She is a coauthor of the International Women of Color Who Boss Up— an Amazon best selling book and a TEDx speaker. We discuss Nicole’s professional career and background and the work she does with women today. We talk about her childhood experiences, her motherhood journey, particularly around her son’s Autism diagnosis and so much more.
“When you pay attention to that inner voice and you figure out how to connect to it, you are a powerhouse.” - Nicole Edwards
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Nicole’s Website
Nicole’s LinkedIn
Nicole’s Instagram: @edwardsauthentic
Melissa Donahue is a LCSW in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Florida and she is currently a Doctoral student in the School of Social Work at Rutgers University. Melissa is a Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor and the owner and clinical therapist at MD Counseling in Ridgewood, New Jersey for 12 years. She is also the Certified Sex Therapist at NJ Center for Sexual Wellness. We discuss unpacking our sexual history, trauma in sexual experiences, how to educate children on sexuality, the importance of eliminating shame from sexuality, and what it’s like to see a sex therapist as an individual or a couple.
“Your bed should be for sleep and for sex.” - Melissa Donahue
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Melissa’s Website
Melissa’s Instagram: @mdcounseling
Sarah Bilger is a certified postpartum nutritional coach, mechanical engineer, host of the Entering Motherhood podcast, and a mom of 2. We discuss her traumatic birth experience and her postpartum mental health journey, including her experience with therapy. We discuss healing from trauma and finding yourself in motherhood, going back to work after giving birth and what she wants new moms to know.
“I was crying on our bedroom floor not even knowing who I was, ‘Was I Rosie’s mom? Was I Sarah? Was I both?’” - Sarah Bilger
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Sarah’s Website
Sarah’s Instagram: @entering_motherhood
Sarah’s Podcast
2022 Entering Motherhood Spring Festival
Cecile Tucker is a registered clinical counselor in British Columbia, Canada. She specializes in helping people build successful relationships by healing underlying trauma. Cecile focuses on how adverse childhoods impact a person's sense of self-worth and identity and uses EMDR, somatic therapies and the human connection to help people grow from and through their trauma. We discuss complex post traumatic stress disorder and the types of treatments Cecile does with her clients. We talk about burnout, self-care, and what she wants you to know about the therapeutic process.
“With mental health, your experience is what matters. Your experience in the therapy room is what matters. Your experience is always correct.” - Cecile Tucker
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Cecile’s Website
Cecile’s Instagram: @ceciletuckercounselling
WellMind’s Instagram: @wellmindcounselling
Dr. Akua K. Boateng is a sought after mental health and relationship expert with over 14 years experience in clinical practice and education. She specializes in an integrative approach to treating anxiety, trauma, relationship issues and other emotional concerns. She is the founder & CEO of Boateng Psychotherapy & Consultation, where she partners with organizations in the integration of emotionally aware practices and initiatives. We discuss Dr. Akua’s decision to become a therapist when she originally thought she’d go into medicine. We discuss trauma, what it is and actionable steps to start healing. We talk about how Dr. Akua self-cares, the importance of self-compassion, and her work with company culture and ethos.
“(Therapy is) A holding space for discovery of your own pain, your potential, your future, as well as this holding environment for there’s no expectation here except that you just show up.” - Dr. Akua Boateng
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Akua’s Website
Dr. Akua’s Instagram: @akuakboateng
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 12 Christine Michel Carter
Carlie Nolan is the host of the Carl Her Mommy: Motherhood As We Know It podcast and mom of two. In this episode we talk about Carlie’s transition from lawyer to stay-at-home mom, her postpartum mental health journey, the New Year’s resolution that changed everything, and a deep dive into making mom friends. We discuss what it means to “do the work” on yourself and the importance of holding space for yourself and others. Carlie also brings me back to reality during a vulnerable conversation around postpartum body image.
“If you say what’s on your heart and you are honest and authentic with someone, you immediately have the chance for a real connection with that person.” - Carlie Nolan
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Carlie’s Podcast
Carlie’s Instagram:@carlhermommy
Carlie’s TikTok: @carlhermommy
Listen to my interview on Carlie’s Podcast
Carl Her Mommy Podcast - How to Make Mom Friends & Isolation in Motherhood
Kat Nulf is a licensed professional counselor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kat’s passion is working with women, cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer included. She has also taught yoga for more than 10 years, and enjoys teaching her clients tools to regulate their emotions, communicate in ways they can feel good about, manage stress more effectively, and move toward what they want to do in their life. We discuss mindfulness and grounding, including a step-by-step approach. We discuss what it means to be a sensitive person, the lies of depression, and different forms of self-care. Kat also shares her personal sexual identity journey and some of the mental health challenges within the LGBTQA community.
“Mindfulness in the moment is self-care.” - Kat Nulf
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Kat’s Website
Kat’s Instagram: @counselingwithkat
Therapy for Women’s Center
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Ep 7 Dr. Holly Sawyer
Ep 8 Elissa Weinzimmer
Ep 42 Leeor Gal
Ep 51 Julie Reichenberger
Julie Reichenberger is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the founder of Denver Metro Counseling in Denver, Colorado. Julie’s specialties include ADHD therapy, anxiety counseling, depression counseling, trauma therapy and EMDR therapy. She has extensive training in ADHD, trauma, and suicide intervention and loss and provide workshops for others her community, including clinicians, in suicide intervention, risk assessment, and management. We discuss the misconceptions and some of the trauma experienced by those suffering and by those who have lost loved ones to suicide. We discuss Julie’s work in preventing burnout and providing mentoring for new clinicians and her personal experience living with ADHD.
“It is an honor to be trusted and to sit with somebody in their pain and also to be a witness to their progress.” - Julie Reichenberger
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Julie’s Website
Julie’s Instagram: @denvermetrocounseling
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 20 Diana Simon
Ep 46 Shanna Nardone
Dr. Alli Cain is a chiropractor and the founder of GrowCo. GrowCo is a postpartum rehabilitation program and community, focused on preventing, reducing, and/or resolving symptoms women have been made to think are an inevitable consequence of childbirth. We discuss the hows and whys behind postpartum rehabilitation, the GrowCo way and how the app and programs can be utilized wherever you are in your postpartum journey. We discuss the connection between mental and emotional health to physical rehabilitation and have a delicate discussion around postpartum body image.
“Feeling good in your skin is a really important part of physical, mental, and emotional healing.” - Dr. Alli Cain
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Alli’s Website
Dr. Alli’s Instagram: @growco.rehab
Dr. Alli’s Tiktok: @growco.rehab
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Ep 16 Dr. Alexis Conason
Ep 25 Katelyn Parsons
Ep 29 Unyime Oguta
Ep 38 Erica Drewry
Kate Nazario is a licensed professional counselor in NJ. Kate’s private practice, Compassionate Care and Counseling specializes in supporting children, adolescents, families and caregivers in the NJ community. She is also a mom who struggled with postpartum OCD and anxiety. Kate shares her personal story with postpartum mental health, how she coped then and now. She also shares insight to her work with families and kids. We talk about the effects of the pandemic, screen time, ADHD, and so much more!
“Once you understand the thought process behind why someone is reacting a certain way, compassion usually follows.” - Kate Nazario
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Kate’s Website
Kate’s Instagram: @compassionate_counselor
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 9 Jax Anderson
Ep 14 Renee Reina
Corrin Voeller is a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice. Her practice, Prosper Therapy in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, specializes in helping couples improve communication, create closer connections, fight less, see eye-to-eye, and enrich their sex lives! Corrin works with couples considering divorce, non-monogamy, recovering after an affair, and couples in crisis. We discuss real-life examples of situations and conversations that happen within couples and how to handle them. We talk about the deeper meaning behind common issues, best practices and common mistakes when arguing, and how assumed gender roles play a role in the big challenges couples face.
“The goal of an argument is to bring you closer together every time.” - Corrin Voeller
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Corrin’s Website
Corrin’s Tiktok: @corrinthecounselor
Corrin’s Instagram: @corrinvoeller
Dr. Veronica Eyo is a Bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a passion for helping mamas, new and seasoned, navigate the challenges of parenthood. She also has her doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern California. Dr. Veronica has advanced training in diagnosing and treating antenatal and Perinatal Mental Health Disorders (PMADs), as well as trauma and infertility. We discuss how Dr. Veronica’s experience becoming a mother has shaped the focus of her work and passions. She shares how she takes care of herself while juggling her business, her ambitions, and her family. We discuss self-care, motherhood mantras, and how her cultural background influences the work she does today. We also discuss the mental load, emotional labor, and the default parent. “You don’t have to always get it right the first time, you can try again, you can pivot.” - Dr. Veronica Eyo
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Veronica’s Website
Dr. Veronica’s Instagram: @drveronicaeyo
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty
Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky
Previous Sass Says Show Mentioned:
Ep 6 Ingrid Read
Ep 7 Dr. Holly Sawyer
Ep 14 Renee Reina
Shanna Nardone is the founder of Maternal Grove, a community for maternal figures offering virtual support groups and 1-1 coaching. Shanna is also a wife and mother of two. She developed the formula for creating space and balance for herself that was so life changing that she built her business on it. We discuss how she helps maternal figures change their day to day lives to better support their wants and needs. We talk about how to make self-care a lifestyle and the power in questioning your thoughts. Shanna also shares her experience with therapy prompted by a life-changing loss. “Question your thoughts, prioritize yourself, you are worthy.” - Shanna Nardone Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Shanna’s Website
Shanna’s Instagram: @maternalgrove
Shanna’s Tiktok: @maternalgrove
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 12 Christine Michel Carter
Ep 43 Heather Chauvin
Tiffannie White is an interior designer and the creator of The Nappy Bohemian blog and self-care product line. After the death of her mother, Tiffannie learned the importance of integrating mental wellness into every aspect of her life. She believes that design and self care are not one size fits all. We discuss the connection between design and self-care. We talk about the loss of her mother, her grieving process, and how that experience transformed her life and work. We talk about diversity in interior design and refreshing your space to suit who you are today. And we learn all about Tiffannie’s product line! “If I don’t feel good it doesn’t mean something is wrong and I don’t need to fix myself. I need to love on myself.” - Tiffannie White Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Tiffannie’s Website
Tiffannie’s Instagram: @thenappybohemian
Tiffannie’s Products
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 31 Cheryl Janis
Dr. Jisun Sunny Fisher is a licensed psychologist with postgraduate degrees from Columbia University and University of Connecticut. Dr. J specializes in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Hypnosis, and Applied Positive Psychology in creating transformations. She considers herself a healing-teaching psychospiritualist who loves seeing transformations happen. We discuss the power of the universe, giving ourselves permission to be authentic, being right versus being happy, and what it means to seek validation. We discuss purpose, fulfillment, and spreading joy by experiencing more life.
“Spirituality is your practice of coming home to yourself. And it’s scary because we aren’t taught how to do it.” - Dr. Jisun Sunny Fisher
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. J’s Website
Enter to win a free 1-1 laser coaching session with Dr. J (Ends 4/15/22)
Dr. J’s Patreon
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 10 Kerrie Mohr
Ep 29 Unyime Oguta
Heather Chauvin is a TEDx Speaker, Author of Dying To Be A Good Mother and host of the podcast Emotionally Uncomfortable with over 6 million downloads. She is a leadership coach and former social worker. In 2013 Heather received a stage 4 cancer diagnosis that pushed her to take a deeper stand for change, uncovering how cultural expectations sabotage our dreams. She has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Real Simple Magazine, Mind Body Green, and Google. We discuss opting out of toxic motherhood, giving ourselves permission to become, how to begin the process of self-discovery. We talk about how to create systemic change, motherhood as leadership, navigating relationships, strengthening our courage muscles and more.
“You have to fight for your joy.” - Heather Chauvin
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Heather’s Website
Heather’s Book
Heather’s Podcast
Heather’s Instagram: @heatherchauvin
Heather’s TEDx
Heather’s Book Trailer
Get Out of Your Own Way Mini-Course (FREE!)
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Peterson
Previous Sass Says Show Mentioned:
Ep 35 Dr. Traci Stein
Leeor Gal is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Philadelphia, PA. You may know her from Tiktok and Instagram as The Therapy Gal, where she is unapologetically her goofy self while simultaneously teaching us so much. We discuss the couple’s relationship dance, Leeor’s 3-sentence method for communicating during conflict, her own struggles with anxiety, our love of the Real Housewives, medication, and humanizing therapists.
“Be honest. Be honest in therapy and with yourself and work on the shame around that honesty.” - Leeor Gal
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Leeor’s Website
Leeor’s Instagram: @the_therapy_gal
Leeor’s Tiktok: @thetherapygal
The Miracle Question TikTok
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Amber Benziger is an LPC and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Amber’s private practice, Vitality Behavioral Health is located in NJ. She is also the founder of The Anxiety Lab, a group coaching membership for women and the co-host of The Managed Mind Podcast. Amber and I discuss anxiety, how it manifests for her and how she copes. We also talk about the difference between a panic attack and an anxiety attack. This conversation is jam-packed with strategies and coping mechanisms to help with anxiety and how to slowly incorporate self-care into your busy life.
“Think about how many times a day we’re checking in with our kids, our friends, our spouse, why wouldn’t we check in with ourselves to make sure that we have what we need?” - Amber Benziger
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Amber’s Website
Amber’s Instagram: @amber_vs_anxiety
The Managed Mind Podcast
The Anxiety Lab Group coaching
Michelle Dempsey-Multack is a Certified Life Coach and a National Association of Divorce Professionals’ Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS®). Michelle is a writer, coach, speaker, and creator/founder of Moms Moving On. Under the Moms Moving On umbrella, Michelle hosts a podcast, leads a community, and offers one-on-one and group coaching and support for women and moms going through divorce. Michelle’s first book is available for pre-order and set to release on March 15th, 2022. Michelle is a mom to Bella, a stepmom to Jolie, a co-parent, a spouse, daughter, and friend. We talk about the mental and emotional challenges, we talk about mindset, and the misconceptions about divorce. Michelle talks of her childhood, the experience of her parents’ divorce and how that prepared her for stepmotherhood. Michelle shares what anxiety looks like for her and how her life changed with medication.
“My core belief is I never want to have another woman go through what I went through without feeling the support or without having the knowledge to feel empowered on her journey.” - Michelle Dempsey-Multack
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Michelle’s Website
Michelle’s Instagram: @themichelledempsey
Michelle’s Podcast
Michelle’s Book!
Michelle’s Book Launch Virtual Summit
Previous Sass Says Episodes Mentioned:
Ep 9 Jax Anderson
Ep 11 Dr. Elizabeth Cohen
Dr. Kim Van Dusen is a LMFT, a Registered Play Therapist, University Professor, Public Conference Speaker, Blogger, and currently works part-time in private practice and also for a clinic that serves families that have children on the Autism Spectrum. She is a mom of two and the CEO/Owner/Founder of The Parentologist, a Southern California based family and lifestyle brand about everything parenting with a therapeutic twist! Dr. Kim shares with me her own personal hybrid style of parenting and how to parent kids differently even under the same roof. We discuss play therapy, the importance of play, how play therapy works, and her thoughts on when to bring a therapist into your child’s life.
“There are so many restrictions put on kids and play where they can’t just be and let go. Let them be free and play because it builds communication, motor, math, and social skills. ” - Dr. Kim Van Dusen
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Kim’s Website
Dr. Kim’s Instagram: @theparentologist
Dr. Kim’s Podcast
Previous Sass Says Episodes Mentioned:
Ep 3 Tara Clark
Ep 5 Linda Fruits
Ep 6 Ingrid Read
Ep 14 Renee Reina
Today I’m joined by Erica Drewry, a dietitian dedicated to teaching you how to worry less about food and be more present with things that matter in your life. With over 10 years of experience, Erica believes your relationship with food is a foundation for discovering your own version of wellbeing and health. Additionally, she is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Eating Disorder Dietitian Supervisor, and host of her podcast the Aligned Nutrition Podcast. Erica gives a fantastic amount of real-life examples of how to have nutrition align with daily life. She gives us an idea of what it’s like to work with a dietitian, she shares her personal story with how she’s come to do the work she does today and more!
“There is research that shows that kids as young as preschool know the word fat and know that it’s a ‘bad word’ and that’s where we get that fat phobia as a society that we turn onto ourselves.” - Erica Drewry
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Erica’s Website
Erica’s Instagram: @alignednutrition
Erica’s Podcast
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Intuitive Eating - The Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
H.A.E.S.
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 16 Dr. Alexis Conason
Ep 25 Katelyn Parsons
Ep 29 Unyime Oguta
My guest is Brooke Randolph, licensed mental health counselor and founder and director of Counseling at The Green House, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her specialties are Adoption Therapy & developmental trauma, Brainspotting, and relationships. She is the author of 3 workbooks for kids as well as a contributing author to Adoption Therapy: Perspectives from Clients and Clinicians on Processing and Healing Post-Adoption Issues (2014), and the organizing editor of It’s Not About You: Understanding Adoptee Search, Reunion, & Open Adoption (2017). She was a founding member of MLJ Adoptions, Inc and an Advisory Board member for The Villages. Brooke talks about her personal story with adoption, she gives me a brief history of adoption through the decades in the US, and shares insight on the mental health implications from each perspective in the adoption process.
“If you’re dealing with someone based on your stereotype of them then you’re not going to be able to communicate with them, you’re not going to have a real relationship and nothing really changes.” - Brooke Randolph
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Brooke’s Website
Brooke’s Instagram: @brookerandolphlmhc
Brooke’s Workbooks & Books
Brooke’s Recommended Reading List
What Not to Say Handout
7 Core Emotional Issues in Adoption
American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption by Gabrielle Glaser
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler
Help for Billy: A Beyond Consequences Approach to Helping Challenging Children in the Classroom by Heather T. Forbes
Attachment and Trauma Network
My guest today is Dr. Timmesha Butler, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Assistant Professor at Ramapo College of New Jersey, and provides psychotherapy in New Jersey and Virginia. Dr. B shares with me her personal story that led to where she is now, including pivoting from law school to social work. We talk about her experience as Black woman with a PhD, her love of working with teens and advocating for children with IEPs. We talk about mental health and college-aged students and a call for greater empathy in our education systems and why it matters.
“I love being a social worker and an educator because I have the ability to see the whole person and not just the student.” - Dr. Timmesha Butler
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Butler’s Website
Dr. Butler’s Instagram: @itsdrmeesh
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 10 Kerrie Mohr
Ep 20 Diana Simon
Ep 21 Dr. Vanessa Freeman
My guest today is Dr. Traci Stein, a health psychologist, award-winning author, and the creator of a series of popular guided imagery, self-hypnosis, and meditation audio programs. She is a core faculty member at the Spirituality Mind-Body Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her podcast, “Unpacking Possibility with Dr. Traci Stein,” features interviews with people who have experienced profound personal transformation and share their strategies for creating positive change. We talk about the connection between mind, body, and spirit, her courses, her experience and background, intuition, hypnosis, and telepathy.
“We can have grief for people who pass but we can also have grief for the life we had before a diagnosis or any big change.” - Dr. Traci Stein
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Stein’s Website
Dr. Stein’s Podcast
Dr. Stein’s Instagram: @drtracistein
Dr. Stein’s Developing Everyday Intuition Course
Dr. Stein’s Workshops, Courses, & Audio Programs
Previous Sass Says show mentioned:
Ep 2 Chelsea Riffe
My guest today is Dr. Cassandra Hutchins, a therapist in private practice in Short Hills, NJ. She specializes in EMDR, trauma focused-CBT, positive psychology, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic and relaxation based treatments. Dr. Cass is also the Creator of YourDocInTheBox therapy cards. Today she shares some of her go-to tools for helping her clients ease stress and anxiety, her best advice for beginning therapy, and how to go back in time to your childhood to understand who you are today. We talk about bridging the gap between psychology and spirituality and the difference between working with a therapist and venting to your friends.
“We are more alike than we know and we don’t always recognize that.” - Dr. Cassandra Hutchins
Links:
Christie’s Website
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Cass’ Website
Dr. Cass’ Instagram: @dr.cass_x_ydib
Your Doc In the Box
My guest today is Dr. Kristie Overstreet, clinical sexologist, psychotherapist, author of Fix Yourself First: 25 Tips to Stop Ruining Your Relationships and host of the Fix Yourself First podcast. Her mission is to help people improve their relationships by first focusing on the most important relationship they have, the one with themselves, so that they are empowered to create the lives they deserve. We talk about sex therapy, sexpectations, sexual shame and self-esteem, how to communicate with your partner, the different types of intimacy, and the importance of her work with the LGBTQIA+ communities.
“Therapy doesn’t fix people, people fix people when they are applying therapy to their lives.” - Dr. Kristie Overstreet
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Kristie’s Website: https://drkristieoverstreet.com/
Dr. Kristie’s Instagram: @kristie_overstreet
Dr. Kristie’s Podcast: https://drkristieoverstreet.com/podcast/
Today I’m joined by Alanna McGinn, Founder and Certified Sleep Expert of Good Night Sleep Site, a global sleep consulting practice. Alanna serves on the faculty of The Family Sleep Institute and is host of the ‘This Girl Loves Sleep’ Podcast. Alanna has established the world-wide brand of Good Night Sleep Site as being a #1 sleep resource for families and she and her team of sleep consultants strive in helping families (baby to adults) and corporations overcome their sleep challenges and have well-rested smiles in the morning. We talk about newborn, baby, toddler, and adult sleep. We cover sleep deprivation, revenge bedtime procrastination, Alanna’s fundamental sleep principles, and how to best build up your sleep drive throughout the day.
“The most important thing you can do is to be consistent with your wake time.” - Alanna McGinn
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Alanna’s Website: https://goodnightsleepsite.com/
Alanna’s Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/this-girl-loves-sleep/id1422937708?mt=2
Alanna’s Instagram: @gnsleepsite
My guest today is Cheryl Janis, a contemporary textile artist. Cheryl has 15 years experience working as a Feng Shui and Wellness Designer, focusing on creating nourishing and meaningful spaces at home and in the private healthcare sector. Cheryl has written two design books — The Waiting Room Cure and The Color Cure. She is the host & producer of The Healthcare Interior Design 2.0 podcast and The Lavender Room podcast. We talk about how our spaces can nourish our souls and well-being. We talk about colors, textures, shapes, and investing in our home as a form of self-care. Cheryl shares what homes means to her, she details her art, and shares some of her personal experiences with nourishing spaces.
“If you’re going through a hard time, nourish yourself, create a space for yourself, take good care of yourself, and be kind to yourself.” - Cheryl Janis
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Cheryl’s Website: https://cherylrjanis.com/
Cheryl’s Instagram: @cherylrjanis
The Lavender Room podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lavender-room-design-podcast/id1585737230
Window Works: https://windowworks-nj.com/
Today is the fourth and final installment of the Self-Care with S.A.S.S. solo series. I’m taking you through my journey from college to corporate America to working from home for the family business. I share my struggles with never feeling like I knew what I wanted to do with my life and how postpartum depression was a contributing factor. I also share my tips on how to self-care when it comes to pursuing my ambitions. The Intangible is closely related to how I pursue my ambitions and I share a few examples of what I do when it comes to mindset, spirituality, and manifestation.
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Join the 5-Day Self-Care with S.A.S.S. Challenge: www.sasssays.com/care
Christie on Instagram: @sasssays
Christie on TikTok: @sasssays
Previous Sass Says shows mentioned:
Ep 2 Chelsea Riffe: https://sasssays.com/podcast/02-chelsea-riffe-how-to-manifest-and-use-visualization-meditation-in-your-daily-life/
Ep 13 Jen Kalawur: https://sasssays.com/podcast/13-jen-kalawur-how-to-navigate-life-transitions-with-yoga-reiki-and-self-awareness/
Today I’m joined by Unyime Oguta. Unyime is a speaker, certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor and non-diet nutrition coach. As a mom of 3, she’s passionate about teaching women how to leverage the power of their minds to let go of food fears and obsession, so that they can thrive and feel empowered to honor their needs and transform their lives with ease and confidence. We talk about self-care, stress, boundaries, taking care of our bodies, and Unyime’s “mommy time”. We discuss societal pressures around motherhood, food, and our bodies as well as emotional and intuitive eating. And last but certainly not least, Unyime helps me continue my personal journey with food and body freedom in real time.
“Could you create an environment where your emotional and physical response to your child eating a bar of candy is the same as your child eating two sticks of carrots?” - Unyime Oguta
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Unyime’s Website: https://www.oliveandbliss.ca/
Unyime on Instagram: @oliveandblisswellness
Unyime’s Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-thriving-mum-podcast/id1540673480
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/intuitive-eating-4th-edition/
Intuitive Eating - The Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch: https://www.amazon.com/Intuitive-Eating-Workbook-Principles-Relationship/dp/1626256225
Unyime on Katelyn Parsons’ Podcast: https://katelynparsons.com/podcast/unyime
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 16 Dr. Alexis Conason: https://sasssays.com/podcast/16-dr-alexis-conason-dismantling-diet-culture-with-the-author-of-the-diet-free-revolution/
Ep 25 Katelyn Parsons: https://sasssays.com/podcast/25-katelyn-parsons-uncover-your-relationship-with-food-body-image-and-diet-culture/
This is the third episode in my 4-part self-care solo series and it’s all about how my marriage and parenting approach has been impacted by my mental health. I am also sharing how both areas of my life have benefitted from my time in therapy. I talk about transitioning from husband and wife to mom and dad and how parenting is actually about re-parenting ourselves. Don’t miss it!
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Join the 5-Day Self-Care with S.A.S.S. Challenge: www.sasssays.com/care
Christie on Instagram: @sasssays
Christie on TikTok: @sasssays
Previous Sass Says shows mentioned:
Ep 1 Alex Bouffard: https://sasssays.com/podcast/01-alexandra-bouffard-communication-and-respect-in-love-and-in-business/
Ep 9 Jax Anderson: https://sasssays.com/podcast/09-jax-anderson-the-psyko-therapist-tiktok-mom-on-tweens-teens-and-therapy/
Ep 15 Vanessa De Jesus Guzman: https://sasssays.com/podcast/15-how-to-implement-mindfulness-in-parenting-and-your-daily-life/
Today I’m joined by Kerry Higgins, a New York based holistic health coach and therapist. Kerry utilizes a holistic, cognitive behavioral approach to help you create your optimal life, unblock negative thoughts and feel your absolute best. Her mission is to help you find inner peace, align with your authentic self and break through blocks. On the show we discuss the differences between coaching and therapy and our personal experiences in therapy. We talk about social media, self-compassion, inner child work, codependency, and so much more!
“Anything you’re thinking or feeling in terms of what you needed that you didn’t get (as a child) is valid.” - Kerry Higgins
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Kerry’s Website: https://www.authenticallywell.com/
Kerry’s Instagram: @authenticallywell
Previous Sass Says Episode Mentioned:
Ep 23 Dr. Alex Golden: https://sasssays.com/podcast/23-dr-alex-golden-autonomy-of-mind-body-soul-with-the-co-founder-of-zesty-ginger/
This is the second episode in my 4-part self-care solo series and it’s all about my pregnancies and body image journey. I am of course sharing just how both have been major factors in my mental health journey as well. I share the details of my pregnancies and postpartum experiences, including postpartum depression and anxiety. I also share how the guests on my show have helped me begin to navigate life in a body I hardly recognize. Don’t miss it!
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Join the 5-Day Self-Care with S.A.S.S. Challenge: www.sasssays.com/care
Christie on Instagram: @sasssays
Christie on TikTok: @sasssays
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/intuitive-eating-4th-edition/
Intuitive Eating - The Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch: https://www.amazon.com/Intuitive-Eating-Workbook-Principles-Relationship/dp/1626256225
Previous Sass Says shows mentioned:
Ep 7 Dr. Holly Sawyer: https://sasssays.com/podcast/07-dr-holly-sawyer-how-to-implement-self-care-and-prevent-burnout-in-your-daily-life/
Ep 9 Jax Anderson: https://sasssays.com/podcast/09-jax-anderson-the-psyko-therapist-tiktok-mom-on-tweens-teens-and-therapy/
Ep 16 Dr. Conason: https://sasssays.com/podcast/16-dr-alexis-conason-dismantling-diet-culture-with-the-author-of-the-diet-free-revolution/
Today I’m joined by Katelyn Parsons, entrepreneur, speaker, certified Intuitive Eating and Body Image coach, as well as the host of Body Truth podcast. After years of struggling with bulimia and disordered eating, Katelyn not only found recovery but recognized a crucial missing link in the wellness industry: empowerment and individual sustainability around health. Katelyn has helped countless creative leaders transform their relationship with food and body image through an integrative, evidence-based process so that they can move through each day feeling more present, empowered, and comfortable in their skin, without worrying about what to eat. Today Katelyn walks me through her personal and professional journey, the impact of social media and pop culture, diet culture, kids and intuitive eating, fatphobia, and so much more.
“We are all born intuitive eaters. We are all born with this intuitive relationship with food and this intuitive trust with our bodies.” - Katelyn Parsons
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Katelyn’s Website: https://www.katelynparsons.com/
Katelyn’s Instagram: @katelyn.parsons
Katelyn’s Podcast: https://katelynparsons.com/podcast
Intuitive Eating: https://www.intuitiveeating.org/10-principles-of-intuitive-eating/
H.A.E.S.: https://haescommunity.com/
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/intuitive-eating-4th-edition/
Intuitive Eating - The Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch: https://www.amazon.com/Intuitive-Eating-Workbook-Principles-Relationship/dp/1626256225
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle: https://www.burnoutbook.net/
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Ep 16 Dr. Alexis Conason: https://sasssays.com/podcast/16-dr-alexis-conason-dismantling-diet-culture-with-the-author-of-the-diet-free-revolution/
Ep 22 Deana Panza: https://sasssays.com/podcast/22-deana-panza-start-saying-no-and-reconnect-to-your-authentic-self/
Today is my first solo show and I couldn’t be more excited! I am sharing my thoughts on self-care, what I’ve learned from my guests so far on the show about self-care, and I’m introducing a new challenge! The challenge is called Self-Care with S.A.S.S. and you won’t want to miss it! I’ll also be sharing a bit about my journey and what you can expect from this 4-part solo series.
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Join the 5-Day Self-Care with S.A.S.S. Challenge: www.sasssays.com/care
Christie on Instagram: @sasssays
Christie on TikTok: @sasssays
Today I’m joined by Dr. Alex Golden, functional MD and co-founder of Zesty Ginger. Dr. Alex and Megan Blacksmith, NP, are best friends and business partners known for combining functional medicine and mindset practices to help you balance hormones & live your best life. Dr. Alex trained at the University of Chicago after a long personal battle with chronic pain and a myriad of hormonal health concerns, which she details for us today on the show. We also talk about the intersection of health and life, how to thrive rather than survive, and advocate for ourselves and our health. Dr. Alex shares with me all she’s learned about how the mind and body are connected and the importance of looking at a person’s entire lifestyle when working with them on their health.
“We need healers, but we need empowered healers, not disempowered healers.” - Dr. Alex
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Zesty Ginger Website: https://www.zestyginger.com/
FREE Habit Guide from Dr. Alex & Megan: https://www.zestyginger.com/habit-guide/
Zesty Ginger Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-4-phase-cycle-podcast-with-zesty-ginger/id1435794175?mt=2
Zesty Ginger Instagram: @zesty_ginger
Zesty Ginger TikTok: @zesty_ginger
Today I’m joined by Deana Panza, psychotherapist, speaker, coach, wellness educator, and yoga teacher. Deana’s passion is to help people reconnect with their most authentic selves through mindfulness, self-awareness and exploration. For nearly a decade, she has been collaborating with people to empower them to take back control of their lives by helping them get to know their true selves and encouraging them with the power of choice. Today we talk about the power of saying “no” to anything that does align with your authentic self. We also talk about finding purpose and fulfillment, confidence, and the idea of who we are versus what we do.
“There doesn’t need to be a reason to show up to therapy, everyone can benefit from learning more about themselves.” - Deana Panza
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Deana’s Website: http://deanapanza.com/
Deana’s Instagram: @deanapanza
Today I’m joined by Dr. Vanessa Freeman, the founder of Searching for Self Therapy and Consulting. Dr. V believes that therapy has the power to help individuals unlock, access, and reconnect to their authentic selves and she has a passion for supporting the Black community and communities of color. In her consulting work, Dr. V is committed to finding ways to create more inclusive environments for all marginalized groups. Today we talk about her experience working in higher education, institutional racism, and what drove her to ultimately leave her position and open her private practice. We talk about what it’s like to work with her as a therapist and what her personal experience of working with HER therapist is like and so much more.
“It’s ok to deviate, it’s ok to pivot, it doesn’t mean failure.” - Dr. Vanessa Freeman
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Vanessa’s Website: https://www.searchingforselfcounseling.com/
Dr. Vanessa’s Instagram: @dr.vfrifree
Dr. Vanessa’s Blog Post, “Letter to Myself”: https://www.searchingforselfcounseling.com/dr-vs-blog/letter-to-myself
Dr. Vaness’a Blog Post, “Emotional First Aid Kit”: https://www.searchingforselfcounseling.com/dr-vs-blog/blog-post-title-four-2m7sj
A Well-Designed Business®: https://luannnigara.com/interior-design-business-podcast/
We Can Do Hard Things Podcast with Glennon Doyle & Dr. Brené Brown: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-bren%C3%A9-brown-how-to-know-ourselves-be-known-by-our-people/id1564530722?i=1000543463696
We Can Do Hard Things Podcast with Glennon Doyle & Dr. Brené Brown PT 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-bren%C3%A9-brown-on-holding-boundaries-facing-our-fear/id1564530722?i=1000543696295
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Dr. Holly Sawyer: https://sasssays.com/podcast/07-dr-holly-sawyer-how-to-implement-self-care-and-prevent-burnout-in-your-daily-life/
Today I’m joined by Diana Simon, mom, wife, content creator, marketing expert and my friend. Diana is the Marketing Coordinator at Luann Nigara Inc, the company this podcast is produced by. Diana and I connected through work initially but have often discussed behind the scenes our struggles with mental health and motherhood. Today we discuss Diana’s long road to an ADHD diagnosis, what her life with ADHD looks like growing up versus now, how she copes, and how things changed when she became a mother. We talk extensively about her experience with mental health and motherhood, our shared PMDD experiences, and more.
“If I had to write a book this would be the title: I Would Have Never Known You Have ADHD.” - Diana Simon
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Diana’s Instagram: @themoodymawma
LuAnn Nigara Inc: https://luannnigara.com/
A Well-Designed Business® Podcast: https://luannnigara.com/a-well-designed-business/
Dr. Daniel Amen on the Skinny Confidential Him & Her podcast: https://tscpodcast.com/episodes/375-dr-daniel-amen/
Previous Sass Says Shows Mentioned:
Dr. Elizabeth Cohen: https://sasssays.com/podcast/11-dr-elizabeth-cohen-transitioning-through-divorce-with-the-divorce-doctor/
Jax Anderson: https://sasssays.com/podcast/09-jax-anderson-the-psyko-therapist-tiktok-mom-on-tweens-teens-and-therapy/
Vanessa De Jesus Guzman: https://sasssays.com/podcast/15-how-to-implement-mindfulness-in-parenting-and-your-daily-life/
Today I’m joined by Dr. Ilene Cohen, psychotherapist, author, and mother of two. She is one of the most respected voices in the psychology of people-pleasing and navigating the difficulty of living an intentional life while trying to maintain fulfilling relationships. We talk all about people-pleasing - what is it? Where does the behavior come from? What are the consequences of living this way? How do we heal and move on from people-pleasing? And more. We also talk about self-care, anxiety, burnout, and ambition in motherhood and family.
“People-pleasers always think, ‘I need to do everything by myself and then if I’m overwhelmed or tired there must be something wrong with me.’” - Dr. Ilene Cohen
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Ilene’s Website: https://doctorilene.com/
Dr. Ilene’s Instagram: @doctorilene
Dr. Ilene’s Books: https://doctorilene.com/resources/
Today I’m joined by Shaylyn Forte, a LPC in Philadelphia. Shaylyn’s clinical experience includes working with clients who have anxiety, depression, low self esteem, ADHD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, substance use disorders, and eating disorders. She has dedicated her practice to helping clients learn how to better manage their anxiety, depression, low self esteem, and feelings related to life transitions. Today Shaylyn is talking to us all about therapy: What is it? Who is it for? How will you benefit from it? What should you look for in a therapist? How can therapy be affordable? She also shares her own experience of working with a therapist and how that experience impacted her life.
“What surprises me is that clients think that they're going to say something that's going to surprise me.” - Shaylyn Forte
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Shaylyn’s Website: https://www.mytherapistshaylyn.com/
Shaylyn’s Instagram: @therapy.with.shaylyn
Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
Open Path: https://openpathcollective.org/
Episode #2 of the Mom Break Podcast with Erica Fraser: https://mombreak.ca/ep2/
Today I’m joined by Jenna Overbaugh, licensed professional counselor, certified personal trainer, and mom. Jenna’s speciality is in treating OCD and anxiety, educating her clients and giving them the tools they need to manage their recovery independently. She is also passionate about offering guidance and resources for the world to better understand OCD, particularly in mothers. She is the host of her own podcast called All the Hard Things and is a therapist for nOCD. Today Jenna explains to me what OCD really is, how and why it shows up in motherhood and how OCD is treated in therapy. She shares her personal story of postpartum OCD and her beliefs on what needs to change in postpartum care when it comes to mental health.
“We need to be screening every mom for PPA,OCD, and trauma in addition to depression.” - Jenna Overbaugh
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Jenna’s Website: https://www.jennaoverbaugh.com/
Nocd Website: https://www.treatmyocd.com/
Jenna’s Instagram: @jenna.overbaugh
Jenna’s Podcast: https://www.jennaoverbaugh.com/podcast
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Moms-Have-Scary-Thoughts/dp/1641701307
Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts by Amy Wenzel and Karen Kleiman: https://www.amazon.com/Dropping-Baby-Other-Scary-Thoughts/dp/0415877008
International OCD Foundation: https://iocdf.org/
Today I’m joined by Dr. Alexis Conason, clinical psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist-supervisor in private practice in New York City. Dr. Conason is the founder of The Anti-Diet Plan, a weight-inclusive online mindful eating program designed to help people stop dieting, eat more attuned with their body, and live more peaceful and pleasurable lives. She is the author of The Diet Free Revolution: 10 Steps to Free Yourself from the Diet Cycle with Mindful Eating and Radical Self-Acceptance. Today we talk about diet culture, where it comes from, and how it is harmful. We talk about mindful eating, eating disorders, disordered eating, and weight stigma. Dr. Conason shares her advice for creating a meditation mindfulness practice and how to show ourselves compassion.
“The problem is not your body, the problem is our culture.” - Dr. Alexis Conason
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Conason’s Website: https://drconason.com/
Dr. Conason’s Instagram: @theantidietplan
Dr. Conason’s Book: https://drconason.com/the-book/
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle: https://www.burnoutbook.net/
Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness: https://www.amazon.com/Full-Catastrophe-Living-Revised-Illness/dp/0345536932
Today I’m joined by Vanessa De Jesus Guzman, a former teacher, educator, licensed counselor and mom. Vanessa offers individual and group counseling, parent coaching and more. Her clients learn mindful living through a mix of play therapy, literature, art and games. She is passionate about helping kids become emotionally healthy through a focus on mindfulness and is dedicated to helping adults learn ways to strengthen relationships with their kids. Vanessa and I discuss how to start implementing mindfulness today, self-care for parents, parental stress, fostering emotional intelligence in our kids, and communication.
“Spending time with your kids is much more valuable than simply providing financially.” - Vanessa De Jesus Guzman
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Vanessa’s Website: https://www.freetobemindful.com/
Vanessa’s Instagram: @counselorvdejesus
Free to Be Mindful Podcast: https://www.freetobemindful.com/podcast
Vanessa’s Kids Only Page: https://www.freetobemindful.com/kids-only-page
Yardsticks: Child and Adolescent Development Ages 4-14: https://www.amazon.com/Yardsticks-Child-Adolescent-Development-Ages/dp/1892989891/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=1892989891&psc=1
Today I’m joined by Renee Reina, podcaster, TikToker, mom, and truth-teller. Renee finished her PhD in psychology in March 2020, just days before the COVID-19 quarantine started. While in quarantine, she gained a large following on TikTok and launched The Mom Room Podcast. Renee and I discuss marriage, self-care, communication, mom rage, mom guilt, “mom-poster syndrome,” the “#blessed” moms, and Renee’s experience with anxiety that persists to this day.
“I hope that I am more so an influencer of changing how people think of themselves and think about motherhood and inspire people to have conversations with their partners that they wouldn’t otherwise have.” - Renee Reina
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Renee’s Website: https://reneereina.com/
Renee’s Instagram: @reneereina_
Renee’s Podcast: https://themomroompodcast.com/
Renee’s Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themomroompodcast/?lang=en
Renee’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reneereina_?
Rage in Motherhood: What is it? Why does it happen? How can we cope? With Jen Reddish: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/rage-in-motherhood-what-is-it-why-does-it-happen-how/id1521655911?i=1000517390970
The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner: https://www.amazon.com/Dance-Anger-Changing-Patterns-Relationships-ebook/dp/B00F2I2H56
Today I’m joined by Jen Kalawur, the founder of Navigate Life Transitions. Jen is an experienced Kripalu and Yoga Impact teacher, who focuses on the therapeutic benefits of the yoga practice. She is also a White Light Reiki Master, offering private sessions and trainings, and a transformational spiritual coach. We talk about how to use yoga as a tool to move through life’s challenging transitions. We talk about energy, self-love, and the power of self-awareness. Jen also helps me understand what Reiki is and how it is used to help her clients exist in their best mindsets and energies.
“When we take care of ourselves there is this overflow of peacefulness, joyfulness, and love that touches everyone around us.” - Jen Kalawur
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Jen’s Website: http://www.navigatelifetransitions.net/
Jen’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/navigatelifetransitions/?modal=admin_todo_tour
Jen’s Instagram: @navigatelifetransitions
Today I’m joined by Christine Michel Carter, the #1 global voice for working moms. Christine is a bestselling author, consumer marketing expert, the senior contributor to ForbesWomen, and a mommy to two kids. She created the first national mommy and me professional development networking event called Mompreneur and Me, she’s worked with the Congressional Caucus on Black Women & Girls, the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on maternal and child care related issues. Today we talk about the specific changes Christine wants to see made in the workplace to better accommodate parents. We talk about her personal motherhood and journey through divorce. Christine shares with me her experience with anxiety and managing her mental health and so much more!
“There are too many women in the workplace that are trying to perform like the white male non-children having CEO leaders and that does nothing but make you mask and cover yourself. It leads to stress on your mental health.” - Christine Michel Carter
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Christine’s Website: https://christinemichelcarter.com/
Christine’s Instagram: @cmichelcarter
Christine’s Books: https://christinemichelcarter.com/books/
Christine on Moms Moving On podcast with Michelle Dempsey: https://podcasts.apple.com/br/podcast/most-inspiring-single-mom-success-story-youll-hear/id1494940088?i=1000487297829
Previous Episodes Mentioned:
Dr. Holly Sawyer: https://sasssays.com/podcast/07-dr-holly-sawyer-how-to-implement-self-care-and-prevent-burnout-in-your-daily-life/
Dr. Elizabeth Cohen: https://sasssays.com/podcast/11-dr-elizabeth-cohen-transitioning-through-divorce-with-the-divorce-doctor/
Today I’m joined by Dr. Elizabeth Cohen, also known as The Divorce Doctor. Dr. Cohen is a clinical psychologist, the CEO of the Center for CBT in NYC, and the CEO and founder of the online divorce course and membership called Afterglow: The Light at the Other Side of Divorce. She hosts the Divorce Doctor podcast and is the author of Light at The Other Side of Divorce: Discovering the New You. We talk about Dr. Cohen’s personal story with divorce and how it shapes the work she does today, the stigmas around divorce and how our society views marriage. We talk at length about children, the effects of divorce, best practices for helping them cope, and more.
“Every fairytale ends with happily ever after but no one ever talks about what happens in the relationship.” - Dr. Elizabeth Cohen
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Cohen’s Website: https://drelizabethcohen.com/
Elissa’s Instagram: @thedivorcedoctor
Afterglow: The Light at the Other Side of Divorce: https://drelizabethcohen.com/afterglow/
Dr. Cohen’s Podcast: https://drelizabethcohen.com/podcast/
Free Masterclass: https://drelizabethcohen.com/masterclass/
Dr. Cohen's Story: https://drelizabethcohen.com/2021/04/16/elizabeth-cohen-my-story/
Other Shows Mentioned: Kerrie Mohr https://sasssays.com/podcast/10-kerrie-mohr-therapy-is-about-trusting-the-process-and-giving-ourselves-permission/
Today I’m joined by Kerrie Mohr, the founder and lead therapist at A Good Place Therapy, a bicoastal private practice offering compassionate psychotherapy for adults, couples, children, teens, and families. Kerrie has focused her career on seeking out solutions to individual, family, and community problems through clinical work, policy reform, and building nonprofit social service programs. We talk about the different types of therapists, the varying methods used, OCD, and self-care. Kerrie gives us an in-depth look at her practice and her field to help us better understand what therapy is and who it is for.
“(In therapy) the process is just as important as the goals achieved.” - Kerrie Mohr
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Kerrie’s Instagram: @a_goodplace
Kerrie’s Facebook: @agoodplacetherapy
Kerrie’e Twitter: @a_GoodPlace
Kerrie’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a-good-place/
Kerrie’s Company Website: https://www.agoodplacetherapy.com/
Today I’m joined by Jax Anderson, a licensed professional counselor and creator/owner of the brand The Psyko Therapist. Jax is a Disrupter, disrupting the status quo, offering alternative perspectives, teaching and training. Jax’s ‘why’ is to empower, motivate and inspire as many people as possible. More recently she’s become famous on TikTok, known as the TikTok mom, helping tweens, teens, and their parents better communicate and understand each other. Today we discuss why and when to get your kids into therapy, the screen time dilemma, her approach to gentle parenting, some of the mistakes parents make in parenting tweens and teens, and Jax’s approach to her own mental health and motherhood.
“Gentle parenting to me means emotional connection. Connecting before correcting. Emotionally reaching them on that level that isn’t doing anything to gain their compliance but understanding where the behavior is coming from.” - Jax Anderson
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie on Instagram: @sasssays
Christie on TikTok: @sasssays
Jax’s Website: https://www.psykotherapist.com/
Jax on Instagram: @jax.parentingteens
Jax on TikTok: @psyko_therapy
Text Jax: 1-717-5ASKJAX
Today I’m joined by Elissa Weinzimmer, an award-winning vocal health educator, presence coach, and the founder of Voice Body Connection. After suddenly losing her own voice at age 21, Elissa began studying the mechanics of voice. Over time she developed a unique, concrete approach that empowers performers, leaders, and speakers to optimize their voices and share them more authentically. Today you will learn so much about your voice and the voice body connection. We talk about your metaphorical voice and why it is essential to speak your truth and live authentically.
“When we express ourselves impeccably we are purifying our being. When we don't express ourselves we are creating toxicity.” - Elissa Weinzimmer
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Elissa’s Website: https://www.voicebodyconnection.com/
Elissa’s Instagram: @voicebodyelissa
Voice Body Connection Exercise: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRCB7HXjVbK/
Find Your Voice, Speak Your Truth podcast episode with Sophia Sunwoo: https://www.voicebodyconnection.com/blog/episode74
Today I’m joined by Dr. Holly Sawyer, the CEO and lead psychotherapist at her solo practice Life First Therapy and at Therapy Loft Collective, an online group practice. Dr. Holly is also an author, entrepreneur mindset coach, national mental health public speaker and college professor. Dr. Holly and I predominantly discuss self-care practices and strategies to prevent burnout. We talk about scheduling sex, self-medicating and addiction, microaggressions in the workplace, trauma, and how therapy is for everyone. Dr. Holly also shares with me a bit about her own motherhood journey.
“Therapy is for everyone because all have mental health.” - Dr. Holly
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Dr. Holly’s Website: https://www.lifefirsttherapy.com/
Dr. Holly’s Online Group Practice: https://www.thetherapyloftcollective.com/
Dr. Holly’s Instagram: @therapyloftcollective and @lifefirsttherapyllc
Targeted Self-Care Blog post: https://www.lifefirsttherapy.com/blogs/how-to-practice-self-care-during-covid-19-as-a-black-female-professional
It’s Time to Talk About Trauma: https://www.lifefirsttherapy.com/store/p6/itstimetotalkabouttrauma.html
Get Your Mind Right, Get Your Money Right! The Mental Health Guide for Successful Entrepreneurs: https://www.lifefirsttherapy.com/store/p11/GetYourMindRightGetYourMoneyRight.html
Today I’m joined by Ingrid Read, the Founder of Working Momkind. Working Momkind is a community on a mission to empower, showcase and support the hard work and talents of moms around the world. Ingrid and I talk about the uniqueness of the Working Momkind community, the challenges working moms face and the current climate in the workforce for parents. Ingrid shares her top tips for creating a greater sense of community in your own neighborhood, her team-player parenting style and her plans for growing her family.
“How do you get it all done? You don't. You try your best to make sure that you're dipping a little in each bucket.” - Ingrid Read
Links:
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Working Momkind Website: https://workingmomkind.com/
Working Momkind Instagram: @workingmomkind
Ingrid’s Instagram: @itsingridsworld
Upcoming Show Mentioned: Jax Anderson (stay tuned!)
Today I’m joined by Linda Fruits, creator of the very popular blog and Instagram account Fruits of Motherhood and the Fruits of Motherhood podcast. Linda is also a creative entrepreneur with an Etsy shop and a graphic design business. Linda’s mission is to normalize motherhood and to help moms feel less alone. She shares daily messages of encouragement and validation but always does so with a dash of comedic relief and total honesty. We talk about our experiences with postpartum anxiety as first time mothers and how motherhood feels so different the second time around. We talk about growing her online community, the ups, the downs, and all that she’s learned.
"The pressure to be this perfect mom is so overwhelming. I felt it. I still feel it."
- Linda Fruits
Links
Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @sasssays
Linda’s Website: https://fruitsofmotherhood.com/
Linda’s Instagram: @fruitsofmotherhood
Linda’s TikTok: @fruitsofmotherhood
Linda’s Podcast: https://fruitsofmotherhood.com/podcast/
Today I’m joined by Erin Washington, creator of the Squats and Margaritas blog and Instagram account, the Squats and Margaritas podcast, and author of Squats and Margaritas-a Journey to Finding Balance. Erin and I talk about how she overcame eating disorders, how she’s found balance in nutrition and exercise, and how therapy is helping her find some much needed balance in other areas of her life. We talk about our experiences with therapy, anxiety medication, mom-life, and our marriages. Erin is a high-energy, hustling mompreneur on the path to big things!
"It’s never too late, you’re not too old, you can change your life at any point." - Erin Washington
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Christie’s Website: https://www.sasssays.com
Christie’s Instagram: @SassSays
Erin’s Website: https://www.squatsandmargaritas.com/
Erin’s Instagram: @SquatsandMargaritas
Erin’s Podcast: https://www.podcastone.com/pd/Squats-and-Margaritas
Erin’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Squats-Margaritas-Journey-Finding-Balance/dp/1703381939/ref=sr_1_1?crid=31IXPM6A6DQYL&dchild=1&keywords=squats+and+margaritas&qid=1623438206&s=books&sprefix=squats+and+%2Cstripbooks%2C144&sr=1-1
Erin's podcast episode with Rebecca Eyre: https://www.podcastone.com/episode/Rebecca-Eyre
Eating Disorder Resources
Project Heal: https://www.theprojectheal.org/
Eating disorder hope: https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/
National Eating Disorders Association: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline
Today I’m joined by Tara Clark, creator of Instagram’s @modernmomprobs and author of the book Modern Mom Probs: A Survival Guide for 21st Century Mothers. Tara and I talk about a little bit of everything: what it means to have a village of support for the modern mom, the most common challenges moms face today, postpartum anxiety and advice for new moms, and letting go of our preconceived notions of what motherhood would be like. We also talk about Tara’s personal journey thus far as a mother, wife, and businesswoman.
"When I started the account I could have never imagined it would become the community that it is.” - Tara Clark
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Christie’s Website: http://www.SassSays.com
Christie on Instagram: @SassSays
Tara’s Website: http://www.modernmomprobs.com
Tara on Instagram: @modernmomprobs
Tara’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Mom-Probs-Survival-Century/dp/1642937584
Today I’m joined by Chelsea Riffe, a mindset, manifestation, & podcast coach. Chelsea helps her clients through guidance, support, & major hype to feel empowered to share their stories and their voices in business and in life. She offers 1-1 mindset coaching, courses, workshops, and has a podcast called In My Non-Expert Opinion. Chelsea and I talk about the ups, the downs, and the how-tos of her personal story from leaving her corporate job, to traveling the world, to starting her own business. We talk about her personal experience with therapy and she educates me on how to make manifestation and meditation part of my daily life.
“If you have a thought, and you take action, and it is appearing in your life, that is a manifestation." - Chelsea Riffe
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Christie’s Website: www.SassSays.com
Christie on Instagram: @SassSays
Chelsea’s Website: www.chelseariffe.com
Chelsea on Instagram: @chelseariffe
Chelsea’s Podcast: www.inmynonexpertopinion.com
Today I’m joined by Alexandra Bouffard, owner of Madison Grey Media, Tiktok superstar, and co-host of the Give It To Me Straight podcast with her husband, Jon. Alex and I talk about what it’s like to go viral and her process for creating content on Tiktok. We talk about the challenges of working side-by-side with her husband, balancing work and home life, and the importance of communication in her marriage and in her business. Alex is a straight-shooter, downright hilarious, and an entrepreneur at heart.
"In a relationship you always want to do your best and show up for your partner. when you fall short you have to own up to it and it's the same in business." - Alexandra Bouffard
Christie’s Website: www.sasssays.com
Christie on Instagram: @sasssays
Madison Grey Media: https://madisongreymedia.com/
Alex & Jon's Podcast: https://giveittomestraightpodcast.com/
Alex & Jon's Podcast Instagram: @giveittomestraightpodcast
Alex on Instagram: @alexandramadisonn
Alex on TikTok: @alexandramadisonn_