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Before I semi-retired from TV and the consumer lifestyle PR world, I used to host an annual holiday TV gift guide featuring some of my favorite toys, gadgets, and gifts. It was really fun, but it was also a lot of work (especially that one year when I hopped on six red-eye flights to do […]
In this episode of The AMPLIFY Show, I talk with Blake Guichet aka “The Girl Named Blake” on Instagram and the author of the newly released Confessions of a Crappy Christian: Real-Life Talk about All the Things Christians Aren’t Sure We’re Supposed to Say—and Why They Matter to God. Blake is one of those brave […]
Episode 77: Being a Crappy Christian, Cancel Culture & Relationship Over Religion with Blake Guichet
When I quit social media for weeks and months at a time last year, I found myself reading more books than ever. I ended up averaging a book a week while having my third baby, running a business, and being a stay-at-home mom. I shared the 52 books I read over in this blog. This […]
Welcome back to another episode of The AMPLIFY Show. Today I’m talking about a strategy that I’ve used consistently in my life and my business whenever I wanted to push through inaction, overwhelm, or decision fatigue, to make big things happen. It’s the concept of positive, manufactured pressure. I recently manufactured pressure simply by spending […]
In today’s powerful episode, I’m talking with Melissa Ohden. I recorded this interview seven months ago but was waiting for the right time to share it- and a more honest answer would be that I hesitated to share this because I knew the interview may make some people uncomfortable. While the topic of the interview […]
In today’s Biz Pep Talk, I’m talking about the trap many mom entrepreneurs find themselves in and how to break free from it: trading time for money. I share how I transitioned my business from one that required a lot of my physical time and also drained my energy, leaving me without as much to […]
Today on The AMPLIFY Show, I’m welcoming back Kim John Payne, a counselor, researcher, and the author of eight books about children. He was one of the first guests on this show, and I highly recommend going back and listening to that interview in Episode 6 if you like this one! Last time, we talked […]
Episode 72: Simplicity Parenting, Family Values, & Building Emotional Resilience With Kim John Payne
I’m back recording some new episodes after a bit of a break during Lent and my season doing Magnify90– you can hear more about what Magnify90 is just a few episodes back where I interviewed the creator, Kaylene Brown. In this episode I share about my experience with Lent and Magnify90 during a Michigan winter, […]
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