Best Happy Records // Happy Collective Podcasts (2025)

Send us a text From Victim to Victor: How Taking Accountability Transforms Your Life Are you feeling stuck in your life despite trying hard to improve? Discover how shifting from a victim mentality to true accountability can change everything. In this episode, Todd interviews Robert J. Hunt, co-author of "Nobody Cares Until You Do," about the power…

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299 - Your Words Are Powerful. Use Them Wisely. 19:29

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We are only a few days from BE YOU Live!! Tickets are almost sold out! Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special in person ALL WOMEN BIG event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You'll get to connect and network with 200 amazing women! The community you didn'…

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#27 John Brink - From WAR-TORN Childhood to IMMIGRANT CEO in Canada? 49:53

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Send us a text During WWII in war-torn Holland, a five-year-old watches Canadian soldiers hand out bread, butter, and cheese in a schoolyard. He decides that someday he will live in the land of his heroes. Decades later that child, John Brink, arrives in Canada with a suitcase, $25.47 in his pocket, and a desire to build his own company. What unfol…

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298 - To the Women of #BEYOULive 33:34

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We are just 12 days out from BE YOU Live!! Tickets are almost sold out! We are closing doors for ticket sales on Sunday, October 19th at midnight so don't wait! Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special in person ALL WOMEN BIG event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, …

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#26 Jeff Callahan - Develop COMMUNICATION Skills to Supercharge Your Life and Career! 59:25

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Send us a text What if confidence doesn’t come from hype, but from training yourself? We sit down with communication coach Jeff Callahan to carve out a practical path from social anxiety to authentic connection that's built on reps, helpful self-talk, and simple frameworks anyone can use. As a child, Jeff’s story began with a severe stuttering prob…

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297 - Aha! So That's the Lesson Among the Lesson! 42:19

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Are you ready to experience BE YOU live and in person? Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special in person ALL WOMEN BIG event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You'll get to connect and network with 200 amazing women! The community you didn't know you had a…

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296 - How to Find Friends Who Value Transparency, Expansion, & Growth 21:31

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Are you ready to experience BE YOU live and in person? Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special in person ALL WOMEN BIG event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You'll get to connect and network with 200 amazing women! The community you didn't know you had a…

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#25 Ray Martin - Winning at Life, Yet Feeling Empty Inside: A CEO Walks Away 58:03

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Send us a text What happens when you achieve everything society says will make you happy, only to discover it's left you feeling empty? Ray Martin, award-winning business leader turned nomadic explorer, discovered that his greatest achievement wasn't building a successful company — it was finding the courage to walk away from it all and build somet…

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295 - Can You Love & Accept What Is, Just as It Is? 37:39

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Are you ready to experience BE YOU live and in person? Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special in person event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You'll get to connect and network with 200 amazing women! The community you didn't know you had and didn't real…

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294 - You Don't Have to Live This Way 21:06

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Are you ready to experience BE YOU live and in person? Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special in person event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You'll get to connect and network with 200 amazing women! The community you didn't know you had and didn't real…

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#24 Andrew Profaci - Lessons From a Cult Survivor 1:09:45

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Send us a text In this episode, we delve into Andrew Profaci's incredible escape from the notorious Love Has Won cult, revealing the darkest corners of psychological manipulation and leading to the illuminating light of truth. As Amy Carlson's closest companion, Andrew witnessed firsthand how cult leaders exploit vulnerabilities through powerful ps…

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293 - Can't Wait to Share This! 26:41

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Are you ready to experience BE YOU live and in person? Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special in person event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You'll get to connect and network with 200 amazing women! The community you didn't know you had and didn't real…

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292 - The Sweet Spot of Feeling Angry AND at Peace 29:49

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Are you ready to experience BE YOU live and in person? Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special in person event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You'll get to connect and network with 200 amazing women! The community you didn't know you had and didn't real…

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#23 Steve McCready - The Myths Keeping you STUCK in Mid-Life! A Psychotherapist Sets the Record Straight 1:06:17

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Send us a text What happens when a former therapy skeptic sits down with a licensed psychotherapist? Prepare for an eye-opening conversation that challenges everything you thought you knew about mental health support. Steve McCready, a licensed psychotherapist with a refreshingly practical approach, joins us to unpack why so many of us—particularly…

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291 - Giving Up Certain Success for Uncertain Alignment 30:29

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! Listen in to Jill this week as she opens …

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#22 Chris Wilkens - How to Start Building Wealth No Matter Your Age 51:59

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Send us a text Are your financial dreams feeling out of reach? What if I told you the secret isn't working harder or sacrificing more, but simply starting now and letting time do the heavy lifting? In this eye-opening conversation with Chris Wilkens, Vice President and Financial Advisor at RBC Wealth Management, we uncover practical strategies that…

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290 - 11-11-11 Challenge Starts Today! Are You In? 24:23

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! In her last episode, Jill filled listener…

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289 - Stingy with Compliments? Find It Easy? Wanna Try This? 18:33

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! Listen in this week as Jill proposes a ch…

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#21 Brandon Held - From Childhood Trauma, Poverty, and Divorce to a Life of Fulfillment 1:04:10

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Send us a text What happens when childhood trauma becomes your greatest teacher? Brandon Held's life story reads like a manual on resilience -- growing up in poverty, living with an abusive, alcoholic stepfather, losing his infant daughter, multiple failed marriages, surviving a suicide attempt, and emerging not just intact but mentally resilient a…

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288 - Hair Loss, Sound Baths, & Boob Jobs, Oh My! 30:35

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! Jill catches listeners up a bit this week…

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287 - Pruning Your Plants AND Your Life 28:08

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! Jill spends time this week exploring over…

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286 - The Magic of In-Person Events 20:57

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! Jill is back - not just back behind the m…

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285 - When We Give Past Depletion and WHY 28:23

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! Jill opens up in this vulnerable episode …

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284 - The Truth About Lies 15:15

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! Jill offers up a short and sweet but also…

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#20 Boomer Reboot: Phil's Journey from Teacher to YouTube Creator 53:03

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Send us a text In this eye-opening conversation, we meet Phil, the creator behind the YouTube channel "What's Up Boomer," who shares his journey of reinvention after reaching retirement age with less-than-ideal financial circumstances. At 66, Phil works at Home Depot while building a YouTube following that exploded from 400 to over 8,000 subscriber…

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283 - Whatever Season You Find Yourself In… Be There 20:19

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! Listen in this week as we revisit episode…

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282 - Grief and Why Words Matter 16:01

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! Jill truly gets profoundly personal in th…

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281 - When Your Body Signals Loudly - Why I Burned my Arm and Got a UTI 31:02

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! Jill spends some time this episode reflec…

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#19 The Pursuit of Happiness: Bad Idea or Worthy Goal? 28:16

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Send us a text Why does a man with $2.1 trillion (five times Elon Musk's wealth) conclude that everything is "vanity and striving after wind"? King Solomon's ancient wisdom on happiness finds surprising validation in modern psychological research. We've put happiness on a pedestal as life's ultimate goal, but what if chasing it directly is actually…

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280 - Ten Tips for How to Be a Well-Resourced Person 25:07

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Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special live podcast event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tickets are selling fast at jillherman.com/beyou, and discounted rooms are available at a boutique hotel right next door! Join Jill this week as she shares some fr…

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279 - Oops. Podcasting Fail or No? 16:28

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Jill invites listeners this week to listen in as she offers up some exciting updates - plans for the near future that are on the horizon. This isn't an episode that Jill had technically planned, but that is also kind of her point. After scrapping not one but two full recordings (one because it didn't feel right, the other because of a technical mis…

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278 - The Pocket of Truth After the Exhale 17:02

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Don't forget that tickets are now on sale for a Be YOU event on October 25, 2025 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, celebrating the podcast's five-year anniversary. The four-hour women's empowerment experience includes immersive activities; a live podcast recording, and a focus on authentic leadership, with early bird pricing available until June 1st! Two tic…

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277 - Brutally Honest (Part 2) with Kathryn Ducey 1:09:58

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Kathryn Ducey is back for a second part to her discussion with Jill in episode 276! Picking up where they left off, Kathryn (or Ducey, as Jill calls her) unpacks more of her inspiring, transformative journey. From a public shaming incident at H&M to her eventual rise as a successful coach, she reflects on her experiences of overcoming shame, taking…

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276 - Brutally Honest with Kathryn Ducey 45:00

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Buckle in for a very emotionally raw and, well, brutally honest conversation this week as Jill chats with Kathryn Ducey in the first part of a two-part episode! Kathryn (or Ducey, as Jill calls her) is a life coach and host of the upcoming Brutally Honest podcast, a podcast about the raw realities of life, healing, and transformation, and she refle…

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275 - What's Coming for Be YOU 24:29

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On this week of Be YOU, Jill reflects on the responses to her recent life update and offers a heartfelt reminder that while podcasting can feel one-sided, she values each and every listener as part of a community. She shares the magic of her recent retreat - what made it unforgettable, why it was the last of its kind, and how it deepened her connec…

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274 - A HUGE Life Update Only God Saw Coming 48:27

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Jill shares an incredibly personal and transformative journey this week that spans physical illness, profound intuition, and a life-altering decision to leave her dream home. While grappling with a severe flu, Jill reflects on the deeper meaning behind her illness and a significant shift in her life and also on how what began as a seemingly random …

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#18 Are You OPEN to Change or STUCK Forever? 34:20

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Send us a text Are you tired of feeling stuck in a rut, wondering if real change is possible for you? In this episode, we'll explore the concept of personal transformation and discuss options for getting ourselves “unstuck”. Whether you're seeking to become more physically fit, overcome self-doubt, build confidence, or simply create a more fulfilli…

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273 - Practicing the Art of Surrender 21:13

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In this episode of Be YOU, Jill opens up about the raw and uncomfortable process of learning to surrender - on vacation, in business, and in the body. From the frustration of getting sick during a long-anticipated family trip to the vulnerable moments of launching a new program that doesn't meet initial expectations, her discussion this week touche…

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272 - Feeling Grief AND Joy at Once as a Mom 17:51

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Listen in to Jill this week as she discusses what it means to truly support mothers, not just with fleeting moments of self-care but in a way that actually changes their well-being. She shares how, while on a family trip to Orlando with her young grandson, she found herself observing the often-unseen weight that so many mothers carry. While at the …

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271 - The Best Gift You Can Give Your Kids Is THIS 25:35

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Join Jill this week on Be YOU as she discusses how motherhood is a journey filled with love, joy, and exhaustion, yet so many moms feel like they're facing it alone. She opens up about the silent battles of motherhood and how unrealistic social media standards can make that isolation even worse, sharing how these insights helped lead to a major shi…

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#17 What is Your Motivation for Building Wealth? 35:52

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Send us a text People dream of getting rich - fancy vacations, luxury toys, never ending fun. Sounds perfect, right? But what if we told you that chasing wealth might just make you miserable? Because, the real question isn’t so much HOW to build wealth - it’s WHY you want it in the first place. We start this episode with a tale of Two Millionaires.…

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270 - Motherhood Unfiltered: The Struggle is Real 29:26

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Listen in to Be YOU this week as Jill shares a shorter but still incredibly important episode. What happens when no one talks about the real struggles of motherhood, not the cherry-picked Instagram posts or self-deprecating memes but the truths that we are too ashamed to say out loud? That's exactly what Jill is addressing in this episode. Inspired…

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269 - Creating the Inner Safety to Live Your Dreams with Kari Azuma 1:14:25

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Jill is so excited to finally have Kari Azuma on the show! Kari is a certified coach and what she calls an "intuitive nervous system surgeon," and she joins Jill to discuss what it takes to feel safe and resilient, stressing that it is not about trying to fix yourself but rather acknowledging yourself. She explores how our early life experiences sh…

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268 - What I Learned from a Therapist Last Week 31:53

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Join Jill this week for an impromptu reflection on personal growth, self-perception, and the value of being supported. She shares her recent experiences not as a coach but as a client, opening up about the insights that she gained from two powerful coaching sessions with Dr. Laura Perez and Dr. Georgie Muir (both of whom have actually been on the s…

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267 - Why You Lose Your Shit and How to Stop 33:59

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Many of us have been taught to push through stress, wear busyness as a badge of honor, and keep up appearances no matter what, but join Jill this week as she discusses the possibility of true resilience not really being about handling more but about feeling more. Jill reflects on how she changed her relationship with stress, shifting from overwhelm…

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#16 Retirement in America: Is it a Dream or a Nightmare? 49:21

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Send us a text Here's the shocking truth about Retirement in America: Many Americans hit retirement age scrambling for financial security 8.2 Million adults over the age of 65 are living BELOW the poverty line. Over 10 Million people over the age of 65 are still working, double the amount from 1985 This is reality, but it’s not all doom and gloom -…

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266 - I Cannot Believe I'm Doing This 26:16

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Jill takes some this week for a little bit of what she calls "tea time," sharing some recent, exciting updates. Feeling a little low-energy but still grounded in gratitude, she discusses what it means to allow yourself to feel what you're feeling in the moment and explores the importance of allowing your emotions to process without forcing toxic po…

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265 - Ready for a Plot Twist? 32:59

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Join Jill this week as she reflects on the journey of making sure that personal desires are in alignment with true, authentic expression, discussing why it's important to find true, intrinsic connection without a need for external validation. She shares her experiences of self-discovery and creative inspiration, explaining how her intuition led her…