How you livin’? Have you considered you might be roaming the earth having a “near life” experience, existing kind of right outside of your being…not living fully now? Are you slightly adjacent to your life — watching it happen — and not really engaging?

Join Amanda and her super charismatic guest Karen Salmansohn, bestselling author and behavioral change expert, for a light-hearted yet weighty conversation about embracing the reality of your own death and how to make the most of life now!

Their intriguing and interesting discussion covers the following:

🔥"Bridge habits" and how to create them — the process of linking a core value of your identity to a desired outcome to propel you into action to create inner change

🔥How to conduct a "life audit" — the activity of looking at what needs to be cleared out or changed...where are you wasting time in life that instead can be spent on making meaning?

🔥Mortality awareness and how it creates urgency to prioritize what’s important and who you want to be in this life, as well as providing inspiration to take action to do and be those things

🔥Writing your own aspirational eulogy

🔥Aristotle’s philosophy that we have the wrong end goal in sight: We should be driven by soul growth and not material wealth, while simultaneously indulging in fun in moderation

🔥A breakdown of hedonism vs. eudaimonia: Enjoy a lot now (with no suffering) and pay later vs. suffer a bit now (plus enjoy some) and experience much more joy later

🔥Chronological mapping: A colorful drawing of the timeline of events in your life (the ones you welcomed and the one you could do without!) and recognizing the lessons as a way to shift narratives around certain life events

🔥A fun exercise Karen does every month to keep her mortality front and center and motivate her to fill every month with personal growth and purpose

Karen Salmansohn, bestselling author and behavioral change expert, whose books and courses have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. With 1.5 million social media followers, Karen has built a dedicated following by blending humor, research-backed insights, and practical strategies for creating a more meaningful life. In her upcoming book, Your To-Die For Life: How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret . . . Before Your Time Runs Out, she challenges readers to rethink their relationship with mortality—not as something to fear, but as the ultimate motivator for living boldly and authentically.

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Everyone will feel grief at some point in their life—loss is inevitable, but perpetual suffering is not; peace, freedom, and joy are a decision, one that you get to make. Will you make it? Will your grief spark personal growth, and make you better? Or will it make you bitter?

Join Amanda and her sister in grief, Tara Accardo, Grief, Soul Purpose, and Transformational Life Coach and host of the Life With Grief podcast for an honest conversation about the magic that grief holds to deliver us to our highest purpose and greatest selves. Listen to Tara’s personal story of losing both of her parents within 6 months, followed by a traumatic birthing experience, and how she was divinely led to turn her losses in gains.

More candid discussion centers around:

🔥How to incorporate grief into everyday life in a way that gives you meaning and purpose

🔥The ways in which both Amanda and Tara have gained from their loss—how they have changed for the better

🔥Redefining your relationship with loss to serve you instead of hurt you

🔥The interesting duality of losing both parents: the freedom of no one being “over” you but also intense isolation because the people you turned to for support and guidance are no longer there

🔥The common thread of loss of identity/identity crisis that Tara sees across the board in both grief and life coaching

🔥Time does not heal wounds—it’s what you do with that time that matters

🔥Micro moments of healing: small actions taken every day to help you move into a peaceful place

Tara Accardo is a Grief and Transformational Life Coach and host of the Life With Grief Podcast. After suffering multiple traumatic losses, her journey of grieving led her to create Losses Become Gains—a community for fellow grievers that serves tools, resources, inspiration, and guidance on how to navigate grief, loss, and moving forward in life with both in tow.

Through her podcast, one-on-one coaching and other modalities of support, Tara’s passion, calling, and commitment to uplifting and empowering fellow grievers runs deep.

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Do you feel like in order to achieve success you must make sacrifices in other areas of life? Do these sacrifices create an uncomfortable imbalance, pushing you to hustle to the point of burnout? Are you struggling to step into your full power and purpose in your career? What's holding you back?

Join Amanda and her guest Amanda Riffee, best-selling author, internationally certified expansion and empowerment coach, speaker, and thought leader for a lively conversation about how you can truly have it all--without burning the candle at both ends!

Get inspired by listening to the ladies explore:

🔥Amanda's journey from corporate America to coaching and what inspired her to follow her passion and make the switch that changed everything for her

🔥The 3 tools Amanda uses to empower her clients to realize their dreams: intuition, fast action, and shift in mindset

🔥What tapping into your intuition feels like: the feeling of "Heck Yes!" vs. "Heck No!"

🔥The art of journaling as an indispensable tool for this work

🔥The power of collaboration and community and how to leverage both to achieve ultimate success

🔥Fears role in helping you rise to your next level and the benefit of getting curious about those fears

🔥Practical tips you can use right now to avoid burnout

About Amanda

Amanda Riffee is a best-selling author, internationally certified expansion and empowerment coach, speaker, and thought leader dedicated to helping ambitious women turn their boldest dreams into reality. Drawing on 18 years of corporate experience, a deep passion for mindset mastery, and the lessons learned from scaling her own business, Amanda specializes in guiding women to create transformational events, write and launch their own books, make courageous career moves, and bring their visions to life- without burnout or sacrificing who they are.

Her debut book, Unleashing You, quickly became a best-seller and serves as a rallying cry for women ready to stop waiting for permission and start creating success on their own terms. Through her writing, coaching, and retreats, Amanda empowers women to trust their intuition, own their brilliance, and take bold, aligned action toward the lives they were meant to lead. She also hosts the Unleashing You with Amanda Riffee podcast, where she shares candid insights and inspiration for women stepping into their next level. A wife and mom of two based in Colorado, Amanda believes deeply in the power of community and collaboration. Her mission is simple: when women open doors for one another, there’s room for all of us at the top.

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