What does your relationship with grief look like? Have you resigned yourself to a life of pain or given yourself the freedom to rewrite your story? Can your grief exist alongside gratitude, sadness amongst joy, longing mixed with cherished memories?

Join Amanda and her guest, Lisa Keefauver, a narrative therapy-trained social worker and widow who transformed her personal and professional experiences with loss into a mission to reimagine grief, for a lively discussion where missing your loved one meets forward motion and life as you know it, although forever changed, continues with purpose.

The two grief enthusiasts also dissect:

🔥The Both/And concept—the place where duality of emotions are given permission to coexist

🔥 Making space for good memories of your beloved to exist even though the end time is what may occupy your thoughts

🔥 Seven practices to "Center Aliveness in a World Full of Loss," based on Lisa's popular blog post

🔥 The various types of grief such as ambiguous, anticipatory, and disenfranchised, and why each are important to acknowledge personally and culturally

🔥 The importance of identifying and paying attention to your "grief beliefs" and how they dictate your grieving process as well as broader grief beliefs that set the standard in the workplace and society at large

🔥 Phrases you can use to educate a well-meaning friend or family member who says the wrong thing while you're grieving

🔥 A beautiful and simple somatic practice to bring yourself peace while grieving

About Lisa

For more than two decades, Lisa Keefauver has dedicated herself to the healing power of holding space and bearing witness, helping people transform their relationship with grief. As host of a top-rated grief podcast, TEDx and keynote speaker, former professor, grief guide, grief-smart workplace consultant, and author of the internationally acclaimed book Grief is a Sneaky Bitch: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss, she is helping us learn how to center aliveness in a world full of loss.

You can learn more about Lisa and how to work with her by visiting her website.

Read Lisa's book, Grief is a Sneaky Bitch: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss. Also available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and bookstores in U.S., Mexico, U.K., and Spain

Listen to her podcast Grief is a Sneaky Bitch. Available on all platforms.

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Are you sleepwalking through life? Do you allow yourself to feel completely alive and joyful? If not, what needs to change? And how do you change it?

Join Amanda and her guest, Cecilia Hendrix, human experience speaker, host of Unleashing Happiness podcast, and consciousness explorer, for a laid-back conversation about how tapping into your power and creating small habits in the moment adds up to big change.

The two friends also discuss:

🔥 How to break the monotony of life by introducing minor "interruptions" to your day

🔥 Ditching the idea that once you achieve x, y, or z, then you will be happy—live now!

🔥 A new definition of happiness that involves embracing the reality that life isn't always going to be great

🔥 Anger is a human emotion that should not be shamed, and how it motivates change, personally & collectively

🔥 Things work out better for people who identify as lucky rather than unlucky

🔥 Nothing stays the same--if you are in a bad place, things will be good again

🔥 Not needing to "force think" your way into a new way of being; allowing something greater to do the heavy lifting for you

🔥 Regulating the nervous system makes space for better choices to exist

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Cecilia Hendrix is a human experience speaker, host of Unleashing Happiness podcast, and consciousness explorer who believes most of us are sleepwalking through life - functioning but not really experiencing. After a corporate layoff in 2024 became an unexpected catalyst, she took the leap to do the work she was always meant to do: helping people truly feel alive.

She connects science and spirituality to explore how identity, emotion, and consciousness shape the way we experience our lives - approaching all of it with whimsy, self-compassion, and just enough logic to keep it grounded. She's also a mom, loves the outdoors, and will absolutely ask to pet your dog.

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Pets. We love them so much—for many, they are our best friends, even part of the family. How did you process your grief when your beloved buddy went over the Rainbow Bridge? Did you acknowledge the loss of your furry friend or did society's belief that pet loss is incomparable to human loss force you to dismiss your pain?

Join Amanda and her Polkadot Powerhouse sister, Dr. Jennifer "Jen" Andrade, Chiropractor and AVCA certified Animal Chiropractor, for a sweet conversation about how important our pets are to us and why. The ladies also dip into the business side of Jen's life and the challenge she faced promoting her business in alignment with her introverted personality, an approach which eventually led to her success.

They also discuss:

🔥 Pets may be a person's only source of unconditional love, making their death profound and life-altering for some

🔥 Jen's "soul dog" and how to identify if your dog is your "soul dog"

🔥 A dog's loyalty and lack of judgment fulfill certain needs in their humans, creating a deep attachment between them

🔥 Holistic care is available for your dog; signs that your dog may be in pain and needs to see a chiropractor

🔥 Different approaches work for different business owners—it depends on your personality and individual comfort level

🔥 The power of expressing emotions with clients in a heart-based profession

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More about Jen

As founder of Elevate Health Chiropractic in the Denver area, Dr. Jen provides chiropractic care for pets and their people, helping both move better, feel better, and live better. After navigating the challenges of building a practice through the pandemic, Jen discovered the power of alignment, authenticity, and community in business. Today she is passionate about helping animals thrive, supporting their humans, and empowering other service-based entrepreneurs to build sustainable, heart-led businesses rooted in purpose and connection.

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