In this episode, Jennifer and I get into her start selling Cutco knives as a teenager, why sales is really about building trust and relationships (and is not slimy at all), and how she learned to shake off a lost sale so it never followed her into the next one. We also talk about going after the one college she had her heart set on, why real estate is sales at its core, and how special it is to meet someone in midlife who shares your values.

If you have ever been afraid to ask for what you want or let rejection hold you back, this episode is for you!

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In this episode, we talk about the origin story of the brand, the pain points of growth when you're sitting in the messy middle, and Fro Pro's incredible expansion into new regions of the country. We discuss strength in survival and how she has come into her power as an individual and as the leader of an inspiring company. 

If you have ever felt stagnant in any area of your life or are looking for inspiration at its core, this episode is a must listen!

We dive deeper into GLP-1s, nutrition essentials and what is really means to be in maintenance. If you want to learn more about the fundamentals of taking an intentional and structured approach to fitness and nutrition, this episode is for you! 

Today, she continues to operate Medamerica Rehab and has since co-founded Social Arch, a content creation and networking space, while growing another business called Your Bossy Friend. She has even made the time to date on a podcast, with the intention of meeting her husband.

She is also the reason I started The Through Line.

In this episode, Arielle and I get into how she has jumped headfirst into all of these ventures without looking over her shoulder, what she has learned along the way and why she simply does not believe in failure as a concept. We also talk about ingenuity, taking inspiration from the people you surround yourself with and how we are all just out here looking for permission to take a leap into the unknown. 

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In this episode, Samantha and I get into what yoga actually is (and it has nothing to do with being flexible), what has motivated her to welcome change into her life and move in alignment with that change, and what it looks like to grow as an individual within the framework of true family. 

We also talk about building true community, what it looks like to hold boundaries for yourself and for your children and how perfectionism is armor.

This episode is so special because Samantha has been a true inspiration for me as a teacher and it is such an honor to share her musings. It is about the quiet subtleties of life we get the privilege to notice, how movement can steady us from the outside in and how it is okay to accept all of the things about ourselves.

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In this episode, Jillian and I get into what it actually means to teach and not perform, why she can't stand instructors who film themselves mid-class, and what it took to build a life where ambition and family both get to matter. Jillian shares the fear she's faced head-on, from flipping a boat in eight-foot surf before a national championship to stepping into a role that stretched her far past her comfort zone, and why she believes most of the fear we carry is really just ego in disguise.

We also talk about the real difference between working out and training, why yoga isn't a lesser practice just because it isn't about pushing the hardest or fastest, and why the deposits you make into your body today are the ones you'll be withdrawing from decades from now.

This episode is about strength in every sense of the word and the quiet, stubborn resilience that comes from knowing exactly who you're doing it all for.

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In this episode, Michelle and I talk about what intuition actually is: not a mystical gift reserved for a chosen few but a language everyone already speaks. We get into how she finally learned to trust the downloads she was receiving instead of second-guessing them into silence, why surrender isn’t the same as giving up, and why so many of us stay stuck at the train station waiting for the “right” train instead of just getting on one. Michelle shares what it means to write a personal mission statement instead of chasing a personal brand, how she’s teaching her own kids to trust their inner voices before looking outward, and why every hard, disorienting season of her life turned out to be preparation instead of punishment.

This conversation is not about predicting the future. It’s about learning to hear what you already know, and having the courage to move on those knowings imperfectly and often before you feel ready.

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Nicole Lotterman is an acupuncture physician and Chinese medicine practitioner. She is also MY acupuncturist. Her path started with years of being dismissed by Western medicine, being offered suppression instead of understanding, until something in her insisted there was another way. What she found wasn’t just a new treatment. It was an entirely different relationship with her own body, one built on paying attention instead of waiting for a crisis to force the issue.

In this episode, we get into what acupuncture and Chinese medicine actually offer women beyond pain relief: a framework for reading the body’s patterns before they become emergencies, a practice that forces you to sit still enough to hear what you’ve been avoiding, and a philosophy built on getting the basics right first. Nicole talks about why she believes proactive care and noticing what your body is telling you before it’s screaming are some of the most powerful things a woman can do for her own health.

This episode isn’t only about acupuncture. It’s about trust, the kind you build with yourself, one quiet moment at a time, until you finally know how to hear what has been resonating within all along.

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In this episode, we get into what facing fertility challenges really means, why your tracking menstrual cycle is a vital sign most of us were never taught to take note of, and why AMH (the number everyone's chasing) is more nuanced than the internet makes it seem. Dr. Roberts breaks down the difference between IUI and IVF, why egg and sperm freezing timelines matter more than people realize, and why waiting for a fertility appointment to feel "necessary enough" often costs people time they didn't need to lose. 

We also talk about what it's like to sit on both sides of the exam table: the loss of control she felt as a patient and why she believes the answer for women is to advocate for themselves. 

This episode is about fertility and proactivity, why facing the hard questions early is so much easier than facing them in crisis and why learning to understand your own body is vital to a women's health.

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In this episode, we get into what emotional eating actually is, why it's not a willpower or calorie problem but a nervous system one, and why trying to fix a fast, automatic, emotional response with logic and meal plans rarely works. Holly breaks down her framework for spotting the patterns, interrupting them, and eventually shifting them into an identity where the healthy choice stops requiring a fight at all.

We talk about the shame that keeps this struggle hidden, why naming a pattern is the first real act of power over it, and the mantra that's carried Holly through putting herself out there publicly: every insult is a confession, and it says more about the person saying it than it does about you.

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In this episode, Sara and I get into what it actually means to build a mind-body connection, why she believes discernment is a skill that has to be practiced, not just possessed, and why the real answer to elevated cortisol usually is not a supplement. I’s learning to regulate your nervous system.

We also talk about grace. About unlearning the belief that busyness is a badge of honor. About what it means to stop performing your life for whoever’s watching and start listening to your body’s whispers before they become something louder. Sarah’s approach to wellness is about simply building the internal tools to know what’s actually true for you, season by season.

This conversation is a masterclass in nervous system regulation, neuroplasticity, and why consistency compounds quietly.

Find Sarah: Instagram @greenhousewellnessco · Podcast: The Menopause Playbook · Website: Greenhouse Wellness Consulting

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In this episode, Sophie and I get into what actually happens to the face as we age and why she believes real results come from understanding that process, not chasing whatever’s trending on Instagram. We talk about her own evolving relationship with her appearance, from a muscular teenage athlete who felt “bulky” next to her peers to a practitioner who’s tried nearly every treatment in her own chair and still leads with intuition over noise. She’s candid about the burnout that came from years of two-a-day workouts and three hours of sleep, and what it actually took to learn that grace and consistency aren’t opposites.

We also talk about what separates a good provider from a transactional one, why referring out is a sign of strength, not weakness, and why she believes finding the right person for anything starts with learning to trust your own gut.

This one is about aesthetics, yes. But underneath it, it’s about permission: to care how you look without apology, and to build a life and a practice with the same patience you’d give any other form of growth.

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In this episode, Ed Williams and I get into the real difference between working out and training, why most people stop 8-10 reps short of true failure without realizing it, and why body composition (not just weight loss) is the goal that actually changes how your body looks and feels. We talk candidly about the fear so many women carry around getting “bulky,” why the scale lies more than photos do, the uncomfortable-but-necessary conversations coaches have to have (yes, including bowel movements), and where peptides genuinely fit in (and where people misuse them as a shortcut instead of an add-on to the fundamentals).
But underneath all of it is Ed’s real thesis: transformation isn’t about the after photo. It’s about who you become in the process: someone who no longer sees herself as fragile, because she’s proven to herself what her own body and mind can do.

As Ed puts it: GET STRONG. Everything else follows from there.

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Laini opens up about her own personal health journey: the disordered eating that accompanied a chase for a body she didn’t know how to build, the two years she spent studying exercise science in college to lay the foundation she’d been seeking, and what she’s learned coaching hundreds of women from confusion to sustainable clarity in nutrition and fitness. 

We get into why most women are under-muscled and overfed, the real difference between working out and training, how tracking macros is a tool for learning your body’s language (not a cage), and why she believes muscle is the key to the results women actually want.

This is my first-ever episode with a guest. It felt undeniably right for that first guest to be her.

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Before you hear anyone else’s story on this show, you’re going to hear mine. 

I want you to hear my story because I think most women are walking around with beliefs about our bodies, our emotions, our energy, our consumption, and our wellbeing that we never actively chose. We inherit them. We absorb them. We build them out of survival. And most of us never stop to ask if they actually align with our goals or our deepest desires.

I lived that way for two decades, operating by my own distorted version of those beliefs. It took a devastating loss and a global pandemic to make me stop and ask whether the life I was building actually felt like mine. What came after that question changed everything: how I move, how I eat, how I work, how I emote, how I choose, how I understand my own being. And ultimately, that is why I’m starting this podcast.

Sharing my story is the only real way to introduce you to what this show is actually for. The Through Line exists because I believe two things: that women deserve reliable, genuinely useful information about their own wellbeing, and that women have the innate ability to know what’s right for them — when given the tools, the discernment, and the opportunity to find it. 

That’s where The Through Line Comes in. 

This episode is the most personal thing I’ve ever put into the world and I am so honored to share it with you. 

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