The Through Line Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-through-line Most women were never taught how our own bodies actually work. So we outsource that knowledge to whoever is loudest. The Through Line is a long form interview podcast for women who are done outsourcing. This isn’t just about the body. Each episode is a real conversation with a guest who has earned the right to speak on their subject, through years of study, practice, or lived experience. Together we cover the full terrain of wellbeing: the mechanics and mystery of the body, our emotions, aesthetics, fertility and hormones, western medicine and alternative modalities, what it means to get to know yourself while still becoming, the exploration of spirituality and femininity, movement, self-limiting beliefs, and the quiet architecture of a sovereign life. Underneath every conversation lies the same foundation: the construction of that internal compass that guides someone’s choices from deep resonance. Hosted by Samantha Schreiber, a former lawyer turned commercial real estate professional and fitness instructor who spent years questioning her habits, her ideals, and where she was putting her energy, until she was forced to seek out her own answers. New episodes weekly. © 2026 Samantha Schreiber 797cc93c-d007-524d-9380-9fd791032f4c yes en Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:00:27 -0700 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:02:57 -0700 https://img.transistorcdn.com/THZoTPHb3rbvvpGkrRHdtsDIRGgFx5jJJlpN9dLplHA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NjUx/ZjY5OTJjNjRkYmRk/NjVkNDY5MTBjMjhj/YTUxNC5qcGc.jpg The Through Line episodic Samantha Schreiber Most women were never taught how our own bodies actually work. So we outsource that knowledge to whoever is loudest. The Through Line is a long form interview podcast for women who are done outsourcing. This isn’t just about the body. Each episode is a real conversation with a guest who has earned the right to speak on their subject, through years of study, practice, or lived experience. Together we cover the full terrain of wellbeing: the mechanics and mystery of the body, our emotions, aesthetics, fertility and hormones, western medicine and alternative modalities, what it means to get to know yourself while still becoming, the exploration of spirituality and femininity, movement, self-limiting beliefs, and the quiet architecture of a sovereign life. Underneath every conversation lies the same foundation: the construction of that internal compass that guides someone’s choices from deep resonance. Hosted by Samantha Schreiber, a former lawyer turned commercial real estate professional and fitness instructor who spent years questioning her habits, her ideals, and where she was putting her energy, until she was forced to seek out her own answers. New episodes weekly. Most women were never taught how our own bodies actually work. Samantha Schreiber cole@echostudiosfl.com No No 10. Jillian Kenney on Strength, Surrender, and Why Movement Is Medicine 10 10 10. Jillian Kenney on Strength, Surrender, and Why Movement Is Medicine full bc917856-5d8d-4655-b244-a7ca635bf4d1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4825cb1d Jillian Kenney has taken on a number of roles: a Division I cross country runner, an Ocean Rescue lifeguard, a firefighter paramedic for a decade, a national champion rower, a fitness instructor, mother and wife. Underneath every one of those roles is lies a dedication to show up fully. 

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.

Follow Jillian Kenney on Instagram: @jk_flowfitness

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]]> Jillian Kenney has taken on a number of roles: a Division I cross country runner, an Ocean Rescue lifeguard, a firefighter paramedic for a decade, a national champion rower, a fitness instructor, mother and wife. Underneath every one of those roles is lies a dedication to show up fully. 

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.

Follow Jillian Kenney on Instagram: @jk_flowfitness

Follow Gro Yoga on Instagram: @groyoga

Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

Follow The Through Line on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

]]> Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:00:00 -0700 Samantha Schreiber Samantha Schreiber 3690 Jillian Kenney has taken on a number of roles: a Division I cross country runner, an Ocean Rescue lifeguard, a firefighter paramedic for a decade, a national champion rower, a fitness instructor, mother and wife. Underneath every one of those roles is lies a dedication to show up fully. 

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.

Follow Jillian Kenney on Instagram: @jk_flowfitness

Follow Gro Yoga on Instagram: @groyoga

Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

Follow The Through Line on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

]]> No 9. Michelle Galoob on Intuition, Surrender and Learning to Trust the Voice Inside You 9 9 9. Michelle Galoob on Intuition, Surrender and Learning to Trust the Voice Inside You full b031de52-0eea-441f-9f2d-818a5d9a02b3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4fcc3fe4 Michelle Galoob is an intuitive guide, but she didn’t come to that title easily. For most of her life, she thought her intuitive gifts were simply her very own thoughts. It took a rock bottom moment, a string of synchronicities and a brave leap to make her realize she was meant to fully step into her role as an intuitive guide. 

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.

Follow Michelle Galoob on Instagram: @michellegaloob

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]]> Michelle Galoob is an intuitive guide, but she didn’t come to that title easily. For most of her life, she thought her intuitive gifts were simply her very own thoughts. It took a rock bottom moment, a string of synchronicities and a brave leap to make her realize she was meant to fully step into her role as an intuitive guide. 

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.

Follow Michelle Galoob on Instagram: @michellegaloob

Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

Follow The Through Line on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0700 Samantha Schreiber Samantha Schreiber 2680 Michelle Galoob is an intuitive guide, but she didn’t come to that title easily. For most of her life, she thought her intuitive gifts were simply her very own thoughts. It took a rock bottom moment, a string of synchronicities and a brave leap to make her realize she was meant to fully step into her role as an intuitive guide. 

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.

Follow Michelle Galoob on Instagram: @michellegaloob

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]]> No 8. Nicole Lotterman on Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, and Learning to Go Where the Peace Is 8 8 8. Nicole Lotterman on Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, and Learning to Go Where the Peace Is full 2bb2f986-8827-43a1-a1ba-580fe48f6bb0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f68386e9 At any given time, our bodies and our gut instincts are communicating to us through sensations and subtle signals. Most of us, however, have never been taught how to listen. This episode is about what it takes to learn that skill, to get quiet enough with ourselves to willingly participate in that self-conversation. Acupuncture is a modality that reinforces the quiet stillness and that skill-building. 

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.

Follow Nicole Lotterman on Instagram: @nicostabler_

Follow Manipura Acupuncture on Instagram: @manipuraacupuncture

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]]> At any given time, our bodies and our gut instincts are communicating to us through sensations and subtle signals. Most of us, however, have never been taught how to listen. This episode is about what it takes to learn that skill, to get quiet enough with ourselves to willingly participate in that self-conversation. Acupuncture is a modality that reinforces the quiet stillness and that skill-building. 

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.

Follow Nicole Lotterman on Instagram: @nicostabler_

Follow Manipura Acupuncture on Instagram: @manipuraacupuncture

Follow me on Instragram: @samdschreiber

Follow The Through Line on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0700 Samantha Schreiber Samantha Schreiber 3323 At any given time, our bodies and our gut instincts are communicating to us through sensations and subtle signals. Most of us, however, have never been taught how to listen. This episode is about what it takes to learn that skill, to get quiet enough with ourselves to willingly participate in that self-conversation. Acupuncture is a modality that reinforces the quiet stillness and that skill-building. 

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.

Follow Nicole Lotterman on Instagram: @nicostabler_

Follow Manipura Acupuncture on Instagram: @manipuraacupuncture

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]]> No 7. Dr. Leah Roberts on the Truth About Fertility, Egg Freezing, and Why Knowledge is Power 7 7 7. Dr. Leah Roberts on the Truth About Fertility, Egg Freezing, and Why Knowledge is Power full 27a201bd-f1f7-4ff2-9c89-4cbb93cd6d2d https://share.transistor.fm/s/a58be69c Dr. Leah Roberts is a reproductive endocrinologist and the medical director at Boca Fertility. She has also lived within the exact uncertainty she helps women walk through in her role as a fertility doctor: a difficult pregnancy with her son, a diagnosis that made carrying again unsafe and navigation of the path through IVF to have her daughter. 

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.

Follow Dr. Roberts on Instagram: @drrobertsfertiltiy

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]]> Dr. Leah Roberts is a reproductive endocrinologist and the medical director at Boca Fertility. She has also lived within the exact uncertainty she helps women walk through in her role as a fertility doctor: a difficult pregnancy with her son, a diagnosis that made carrying again unsafe and navigation of the path through IVF to have her daughter. 

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.

Follow Dr. Roberts on Instagram: @drrobertsfertiltiy

Follow Boca Fertility on Instagram: @bocafertility

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Follow The Through Line on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0700 Samantha Schreiber Samantha Schreiber 3080 Dr. Leah Roberts is a reproductive endocrinologist and the medical director at Boca Fertility. She has also lived within the exact uncertainty she helps women walk through in her role as a fertility doctor: a difficult pregnancy with her son, a diagnosis that made carrying again unsafe and navigation of the path through IVF to have her daughter. 

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.

Follow Dr. Roberts on Instagram: @drrobertsfertiltiy

Follow Boca Fertility on Instagram: @bocafertility

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]]> No 6. Holly Bertone on Emotional Eating, Nervous System Safety, and Why Every Insult Is a Confession 6 6 6. Holly Bertone on Emotional Eating, Nervous System Safety, and Why Every Insult Is a Confession full b8aca370-b759-403b-8202-8d49576df2a8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/42115fe1 Holly Bertone spent 13 years as chief of staff for FBI counterintelligence until this work began to affect her health profoundly. In the years that followed, she realized that the exact skills she'd used to track patterns and spot threats in her role at the FBI were the missing piece to gain an understanding of something much more personal: her own relationship with food.

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.

Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram: @hollybertone

Take Her Weight Quiz: https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

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]]> Holly Bertone spent 13 years as chief of staff for FBI counterintelligence until this work began to affect her health profoundly. In the years that followed, she realized that the exact skills she'd used to track patterns and spot threats in her role at the FBI were the missing piece to gain an understanding of something much more personal: her own relationship with food.

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.

Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram: @hollybertone

Take Her Weight Quiz: https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

Follow me on Instragram: @samdschreiber

Follow The Through Line on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0700 Samantha Schreiber Samantha Schreiber 3829 Holly Bertone spent 13 years as chief of staff for FBI counterintelligence until this work began to affect her health profoundly. In the years that followed, she realized that the exact skills she'd used to track patterns and spot threats in her role at the FBI were the missing piece to gain an understanding of something much more personal: her own relationship with food.

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.

Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram: @hollybertone

Take Her Weight Quiz: https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/weight-quiz

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]]> No 5. The Mind-Body Connection, Nervous System Regulation & the Gift of Grace with Sara Starkoff Green 5 5 5. The Mind-Body Connection, Nervous System Regulation & the Gift of Grace with Sara Starkoff Green full 99ce5350-b797-47eb-8712-6efc676ab607 https://share.transistor.fm/s/31d4845b Sara Starkoff Green is the wellness consultant at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at FAU College of Medicine; the founder of Greenhouse Wellness; and the host of her own podcast, The Menopause Playbook. Her professional path traces back to one visceral moment: the birth of her second daughter, when she realized her mind and body could work in genuine partnership if she gave them the tools to do so. 

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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]]> Sara Starkoff Green is the wellness consultant at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at FAU College of Medicine; the founder of Greenhouse Wellness; and the host of her own podcast, The Menopause Playbook. Her professional path traces back to one visceral moment: the birth of her second daughter, when she realized her mind and body could work in genuine partnership if she gave them the tools to do so. 

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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]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0700 Samantha Schreiber Samantha Schreiber 3614 Sara Starkoff Green is the wellness consultant at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at FAU College of Medicine; the founder of Greenhouse Wellness; and the host of her own podcast, The Menopause Playbook. Her professional path traces back to one visceral moment: the birth of her second daughter, when she realized her mind and body could work in genuine partnership if she gave them the tools to do so. 

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


Follow Sara Starkoff Green

Instagram: @sarastarkoffgreen

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Listen to The Menopause Playbook (LINK: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XvBqG1bVtFvWGJG1XMjxw?si=b0b528a8f3bf4e90)

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]]> No 4. Aesthetics as Wellness: Dr. Sophie Lanter on Aging Gracefully and Trusting Your Gut 4 4 4. Aesthetics as Wellness: Dr. Sophie Lanter on Aging Gracefully and Trusting Your Gut full 3bb0cca1-f950-4a91-ad08-84de7e37d9fb https://share.transistor.fm/s/175a1ccb Dr. Sophie Lanter is a doctor of nurse practitioner, the founder of Soluna Aesthetics, and someone who built a practice around a belief most people never say out loud: that how you look and how you feel are not separate conversations. They’re the same one.

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.

Find Sophie: 

Instagram @drsophielanter · Practice: @solunaaesthetics


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]]> Dr. Sophie Lanter is a doctor of nurse practitioner, the founder of Soluna Aesthetics, and someone who built a practice around a belief most people never say out loud: that how you look and how you feel are not separate conversations. They’re the same one.

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.

Find Sophie: 

Instagram @drsophielanter · Practice: @solunaaesthetics


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Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0700 Samantha Schreiber Samantha Schreiber 3282 Dr. Sophie Lanter is a doctor of nurse practitioner, the founder of Soluna Aesthetics, and someone who built a practice around a belief most people never say out loud: that how you look and how you feel are not separate conversations. They’re the same one.

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.

Find Sophie: 

Instagram @drsophielanter · Practice: @solunaaesthetics


Follow Us

Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

]]> No 3. Why Physical Strength Rewires Everything Else 3 3 3. Why Physical Strength Rewires Everything Else full bfd48851-d60f-4b93-9dd7-673a3099faae https://share.transistor.fm/s/2cde2007 Ed Williams has been a strength and nutrition coach for 24 years and he started his own strength training journey, fittingly, in the middle of his own collapse. In high school, he blew out his knee, which ended his athletic recruiting dreams and sent him into a depression that only strength training could pull him out of. That's the thread running through everything he does now: strength being one of the most powerful tools we have for showing people what they're actually capable of, especially women. 

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.

Follow Ed Williams:

Instagram: @BigEdstrengthacademy

Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

]]> Ed Williams has been a strength and nutrition coach for 24 years and he started his own strength training journey, fittingly, in the middle of his own collapse. In high school, he blew out his knee, which ended his athletic recruiting dreams and sent him into a depression that only strength training could pull him out of. That's the thread running through everything he does now: strength being one of the most powerful tools we have for showing people what they're actually capable of, especially women. 

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.

Follow Ed Williams:

Instagram: @BigEdstrengthacademy

Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

]]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0700 Samantha Schreiber Samantha Schreiber 3540 Ed Williams has been a strength and nutrition coach for 24 years and he started his own strength training journey, fittingly, in the middle of his own collapse. In high school, he blew out his knee, which ended his athletic recruiting dreams and sent him into a depression that only strength training could pull him out of. That's the thread running through everything he does now: strength being one of the most powerful tools we have for showing people what they're actually capable of, especially women. 

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.

Follow Ed Williams:

Instagram: @BigEdstrengthacademy

Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

]]> No 2. Your Nutrition and Fitness Journey Is the Gateway to Personal Development with Laini Gibson 2 2 2. Your Nutrition and Fitness Journey Is the Gateway to Personal Development with Laini Gibson full 3877ec00-9bca-4e7b-997c-0a37dda351c1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/04f536ac In today’s episode, I'm sitting down with Laini Gibson, my nutrition and fitness coach, for a conversation that’s part science lesson, part mindset shift.


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.


Follow Laini Gibson:

Instagram: @LainiJojo

Podcast: Her Revival (Link to this: https://open.spotify.com/show/0lGj6RIye0zZhn81gGe40T?si=00689e84d09842d2)


Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

Follow the podcast on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

Watch the podcast on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Ab13FDLvuNk

]]> In today’s episode, I'm sitting down with Laini Gibson, my nutrition and fitness coach, for a conversation that’s part science lesson, part mindset shift.


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.


Follow Laini Gibson:

Instagram: @LainiJojo

Podcast: Her Revival (Link to this: https://open.spotify.com/show/0lGj6RIye0zZhn81gGe40T?si=00689e84d09842d2)


Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

Follow the podcast on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

Watch the podcast on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Ab13FDLvuNk

]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0700 Samantha Schreiber Samantha Schreiber 4131 In today’s episode, I'm sitting down with Laini Gibson, my nutrition and fitness coach, for a conversation that’s part science lesson, part mindset shift.


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.


Follow Laini Gibson:

Instagram: @LainiJojo

Podcast: Her Revival (Link to this: https://open.spotify.com/show/0lGj6RIye0zZhn81gGe40T?si=00689e84d09842d2)


Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

Follow the podcast on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

Watch the podcast on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Ab13FDLvuNk

]]> No 1. My Story: Why I Started The Through Line 1 1 1. My Story: Why I Started The Through Line full 80debada-28a5-4b89-b4b3-2215ee5a0c19 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7ede9182 1. My Story: Why I Started The Through Line


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. 


Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

Follow the podcast on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

Watch the podcast on Youtube: https://youtu.be/BZROqUNjy6o

]]> 1. My Story: Why I Started The Through Line


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. 


Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

Follow the podcast on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

Watch the podcast on Youtube: https://youtu.be/BZROqUNjy6o

]]> Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:19:26 -0700 Samantha Schreiber Samantha Schreiber 1559 1. My Story: Why I Started The Through Line


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. 


Follow me on Instagram: @samdschreiber

Follow the podcast on Instagram: @thethroughlinepod

Watch the podcast on Youtube: https://youtu.be/BZROqUNjy6o

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