This episode moves through meaningful and layered territory, weaving together culture, fear, embodiment, storytelling, and what it truly means to live and speak from a place of authenticity.

Dr. Sarah Jefferis joins me for a conversation that begins with a cultural moment many people are quietly wrestling with and gradually unfolds into something much more personal: how fear shapes the narratives we carry, how it settles into the body, and how we gently begin returning to ourselves.

We explore what it means to believe women, how fear creates convincing internal stories that feel true even when they are not, and how easily we learn to armor up in order to survive. From there, the conversation softens into something deeper as we talk about slowing down, reconnecting with the body, and finding our voice again through presence, breath, writing, and honest reflection.

Sarah shares selections from her poetry and reflects on the heart behind her new book, touching on the complex relationship between luck and loss, love and grief, and the quiet resilience that often lives beneath both.

If you have ever felt the weight of fear in your body, questioned your own voice, or sensed that there is a more honest way to live than the one fear has offered you, this conversation will resonate. It is thoughtful, vulnerable, and expansive in a way that lingers long after the episode ends.

Connect with Sarah:

www.sarahjefferis.com

sarah@sarahjefferis.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.jefferis.write.now

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This episode includes vulnerable moments that may feel emotionally tender. Please listen at your own pace and take breaks if needed.

So many of us were never taught how to trust ourselves-only how to perform, comply, overthink, and look outside of ourselves for answers. In this conversation, I sit down with Lynn Bunch for a deeply human, grounding discussion about intuition, self-trust, and what happens when we slowly forget how to listen to our own inner knowing.

This episode isn’t about fixing yourself or learning something new. It’s about remembering what’s already been there beneath the noise, the judgment, and the conditioning. We talk about how self-trust gets covered over time, why judgment blocks our inner guidance, and how presence, discernment, and compassion quietly lead us back home to ourselves.

I encourage you to listen all the way through. Near the end, Lynn shares a truth that stopped me in my tracks and brought me to tears. It was deeply honest and something I didn’t realize I needed to hear.

If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your intuition, unsure of your own voice, or tired of outsourcing your wisdom, this conversation is an invitation to slow down, and remember yourself again.

Connect with Lynn:

www.lynnmbunch.com

https://www.centerforintuitiveeducation.org/

Learn more about Amy, apply to be a guest on the podcast, or schedule a personal Holding Space session for yourself, your business, school, community, organization, etc. here:

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What happens when the life you’ve built no longer fits the truth you feel inside?

In this episode of Holding Space with Authentically Amy, Tara Wiskow shares her powerful transition from a 13-year career as a weight loss and mindset coach into fully embracing her calling as an intuitive healer. Together, we explore what it really means to choose authenticity when it risks judgment, misunderstanding, or abandonment, and why that choice is often the doorway to everything we’ve been searching for.

We talk about authenticity as a frequency, why it requires releasing identities that once kept us safe, and how self-love becomes the foundation for true leadership and healing. Tara opens up about the role grief, intuition, and energy awareness played in her awakening, while we unpack practical ways to protect your energy without closing your heart.

This conversation is for anyone who feels the pull toward something more honest, more embodied, and more aligned—but isn’t quite sure how to trust it yet.

If you’ve been standing at the edge of your next becoming, this episode offers both permission and reassurance that you’re not alone, and that authenticity, even when it feels uncomfortable, is always worth it.

Connect with Tara:

www.tara-wiskow.com

Learn more about Amy, apply to be a guest on the podcast, or schedule a personal Holding Space session for yourself, your business, school, community, organization, etc. here:

amy@getamyshelp.com

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In this episode, Amy is joined by Jon Symes, a self-described “recovering man” who helps others untangle themselves from the rigid stories of masculinity that quietly limit their humanity.

Together, they explore what happens when the identities we were taught to live by (success, strength, productivity, control) stop working. Jon shares how a failed venture forced him to confront who he was beneath achievement, while Amy reflects on how a decade of living with a broken neck dismantled her ability to push through and demanded a deeper surrender.

This conversation moves gently but powerfully through themes of authenticity, vulnerability, intuition, and the long-overlooked balance between masculine and feminine energies within all of us. They speak honestly about the “cages” society builds, especially for men, and how reclaiming wholeness requires allowing, not forcing; listening, not proving; feeling, not fixing.

If you’ve ever sensed that the way you were taught to be strong is actually keeping you small, this episode offers a compassionate invitation to loosen the armor, trust another way of knowing, and remember the fuller version of yourself that’s been waiting underneath.

Connect with Jon:

jonsymes.com

wholeandfree.me/tools

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Grief doesn’t only arrive with death. It shows up anytime life asks us to let go ... of a role, a relationship, a version of ourselves, or the life we thought we were living.

In this episode, Amy is joined by Angela Clement for an honest, compassionate conversation about grief as a natural and necessary process of being human. Together, they explore how grief weaves through change, illness, caretaking, and transitions, and why so many of us struggle because we were never taught how to feel our emotions safely.

They talk about what happens when emotions are suppressed instead of expressed, why allowing feelings to move through the body can be profoundly healing, and how grief doesn’t mean you’ll be stuck forever. It means something mattered.

This episode also shines a light on the often-overlooked experience of caretakers; how easily identity can disappear inside the role, and why caretaking is something you do, not who you are. Amy and Angela offer practical, tender guidance for both those who are grieving and those who want to support someone without trying to fix them.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• Why grief extends far beyond death

• How emotions are meant to move through us, not be buried within us

• Healthy, accessible ways to release emotions without overwhelm

• The hidden grief caretakers carry, and why they need support too

• How to truly support someone who is grieving (without clichés)

• Why joy is still possible, even after deep loss

If you’re grieving a change, caring for someone else, or learning how to finally let yourself feel what you’ve been holding in, this conversation offers reassurance, language, and permission.

Grief isn’t a problem to solve. It’s a process that helps us heal, integrate, and eventually make room for joy again.

Connect with Angela:

Website: https://healingenergy.world

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Awakenysj

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AwakenYSJ/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aclementvm

Twitter: https://x.com/aclementvm

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@awakenysj?lang=en

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-clement-8638274b/

Awakening Through Grief: https://a.co/d/hL9lDNZ

Learn more about Amy, apply to be a guest on the podcast, or schedule a personal Holding Space session for yourself, your business, school, community, organization, etc. here:

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What if the exhaustion you’ve been living with isn’t just “part of getting older”, but a signal asking for something different?

In this episode, Amy sits down with Adrienne Simmons, a vitality coach and speaker, who shares her honest journey from being the “Energizer Bunny” for decades, to quietly losing her energy, her spark, and her sense of herself, and then finding her way back.

Adrienne opens up about the season of life that changed everything: turning 50, her daughter leaving home, and slowly filling the emptiness with habits that drained her body instead of nourishing it. What followed was a breaking point, and a powerful decision to listen to what her body had been trying to say all along.

This conversation explores how vitality isn’t about pushing harder or chasing youth, but about respecting your body, understanding your biology, and making intentional choices that support your energy at a cellular level. Adrienne shares how she rebuilt her life by changing her mindset, nutrition, movement, environment, and relationships, and why having a deeply personal “why” made all the difference.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• Why fatigue isn’t something you have to accept as normal

• How life transitions can quietly disconnect us from ourselves

• The role of mindset, nutrition, movement, and connection in energy

• Why your body is always doing the best it can with what you give it

• How small, intentional changes can lead to profound vitality

• What it really means to live with energy, purpose, and respect for your body

If you’ve been feeling tired, disconnected, or like you’ve lost your spark, and you know there has to be more than just “pushing through”, this episode is a gentle but powerful invitation to come back home to yourself.

Because vitality isn’t about living life to the minimum required.

It’s about remembering what it feels like to truly feel alive.

Connect with Adrienne via email:

simmons2020a@gmail.com

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What does it actually mean to hold space, and why does it always begin with you?

In this episode, Amy pulls back the curtain on the heart of her podcast and the framework that guides her work, relationships, and healing: S.P.A.C.E. A simple but powerful way of learning how to be present with yourself and others without fixing, performing, judging, or shutting down.

Amy breaks down the S.P.A.C.E. Method step by step, not as a checklist, but as a lived practice that creates safety, clarity, and connection.

Through a personal story of feeling unseen and the deeper self-discovery that followed, Amy shows how holding space is not something we do for others before ourselves. It’s a way of relating inward first so we can show up outward with authenticity instead of exhaustion.

This episode also introduces Amy’s concept of Authentic Intelligence, the wisdom humans hold in their authentic state, and why understanding who you are beneath roles, expectations, and survival patterns is essential to well-being, leadership, and relationships.

In this episode, you’ll explore:

• What “holding space” really means (and what it doesn’t)

• Why starting with yourself isn’t selfish, it’s necessary

• How emotions function as communication, not problems • The role of compassion and curiosity in self-discovery

• How to exit experiences with grace instead of self-abandonment

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure how to be there for others without losing yourself, this conversation offers a gentler, truer way forward.

Because holding space isn’t about doing more, it’s about being more you.

Learn more about Amy, apply to be a guest on the podcast, or schedule a personal Holding Space session for yourself, your business, school, community, organization, etc. here:

amy@getamyshelp.com

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What if better health didn’t require perfection, extreme diets, or a complete life overhaul?

In this episode, Amy sits down with Dr. Amanda Adkins, a board-certified internal medicine and lifestyle medicine physician, to talk about what actually creates lasting health, starting with her own story. Dr. Amanda shares how being an obese teenager became the turning point that eventually led her into lifestyle medicine, a specialty focused on treating the root causes of chronic disease.

Together, they explore why sustainable health comes from conviction, not perfection, and how small, intentional changes can create powerful long-term results. This conversation breaks down the myths around plant-based eating, explains the six pillars of lifestyle medicine, and offers a refreshingly realistic approach to improving your health without shame or judgment.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• The six pillars of lifestyle medicine and why they work

• Why you can’t out-exercise a poor diet

• The difference between plant-based and vegan eating

• How to improve your health without forcing others to change

• Why leading by example is more powerful than persuasion

• How to make gradual changes that actually stick

Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed by health advice, tired of all-or-nothing thinking, or just looking for a more compassionate way to care for your body, this episode offers practical wisdom and permission to start where you are.

Because real health isn’t about doing everything right, it’s about doing something consistently.

Connect with Dr. Amanda:

YouTube: https://bit.ly/DrAmandaAdkinsYouTubeChannel

Facebook: www.facebook.com/DrAmandaAdkins

Instagram: www.instagram.com/DrAmandaAdkins

Website: www.dramandamd.com

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/dr-amanda-adkins-28071a39

Learn more about Amy, apply to be a guest on the podcast, or schedule a personal Holding Space session for yourself, your business, school, community, organization, etc. here:

amy@getamyshelp.com

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/amythurman

https://www.instagram.com/amycthurman

https://www.tiktok.com/@authenticallyamy