Some stories don’t tie themselves into a neat bow. They pull you backward through memory, family, and the moments you’d rather skip, until you finally see what shaped you. That’s why I wanted to sit down with Annie Dike, author of “Clovis”, a character-driven coming-of-age novel that’s raw, funny in places, and unflinching where it counts.

We talk about what’s rooted in Annie’s real life and what becomes fiction, why the book opens with Callie in a hospital bed, and how childhood instability can echo into adult choices. Annie shares why she writes from multiple points of view and how stepping into a parent’s mind can change everything, especially when you’re trying to untangle trauma, identity, grief, and forgiveness. If you love literary fiction that feels emotionally true, this conversation digs into the craft behind that honesty.

We also go beyond the page. Annie explains how she built a law career that supports writing and travel, why she moved away from defending corporations, and what it’s like to work behind the scenes as an attorney. Then we get into sailing, cruising life, and the surprising truth that the ocean isn’t always the scariest part, sometimes it’s being alone with your own thoughts.

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You can look “fine” and still be running on empty and your body will keep sending signals until you finally listen. I sit down with Dr. Alicia Newsome, physician, speaker, and women’s health advocate, to talk about what’s really happening when high-achieving women feel exhausted, overwhelmed, moody, and disconnected from their bodies, especially as hormones start shifting in perimenopause.

We dig into functional medicine and why it focuses on root causes instead of quick fixes. Dr. Newsome explains her “test, don’t guess” approach, including advanced labs that look at how your body is functioning, from cortisol patterns and stress hormones to nutrient status and gut health. We also unpack the cycle basics many of us were never taught and why painful periods, crushing fatigue, and extreme PMS may be common but not normal. Her check engine light analogy makes it clear: covering symptoms without asking “why” only delays the breakdown.

We also get practical. We talk savory breakfast and protein for steadier glucose and energy, small daily movement that improves insulin sensitivity, and why maintaining muscle matters as we age. Dr. Newsome shares simple stress resilience habits you can actually do with a full life, plus a smarter view of detoxification and everyday toxin exposure.

Finally, she connects health to leadership through her integrated framework of business, body, and belief and gives a preview of her book "Worthy of Rest: For the Woman Tired of Being the Strong One."

If you’ve been told your labs are “fine” but you don’t feel fine, this conversation will give you language, next steps, and hope. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review with the biggest signal your body has been sending you lately.

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Your brain tells you to be furious, scared, or ashamed and then your body follows. But what if those reactions aren’t “just who you are,” and what if you could turn down the emotional charge in minutes?

We sit down with Stacey Nye, co-creator of the F.I.X Code, to unpack a simple, repeatable emotional clearing process that Stacey says works for everyone from CEOs and sales teams to school staff, moms, and five-year olds. Stacey shares her own path from an Olympic-family upbringing and decades in high-stakes global event operations to a breaking point marked by trauma, betrayal, and a season where self-help stopped working. Then a referral led her to Daniel Flear and a method that felt like guided meditation, spirituality, and practical psychology colliding, with fast relief that made old memories feel neutral.

We get specific about how the F.I.X Code works, what “F.I.X” stands for, and the single “magic question” that reveals the emotion really driving your stress, anxiety, or shutdown. We also talk about why people sometimes think it didn’t work, how layered feelings can sit on the same event, and what it looks like when triggers show up but you feel oddly unbothered. If you’re looking for anxiety relief, trauma support tools, emotional healing, mindset coaching, or a practical mental health routine that fits real life, you’ll take away a clear framework and a next step.

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