Shows
Manders MindsetLoving Someone Without Losing Yourself | Allie Cass | 205Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if one of the most powerful things you could do for yourself wasn’t helping someone else… but learning how to stop abandoning yourself?In this heartfelt episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with former bodybuilding pro turned functional health and fitness coach Allie Cass for a powerful conversation about self-worth, resilience, grief, identity, and the courage to choose yourself.Allie opens up about a toxic teenage relationship that shaped much of her early life, sharing what it was like...
2026-06-081h 01
Manders MindsetThe Resistance to Change | Madelaine Weiss | 203Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the biggest thing standing between you and the life you want… is the resistance to change?In this deeply insightful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Harvard-trained psychotherapist, mindset expert, executive coach, and bestselling author Madeline Weiss for a powerful conversation about identity, self-worth, reinvention, and the hidden psychology behind personal transformation.From losing her father unexpectedly at 15 years old to rebuilding her confidence through learning, growth, and self-discovery, Madeline shares the experiences that shaped her understanding of mindset, re...
2026-05-251h 02
Manders MindsetThe Hidden Weight of Shame & How to Release It | Dr. Zoe Shaw | 202Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the shame carried for years wasn’t proof that something was wrong… but proof that healing had never truly been given space to begin?In this deeply vulnerable episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Dr. Zoe Shaw, licensed psychotherapist, relationship coach, author, and podcast host for a powerful conversation about shame, secrecy, identity, and emotional healing. Dr. Zoe opens up about growing up in a strict religious environment, navigating racial identity shame, becoming pregnant as a teenager, and carrying the burden of s...
2026-05-1836 min
Manders MindsetRebuilding Yourself After Trauma | Shannon Michelle | 201Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if rebuilding your life after trauma wasn’t about becoming who you once were… but learning how to embrace who you are now?In this deeply moving episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with author, speaker, and trauma survivor Shannon Michelle for a powerful conversation about resilience, identity, healing, and the life changing power of staying present. After surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident that left her in a coma for two months, Shannon shares what it was like to relearn how to w...
2026-05-111h 03
Manders MindsetDoing It Anyway: Real Talk on Insecurity, Growth & Finding Your Voice | Amy Bolduc | 200Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What happens when you’ve spent most of your life believing your voice doesn’t matter… and then you decide to use it anyway?In this milestone Episode 200 of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with podcast host and sustainability advocate Amy Bolduc for one of the most raw and honest conversations yet. From navigating a challenging childhood and years of self-doubt to building a podcast and showing up consistently despite insecurity, Amy shares what it really looks like to grow through the mess... not af...
2026-05-041h 11
Manders MindsetLosing Yourself & Finding Your Way Back | Dr. Crystal Harrell | 199Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What happens when life pulls you so far away from who you once were… that finding your way back feels almost impossible?In this deeply personal episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Dr. Crystal Harrell, Yale-trained public health researcher, bestselling author, and CEO to explore her journey of losing and rediscovering herself. From growing up in public housing as one of ten children to experiencing the devastating loss of her father at just 11 years old, Crystal shares how that pivotal moment re...
2026-04-2753 min
Manders MindsetRewire Your Mind, Reclaim Your Life | Rachel Lundberg | 198Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the anxiety, overwhelm, and patterns people struggle to break aren’t random, but the result of a nervous system that has been conditioned over time?In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, Amanda Russo sits down with Rachel Lundberg, owner of Thrive Yoga and Wellness and co-founder of Yoga Oak. With over two decades of experience in yoga and nervous system work, Rachel shares her deeply personal journey through anxiety, identity shifts, and ultimately discovering the science of brain retraining and alignment....
2026-04-2044 min
Manders MindsetFrom Cancer to Healing: The Shift That Changed Everything | Shruti Sethi | 197Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the hardest moment of your life wasn’t the end… but the beginning of your transformation?In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Shruti, a cancer survivor, author, and holistic health coach, to share her deeply personal journey through adversity, healing, and self-discovery. From growing up feeling misunderstood to navigating a high-pressure career and a painful divorce, Shruti opens up about the moments that shaped her long before a life-changing cancer diagnosis at just 34.Together, Aman...
2026-04-1349 min
Manders MindsetYou're Not Broken... You're Programmed | Dr. Joseph Drolshagen | 196Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the struggles people face in their lives, whether in relationships, finances, or personal fulfillment aren’t due to a lack of effort, but instead deeply rooted subconscious programming?In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Dr. Joseph, also known as Joey, a rapid growth specialist and creator of the SMT Method. With decades of experience studying human behavior and transformation, Dr. Joseph shares his journey from living in cycles of struggle, self-doubt, and people-pleasing to uncovering the pr...
2026-04-061h 01
Manders MindsetShe Tried Therapy for Decades… Then 12 Steps Changed Her Life | Barb Nangle | 195Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the patterns that have shaped someone’s entire life were never actually the problem but the solution waiting to be uncovered?In this deeply honest episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with boundaries coach, speaker, and author Barb Nangel, whose life transformed at 52 through 12-step recovery after decades of therapy only scratched the surface. From growing up in a dysfunctional environment to years of addiction, codependency, and emotional struggle, Barb shares how hitting a breaking point became the doorway to re...
2026-03-3057 min
Manders MindsetFrom Good Girl to Untamed Leader: Finding Your Voice & Speaking with Purpose | Lauri Smith | 194Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the voice that’s been held back… is the very thing meant to lead?In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, Amanda Russo sits down with speaker, author, and soulful speaking coach Lauri Smith for a conversation about leadership, authenticity, and the journey from being the “good girl” to becoming an untamed, fully expressed voice.Lauri shares a deeply personal story of growing up with unspoken pressure to be perfect, always composed, always doing the “right” thing. But beneath that identity was somethin...
2026-03-2351 min
Breathwork MagicShe Started Breathwork at 5… and It Changed Her LifeYour breath can reveal what words sometimes can’t.In this episode of Breathwork Magic, Amanda Russo sits down with Harmony Kwiker, a transpersonal psychotherapist, teacher, and author whose journey with breathwork began at just five years old. Growing up in a home where meditation, breathwork, and healing practices were part of daily life, Harmony witnessed firsthand how the simple act of breathing could shift someone from heaviness into lightness. Their conversation explores how these early experiences shaped her path into psychotherapy and why breathwork continues to be one of the mo...
2026-03-1337 min
Manders MindsetHow You Start is Not How You Finish | Logan | 192Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the hardest parts of someone’s past didn’t have to define their future?In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with transformational speaker and Air Force veteran Logan, whose life story is a testament to resilience, personal responsibility, and the power of rewriting your own narrative. From growing up in a restrictive religious environment to serving in Iraq and navigating PTSD, divorce, and moments of suicidal ideation, Logan shares how he learned to take ownership of his heal...
2026-03-131h 17
Manders MindsetHow to Calm Your Mind & Stop Overthinking | Nikki Gangemi | 191Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the constant mental noise, overthinking, and self-doubt many people experience isn’t something they have to live with forever?In this insightful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with NLP practitioner, hypnotherapist, and founder of Mindful Matters LLC, Nikki Gangemi. After pivoting from a career in acting to 15 years in teaching before becoming an entrepreneur, Nikki shares the personal journey that led her to help others break free from limiting patterns and reclaim control of their mindset.Together, Am...
2026-03-091h 12
Manders MindsetRebuilding Life After Rock Bottom | Wes Towers | 190Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if hitting rock bottom wasn’t the end of the story… but the beginning of rebuilding everything?In this episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with entrepreneur and Uplift 360 founder Wes Towers to explore what happens when life completely falls apart and how those moments can become the catalyst for profound transformation.After experiencing divorce, emotional breakdown, and sleeping under his office desk while trying to keep his business alive, Wes shares the mindset shifts, healing practices, and deep...
2026-03-0650 min
Manders MindsetHow Shifting Your Mindset Can Change a Relationship Forever | Dr. Bruce Chalmer | 189Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if intimacy isn’t lost because love disappears… but because anxiety takes over?In this thought-provoking episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Bruce, a Vermont-based psychologist with over 30 years of experience working with couples, to unpack what really breaks relationships apart and what actually brings them back together.After navigating his own personal heartbreak and career pivot from statistician to licensed psychologist, Bruce has spent decades guiding couples through infidelity, emotional disconnection, and crisis. Through that work, he deve...
2026-03-021h 32
Manders MindsetFrom Fear To Love: The Shift That Changes Relationships | Larry Bilotta | 188Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the reason your relationship feels stuck… isn’t because of them but because of what you’re carrying?In this episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with marriage and mindset expert Larry Bilotta for a powerful conversation about emotional patterns, childhood programming, and why it only takes one person to begin healing a relationship. After spending 27 years in what he calls “a marriage made in hell,” Larry shares the internal shift that transformed everything, not by changing his wife, but...
2026-02-2455 min
Manders MindsetReclaiming Inner Authority: Women's Health & Radical Self-Trust | Dr. Marissa Heisel | 187Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the authority you’ve been taught to look for outside of yourself has actually been within you all along?In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with holistic doctor and former midwife Dr. Marissa Heisel for an expansive conversation on women’s health, pregnancy, midlife, and the radical act of self-trust. With more than 26 years of experience working with women and families, Marissa shares how her journey from conventional medical aspirations to holistic care reshaped her understanding of heal...
2026-02-201h 09
Manders MindsetThe Power of Touch: Healing Pain Without Pills | Njideka Olatunde | 186Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if pain wasn’t the enemy… but a messenger?What if stress wasn’t just something to “push through”… but the root of nearly every ache, tension, and health challenge in the body?In this deeply insightful episode, host Amanda Russo sits down with Njideka Olatunde, founder of Focus on Healing Wellness Institute, reflexology educator, and pioneer in medication-free pain relief… for a conversation that reframes everything listeners think they know about pain, stress, and healing.Njideka shares how growing up with home r...
2026-02-161h 09
Manders MindsetFrom Rock Bottom To Purpose Driven Founder | Michael Leung | 185Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What does it really take to rise from rock bottom and build something meaningful?In this powerful episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Michael Leung for a raw and deeply human conversation about grief, identity, resilience, and rebuilding after adversity. From immigrating to Canada at six years old to losing his mother to cancer during his teenage years, Michael shares how that devastating loss unraveled him, leading to years of anger, rebellion, and self-destruction before ultimately becoming the foundation for purpose.
2026-02-1349 min
Manders MindsetThe Cost of Saying Yes | Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala | 184Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the reason burnout keeps coming back… isn’t because there’s not enough time but because too much of that time is going to things that don’t actually matter to the life someone wants?In this episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala, clinical psychologist, professor, and bestselling author for a grounded, eye-opening conversation about values, boundaries, and what it really takes to create change that lasts. Dr. Sauer-Zavala shares her journey from being a “messy, shy kid” t...
2026-02-0956 min
Manders MindsetThe First Time You See Someone Wearing Something You Made | Kristen Anderson | 183Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the reason most bras don’t feel right… is because brands aren’t actually listening? In this episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with Kristen Anderson, co-founder of Iteration, to unpack what happens when product design is guided by real women, not guesswork.From Kristen’s “Skirt Girl” origins and a wild childhood fashion story to her path through lingerie startups and Target swimwear, this conversation explores the mindset behind creating with...
2026-02-061h 02
Manders MindsetHealing Beyond The Mind | Heather Ann Ferri | 182Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the healing you’ve been searching for doesn’t start in your thoughts… but in your body?In this episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with trauma-informed healer and spiritual educator Heather Ann Ferri for a powerful, wide-ranging conversation on trauma, remembrance, and reclaiming inner sovereignty. Heather shares her extraordinary life journey from Broadway stages and creative success to profound dark nights of the soul and how those experiences shaped the healing work she offers today.T...
2026-02-021h 17
Manders MindsetRecording Legacy in Real Time | Adam Torres | 181Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if one recorded conversation could become a living archive... something that speaks long after you’re gone and changes someone’s life in ways you’ll never witness?In this deeply moving episode, host Amanda Russo sits down with Adam Torres, co-founder of Mission Matters, author, international speaker, and host of over 6,000 interviews... for a conversation that weaves together mindset, storytelling, grief, and legacy.Adam shares his unconventional path from left-brained finance to storytelling at scale, includ...
2026-01-301h 07
Manders MindsetBadly Done Is Better Than Well Said | Elizabeth Bruckner | 180Feedback on the show? Send us a message!What if the “small changes” you keep putting off are actually the ones that would change everything?In this episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with author and acupuncturist Elizabeth Bruckner, creator of The Homesteader Mindset, for a conversation that feels equal parts grounding, funny, and quietly life-altering. Elizabeth shares how a lifetime shaped by immigrant family history, chronic illness, and deep curiosity led her to the unexpected path of homesteading… starting in a Southern California suburb...
2026-01-261h 30