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Transforming and ThrivingFrom Control to Compassion: Lindsay Lyon’s Journey Through Eating and Body Image IssuesJoin your cohosts Brooke Sacchetti and Stacie Weaver on "Transforming and Thriving" as they share a deeply moving conversation with Lindsay Lyon, a working mother of 3 and longtime friend of Brooke. In this episode, Lindsay courageously and candidly shares her powerful story of overcoming years of unhealthy eating and exercise habits and developing a healthier relationship with her body. Lindsay bravely opens up about her intense internal battles with perfectionism and control, the challenges of recovery, and how she's transformed her relationship with herself. She discusses the importance of empathy, the impact of well-meaning but unhelpful support, the benefits o...2025-04-2836 minTransforming and ThrivingFrom Early Loss AND Divorce to Discovery: Joree Rose’s Transformative Journey Forward Join Stacie and Neelia on "Transforming and Thriving" as they interview Joree Rose, a marriage and family therapist, mindfulness teacher, podcaster, and author, who shares her deeply personal journey of healing after divorce and the path to cultivating authentic connection with herself and others. Joree opens up about her early childhood trauma and loss as well as her more recent divorce from her high school sweetheart, describing it as a transformative journey into healing, awareness, spirituality, trust, and awe. She emphasizes how this experience reinforced the importance of practicing the tools she teaches, ensuring she lives an aligned and...2025-04-1438 minTransforming and ThrivingFrom Subdural Hematoma & Life-Threatening C. Diff Infection to Community Leader: Li Saul's Inspiring Journey"Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia) is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In this episode, Li Saul delivers a powerful and raw account of her extraordinary journey to recovery. In January 2019, a seemingly minor head injury spiraled into a life-threatening ordeal, resulting in a subdural hematoma and brain bleed. Li's health plummeted, taking her from a vibrant 117 pounds to a fragile 85 pounds, fighting for survival.She bravely details the harrowing cascade of physical symptoms and demanding treatments she...2025-03-3130 minTransforming and ThrivingNavigating Single Motherhood and Intensive Leukemia Treatment: Interview with Chelseah Darling on her Physical, Spiritual, and Mental Rebirth"Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia) is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In this episode, Chelseah Darling, a woman who represents resilience and strength, describes her sudden diagnosis with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in her mid-30s, urgent (and lengthy) hospitalizations and treatments and stem cell transplant, all while navigating being a single mama of a 6-year-old boy. Chelseah is a physician’s assistant who put her career on hold to heal. She openly shares how she survived the chemotherapy tr...2025-03-1733 minTransforming and ThrivingReal Women, Real Conversations - Interview with Leanne DiSanto on the Loss of Her Husband and Reinventing Herself as an Entrepreneur "Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia) is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In this episode, Leanne DiSanto, mother and entrepreneur, shares her inspiring story of how she unexpectedly lost her husband at a young age and found solace in honoring his legacy as a servant leader. She continues to be guided by her unwavering belief in the power of perseverance and discipline, which has led her to become Owner and Managing Director at LearningRX Irvine Brain Training Center, where she...2025-03-0326 minTransforming and ThrivingResilience and Artistry: Interview with Breast Cancer Survivor Katie Crecion on Facing Adversity and Building a Successful Career"Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia) is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In this episode, Katie Crecion shares her story of true resilience and artistry after experiencing early adversity as well as more recent adversity later in life. Katie was abandoned at birth in Korea, adopted twice, and pressed forward with unwavering determination, turning challenges into fuel for success. In this episode, she focuses on her more recent journey with breast cancer: she was diagnosed at the age of 36 and...2025-02-1732 minTransforming and ThrivingPerseverance and Overcoming the Loss of a Parent - Interview with Erin Koppel on Losing Her Dad to Cancer as a Young Girl"Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia) is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In this episode, Erin Koppel opens up about how she suddenly lost her dad to cancer when she was only 10 years old. He was diagnosed with kidney cancer that metastasized to his lungs, and 5 weeks after he was diagnosed, he passed away. Erin openly recounts her experience of going through this sudden, traumatic loss of her father as a young girl, how it caused a deep fear of...2025-02-0323 minTransforming and ThrivingTaking a Leap from Comfortable Misery to Become a Business Owner - Interview with Cecily Kelly on Leaving Her Military Job to Become a Yoga Studio Owner“Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia), is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In this episode, Cecily Kelly recounts how she took a leap and trusted herself to leave a stable government/military job to pursue her passion for yoga. She shares how she knew she needed a change, and when a 4-month-long opportunity to teach yoga was presented to her, she had faith it would all work out by making the leap. Cecily’s optimism, enthusiasm, and her dream of crea...2025-01-2023 minTransforming and ThrivingAll The Transitions - Turning Her World Upside-Down to Move Down Under - Interview with Zen Nguyen"Transforming and Thriving," hosted by best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia) is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In this episode, Zen Nguyen, a California native turned Australian, shares her incredible story of multiple transitions occurring simultaneously… starting a new relationship, leaving a successful 17-year career with 24 Hour Fitness, moving from California to Australia, and becoming a mom. Listeners will feel like they are on the edge of their seats as she shares her unique and compelling story of her unforgettable European adventure and whirlwind romance wi...2025-01-0628 minTransforming and ThrivingExploring the Often-Unspoken Struggles Surrounding Fertility, Miscarriage, and IVF - Interview with Lauren Muelken“Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia), is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In this episode, Lauren Muelken explores the often-unspoken struggles surrounding fertility, miscarriage and IVF in her early 40s. She shares her emotional rollercoaster of trying to conceive, coping with loss, and managing the complex feelings that have arisen throughout the journey. She aims to offer listeners a sense of community, hope, and paths to finding peace and acceptance in their experience. Lauren is a Doctor of Phy...2024-12-2329 minTransforming and ThrivingFeeling Lost And Alone In A World That Was Lost - Interview with Tawyna Vickery on Divorce at 50 During Covid“Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia), is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In this episode, Tawnya Vickery openly recounts her transition into becoming divorced at age 50, just as the world was going through a pandemic…feeling lost and alone in a world that was already lost. She shares the process of trying to figure out who she was, and more importantly who she wanted to be. Did she want love again? Did she want to move? Did she want to stay...2024-12-0931 minTransforming and ThrivingRebirth Into Motherhood - Learning to Mother Myself at Age 40 - Interview with Stacie Weaver on Emergency C-section and Postpartum"Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia), is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In this episode, Stacie Weaver, cohost of Transforming and Thriving, shares her personal journey through becoming a mother at the age of 40...all the way through the experience from pregnancy, having Covid during her second trimester, to her traumatic week in the hospital delivering her son when nothing, absolutely nothing, went according to her beautifully planned out plan (including ending up with severe preeclampsia, and the first few...2024-11-2531 minTransforming and ThrivingIs My Brain Tumor Half Empty Or Half Full? Interview with Neelia Heydt“Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia), is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In our first ever episode, we interview Neelia Heydt, who, after a brain cancer diagnosis, has dedicated herself to the mission of working less and living more. With her unique perspective and personal journey, Neelia openly shares her experience on how she is practicing gratitude and thriving in the wake of several grueling years filled with doctor visits, treatments, and major lifestyle changes. Neelia’s unwavering optimism and cand...2024-11-1124 minTransforming and ThrivingFrom the Burden of Responsibility to Freedom - Interview with Micole Noble“Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia), is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. In this episode, Micole Noble shares her incredible career transition from Corporate America to Chopra Global as a transformational leader and meditation instructor/coach. She recounts how she went from a corporate recruiter with a 401k and "all the things" to a journey back to herself, realizing that there is nowhere to "arrive," and now possessing peace and serenity. Now she is serving others by offering tools and cl...2024-11-1123 minTransforming and ThrivingThe Birth of Transforming and Thriving - Our Why“Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia), is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. Each episode highlights an everyday woman navigating challenges and how she turned her mess into meaningful and motivational fuel. The podcast aims to illuminate the WORK, the COURAGE, and the STRENGTH of these women’s journeys. Transforming and Thriving was motivated by the desire to build an inspiring community that shares the message we all need to hear when going through something that seems insurmountable…You are not alone...2024-11-0411 minTransforming and ThrivingTrailer 2024“Transforming and Thriving," hosted by 3 best friends (Brooke, Stacie, and Neelia), is a podcast dedicated to showcasing the stories of resilient women who have persevered through pivotal transitions and/or traumas. Each episode highlights an everyday woman navigating challenges and how she turned her mess into meaningful and motivational fuel. The podcast aims to illuminate the WORK, the COURAGE, and the STRENGTH of these women’s journeys. Transforming and Thriving was motivated by the desire to build an inspiring community that shares the message we all need to hear when going through something that seems insurmountable…You are not alone...2024-09-0401 min