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SPEAK REELWinter Blues, Valentines Views & Big January Energy From winter blues and holiday hangovers to big wins we need to celebrate — like Speak Reel making it into a magazine! I am unpacking it all. And because it’s February… let’s settle it: is Valentine’s Day cheesy, overrated, or low-key our love language? Also, check out Sweet Sips Soda LLc, my newest business venture with Meaghan- it’s family fun on a whole new level. We are mixing up dirty sodas, alanis and making your next event that much sweeter!
2026-02-1125 min
SPEAK REELGroundhog Days & Christmas Nights I will be talking about the life we were told to expect—school, marriage, kids, success—and what happens when at 38 you realize it’s time to pivot. When “living your best life” still feels like Groundhog Day, this one hits different.Add in the magical mayhem of Christmas—Grinch Day, stomach bugs, Polar Express, projects, traditions, and trying to soak it all in without losing it.Plus an NGL moment: what’s the best Christmas gift you’ve ever received?And for the first time ever John and his bestie Chris join the kitchen chat...
2025-12-1943 min
SPEAK REELA Case of the Shoppies I am catching a full-blown Case of the Shoppies: Black Friday nostalgia, and the Christmas gifts that raised us— what were the ones that made absolutely no sense, yet you begged for anyway? Grab an iced coffee or a marg and let’s get reel!
2025-11-1930 min
SPEAK REELSwartzmas has entered the chat Halloween? Done. Mariah Carey? Defrosting. Swartzmas? Activated! It’s that time of year where life goes from “boo” to “bananas” in 0.2 seconds — between events, holidays, and everything in between.We’re breaking it all down with laughs, gift guides, and the truth about mom-life in the most magical (and mildly chaotic) season of the year.
2025-11-1032 min
SPEAK REELBack to School Scaries: Pencils, Panic & Pick Up Lines Welcome to Speak Reel: Goodbye Summer & Hello School Season 2 begins! We are back to school surviving by a thread & cold brew coffees. Amanda & I talk about the back to school expectations and trying to get back into the routines of life. Are you smarter than a 5th grader? The jury is still out on me!
2025-10-2228 min
SPEAK REELREEL Life Events - 11 years in 45 minutes #HarperStrong My husband saves lives at work… but the real hero is our daughter Harper, a Heart Warrior. ❤️Life doesn’t hit pause just because things get heavy — and this week we’re diving into both the heroic and the heart-wrenching. From my husband’s real-life act of bravery at work to my most vulnerable share yet: the journey of my daughter Harper, a true Heart Warrior.In 45 minutes, I take you through a glimpse of 11 years of surgeries, strength, tears, and triumphs. It wasn’t easy to record (two days and a lot of tissues later), but it’s...
2025-10-061h 04
SPEAK REELThe Man Behind My Eye Rolls: Welcome HusbandAlmost two decades together, you’d think we’d have each other figured out—but do we really? In this episode, we’re putting our relationship to the test: from the ridiculous practical jokes (yes, confetti bombs and water fights count as love languages), to the little things that give us the ick, we’re spilling it all. Expect playful banter, inside jokes, and the kind of laughter that only comes from surviving 20 years of together.HELP-U-732 LLC Handyman Services: Serving all your needs in New Jersey 😉
2025-09-0828 min
SPEAK REELConfess & Regress Confess & Regress Begins! Anonymously Confess & Regress Publicly on NGL.link/SpeakReel Let’s Get REEL - Work/Life Balance - Get to know me a little bit better this episode! ✨ Shout out to Courtney Hirsch - CEO of Jomboy Media - Mom of 3 - who went viral getting REEL about what work/life balance looks like for her. Check her out on all social media platforms!
2025-08-2528 min
SPEAK REELBonus Reel - This One’s for YOUA moment of gratitude & thanks to my REEL listeners! Confess & Regress NGL.LINK/SPEEKREEL
2025-08-1712 min
SPEAK REELGlitter & Dirt Let’s go back, back to the beginning: My grandpa and her grandma are siblings; they had 14 children combined. Our moms are cousins and we are basically the same person—she’s got the boys, I’ve got the girls, and we both married the same type of guy.A Maryland weekend with my cousin’s crew was exactly the reset we needed — motorbikes, fresh lashes, and the best buffalo nachos of my life. We keep it light, classy, and all the way reel.Link for my Amazon Storefrontwww.amazon.com/shop/speakreel
2025-08-1237 min
SPEAK REELHappily Ever Chaos Pack your Minnie ears and buckle up, because we just wrapped up TWO magical (and mildly chaotic) weeks of all things Disney! From sailing away on the Disney Wish to soaking up the tropical vibes at the Polynesian Resort, we did it all—with my husband, my kids , and more Dole Whip than we care to admit. But the real fun? Chatting with complete strangers—fellow moms, park pros, first-timers—and asking them the real Disney questions no one else dares to ask. Tune in for laughs, unexpected wisdom, and the unfiltered magic that only happens when moms meet… in line...
2025-07-2847 min
SPEAK REELREEL Talk Therapy This is cheaper than therapy. This week on Speak Reel, Lexann and I pull up our emotional receipts and unpack all the mom guilt, mental load madness, and the “WTF just happened?” moments we’ve been holding in. No judgment, no copay — just two girls, a couple coffees, and a whole lot of “reel” talk. Grab your headphones (and maybe a tissue), because this is the group therapy session you didn’t know you needed.
2025-07-141h 11
2025-07-0747 min
SPEAK REELREEL Chicks Set Sail Sunday Funday where our girl crew is loud and the margaritas are finally poured! Amanda and our friend Alyssa joins today! Alyssa is juggling meetings, mom life, and motherhood math — and just when we thought she couldn’t get more impressive, she casually drops the fact that she can sail a boat like it’s no big deal. She is a full-blown Captain Jack Sparrow (but better) with a killer tan and a margarita in hand.
2025-06-3033 min
SPEAK REELREEL Guilty PleasuresAre you like me and need to think about it or are you like Amanda and have too many to list!? She even admits to the gross ones ! 🤪
2025-06-2350 min
SPEAK REELSpeak REEL or Forever Hold Your Cake Pop! My friend Lexann, boss babe owner of Little Mama’s Pops, mom of twin boys joins me this morning to get “reel.” She talks about her crop top moment of starting her cake pop business , her journey getting pregnant & just being an all around bad ass woman! We laugh - we cry - you might too! Find Little Mamas Pops on Instagram & some local businesses! Tune in to find out where ☺️
2025-06-1645 min
SPEAK REELLet’s Get Loopy!Ladies!! My FIRST ever collaboration with loopy cases! Use “Speakreel” discount code at check out to get 10% off! This was a total “wear the crop top” moment for me 🫶🏻 Get yourself some cases & accessories! I hope you love them as much as I do! ✨Amanda & I talk about the end of year chaos along with girl mom moments including potty training (bribing our way through) and getting a little loopy!
2025-06-0945 min
SPEAK REELWhite or Black SUV Mom? My friend Amanda, SAHM of 2 girls, Olaf-ing her way through the chaos with zero fucks or filter is chatting with me over coffee after our 8am drop off.
2025-06-0447 min
SPEAK REELInfluence and Influenced Amanda and I just continue our morning chat with a little change of pace. Why did a whole group of us just start baking bread and growing veggies? The 2 week benders of we will try mostly anything if it makes us look younger and feel better. We influence and are influenced!Business Shout Out: FacebookService Resource & Restoration LLC - across NJSimply Sourdough 732 - Monmouth County NJ
2025-06-0442 min
SPEAK REELAll the Mom Things My friend, boss babe, mom of 3, co-owner of Cloud Nine Soft Play & Balloons, Stephanie, joins me as we shake up some margs and talk about all the “reel” life things.Business Shout Out Find them on Instagram & FacebookCloud Nine Soft Play & Balloons - serving Monmouth/Ocean/Middlesex County Shore Point Investigation LLC- Private Investigator serving all of New Jersey
2025-05-3036 min
SPEAK REELThrive in Chaos Still shaking up the margs with Steph! We talk about our love for Disney, cups, trends & get “reel” thriving in chaos.Business Shout Out: Instagram & FacebookOpen Road Coffee, Monmouth County NJLittle Mamas Pops, Monmouth County NJ
2025-05-3035 min
SPEAK REELMom-Madness Getting hit on in your late 30’s… Botox.. Pregnancy… Parenting.. Mom-bod.. 90’s Summer… Let’s get into it all
2025-05-2740 min
SPEAK REELInside Out - All the Feels May is the new December… Thrivin’ & Survivin’Prom . Puppies . PM Pediatrics
2025-05-2138 min
SPEAK REELRant & RepeatI’m unhinged, in a mood and one throat punch away from feeling better 🤪PSA: my cover art was taken at 1 am this week when my toddler decided she no longer needed sleep in her life 😊
2025-05-1616 min
SPEAK REELMother’s Day Tea My mom friend joins me on Speak Reel as my first guest! First impressions, daily life struggles & caffeine 🙃
2025-05-1232 min
SPEAK REELHere Goes Nothing… I’ll Cringe Later Okay so my intro was scripted because I was sweating and completely out of my comfort zone. Here is my first uncut- unfiltered-I’ll cringe in a month from what I was even saying…POV : my toddler designed the cover art!
2025-05-0811 min
2025-05-0801 min
Sales for NerdsS4N 098 Kristin Zhivago on selling the way your customers buySelling the way your customers want to buy makes sales (and marketing) so much easier, but most businesses refuse to do it. In this episode, veteran market Kristin Zhivago (and author of Roadmap to Revenue: How to Sell the Way Your Customers Want to Buy) discusses how you can uncover your best customers' buying behaviors so you can align your marketing to attract your best customers, and then make it easy for them to buy from you. This episode brought to you by Mimiran, the fun, "anti-CRM" for independent consultants, coaches, and fractionals who love...
2024-07-1533 min
The Hot ButtonTHB #26: 20 Weeks To Oscar - Pizza's Here!Licorice Pizza.This is the most laid-back Paul Thomas Anderson film ever. Which is to say that you can feel Paul’s willingness to just let it rip. Obviously, there is structure. Obviously, there are clearly considered ideas brought to fruition visually. But there will be no frogs. There will be no surrealism. No milkshakes or powerfully long stretches of silence. No duality. No Phils, no Bill, no cobbler.This is really Paul’s first movie with a female lead. He came close with Phantom Thread, but ultimately, the woman’s journey there was about learni...
2021-11-1213 min
FUEL with Chris SwartzEP 31: Kristen Nolan - How To Grow Your Revenue As A Bitcoin BeginnerHow much do you really know about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies? As the world gets more digitized by the day, the way we invest and trade is following suit. The majority of us don’t even realize there are alternative ways to grow our existing revenue outside the world of dollar bills or blocks of gold. Kristen Nolan is a Bitcoin enthusiast and the Head of Business Development and Partnerships at World Business Executive Coaches. After liquidating her retirement fund to pay off a pricey loan, she took a personal look at her finances and bega...
2021-03-0840 min
Let's Go To Court!The Scottsboro Boys & the Dangers of Cheerleading in TexasHate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon!
Kristin starts us off with one of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, a group of nine African American boys and young men who were accused of gang raping two white women in 1931. Their cases are infuriating and upsetting. The Scottsboro Boys were nearly lynched before their trials. At every turn, the justice system was unjust — so unjust that outside groups stepped in to help the young men.
Then Brandi lightens things up with a story about the dangers of high school cheerleading. Wanda Holloway alw...
2018-10-031h 53
A Super Smiley Adventure with Megan Blake - Pets & Animals - Pet Life Radio OriginalA Super Smiley Adventure - Episode 90 MAX, the War Dog Film, - Exclusive Warner Brothers’ Behind the Screen EventMAX’s film Director, Boaz Yakin speaks about War Dogs having feelings, spirits and emotions- as they share intimates connection with their human military partners. Meet MAX’s co-writer and U.S. War Veteran, Sheldon Lettich, who drew from his own personal experiences to bring this powerful message to life. Meet U.S. Marine Matthew Foster and his war dog hero Sgt. Mick and Staff Sergeant James Harrington with his war dog K9 Ryky who saved him on and off the battlefield. Kristen Regan Maurer, President of Mission K9 Rescue, offers her stories of reuniting warriors with their dogs who serv...
2015-07-0945 min
A Super Smiley Adventure with Megan Blake - Pets & Animals - Pet Life Radio Original (PetLifeRadio.com)A Super Smiley Adventure - Episode 90 MAX, the War Dog Film, - Exclusive Warner Brothers’ Behind the Screen EventMAX’s film Director, Boaz Yakin speaks about War Dogs having feelings, spirits and emotions- as they share intimates connection with their human military partners. Meet MAX’s co-writer and U.S. War Veteran, Sheldon Lettich, who drew from his own personal experiences to bring this powerful message to life. Meet U.S. Marine Matthew Foster and his war dog hero Sgt. Mick and Staff Sergeant James Harrington with his war dog K9 Ryky who saved him on and off the battlefield. Kristen Regan Maurer, President of Mission K9 Rescue, offers her stories of reuniting warriors with their dogs who serv...
2015-07-0945 min