Grown-Ass Woman's Guide

Jenny Ketchepaw is VP of Talent Engagement in the banking industry, and a dynamic certified Clifton strengths coach. When I first heard Jenny speak about strengths, my mind was blown. She helped me understand where I should be targeting my efforts, and what I needed to do to take my career to the next level. And now she wants to help you too! Join Jenny and me for a Strengths workshop, happening June 12, 2023 at noon ET/9am PT. It's going to be a lot of fun, we'll learn a ton and you'll leave empowered to take your strengths and do incredible things. REGISTER HERE About the workshop: Strengths-based principles focus on the natural talents that lie within us and how, by capitalizing on these strengths, we become more effective and successful. Learning your strengths, focusing on your talents, and utilizing strategies for applying your strengths will change the way you lead. Grown-Ass Creative is a podcast management and marketing agency that provides career and professional development opportunities to women over 40. LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

Back in 2011, and still in my early 30s, I launched my very first podcast. I was a co-host of a show called Broadcast that tackled pop culture and current events, but always through the lens of a woman. One of the things I loved about doing that show was having someone else to chat with and bounce ideas off of. Sometimes we interviewed newsmakers, but sometimes we just talked candidly about what was on our minds. That’s why I’ve opened up to the idea of occasional co-hosted episodes here at TGAWG. In fact, if you’re listening now and thinking YES! I would love to do that, here's the application. My co-host today is Jen Vertanen. You’re going to love her. She’s honest, vulnerable and really funny. We talk everything from relationships to losing loved ones to life coaching — and we’ve got some opinions on that one. To connect with all things Jen, visit JenVertanen.com About: Jen Vertanen is a mentor for ambitious women who mostly have their shit together but feel bored and unfulfilled even though they’ve checked all the boxes and done everything “right”. She helps them go from wanting more (happiness, fulfillment, etc.) to F*CK YEAH I love my life without having to Eat, Pray, Love or Thelma & Louise. Using her signature candor and humor, Jen wants the world to know it’s never too late and you're never too old but you do kind of need to get going. INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

Guadalupe Hirt is a four-time entrepreneur, pro-aging advocate, speaker, blogger, and middlescence life strategist. Most recently, she was the co-founder and CCO of SecondActWomen, a pro-age global community for women 40 & 50+. Through education, events, membership, and community, she helped shift ageists perspectives, inspired bold thinking, and created age-inclusive spaces that rallied women over 40 to excel in business, career, and life. Now, Lupe has taken a long overdue sabbatical, focusing on her own mental health. What she’s learned during this time can help us all prioritize our own selves. And, if a self-imposed break is not something you can (or want to) do right now (I’m with you there), Lupe offers some small everyday actions we can take to bring more joy, balance and peace into our lives. Connect with Guadalupe: LinkedIn Instagram LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic ELEMENT APOTHEC: Get 10% off with promo code: GAWoman at grownasswoman.guide/Element INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

Imagine this: You're in an airport bathroom in Reno, Nevada. You're feeling crampy and cranky because it's that time of the month, so you reach for a maxi pad. What you see when you open the package angers you, enrages you really; so much so that you decide to stop and write an open letter to the company that made said maxi pad. That's pretty much what happened to Wendi Aarons. And it was the very thing to begin to change the trajectory of her life. The award winning humorist, writer, opinionated tweeter and self-proclaimed Fanilow is now a published author (her first two books written when she was 54). Her book I'm Wearing Tunics Now: On Growing Older, Wiser and a Hell of a Lot Louder is a stroll down memory lane for any Gen X woman finding her way -- and herself. About: Wendi Aarons is a writer and award-winning humorist whose work has frequently appeared in outlets like McSweeney’s and The New Yorker, among many others. She is the author of the middle-grade novel Ginger Mancino, Kid Comedian, SOCKS from Chronicle Books, and a contributor to the Listen to Your Mother: What She Said Then, What We’re Saying Now and Keep Scrolling Til You Feel Something anthologies. She is a popular speaker and teacher on humor, and lives in Austin with her family. And her tunics. The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is supported by... LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic ELEMENT APOTHEC: Get 10% off with promo code: GAWoman at grownasswoman.guide/Element INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

There’s a chance at this point of your life, you might know someone with kidney disease, maybe someone who has needed a kidney transplant — or maybe you even someone who has made the decision to donate their kidney. March is National Kidney Month. Last week, I introduced you to Kari Kirkland, a living kidney donor who not only made that incredibly courageous decision to donate her kidney to a friendly acquaintance, but who just last week climbed Mt Kilimanjaro to spread awareness, reaching the summit on World Kidney Day. This week is the second episode in our two-part series. I speak with Dr Martha Pavlakis, the medical director of kidney and pancreas transplantation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. In just an hour of your life, Dr Pavlakis will help us all understand kidney transplants and donations in a whole new way, as she busts some very common myths about the process that people continue to spread every day. About: Dr. Martha Pavlakis is the medical director of kidney and pancreas transplantation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where she has held that position since 1999. She is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Co-director of the BIDMC Kidney Transplant Fellowship. Dr. Pavlakis has written and spoken extensively about kidney and pancreas transplantation and is the current Chair of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Kidney Committee. She has led the OPTN effort to eliminate the use of race in eGFR formulas used for listing patients for kidney transplantation and the current restorative justice project to award more wait time to Black and African American transplant candidates whose wait time was impacted by the race variable. She also leads the development of a continuous distribution system for kidney transplant allocation. She is a former chair of the education committee for the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and on the IDEAL committee (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access to Life). Resources: National Kidney Foundation Living Donor Assistance UNOS National Kidney Registry OPTN LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic ELEMENT APOTHEC: Get 10% off with promo code: GAWoman at grownasswoman.guide/Element INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

While you’re listening to this episode, there’s a good chance today’s guest, Kari Kirkland, is getting close to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro — highest mountain in the world, standing at 19,341 feet. She’s joining dozens of others, some also kidney donors, organ recipients and advocates to bring awareness to the importance of living organ donation. The group is expected to reach the top on March 9, 2023, also known as World Kidney Day. This episode is part of a series during March which National Kidney Month, a topic that’s very personal to me. My middle son is 17 years old and in the process of being added to the kidney transplant list, something that surprised us, and yet has been a long time coming. Since the moment we were told this was necessary, I’ve spent hours reading and researching, and have learned so much about not only what he’ll have to go through, but what being a kidney donor looks like, and what it may entail. And I have to tell you, it’s eye opening. Approximately 100,000 people are on the kidney transplant list, 13 die each day waiting for an organ. Knowledge is power and when we’re educated, it not only helps decrease the amount of medical disinformation that’s out there in the world, but we can best support the donors and recipients in our lives, relatives, friends, co-workers and community members in a more impactful way. And there’s nothing more grown-ass than that. Guest: Kari Kirkland is a living kidney donor who's lived a life of adventure -- artist, performer, wedding / event planner, private chef, flying trapeze artist and coach, Ironman triathlete... She's lived in 4 countries on 3 continents, and has traveled the world. Now she's climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro to bring awareness to living donation, reaching the summit on World Kidney Day on March 9, 2023. "This climb presents the opportunity to realize that even as a living organ donor, we can still accomplish incredible physical and mental feats! I look forward to watching the sunrise on the top of Kili, surrounded by living donors and advocates, and being a strong example of what is possible after living organ donation." Support Kari and the others: Visit LivingDonorAdventures.com Follow the group on Facebook and Instagram Mentioned in this episode: UNOS Donate Life LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic ELEMENT APOTHEC: Get 10% off with promo code: GAWoman at grownasswoman.guide/Element INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

Jessica Ashley is a Certified Divorce Coach who helps women thrive through transitions with grace, creativity, and maybe some cussing. On TikTok and Instagram, Jessica posts videos daily to a rapidly growing audience of women seeking community and clarity. But she’s also getting some unwanted attention from an extremely opinionated and outspoken political commentator who recently blasted Jessica on his YouTube page, followed by millions, “canceling” her and garnering thousands of comments, which in turn encouraged some of those followers to harass her online through her social channels and website. You don’t have to be divorced or even considering it to appreciate that there are men out there trying to silence women from sharing their personal experiences and using those experiences to help others — and make a living. But we are grown-ass women who will not be silenced. In fact, it’s the reason I chose to invite Jessica here today — to give her a platform for sharing her story, and to support her in sharing her voice, which in turn could support you in using your own. Connect with Jessica: Website Instagram TikTok LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

Michelle Simmonds spent 18 years in Human Resources before she took a giant leap of faith, left her job and launched the Bee BRAVE movement. Bee BRAVE is a platform to inspire and encourage people who want to do something about racism to actually do something, by way of practical tools and tips. Mentioned in this episode: BeeBraveMovement.com WeWil Collaborative Join Michelle, me and WeWil Collaborative at our first live event on 3/8/23! LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic ELEMENT APOTHEC: Get 10% off with promo code: GAWoman at grownasswoman.guide/Element INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

I took several months off the second half of 2022. And when I came back, I realized there are a lot of new listeners. Who've been tuning into the show who don't know anything about me -- and I don't know you. So today we're going to fix that. Mentioned: LinkedIn Post Visit GrownAssWoman.Guide/creative INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

Why are so many women misinformed when it comes to heart disease? According to the CDC, about 1 in 16 women age 20 and older have coronary heart disease, and about 1 in every 5 female deaths are heart related. It is the leading killer of women in the United States and globally. But even today, and despite an increase in awareness, only about half of women recognize that heart disease is their number 1 killer. February is American Heart Month, a time to raise awareness of cardiovascular health. If we can make Heart Month half as popular as Breast Cancer Awareness month, I think we might just save some lives. Guest: Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC is the President of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology and a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, where she is a professor of cardiology and the director of prevention, the associate director of the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center and holds the Anita Dann Friedman Endowed Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine and Research. She was formerly the inaugural Chief of Cardiology at the University of Arizona. She is the author of the best-seller, “Saving Women’s Hearts”. She served as the chair of the national chest pain guidelines that were released in late 2021. Her exceptional commitment to the study of women and cardiac diseases has won her numerous awards and distinctions, including being named by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of Chicago’s Top 40 under 40. In 2011, she received the first CREDO (Coalition to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascular Outcomes) Award from the American College of Cardiology that was given to honor her contributions to improve cardiovascular healthcare of women patients. In 2012, she was awarded the National Red Dress Award for her efforts in raising awareness of heart disease in women and advancing research in this field. In 2019, she was chosen as the most influential woman in Arizona and received the 2019 American College of Cardiology’s Bernadine Healy Award for her leadership and accomplishment in the field of cardiovascular disease in women. She is the principal investigator of the St. James Women Take Heart Project, a study examining cardiac risk factors in women, which set standards for women’s fitness levels and heart rate response to exercise in women. She also is a co-investigator on the Women Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) and previously served as a co-investigator on the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). She has published articles in peer-reviewed publications, including The New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, and Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). She has also been featured on Oprah. Dr. Gulati is Canadian and completed medical school at the University of Toronto, Canada. She went on to complete her internship, residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Chicago. She received a Masters’ in Science at the University of Chicago and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the American Society for Preventive Cardiology & th LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic ELEMENT APOTHEC: Get 10% off with promo code: GAWoman at grownasswoman.guide/Element INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

If you’ve listened to The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide in previous years, you know I love to kick off the year with Courtney Townley. Courtney's been on the podcast several times and the reason I go back to her is because she’s just as passionate about sleep and stress management as she is about nutrition and movement. Courtney Townley is a mid-life wellness pioneer, coach, host of the top-rated podcast Grace & Grit, and creator of The Consistency Code. Through her show, members-only community, 1-1 work, and programs, she helps women entering their mid-life season embrace it as their Power Years — a.k.a. their time to step out rather than fade out. For more from Courtney and to learn more about her approach and community, stop by graceandgrit.com. Courtney is also the founder of Rumble and Rise, her membership community where she supports women like us in prioritizing ourselves and our health. Full disclosure, I am a new member of her community. We’ll talk about the community — I’ll share a link to her community as well as her newest workshop, but this is not a sales pitch. This is meant to be the conversation that after you hear it, you take even greater action toward your health - however that looks for you. FREE offer: If you’re ready to realign your health and need a little support, Courtney is hosting a FREE 5-day challenge (February 13th - February 17th) called Healthiest Year Yet. This is a 5-day mindset reset to help you get clear on what you want for your health in 2023, why you want it and what skills you will need to develop to get there. REGISTER HERE. I am definitely taking part in the Healthiest Year Yet challenge and I would love for you to join me! LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

If you've been waiting for a new episode of TGAWG, this is the one to hear! In October of 2021, I attended She Podcasts Live, a conference for women and non-binary podcasters. At that event, I ran into a couple of women I knew through work we had done with Elsie Escobar, one of the She Podcast founders. They were sitting around a table outside the pool area and immediately, we just started talking about the podcasting industry and creativity and a variety of other professional and personal topics. 15 months later, we're still having conversations sparked by that weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona. Jen Edds and Marion Abrams have become friends, confidants, creative sounding boards, truth tellers... They've brought so much to my life. And my favorite part? They're not afraid to hold me accountable. That is one of the themes for 2023 for me -- personal accountability, something I used to struggle with. BTW If this is something you struggle with, I am working on creating a small accountability group in the coming weeks. Email me if you want to learn more! Guests: Jen Edds is an energetic keynote speaker that delivers a memorable message using songs instead of slides to educate and entertain audiences. What else would you expect from a Gen Xer raised on School House Rock and VH1 Storytellers? When Jen isn’t speaking, you can find her working as a podcast consultant and producer - helping others share their voices and big ideas with the world. Jen hosts The Brassy Broadcast and also loves practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu and podcasting about it with her coach on the Beauty and the Gi podcast. You can tune in wherever you listen to podcasts. Marion Abrams is a podcasting producer & consultant with deep experience in podcasting and content creation. She built Spartan's podcast from 0 to over 40 million views & downloads. She's worked on a range of projects from social media advisor on a gubernatorial campaign, to creating the documentary film "Flood Bound", to directing TV ads for Vermont Lottery. On her own podcast "Grounded Content" she explores what drives customer actions, and where the lines are between persuasion and manipulation. For 30 years Marion has helped businesses, organizations and individuals clearly convey their message. Marion is also the official podcasting coach for Hubspot's creator program, and helps other thought leaders, business leaders, and podcast hosts to design and elevate their podcast presence. LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic ELEMENT APOTHEC: Get 10% off with promo code: GAWoman at grownasswoman.guide/Element INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

Hey there! I’m Jackie, host of The Grown-Ass Woman’s Guide. I created this podcast to support all women in living as their most badass, grown-ass selves. Like many other women, I have had periods of time where I would live by default. Avoid the tough choices — hide from taking personal responsibility. But what I’ve learned is that is definitely not the path for me. I was craving growth, expansion, confidence, connection. I wanted to show up like the grown-ass woman I knew I could be. The Grown-Ass Woman’s Guide is a collection of candid conversations focused on three areas — health, wealth and work. You’ll hear from women doing grown-ass things. Living grown-ass lives. And occasionally, you’ll get an episode with just me, sharing some of my own personal grown-ass lessons. Being a grown-ass woman is a practice. It’s work in progress. It’s a movement. And it’s so much more rewarding when we share it together. Because when one woman lives her most grown-ass life, it creates a ripple effect and we all benefit. Hit favorite or follow on your favorite podcast app and let’s make 2023 our most grown-ass year yet -- together! INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

The Grown-Ass Woman’s Guide will be back soon with all new episodes! Until then, enjoy this final “Best of” episode created just for you. There was a time when rocking the latest trends meant fashion or beauty. But for Grown-Ass Women, the latest trends are focused on self care and personal development. For once in my life, I can actually be trendy. Listening to our own voices — and not the opinions of others requires a level of quiet and courage that more and more women are committed to reaching. On today’s episode, executive coach, communications leader and podcaster, Lara Dalch, shares tools for discovering what we really want by listening more than pushing. LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

The Grown-Ass Woman’s Guide will be back in January with all new episodes! Until then, enjoy this “Best of” episode created just for you. Have a very happy holiday season and I’ll talk with you in January! As we kick off the new year, millions of people are talking resolutions; making major shifts and changes in their lives. For me, I’m not a big fan of resolutions. We’ve seen it before and all know what happens five days, maybe a week later. Most people just give up. Instead, I am a big believer that what comes with a new year is a fresh opportunity to invigorate our lives, maybe set some goals; and there’s no better place to start than at home. Carrie Leskowitz is a certified life coach and award-winning interior designer with over 20 years experience transforming both spaces and lives. In this episode of The Grown-Ass Woman’s Guide, Carrie shares tips to help create a more aligned space — simply and inexpensively; and she shares what not to do if you want more love, peace and abundance in your life. LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

The Grown-Ass Woman’s Guide will be back in January with all new episodes! Until then, enjoy this “Best of” episode created just for you. Have a very happy holiday season and I’ll talk with you in January! In one of the most raw, honest episodes of TGAWG yet, I talk with TV personality, interior designer and life stylist Lauren Makk. I met Lauren back in 2015 when I was working on a daytime syndicated TV show called FABLife. Lauren stood out to me at the time as someone who was very much, what you see is what you get, something I definitely admire, especially in that industry. And, that hasn’t changed in the past six-plus years. In this episode, Lauren shares her journey to sobriety, what life looked like when she was drinking, the excruciatingly painful moment when she knew something needed to change, and what she’s learned about herself in the one year since putting down that Jack Daniel’s bottle. LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic ELEMENT APOTHEC: Get 10% off with promo code: GAWoman at grownasswoman.guide/Element INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

The Grown-Ass Woman’s Guide will be back in January with all new episodes! Until then, enjoy this “Best of” episode created just for you. Have a very happy holiday season and I’ll talk with you in January! When you’re the world’s first full-figured supermodel chosen as People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People, not once but twice, you have earned the right to be known by a single name — Emme. I talk with the brand spokesperson, television personality, podcast host, author, first full-figured Revlon spokeswoman, keynote speaker, coach, and clothing line creative director about her early modeling career, increasing our self-esteem, and how to make ourselves a priority. Emme also talks about how using our collective voice can make an impact and shares her new ventures, including coaching women through body confidence and her initiative, Fashion without Limits. LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic ELEMENT APOTHEC: Get 10% off with promo code: GAWoman at grownasswoman.guide/Element INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

The Grown-Ass Woman’s Guide will be back in January with all new episodes! Until then, enjoy this “Best of” episode created just for you. Have a very happy holiday season and I’ll talk with you in January! “Holiday stress is not something you get, it’s something you create.” I wrote this little gem on Facebook eight years ago. Unlike other things I sometimes read from years ago, this time I actually agree with my younger self — wholeheartedly. I believe that, along with the incredible challenges we have faced over the last year and a half, we have also been provided with some clarity; clarity in what matters and what we should prioritize. After years and years of holiday stress rinse and repeat, we had an opportunity to streamline and to simplify. I know, for me, I’m not ready to go back to the way things were. How about you? Read full blog post here. LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

Hi! I'm on a bit of a summer schedule but wanted to share something I thought you might like (produced by yours truly). Media Circus takes an inside look at private tragedy in the public eye, and explores how the media got it right, got it wrong, and got in the way. In each episode, Victim Advocate and Author Kim Goldman gives us a fresh, behind-the-scenes look into high profile crimes you think you know, told by the victims and their families who were thrust into the spotlight in their most vulnerable moments. Media Circus connects you with the real people beyond the media coverage to share their stories -- in their own words, on their own terms. Check it out and give it a favorite or follow. INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!

On Ryan Rae Harbuck's Instagram, she refers to herself as a "word sifter, wheelie expert, boy mom and underwater dreamer." I'll add courageous woman, inspiring swimmer and badass mom to that description. A paralyzing car accident in her teens left Ryan with a new life to build. In her book, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Chair, Ryan shares a poignant message, "Everyone has a chair," that thing we are bound to or unwillingly defines you, an element that makes you different from the rest, one that you have little choice in the matter. But it does not mean life is without choices. Ryan's story is a series of choices that will surprise, inspire and motivate you to life your own life to the fullest. LOOK OPTIC: Visit Look Optic at Grownasswoman.guide/lookoptic ELEMENT APOTHEC: Get 10% off with promo code: GAWoman at grownasswoman.guide/Element INSTACART: Get free delivery 1st order at grownasswoman.guide/instacart Support the showLet's Connect! The Grown-Ass Woman's Guide is on Facebook and Instagram. If you like what you hear, consider buying me a coffee!