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  • Stop Comparing Your Roots to Someone Else’s Tree | After Hours With Amanda EP. 73
    2026/06/15

    Grab your iced coffee and sit with me for a few minutes, because this one is for anyone who feels behind. I’m talking about the comparison trap, Paige’s little watermelon plant, and what happens when we start comparing our roots to someone else’s tree. This episode is about motherhood, dreams, faith, waiting, and remembering that just because something is taking longer does not mean it is not happening. Maybe the quiet season still counts. Maybe the roots are growing. Maybe the life we prayed for is already happening right here.



    00:00 Keep Showing Up

    00:30 Casual Summer Energy

    03:00 Summer Feels Like Possibility

    05:00 Waiting on the Thing You Want

    06:03 Paige’s Watermelon Plant

    07:16 Life Is Not Instant

    09:56 Beautiful Things Take Time

    10:59 The Comparison Trap

    13:31 Maybe You’re in the Roots

    18:34 What Dream Are You Carrying?

    20:32 Growth Is Not a Race

    22:20 Don’t Miss the Life You Prayed For

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    24 分
  • Maybe You’re Not Behind, Maybe You’re Still Becoming | After Hours With Amanda EP. 72
    2026/06/08

    Season six is here, and I’m catching you up on life, summer, middle school survival, my solo Disney day, and the very real feeling of not being where I thought I would be by this point in the year.


    This episode is about the mid year reset we do not always know we need. I’m talking about changing directions, showing up without waiting for motivation, letting go of shame, and remembering that not being where you want to be does not mean you are behind.


    Maybe you are not failing. Maybe you are still becoming.



    00:00 This Is Your 30 Minutes

    00:55 Welcome to Season Six

    01:42 Surviving Middle School and Summer

    03:01 A New Recording Space

    04:45 My Solo Disney Day

    05:44 When Your Plans Don’t Happen

    07:27 June as a Mirror

    08:35 You’re Not Behind

    09:58 One Day or Day One

    12:38 Changing Directions Isn’t Quitting

    14:12 The Pressure to Know Your Path

    16:28 Stop Worshiping the Result

    19:49 Enjoying the Process

    22:41 The Middle Is Not the Ending

    24:20 Showing Up Without a Perfect Plan

    26:06 Still Becoming

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    28 分
  • Stay in Line for Your Dream | After Hours With Amanda Ep. 71
    2026/04/10

    In this episode, I’m talking about anxiety, timing, dream chasing, and the coffee line analogy that changed how I see waiting. Just because someone else gets the dream before you does not mean yours is not coming. The only way you do not get your coffee is if you get out of line.

    I’m also sharing about health anxiety, mammograms, meditation, glimmers of gratitude, keeping promises to myself, advocating for my body, and learning that authenticity starts with being honest with myself.

    This one is for anyone who feels behind, scared, or tired of waiting. Stay in line, boo.


    00:00 Surprise, I Missed This
    00:19 Finding the Rhythm Again
    01:37 Tiny People Are Still the Priority
    01:54 Troop Beverly Hills and Disneyland Updates
    03:36 Classes, Mammograms, and Health Check Ins
    04:36 Timing, Anxiety, and Dream Chasing
    05:57 Becoming Before Reaching the Goal
    07:38 The Coffee Line Analogy
    09:12 Glimmers of Gratitude While You Wait
    10:39 Anxiety, Scripture, and Being Present
    11:34 Health Anxiety Before a Mammogram
    13:01 Life Can Change in an Instant
    15:11 Becoming Ready for the Dream
    16:10 Finding the Fear Under the Trigger
    17:53 Authenticity Starts With Yourself
    20:36 Meditation and Listening to My Body
    23:35 I Used to Think I Had to Prove Myself
    26:36 Stop Proving, Start Showing Up
    27:34 Keeping Promises Builds Self Trust
    30:18 Learning What Works for My Body
    32:42 Other People’s Opinions and Anxiety
    35:24 What Anxiety and Dreams Have in Common
    36:08 The Thought Is a Passenger, Not the Driver
    37:51 Information Is Not Intimacy
    40:18 Advocating for Myself
    42:08 Being Bold Enough to Trust Yourself
    43:17 The Journey Is the Becoming
    45:19 Showing Up for Yourself Means Saying No
    47:14 Focus on Becoming, Not Just Arriving

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    49 分
  • Date Your Spouse Like You’re Still Learning Them | After Hours With Amanda Ep. 70
    2026/02/27

    In this episode, I’m talking about the sweetest Disney Pandora surprise, why the Tiana charm felt like a hug from my mom and big J, and how those little glimmers can remind us to keep going when life does not look how we pictured it.

    Then we get into marriage, miscommunication, keeping score, serving each other when we are both tired, and what it really means to date your spouse like you are still learning them. I’m not speaking as an expert. I’m just sharing what I’m learning in real time with Blake, life, grief, dreams, and all the tiny chaos in between.



    00:00 We Took a Week Off
    01:00 Laguna Beach and a Little Disclaimer
    02:29 The Pandora Surprise
    08:25 Looking for the Princess Charms
    10:42 Why Tiana Means So Much
    14:26 Snail Mail From a Princess
    15:18 The Charm That Felt Like a Hug
    17:45 Keep Going When You Feel Behind
    20:16 You Are Right Where You Need to Be
    21:46 When the Emotional Board Turns Back On
    25:10 Marriage, Miscommunication, and No Judgment
    26:59 Date Your Spouse Like You’re Still Learning Them
    29:34 Giving All Day and Keeping Score
    33:41 Coming Back With a Servant’s Heart
    41:28 Learning Each Other Again
    45:05 The Heart Posture of Repair
    48:09 The Boxes We Keep Unpacking
    51:03 Glimmers, Prayer, and Encouragement

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    52 分
  • Your Child Is Not Your Mini Me | After Hours With Amanda Ep. 69
    2026/02/13

    In this episode, I’m talking about why our tiny humans are not our mini mes, even when they look like us, sound like us, or remind us of ourselves. This one is about parenting without projecting, seeing their hearts before assuming their intent, and remembering that behavior is often communication, not just a power struggle.

    I’m also getting into terrible twos, big feelings, labels, inner child moments, asking better questions, and learning to let my tiny queens grow beyond the version of them I thought I knew.

    Come sit with me for this one. It might call us out a little, but lovingly.

    00:00 Three for Three, Baby
    00:44 Blind Boxes and Little Joys
    02:12 Disneyland, Coffee, and Life Catch Up
    04:02 This One Might Call Us Out
    09:35 The Comment That Started It
    11:19 Why Mini Me Bothers Me
    13:04 When We Project Our Story Onto Kids
    15:10 Listening Before Assuming
    19:05 Stop Boxing Tiny Humans In
    20:06 The Terrible Twos Reframe
    23:20 Behavior Is Communication
    26:38 Letting Them Grow Beyond Our Version
    29:34 Questions That Help You Know Them
    34:54 Empathy for Them and Yourself
    41:44 Making Room for Their Hearts

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    44 分
  • Progress and Presence Beat Perfect Parenting | After Hours With Amanda Ep. 68
    2026/02/06

    In this episode, I’m talking about a morning where I messed up as a mom, said something that wounded, and realized I could not just wait until the end of the day to repair it. So I used my lunch break, pulled one of the tiny queens out of school, apologized, got Chick fil A, opened blind boxes, and learned something I do not want to forget.

    This one is about parenting mistakes, repair, preteen emotions, presence, progress, and why our kids do not need perfect parents. They need parents who keep showing up and trying again.

    00:00 Episode Two of 52
    01:01 Inside Out Is Too Real Right Now
    02:00 Whole Foods Smoothie Drama
    02:40 I Messed Up This Morning
    04:28 When a Sting Becomes a Wound
    06:07 Pulling Her Out to Repair
    07:08 Progress and Presence Over Perfection
    08:02 Showing Up With Urgency
    10:19 What Pursuit Feels Like in Relationships
    11:41 Preteen Emotions and the Control Board
    14:35 I Do Not Know What I Am Doing
    16:04 Staying Present When They Push Away
    18:10 Distance Creates the Wedge
    19:05 Body Image, Food, and Outside Noise
    20:38 Learning What Hat They Need Me to Wear
    22:26 Chick fil A, Pop Mart, and Baby Molly
    25:24 Progress and Presence Beat Perfection
    26:39 When They Need You the Most
    28:19 Becoming the Matlock of Emotions
    30:18 Foxhole People and Showing Up
    31:06 Not Every Seat Needs to Be Filled
    34:19 Podcast Dreams and 2026 Energy
    35:13 Progress, Presence, and Marriage Too
    36:11 You Are Doing Really Good

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    37 分
  • Stop Taking Your Own Crown Off | After Hours With Amanda Ep. 67
    2026/01/30

    In this episode, I’m talking about fixing your crown, saying dreams out loud, and realizing that sometimes I am the one knocking my own crown off. We’re getting into joyful choices, self confidence, walking, meditation, health PTSD, motherhood, Disney dreams, The Courage to Be Disliked, and why keeping small promises to yourself can rebuild trust in yourself.

    This is also the episode where I admit I recorded an entire podcast with no sound, talk about lice season, book a Disney cruise, and declare that 2026 is our year. Delulu is the solulu, bestie.

    00:00 Recording on My Phone in 2026
    00:58 The Episode With No Sound
    02:21 Lice Season and the Stigma Needs to Go
    04:12 Reading The Courage to Be Disliked
    07:41 Fix Your Crown, Girl
    08:05 New Year Pressure and Joyful Choices
    09:16 I’m a Walker Now
    12:36 Why Am I Dissing Myself?
    13:39 Meditation, Health PTSD, and Regulating
    16:21 Owning It Without Overexplaining
    17:31 Saying the Big Dreams Out Loud
    19:21 Pixar Studios and Disney Podcast Dreams
    23:14 Why I’m Careful About Guests
    24:27 Tell Me Your Big Dreams
    25:00 We Booked a Disney Cruise
    27:01 The Call Is Coming From Inside the House
    28:12 Keeping Promises to Yourself
    33:14 A Podcast Episode Every Week
    35:14 Stop Taking Your Own Crown Off
    38:37 2026 Is Our Year
    40:31 Waiting for the Email
    41:12 You Are Needed Exactly As You Are

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    42 分
  • Maybe They Don’t Need a Comparison, They Need Safety | After Hours With Amanda Ep. 66
    2025/11/14

    In this episode, I’m talking about health anxiety, holiday pressure, missed opportunities, Disney dreams, and the measuring stick we sometimes use without realizing it. You know, the one that says, “I wish homework was my biggest problem,” or turns someone else’s hard day into a comparison contest.

    This one is about parenting tiny humans, listening without keeping score, validating feelings, and remembering that someone else’s hard thing is still hard, even if yours looks bigger from the outside.

    I am not here as an expert. I am here as a mom and human still learning right alongside you.

    00:00 The Sweatshirt I’m Afraid to Stain
    00:47 When Certain Situations Make Anxiety Louder
    02:25 Health PTSD, Grief, and Naming What’s Scary
    04:15 Selling Sunset, Kids Meals, and Life Catch Up
    05:26 Disney Plans, TikTok Live, and Figuring It Out
    06:45 Disney Destiny and Dreaming About a Cruise
    08:50 Disney Studios, Big Goals, and Getting Sick
    10:56 Canceling a Disney World Invite
    12:04 Give Yourself Five Minutes to Be Disappointed
    13:28 Thank God That Wasn’t Mine
    15:39 Holiday Pressure and Joyful Choices
    17:45 Tiny Queens, Guests, and Wanting to Be a Mom
    19:06 Feeling Like You’re Not Doing Enough
    23:19 The Measuring Stick We Use With Kids
    26:17 Why Kids’ Problems Are Still Real Problems
    28:08 Meltdowns, Distress, and Missing Tools
    30:08 Listening Without Making It About Me
    32:56 How Keeping Score Shuts Down Communication
    35:41 Support Each Other Instead of Competing
    37:06 The Goal for More Consistent Episodes
    39:15 Adam, Belonging, and Making People Feel Seen
    40:20 Tiny Humans, Inner Children, and Repair
    42:51 You Cannot Miss What Is Planned for You

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    43 分