When was the last time you let yourself play? Play doesn't have to be something you "earn". It can be the way you live your life and let it energize you rather than it be a reward after you're done being an "adult".

In this episode Amy shares with Kari Esmail about her own journey from being depressed and isolated to being someone who leads with play, joy and fun. Kari supports her experience with facts that show how play is better for our short term and long term mental health, in one study showing how it reduces chance of alzheimer's by 60%

Connect with Kari Esmail: instagram.com/karithefuncoach

Loved our vibe? Questions? Stay Connected with us!

Angela:

https://www.instagram.com/howtobespiritual

https://angelahutchinson.com/

Amy:

https://www.instagram.com/theamydickens

http://amydickens.org/

https://www.livejoyfullyyou.com/

Join us at Joy Camp! https://joycamp.camp/

Confidence is an inside out job, but we've been conditioned to only focus on the outside which keeps us looping endlessly.

In this episode Camellia Jade shares her story around her confidence and self criticism about her self image and how she would always show up in support to the women around her, but the voice in her head was not treating her the same way.

Connect with Camellia Jade: instagram.com/camellia_jade

Loved our vibe? Questions? Stay Connected with us!

Angela:

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https://angelahutchinson.com/

Amy:

https://www.instagram.com/theamydickens

http://amydickens.org/

https://www.livejoyfullyyou.com/

Join us at Joy Camp! https://joycamp.camp/

In this episode Amy and Angela explore the reality of being leaders and what the term "influencer" really means outside of the negative connotation associated with it in the social media landscape.

Angela also opens up about her experience with suicide in her own life and in those around her and realizing that suicide prevention is now a big part of her mission.

Editor's notes: Listening to this episode made me realize that good leadership is actually just being a good follower. Following the needs of those around you rather than imposing what you think they need is the bedrock for good leadership. We can do this in our own lives by listening to the needs we neglect most and give them compassion and love the way we would to those we love in our life.

Sovereignty Is a Verb: Stop Outsourcing Your Power

What if creating positive change doesn’t start with fixing the world… or everyone in it?

In Episode 5, Angela and Amy sit down with Ace Anderson to talk about personal responsibility, purpose, and getting your power back.

Because it’s easy to look outside ourselves for the person, system, partner, politician, institution, or circumstance that needs to change before we can feel okay.

But what happens when we stop outsourcing our power and start asking: “What is actually mine to do?”

This conversation gets into what personal responsibility REALLY looks like, how to create meaningful change without needing to become an activist, and how ordinary people can make an extraordinary difference through the choices they make every day.

Keep up with Ace Anderson on IG: @aceshotthat

What happens when you start becoming more yourself… and suddenly some of your relationships don’t feel like home anymore?

In this episode, Amy and I are unpacking what happens when you expand. Not just “I read a self-help book and bought a journal” expanded. We mean the kind where your identity, your relationships, your standards, your environment, and your idea of what a good life looks like all start shifting at once.

We’re talking about Joy Camp, the strange and beautiful experience of becoming more alive, and why sometimes people leave your life simply because the version of you they knew isn’t the version standing in front of them anymore.

In this episode:

• What actually happens when you start expanding into a bigger version of your life
• Why certain friendships and relationships can fall away without anyone being the villain
• Why joy can completely change what you tolerate, pursue, and surround yourself with
• And whatever the hell happens when Amy and Angela are left alone with microphones

Sometimes you realize you’ve been trying to maintain relationships with people who only knew how to love the version of you who was smaller.

Meet Amy: Amy Dickens creates experiences centered around joy, play, connection, and remembering that being a functioning adult does not require becoming profoundly boring.

Follow Amy: @theamydickens
amydickens.org
livejoyfullyyou.com

Follow Angela: @howtobespiritual
angelahutchinson.com

What if the meaning you're searching for isn't something that shows up — it's something you create?

This week, we sat down with Justin Jones-Fosu, co-founder of Work Meaningful, TEDx speaker, and author of Stop Chasing, Start Creating, for a conversation on intentional habits, self-care, and how small daily choices build a life of real purpose. Justin shares the framework behind his national study on meaningful work, the year he spent studying tortoises in the Galapagos, and the personal reckoning that led him to a truth he now lives by: stop proving your worth, start being your worth.

We talk about the habits that seem small — creating before you consume, filling your own cup first, measuring the gain instead of the gap — but that quietly reshape how alive you feel day to day. Justin also opens up about his own struggles with mental health, therapy, and the moment that taught him meaning isn't found, it's built.

Inside the episode, we explore:

• Why 67% of people value meaningful work over high pay
• The Choose, Commit, Cultivate framework for intentional living
• How storytelling and community turn small habits into lasting fulfillment

Justin closes the episode with a live improvised poem on aliveness — a fitting end to a conversation that felt less like advice and more like permission to slow down and mean it.

Stay Connected with Justin:

The Meaningful67 Challenge, starting August 31
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfT-RemGlLljYtxFi8Z3eVoLylY8-yJ4bAHj73Fvl5EDmJvHg/viewform?usp=header

My TEDx Talk
https://youtu.be/-iy5vzpJjjs?si=5Z3tyvM6l2gWX6Fn

Stop Chasing, Start Creating
https://a.co/d/0cJN2Tkm

National Study on Meaningful Work in America
https://workmeaningful.com/national-study-on-meaningful-work-in-america/

Work Meaningful
www.WorkMeaningful.com

Loved our vibe? Questions? Stay Connected with us!
Angela: IG: @howtobespiritual

Amy: IG: @theamydickens

https://amydickens.org/
Join us at Joy Camp! https://joycamp.camp/

Adult friendship feels like a part-time job with no onboarding, no manager, and everyone waiting for someone else to send the first text.

This episode is us grabbing you by the shoulders (lovingly) and saying: BE THE SOMEONE.

We're getting into why so many adults feel lonely, disconnected, and stuck on the sidelines of their own lives — and exactly how to become the person who creates connection wherever you go, instead of hoping it finds you.

In this episode:

- Why your environment is quietly shaping who you're becoming, whether you've clocked it or not

- The one skill that's going to matter more than AI (yes, really)

- How to stop passively consuming your life and start participating in it

- What it actually takes to build friendships that make you feel more alive, not just less alone

- The science behind joy, play, and thriving — it's not just vibes, it's biology

Meet Jacques: what started as one guy's mission to build a sober, joy-first life somehow turned into a full-blown internet movement— earning Jacques a reputation (and a very real nickname) as **The Sober Rave Guy**. That mission has since helped over 10,000 people learn to embody their inner Joy Maker. No, we're not exaggerating. Yes, you should probably know who he is by the end of this episode.

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Follow Jacques: https://joymakerrebellion.com

Follow Amy:

⁠https://www.instagram.com/theamydickens⁠⁠⁠⁠http://amydickens.org/⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.livejoyfullyyou.com/⁠⁠

Follow Angela:

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Join us at Joy Camp! The sober adult summer camp for people who are done waiting for permission to have fun:

https://joymaker.prof/products/joycamp-sober-adult-summer-camp

Have you ever caught yourself becoming a smaller version of yourself just to keep someone around?

We've been there.

This week, we sat down with relationship coach Emily Gough, featured on Forbes and ThriveGlobal, for a conversation that challenged the way we think about trust, boundaries, intuition, and the subtle ways we lose ourselves while trying to love other people.

We talk about the habits that seem harmless—being "easygoing," avoiding conflict, second-guessing your gut—but slowly chip away at your self-trust. And how learning to choose yourself isn't selfish... it's the foundation for every healthy relationship you'll ever have.

Emily shares her own journey through heartbreak, betrayal, and rebuilding, along with the lessons she wishes she'd learned sooner.

Inside the episode, we explore:

• How to tell the difference between intuition and fear
• Why boundaries actually create deeper connection
• The sneaky ways self-abandonment shows up in everyday life
• What it really looks like to build trust with yourself

Whether you're single, dating, married, healing, or simply becoming more yourself, this conversation is full of the kind of reminders we all need.

Emily is the host of the Room to Grow podcast and a relationship coach who brings honesty, warmth, and real-life wisdom to every conversation. This one felt like sitting down with a friend who tells you exactly what you need to hear—with a lot of laughs along the way.

Stay Connected with Emily:

Website: https://emilygoughcoaching.com/

Room to Grow Podcast: Https://roomtogrowpodcast.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/emilygoughcoach/

Book: You Grow Me
https://a.co/d/07tyBY2L

Loved our vibe? Questions? Stay Connected with us!

Angela:

https://www.instagram.com/howtobespiritual
https://angelahutchinson.com/

Amy:

https://www.instagram.com/theamydickens
http://amydickens.org/
https://www.livejoyfullyyou.com/

Join us at Joy Camp! https://joycamp.camp/