What if the most powerful life lessons you carry were handed down by the woman who raised you — and it took 40 years to realize it? In episode 258 of Joy Found Here, serial entrepreneur and action coach Amy Goober shares how a lifetime of her mother's wisdom became a book and a blueprint for women ready to stop waiting and start living. Amy is living proof that the best chapters don't always come first — and that the words we grow up hearing might just be the ones that change everything.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

(04:44) How a Cornell grad became a secretary — and then a cake baker

(06:14) Opening The Icing on the Cake at 26 with zero business experience

(08:09) Reinventing herself from stay-at-home mom to action coach at 60

(10:44) Why Amy's mother believes successful parenting is successful separation

(12:05) The story behind My Mother Always Says and Gwen's 94 years of wisdom

(13:31) The 25 lessons — including why you can only tell your adult children something once

(23:48) The go-go, slow-go, no-go framework for living fully while you can

(28:17) The real trigger behind Amy's coaching pivot — and the loss that shaped her

(32:35) Why women need permission to put themselves first — and how Amy gives it

(42:08) The loneliness epidemic and why real, in-person connection changes everything

Amy Goober is an action coach, serial entrepreneur, and author who has spent four decades proving that reinvention has no expiration date — from opening a custom cake bakery at 26, to launching her own coaching practice at 60. Based in Boston, she helps women reconnect with what they want through 1:1 coaching, community events, and her women's travel brand Wandering Women. She is also the co-author of My Mother Always Says: 25 Lessons for Finding the Silver Lining, written with her 94-year-old mother, Gwen Borden.

In this episode, Amy Goober shares the story behind her book, co-written with her mother Gwen, whose life lessons — shaped by WWII and decades of resilience — form the heart of the collection. She reflects on how the mother-daughter dynamic shifts as children become adults, and unpacks the idea that successful parenting is ultimately successful separation. Amy also opens up about founding her action coaching practice after observing that too many women were talking about things they weren't doing — offering practical tools like her "go-go, slow-go, no-go" framework and her "toe dipper" approach for women hesitant to take that first step.

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What happens when the mental health system is quietly crumbling — and the woman holding it together has been doing so for 25 years? In episode 257 of Joy Found Here, Janelle Miller Moravek, Executive Director of Youth & Family Counseling, pulls back the curtain on America's behavioral health crisis — from a shrinking workforce and impossible pay rates to the hidden toll social media is taking on our kids. Hopeful yet eye-opening, this conversation is a reminder that access to mental health care is not a luxury.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

(3:54) How a French major stumbled into 25 years of nonprofit leadership

(7:49) Why loving your work makes it harder to switch off

(10:39) What nonprofit fundraising really looks like

(17:47) Why the mental health crisis didn't start with COVID

(20:05) The workforce shortage driving therapists out of behavioral healthcare

(22:57) How social media is rewiring kids' tolerance for discomfort

(30:16) The wrestling mat conversation that led to her son's ADHD diagnosis

(36:48) The "atlas" project helping people navigate to the right care

(38:22) Why one person getting help creates a community ripple effect

(39:30) What Medicaid rollbacks mean for mental health nonprofits in 2026

Janelle Miller Moravek is the Executive Director of Youth & Family Counseling (YFC), a nonprofit mental health organization serving Lake County in the Chicagoland area. A Wesleyan University graduate, she joined YFC in 2000 as its first-ever development director and has spent over two decades building it into a leading provider of affordable, accessible mental health services — including bilingual care and Medicaid-covered options — for children, teens, adults, and families.

In this episode, Janelle Miller Moravek brings 25 years of nonprofit leadership to a candid conversation about the growing gap between mental health need and workforce capacity — tracing the roots to chronically low reimbursement rates, a lengthy therapist training pipeline, and COVID-era burnout. She connects social media's rise to a surge in adolescent mental health struggles, shares a personal story about parenting a son with ADHD that deepened her advocacy, and makes the case for treating behavioral health literacy as common knowledge. She also introduces YFC's "atlas" project — a navigation tool to help people find the right care — while sounding an honest alarm about what Medicaid rollbacks could mean for organizations like hers in 2026.

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What if the key to unlocking your biggest goals isn't willpower or grinding harder — but learning to speak the language of your own subconscious? In episode 256 of Joy Found Here, certified hypnotherapist and intuitive guide Lynnsey Robinson pulls back the curtain on why so many of us stay stuck despite wanting change, and what it actually takes to get your mind working for you. From demystifying hypnosis to explaining why your "I am" affirmations might be misfiring, Lynnsey makes the science of transformation feel genuinely exciting.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

(04:38) Lynnsey's unconventional childhood and what drew her to the human mind

(07:45) The book that sparked her journey into hypnotherapy

(13:18) Her Human Design type and why it's a permission slip to be yourself

(16:02) The two suggestibility types and why they matter

(20:59) Why "I am" affirmations don't work for everyone — and what to say instead

(25:04) How Lynnsey discovered and claimed her intuitive gifts

(30:40) What spirits are really like and why you don't need to fear them

(33:34) Why we self-sabotage and what the subconscious is actually doing

(35:00) How hypnotherapy works and what happens in a trance-like state

(42:16) What a session with Lynnsey looks like and how to work with her

Lynnsey Robinson is a certified hypnotherapist, intuitive guide, and mindset coach who helps women rewire their subconscious minds to manifest with ease and align with their highest selves. Drawing on her background in behavioral science, EFT, human design, past life regression, and spiritual hypnosis, she works with clients exclusively online and is also the co-host of High Vibin' It, a weekly spiritual podcast.

In this episode, Lynnsey takes us from her unconventional childhood — growing up between a religious mother and an empathic, hippie father — to her winding path to becoming a hypnotherapist, sharing the pivotal "signs" that kept pointing her back to her calling. She demystifies hypnotherapy by breaking down the conscious vs. subconscious mind, explaining why we self-sabotage even our most wanted goals, and why cookie-cutter "I am" affirmations don't work for everyone — offering practical reframes that actually stick. She also opens up about claiming her intuitive gifts after years of fear, and closes with a synchronistic oracle card pull that ties the whole conversation together beautifully.

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Podcast: High Vibin' It

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