First Time for Everything

First Time for Everything

Conversations with people from all walks of life about doing things for the first time, with the hope of inspiring listeners to take a chance, step out of their comfort zone, and try something new!

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January 29, 2025 49 mins

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Hi First Timers! When I recorded this episode I was 20 weeks pregnant (I'm 30 now!) Wild! I've gotten a lot of questions as to what I did differently to prep for this pregnancy and wanted to do an in depth solo episode on everything I've done in the last almost 2 years since my last pregnancy in hopes that it helps any fellow hopeful parents potentially fill in the gaps that may be the bridge between wh...

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Today I’m talking with two of my good buddies Amy Vale & Adam Jackson. I’ve been wanting to do an episode on this topic as I have some friends who have become foster parents or who have considered/are considering it and I knew Amy and Adam could shed some light on what the experience is like for all of us.

Episode highlights:
-how to stay connected as a couple through fostering
-what the purpose o...

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Welcome back First Timers! I’m beyond excited to be bringing you an awesome conversation I had with democratic nominee for TN House District 75, Allie Phillips. She's a phenomenal young woman who has turned heartbreak into action.

Episode Highlights:
-Allie shares her story of why she decided to run
-What starting and maintaining a campaign looks like
-What it's like running as a democra...

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Hi First Timers! I’m excited to bring my friend, vocal coaching client and writer Eliza Cossio to you today. Eliza is a multi-talented creative but her main gig is writing for TV. TV writing has always really interested me: trying to plan out a season, develop characters, wondering how you even break into that line of work, etc. so I thought I’d sit down with Eliza to have a chat about her journey.

Eliza has ...

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I can’t believe it’s our last episode of First Time Being an Expat…Kind Of. 

Today, Matt and I are going through our final pros and cons list together and are talking about our takeaways from this incredible, life changing experience. Again, we can’t express enough the amount of gratitude we have for being able to have this kind of experience while so many terrible things are happening around the world right now. The N...

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December 20, 2023 33 mins

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Welcome back to my limited series, First Time Being an Expat…Kind Of, where my husband Matt and I break down our experience living in the Netherlands for the last couple of months and compare it to life in the states. 

On today’s episode we talk about:
-my first Doctor visit in The Netherlands
-moving into another apartment…with more mold….
-going to the movies for the first time here
-and some other re...

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November 15, 2023 52 mins

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Hey First Timers! Welcome back to our limited sub series “First Time Being an Expat…Kind of.” My husband Matt and I are breaking down another week in the Netherlands, comparing it to life in The States and today we’re talking about the dumpster fire of an Airbnb we initially moved into when we moved from Hilversum to Amsterdam and we also go through an extensive pros and cons list we decided to anxiety-write over the ...

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Today I'm talking with JoClub CEO, World Traveler and 8x Polyglot Jo Franco about what it REALLY takes to become multi-lingual. She dropped so many quotable moments in this episode I think I may need to make a highlight reel so we can all come back to it to stay inspired to keep pushing through when we hit that point where our brains feel like they're melting from learning a new language.

Jo makes ...

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In this First Time for Everything Sub Series, Dani and her husband Matt talk about moving to The Netherlands for a 90 day trial run to see if they want to become expats in the future. They break down their experience week by week...or maybe every other week...we'll see how they go, and compare it to life in The States in real time.

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In this First Time for Everything Sub Series, Dani and her husband Matt talk about moving to The Netherlands for a 90 day trial run to see if they want to become expats in the future. They break down their experience week by week...or maybe every other week...we'll see how they go, and compare it to life in The States in real time.

Modern Fertility code for $10 off:  https://tinyurl.com/p252fszm

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Welcome back First Timers! I’m so happy to be back with season 2!  We’re here and we’re kicking things off with a very important episode on breast health for breast cancer awareness month. 

I’m talking with Melissa Shiozaki , one of the APRN’s I see twice a year to stay on top of my breast health due to family history of breast cancer, about how to do a breast exam on yourself, what it’s like to get one by a profession...

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May 25, 2023 9 mins

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It's been one year of my little podcast and I couldn't be prouder! First Time for Everything has been such a joy to create and it's ALSO been A LOT of working being the sole person in charge of booking, coming up with questions, interviewing, editing, graphic design, distribution, music supervising, marketing, and on and on....
What a learning curve!
This episode is a short and sweet one to rec...

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We’ve got a gem on today’s episode: the insanely gifted broadway actor and recording artist Morgan James.

Morgan is a graduate of the very hard to get into Juilliard School, has been in 5 Broadway productions in addition to many other shows, and is also a successful recording and touring artist. We talk about being bad at auditioning, how much you actually make on Broadway, and learning to not lose your mind over not b...

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Hi First Timers! Having your career take off is big. Having a kid is also big. Now, Imagine both are happening at the same time…
You’re in for a real treat today. I’m SO excited to bring you one of the most talented, funny, hard working, pure hearted people I know, Award Winning Country Artist, Mickey Guyton.

Mickey is a powerhouse vocalist, an insanely gifted songwriter, an activist, mother, wife, and a...

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Hi First Timers! We’ve got a fun one today featuring the super talented Robert Rumsey. Rob and I met while we were touring with #mileycyrus on her #Bangerz tour-me as a backing vocalist and him as a #makeupartist. He is a total gem of a human and has created iconic looks for people such as #billieeilish , #carlyraejepsen, #NatashaLyonne, and so many more.

Rob and I talk about not feeling successful until he was 50 and ...

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First timers, we’ve got a HITTER on today’s episode. I’m talking with musician, producer and songwriter Sam Barsh. Sam’s work has won 4 Grammy’s and been nominated about a dozen more times, he’s written and produced songs for Anderson Paak, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye and jazz greats like Gregory Porter, Snarky Puppy and one of my personal favorites Jane Moneheit-I mean, we’re barely touching his resume at this point.

Sam is...

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Hello first timers! Today I’m talking with my awesome friend, author, poet and advocate, Lindsey Frazier, about her soon to be released memoir “Oh Love Come Close”. Lindsey’s story is authentic, beautiful, difficult, redemptive and like all of us, evolving.

Lindsey has had pieces published before, but this is her first book and I thought it would be interesting to sit down with her and talk about what the process of wr...

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You don’t have to be a musician to appreciate today’s episode. I think any freelancer will get a lot out of this one.

Today I’m talking with the incomparable Stevvi Alexander. Stevvi is  one of the most well respected working singers in the music industry and has sung with everyone from Fleetwood Mac to Britney Spears, touring the world and doing session work for countless TV & Film projects and was feat...

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Today I'm talking with Linda Kay Klein who is the author of “Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke free” . 

In addition to being an author, Linda is the founder and president of Break Free Together, a nonprofit storytelling organization dedicated to helping people release shame and claim their whole selves.

This one hits close to home, as a kid who w...

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Today I’m talking with Laura Lemon: entrepreneur, clean beauty guru and owner of one of my favorite shops in Nashville, Lemon Laine. In this episode we talk about some of the basics of starting a business, taking chances and listening to your gut.

 I hope all you current and future entrepreneurs enjoy “First Time Starting a Business”.

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