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Amanda C. Riley lied about having cancer for years and took money from many of her blog followers, family, friends, and acquaintances. Her lying started way before her cancer journey, in fact it seems her whole life was one big lie. 

We do our best to summarize this wild ride, but you can Listen to the full episode of the Scamanda podcast here.

Why did she live this massive lie? What caused her to create this fake world? We don’t k...

Sometimes we meet people once and we immediately know they are “our people.” That is how Sarah and I both felt after our first time on “Talk Pittsburgh” with Heather Abraham. We connected with her in a real way during a quick six minute segment.

Heather is as kind, as real, and as intelligent in real life as she comes across on TV. She interviews multiple guests on both “Pittsburgh Today Live” AND “Talk Pittsburgh” every single day...

When big things happen to us, we beat cancer or we lose our husband, we BECOME a “Cancer Survivor” and a “Widow.” How long do we carry that name tag around? Is it always going to be at the top of the list when describing ourselves? 

Sometimes when tragedy occurs we become it because it is the biggest thing in our lives for the time being. It changes us in ways nothing else can. It affects the way others treat and view us. It affect...

“Hi Barbie!”

Have you seen the Barbie movie yet? We did and wow, there is a lot to say about it. Dr. Katie joins us to discuss all things “Barbie” Movie. The patriarchy, how we viewed Barbie as young girls, and the emotions we felt seeing our lives as women on the big screen. We all shed tears, laughed out loud and we are all changed women for seeing this movie. 

We would love to know what you thought? You know the drill, leave a...

We are SO EXCITED to share our conversation with you about the Enneagram. Jessi loves a good personality test and shares with us her knowledge on a personal favorite.

According to Truity, “The Enneagram is a system of personality typing that describes patterns in how people interpret the world and manage their emotions. The Enneagram describes nine personality types and maps e...

• Do you constantly feel on edge? 
• Do you have digestive issues?
• Do you have difficulty sleeping?
• Do you have difficulty concentrating?

These are just a few of the symptoms of a dysregulated nervous system.

When we have unresolved stress or trauma weird things can happen with our body that can be quite scary. A dysregulated nervous system...

We are finishing up Mental Health Awareness month with an episode on what it means to be a mental health advocate. It is more simple than you might think. A mental health advocate is a person who provides support to those with mental illness. There are many ways to do this and we discuss quite a few in the episode this week.

Listen in to hear how you can very easily become a mental health advocate.

Stay Wild and Weird Warriors!

Xo,

What would  Mental Health Awareness Month be without hearing from a Qualified Therapist? 

This week, we talked with Heather, a therapist who specializes in healing trauma. Heather shares with us her insights on so many important topics surrounding mental health, therapy, and specifically trauma therapy. 

We get answers to these questions and more!

• What does a first therapy session look like?

The pandemic changed things for workplaces in so many ways, the way mental health is treated is just one of them. Often, in the workplace today,  people talk more about how they are actually doing, sharing about their mental health, and possibly their mental illnesses. This isn’t always a good thing though. An article in the Wall Street Journal last month, discussing the downside of bringing your whole self to the workplace had us ...

As we continue through Mental Health Awareness Month we dig into grief on this week’s episode. Post production after a little Google search, we realized that Prolonged Grief Disorder is actually in the DSM-5.  So, Sarah was right when she said it should be its own mental illness. 

Diagnosis or not, grief is a sneaky b*tch. Grief isn’t linear, the pain ebbs and flows. Important days like The Death Anniversary, Birthday, and holidays...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we are here to talk about it. Mental health, mental illness, and burnout are the hot topics of the day.

Before that, we share our “behind the scenes” stories about our first time on live television. Once we got in the studio, we were totally fine, but before that…it was a different story. One of us shaved off half an eyebrow and the other nearly lost a shoe in a sewer grate.

We started this ...

Warriors….you are in for a wild and amazing ride this week on the podcast. Both Sarah and I are extra excited about this one. 

We believe the Universe brings people to us exactly when we need them. Our guest this week is Jina Seer. I stumbled upon her Podcast, Past Lives & The Divine  and became mesmerized. After listening to just a few episodes, I scheduled an appointment to explore my own past lives and hear from my higher self. ...

We have two special guests on the pod this week. Jayla and Shaye are the hosts of the podcast: Ask Yourself Why Not. They share their mission of building confidence, manifesting our best lives and all the positivity without any of the toxicity. 

These ladies are a joy to talk with and their perspective on life is refreshing. You can check out their podcast here. Jalya and Shaye also offer a five week digital course and motivational...

We have talked about a lot of topics these past 120 episodes, but this one, which affects over 50% of the population, is not one we have tackled before. Divorce can be painful, tricky, and complicated. Luckily, Dr. Katie is here to help us navigate this challenging topic. 

Dr. Katie shares advice as a professional as well as someone who has personal experience with divorce. We hope this conversation helps anyone who is experiencing...

Do you have that person at work who tends to be rude no matter what you do? What happens when there is tension in the air? How do you handle conflict? Most adults like to ignore, run and hide, or talk to others about it. If that is you, you are not alone. Promise. But there might be a better way.

Our friend Jessi joins us again on the podcast. This time she is sharing her super power, communicating in a healthy way with others. She...

You have heard it here a million and one times, the mental health care system in our country is broken. We often talk about it on the show, but it is great to hear other perspectives and experiences.

Holly bravely shares her story on this episode of navigating the mental health care system for 3 years with her mom. Her mom had a late (69 years old) onset of psychosis with depression. Holly takes us through her story as caretaker an...

In the studio this week, we have our significant others. It’s been a while since we had the guys as guests on the pod. But it was as if no time had passed as the ridiculousness, silliness, and laughter exuded through this recording. 

We are talking about all things MUSIC this week. What does it mean to you? What are your favorite concert (s)? What do you listen to when you are feeling sad, happy, grieving? And why is music such med...

We are BACK! We missed YOU and our microphones so damn much! 

We are back in the studio together doing what we do best, sharing things that help us, things that make our jaws drop, things that hurt our hearts, and things that make us laugh. Because we all know, the magic is in the laughter. 

This week, Sarah and I are sharing our lessons learned from our time away and one of our very favorite Instagram accounts, which leads us to t...

It isn't a break up. Not even close, but just the opposite. We need to take a break, to rest, to recharge, and to take care of our mental health. Listen to this mini episode to hear more about why.

We want to always be real, authentic, and true to ourselves because that is what we hope for our listeners. When you need the time to take care of yourself, we hope you will take it. Sometimes that means saying no to things you LOVE, onl...