Sink and Swim
Sink into your truth, rewrite the story you were born to live, swim in your Soul’s purpose.
Sink AND Swim is a podcast for high-achieving Luminaires ready to break free from the “sink or swim” societal narratives that dictate the “right” ways to live, work, parent, and be.
By paddling furiously to stay afloat and conform to the corset of "sink or swim" narratives, we are pulled away from our deepest and most authentic stories.
This show illuminates the stories of Luminaires - gifted, talented, multidimensional, soul-led, and neurospicy people who have gone on the deep alchemical journey from telling a story of sink OR swim to sink AND swim.
Listeners are invited to “sink” into your raw, unfiltered stories, uncovering the gifts embedded in the parts of you that you were conditioned to hide and conform.
There, you'll find the buoyancy to “swim” - fully embracing the freedom to be who you are, live out your soul's purpose, and attract people and opportunities that honor you in your full expansiveness.
Episodes
30 episodes
Tell Me More with Dr. Ashley Martinez: On getting broken open, the body that never lies...and how both become your greatest practitioner tool
Ashley Martinez is a women's health pelvic floor PT, integrative nutrition health coach, single mom, and highly sensitive person who spent years leading with her credentials — until life made that impossible.In this episode, Ashley share...
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The Good Patient is Dead: How the medical system trained me to stop trusting myself — and how I got out
On April 1st, 2026, I opened a patient portal and read the words that officially closed an 11-year chapter of cancer surveillance. No fanfare. No one else in the room. Just me, the screen, and a quiet exhale that had been building for over a de...
Beyond the Credential: Dr. Jessica Drummond on What Women in Healthcare Are Finally Allowed to Want
Dr. Jessica Drummond has spent two decades training clinicians and coaches in women's health. She built the only women's health coach certification program in the world. And somewhere in the middle of all of that, she started going to the Frenc...
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The Healthcare Career Pivots You Don't See on LinkedIn
You see the LinkedIn announcement from a colleague. You see them celebrate pivoting from Point A to Point B.But you don't don't see what happened in the middle of the pivot for it to actually happen. In this episode, Julie br...
The Hidden Energy Crisis in Active Millennial Women & Their Teens (It's Not Just Perimenopause & Puberty) with Dr. Katherine Hill & Megan Hellner of AthleatMD
Many high-achieving and active women in perimenopause and teen athletes in puberty pride themselves on discipline, resilience, and doing everything “right.” But what if the very habits that helped you succeed are quietly draining your energy, d...
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Notes from a Fart Walk: The Anti-Optimization Episode Your Nervous System’s Been Begging For
Welcome to the second-ever Notes from a Fart Walk — your monthly, come-as-you-are digest for ambitious women who are tired of urgency, polarization, and performative “fix yourself” wisdom.In this episode, Julie sinks into real-tim...
Big events are hard because they’re hard — Especially If you’re highly attuned, you love people, and you get overstimulated easily
If you’re a highly sensitive being, neurodivergent, or introverted… and you find big, stimulating events hard but don’t want to avoid “peopling” altogether, this episode is for you.If you've ever left a conference, alumni weekend, weddin...
Clinician to Coach: The Real Reason Women in Healthcare Struggle to Move Fully Into the Coaching Lane
You’ve started talking about coaching.Maybe you’ve taken a certification. Maybe you’ve signed a few clients. Maybe you’re posting about it online. Maybe you’re still seeing patients “for now.”And yet — y...
Water Balloons & Willow Trees: Dr Brianne Grogan on Shifting from Pelvic PT to the Healing House of Body Medicine Magic
This is the first interview of Sink & Swim 2026, and Julie kicks off Season 2 with Dr. Brianne Grogan (“Dr. Bri”)—a pelvic health PT known for a massive YouTube presence who just made a wildly brave move: she stopped creating for t...
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Notes From a Fart Walk: Your “Wellness Manager” Is Exhausting You: The Winter Reset You Actually Need
Welcome to the very first Notes from a Fart Walk—a monthly digest episode inside Sink & Swim where nothing has to be polished, optimized, or resolved to be worth sharing.This episode is an invitation to metab...
Mini Episode: Season 1 Wrapped
Season 1 Wrapped … and now it’s time for Season✌️Cheers to the beautiful souls who breathed life into this baby.Head to your fave pod player to catch up on Szn 1 now — because Szn 2 comes in hot in February!
The Power of Being a Niche Switcher — TaVona Denise on Reinvention, Voice, and Trusting the Pivot
When you’ve built a life that looks successful on paper but still feels like a tight corset, reinvention can feel like both rebellion and relief. In this candid, laughter-filled, deeply honest conversation, Julie sits down with ...
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Write the Damn Book (and Trust Yourself While You’re At It): Elizabeth Lyons on Storytelling and Letting It Be Enough
When bestselling author and publishing mentor Elizabeth Lyons joins Julie for a conversation about trusting your voice, what unfolds is a deeply human, hilarious, and refreshingly honest look at the creative process—from looseni...
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Regulation Isn’t Always About Zen: Audrey Burke on Flexible Nervous Systems and the Fight for Fierce Boundaries
Nervous System Regulation is having its moment, and we love that for it. But what if regulation isn’t about staying calm, but about reclaiming flexibility, boundaries, and embodied strength as a sensitive high-achiever?
When Your Heart Stops and Life Really Starts: Dr. Kate Mihevc Edwards on Reinventing Her Athlete Identity and Building a Life + Career She Loves
In this heartfelt and powerful episode of Sink and Swim, Julie sits down with one of her oldest friends and PT school classmates, Dr. Kate Mihevc Edwards—a renowned running medicine specialist, clinic founder, author, and entrepreneur....
Soul Story Mapping: from “I’m Fine” to “I’m Fully Alive”
This one’s a sacred pause. If you’ve been feeling restless, unclear, or unmoored—this one’s for you.It’s a slow-down episode meant to meet you right where you are. Before we dive into logistics or client stories, I invite you...
Bad Mom City USA: Dr. Jackie Roelofs on Finding Yourself in Motherhood
Pelvic floor PT and mom-of-two Dr. Jackie Roelofs (aka @drjuicyjackie) joins Julie to tell the truth about motherhood when the dream life and the day-to-day don’t match. Jackie traces her origin story from PT student with deb...
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Best Believe I’m Still Bejeweled: What Cancer Taught Me About Belonging, Pedestals, and Being Fully Alive
The hardest part wasn’t cancer. It was what happened when I got better.This episode is part two of my 10-year Diagnosiversary reflection series — but instead of revisiting the drama of diagnosis and treatment, we’re divin...
Awakening Your Inner Mystic: Megan Broadhead on Shedding the Boxes and Illuminating the Freedom to Be Fully You
Episode Summary:In this deeply reflective and heart-opening episode, Julie connects with Megan Broadhead--a therapist, coach, and spiritual midwife who has undergone an extraordinary journey of personal and professional evolution....
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From "It's Nothing" to "It's Cancer" - My 10 Year Celebration of Sinking, Swimming, and Fully Living
In this deeply personal solo episode, I’m sharing the 10-year anniversary story of my cancer diagnosis—what I now call my diagnosiversary—and how it shaped the entire ethos behind Sink & Swim.Before cancer, I was the poster ...
When Women in Healthcare Listen to Their Bodies Instead of Their Bosses: Dr Jess on the Wild Leap into Something Real
In this powerful conversation, Dr. Jessica DeJarnette — physician, startup co-founder, nervous system nerd, and wildly untamed human — shares her story of dismantling the life that looked perfect on paper: white coat, paycheck, purpose. But beh...
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Trapped by the thing that was supposed to set you free: What it means when your soul says this isn’t it (and your body agrees).
You left the job, the marriage, the religion, the profession.You built the thing, became “the one to watch.”You built it. They came. It worked. It succeeded. You should feel free. Right?But instead… you fe...
Outgrowing Your Swim Lane -- Jesse Moore on Sinking from Success to Swim into Your Heart's Purpose
What happens when the life that once defined you — the job, the highest levels of success, the relationships — no longer fits?In this deeply honest and heart-forward episode of Sink AND Swim, Julie sits down with Jesse...
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Outgrowing the White Coat (Part 2): Moving Beyond PT and Healthcare as a Career
In this continuation from Part 1 of this series, I share the raw, nuanced journey of identity transition that so many women in healthcare face. Whether you're still in the clinic, halfway out, or building your own path from scratch, I hope this...
Where Softness Meets Strategy: Ashley Sterken’s Success Recipe for Ambitious Women in Business
Ashley Sterken is the founder of Hive Ambition, a community that supports women in business to grow with clarity, confidence, and intention, most importantly, without burning out. This is a topic that’s really near and dear to my he...
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