This Is It! by Thriving Yinzers

This Is It! by Thriving Yinzers aims to inspire and empower listeners to embrace the lives they have not matter how imperfect. It may be messy at times, but it is your life to live.

If this really is it, how do we live in a way that actually matters, especially during difficult times? We lead with a reminder that you are stronger than you think, you deserve to build a life that actually feels good to live, and that we need each other to thrive.

Hosted by Sherry Ehrin and Jodi Chestnut, we’re sharing honest conversations, helpful resources, and encouragement to keep going and growing because This is It!

Podcasting since 2025 • 30 episodes

This Is It! by Thriving Yinzers

Latest Episodes

S2E10 Rich Jones on Connection and Options in Recovery

A note before you listen...This episode includes frank discussion of substance use, overdose, and family loss, and contains explicit language.We often think the opposite of addiction is sobriety. Rich Jones makes the case that it'...

August 16, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 10 • 58:10

SE9 Put Yourself on the List: Self-Compassion, People-Pleasing, and Boundaries

Self-compassion gets confused with self-care, self-pity, and self-indulgence, and it's none of those. In this co-host episode, Sherry and Jodi pick up where their conversation with Lori Karsch left off and get into what self-compassion ac...

August 02, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 9 • 49:11

S2E8 From Losing Her Mom to Finding Herself: Lori Karsch on Grief and Self-Compassion

When Survival Mode Becomes Your Personality with Lori Karsch, Author of Torn Wide OpenLori Karsch was 27 when a rare brain condition took her mom; her safe place, and the only one she had. What came after was decades of surv...

July 19, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 8 • 35:45

S2E7 Still Becoming: You're Never Done, and That's the Best Part

ABOUT THIS EPISODEWe’re revisiting growth mindset and the real question underneath it: do you still believe you’re becoming, or have you quietly stopped expecting more for yourself?Sherry and Jodi talk through the dif...

July 05, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 7 • 30:57

S2E6 Stop Trying to Fix Yourself: Self-Trust Over Self-Improvement w/Dr. Leslie B Newman

Ever feel like you’ve been “doing the work” for years and somehow still end up back in the same place, asking yourself what’s wrong with you? We’re pulling the plug on that idea with Dr. Leslie B. Newman, psychologist, author, and positive psyc...

June 21, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 6 • 50:47