What The Fuck Is Happening?
When it comes to life, love, and navigating the modern world, we have no idea what we're doing. And neither do you! Hearing people's stories makes us feel less alone, and we hope it does the same for you. The world is full of beauty, surprises, and fucked up shit... so let's talk about it!
Episodes
108 episodes
Honoring Your Anger: How to Avoid Spiritual Bypassing and Cult Mentalities with Ashley Frost
Anger Expert and Neo-Emotional Coach, Ashley Frost, guides us through what it means to truly meet our emotions. We unpack anger, a rejected emotion in society, and how modern-day parenting, spiritual bypassing and disembodiment rejects anger an...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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54:29
Women’s Olympic Wrestling As A Medium For Love, Effort & Creativity with Gold Medalist, Sarah Hildebrandt
Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hildebrandt takes us through her wrestling journey from sitting in the stands of her brother's competition to winning a gold medal in the 2024 Olympics. We touch on how Sarah manages being competitive versus trusting...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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57:34
The Truth About The NICU & Male Circumcision with Aliza Mendiola
Sammy’s dear friend, Aliza Mendiola, sits down to chat all things birth, NICU & circumcision. She shares her personal journey from working in hospitals, to being a birth assistant and now going back to nursing school to become a home ...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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1:15:39
Leading With Confidence: Business, Yoga, & Mindful Dog Training Sarah Spence
Sarah Spence sits down with Sammy to share how she stepped into the ownership role of Hot Asana Colorado Springs, and her other passions aside from yoga including proper dog care, training and food. She digs into the misconceptions about dog be...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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54:38
Back Off Bobbie: Making Strides in Eliminating Predatory Formula Marketing with Andrea Haskins
Andrea Haskins with Radical Moms Union is back on the show to get more specific about why predatory formula marketing is destroying breastfeeding relationships & undermining public health, specifically in the United States. Andrea gives us ...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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1:00:46
Practical Fitness for Pregnancy & Mothering: The Importance of Pelvic Floor & Core Health with Jenna Epperly
Jenna shares her personal training journey from training clients solely focused on losing weight to helping women in their reproductive journey’s restore and build muscle and pelvic floor practices. Jenna zeroes in on breath work and pelvic flo...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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1:05:35
Variations of Normal in Pregnancy & Birth with Jordyn Church
Jordyn takes us through her two birth stories, one ending in an induction, hospital birth, and her second resulting in a beautiful homebirth. She takes us through her experience of leaking amniotic fluid in both pregnancies, and how she rewrote...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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44:18
Communication and Customization: A Life & Marriage Update with Sam & Rick
Rick and Sam check in about what they're working on in their marriage, when they plan to have another child, and how they're dipping their toes back into non-monogamy. They unpack marriage longevity and what the fuck is happening with the 50% d...
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51:24
What Is Homeopathy & How It Can Heal Your Family with Hannah Nicholson
Hannah Nicholson shares how her own health journey and getting pregnant with her son, led her away from vaccines and conventional interventions to the world of homeopathy. Hannah and Sammy explain what exactly homeopathy is, and why it differs ...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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40:19
Grief is a Gift: The Importance of Witnessing Physiological Death with Michelle Rigot
Sammy’s step-mom, Michelle Rigot, comes on the podcast to share her story of meeting the love of her life, grieving the love of her life, and now being with and learning to love differently with Sammy’s dad. She opens up about her love-at-first...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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1:06:36
Unpack Your Triggers & Get Confident in Your Mothering with Sarah Johnston
Pregnancy after IVF, breastfeeding vs. formula, cribs vs. co-sleeping—Here’s a respectful, insightful conversation between two women who are confident in and comfortable with their own choices in parenting and life in general....
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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1:00:06
Changing the Postpartum Narrative, Montessori Philosophy and Reparenting Ourselves with Zaure Vuk
Postpartum Doula, Montessori Educator, and forever student, Zaure Vuk, shares her journey from running Montessori daycares on the East Coast, to now bringing the importance of postpartum care and education to Colorado Springs. Sammy and Zaure h...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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57:03
Cannabis Use For Pregnancy & Birth with Sydney Parlier
Birthkeeper and cannabis advocate, Sydney Parlier, joins Sammy for a conversation about cannabis use for preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum. She touches on the current conflating evidence about plant medicine & pregnancy, who may bene...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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56:29
Child First, Relationship Second with Sam & Rick
Rick and Sam begin by checking in about the past 11 months with their daughter, Dorthy Rose, and speak on what the journey of stepping into parenthood has meant for them and both their personal evolutions, and collective evolution as a couple. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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34:55
Raising the Ego & Reframing ‘The Work’ with Ego-Coach (Zay)
Today’s very special episode features Sam & Rick’s previous marriage therapist, now rebranded as the ‘Ego Coach,’ Zay. He opens up about his philosophy background, his own marriage that recently ended in divorce, and ultimately why he moved...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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1:03:49
Riding The Lines of Discomfort: Wild Mothering and Freebirth with Sophie Lea
Women’s Yoga Health Coach and Sammy’s good friend, Sophie Lea, shares her journey that led her to freebirthing her son, Obi, in her power. Sammy and Sophie touch on conditioning and deconditioning surrounding birth, how to examine when you’re g...
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50:17
Channeling Music With ‘Glimmers': A New LP by Richard Raymond II
Musician and Sammy’s sexy husband, Richard Raymond II, talks all about his latest album release, Glimmers. He talks about how he takes advantage of inspiring moments alongside his role as a father, his perspective on creativity at large, and hi...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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29:29
Sleep Is Not a Skill: Normalizing Infant Sleep with Gillian Harrison
Holistic Sleep Specialist and Mama, Gillian Harrison, joins in on a conversation with Rick and Sam all about one of the things parents seem to be super stressed out about: sleep! Gillian shares her mission in normalizing infant sleep, how she a...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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1:05:42
Don’t Be a Booster: What You Really Need To Know About Vaccines with Rick & Sam
This week’s episode with your hosts, Rick and Sam, dives head first into the vaccine debate. Whether you are in line with the hosts’ opinions that vaccines are not optimal, or you are a pro-vaccine human, this episode is worth a listen. They di...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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57:22
The Return to Breastfeeding: Moms Need Support, Not Formula with Andrea Haskins
In this episode, Sammy is joined by Lactation Counselor and mama of two, Andrea Gaskins. She shares her journey, from a new breastfeeding mother who suffered from anxiety surrounding sleep, to eventually tuning into her instincts and becoming h...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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1:04:59
The Real Story Behind Diapers: Potty Training from Birth Using Elimination Communication with Nicole Cheever
In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Nicole Cheever, Mama of three and Certified Go Diaper Free Coach. Nicole and Sammy share their experiences with elimination communication and how pottying babies from birth is a form of tuning into our intui...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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1:04:17
Attracting Abundance and Building Relationships in Business with John & Vince Pinto
On today’s podcast, Sam and Rick are joined by business partners, founders of JV Studios and Belladonna Studios, and brothers, John and Vince Pinto. They share the origin story of their business, their differing mindsets surrounding money and a...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:03:20
Let’s Talk About the Dark Shit (Postpartum and Beyond) with Sam & Rick
In this episode, you can expect a check-in with Rick and Sam about all things postpartum. They share their thoughts on the inappropriate marketing strategies of SSRI’s and formula companies and how mental health diagnoses can be limiting. Sam t...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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52:24
Intuitive Mothering in the Modern World: Postpartum Needs, Co-sleeping & Community with Sienna McGinnis
Sam and Rick are joined by mama and co-founder of Kitts & Co., Sienna McGinnis. Sienna shares all about what it’s like to co-own a company, and raise a child, with her partner McKinley. She opens up about her postpartum experience with her ...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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1:07:15
The Fertility Awareness Method: How to Come Off of Birth Control and Track Your Cycle Effectively with @samantharosewellness
Your host, and full-spectrum fertility doula, Samantha Conrad, does a deep dive on the Fertility Awareness Method and explains why tracking your cycle is not only the most empowering, but the most accurate form of birth control. She explains th...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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55:39