Sunshine and Rainbows
It‘s ALL Sunshine + Rainbows... until it‘s not. This mental health centered podcast starts important conversations in hopes to peel back even more layers of what it’s like to live in a society full of highlight reels. Join your host, Amanda Young from ThatMandaGirl, each Monday morning as she creates a welcoming space where listeners are challenged to look at a situation with a different angle, hear from special guests who share incredible stories AND laugh along the way!
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ABOUT
Amanda started her brand while working in the Animal Training field and focused on sharing about her career and love of animals. She wanted to humanize people that work with animals and typically get a bad reputation in the media due to some extremely biased opinions and documentaries. In 2019, she was laid off from her dream job working with killer whales, due to a company wide restructuring – that’s when she started really struggling with her (already spiraling) mental health. Instead of hiding it, she chose to share her journey online and began building a like minded community. She chose to take this moment of hurt and loss with her chin up and chest out – turning this into an opportunity to pivot.
Each day, Amanda shows up for her community she’s built in hopes to inspire meaningful conversations surrounding mental health, breaking societal norms and being an advocate for inclusivity… all while figuring out her own bold and colorful lifestyle along the way. It has been FAR from the “picture perfect” life she thought she had planned… but Amanda has come to own that maybe all her set backs were actually just setUPs to step into her true potential.
Episodes
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Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
You've probably heard of a mental health advocate, but what about a mental health activist?!
Today we're chatting with Liv, a young adult on a mission to continue healing her community by being a proactive activist with mental health. She shares her own story, why this topic is important, in addition to encouraging others listening to join the charge towards breaking stigmas.
|MENTIONED|⋒ Bridges of Hope ⋒ The Umbrella Project ⋒ The Ripple Effect Education ⋒ Jack.org
⋒ Conflict Style
⋒ Restorative Justice
|FIND LIV|
⋒ Instagram
|FIND AMANDA|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Sunshine + Rainbows Insta
⋒ "Jumo the Unicorn" Children's Book Series
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If you’d like to share your own story with our audience about how you’ve overcome something in your life or maybe want to start an important conversation that needs to be heard, please send us an email at hello@thatmandagirl.com - until next week besties!
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
*TW* see below
CRIPSY[verb]: a way of being that denotes total self-love, an appreciation of the dark and light, going inward to grow outward, finding humor in everything, and making a ton of mistakes along the way.
This week, Amanda sits down with fellow podcaster, Avery, to chat about a topic they both have in common: Bipolar 2. They talk the ups and downs of their brain disorder and Avery goes into depth about her own journey of love and acceptance towards herself.
*TW* mentions of suicide and ideation, strong language, self destructive behavior and more. Listener discretion is advised.
|FIND AVERY|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Crispy Soul Podcast
|FIND AMANDA|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Sunshine + Rainbows Insta
⋒ "Jumo the Unicorn" Children's Book Series
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If you’d like to share your own story with our audience about how you’ve overcome something in your life or maybe want to start an important conversation that needs to be heard, please send us an email at hello@thatmandagirl.com - until next week besties!
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
We all judge books by their covers - even when we know we shouldn't... but how is that translated when perceiving people and their illnesses both seen and unseen?
Today Amanda starts an important conversation with Alicia about her battles with getting a diagnosis, proper health care and accepting her life with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. They talk advocating for your body, medical gaslighting, toxic positivity and more.
|MENTIONED|
⋒ Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
⋒ Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
⋒ Spero Clinic
|FIND ALICIA|⋒ Instagram ⋒ GoFundMe
|GET SOCIAL|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Sunshine + Rainbows Insta
⋒ "Jumo the Unicorn" Children's Book Series
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If you’d like to share your own story with our audience about how you’ve overcome something in your life or maybe want to start an important conversation that needs to be heard, please send us an email at hello@thatmandagirl.com - until next week besties!
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
It's my 29th birthday today and instead of interviewing a guest I chose to read a deeply personal and reflective journal entry, turned blog post, turned podcast episode... What could go wrong?
I'm so thankful for this space that each listener and subscriber has given me to share, grow and learn. The past year of my life has been one of true transformation and I'm finally at a point where I'm living as an active participant.
I'm sharing this journal entry, not for attention or clout, but in hopes that someone listening doesn't feel alone in their situation.
Much love, Amanda.
|GET SOCIAL|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Sunshine + Rainbows Insta
⋒ "Jumo the Unicorn" Children's Book Series
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If you’d like to share your own story with our audience about how you’ve overcome something in your life or maybe want to start an important conversation that needs to be heard, please send us an email at hello@thatmandagirl.com - until next week besties!
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
What if you let the whole world have access to your personal journal - your deepest thoughts, honest feelings and darkest moments - would that help or hurt you?
This week, Amanda sits down with published poet and essayist Celena Letcher. From using writing as an outlet and eventually deciding to publish her deepest thoughts, Celena talks about how writing changed her life - plus how it has the ability to change someone else's.
|FIND CELENA|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Thought Catalog ⋒ Refraction: A Collection of Poems
|GET SOCIAL|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Sunshine + Rainbows Insta
⋒ "Jumo the Unicorn" Children's Book Series
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If you’d like to share your own story with our audience about how you’ve overcome something in your life or maybe want to start an important conversation that needs to be heard, please send us an email at hello@thatmandagirl.com - until next week besties!
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Have you ever wondered JUST what it takes to become a professional ballerina? Did you know that the world of professional dancers is on that needs to change when it comes to mental health and burnout?
This week, Amanda and her childhood friend + Professional Ballerina Sage Feldges start a conversation that really dives into WHY it's important to pioneer this change into the performing arts. They talk inclusivity, deep rooted tradition and why filtering out opinions vs criticism has saved Sage's mental health over the years.
|FIND SAGE|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Confluence Ballet Co
|GET SOCIAL|
⋒ Amanda's Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Sunshine + Rainbows Instagram
⋒ "Jumo the Unicorn" Children's Book Series
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If you’d like to share your own story with our audience about how you’ve overcome something in your life or maybe want to start an important conversation that needs to be heard, please send us an email at hello@thatmandagirl.com - until next week besties!
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Wait, that's something we can actively DO?!
This week, Amanda sat down for an in depth conversation with survivor, podcast host, mentor and meditation coach Raven Scott, to chat about why building self esteem is SO important. They chat about Raven's story of surviving her abusive relationship with a narcissist, background on human design, listening to your intuition and more.
|RESOURCES|
⋒ Abuse Hotline
⋒ Human Design
⋒ Narcissism Definition
|FIND RAVEN|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Book ⋒ FREE Inner Child Meditation
|GET SOCIAL|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Sunshine + Rainbows Insta
⋒ "Jumo the Unicorn" Children's Book Series
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If you’d like to share your own story with our audience about how you’ve overcome something in your life or maybe want to start an important conversation that needs to be heard, please send us an email at hello@thatmandagirl.com - until next week besties!
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
You read that right - We're chatting with Bestselling Author, Sarah Berry about her incredible accomplishments in spite of an auto immune disease that she refuses to let determine the course of her life. From accomplishing one childhood dream to creating another, Sarah is proving that a label truly is just that - it doesn't define you. PS! Her latest book, Waterlogged, is launching December 25th and is one you won't want to miss!
|FIND SARAH|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Author Page ⋒ Waterlogged ⋒ Lupus Foundation of America
|GET SOCIAL|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Sunshine + Rainbows Insta
⋒ "Jumo the Unicorn" Children's Book Series
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If you’d like to share your own story with our audience about how you’ve overcome something in your life or maybe want to start an important conversation that needs to be heard, please send us an email at hello@thatmandagirl.com - until next week besties!
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Let me get that straight... being grateful and either voicing it or recording can literally change your brain?! Sign us UP.
This week, Amanda chats with Dr. Farhana Sadek, Co-Founder and CEO of MyVim - the company behind the revolutionary app: Gratitube. They talk the science behind this practice, why it's so important and how it ties into every aspect of health.
|FIND DR. FARHANA|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Gratitube App ⋒ Gratitube Instagram
|GET SOCIAL|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Sunshine + Rainbows Insta
⋒ "Jumo the Unicorn" Children's Book Series
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If you’d like to share your own story with our audience about how you’ve overcome something in your life or maybe want to start an important conversation that needs to be heard, please send us an email at hello@thatmandagirl.com - until next week besties!
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Are you an overachieving, burnt out millennial people pleaser? SAME.
Grab a notebook and your favorite pen, because our guest today is about to drop some insane knowledge. Amanda and guest, Jenny Maenpaa, dive right on in to one of the most relatable conversations to date. They talk about the people who are "doing everything right" but feel like their world is completely wrong.
|FIND JENNY|
⋒ Forward In Heels ⋒ Website ⋒ Book
|GET SOCIAL|
⋒ Instagram ⋒ Website ⋒ Sunshine + Rainbows Insta
⋒ "Jumo the Unicorn" Children's Book Series
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If you’d like to share your own story with our audience about how you’ve overcome something in your life or maybe want to start an important conversation that needs to be heard, please send us an email at hello@thatmandagirl.com - until next week besties!