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Hosted by Amanda Stubbert and Cami Ostman · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 44 episodes
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Most of us, in the course of our adult lives, have experienced the need to reinvent ourselves. Something happens, life blows up, and now we've got to rebuild. It's easy to get so mired in the grief of our losses and transitions that we wander too long amidst the rubble of ideas we once had about ourselves and our lives, hoping we can make something of what is left after our structures have come crashing down. But the fabled Phoenix offers us some guidance whenever we find ourselves needing to remake our lives. Periodically she burns herself up and rises again from her own ashes. It would be lovely if THE BURNING wasn’t necessary for THE RISING to happen. But it usually is. Lucky for all of us, there is always someone who has gone before us—blowing up their life and then coming back as a stronger-than-ever badass—that we can learn from. Phoenix lessons are the stories and teachings of those who can show us how to climb out of the ashes and fl
Amanda Stubbert and Cami Ostman hosts Phoenix Lessons, a arts show with 44 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail For years, Daniella Capitano lived with a secret that fueled pain, silence, and addiction. Growing up in a home marked by abuse and hidden truths, she learned to numb her emotions rather than face them.
Send us Fan Mail Plot vs Theme. Fact vs Feeling. What vs So What. The events of our lives may seem straightforward—but the meaning we make from them is where the real story unfolds. In this episode, Cami and Amanda explo
Send us Fan Mail After losing her home and everything she owned in the Palisades fire, screenwriter Firdosi Wharton-Ali faced the unimaginable: a chance to begin again from nothing. But instead of only rebuilding what wa
Send us Fan Mail Can men and women really be “just friends”? As When Harry Met Sally declared, “the sex part always gets in the way,” cross-gender friendships have always carried a certain cultural tension. But are we st
Send us Fan Mail Ashley Borden—celebrity fitness coach and no-nonsense truth-teller—has built a career helping others transform their lives. But her own story is just as powerful. Like many of us, she’s faced breaking po
Send us Fan Mail What does it really mean to be “old?" Is there a moment when you’re supposed to hang up your soccer cleats, retire your dance shoes, or put away the baseball mitt for good? This episode challenges the id
Send us Fan Mail Meet Final Straw — our bold new series hosted by the incredible Mindi Rivin. Every transformation has a breaking point. That split-second when something inside you snaps and you think: I’m done. The job,
Send us Fan Mail Would you run a marathon? Now imagine running two back-to-back —no breaks, no excuses, just grit. Cami doesn’t just test her limits—she obliterates them. After a decade of dreaming, training, and refusin
Send us Fan Mail Creativity isn’t reserved for artists—it’s something every one of us needs. But what happens when you feel burned out, like the fire has gone out and you’re left standing in the ashes with no energy, mot
Send us Fan Mail Danielle’s master’s degree project took her to Thailand, where she interviewed current and former sex workers. One woman’s answer changed her life forever. Twelve years later, Danielle and her co-founder
Send us Fan Mail After escaping a high-control religious environment, Heidi Fischbach dedicated her life to helping others not just survive—but truly thrive. She holds a master’s degree from Harvard and multiple professi
Send us Fan Mail Do you have a goal, resolution, or “focus” guiding your year? Even with the best intentions, what happens when you miss a day or fall off track? Cami and Amanda share an honest, uplifting conversation ab
Send us Fan Mail Kristi Lyn Reddy is one of the strongest women we know—and we know a lot of strong women. She rescued herself and her daughter from domestic violence, built a successful real estate business, won a hard-
Send us Fan Mail Goals? Resolutions? Bucket lists? How do we decide what’s actually worth chasing—and what “success” even looks like for us? In this episode, we explore how to set meaningful goals, define our own finish
Send us Fan Mail Wills and trusts attorneys sit at a rare intersection of law, family, and mortality. They see the practical realities of what happens when someone dies—but also the emotional, often messy human side of i
Send us Fan Mail It’s incredibly painful when your grief is still raw but the world around you seems to have moved on. That mismatch—between your inner reality and others’ expectations—can make you feel isolated, defecti
Send us Fan Mail Debbie has spent much of her life untangling the knots of shame and blame—trying to understand what truly belongs to her and what never should have. While the answers might seem obvious to some, they bec
Send us Fan Mail Mindi Rivin spent much of her adolescence searching for herself on the streets, navigating instability and hardship. Eventually, she found safety and a sense of purpose at a local community college, wher
Send us Fan Mail What happens when women walk away from extreme religion? Beyond Belief , edited by Cami Ostman and Susan Tive, shares powerful, personal stories from women who left rigid faith communities. These narrati
Send us Fan Mail Ronna Russell is a two-time author ( The Uncomfortable Confessions of a Preacher’s Kid, Scold's Bridle ) and visual artist. Ronna talks with Cami and Amanda about her multiple times through the phoenix c
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