Who We Become — Life Beyond Change
The honest conversation about what happens after.
Life doesn't prepare you for the space that comes after the
crisis ends — after treatment stops, after the world moves on,
after the version of yourself you knew no longer quite fits.
That's the conversation this show was built to hold.
Real people. Real stories. The actual work of figuring out
who you are on the other side of change.
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Start with Episode 1.
It's a good place to begin — Amanda introduces the question that started everything and the space this show was built to hold.
Amanda explores the quiet space that exists after life-altering events — the territory between surviving and becoming. She shares the question that inspired this show, the gap she couldn't find anyone else filling, and why this conversation needed to exist. 100% Amanda. Sets the tone for everything that follows.
Listen to Episode 1About the show
For anyone whose life divided into before and after.
This isn't just a survivorship podcast. It's for anyone navigating the space after change rewrites everything — a diagnosis, a loss, a career that no longer fits, a version of yourself you barely recognize.
Every conversation is real and unscripted. No clean arcs, no tidy takeaways. Just honest, human stories from people who are still doing the work — grounded in the psychology of how people actually change and become.
Hosted by Amanda Lentz — keynote speaker, podcast host, and organizational psychology practitioner — who built this show because she needed it and it didn't exist.
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New every Monday — scroll to exploreThe Grief that has No Name
Wesley Cullen Davidson spent years loving her son Graham while fearing she might lose him — living in the unnamed in-between space of anticipatory grief. In the years since his death, she has turned that experience into language, advocacy, and a way of helping others name what they're carrying.
They Said He'd Be Dead or In Jail by 21. Today He's 44.
Brent LeGrave was born deaf, pigeon-toed, and always the last one picked. He found fentanyl, lost everything, and then picked up his son's laptop and wrote the truth down — not for publication, but for the three people who deserved to know where he'd been.
Jen Rulon: Where the Morphos Dance - Sobriety, Divorce, Costa Rica, and the Life Waiting
She Had It All Together. Underneath, She Was Disappearing.
Fifteen Ironman triathlons. A master's degree. Published books. A coaching career. A marriage. From the outside, Jen Rulon had every credential the world hands out for a complete life. Getting sober in 2019 was the first honest thing she'd done in years — and it made it impossible to keep pretending the rest was fine. By December 2021 she had ended the marriage, packed one bag, and moved to Costa Rica at 51 to build the life she actually chose.
Finding Your Sparkle: Leaving the Stable Life, Rediscovering Yourself, and Learning to Want More
Ever felt like you’re living a life that looks perfect on the outside, but inside, you’re asking, "Is this it?"
You’re not alone! 🙋♀️
Emily McDonald shares her journey from a life built on stability to discovering true fulfillment.
She realized that chasing security often dims our spark.
It’s time to embrace change and redefine what joy means for us.
Let’s explore how we can break free from the "good girl conditioning" and find our authentic selves.
You deserve a life that feels right, not just safe.
Deconstruction is not Destruction
Audra Phelps built her entire identity inside the LDS Church — raised faithful, married young, a stay-at-home mom following every rule. Then, after more than a decade of quiet internal wrestling, she left. What followed was the loneliest and most disorienting kind of freedom: the kind that comes without a map.
The Hustle Was Never the Problem. The Hiding Was.
Cliff Beach built a career most people dream about — award-winning musician, radio host, beauty tech executive, published author. Beneath it all, he was quietly falling apart. What followed his wake-up call became the foundation for everything he now teaches about sobriety, discipline as self-respect, and what it actually looks like to rebuild a life from the inside out.
Blowing Up Your Life on Purpose: Scarcity, Reinvention, and the Identity Shift That Changes Everything
The Struggle Was Never the Strategy
Jillian Minter survived the pandemic with her Pilates and yoga studio intact — and arrived on the other side burnt out, miserable, and deep in a scarcity mindset she didn't yet have a name for. What changed everything wasn't a better business plan. It was a shift in identity.
When the Life You Built Doesn’t Fit Anymore
Karen Freeland traded her personal dreams for a six-figure corporate salary, climbed to chief of staff — and woke up one day to find it wasn't enough. What she did next changed everything.
You’re Not Dead Yet Finding Purpose, Faith, and Resilience After Stage Four Cancer
Amanda Lentz sits down with Troy Frostad to explore resilience beyond performance, identity after diagnosis, caregiving, faith, and what happens when life forces you to confront your own mortality.
Troy is a certified executive and performance coach, a U.S. Air Force veteran, founder of Pinnacle Leadership, and a man who, five years ago, heard the words stage four colon cancer.
What followed was not only a fight for survival, but a complete transformation in how he understood strength, leadership, vulnerability, purpose, and what it truly means to keep going when life no longer looks recognizable.
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— we're looking for real ones. If something happened that changed you,
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