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 exploreWhen Mom When Mom Has a Cloud: Talking to Kids About Mental Health |Kendall Concini-Moore
Together, they talk about navigating depression while parenting, breaking generational silence around mental health, and learning how to explain big emotions to a young child, how Kendall transformed her experience into a shared language of “clouds,” and what it looks like to keep becoming — even when life doesn’t go as planned.
This conversation is for anyone who is parenting while struggling, feels the weight of invisible expectations, or is learning how to live more openly with their mental health.
Hope Rose | When the Life You Planned Isn’t the Life You’re Given
In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with Hope Rose to explore trauma, survival, motherhood, and what it means to rebuild when life doesn’t just change—it completely unravels.
Together, they talk about the devastating reality of intimate partner violence, navigating the family court system, and the unimaginable experience Hope describes as the legal trafficking of her child. But beyond the pain, this conversation is about something deeper: self-trust, reclaiming power, and learning how to live forward when your life looks nothing like you planned.
The Power of Being Heard: Why Listening Matters More Than Fixing
Amanda sits down with Erin Snow to explore the often unspoken space of after—after loss, after trauma, after life has shifted in ways you can’t undo.
Together, they talk about what it means to stand in the wreckage when the world expects you to move on, how Erin transformed her own experiences of childhood trauma, divorce, and loss into something meaningful, and what it looks like to keep becoming—even when there’s no clear path forward.
This conversation is for anyone who feels stuck in the aftermath, carrying emotions they don’t have words for, or searching for a place to be fully seen and heard.
Trusting the Quiet Knowing: When the Path Doesn’t Make Sense — But Feels Right
A conversation that explores intuition, identity, reinvention, and what it means to trust yourself when life asks you to take a leap that doesn’t make sense on paper.
Together, they talk about following an inner pull that defies logic — from building a business out of a garage to stepping into deeply unexpected work supporting law enforcement and grieving families. Kiersten shares how her journey has been shaped not by certainty, but by a quiet, persistent knowing.
This conversation is for anyone who feels called toward something they can’t fully explain — those standing at the edge of change, wondering if they can trust what they feel.
When the Healer Becomes the Patient: Rebuilding Identity, Trust, and Strength After Medical Trauma
A physician who spent her career guiding women through pregnancy and birth, Dr. Buckheit suddenly found herself on the other side of care. A severe case of sepsis during pregnancy led to a life-threatening medical crisis and a preterm birth at 27 weeks, forcing her into a reality where expertise couldn’t protect her and control was no longer possible.
Together, they talk about the emotional and physical aftermath of trauma, the identity whiplash of going from doctor to patient, and the long, nonlinear process of learning to trust your body again.
Becoming Through Grief: Finding Faith, Voice, and Healing After Loss
Together, they talk about navigating pregnancy loss and the sudden passing of a sibling, how grief can feel isolating and disorienting, and what it looks like to slowly rebuild a life that no longer feels the same. Natasha shares how her faith, writing, and willingness to face her pain head-on became anchors in her healing.
Still Becoming
At nine years old, Tiffany Yu lost her father and acquired a permanent disability in the same car accident. She has spent the decades since building one of the world's most prominent disability advocacy communities — and figuring out, layer by layer, who she actually is beyond everything that happened to her.
Abby Maslin
In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with Abby Maslin to explore caregiving, grief, rebuilding, identity, marriage, and resilience after trauma.
Together, they talk about the single shattering moment that changed Abby’s life when her husband was violently assaulted and left with a traumatic brain injury, how she stepped into the role of advocate and caregiver while parenting a two-year-old, and what it looked like to rebuild a marriage and a life that no longer resembled the one she once knew.
Season One Finale
A solo reflection on Season 1 — what it held, what it taught, and what it means to have built the space Amanda needed and couldn't find anywhere else.
The Diagnosis Comes With Rights You Didn't Know You Had
When a cancer diagnosis arrives, it doesn't just change your health — it changes your work, your insurance, your income, your sense of stability. Monica Bryant has spent fifteen years making sure people know they have rights in all of those areas. This conversation is about what she built, what it cost her, and why she keeps going.
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