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.

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.

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.

Amanda sits down with her mom, Aileen Smalling, to explore caregiving across generations, identity, faith, resilience, and what it means when the strong one becomes the one who needs care.

Together, they talk about watching a mother fight cancer at six years old, stepping into the role of caregiver decades later for her own daughter during the pandemic, and then facing a diagnosis herself. They explore the quiet emotional labor of caregiving, the difficulty of receiving help, and how strength evolves when life asks you to surrender instead of push through.

In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda Lentz sits down with Samantha Harris to explore identity, survivorship, self-advocacy, and rebuilding after a life-changing breast cancer diagnosis.

Together, they talk about the emotional shock of being diagnosed despite multiple “clear” screenings, the overwhelming process of navigating treatment decisions as a young mother, and the deeper healing journey that followed. Samantha shares how cancer transformed not only her health, but her understanding of wellness, advocacy, and what it means to truly care for yourself from the inside out.

This conversation is for anyone navigating uncertainty, advocating for answers, healing after illness, or learning how to trust themselves again after life changes unexpectedly.

In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with Casey Kang to explore resilience, survivorship, and rebuilding identity after cancer.

In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with Rhonda Payne to explore grief, resilience, caregiving, identity, and what it means to rebuild a life when everything changes.

In this episode of Who We Become, Amanda Lentz sits down with Liz Vasquez to explore what it means to keep living — and keep advocating — in the wake of profound loss. Together they talk about how grief can quietly become a calling, why the world doesn't stop for a cancer diagnosis, and what it looks like to turn a deeply painful chapter into a life's mission.

This conversation is for anyone who has felt invisible inside a medical system, anyone who has watched a loved one fight, and anyone wondering how to find meaning after something they never saw coming.

In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with Matthew Zachary to explore survivorship, identity, advocacy, disruption, and what it means to keep becoming after a life-changing diagnosis.

Together, they talk about being diagnosed with a brain tumor at 21, losing the future he thought he was building as a concert pianist and composer, and how that rupture became the starting point for a completely different kind of purpose. Matthew shares how he turned pain into advocacy, built platforms that challenged outdated cancer narratives, and continues to push for a more honest, human-centered healthcare system.

In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with Erica Neubert Campbell to explore grief, identity, survivorship, and how women reclaim their power after a breast cancer diagnosis.

Together, they talk about the emotional weight of growing up with cancer already shaping her life after losing her mother to the disease, and how that history created years of anxiety leading up to her own diagnosis. Erica shares what it was like to receive the phone call confirming she had breast cancer, the loneliness that followed, and the difficult decisions she faced about treatment and surgery.