<![CDATA[More Like You with Angie Mizzell]]>
angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/podcastSubstackSat, 11 Apr 2026 21:33:01 GMThttps://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1283502.rssAngie MizzellA weekly letter about life after the leap—and what it means to create a life that feels like home. episodicAngie Mizzellangiemizzell@substack.comNo<![CDATA[E31: What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do]]>We don't always have crystal clarity. In fact, most of the time we don't—and yet life keeps asking us to move forward anyway. The questions pile up: big ones, small ones, ones your brain keeps circling back to even after you've tried to release them. In this episode, I share a simple practice for getting those questions out of your head and into a place where they can actually rest, so you can be present for the life that's right in front of you.

If you're in a season where more things feel uncertain than certain, this one is for you.

Takeaways from this episode:

-Why your brain keeps trying to solve problems that aren't ready to be solved — and what to do instead of fighting it

-The difference between letting a question go and lightening the load — and why only one of them actually works

-How writing down your open questions creates space for the ones that really deserve your attention

-What it looks like to revisit those questions over time — and why so many of them were resolved in the living, not the forcing

-Why "I don't know yet" is a complete answer, and what changes when you let it be one

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Who this is for: You don't need to know my mom or read my book to feel this one. You just need to have songs—the ones that keep you connected to your own story.

What We Talk About In This Episode:

  • Why good stories start and end with the same image — and how a Rod Stewart song became both the opening and the closing of a whole relationship
  • What it looks like to find your way into a piece of writing when the subject feels impossible to hold
  • A eulogy read aloud—a love letter to a woman who made every place feel like home and danced to beach music anywhere she stood
  • How music bypasses the places where words get stuck and what that means for the stories we tell
  • The moment I realized I wasn't just writing about my mom, I was living out the lyrics in real time
  • What the act of searching for the story actually reveals about storytelling itself
  • Three reflection questions to help you find your own way in to the piece of writing, the hard conversation, or the story you've been carrying
  • The playlist I made while writing Girl in the Spotlight and where to find it

Songs from this episode:

You're in My Heart — Rod Stewart 

Me and Bobby McGee — Janis Joplin 

PYT (Pretty Young Thing) — Michael Jackson 

Silver Springs — Fleetwood Mac 

I Love Beach Music — The Embers 

Carolina Girls — General Johnson 

Electric Slide — Marcia Griffiths 

Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) — Silentó 

Ain't No Mountain High Enough — Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 

Three Little Birds — Bob Marley 

You Are My Sunshine — traditional 

Everything I Do (I Do It For You) — Bryan Adams 

Calling All Angels — Train 

Forever Young — Rod Stewart

Fight Song — Rachel Platten 

Angel — Sarah McLachlan

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e30-the-soundtrack-of-your-life-720Buzzsprout-18908526Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo874<![CDATA[E29: The Memoir Was the Beginning—Here's What Came After]]>You can do the inner work. You can read the books, see the therapist, write the memoir. And then you become a parent — and the work starts all over again, just with smaller people watching.

This episode is a conversation with James Moffitt of the Parenting Adult Children podcast, and it's for anyone who thought healing was something you finished — and then discovered it's actually something you practice, relationship by relationship, season by season.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why leaving a rising career in TV news turned out to be the beginning of the real work, not the end of it
  • External validation: how the need to be seen can quietly become the thing running your life
  • What Angie noticed the moment she became a parent, and how quickly her own unfinished healing showed up
  • The idea of "emptying out" — why your kids (and your partner) can't really hear you until they feel heard first
  • How Angie's oldest son shifted when she told him the truth: I've never been the parent of someone your age before. I'm figuring this out too.
  • The tightrope of launching adult children—being a safe place without becoming a safety net
  • What losing her mom taught Angie about what she had needed from that relationship all along—and what she's trying to do differently with her own kids


Guest Links

ABCs of Parenting Adult Children podcast with James Moffitt:

Website: https://www.parentingadultchildren.org/

Instagram: @parentingadultchildren125

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e29-the-memoir-was-the-beginningheres-581Buzzsprout-18870533Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo179729full<![CDATA[E28: Behind the Scenes of Recording an Audiobook (And What Happened When I Read My Story Out Loud)]]>Recording your own memoir means reading the hard parts out loud. The grief. The loss. The moments you'd almost forgotten. In this episode I'm taking you behind the scenes of recording Girl in the Spotlight as an audiobook — from the bedroom closet recording studio I built out of blankets and pillows, to the moment I finally started sounding like myself.

I'm also sharing my full conversation with Ian Levitt of Studio Americana, the producer who made it happen from Minneapolis while I recorded in Charleston.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • How I turned my bedroom closet into a recording studio — and why it worked better than a professional studio
  • Recording one hour at a time: why a slower pace made this one of the most meaningful creative experiences I've had
  • The moment I stopped feeling nervous and finally started sounding like myself
  • What it's like to read emotionally heavy parts of your own story out loud
  • Why I chose wide distribution over going exclusive with Audible
  • Ian Levitt: 20 years in radio, pivoting to podcasting, and why audiobooks are now his favorite work
  • What Ian said about listening to my story as the father of an eight-year-old — and why it reminded me exactly why this story matters

LINKS:

Angie's memoir Girl in the Spotlight now availabe in print and audio anywhere you buy books or listen to audiobooks. GET THE BOOK →

Audiobook production by Ian Levitt at Studio Americana

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e28-behind-the-scenes-of-recording-d2cBuzzsprout-18831822Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo1682<![CDATA[E27: Girl in the Spotlight Is Now an Audiobook—And Why This Story Still Matters]]>E27: Girl in the Spotlight Is Now an Audiobook — And Why This Story Still Matters

Two years after publication, my memoir Girl in the Spotlight is now an audiobook. In this episode I'm sharing the full story behind the book, why the timing of this audiobook is exactly right, and why I believe this coming-of-age story is still so important for the woman who is standing at a crossroads right now.

If you're new here, start with this one. It's everything you need to know about why I do this work — and why it might matter to you.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why Girl in the Spotlight is my origin story — and the anchor for everything I create
  • The woman this book was written for: she's built a life that looks fine on the outside but feels off on the inside
  • The season of grief and loss that delayed the audiobook — and made the timing exactly right
  • My mother: her influence on my ambition, our complicated relationship, and the moment she told me you have more power than you realize
  • The ticking clock — how fear of time keeps us trapped in lives we don't want, and how to reframe it
  • How success became my remedy for loss — and why that made leaving so hard
  • Breaking family cycles: the unhealed things we carry from childhood into adulthood
  • What the book is really asking: What would you do if you weren't afraid?
  • Why creating a life that feels like home is mostly an inside job


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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e27-girl-in-the-spotlight-is-now-3ddBuzzsprout-18791882Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo1336<![CDATA[E26: Why Looking Back Helps You Move Forward]]>We live in a culture that's always pushing us toward the next thing. But what if the most important move you can make right now is to pause and look back?

In this episode, I'm sharing the simple reflection practice I did with my family on New Year's Eve — the exact questions we used, what surprised me about how my kids showed up, and why I believe you can't really trust yourself moving forward if you haven't taken time to understand the season you just lived.

This one is for anyone who skipped the year-end reflection and is wondering where to begin.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • The family New Year's Eve retreat I organized — and why I was nervous to suggest it
  • The exact reflection questions we used (feel free to steal them)
  • Why looking back isn't about staying stuck in the past — it's how you create doorways forward
  • How reflection helps you break old patterns, build self-trust, and live more presently
  • Why true transformation happens in a series of small moments, not one big leap

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e26-why-looking-back-helps-you-move-8c5Buzzsprout-18743363Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo1195<![CDATA[E25: Holy Instants and the Thresholds That Change Us with Gina Moore]]>Some conversations find you at exactly the right moment. This one found me in a gift shop.

I met Gina Moore at the register of her store Pluff Mud Mercantile in Charleston on a day when I was grieving more than I realized. What started as help finding a birthday gift for a friend turned into a thirty-minute conversation that shifted something in me. I left feeling more like myself than I had in weeks.

In this episode Gina and I finally have the broader conversation I knew we needed to have — about the moments that pull us out of our heads and back into our hearts, what it means to stand at a threshold, and how to keep moving when you're not sure what's next.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • The day we met — and why that conversation at the register changed my whole afternoon
  • What Gina calls holy instants: the moments when two people's hearts are open and something real happens
  • How identity loss shows up in transitions — and why grief is a natural part of change
  • The difference between doing and being — and why we exhaust ourselves choosing the wrong one
  • What happened when Gina closed her store and stepped into an unknown next chapter
  • How to sit with stillness when every instinct tells you to keep moving
  • Why staying connected to yourself is what allows you to truly show up for others
  • Gina's children's book Fiona the Firefly Finds Her Light

Connect with Gina Moore

Instagram: @moorelightintuitive
Website: https://www.kaiwylde.com/pages/moore-light-intuitive
Her book: Fiona the Firefly Finds Her Light (available on Amazon)

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e25-holy-instants-and-the-thresholds-efdBuzzsprout-18165130Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo1137<![CDATA[E24: "I'm Sorry I Cremated You" with Jaclyn Michelle Smith]]>When I read the title of Jaclyn Michelle Smith's memoir I had to know the story behind it. When I read the book I understood completely.

I'm Sorry I Cremated You captures what it's really like to love and care for an aging parent — the heartbreak, the impossible decisions, the guilt, and the unexpected moments of humor that show up right beside the tears. Jaclyn became her father's sole caregiver almost overnight, and she wrote everything down. What came out was a book that makes you feel less alone in one of the most universal experiences we face.

This conversation will meet you right where you are — whether you've walked this road, are walking it now, or know you will.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • How Jaclyn's life changed almost overnight when her father's health collapsed
  • What the caregiving year actually looked like — and why exhaustion barely covers it
  • The long goodbye: watching a parent disappear to dementia before they're gone
  • How improv comedy became her unexpected lifeline and therapy
  • The guilt that comes with caregiving — and how to start making peace with it
  • What her father always believed about her — and how it became true
  • My own experience of losing my mom and what this conversation gave me

Connect with Jaclyn Michelle Smith

Learn more about Jaclyn Michelle Smith and her memoir, "I'm Sorry I Cremated You," visit jaclynmichellesmith.com.

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e24-im-sorry-i-cremated-you-with-fc4Buzzsprout-18127853Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2849<![CDATA[E23: The Girlfriend's Guide to Empty Nesting with Allie Hill]]>The moment your first child leaves for college, something shifts — and nobody fully prepares you for it. Not just the quiet house, but the question underneath it: who am I now?

Allie Hill is a life coach, author of The Girlfriend's Guide to Empty Nesting, and someone who was, by her own admission, slightly devastated when her daughter left. In this conversation we talk about what the empty nest transition actually feels like, why it's okay if it hits you harder than you expected, and how to use this season as an invitation to rediscover yourself.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why the grief of empty nesting can start years before your child actually leaves
  • The moment Allie sobbed in the grocery store over a box of goldfish crackers — and why it makes complete sense
  • Why there's no right way to feel about this transition
  • The "dreaming and scheming" exercise for women who don't know what they want next
  • How motherhood causes us to lose ourselves — and why there's no shame in admitting it
  • What your kids actually need from you during this transition
  • Why this season is less about letting go and more about finding out who you are without the role

Connect with Allie Hill

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e23-the-girlfriends-guide-to-empty-22bBuzzsprout-18085541Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2547<![CDATA[E22: Biscuits, Business, and Balance with Carrie Morey of Callie's Hot Little Biscuit]]>In 2005, Carrie Morey started a biscuit business from her kitchen with a baby on her hip, a mom who thought it was a terrible idea, and a conviction that family would always come first. Twenty years later, Callie's Hot Little Biscuit is a nationally recognized Southern brand—and Carrie never missed a single thing that mattered.

This conversation is about what it actually looks like to build something meaningful without sacrificing the life you're building it for.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • How Carrie launched a mail-order biscuit business in 2005 — before most people understood e-commerce
  • Why she kept the brakes on growth for years — and why she doesn't regret it
  • What it looks like to build a business around motherhood instead of the other way around
  • The moment she realized you can pull back, regroup, and start again — and it's not failure
  • Redefining success after twenty years: what changes and what doesn't
  • The highs and lows of scaling a handmade product to national retail
  • A post-show update from Callie herself — Carrie's mother and the original biscuit maker — on that "terrible idea" twenty years later

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e22-biscuits-business-and-balance-a76Buzzsprout-18046646Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2157<![CDATA[E21: How to Have a Happy Birthday with Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming]]>Your birthday is the one day a year that belongs entirely to you. So why do so many of us dread it, dismiss it, or hand it over to other people's expectations?

Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming is the author of How to Have a Happy Birthday and a self-described birthday coach — and this conversation goes much deeper than party planning. We talk about why our relationship with our birthday often reflects our relationship with ourselves, what it means to treat your birthday as a spiritual day, and how to actually claim the day as your own.

This episode landed at the right time for me — I recorded it just before turning 51, my first birthday without my mom.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why our earliest birthday experiences shape how we feel about them for decades
  • The spectrum from birthday positive to birthday avoidant — and where you fall
  • Why Tamar believes your birthday is a spiritual day worthy of real celebration
  • How to stop outsourcing your joy and take charge of your own day
  • Birthday self-sabotage: why we say we don't want anything when we actually do
  • The birthday eve ritual — and why the day after matters too
  • What to do when your birthday falls on a holiday or during a hard season
  • Using your birthday as a personal new year: the questions worth asking yourself
  • My own 50th birthday story — and the moment that felt like a message from my mom

Connect with Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e21-how-to-have-a-happy-birthday-edeBuzzsprout-18007108Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2553<![CDATA[E20: How to KNOW What You Already Know with Shauna VanBogart]]>You already know more than you think you do. The problem is we've been taught to distrust it.

Shauna VanBogart is an intuitive mentor and coach who helps women understand themselves at a level most of us have never been given permission to explore. In this conversation we talk about what intuition actually is, why so many women have learned to ignore it, and what it looks like to start trusting the knowing that's been there all along.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • What intuition really is — and why Shauna calls it pattern recognition
  • How she helped me finish my book by identifying what was actually blocking me
  • Why women are more connected to intuition than they realize — and why they've been taught to dismiss it
  • The photo read: how Shauna connects with someone's energy through photographs
  • The difference between soul tired, emotional tired, and physical tired — and why it matters
  • What it means to restore the body-mind connection when life has pulled you away from it
  • Why the most ambitious women often minimize the very thing that would help them most
  • Simple daily practices for staying connected to your own inner knowing

Connect with Shauna VanBogart:
https://shaunavanbogart.com
Follow her on Instagram: @shaunavanbogart
Read her insights on Substack: shaunavanbogart.substack.com

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e20-how-to-know-what-you-already-819Buzzsprout-17517543Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2858<![CDATA[E19: Finding Freedom After Abuse with Lindsay Ferrier]]>Lindsay Ferrier built a career on wit, honesty, and saying out loud what everyone else was thinking — her blog Suburban Turmoil was one of the most widely read mom blogs of its era. But for years, she kept one part of her story completely hidden.

In this episode, Lindsay opens up about the abuse she endured behind closed doors, the moment she knew she had to leave, and the promise she made to herself: that once she was free, she'd be the voice she couldn't find when she needed it most.

This conversation is about what it really means to live free — not just from a harmful relationship, but from shame, secrecy, and self-doubt.

Content warning: This episode includes discussion of abuse and may not be suitable for all listeners.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why Lindsay stayed silent for so long — and what finally changed
  • The invisible side of abuse and how it isolates women
  • How writing became her way of reclaiming her power and her story
  • The moment she had to choose between hiding and healing
  • Breaking generational patterns of silence in families
  • What it looks like to start over and actually love your life again
  • The ripple effect of telling the truth

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e19-finding-freedom-after-abuse-with-241Buzzsprout-17381973Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2182<![CDATA[E18: What It Really Means to Be a "Has Been" with Jonathan Mookie Morant]]>Jonathan "Mookie" Morant had one of the most remarkable careers in music you've probably never heard about. He wrote and produced for the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Justin Timberlake, and Queen Latifah — and then walked away from all of it to be present for his kids. His memoir The Happy Has Been is about what he found on the other side of that choice.

In this conversation we talk about chasing a dream, redefining success, and why the life you've already lived is worth honoring — not mourning.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Mookie's journey from childhood musician to working with some of the biggest names in pop music
  • The moment he realized his dream was coming true but he still wasn't happy
  • Why he chose his children over his career — and what that decision cost and gave him
  • The power of connection: why every door that opened in his life came through a relationship
  • What "has been" really means — and why he wears it proudly
  • The difference between chasing the spotlight and living with purpose
  • His son Roman, who is autistic and nonverbal, and how fatherhood reinvented him
  • Why love is not a soft idea — it's the thing that actually moves people

CONNECT WITH MOOKIE

Website: thehappyhasbeen.com

Instagram: @jonathanmookiemorant

Email: themagnumdrummer@gmail.com

Learn more about the Roman’s World Foundation at thehappyhasbeen.com

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e18-what-it-really-means-to-be-a-5fbBuzzsprout-17364215Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2360<![CDATA[E17: It's Not You, It's the Clothes with Camellia Jade]]>What if the thing standing between you and confidence isn't your body — it's what you're putting on it?

Camellia Jade is a personal stylist at Style Finder Boutique and a woman on a mission to help other women feel at home in their bodies. I met her when we both spoke at the Take the Lead conference in Charlotte — where she opened her talk by stripping down to her red underwear in front of a room full of women. And the room didn't flinch. They cheered.

This conversation is about vulnerability, self-acceptance, and why dropping your armor — literally or figuratively — is how you let the right people in.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why Camellia strips down to her underwear on stage — and what it teaches us about vulnerability
  • The simple truth that changed how I think about getting dressed: it's not you, it's the clothes
  • How what we wear affects how we move through the world — more than we realize
  • The castle on the hill: why we keep people at a distance and what it costs us
  • Why vulnerability isn't weakness — it's the thing that builds real connection
  • How Camellia went from social media helper to personal stylist with a mission
  • Body image, self talk, and the messages we absorbed before we knew to question them
  • Why lowering the drawbridge lets the good in — not just the bad

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e17-its-not-you-its-the-clothes-with-76fBuzzsprout-17321118Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo1679<![CDATA[E16: Graduation, Reinvention, and Midlife Confidence with Laurin Collar]]>When your kids start leaving the nest, two things happen at once. You're proud of who they're becoming — and you're quietly asking yourself who you're becoming next.

Laurin Collar is a lifestyle content creator, founder of The Collar Find, and someone I've known since we were cheerleaders together in high school. She left a career in TV news, built a thriving online business in her mid-forties, and became a go-to resource for women navigating the empty nest transition — including the practical stuff nobody tells you about sending kids to college.

This conversation is part empty nest survival guide, part midlife reinvention story, and all real.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • How Laurin went from TV news to building a business she loves in her mid-forties
  • What the empty nest transition actually feels like — and why it hits differently than you expect
  • Why she recommends finding a hobby or passion project before your kids leave
  • The practical side of sending kids to college: what to buy, what to skip, and the one tip that actually gets your kid to text you back
  • How to stop feeling guilty for focusing on yourself during this season
  • Redefining your identity when the role that defined you starts to change
  • What Laurin has learned about midlife confidence — and why she thinks this decade is underrated
  • The moment her daughter's friend said she felt guilty leaving — and what Laurin told her

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e16-graduation-reinvention-and-midlife-7ddBuzzsprout-17283735Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2314<![CDATA[E15: How to take an inventory of your life]]>Every time the season changes I get the urge to declutter. But the most useful inventory isn't the one in your closet — it's the one you take of your life.

In this solo episode I'm walking you through a simple practice I use to get clear on what belongs in my life right now and what doesn't. It starts with your closet and ends somewhere much more important — your time, your energy, your creative work, and the things you keep saying yes to when the real answer is not yet.

This one is practical, portable, and works any time you need clarity.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why the maybes are where we get stuck — and what to do with them
  • The four categories that change everything: yes, no, maybe, and not this season
  • Why you have to start with the yeses before you can deal with anything else
  • How decision fatigue sets in — and the simple way to stop it
  • Why "if it's not a hell yes it's a no" doesn't always work — and what to use instead
  • How to apply this practice to your calendar, your creative work, and your relationships
  • What I'm saying yes to this season — and what I'm putting away for now

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e15-how-to-take-an-inventory-of-your-05aBuzzsprout-17248791Thu, 29 May 2025 20:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo925<![CDATA[E14: How to Know When It's Time for a Change]]>Sometimes the most important question isn't what you should do next. It's whether you're willing to stop forcing something that no longer fits.

In this episode I'm sharing a conversation I had as a guest on the Badass Women in Business podcast — a conversation that ended up being one of the clearest articulations of what this show is really about. We talk about how I knew it was time to leave my career in television news, what it looks like to follow the breadcrumbs of joy, and why learning to feel your way toward clarity is more reliable than thinking your way there.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • How I knew something was wrong even when everything looked right on the outside
  • The difference between forcing a path and following what feels alive
  • Why I spent years taking opportunities just to stay relevant — and when I stopped
  • Following the breadcrumbs: how saying yes to small things that sparked something led me somewhere I never planned
  • Why you can't always think your way into clarity — and what to do instead
  • The inside work that has to happen before the outside can change
  • How to recognize when something has run its course — without waiting for a crisis to force the change

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e14-how-to-know-when-its-time-for-9f0Buzzsprout-16858133Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2125<![CDATA[E13: Taking Risks That Feel Safe with Kerstin Martin]]>What if the leap you're afraid to take is less risky than it looks — because you already have more of a safety net than you realize?

Kerstin Martin has moved across the world, left corporate life, reinvented her career twice, and built a thriving online business — all while rejecting the hustle culture that tells you the only way forward is to go faster and push harder. In this conversation we talk about what it actually looks like to take a bold leap while still feeling grounded.

This one is for anyone who knows something needs to change but isn't sure they can afford the risk.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • The radical rethink: the moment Kerstin and her husband decided to stop waiting and make the move they'd been postponing
  • Why the safety nets you already have matter more than you think
  • The unexpected way Kerstin's business started — and how it grew organically from something she loved
  • Hustle culture: what it actually is and why she rejects it
  • How to know when to experiment versus when to commit
  • The worst case scenario exercise — and why facing it head on gives you freedom
  • What home means when you've lived in multiple countries and built a life from scratch
  • Why calm is a business strategy, not just a personality trait

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e13-taking-risks-that-feel-safe-with-859Buzzsprout-16807886Tue, 18 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2595<![CDATA[E12: Finding Your Voice at Any Age with Marnie Dachis Marmet]]>Finding your voice isn't a single moment. For most of us it's a slow uncovering — layer by layer, season by season, often starting much later than we expected.

Marnie Dachis Marmet spent years feeling stuck inside herself before she finally started writing her way out. Her memoir My Song Unleashed is the story of that journey — and in this conversation we talk about what it actually takes to find your voice, why the body holds the key, and why it's never too late to become more of who you really are.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • How Marnie went from wanting to write historical fiction to writing a memoir she never planned to write
  • Why she took the same writing course four times — and what kept pulling her back
  • The connection between the physical body and finding your authentic voice
  • What yoga teacher training taught her about letting go of tension she didn't know she was holding
  • How completing a 29,029-foot endurance event changed the way she sees herself
  • The moment she stopped caring so much about what other people thought
  • What Marnie sees in the women she coaches: the most common ways we lose ourselves
  • Why journaling doesn't have to be pages and pages — and why it works anyway

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e12-finding-your-voice-at-any-age-bc7Buzzsprout-16767387Tue, 11 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo1797<![CDATA[E11: Why the Midlife Conversation Needs to Start Sooner with Kerri Devine]]>Nobody told us perimenopause could start in our early forties (or sooner). Nobody told us it could last a decade. And nobody told us it would arrive at the same time as everything else — aging parents, kids leaving home, career questions, identity shifts.

Kerri Devine is the founder of Hot in Charleston and the creator of Midlife Monologues — a sold-out live show that brings together three generations of women to tell the truth about what it means to be a woman moving through the seasons of her life. In this conversation we talk about why the midlife conversation needs to start sooner, why storytelling is medicine, and why it's never too late to step into what's next.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why perimenopause catches so many women completely off guard
  • The meltdown in a craft store that changed the direction of Kerri's life
  • How Midlife Monologues was born — and why it sold out immediately
  • Why this conversation belongs to women of all ages, not just midlife women
  • The non-death losses we don't talk about enough — and why they need to be named
  • Why Kerri believes storytelling is medicine
  • Leaving a high-powered communications career to write about what actually matters
  • What it means to pivot with self-compassion and courage
  • Why it's not too late — for any of us

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Instagram: @hotincharleston

Website: https://kerridevine.com/

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e11-why-the-midlife-conversation-886Buzzsprout-16729237Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo1410<![CDATA[E10: How to Make Authenticity Your Superpower with Lorna Hollifield]]>Some people spend years learning to trust themselves. Lorna Hollifield was born that way — and it has made all the difference.

Lorna is an author and editor whose debut novel Bright Little Girls is a testament to what happens when you refuse to write for anyone but yourself. In this conversation we talk about authenticity as a superpower, what it takes to keep believing in a dream through years of rejection, and why there's a difference between hoping something works out and truly believing it will.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why Lorna has always known who she is — and what that's cost her
  • The difference between hope and belief — and why it matters more than you think
  • How she processed years of rejection without losing herself
  • The one-day rule her mother gave her for dealing with disappointment
  • Dropping out of college on purpose — and why it was the most self-aware decision she ever made
  • What the early years of her marriage looked like — and how belief carried them through
  • Why authenticity will disappoint some people regardless — so you might as well be yourself
  • What it means to write for yourself first and trust that the right readers will find you

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e10-how-to-make-authenticity-your-91cBuzzsprout-16685907Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo1886<![CDATA[E9: What If It Works Out? A Conversation with Ann Imig]]>We spend so much time preparing for what could go wrong. What if we spent even a fraction of that energy imagining what could go right?

Ann Imig is a life coach, the creator of the beloved storytelling series Listen to Your Mother, and someone who has thought deeply about why our brains work against us — and what to do about it. In this conversation we talk about the neuroscience of stress and self-sabotage, the simple practices that can shift your nervous system in real time, and what it looks like to stop letting fear run the show.

This one is also a little personal — Ann played a meaningful role in my own book launch, helping me stay present for one of the biggest moments of my life.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • The story behind Listen to Your Mother — and why it changed so many lives including mine
  • What positive psychology actually is and what it isn't
  • The saboteur assessment — the hidden patterns that run our lives without our permission
  • Why our brains treat everyday life like a crisis — and how to interrupt that in real time
  • PQ reps: simple sensory practices you can do anywhere to calm your nervous system
  • The difference between the saboteur brain and the sage brain
  • What Ann helped me see in the weeks before my book launch
  • How to hold both grief and joy at the same time — and why that capacity matters
  • What if it works out: retraining your brain to imagine the positive outcome

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e9-what-if-it-works-out-a-conversation-6d6Buzzsprout-16643020Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2878<![CDATA[E8: How to Get Better at Love with Katherine Center]]>What if learning to love well is the most important thing you can do for your life? Not just romantic love—but the kind of love that shows up in how you see people, how you forgive, how you treat yourself.

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center joins me to talk about why she's spent her career writing love stories, what those stories actually teach us about being human, and why she believes getting better at love is the real work of a good life.

This is one of my favorite conversations on the show.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why Katherine believes learning to love well matters more than almost anything else
  • The cultural bias against love stories — and why she thinks we're wrong to dismiss them
  • How rom-coms are really stories about people who are bad at love learning to get better
  • What pro-social behaviors have to do with the books we read
  • Writing as a way of working things out: how Katherine's novels have helped her grow
  • The gratitude practice that saved her career during its hardest stretch
  • What a happy ending actually means — and why it's more profound than we give it credit for
  • The line dancing lesson: what being a beginner teaches you about resilience

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e8-how-to-get-better-at-love-with-c17Buzzsprout-16600286Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo3067<![CDATA[E7: It's Never Too Late to Try Something New with Erin Kienzle]]>Erin Kienzle and I worked together at a TV news station in Charleston in our twenties. I had no idea that twenty years later she'd be running two businesses, raising four daughters, traveling the Southeast as a benefit auctioneer, and teaching entrepreneurs how to show up on video.

Neither did she.

In this conversation we talk about the pivots that didn't look like pivots at the time, what it takes to listen to a nudge and actually follow it, and why it's never too late to try something completely new — even when it makes you want to throw up.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • How Erin went from TV news meteorologist to online educator to benefit auctioneer — and why none of it was planned
  • The pandemic post that started everything — and why she almost didn't publish it
  • What it felt like to step into a completely new identity online
  • The woman who pulled her aside and said do you know what's possible — and how that changed everything
  • Why proof of concept matters before you invest in building something
  • How she manages a day job, two businesses, and a blended family of four daughters
  • The power of saying no as a complete sentence
  • Why it's never too late — and what she sees in the women who come to her ready to try something new

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Instagram: @erinkienzle
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e7-its-never-too-late-to-try-something-e3fBuzzsprout-16556940Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo1987<![CDATA[E6: When the Year You Planned Isn't the Year You Got]]>Sometimes the year doesn't go the way you thought it would. Sometimes it's harder than you expected, longer than you prepared for, and full of things you never saw coming.

In this solo episode I'm reflecting on one of the most significant years of my life — the year my book came out, my mom got sick, my son graduated and left for college, and I somehow launched this podcast in the middle of all of it. This is the episode where I stop and take stock of everything before moving into what's next.

If you've ever lived through a year that asked more of you than you knew you had — this one is for you.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • What the year of my book launch actually looked like behind the scenes
  • Caregiving for my mom and what that season taught me about presence and grief
  • Why I was intentional about grieving instead of pushing through it
  • Sending my firstborn to college — and the identity shift I wasn't prepared for
  • Why I launched this podcast when I did — and what it represents for me
  • Looking ahead: the themes and conversations I want to explore going forward
  • Why life is more transition than it is not — and what that means for how we live

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e6-when-the-year-you-planned-isnt-8acBuzzsprout-16148969Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo1013<![CDATA[E5: Nine Questions That Changed My Life]]>Some questions don't just make you think. They change the direction of everything.

In this solo episode I'm sharing the nine questions that shaped my path — questions that came from therapists, mentors, trainers, authors, and friends at pivotal moments in my life. Together they became a roadmap that helped me find my way back to myself. And they're just as useful now as they were then.

If you're in a season of transition, questioning something, or simply feeling like something is off — this episode is for you.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why the most important question isn't what you should do — it's how you feel
  • The writing professor who asked me to tell my own story from my own perspective
  • What a personal trainer asked me that stopped me in my tracks
  • The therapy question that cracked something open
  • Why imagining the worst case scenario is actually an act of courage
  • What would you do if you weren't afraid — and why this question still matters
  • How to feel your way toward clarity when thinking isn't working
  • Why your body knows the answer before your mind does

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e5-nine-questions-that-changed-my-12cBuzzsprout-16102235Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo711<![CDATA[E4: The Power of Breaking Cycles]]>The things that shaped us didn't always happen to us directly. Sometimes they were handed down — through family patterns, unspoken pain, and beliefs we absorbed before we were old enough to question them.

In this solo episode, I'm sharing some of the most personal parts of my story — including what it was like to grow up in a volatile home, how that shaped my relationship with success and worthiness, and the moment I realized the cycle could end with me.

This is the episode I wish someone had handed me years ago.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • What it was like to grow up in a home that didn't always feel safe and what I carried from it into adulthood
  • How unprocessed grief shows up in even the most successful-looking life
  • The connection between childhood loss and the drive to perform for worthiness
  • The scene from Girl in the Spotlight where everything started to shift
  • Why breaking cycles isn't a single moment — it's a series of choices
  • Five things I'd tell anyone who is ready to do this work

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e4-the-power-of-breaking-cycles-209Buzzsprout-16063025Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo714<![CDATA[E3: The Power of Letting Go]]>What are you holding on to that you don't want to let go of?

That question — asked in a sermon I heard years ago — changed the direction of my life. In this episode I'm sharing a conversation I had as a guest on the Things You Won't Hear on Sunday podcast with host Joey Svendsen, where we went deep into the themes of my memoir Girl in the Spotlight and the thing underneath all of it: letting go.

Not just of a career. Of the beliefs, the grief, and the identity that had been quietly running the show.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why leaving my career in television news was about so much more than work
  • The sermon that asked what are your nets — and why that question stayed with me
  • How childhood loss quietly shaped my ambition without me realizing it
  • Why success became my remedy for grief — and why that made it so hard to walk away
  • What it felt like to finally name the thing I had been carrying
  • Why we often can't think our way into clarity — we have to feel our way there
  • The fear of loss that almost kept me from writing the book
  • What it means to become your own advocate — especially for the younger version of yourself


Listen to the Full Conversation between Angie and Joey on the Things You Won't Hear on Sunday podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2022274/episodes/14134790

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e3-the-power-of-letting-go-12aBuzzsprout-16024770Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo1450<![CDATA[E2: Doing This One Thing Could Change Your Whole Day with Alison Lumbatis]]>It sounds almost too simple. Get dressed. Not for anyone else — just for yourself. But for Alison Lumbatis, that one small act was the thing that pulled her out of a spiral she didn't even fully recognize she was in.

Alison is the founder of Outfit Formulas, a style system that has helped thousands of women build wardrobes that actually work — and feel more like themselves in the process. But her story is about much more than clothes. It's about high-functioning depression, starting over as a single mom, being the first in her family to go to college, and carrying a sense of purpose she couldn't name for decades.

This conversation is about the small daily choices that add up to a life that feels like yours.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • The moment Alison realized she had stopped getting dressed — and what it was costing her
  • How getting dressed became her first act of self-care and why it changed everything
  • Growing up as the first in her family to go to college — and becoming a single mom her senior year
  • The promise she felt at fifteen that she'd one day impact women's lives — and the long road to understanding what that meant
  • How blogging became her creative outlet, her accountability partner, and eventually her business
  • Why it's not you, it's the clothes — and how that simple reframe changes everything
  • What the empty nest transition has taught her about identity and reinvention
  • Why style is a skill anyone can learn — and why it's worth learning

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e2-doing-this-one-thing-could-change-929Buzzsprout-15981937Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo2249<![CDATA[E1: Authentic Living: The Things We Rarely Talk About]]>This is where it all started.

In this first episode I'm sharing the story behind More Like You — why I started this podcast, what I hope it becomes, and the things we don't talk about enough when it comes to living a more authentic life. Including the messy parts. The identity shifts. The grief that hides inside even the most successful-looking life.

If you're new here, this is a good place to start. If you've been here from the beginning, this is the episode that set the tone for everything that followed.

What We Talk About In This Episode

  • Why I left my career in television news — and what that decision really cost and gave me
  • The moment I realized I didn't have anything left to prove — and what that felt like
  • Why living authentically isn't a destination, it's a daily practice
  • The inner voice that said you're still here — and why I've never forgotten it
  • What performing for your life actually looks like — and why so many of us do it without realizing
  • Why unresolved grief shows up even in the most successful-looking life
  • The season of loss that preceded this podcast — and why the timing was exactly right
  • What More Like You is really about — and who it's for

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More Like You with Angie Mizzell s about the pivotal moments and perspective shifts that point us toward a life that feels true. New episodes every Thursday.



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/e1-authentic-living-the-things-we-0abBuzzsprout-15934687Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo924<![CDATA[Welcome to More Like You]]>This is where it starts.

More Like You is a podcast about becoming more of who you really are — not just when you're standing at a crossroads, but in the everyday moments that shape a life. Each week we explore the pivotal moments, perspective shifts, and honest conversations that point us toward a life that feels true.

I'm Angie Mizzell — author of the memoir Girl in the Spotlight, and someone who knows what it feels like to build a life that looks right on the outside but doesn't feel right on the inside. Leaving my career in television news changed everything. Not because the leap was easy, but because it taught me to trust myself — and that's what this show is about.

Whether you're standing at a crossroads, in the middle of a transition you didn't choose, or simply trying to live with more intention — you're in the right place.

This podcast isn't about getting it right. It's about becoming more like you in the process.

Welcome. I'm so glad you're here.

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More Like You with Angie Mizzell s about the pivotal moments and perspective shifts that point us toward a life that feels true. New episodes every Thursday.



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit angiemizzell.substack.com]]>https://angiemizzell.substack.com/p/welcome-to-more-like-you-d03Buzzsprout-15870324Fri, 04 Oct 2024 19:00:00 GMTAngie MizzellNo113