You're Not Going Home (with Guest Amanda Russo)

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On todays’ episode, we welcome Amanda Russo, a.k.a. The Breathing Goddess. 

Amanda is a Breathwork Detox facilitator, transformative mindset coach, and host of the podcast “Manders Mindset”. 

Her study of mindset and empowerment began by working with children in group homes and at daycares. She then worked in family law and helped people to deescalate the challenging circumstances and emotions of divorce. During this time she also overcame her own weight and health challenges through a combination of strength training, meditation, yoga, reiki, and plant medicine. 

She works with moms and men. Moms who feel like they are running on fumes and want to become more attuned to her body, breath, and needs. Men who are stressed and want to understand their mind, body, and the power of their breath.

Amanda brings a fun, friendly, and empowering energy to her sessions, but she can also crack the whip. After just a few sessions her clients experience more calmness, clarity, level-headedness, and have a glow about them. They learn to love their bodies and effectively cope with emotions. They become peaceful and all their relationships benefit. They become the best version of themselves. 

She lives in Dartmouth, MA and holds sessions virtually and in person in Swansea, MA. She travels New England holding breathwork events at yoga studios and runs a group program called “Breath & Flex” that combines Breathwork Detox with circuit training fitness classes. She also runs a program for couples who want to create more love and harmony within themselves and the relationship. 

Outside of work she enjoys lifting, walking, movement, yoga, listening to podcasts, animals, and nature.

As always, we start with our Check-Ins and Cause for Applause. 
This time, that includes being gentle with ourselves.  

We also chatted about RSD (Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria) , spring gardening and Amanda's upcoming trip to Bali! 

To skip the check-in and get right to the regrets segment, please tune in at 11:05. 

During the regret segments,  Shadoe opens up about being fearful of recording video content. 

During feedback, she compares this fear to not being able to jump off a diving board!  Victoria and Amanda share some great strategies to get over this; and we make all kinds of "dive"-ing related puns! 

Then, Amanda opens up about a first date that led to a car accident and waking up handcuffed to a hospital bed. 

During feedback, we discuss the stress leading up to this accident as well as the frightening aftermath. Amanda takes ownership of her mistake and leads us through how this accident changed her entire life!  

As always, we end the episode with 3 breaths.  
This season, the breaths are about abundance! 

Thank you to our guest, Amanda Russo.
Find out more about Amanda at :  instagram.com/thebreathinggoddess/