What if the illness you fear most isn’t the real disease?

In this episode of Things Your Mother Never Told You, I sit down with Anita Moorjani, who was once given just hours to live. In 2006, Anita fell into a coma from end-stage lymphoma—her organs shutting down, her family was told to say goodbye.

But in the space between life and death, she discovered a profound truth: fear is the lie, and self-abandonment is the real disease.

Anita returned to her body with a mission—and a message that would save her life:
You are not here to be small, sick, or silent.

In this conversation, we explore:

• How a lifetime of fear and self-betrayal manifested as terminal cancer

• The near-death experience that awakened her to her true power

• Why self-love isn’t selfish—it’s life-saving

• How women can reclaim their worth, voice, and vitality

This is not just a story about healing.
This conversation is a call to remember who you truly are and to live fearlessly—because your life depends on it.

If something inside you stirred, share this with a woman who’s ready to stop apologizing and start remembering who she is.

Connect with Anita:
Instagram: @anitamoorjani Website: https://www.anitamoorjani.com/

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https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/

Join Dr. Amanda for The Sacred Assessment at Omega https://www.eomega.org/workshops/sacred-assessment-women

Have you ever swallowed your truth to avoid conflict? Said yes when your entire body was screaming no?
So many women are taught to fear their own truth—to tuck it in, make it more digestible, less disruptive.

But here's the truth:
Self-abandonment in the name of kindness is not kindness.
It’s quiet, daily betrayal.

There’s a high cost to being the “nice girl.” It’s paid in quiet resentments, tight throats, and sleepless nights. And most women don’t even realize they’re still paying it. We’ve been conditioned to be agreeable, to soften the edges of our truth, to be kind—no matter the cost. But when kindness comes at the expense of our own well-being, it’s no longer kindness. It’s self-abandonment.

In this episode with a special guest, Dr. Kelly Brogan, we explore the invisible contracts women have signed: to be agreeable, palatable, and never too much. We walk through the subtle ways women abandon themselves in the name of being kind, polite, or easy to love. The small moments that don’t look like trauma—but feel like erosion.

We explore:

• The invisible ways you betray yourself (and why it’s so hard to stop)

• How your nervous system was trained to keep you “safe” through silence

• Why people-pleasing isn’t just a habit—it’s survival

• How to begin honoring your truth without guilt or apology
  
  

This is an invitation to reclaim your voice.
To stop editing yourself to be loved.
To tell the truth—and let it set you free.

You can still be kind. You can still be loving.
But the truth must include you.

If something inside you stirred, share this with a woman who’s ready to stop apologizing and start remembering who she is.

Connect with Kelly:
Instagram: @kellybroganmd Website: www.kellybroganmd.com

Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/

Join Dr. Amanda for The Sacred Assessment at Omega https://www.eomega.org/workshops/sacred-assessment-women

What if your body has been speaking to you all along and the real work is learning how to listen?
For decades, we were taught to disconnect. To push harder, burn faster, and ignore the signals that whispered: this doesn’t feel good. We were told our bodies were problems to solve.
Tighten this. Shrink that. Flatten, firm, erase.

Join me as I sit down with the brilliant Lauren Ohayon, movement educator and founder of Restore Your Core, whose work is not about fixing your body, but finally hearing it.

Together, we unravel the lies women have been sold about fitness, aging, the pelvic floor, and the performance of womanhood. We talk about what it means to actually feel at home in our bodies again.

This isn’t a conversation about “getting back into shape.”
This is a restoration.
Of intuition.
Of strength without strain.
Of softness without shame.

In this episode we explore:

• Why conventional fitness has been quietly damaging women for decades

• The truth about your pelvic floor (and why you can stop doing those endless Kegels)

• Why body intelligence is more powerful than discipline

• How we raise daughters to trust themselves—and their own wisdom

• The difference between moving to manipulate and moving to metabolize your life

You deserve to feel powerful in your own skin, not because someone said you should, but because your body is sacred, intelligent, and yours.

If this episode resonates with you, share it with a woman who needs to hear it also.

Connect with Lauren:
Instagram: @thelaurenohayon Website: www.restoreyourcore.com

Connect with Dr. Amanda on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/

Join Dr. Amanda for The Sacred Assessment at Omega https://www.eomega.org/workshops/sacred-assessment-women