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After Hours With Amanda
by After Hours With Amanda
After Hours With Amanda is a podcast about parenting, healing, faith, identity, marriage, dreams, and the messy middle of becoming. Amanda talks honestly about raising tiny humans, breaking cycles, laughing through the chaos, and learning to be kinder to ourselves along the way. It is parenting, but not just for parents. Grab your favorite bevie and come sit with us. You are loved, you are worthy, you are needed, and your life has exponential and limitless potential.
Episodes
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Views Don’t Create Community, Lessons from Disney’s Created in LA | Season 6 - Episode 10
I’m walking where Walt walked, trying not to cry off my fake lashes, and unpacking everything I brought home from Disney’s Created in LA. We’re talking creator lessons from Zach King, the Try Guys, Disney storytellers and more—but this one gets much bigger than content. I’m sharing why partners...
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I Almost Ended the Podcast, Then I Went to Disney’s Created in LA | Season 6 - Episode 9
I’m back, boo—and I have some explaining to do. During our quiet two-month hiatus, I seriously considered ending After Hours With Amanda. Instead, I found myself heading to Disney’s Created in LA and confronting some very loud imposter syndrome along the way. I’m sharing what happened, why the...
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Why Did They Tell Me That? Teaching Kids to Handle Gossip | After Hours With Amanda Season 6 - Ep. 8
Grab your bevie and settle in, because today I’m talking about the question I keep teaching my girls to ask: “Why did they tell me that?” We’re getting into gossip, friendship motives, direct communication, self-talk, comparison, and the difference between trying to control our tiny humans and...
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My Guide to Disneyland: Rides, Food, Hotels and Meltdowns | After Hours With Amanda Season 6 - Ep. 7
Grab your iced coffee because I’m finally sharing my full Disneyland game plan. I’m walking through how our family plans park days, what I pack, where we eat, how I use Lightning Lane and mobile ordering, which rides we hit first, where we stay, and why I still bring a stroller even with bigger...
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When Did You Stop Taking Up Space? | After Hours With Amanda Season 6 - Ep. 6
This week, I’m sitting with a realization that made me cry in my car: my daughter is learning to take up space without first checking whether she is too much. Watching her at camp showed me that we really have created something different, even while I’m still untangling the childhood fears that...
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I Was Responding to My Childhood, Not My Child | After Hours With Amanda Season 6 - Ep. 5
This episode is for the moms in the preteen and teen trenches, or honestly anyone who is realizing that big feelings have a way of calling out old wounds. I’m talking about what I’m learning as my girls get older, especially when attitude, tone, communication, and hurt feelings start showing up…
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Equal Doesn’t Always Mean the Same | After Hours With Amanda Season 6 - Ep. 4
This week, I’m taking you with me to Pixar and into the very real mom guilt spiral that hit when one of my girls got invited into a special experience and the others didn’t. What started as a magical Disney/Pixar day turned into a bigger parenting reframe about fairness, sibling comparison, and…
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The Dream I Wrote Down for Five Years Came True | After Hours With Amanda Season 6 - Ep. 3
I wrote “Visit Pixar Studios” in my goals for five years, and this year, that dream came true. In this episode, I’m sharing the story behind getting invited to Pixar for Toy Story 5, but really, this is about dreams, faith, motherhood, and learning to keep showing up even when not everyone...
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Stop Comparing Your Roots to Someone Else’s Tree | After Hours With Amanda Season 6 - Ep. 2
Grab your iced coffee and sit with me for a few minutes, because this one is for anyone who feels behind. I’m talking about the comparison trap, Paige’s little watermelon plant, and what happens when we start comparing our roots to someone else’s tree. This episode is about motherhood, dreams,...
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Maybe You’re Not Behind, Maybe You’re Still Becoming | After Hours With Amanda Season 6 - Ep. 1
Season six is here, and I’m catching you up on life, summer, middle school survival, my solo Disney day, and the very real feeling of not being where I thought I would be by this point in the year. This episode is about the mid year reset we do not always know we need. I’m talking about changing...
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Stay in Line for Your Dream | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 12
In this episode, I’m talking about anxiety, timing, dream chasing, and the coffee line analogy that changed how I see waiting. Just because someone else gets the dream before you does not mean yours is not coming. The only way you do not get your coffee is if you get out of line. I’m also sharing...
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Date Your Spouse Like You’re Still Learning Them | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 11
In this episode, I’m talking about the sweetest Disney Pandora surprise, why the Tiana charm felt like a hug from my mom and big J, and how those little glimmers can remind us to keep going when life does not look how we pictured it. Then we get into marriage, miscommunication, keeping score,...
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Your Child Is Not Your Mini Me | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 10
In this episode, I’m talking about why our tiny humans are not our mini mes, even when they look like us, sound like us, or remind us of ourselves. This one is about parenting without projecting, seeing their hearts before assuming their intent, and remembering that behavior is often…
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Progress and Presence Beat Perfect Parenting | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 9
In this episode, I’m talking about a morning where I messed up as a mom, said something that wounded, and realized I could not just wait until the end of the day to repair it. So I used my lunch break, pulled one of the tiny queens out of school, apologized, got Chick fil A, opened blind boxes…
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Stop Taking Your Own Crown Off | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 8
In this episode, I’m talking about fixing your crown, saying dreams out loud, and realizing that sometimes I am the one knocking my own crown off. We’re getting into joyful choices, self confidence, walking, meditation, health PTSD, motherhood, Disney dreams, The Courage to Be Disliked, and why...
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Maybe They Don’t Need a Comparison, They Need Safety | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 7
In this episode, I’m talking about health anxiety, holiday pressure, missed opportunities, Disney dreams, and the measuring stick we sometimes use without realizing it. You know, the one that says, “I wish homework was my biggest problem,” or turns someone else’s hard day into a comparison…
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Maybe You’re Allowed to Need Things Too | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 6
In this episode, I’m sitting on my closet floor after a very full week and talking through a realization that stopped me in my tracks: sometimes we do not make ourselves small because someone else is being negative. Sometimes we make ourselves small because we keep choosing everyone else, even…
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No Princess Stands Alone: The Power of Sidekicks | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 5
In this episode, I’m sharing the very emotional story of taking the tiny queens to Disney World for World Princess Week, and why the message of “create your own world” hit me so deeply. This one is about Disney magic, motherhood, dreams, sidekicks, grief, gratitude, disappointment, and the…
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Is My Communication Conveying My Message | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 4
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m catching up on life, Disney World, Nat Geo, the toaster saga, working mom rhythms, and some very exciting Florida news with the tiny queens. Then we get into the heart of it: is your communication actually conveying your message? I talk about a...
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27 Hours in LA & The Shift | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 3
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about dreams, comparison, Disney, going back to work, content creation, grief, and learning not to discount the chapters just because I have not reached the title of the book yet. I share what it felt like to attend a Disney event in LA, why...
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You Don't Need to Convince Anyone | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 2
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m back on the closet floor talking about self worth, validation, motherhood, friendship, dating, and why you should not have to beg someone to pick you. I share some life updates about heading back to work, working mom content, and then we get into…
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There Is No Such Thing as the Right Decision | After Hours With Amanda Season 5 - Ep. 1
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about decision making, changing your mind, regret, college choices, parenting, self worth, and why I do not think there is always one perfect “right decision.” I share about glamor shots, leaving my management company, learning to trust…
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Why Isn't It Happening For Me? | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 13
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about a Disneyland trip that went completely sideways, disappointment, timing, comparison, faith, and the reminder I keep coming back to: you do not want to arrive early. I share what it felt like to watch the tiny queens get sick on a trip…
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Tiny People Are Not Terrible | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 12
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about toddlers, teenagers, the terrible twos, threenagers, and why I think we need to stop labeling tiny people before we actually understand them. This one starts with Christmas break chaos and the Olympic sport of getting school program...
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Holiday Hoovers and the Joy They Steal | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 11
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m back, baby, and we are talking about holiday Hoovers, boundaries, self criticism, and three Bob Goff reminders I could not keep to myself. This one is for the besties heading into December already bracing for comments, family dynamics, joy stealers,...
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Answering DM's & Questions | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 10
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m doing a bestie Q&A about motherhood, routines, Disney, eating disorder recovery, marriage after kids, self regulation, and parenting tiny humans without making everything a power struggle. I talk about waking up early, prepping for back to school,...
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Becoming Who You were meant to be | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 9
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about therapy, inner child healing, inner teen conflict, small habits, and what it has looked like to start rewiring my brain one tiny choice at a time. We also catch up on D23, Disney, cheer season, summer rhythms, and an upcoming surgery,...
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A Season of Cinching | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 8
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about rejection, slow seasons, faith, boundaries, work changes, and the reminder I keep coming back to: no means new opportunity. I share what it has felt like to be in a season where things are shifting, content creation is slower,...
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You are NOT an Aesthetic | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 7
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about social media comparison, consumerism, aesthetic identity, and why your real life was never meant to be judged by someone else’s curated video. We start with Savannah Bananas, margaritas, and a date night that did not need to be fancy…
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The Box of Limitations We Build | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 6
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about parenting, projection, activities, milestones, and the way we can accidentally box our tiny people into who they used to be. From cheerleading tryouts to learning differences to realizing I had missed how much one of my girls had…
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The Bear Hunt of Grief | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 5
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about grief, losing my mom, Mother’s Day, and the moment my body basically said, babe, we cannot keep moving around this anymore. This year, my mom’s birthday hit differently, and I realized my grief has changed because I have changed. I…
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From Hurt Girl to Girls Girl | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 4
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about raising girls’ girls, kindness with boundaries, jealousy, comparison, and the way insecurity can make us act like people we do not even like. I share why I was not always a girls’ girl, what younger me had to unlearn, and why I want my...
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Grieving Someone You Lost Twice | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 3
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m sharing about my brother Adam, grief, addiction, and the complicated pain of loving someone while also needing boundaries. This one is tender, personal, and heavy, because grief after addiction does not fit into a neat little box. I talk about...
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No One Wins When You’re Keeping Score | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 2
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about marriage, communication, household labor, and the sneaky little scoreboard that can show up when we are tired, overwhelmed, and not saying what we actually need. I share what I’ve learned in my own relationship with Blake, including…
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The Text Thread Heard Round the World | After Hours With Amanda Season 4 - Ep. 1
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m finally sitting back down with y’all and talking about why the podcast paused, what judgment and comparison did to my heart, and why I’m choosing to come back anyway. This one is about ordinary life, social media consumption, grief, motherhood,...
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The Purpose in the Pain | After Hours With Amanda Season 3 - Ep. 11
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about pain, self worth, surgery recovery, friendship, therapy, faith, and what happens when life strips away the version of you who can perform, produce, help, and hold everything together. This is not medical advice, just lived experience...
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The Day Disneyland Called | After Hours With Amanda Season 3 - Ep. 10
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m sharing the story of the day Disneyland called. This is not just about a Disney Junior event or a brand opportunity. It is about inner child healing, grief, motherhood, dreams, and why Disneyland has always felt like home to me. I talk about the…
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The Glass Slipper Was Always Yours | After Hours With Amanda Season 3 - Ep. 9
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about imposter syndrome, Cinderella, the glass slipper, motherhood, identity, and why you do not have to force yourself into someone else’s version of success. We get into back to school prep, becoming a room mom, content creation pressure,...
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You Are Not Meant to Referee Everything | After Hours With Amanda Season 3 - Ep. 8
Welcome back to the all new After Hours With Amanda. In this episode, I’m catching up on life, health, fiber, therapy, fall pressure, tiny queens, and the tools I’m learning for emotional regulation and control. We talk about redirecting instead of refereeing, witnessing and walking away when...
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Time Is Passing, But You Are Not Behind | After Hours With Amanda Season 3 - Ep. 7
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about time passing, feeling behind, dreams, motherhood, Disneyland, grief, and the version of me who once could not see how the story would unfold. I read from the journal I started when I was pregnant with London, back when I was working...
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You Are Being Refined, Not Broken | After Hours With Amanda Season 3 - Ep. 6
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about dreams, self worth, purpose in pain, and what it means to be refined, not broken. This is a long voicemail about the new podcast sign, dream journals, the Macy’s Day Parade, Disneyland, chronic pain, tiny queens growing up, Whitney...
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Why Are Women Still Fighting Each Other? | After Hours With Amanda Season 3 - Ep. 5
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about comparison, content creation, women judging women, motherhood, childfree conversations, working moms, stay at home moms, and what we teach our tiny queens when we tear each other down. This is a long voicemail about fake nails, ASMR...
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Control: The Great Illusionist | After Hours With Amanda Season 3 - Ep. 4
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about the illusion of control, the routines that make us feel safe, and what happens when life changes enough that the old systems do not fit the same way. This is a long voicemail about overbooking myself, somatic therapy, emotional...
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Restriction vs. Restraint | After Hours With Amanda Season 3 - Ep. 3
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about restriction versus restraint in parenting, food, iPads, friendships, exercise, marriage, and the way I treat myself. This is not advice. It is me learning out loud about raising tiny humans who can build judgment, confidence, and trust...
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Purpose & People over Productivity & | After Hours With Amanda Season 3 - Ep. 2
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about people over productivity and the way we measure ourselves and each other by what gets done, what gets missed, and which balls get dropped. After months of pain and recovery, I started thinking about how quickly we take things…
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Botox for My Butthole | After Hours With Amanda Season 3 - Ep. 1
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m sharing where I have been for the last four months. This is my personal medical story, not medical advice, about an anal fissure, chronic pain, health anxiety, food fear, advocating for myself, and finally being believed. It is vulnerable, chaotic,...
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The Small Moments That Build Trust With Your Kids | After Hours With Amanda Season 2 - Ep. 13
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about parenting, trust, emotional safety, and the tiny everyday moments that decide whether our kids feel safe coming to us later. It starts with Christmas decorating and a broken ornament, but really, it becomes a conversation about...
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Be in the Moment, Not Just the Checklist | After Hours With Amanda Season 2 - Ep. 12
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m back with a long voicemail between friends about the holiday season, mom guilt, gift giving, social media comparison, and the pressure to do all the things. I love the cozy magic of the holidays, but I also know how quickly it can turn into a...
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Why I Don’t Force Clean Plates or Fake Apologies | After Hours With Amanda Season 2 - Ep. 11
In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m talking about clean plates, forced apologies, food, body cues, empathy, and the tiny ways we teach kids to trust or ignore themselves. This is not me telling anyone how to parent. It is me thinking out loud about what happens when we focus more on…
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Can We Celebrate Going Back to Therapy? | After Hours With Amanda Season 2 - Ep. 10
Hey friend. In this episode of After Hours With Amanda, I’m taking a deep breath with you and talking through a tender week. I share why I took time off social media, how grief and addiction memories around my brother Adam came back up, and why I’m reminding myself that mental health is not a...
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After Hours With Amanda is a podcast about parenting, healing, faith, identity, marriage, dreams, and the messy middle of becoming. Amanda talks honestly about raising tiny humans, breaking cycles, laughing through the chaos, and learning to be kinder to ourselves along the way. It is parenting, but not just for parents. Grab your favorite bevie and come sit with us. You are loved, you are worthy, you are needed, and your life has exponential and limitless potential.
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