19 Making Your Energy So Fresh, So Clean Clean
Big Shift Energy
In this episode, Amanda walks you through how to create a bubble of protection: a soft, breathable boundary that keeps you grounded, regulated, and self-led. This isnāt about shutting the world out. Itās about choosing what gets access. We talk about energetic hygiene, daily maintenance practices, and how to protect your nervous system without becoming rigid or closed off. This episode also includes grounding resources for anyone who doesnāt feel emotionally or physically safe right now because protection is not optional, and support is not weakness. Youāll leave with simple practices...
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18 Too Much Peopling? This Guided Meditation Helps You Re-Center
Big Shift Energy
Ever leave a room, a holiday gathering, or a āquick coffeeā and thinkā¦ Why do I feel like I left parts of myself in three different conversations? Yeah. Same. In this episode, Amanda guides you through a short, grounding meditation designed for after people-time when your energy feels scattered, stretched thin, or not quite yours anymore. This isnāt a āclear your chakras and manifest abundanceā situation. Itās a practical, protective, non-woo reset that helps you come back into your body, reclaim your attention, and remember that you donāt need permission to rest. Youāll...
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17 Re-Centering and Surviving Seasonal Togetherness
Big Shift Energy
If you feel different after being around people, even people you love, this episode is for you. In Big Shift Energy, Amanda breaks down why social energy costs more than we realize and offers compassionate, practical ways to re-center after people-time. This is about soft boundaries, quiet rituals, and letting yourself come back online in your own time. š Key Takeaways Reācentering is necessary after peopleātime, even when nothing ābadā happened. Masking and managing energy costs more than we admit. Softness is not collapse. Softness is regulation. Tiny rituals can bring you...
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16 The Season of Slowing the Hell Down
Big Shift Energy
Pull up a chair by the river. Or better yetālie down on the moss. This episode is an exhale. A permission slip. A reminder that you were never meant to bloom yearāround. In this episode of Big Shift Energy, Amanda invites you into the slow, quiet intelligence of winter. This is a conversation about resting without shame, releasing the belief that you must earn your pause, and letting your body move at a seasonal pace instead of a hustle-driven one. Through breath, gentle reframes, and cozy real-life practices, this episode offers permission to soften, slow down, and stop treating...
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15 Tiny Ways Back to Your Body When Youāve Been Checked Out
Big Shift Energy
In this episode of Big Shift Energy, Amanda guides listeners through small, compassionate body-return practices to help you feel more grounded, connected, and present. Through tiny movements, warm-touch cues, and soft orientation exercises, she shows how the body can come back online without force or expectation. This episode is a reminder that your body isnāt the problem ā itās the partner. The loyal one. The one thatās been waiting for you. š Key Takeaways Your body isnāt ghosting you ā itās protecting you. Tiny movements = big reconnection moments. Warm hands on your...
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14 The 1% Mood Lift You Didnāt Know You Needed
Big Shift Energy
In this episode of Big Shift Energy, Amanda guides listeners through the soft world of micro-joys, or the tiny sensory sparks that help you feel just a little less crispy, even in the middle of stress, grief, or emotional burnout. Through bare-minimum breathwork, subtle mindfulness, and pocket-sized art prompts, Amanda shows that joy doesnāt have to be big, loud, or high-vibe to be meaningful. Sometimes the smallest comforts are the ones that get us through. š Key Takeaways You donāt have to be joyful to hang out here. Neutrality is welcome. Joy can feel fake after stressā¦ that...
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13 The Aftershock: When the World Moves On and You Donāt
Big Shift Energy
Amanda explores the ābufferingā phase ā that floaty, slowed-down feeling after upheaval where youāre still processing and not yet ready to sprint. The episode normalizes emotional lag, offers grounding somatic exercises, and suggests tiny actions (not productivity tasks) that help you feel safe and choose your next step with clarity. š Key Takeaways This episode is for the weird, floaty feeling that arrives after big change. Buffering is legitimate processing, not failure. Emotional lag is normal. Your body is catching up. Tiny, safe actions are the real breadcrumbs for...
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12 You Donāt Have to Pivot: A Holiday Survival Episode
Big Shift Energy
If youāre heading into the holidays already running on fumes, this oneās for you. Amanda opens the door to a season that feels both tender and tiring ā the holidays, with all their glitter and grief. If youāve been pivoting nonstop, holding it all together, and wondering when the ābreakā actually comesā¦ this oneās for you. Through gentle reflection and grounding pauses, Amanda explores what happens after the big emotions ā when the breakthroughs fade and the fatigue lingers. She invites you to name the exhaustion, release the pressure, and remember that you donāt owe the...
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11 The Full-Body F*ck Yes: Coming Home to Yourself with Leslie Brooks
Big Shift Energy
Okay Shiftie, unclench your jaw and roll your shoulders back ā this episode is a full-body exhale. Amanda sits down with the radiant human Leslie Brooks for a soul-stirring conversation about what it really means to get out of your head and back into your body. They dive into the messy magic of self-trust, how breath can shift your entire emotional weather system, and what happens when you finally stop performing calm and actually start feeling peace. This convo is your permission slip to slow down, breathe deeper, and say a big, unapologetic āfck yesā* to your life ā not because you...
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10 Breathing Through Grief: A Pause for What Remains
Big Shift Energy
Some episodes are meant to teach. This one just needed to breathe. In this quiet minisode, Amanda opens her heart and invites you into a moment of stillness. Itās been one year since her dad passed, and just weeks since saying goodbye to Disco, her beloved kitten with the worldās biggest personality. Instead of rushing through grief, sheās learning to pause inside it and to let the ache and the love coexist. This isnāt a how-to or a fix. Itās a soft place to land. Through gentle breathing and reflection, Amanda holds space for anyone navigating loss, change, or the quiet chaos of...
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š Key Takeaways
- Reācentering is necessary after peopleātime, even when nothing ābadā happened.
- Masking and managing energy costs more than we admit.
- Softness is not collapse. Softness is regulation.
- Tiny rituals can bring you back faster than overthinking ever will.
- You donāt have to carry what isnāt yours.
šæ Gentle Shift for the Week
Choose one small ritual youāll use after spending time with people.
- Change clothes.
- Wash your hands.
- Sit quietly for two minutes.
- Write it down.
Practice it before you need it. Thatās the whole assignment.
š„ Sound Bites
āThis breath is a boundary.ā
"If you're intuitive and sensitive, you might take emotions home with you."
"It's not about shutting people out, it's about letting yourself back in.
"Predictability in family gatherings can be used in our favor."
š Immediate Support & Resources
If youāre in the U.S.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
š 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
š¬ Chat available on their website
š° 24/7, confidential, trauma-informed
They can help with:
- Safety planning (even if youāre not leaving)
- Talking things through without pressure
- Finding local shelters, legal aid, or counseling
You do not have to be ready to leave to call. You donāt have to be āsure.ā You donāt have to explain it perfectly.
If youāre outside the U.S., Hot Peach Pages. Itās a global directory of domestic violence resources by country, including hotlines, shelters, and legal support.
š hotpeachpages.net
š Chapters
00:00 ā Introduction
00:01 ā After People, Come Back
01:40 ā The ReāEntry Breath
04:10 ā Why Social Time Drains Us
08:55 ā Simple Ways to ReāCenter
13:20 ā Softness as Regulation
15:40 ā Coming Home to Yourself