Circle This

CIRCLE THIS, The Anti-Small Talk Podcast. Deep, playful, and intimate conversations shedding light on how to create magic and meaning in our everyday lives. Andrea Bendewald invites her circle of friends which include innovators, authors, entrepreneurs, healers, and artists, to share their stories and practices for building and nurturing authentic relationships. These discussions, like circles, are an antidote to the loneliness epidemic, providing tangible evidence of our shared humanity, and guidance for cultivating deeper connections. Thank you for listening, sharing, and being a part of our expanding circle. Circle This is executive produced by Andrea Bendewald, and Emily Kratter. Edited, produced and distributed by Tracey Thomas and Good Mess media Photography by Cathrine White Stay connected with our Circle This Team: @andreabendewald @circlethispodcast @emkratter @goodmessmedia @talkwithtrace

The Unexpected Pregnancy & The Birth of a Conscious Community with Tylah Jordan 11/18/2025

The Unexpected Pregnancy & The Birth of a Conscious Community with Tylah Jordan In this episode, Dre welcomes storyteller and community-builder Tylah Jordan for full circle conversation about the unexpected pregnancy that changed the entire trajectory of her life. Tylah opens up about discovering she was pregnant just one month into a new relationship, while navigating the weight of secrecy, shame, and a religious upbringing where she had never known anyone who became a mother outside of marriage. What could have been an isolating chapter instead became the doorway into a new identity, a deeper spiritual maturity, and the beginnings of Unfiltered Motherhood, the platform she now uses to support and anchor mothers in a world that often leaves them feeling alone. Dre and Tylah circle around the real initiation of motherhood, the profound beauty, the need for connection and the parts rarely posted about, up until now. Tylah shares effortlessly about her earlier experiences that shaped her, moving to LA at 18, financial separation from family, surviving sexual assault, toxic overload, and a period of being stalked that rewired her sense of safety. These chapters became the soil of her spiritual awakening and the reason she felt drawn to women’s circles years before she became a mother herself. In one of the most beautiful full-circle moments, Tylah reveals how a meditation class she found on Instagram led her back to Dre, the same woman who facilitated her first-ever circle at The Den Meditation six years earlier, the circle that sparked her entire spiritual path. You couldn’t script a more FULL circle moment! This episode is a reminder that motherhood is not just about raising a child, it’s about meeting the woman you’re becoming. And that when one mother is supported, an entire family and the next generation is positively effected. --- Stay connected with the Circle This team: @andreabendewald @circlethispodcast @emkratter @goodmessmedia @talkwithtrace For sponsorship inquiries: circlethispod@gmail.com /episode/index/show/d7d9a686-1c8e-4ec3-b930-4243226957c6/id/39064585

Sobriety, Self-Discovery & the Truth About “Fun” with Abby Calabrese 11/11/2025

Call To Connection: It’s Time To Take It Offline with Dre & Em 11/04/2025

No Permission Needed: Processing Pain through Creativity with Alicia Coppola 10/28/2025

Space, Grace & the Secret Sauce to Lifelong Friendship with Leigh Kilton Smith & Kristin Hahn 10/21/2025

The Art and Science of Circling: How Real Connection Can Heal Us with Dr. Avanti 10/14/2025

The Art and Science of Circling: How Real Connection Can Heal Us with Dr. Avanti In this powerful episode of The Healing Catalyst, Dr. Avanti Kumar Singh welcomes Dre, to explain the profound impact of women's circles on healing and connection, drawn from her two decades of facilitating these communal story-sharing experiences. Dre shares how this ancient practice is making a modern-day comeback, and why it's more essential than ever. The conversation explores the science behind communal experiences, such as the role of mirror neurons and the release of oxytocin, often called the “bonding hormone,” which is released during emotionally safe, connected interactions. They describe how simply being in a circle can reduce stress and support emotional regulation, just through listening. Dre describes participating in her first women's circle as a "chemical shift," that ultimately inspired her to share the practice with others. Dre also explains how Circling differs from therapy, the guidelines and structure that make a circle feel safe and sacred, and how this kind of presence can function as a powerful form of re-parenting, offering the emotional attunement and validation many of us missed growing up. If you're curious about joining a circle, this episode is a powerful reminder that healing happens in community, and that listening itself can be medicine. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Order Dr. Avanti’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health Catalyst Energy Fix Quiz: avantikumarsingh.com/quiz Explore more at avantikumarsingh.com -- Stay connected with the Circle This team: @andreabendewald @circlethispodcast @emkratter @goodmessmedia @talkwithtrace  For sponsorship inquiries, email: circlethispod@gmail.com /episode/index/show/d7d9a686-1c8e-4ec3-b930-4243226957c6/id/38573275

Circle This: One Year, Infinite Ripples with Dre & Em 10/07/2025

Practical Magic & The Power of Re-patterning with Anne Emerson 09/30/2025

Practical Magic & The Power of Re-patterning with Anne Emerson In this episode, Dre circles with artist, intuitive coach, and spiritual midwife Anne Emerson to explore the power of re-patterning the beliefs that keep us stuck in old stories. For over five decades, Anne has guided people through Holographic Repatterning™, a therapeutic technology that uses applied kinesiology to trace issues and blockages that appear as problems in our present experience. These blocks can be emotional, mental and even physical, and seem impossible to unravel. The issues are anchored in our unconscious from past traumas, but appear in our present as goals that can’t be met, issues that don’t get resolved no matter how hard we try, negative patterns that occur again and again whenever there is stress in our lives. HR (Holographic Repatterning™) uses the technique of muscle checking to access the unconscious, and in a very accurate and non-dramatic way allows client and practitioner to trace the history of the present issue to its root in the past, and release it through the combination of awareness and vibrational healing techniques. By the end of a session, there is a noticeable release of tension around the issue(s) that are keeping the client stuck. The client can then move more easily in the direction of positive change, with more profound and permanent results. Together, Dre and Anne explore the ways our limiting beliefs show up as repeated patterns, how anger can actually be a sacred tool for transformation, and why our quirks often hold the keys to our superpowers. Anne invites us to meet the subtleties of our emotions—especially the ones we resist—and to embrace anger not as something to fear, but as a boundary-setting force that begins the process of transformation. They also circle around themes of astrology, human design, manifestation, and the myth of “purpose”—revealing how our true purpose isn’t about doing, but about being. -- This conversation is a reminder that when we clear the stories keeping us small, we return to our authentic selves—whole, free, and connected. Follow: @anneemersonart Learn more: thepassionatejourney.com -- Stay connected with the Circle This team: @andreabendewald @circlethispodcast @emkratter @goodmessmedia @talkwithtrace Sponsorships: circlethispod@gmail.com /episode/index/show/d7d9a686-1c8e-4ec3-b930-4243226957c6/id/38394520

The Truth Is Funny: Comedy, Courage & Creative Freedom with Manon Mathews 09/23/2025

Peace Begins With Me: How to Stay Soft When Life Gets Loud with Bex Urban 09/16/2025

Building Tribe Through Consciousness & Character with Dondre Whitfield 09/09/2025

Building Tribe Through Consciousness & Character with Dondre Whitfield On this episode, Dre sits down with actor, author, conscious leader and soul brother, Dondre Whitfield to circle around listening as an act of love, the dance between divine feminine and masculine energies, and the distinction between male vs. man. Despite their opposing appearances and backgrounds, Dre and Dondre first recognized each other as “tribe” when they met at the High School of Performing Arts. It was here where empathy was learned and forged through listening to one another’s struggles, discovering the universality of pain. They reflect on how those lessons in emotional intelligence still guide them today. Together, they explore why affirmation is one of the most activating gifts we can give to each other, and how we need to feel seen and heard to survive. Dondre shares insights on partnership, parenting, and the importance of being a model for what we wish others to mirror. From redefining what it means to be a man of service, to embracing both divine feminine and masculine energies, this conversation invites us to consider what true balance looks like—not perfection, but enough to create alignment with our divine assignment. Dondre shares the way he walks through the world, seeing everyone as necessary to our shared ecosystem, and remembering that when we listen with love, we have the power to change the world. -- Circle This is proudly sponsored by Sow to Speak for the month of September. Listeners receive 20% off when you sign up with the code CIRCLE. Learn more here: Highlighting UNmuted—a powerful resource designed to support high-achieving female leaders, especially moms in senior-level roles. UNmuted helps women navigate difficult conversations with confidence, courage, and grace. Or visit for more information on all their offerings and programs. -- Follow: @alldondre Learn More At: Stay connected with the Circle This team: @andreabendewald @circlethispodcast @emkratter @goodmessmedia @talkwithtrace For sponsorship inquiries, email: /episode/index/show/d7d9a686-1c8e-4ec3-b930-4243226957c6/id/38124275