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    Our Wedding Q&A: Body Prep, The Cost & What I'd Change

    2026-09-23 | 58 mins.
    We're finally answering every question you sent us about our wedding. Ian and I sat down to go through the whole day, from the venue in Chattanooga and the three dress changes, to the kids' recorded voice notes that played as they walked down the aisle, the tattoo artist we had at the reception, and the cinnamon roll cake we poured icing over instead of cutting.

    We're also getting into the practical stuff you asked for most. How I prepped my body in the weeks leading up, what we splurged on and where we saved, what our wedding actually cost, and the one thing I'd do differently if I could go back. Plus why I did my own makeup, where my veil is from, and the five hour nail saga the day before we left.

    TIMESTAMPS:

    0:00 Preview
    1:10 Welcome back, and how we're feeling post wedding
    2:45 The Q&A you sent in on Instagram
    3:00 Big wedding or elope, and why we chose a wedding
    4:30 The venue, and why Chattanooga
    5:30 The karaoke bar after party
    6:20 Our wedding planner and why she was worth it
    7:40 Ian on the aesthetic
    8:20 What I felt seeing him for the first time
    9:45 This is my Prince Charming
    10:30 Ian's side, and a huge sense of pride
    11:15 Why we wrote our own vows
    11:50 Reading excerpts from our vows
    12:45 The moment Ian got choked up
    13:30 Thrive Market
    15:30 AquaTru Shower
    17:20 The kids' voice notes before the ceremony
    18:40 The gifts we gave the kids
    19:40 What went wrong, and the bouquet I forgot
    20:30 Three dresses and three looks
    21:50 We didn't eat all night
    22:40 The kids' second wind and the inevitable crash
    23:10 The one thing I'd do differently
    23:50 Why Ian didn't wear his uniform
    24:50 Ian cut his hair
    25:00 The kids joining our first dance
    26:20 The detail that meant more than expected
    26:45 One last dance, just the two of us
    27:00 The cinnamon roll cake instead of a wedding cake
    28:15 Remi
    30:00 Just Thrive
    32:00 We had a tattoo artist at our wedding
    32:40 How many people actually got tattooed
    33:30 Our matching tattoos and what they say
    35:20 The photo booth and the saxophonist
    35:45 Did we drink on our wedding night
    36:30 The most unexpected moment of the night
    37:40 Lucy made it into the wedding
    38:50 The protein waffle bar
    40:10 What we splurged on and where we saved
    41:40 Our perfume and cologne
    42:30 How we chose our officiant
    43:40 What our wedding cost
    44:40 Paleo Valley
    46:10 Caraway
    47:40 How I prepped my body for the wedding
    49:30 All the food we never got to eat
    50:20 Why I did my own makeup
    51:30 Where my veil is from
    52:20 My favorite dress, and why I wore my hair slicked back
    52:50 The earrings for each look
    53:20 The jewelry I forgot
    53:40 The five hour nail saga
    55:20 Favorite and least favorite parts of the day
    56:30 Where we're going on our honeymoon
    57:40 Wrapping up

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    How To Get Sunkissed, Glowy Skin WITHOUT Looking Cakey | My Wedding Makeup

    2026-09-19 | 58 mins.
    I booked the hair stylist, the makeup artist and the trial in Atlanta, and then I looked in the mirror and it just didn't feel like me. So I decided to do my own wedding makeup. This is the exact sun kissed, feminine, bronzed bridal look I landed on after multiple trials.

    I'm taking you through every step, from skin prep and eyeshadow placement to sculpting with blush, setting it so it doesn't sink into fine lines, individual lashes, and the lip combo I found after about ten tries. Whether you're a bride, going to an event, or you just want your everyday makeup a little more glam, this one's for you.

    Let me know in the comments if this is a look you'd recreate 💄

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    TIMESTAMPS:

    0:00 Why I decided to do my own wedding makeup

    0:24 Watching my mom do her makeup growing up

    2:00 Booking the hair and makeup artist

    2:30 My bridal trial, and why it didn't feel like me

    3:20 The look I'm going for

    4:00 Skin prep

    4:45 Eye cream and lip prep

    5:45 Why I do my eyes first

    6:50 Eyeshadow and why I avoided cool tones

    8:00 Lid and crease placement

    10:20 Rose gold shimmer topper

    11:40 Freestyle Diapers

    13:30 Ella Ola

    15:20 Gold on the centre of the lid

    16:10 Choosing the eyeliner

    16:40 Waterline and the wing

    21:20 Foundation and shade matching

    23:10 Concealer

    23:50 Brows, a laminated look without lamination

    25:20 Avoiding creasing into fine lines

    26:40 Covering a blemish

    31:00 Liquid blush

    32:10 Sculpting with cream blush

    33:10 Contour, and why I use less

    34:50 Setting the under eyes

    35:50 Setting the T zone

    36:10 Powder blush so it lasts

    37:00 Highlighter

    38:20 Bronzer

    40:00 Finishing the eyes

    41:20 Branch Basics

    43:30 Cozy Earth

    45:40 Mascara, and why I'm not using waterproof

    46:20 Individual lashes

    49:00 Filling in the brows

    50:20 Brow bone and inner corner highlight

    52:10 Contouring the lips

    53:20 Lip liner and lipstick

    54:40 The gloss trick that makes it last

    55:10 Body glow

    56:20 Setting spray

    56:50 The finished look

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    Dr. Sasha Hamdani: Why Disciplined Women Fall Apart (It's Not Anxiety, It's ADHD)

    2026-09-16 | 1h 20 mins.
    I was diagnosed with ADHD at seven and spent the next twenty years on medication before taking myself off everything in 2021. For most of that time I thought ADHD just meant I couldn't focus. Nobody ever told me the part actually running my life was emotional regulation.

    Dr. Sasha Hamdani is a psychiatrist and ADHD specialist who has ADHD herself. She explains why ADHD is a regulation disorder rather than an attention disorder, why the diagnostic criteria were built by studying hyperactive little boys and how that leaves women misdiagnosed with anxiety and depression, and what is happening in your amygdala when one small criticism floods you for hours. We get into rejection sensitivity, procrastination, perfectionism, sleep, caffeine and ADHD medication, and I share for the first time that my six-year-old son was just diagnosed.

    Timestamps:

    0:00 - Trailer/Intro
    1:00 - Welcome to the Empower Podcast
    1:45 - Diagnosed with ADHD at seven, Ritalin and an eating disorder
    2:50 - What we miss when we call ADHD an attention problem
    3:40 - Dr. Sasha Hamdani on ADHD as a regulation disorder
    4:15 - Her own ADHD diagnosis and the "vitamin" her parents gave her
    5:30 - Finding out at seventeen that it was ADHD medication
    7:00 - Why ADHD medication alone doesn't treat ADHD
    8:20 - Relearning how to sleep, eat and function with an ADHD brain
    9:30 - Dopamine dysregulation in the ADHD brain explained simply
    10:40 - Why the ADHD criteria were built on hyperactive little boys
    11:10 - Why inattentive girls and daydreamers get missed
    11:50 - Emotional regulation is the biggest piece of ADHD
    13:00 - Emotional dysregulation, entrepreneurship and feeling like you're drowning
    13:40 - Why ADHD in women gets misdiagnosed as anxiety or depression
    14:50 - Lexapro, Wellbutrin and being medicated for the wrong thing
    16:00 - Europe added emotional regulation to the ADHD criteria in 2019
    19:50 - Why adult women are the hardest group to diagnose with ADHD
    20:40 - What a proper ADHD assessment actually looks like
    22:40 - The three types of ADHD: inattentive, hyperactive, combined
    23:20 - Compensatory behaviours and how to ask women the right questions
    23:50 - Is ADHD over-diagnosed or under-diagnosed
    24:40 - Advice for parents scared to get their child evaluated for ADHD
    26:10 - Sharing my six-year-old son's ADHD diagnosis
    27:20 - ADHD tools in the toolkit and matching the tool to the child
    28:00 - The nighttime zoomies and channelling hyperactivity
    29:40 - Emotional regulation tools and repairing after you snap
    31:40 - How to talk to a partner or child in high emotional dysregulation
    32:20 - Emotional sensitivity as a neurological phenomenon
    38:20 - Why criticism and tone changes hit so hard: the amygdala
    39:00 - The frontal lobe delay and realising two hours too late
    40:00 - How to slow the amygdala down in real time
    41:20 - Delaying your response and writing it down instead
    44:50 - Fight, flight and freeze in conflict, and why you shut down
    47:20 - ADHD procrastination and the emotion hiding underneath it
    49:30 - Why tiny tasks feel impossible: novelty and urgency
    52:00 - Perfectionism, fear of rejection and feeling paralysed
    54:00 - Done is better than perfect
    55:20 - Working out for your brain, not your appearance
    57:30 - Food, the Mediterranean diet and net progress over rigidity
    1:02:00 - Sleep, delayed melatonin onset and why it's non-negotiable with ADHD
    1:03:50 - Sleep tracking and the hormonal overlay across your cycle
    1:05:10 - The second wind and revenge bedtime procrastination
    1:06:00 - Caffeine and ADHD: why it isn't a substitute for treatment
    1:07:00 - Cutting caffeine for 12 weeks and what changed
    1:07:40 - How to decide whether ADHD medication is right for you
    1:10:30 - How to come off ADHD medication safely
    1:11:30 - Creatine, supplements and brain health
    1:12:40 - ADHD misinformation on social media and who to trust
    1:14:50 - Dr. Hamdani's book Too Sensitive and the emotional sensitivity spectrum
    1:18:00 - What empowerment means to Dr. Sasha Hamdani

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    Dr. Mike Israetel: How Women Actually Get Toned (It's Not Cardio)

    2026-09-09 | 1h 52 mins.
    I've been afraid of the same things most women are. That lifting would make me bulky, that I needed to be in the gym five or six days a week, that the cardio was the part actually doing the work. I've since built my whole approach around the opposite, but I wanted to hear it from someone who could show me the science rather than the anecdote.

    Dr. Mike Israetel is an exercise scientist, co-founder of Renaissance Periodization, and one of the most cited voices in modern hypertrophy training. In this episode he tells me women need two days a week in the gym for a full body recomposition, explains why cardio is the wrong tool for fat loss, breaks down exactly what happens to the female physique when you lift and eat enough protein, and answers the question I get in my DMs more than any other: why do I feel puffy in the first three weeks of lifting? We also get into GLP-1s, creatine, seed oils, macro tracking, and why chasing strength is what actually gets you toned.

    Timestamps:

    00:00 - Women, Muscle & Fat Loss: What Actually Works

    01:15 - Welcome to the EMPWR Podcast with Dr. Mike Israetel

    01:45 - Will Lifting Weights Make Women Bulky?

    03:20 - What Weight Training + Protein Really Does to the Female Body

    07:40 - Can Women Build Muscle in a Calorie Deficit?

    09:40 - How to Find Your Calorie Intake Without Guessing

    10:50 - Why You Feel Puffy the First 2-3 Weeks of Lifting

    13:20 - Scale Anxiety: Should Women Weigh Themselves Daily?

    14:50 - Menstrual Cycle Weight Fluctuations Explained

    15:55 - Kinsyn Women's Health Platform

    18:00 - Jones Road Beauty

    19:40 - Building Muscle vs Losing Body Fat: Is There a Lag?

    21:45 - Consistency, Lifting Technique & Progressive Overload

    25:45 - Negative Self-Talk and Trusting the Fitness Process

    29:15 - How Long Should You Stay on a Workout Program?

    30:30 - Train for Strength and the Aesthetics Will Follow

    33:20 - Progressive Overload for Women: What It Actually Looks Like

    36:20 - Remi Night Guards for Teeth Grinding

    38:20 - Clearstem Acne & Anti-Aging Skincare

    40:20 - Why Repeating the Same Exercises Every Week Builds More Muscle

    44:55 - Master Your Lifting Technique Instead of Switching Exercises

    46:15 - Why Being Distracted in the Gym Kills Your Results

    47:10 - How Many Days a Week Should Women Lift Weights?

    48:35 - Training 2 vs 3 vs 4 Days a Week for Muscle Growth

    50:20 - You Only Need 4-6 Exercises Per Workout

    51:30 - Choosing Compound Exercises and Using Supersets

    54:00 - The 30-Minute Full Body Workout Structure

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    57:20 - iRestore Red Light Therapy Face Mask

    59:00 - Should Women Train Differently in Their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s?

    59:50 - HIIT, Cortisol and the Women's Hormone Myth

    1:01:30 - Why High Intensity Training Matters More As You Age

    1:02:45 - Why You Feel Wrecked After a Workout

    1:03:50 - Strength Training for Beginners Over 60

    1:05:10 - Dr. Mike's Cardio: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

    1:06:20 - Should You Add Cardio for Fat Loss?

    1:08:50 - Cardio Burns Fewer Calories Than You Think

    1:09:30 - Half Ironman Training and Losing Muscle Mass

    1:11:40 - What Cardio Is Actually For (Not Weight Loss)

    1:12:30 - Body Recomposition: How Big Should Your Calorie Deficit Be?

    1:13:45 - Why Fast Weight Loss Always Fails

    1:16:00 - How Slow, Sustainable Fat Loss Compounds

    1:19:20 - The Mental Reframe You Need Before Losing Weight

    1:20:15 - Does Dr. Mike Israetel Track His Macros?

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    1:24:20 - Should Women Track Macros for Body Recomp?

    1:26:00 - Snacking and Sneaky Calories

    1:26:40 - Dr. Mike's Full Day of Eating

    1:29:55 - Are Seed Oils and Artificial Sweeteners Bad for You?

    1:32:20 - Deep Frying, Oxidation and Reused Oils

    1:32:50 - Is There a Hidden Poison in Our Food Supply?

    1:33:45 - The Twinkie Diet Experiment Explained

    1:35:00 - The Real Reason Junk Food Makes You Gain Weight

    1:37:20 - Dessert, Diet Soda and Low Calorie Ice Cream

    1:38:45 - Why Cravings Disappear When You Eat Well

    1:40:15 - GLP-1s Explained: Semaglutide, Tirzepatide, Retatrutide

    1:43:20 - How to Keep Muscle While on a GLP-1

    1:44:55 - Rapid Fire: Women's Fitness Myths Debunked

    1:48:50 - Creatine for Women: Dosage, Puffiness and Acne

    1:50:30 - Where to Find Dr. Mike Israetel

    1:51:40 - Outro

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    I Stopped Trying to Look Perfect: My Pre-Wedding Routine That Changed Everything (Workouts, Skincare, Mindset & Nervous System)

    2026-09-02 | 57 mins.
    Two weeks out from my wedding and I'm sharing everything I've changed about my routine that's made me feel and look better than when I was training for an Ironman. This isn't another "do more" episode. I talk about why I cut my workouts down to 30-40 minutes and 4 days a week, how romanticizing my mornings transformed my mindset, why I'm reconsidering caffeine completely, the hypnobreathwork practice that's grounding me, how I'm using light, sound, and smell to calm my nervous system at home, the skincare products that are actually giving me a glow, why my body lost inflammation the moment I stopped overtraining, and why I think the pressure to be a "perfect bride" is the biggest trap on social media. This applies to any woman, not just brides.

    Timestamps:

    0:00 - Intro trailer

    1:07 - Welcome: two weeks out from the wedding

    2:00 - Why doing less has done more for me

    2:30 - What I'm covering today: workouts, skincare, mindset, and how I'm showing up daily

    2:45 - Romanticizing my daily habits and making them feel fun

    3:00 - Mornings: why the first 30 minutes matter

    3:16 - Why I stopped looking at my phone and social media first thing

    4:00 - Why I barely scroll Instagram anymore

    4:30 - What my mornings actually look like now: eye patches, silence, grounding

    5:30 - Nervous system: what I've been doing differently

    5:41 - Limiting caffeine and what happened when I cut it out

    7:07 - Breathwork: the hypnobreathwork app that changed things (Mastry by Francesca)

    9:00 - Creating a calm home atmosphere

    9:55 - Light, sound, and smell: the three things I'm focusing on

    10:48 - Ambient lighting: color-changing bulbs, lamps, no overhead lights

    12:14 - Salt lamps and why I love them

    15:55 - Sound: piano jazz playlists and background music throughout the day

    17:00 - Smell: non-toxic candles (Flamingo Estate, Primally Pure)

    18:00 - Essential oils, lavender, and diffusers at night

    19:00 - Body butter: the Neom products making my skin glow

    20:00 - Morning and nighttime moisturizing routine

    20:30 - Fitness: why this one surprised me

    21:00 - What happened when I stopped Ironman training (the inflammation I lost)

    21:30 - Why 6-7 days of high intensity creates inflammation in most women

    22:00 - What I'm doing instead: bridal body workout, 4 days, 30-40 minutes

    24:00 - You don't need 90 minutes in the gym to see results

    25:00 - After the wedding: building muscle and eating more

    30:00 - Walking for steps instead of extra cardio

    31:00 - Skincare: why I'm so happy with my skin right now

    31:30 - EZ Gel under eyes and Sculptra

    32:00 - My top 5 must-have skincare products

    33:00 - Clearstem Bright Me Up Toner

    33:30 - InnBeauty Eye Cream

    34:00 - Golden Hour Retinol Drops from Complexion

    34:45 - Rhode Glazing Milk

    35:30 - Red light therapy face mask: how I use it and why

    36:56 - My nighttime wind-down routine: shower, skincare, PJs, essential oils, music

    39:00 - Mouth tape, eye mask, brown noise, and the Hatch

    39:30 - Sleep: why I'm aiming for 9 PM bedtime and 7.5-8 hours

    40:30 - Nutrition: I'm not in a crazy deficit

    41:00 - Sticking to whole foods and three meals a day

    46:30 - A day in the life of what I eat: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

    50:00 - Mindset: the most important part of my bridal routine

    50:45 - Creating boundaries and saying no to more

    51:30 - Saying no to brand deals and social events

    53:00 - The pressure to be a perfect bride and social media comparison

    55:00 - These habits aren't just for brides, they're for any woman

    56:30 - What's coming: wedding content, honeymoon, and more

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About The EMPWR Podcast
Welcome to THE EMPWR PODCAST— the show where wellness meets real life + confidence becomes your way of being. Hosted by Fitness Entrepreneur, Certified Personal Trainer + Nutritionist, Samantha Christine, each episode is packed with workout tips, nutrition hacks, expert advice + personal stories designed to empower you on your journey to a healthier, happier you. No matter where you’re starting, or how far you’ve come, this is your space for transformation, self love, connection + growth. Whether you’re getting in a sweat, navigating traffic, or unwinding on the couch, tune in + let’s move together— physically, mentally + intentionally— toward your strongest self. Because here, we believe every season of wellness, whether you’re pushing new limits or finding your rhythm, deserves to be empowered.
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