{"podcast":{"title":"Embracing Flow","slug":"embracing-flow-6710823","podcast_index_feed_id":6710823,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/iddlVpAh","website_url":"https://embracing-flow.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7097a184-62f7-4697-afc1-20e316cb804a/20428156-ad4f-4a27-895a-2b1bca862762/3000x3000/2025-20podcast-20button.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Heather Allmendinger","episode_count":87,"summary":"Imagine celebrating Christmas with a newborn, a 9 year old, and your 39 year old husband passing away suddenly in your bedroom. On the outside, I looked calm and collected, yet internally, I was numb and actually telling myself to breathe, any thought beyond the inhale/exhale pattern was too overwhelming. Not only was I dealing with the passing of my husband and life with a newborn, my corporate life changed too when a new management team was assigned. As I pulled the broken pieces back together, realization hit, I needed a new start; I’d outgrown the corporate world, it was time to share my love of the products I’d been using, but sales felt gross to me. So, I went back to school, earning three health coaching certifications. In the process, I saw how little we know and talk about the menstrual cycle. We don’t know how it works or how it interacts with every single system in our body. The taboo of menstruation had to stop! Flashbacks of my grandmother giving me the period talk, the absolute hatred of my painful, heavy, nauseating, passing out periods, to the embarrassing nurse’s office trip with bled through dark pants and being handed WHITE sweatpants! I remember the shock and e…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:21:22.670365+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823"},"episode":{"title":"70– Wendy Taddeucci – You Are Worthy: Reclaiming Time and Self-Care in the Sandwich Generation","slug":"70-wendy-taddeucci-you-are-worthy-reclaiming-time-and-self-care-in-the-sandwich-generation","published_at":"2025-08-27T17:21:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823/70-wendy-taddeucci-you-are-worthy-reclaiming-time-and-self-care-in-the-sandwich-generation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823","url":"https://embracing-flow.simplecast.com/episodes/70-wendy-taddeucci-you-are-worthy-reclaiming-time-and-self-care-in-the-sandwich-generation-oI1Zpp9m","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/9e187f4b-2be8-4cb1-9296-3ba9f142e049/episodes/77cbf46e-73a4-4b99-8559-7144a5420083/audio/0699c801-91a8-4e7a-bb3b-e89735dd18a9/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=iddlVpAh","summary":"Feeling overwhelmed, stretched between caring for kids, aging parents, and your own ambitions? You’re not alone. In this episode of Embracing Flow, I sit down with Coach Wendy—life coach, author, and co-host of the Smiling Souls Podcast—to explore what it truly means to slow down, reclaim your time, and remember that you are worthy and deserving. Wendy shares her journey from professional organizer to transformational coach, plus the simple yet powerful tools she uses to help overwhelmed women: grounding exercises, journaling prompts, gratitude practices, and even writing a letter to your future self. Whether you identify with the sandwich generation or just feel pulled in too many directions, this conversation will remind you that taking care of yourself is not selfish—it’s essential.","meta_description":"Feeling overwhelmed, stretched between caring for kids, aging parents, and your own ambitions? You’re not alone. In this episode of Embracing Flow, I sit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2590,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/embracing-flow-6710823/episodes/70-wendy-taddeucci-you-are-worthy-reclaiming-time-and-self-care-in-the-sandwich-generation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/embracing-flow-6710823/70-wendy-taddeucci-you-are-worthy-reclaiming-time-and-self-care-in-the-sandwich-generation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}