{"podcast":{"title":"Lay Low Pod","slug":"lay-low-pod-7859524","podcast_index_feed_id":7859524,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting/K6H2aaZg.rss","website_url":"www.laylowpod.com","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/24d4a1ed-84db-4c5b-aef3-bcece58e88cf/logos/5ea9c19e-0b43-47df-b1cb-c14169b861b2.jpeg","author":"Erin Madsen","episode_count":12,"summary":"Welcome to the Lay Low Pod — the podcast about becoming who you were always meant to be. Hosted by entrepreneur, mother, and modern-day reinventor Erin Madsen, Lay Low is where deep conversations meet real life. We talk about growth, relationships, healing, ambition, energy, identity shifts, business, motherhood, heartbreak, confidence, and building a life that actually feels good to live. Some episodes feel like a late-night conversation with your smartest friend. Some feel like therapy. Some feel like the push you needed to finally change your environment, trust yourself, and evolve. This is for the people in-between versions of themselves. The ones outgrowing old lives. The ones quietly becoming. So pour the wine, go for the drive, take the walk, or lay low for a minute. You’re right on time.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T22:17:12.332006+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lay-low-pod-7859524"},"episode":{"title":"Choosing Happiness After Life Falls Apart with Monica Ross","slug":"choosing-happiness-after-life-falls-apart-with-monica-ross","published_at":"2026-06-30T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lay-low-pod-7859524/choosing-happiness-after-life-falls-apart-with-monica-ross","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lay-low-pod-7859524","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/07e58d12dbe197c29d9f77b217cdb019ec956458bcdf0a202f19d1c2cde42282/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJkZDMwNjgxNy04ZGI3LTRlOGMtYTNjOC1kMGYyZjllYjI3NTYiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIyNGQ0YTFlZC04NGRiLTRjNWItYWVmMy1iY2VjZTU4ZTg4Y2YiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWQ2N2E3NzcyYTcxNTVmNTkxZDUzOWQiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE0MmUyNTM4ZWY0ODcwN2M1Y2ZjMGEwL2VyaW4tbWFkc2Vucy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi02LTI5X18yMy0yMy0zMS5tcDMifQ==.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/07e58d12dbe197c29d9f77b217cdb019ec956458bcdf0a202f19d1c2cde42282/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJkZDMwNjgxNy04ZGI3LTRlOGMtYTNjOC1kMGYyZjllYjI3NTYiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIyNGQ0YTFlZC04NGRiLTRjNWItYWVmMy1iY2VjZTU4ZTg4Y2YiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OWQ2N2E3NzcyYTcxNTVmNTkxZDUzOWQiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE0MmUyNTM4ZWY0ODcwN2M1Y2ZjMGEwL2VyaW4tbWFkc2Vucy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi02LTI5X18yMy0yMy0zMS5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"This week on Lay Low, Erin welcomes her very first guest, longtime friend Monica Ross. Over the course of just two years, Monica experienced the loss of her father, ended her marriage, became a single mom, and was diagnosed with breast cancer. Through every chapter, she learned what it means to advocate for herself, choose happiness, and keep moving forward—even when life looked nothing like she imagined. Together, Erin and Monica talk about grief, divorce, parenting through change, navigating cancer treatment, finding unexpected love, and the lessons that come from rebuilding your life one step at a time. If you're walking through a difficult season or wondering if life can still be beautiful after everything changes, this conversation is for you. In this episode: Losing a parent and navigating grief Choosing divorce after years of unhappiness Parenting through major life transitions Monica's breast cancer journey Learning to advocate for yourself Finding love after heartbreak Five lessons from two years of chaos Because sometimes the hardest chapters become the ones that shape us the most. Submit listener questions or share your story as a possible pod guest at www.laylowpod.com Thanks for laying low with me. ❤️","meta_description":"This week on Lay Low, Erin welcomes her very first guest, longtime friend Monica Ross. Over the course of just two years, Monica experienced the loss of h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2689,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lay-low-pod-7859524/episodes/choosing-happiness-after-life-falls-apart-with-monica-ross/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lay-low-pod-7859524/choosing-happiness-after-life-falls-apart-with-monica-ross.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}