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In this powerful episode of EmotionAL Support with Alessandra Torresani, Kelly and Katy Mooney join Alessandra for an honest conversation about why so many women and moms feel burnt out—and how to rebuild a life that actually feels aligned. From the pressure of societal “shoulds” to the impossible standards around motherhood, career, money, and identity, this episode explores what happens when women stop following the script and start defining success for themselves. Kelly and Katy, sisters and co-authors of Up! The Playbook for Every Woman on the Rise, share practical tools for career reinvention, overcoming burnout, redefining ambition, and building a life rooted in values, clarity, and emotional well-being. Whether you’re navigating motherhood, career shifts, burnout, friendship, or simply wondering what your next chapter looks like, this conversation will leave you feeling inspired, grounded, and empowered to trust your own voice. In this episode:     •    Why women and moms are feeling more burnt out than ever     •    How societal “shoulds” shape identity, ambition, and motherhood     •    Reframing money, success, and what it means to “have it all”     •    Practical strategies for career and life reinvention     •    The importance of support systems, friendship, and emotional clarity     •    How to build a life on your own terms ✨ If this episode resonates, follow EmotionAL Support for more honest conversations on reinvention, motherhood, joy, and emotional growth. Katy and Kelly Mooney: https://equiptwomen.com/

In this powerful episode of EmotionAL Support with Alessandra Torresani, Kelly and Katy Mooney join Alessandra for an honest conversation about why so many women and moms feel burnt out—and how to rebuild a life that actually feels aligned. From the pressure of societal “shoulds” to the impossible standards around motherhood, career, money, and identity, this episode explores what happens when women stop following the script and start defining success for themselves. Kelly and Katy, sisters and co-authors of Up! The Playbook for Every Woman on the Rise, share practical tools for career reinvention, overcoming burnout, redefining ambition, and building a life rooted in values, clarity, and emotional well-being. Whether you’re navigating motherhood, career shifts, burnout, friendship, or simply wondering what your next chapter looks like, this conversation will leave you feeling inspired, grounded, and empowered to trust your own voice. In this episode:     •    Why women and moms are feeling more burnt out than ever     •    How societal “shoulds” shape identity, ambition, and motherhood     •    Reframing money, success, and what it means to “have it all”     •    Practical strategies for career and life reinvention     •    The importance of support systems, friendship, and emotional clarity     •    How to build a life on your own terms ✨ If this episode resonates, follow EmotionAL Support for more honest conversations on reinvention, motherhood, joy, and emotional growth. Katy and Kelly Mooney: https://equiptwomen.com/

How can women heal, age better, and balance hormones naturally? Dr. Joy Kong joins Alessandra Torresani to break down stem cells, peptides, anti-aging, and the inspiring reinvention behind her journey from China to medical pioneer. In this powerful episode of EmotionAL Support, Alessandra Torresani sits down with Dr. Joy Kong, a pioneer in regenerative medicine, to explore how women can heal, age better, and feel empowered in their bodies through a truly holistic lens. From her inspiring journey from China to becoming a leading voice in stem cell therapy and medical innovation, Dr. Joy shares how women’s wellness, hormone balance, peptides, stem cells, detoxification, and East-West medicine can support longevity, anti-aging, and whole-body healing. Whether you’re a millennial mom navigating stress, energy shifts, inflammation, or simply looking for ways to optimize your health in your next chapter, this conversation offers practical wellness tools and a deeply inspiring story of reinvention. We cover: • Stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine • Peptides for anti-aging and recovery • Hormone balance and women’s health • Detox, toxin avoidance, and foundational wellness • Chinese medicine and holistic healing • Reinvention, resilience, and second-act wellness This is the episode for women ready to feel vibrant, informed, and supported in their wellness journey. Dr Joy Kong: https://joykongmd.com/

How can women heal, age better, and balance hormones naturally? Dr. Joy Kong joins Alessandra Torresani to break down stem cells, peptides, anti-aging, and the inspiring reinvention behind her journey from China to medical pioneer. In this powerful episode of EmotionAL Support, Alessandra Torresani sits down with Dr. Joy Kong, a pioneer in regenerative medicine, to explore how women can heal, age better, and feel empowered in their bodies through a truly holistic lens. From her inspiring journey from China to becoming a leading voice in stem cell therapy and medical innovation, Dr. Joy shares how women’s wellness, hormone balance, peptides, stem cells, detoxification, and East-West medicine can support longevity, anti-aging, and whole-body healing. Whether you’re a millennial mom navigating stress, energy shifts, inflammation, or simply looking for ways to optimize your health in your next chapter, this conversation offers practical wellness tools and a deeply inspiring story of reinvention. We cover: • Stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine • Peptides for anti-aging and recovery • Hormone balance and women’s health • Detox, toxin avoidance, and foundational wellness • Chinese medicine and holistic healing • Reinvention, resilience, and second-act wellness This is the episode for women ready to feel vibrant, informed, and supported in their wellness journey. Dr Joy Kong : https://joykongmd.com/

Join Alessandra Torresani for an uplifting, actionable interview with Forbes Riley - entrepreneur, actress, author, and pitching expert - who walks listeners through her journey from childhood insecurities to multi‑platform success. Forbes shares candid stories about building confidence, leveraging setbacks into opportunity, and practical strategies for turning ideas into profitable businesses. This episode is packed with motivation, real-world pitching tips, mindset shifts for self‑love, and lessons on resilience and reinvention...perfect for millennial moms, women in business, and anyone ready to monetize their passion while prioritizing self-worth. Highlights you’ll get: Personal stories of overcoming adversity and social anxietyConcrete pitching and business tactics to launch and scale ideasMindset practices for confidence, self‑love, and persistenceAdvice on navigating entertainment and entrepreneurial industriesInspiration to turn side projects into income and build a legacyPitch Secrets A to Z — ⁠https://pitchsecretsbook.com⁠ Forbes Riley — ⁠https://forbesriley.com⁠ IG: ⁠https://instagram.com/forbesriley⁠ Listen, subscribe, and share if this episode inspires you to take the next step toward confidence, clarity, and cashflow.

Join Alessandra Torresani for an uplifting, actionable interview with Forbes Riley - entrepreneur, actress, author, and pitching expert - who walks listeners through her journey from childhood insecurities to multi‑platform success. Forbes shares candid stories about building confidence, leveraging setbacks into opportunity, and practical strategies for turning ideas into profitable businesses. This episode is packed with motivation, real-world pitching tips, mindset shifts for self‑love, and lessons on resilience and reinvention...perfect for millennial moms, women in business, and anyone ready to monetize their passion while prioritizing self-worth. Highlights you’ll get: Personal stories of overcoming adversity and social anxietyConcrete pitching and business tactics to launch and scale ideasMindset practices for confidence, self‑love, and persistenceAdvice on navigating entertainment and entrepreneurial industriesInspiration to turn side projects into income and build a legacyPitch Secrets A to Z — https://pitchsecretsbook.com Forbes Riley — https://forbesriley.com IG: https://instagram.com/forbesriley Listen, subscribe, and share if this episode inspires you to take the next step toward confidence, clarity, and cashflow.

In this episode of EmotionAL Support, Alessandra Torresani sits down with UFC veteran and world-champion Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Alberto Crane for a powerful conversation about resilience, mental health, discipline, and the life lessons found on the mat. Alberto shares his journey through Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, competing at the highest levels of martial arts and fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and how the sport shaped his mindset, confidence, and approach to life. The conversation takes a deeply personal turn as Alberto opens up about being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and how he used movement, discipline, and community to navigate one of the biggest challenges of his life. Together, they explore how martial arts can improve mental health, build real confidence, and teach the importance of simply showing up, even when life feels overwhelming. In this episode: ​ The mental health benefits of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu​ Why showing up is the hardest — and most important — step​ How martial arts builds true confidence and resilience​ Why every parent should consider Jiu-Jitsu for their kids​ Finding purpose and happiness through adversity One of Alberto’s most powerful reminders: “The journey is the magic.” This episode is about resilience, growth, and learning how to keep moving forward - on and off the mat.

In this episode, Chrissy Lawler, sleep expert and founder of The Peaceful Sleeper, shares evidence-based insights on infant sleep, attachment, and how parents can navigate the often polarized landscape of sleep approaches without guilt. Whether you're a new parent or experiencing sleep challenges, Chrissy offers compassionate guidance to find the right sleep strategy for your family. Key Topics: • The importance of sleep for mental and physical health in both parents and children • Challenging common sleep myths and polarized parenting advice • How to adopt a flexible, individualized approach to sleep training • The role of attachment security and responsive caregiving • Supporting postpartum mental health through sleep • Practical analogies for understanding sleep development and independence • How partner involvement can enhance sleep and bonding • Addressing the misinformation around sleep training and attachment outcomes • Strategies for creating effective, personalized bedtime routines • The significance of prioritizing parental self-care for family thriving Connect with Chrissy Lawler: • Website - https://thepeacefulsleeper.com/ • Instagram - https://instagram.com/the.peaceful.sleeper • Books on Amazon Remember, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to sleep or parenting. Empower yourself with knowledge, trust your instincts, and prioritize your well-being for the best outcomes for your family.

In this episode, Chrissy Lawler, sleep expert and founder of The Peaceful Sleeper, shares evidence-based insights on infant sleep, attachment, and how parents can navigate the often polarized landscape of sleep approaches without guilt. Whether you're a new parent or experiencing sleep challenges, Chrissy offers compassionate guidance to find the right sleep strategy for your family. Key Topics: • The importance of sleep for mental and physical health in both parents and children • Challenging common sleep myths and polarized parenting advice • How to adopt a flexible, individualized approach to sleep training • The role of attachment security and responsive caregiving • Supporting postpartum mental health through sleep • Practical analogies for understanding sleep development and independence • How partner involvement can enhance sleep and bonding • Addressing the misinformation around sleep training and attachment outcomes • Strategies for creating effective, personalized bedtime routines • The significance of prioritizing parental self-care for family thriving Remember, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to sleep or parenting. Empower yourself with knowledge, trust your instincts, and prioritize your well-being for the best outcomes for your family.

Emotional regulation for kids, gentle parenting, nervous system healing, and mindfulness tools for modern moms — this episode explores how to raise emotionally regulated children in today’s overstimulated world.  What if our kids didn’t have to spend their 20s and 30s learning how to regulate emotions we never learned ourselves? In today’s overstimulated, screen-saturated, anxiety-heavy world, emotional regulation isn’t optional — it’s survival. In this episode of EmotionAL Support, I sit down with the creators of The Mindful Mantis, a children’s mindfulness movement teaching breathwork, emotional intelligence, meditation, and communication skills to kids as young as three. As a mom navigating mental health, nervous system healing, and raising a deeply empathetic preschooler, I know firsthand how long it can take to understand your emotions. So the question becomes: what if we gave our kids the tools early? We talk about: • Why ages 0–7 shape lifelong emotional patterns • The overdiagnosis conversation happening in schools • Breathwork and “pause” as powerful parenting tools • Teaching kids how to communicate instead of suppress • Modeling emotional regulation (even when you mess up) • Homeschooling, Montessori, and alternative education • How to build resilience without raising perfect kids This conversation isn’t about being the flawless gentle parent. We love Disney and Dippin’ Dots over here. It’s about raising emotionally safe children in a chaotic world — without losing yourself in the process. If you’re a millennial mom trying to break cycles, regulate your own nervous system, and raise grounded kids who know how to feel, this episode is for you. Because maybe emotional regulation doesn’t start at 30. Maybe it starts at 3. Follow EmotionAL Support for honest conversations about motherhood, mental health, reinvention, and raising emotionally strong children in today’s world. http://www.instagram.com/alessandratorresani https://www.themindfulmantis.com/

Emotional regulation for kids, gentle parenting, nervous system healing, and mindfulness tools for modern moms — this episode explores how to raise emotionally regulated children in today’s overstimulated world.  What if our kids didn’t have to spend their 20s and 30s learning how to regulate emotions we never learned ourselves? In today’s overstimulated, screen-saturated, anxiety-heavy world, emotional regulation isn’t optional — it’s survival. In this episode of EmotionAL Support, I sit down with the creators of The Mindful Mantis, a children’s mindfulness movement teaching breathwork, emotional intelligence, meditation, and communication skills to kids as young as three. As a mom navigating mental health, nervous system healing, and raising a deeply empathetic preschooler, I know first hand how long it can take to understand your emotions. So the question becomes: what if we gave our kids the tools early? We talk about: ​ Why ages 0–7 shape lifelong emotional patterns​ The overdiagnosis conversation happening in schools​ Breathwork and “pause” as powerful parenting tools​ Teaching kids how to communicate instead of suppress​ Modeling emotional regulation (even when you mess up)​ Homeschooling, Montessori, and alternative education​ How to build resilience without raising perfect kids This conversation isn’t about being the flawless gentle parent. We love Disney and Dippin’ Dots over here. It’s about raising emotionally safe children in a chaotic world — without losing yourself in the process. If you’re a millennial mom trying to break cycles, regulate your own nervous system, and raise grounded kids who know how to feel, this episode is for you. Because maybe emotional regulation doesn’t start at 30. Maybe it starts at 3. Follow EmotionAL Support for honest conversations about motherhood, mental health, reinvention, and raising emotionally strong children in today’s world. http://www.instagram.com/alessandratorresani https://www.themindfulmantis.com/

What does trauma healing really look like for women in their 30s and 40s? In this intimate and honest episode of EmotionAL Support, Alessandra Torresani sits down with her longtime friend, therapist and former actress Nikki Isbell for a deeply personal conversation about healing, self-care, confidence, and reinventing your life after trauma. This isn’t a clinical interview — it’s the kind of vulnerable, kitchen-table conversation you have with a friend who’s seen you through every version of yourself. Together, they talk about: • Trauma healing for women and how it lives in the body • The power of friendship as a safe space for growth and support • Self-care practices that actually help (gratitude journaling, movement, small daily shifts) • Building confidence in your 30s when you’re doubting yourself • Leaving the acting industry and navigating career reinvention • Asking for help and why you don’t have to do it alone • Creating community as a millennial woman and mom • Starting over without losing yourself Nikki shares her journey from navigating her own trauma to becoming a therapist who now helps other women heal — and how small, consistent steps toward self-care can lead to profound transformation. If you’re healing from trauma, questioning your next chapter, rebuilding after loss, divorce, career shifts, or motherhood transitions — this episode will remind you that reinvention is possible, support is essential, and confidence is something you build one brave choice at a time. You don’t have to do this alone. ✨ Share this with a friend who’s in her healing era. Nikki Isbell, AMFT, APCC is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor based in Lake Tahoe, California. She currently provides both Telehealth and in-person therapy through the nonprofit Center for Mental Health Excellence under the supervision of Veronica Viesca, PhD. She also recently started serving as a school-based therapist at Sugar Bowl Academy under the supervision of Kristin Slye, LMFT. Nikki’s work focuses on anxiety, relationships, and mind–body approaches to mental health, integrating attachment-informed and narrative perspectives to support emotional resilience and well-being. You can find Nikki on Psychology Today or her website at www.nikkiisbell.com

What does trauma healing really look like for women in their 30s and 40s? In this intimate and honest episode of EmotionAL Support, Alessandra Torresani sits down with her longtime friend, therapist and former actress Nikki Isbell for a deeply personal conversation about healing, self-care, confidence, and reinventing your life after trauma. This isn’t a clinical interview — it’s the kind of vulnerable, kitchen-table conversation you have with a friend who’s seen you through every version of yourself. Together, they talk about: • Trauma healing for women and how it lives in the body • The power of friendship as a safe space for growth and support • Self-care practices that actually help (gratitude journaling, movement, small daily shifts) • Building confidence in your 30s when you’re doubting yourself • Leaving the acting industry and navigating career reinvention • Asking for help and why you don’t have to do it alone • Creating community as a millennial woman and mom • Starting over without losing yourself Nikki shares her journey from navigating her own trauma to becoming a therapist who now helps other women heal — and how small, consistent steps toward self-care can lead to profound transformation. If you’re healing from trauma, questioning your next chapter, rebuilding after loss, divorce, career shifts, or motherhood transitions — this episode will remind you that reinvention is possible, support is essential, and confidence is something you build one brave choice at a time. You don’t have to do this alone. ✨ Share this with a friend who’s in her healing era. Nikki Isbell, AMFT, APCC is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor based in Lake Tahoe, California. She currently provides both Telehealth and in-person therapy through the nonprofit Center for Mental Health Excellence under the supervision of Veronica Viesca, PhD. She also recently started serving as a school-based therapist at Sugar Bowl Academy under the supervision of Kristin Slye, LMFT. Nikki’s work focuses on anxiety, relationships, and mind–body approaches to mental health, integrating attachment-informed and narrative perspectives to support emotional resilience and well-being. You can find Nikki on Psychology Today or her website at www.nikkiisbell.com

Have you ever felt drawn to a place, a person, or a path you can’t explain? This week on EmotionAL Support, Alessandra sits down with Emmy-award-winning director turned spiritual teacher Mary Madeiras, author of The Akashic Way, to explore the Akashic Records—what they are, how they reveal past lives, uncover hidden emotional blocks, deepen intuition, and reconnect you to your true soul purpose. Together, they dive into spiritual awakening, self-discovery, motherhood, career reinvention, and the sacred—but terrifying—experience of starting over when life no longer fits. This conversation touches on emotional healing, personal transformation, manifestation, women’s empowerment, and the journey toward inner peace. Whether you’re feeling stuck, navigating a life transition, searching for meaning, or longing for deeper spiritual growth, this episode is a reminder that nothing in your path is random—and your next chapter may already be written within you. ⸻ In This Episode, We Explore • What the Akashic Records really are and how they work • How past lives influence present-day relationships and patterns • Clearing emotional blocks and reconnecting to intuition • Spiritual awakening during motherhood and major life transitions • Career reinvention, purpose, and starting over after loss or change • Tools for manifestation, healing, and inner peace

Have you ever felt drawn to a place, a person, or a path you can’t explain? This week on EmotionAL Support, Alessandra sits down with Emmy-award-winning director turned spiritual teacher Mary Madeiras, author of The Akashic Way, to explore the Akashic Records—what they are, how they reveal past lives, uncover hidden emotional blocks, deepen intuition, and reconnect you to your true soul purpose. Together, they dive into spiritual awakening, self-discovery, motherhood, career reinvention, and the sacred—but terrifying—experience of starting over when life no longer fits. This conversation touches on emotional healing, personal transformation, manifestation, women’s empowerment, and the journey toward inner peace. Whether you’re feeling stuck, navigating a life transition, searching for meaning, or longing for deeper spiritual growth, this episode is a reminder that nothing in your path is random—and your next chapter may already be written within you. ⸻ In This Episode, We Explore • What the Akashic Records really are and how they work • How past lives influence present-day relationships and patterns • Clearing emotional blocks and reconnecting to intuition • Spiritual awakening during motherhood and major life transitions • Career reinvention, purpose, and starting over after loss or change • Tools for manifestation, healing, and inner peace Resources & Links • Mary Medaris’ book: The Akashic Way If this episode resonated, follow EmotionAL Support, share it with someone on their healing journey, and leave a review—it helps more people find conversations like this. https://amzn.to/4bJlOf0 https://www.instagram.com/alessandratorresani